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Today — 10 April 2025NYT | Top Stories

Trump Administration Cuts Princeton Funding to Study Climate Change

The cuts to a Princeton University program come as the Trump administration has been reviewing an array of research grants related to global warming.

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The cuts included funding for a collaborative program between NOAA and Princeton University. One of the program’s meteorologists, Syukuro Manabe, won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2021.

Pilot Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Matt Wallace, X Influencer

10 April 2025 at 01:03
Jo Ellis, a National Guard pilot, is suing an influencer who falsely identified her as the captain of a helicopter that collided with a passenger plane in January.

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Jo Ellis, an Iraq combat veteran, filed a defamation lawsuit against the influencer Matt Wallace, accusing him of spreading falsehoods about her.

He Served 36 Years for His Wife’s Murder and Then Forgave the Man Who Confessed

9 April 2025 at 17:01
Leo Schofield maintained his innocence all along in his wife’s 1987 murder. For “Bone Valley,” a podcast about the case, he connected with the man who said he did it.

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Leo Schofield served 36 years in prison before he was paroled in 2023, eight years after another man, Jeremy Scott, first confessed to the crime that put Mr. Schofield away.

Companies See China as a Safe Harbor Amid Trump’s Tariffs

9 April 2025 at 23:19
The heavy U.S. tariffs on other Asian countries have made China a more appealing option for companies scared to make a hasty decision amid upheaval in global trade.

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Making restaurant appliances and cookware at a small factory in Guangzhou, China, on Wednesday.

The Trump Envoy Who Got Close to the ‘World’s Coolest Dictator’

9 April 2025 at 23:55
U.S. officials said Ronald Johnson’s actions during his time as ambassador to El Salvador seemed less aligned with U.S. interests and more focused on protecting the country’s president.

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Ronald Johnson, President Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Mexico, during a Senate confirmation hearing last month.

Trump Has Targeted These Universities. Why?

9 April 2025 at 23:54
President Trump has set his sights on defunding colleges, singling out some of the world’s wealthiest schools in what critics say is an attack on academic freedom.

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Princeton is one of seven prominent universities that have been singled out by the Trump administration for funding cuts.

Jessica Tisch: NYPD Commissioner, Heiress and Maybe a Future Mayor

“I don’t see it,” Jessica Tisch says. It is already a complicated life overhauling the Police Department, working for Eric Adams and keeping the Trump administration at bay.

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Jessica Tisch, a scion of one of New York’s wealthiest families, has dedicated her career to the city.

The Strange Case of an Hermès Heir, an Emir and a Deal Gone Wrong

10 April 2025 at 00:04
Nicolas Puech agreed to sell his multibillion-dollar stake in his family’s luxury goods empire to the royal family of Qatar, but then said he couldn’t gain access to his shares.

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Nicolas Puech at his hacienda in Aracena, Spain, in 2011.
Yesterday — 9 April 2025NYT | Top Stories

Israeli Airstrike in Gaza City Leaves Many Dead, Health Officials There Say

The strike on a home left other bodies buried under the rubble, according to the Gazan authorities. The Israeli military said it had been targeting a Hamas operative.

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Relatives hold back the father of a man killed in an Israeli airstrike on a home in a neighborhood in Gaza City, on Wednesday.

Coalition Deal in Germany Clears Way for Friedrich Merz to Become Chancellor

9 April 2025 at 22:41
The agreement was concluded relatively quickly but still took about six and half weeks, during which the country had been virtually rudderless at a critical moment for Europe.

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Friedrich Merz had been under pressure to get a coalition government moving.

Britain Lost Out on Euro Disney. Now It’s Getting a Universal Theme Park.

9 April 2025 at 21:53
A yet-to-be-named Universal Studios theme park will be the country’s largest tourist attraction when it opens in 2031. But studio executives have not yet said which characters will be featured.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, center, with renderings of the proposed Universal Studios theme park.

Bond Sell Off Raises Questions About U.S. Safe Haven Status

10 April 2025 at 01:29
As the fallout from President Trump’s global trade war spreads, investors are fleeing what is typically seen as the safest corner.

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The rise in yields on 10-year Treasuries has helped to push up borrowing costs globally, including in Britain and across emerging markets.

The House Republicans Holding Out Against Trump’s Budget and Tax Cut Plan

9 April 2025 at 17:03
Hard-line conservatives concerned about the deficit are among President Trump’s most stalwart supporters in Congress. But they say they cannot in good conscience back the budget plan he has endorsed.

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Representative Eric Burlison, Republican of Missouri, is one of about a dozen hard-line conservatives who have said they cannot back their party’s budget blueprint to unlock President Trump’s spending and tax cuts.

Netanyahu Sticks By Trump’s Brazen Proposal for Gazans to Leave

9 April 2025 at 20:16
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said his government was serious about “voluntary” migration, after an Oval Office meeting where President Trump appeared to have lost interest.

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Asked on Monday about Gaza emigration, President Trump said it was “a concept that I had,” and passed the question to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.

Death Toll in Dominican Republic Roof Collapse Hits 113

9 April 2025 at 20:56
The scene at a nightclub in Santo Domingo was increasingly grim as bodies but no more survivors were recovered.

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Rescue teams at Jet Set, the popular dance club in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where the roof collapsed on Tuesday.

China Dismisses Ukraine’s Assertion That ‘Many’ Chinese Are Fighting for Russia

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that two Chinese men fighting alongside Russian troops had been captured and that there were “many more” on the battlefield.

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Lin Jian, a spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, said on Wednesday that Beijing was “verifying the relevant situation” about the two Chinese men captured fighting alongside Russian troops.

A Game of Chicken With China, and How Much Plastic Is in the Human Brain

Plus, the theme park wars heat up.

© Qilai Shen for The New York Times

Making restaurant appliances and cookware at a factory in Guangzhou, China, on Wednesday. President Trump’s latest move effectively raised import taxes on Chinese goods to more than 100 percent.

Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Expands to Green Card Holders

An autistic young man loses his caretaker as the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown expands to permanent U.S. residents convicted of minor crimes years ago.

John and Lena Ferris with their son Luke, center, in Falls Church, Va.

For U.S. and China, a Risky Game of Chicken With No Off-Ramp in Sight

China’s latest move: an additional 50 percent tariff on U.S. goods. Neither side wants to look weak by backing down, but a collapse of their trade ties could have profound consequences.

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A small factory in Guangzhou, China, that makes restaurant appliances. The Trump administration’s tariffs will ravage export-oriented companies along China’s eastern seaboard.

Trump’s Tariff Goal Is to Eliminate Trade Deficits. Economists Have Doubts.

9 April 2025 at 12:01
Behind Trump’s new tariffs is a goal that is as ambitious as it is unrealistic: eliminating the bilateral trade deficit with every U.S. trading partner.

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The formula that the White House has devised for imposing tariffs means that, until U.S. imports from and exports to each country balance out, those nations will face additional levies.

NOAA Staffing Cuts Threaten Years of Salmon Harvests

9 April 2025 at 17:01
In Washington, where salmon is a multibillion dollar industry, government staff terminations and budget freezes may put salmon production at risk.

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Salmon caught on the opening day of the spring Chinook salmon run in Washougal, Wash., in 2020.

Gun Owners Are Preparing for When All Hell Breaks Loose

9 April 2025 at 17:00
Once thought of as a fringe mind-set, the prepared citizen movement is gaining traction in a world shaped by war, the pandemic and extreme weather.

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Christopher Eric Roscher, an Air Force veteran, teaches a course called Full Contender Minuteman in Leesburg, Fla.

Islamic State Regains Strength in Syria

The U.S. has sent more forces to Syria, tamping down on the immediate threat, but experts warn that the extremist group could break thousands of hardened fighters out of prison.

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Men accused of being Islamic State fighters last month in a cell Al-Sina Prison, run by the Syrian Democratic Forces, in Hasaka, Syria.
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