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Today — 13 March 2025NYT | Top Stories

Government Shutdown Looms With Senate Democrats Opposing 6-Month Funding Bill

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By: Carl Hulse
13 March 2025 at 06:52
The top Senate Democrat said his members were not ready to provide the votes to allow the Republican-written stopgap spending measure to pass ahead of a Friday night deadline. There is still time for a reversal.

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Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, with Senator Patty Murray. The standoff puts Senate Democrats at risk of being blamed for any shutdown.

Trump’s Big Bet: Americans Will Tolerate Economic Downturn to Restore Manufacturing

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By: David E. Sanger
13 March 2025 at 12:01
The president offers many reasons for imposing tariffs, including revenue, leverage over competitors and job creation. But history suggests a more complex history.

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President Trump has acknowledged in recent days that the United States may be headed into a recession, even as he doubles down on imposing tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China and the European Union.

Europe Expected a Transactional Trump. It Got Something Else.

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By: Jeanna Smialek
13 March 2025 at 12:01
Europe had been banking on a United States that wanted to make a deal on tariffs and trade. With little progress in that direction, it’s reluctantly starting to hit back.

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President Trump at a business round table in Washington, this week. After American tariffs on steel and aluminum kicked in on Wednesday, Europe announced a sweeping package of retaliatory tariffs.

‘Let’s Not Talk About It’: 5 Years Later, China’s Covid Shadow Lingers

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By: Vivian Wang
13 March 2025 at 12:01
People who endured the longest Covid restrictions in the world are still grappling with what they lost: their loved ones, their livelihoods, their dignity.

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The mostly shuttered neighborhood of Menghua Jie, also called Dream Flower Street, in Shanghai on Sunday.

China Cools on Musk: ‘Two Cars for the Price of One Tesla’

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By: Alexandra Stevenson
13 March 2025 at 12:00
Elon Musk, the company’s chief executive, is fast losing out to Chinese electric carmakers in Tesla’s second-most-important market.

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A Xiaomi SU7 ultra electric car. Chinese drivers that once flocked to Tesla are turning more and more to local brands that offer more efficient cars with better technology, sometimes at half the price.

Plans for a Chinese Port in the Black Sea Roil Georgia Politics

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By: Ivan Nechepurenko
13 March 2025 at 12:01
Georgia’s government sparked an uproar by announcing that a port project on the Black Sea will be awarded to a company from China after canceling a contract with a consortium that included Western firms.

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The construction site of Georgia’s first deep-sea port on the Black Sea, in Anaklia, in January.

Rules for Portable Batteries on Planes Are Changing. Here’s What to Know.

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By: Yan Zhuang
13 March 2025 at 11:23
Some airlines in Asia are tightening restrictions. You may have to repack or turn off your batteries before boarding flights with certain carriers.

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Airlines in South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand have tightened restrictions on portable batteries on flights.

Former Texas Megachurch Pastor Is Indicted on Child Sex Abuse Charges

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By: Hank Sanders
13 March 2025 at 10:16
Robert Morris, the former senior pastor of the Dallas-based Gateway Church, abused a girl over several years in the 1980s, the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office said.

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Robert Morris, the founder of a Texas megachurch, was indicted on child sex abuse charges on Wednesday.

Meta Seeks to Block Further Sales of Ex-Employee’s Scathing Memoir

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By: Mike Isaac
13 March 2025 at 09:37
An arbitrator has prevented the employee from promoting her book and disparaging the company until private arbitration concludes.

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Meta executives have called claims in a newly released book by Sarah Wynn-Williams false or wildly exaggerated.

Trump Administration Opens Investigation Into Shelters in New York

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By: Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Chelsia Rose Marcius
13 March 2025 at 08:16
Prosecutors asked for a list of names of “aliens” living at a Manhattan hotel. The city houses about 43,000 migrants in shelters, including dozens of converted hotels.

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Federal prosecutors sent a subpoena to the Hotel Chandler on East 31st Street, which does not house migrants.

Why Trump’s Tesla Showcase Mattered to Elon Musk

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By: Jess Bidgood
13 March 2025 at 07:12
A lot has changed since former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. snubbed Elon Musk at an event in 2021.

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When the Biden administration held a White House event featuring electric vehicles in 2021, Tesla was not included.

Putin Visits Kursk to Cheer Russian Troops Trying to Oust Ukraine

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By: Paul Sonne
13 March 2025 at 07:17
The trip comes as President Trump looks to secure the Russian leader’s support for a 30-day cease-fire.

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An image taken from a video released by the Kremlin purported to show President Vladimir V. Putin, right, and Gen. Valery V. Gerasimov in Kursk, Russia, on Wednesday.

ICE Returns All Migrants From Guantánamo to Stateside Facilities

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By: Carol Rosenberg and Charlie Savage
13 March 2025 at 06:39
A court filing described strip searches and the use of restraint chairs on some of the 290 migrants the Trump administration has cycled through the base.

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Migrants arriving at Guantánamo Bay last month.

The Killing of an Infowars Reporter Was Likely a Random Attack, Police Say

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By: Edgar Sandoval
13 March 2025 at 06:18
But that has not stopped Infowars’ founder, Alex Jones, from spreading misinformation.

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When asked about the conspiracy theories, Jason Jones, the Police Department’s lead homicide investigator on the case replied, “We will follow the leads that develop in this case.”

SpaceX Scrubs Launch of Crew-10 Astronauts for NASA to the I.S.S.

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By: Kenneth Chang
13 March 2025 at 07:15
An issue with a ground system that supports the Falcon 9 rocket led to a postponement of at least one day of the latest rotation of space station crews.

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The Crew-10 astronauts, Nichole Ayers, Takuya Onishi, Kirill Peskov and Anne McClain, arriving at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., last week.

Trump’s Revenge on Law Firms Seen as Undermining Justice System

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By: Michael S. Schmidt
13 March 2025 at 04:57
The president’s use of government power to punish firms is seen by some legal experts as undercutting a basic tenet: the right to a strong legal defense.

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President Trump’s retribution against law firms has shaken offices across Washington and beyond.

Inside Trump’s Crackdown on Dissent: Obscure Laws, ICE Agents and Fear

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By: Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Hamed Aleaziz
13 March 2025 at 04:26
President Trump is clamping down broadly on dissent using the tools of the federal government.

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“Freedom of speech has limitations,” said Thomas D. Homan, the Trump administration’s border czar.

Parts of L.A. Urged to Evacuate as ‘Widespread’ Rain and Snow Hit California

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By: Amy Graff
13 March 2025 at 03:32
A storm soaking the state on Wednesday and Thursday is bringing new danger to the area hit by wildfires earlier this year.

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People load sandbags in Sierre Madre, Calif., on Tuesday in preparation of the rain that is hitting the state this week.

Federal Agency Dedicated to Mental Illness and Addiction Faces Huge Cuts

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By: Jan Hoffman
13 March 2025 at 01:48
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has already closed offices and could see staff numbers reduced by 50 percent.

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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration works on two of the most urgent U.S. health problems and has generally received bipartisan support.
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