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Today — 7 March 2025NYT | Top Stories

Trump’s Tariffs by Whim Keep Allies and Markets Off Balance

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By: David E. Sanger
7 March 2025 at 10:01
Investors sent stock prices down on Thursday amid the uncertainty over what President Trump’s inconstancy means for the global economy.

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President Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday, hours after delaying most tariffs on Mexican and Canadian products.

Why Do Republicans Want to Dismantle the Education Department?

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By: Michael C. Bender
7 March 2025 at 09:46
President Trump’s fixation reinvigorated the debate over the role of the federal government in education, and created a powerful point of unity between the factions of his party.

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The Republican Party has called for the shuttering of the Education Department since it first opened its doors in 1980.

‘I’m Freaking Out’: New Texts Detail Key Minutes of Idaho Murders

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By: Mike Baker and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
7 March 2025 at 08:31
Newly released messages reveal that two roommates in the home where four college students were murdered were alarmed by a masked person in the house that night.

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Investigators checking the house where four University of Idaho students were killed in Moscow, Idaho, in 2022.

Walgreens to Be Acquired by Sycamore Partners in $10 Billion Deal

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By: Danielle Kaye
7 March 2025 at 08:28
Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance have lost about half their value in the past year, as the chain has faced pressure in its retail and pharmacy businesses.

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Walgreens has faced declining prescription reimbursements and falling sales at its retail locations for years.

Trump Ramps Up Attacks on Law Firms With Order Targeting Perkins Coie

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By: Devlin Barrett
7 March 2025 at 06:57
The order against the firm, which did work for Democrats during the 2016 campaign, represents an escalation of efforts to punish groups the president sees as aiding his enemies.

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President Trump’s order makes Perkins Coie, which did legal work for Democrats during the 2016 presidential campaign, the second law firm to be targeted for retribution.

U.S. and Ukrainian Officials to Meet Next Week About Path to End War

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By: Luke Broadwater and Marc Santora
7 March 2025 at 08:13
The officials plan to meet next week to discuss the first steps of an agreement, after President Trump cast doubt on U.S. support for Ukraine in recent days.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has made conciliatory gestures toward President Trump after a blowup in the Oval Office last week.

Intuitive Machines’ Athena Lander Is on the Moon, but Its Fate Is Unclear

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By: Kenneth Chang
7 March 2025 at 07:50
After hours of uncertainty, officials from the Houston company said there are clues that the spacecraft is on its side, which could limit the mission’s scientific accomplishments.

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An image beamed from the Intuitive Machines Athena lander as it approached the moon on Thursday.

What to Know About Measles Cases in New York and New Jersey

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By: Alyce McFadden
7 March 2025 at 07:36
Experts recommend vaccines as the best defense against the viral illness.

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People who receive both doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine are 97 percent immune to the measles virus.

Unvaccinated New Mexico Resident Dies of Suspected Measles

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By: Teddy Rosenbluth
7 March 2025 at 07:04
The patient tested positive for the infection, but state health officials could not confirm that it was the cause of death.

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Measles tests taken among patients with symptoms at Seminole Memorial Hospital in West Texas last month.

SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Disrupts Florida Airports With Unsuccessful Test Flight

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By: Kenneth Chang
7 March 2025 at 09:10
Video showed the upper stage of the most powerful rocket ever built spinning out of control in space, a repeat of an unsuccessful test flight in January that led to debris falling over the Caribbean.

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Ricardo Scofidio, Boldly Imaginative Architect, Is Dead at 89

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By: Fred A. Bernstein
7 March 2025 at 06:54
With Diller Scofidio + Renfro, he brought a conceptual-art sensibility to cultural landmarks like Lincoln Center and to innovative public spaces like Manhattan’s High Line.

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Ricardo Scofidio in 2007, several years after he and his wife, Elizabeth Diller, became the first architects to be awarded MacArthur “genius” grants. “I’m always a little shocked when people try to make me realize we’re a big firm doing big projects,” he said, “because that was not the goal.”

Defunded Aid Programs Are Asked by Trump Administration to Prove Their Value, on a Scale of 1 to 5

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By: Stephanie Nolen
7 March 2025 at 06:18
A week after terminating thousands of contracts, the administration has sent questionnaires to those programs asking how their work benefits the U.S. national interest.

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Pete Marocco, left, the State Department official who has been overseeing cuts to U.S.A.I.D., arriving for a closed-door briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.

Adnan Syed Will Not Return to Prison, Judge Rules

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By: Simon J. Levien， Christina Morales and Amanda Holpuch
7 March 2025 at 08:04
A judge reduced his sentence to time served in the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee, ending a case that drew widespread attention when it was dissected in the “Serial” podcast.

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Adnan Syed in 2022, after a judge vacated his murder conviction. His case was the subject of the first season of the “Serial” podcast in 2014.

There Is a Way Out in Ukraine

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By: David French
7 March 2025 at 06:41
It is by supporting Zelensky that we give ending the war a real shot.

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Some Insurers Pledge to Ease Burden on L.A. Fire Victims, but Others Say No

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By: Rukmini Callimachi
7 March 2025 at 05:33
Most insurance companies will not require policyholders to itemize lost belongings, though some major companies, including State Farm, have refused.

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In Altadena, Calif., a destroyed kitchen range is one of the few objects still identifiable in the ruins of the destroyed home.

Deadly Clashes Pose Test for Syria’s New Leaders

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By: Christina Goldbaum
7 March 2025 at 05:07
At least 16 government security personnel were killed in a coastal region that was long a stronghold of the toppled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.

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A member of the Syrian government security forces standing guard in Damascus on Thursday.

2 Texas Lottery Wins Prompt Investigations and Stir Public Outrage

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By: Michael Levenson
7 March 2025 at 05:19
One jackpot winner spent $25 million on nearly every possible number combination, while another bought tickets through a third-party app.

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Jackpocket, a third-party app owned by DraftKings, suspended operations in Texas as state officials questioned the fairness of winning tickets purchased through courier services.

Trump and Johnson Push a Stopgap Spending Bill to Avert a Shutdown

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By: Catie Edmondson and Carl Hulse
7 March 2025 at 04:31
Republicans are pitching the strategy as a way of avoiding a politically damaging shutdown fight while giving President Trump more power to go around Congress and set funding levels himself.

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Speaker Mike Johnson has joined President Trump in pitching congressional Republicans on a stopgap spending bill.

State Dept. Plans to Close Diplomatic Missions and Fire Employees Overseas

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By: Edward Wong and Mark Mazzetti
7 March 2025 at 04:11
American officials, including in the C.I.A., are concerned about mass closures hampering national security work. And China has overtaken the United States in global diplomatic footprint.

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The reductions at the State Department are part of both President Trump’s larger slashing of the federal government and his “America First” foreign policy.

Is Eric Adams Running for Re-election? Signs Point to No.

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By: Jeffery C. Mays and Emma G. Fitzsimmons
7 March 2025 at 03:48
Mayor Eric Adams of New York City has taken few concrete steps to launch a serious re-election campaign, even as he faces a growing field of prominent challengers.

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With the Democratic primary less than four months away, Mayor Eric Adams has not held any campaign events or hired a campaign manager.
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