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Today — 22 January 2025NYT | Top Stories

Panama Alerts United Nations to Trump’s Inaugural Remarks

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By: Annie Correal and Farnaz Fassihi
22 January 2025 at 04:11
On Monday, President Trump said of the Panama Canal, “We’re taking it back.” The letter from Panama cited articles of the U.N. charter that prohibit member states from using threats and force.

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President Trump has repeatedly commented about the Panama Canal.

Rubio Oversees Halt to Foreign Aid and Meets With Asian Diplomats on Day 1

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By: Edward Wong
22 January 2025 at 03:44
Marco Rubio told State Department employees that changes under President Trump “are not meant to be destructive, they’re not meant to be punitive.”

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Marco Rubio was sworn in as secretary of state on Tuesday by Vice President JD Vance.

After Trump’s Threats, Mexico’s Leader Says She’ll ‘Always Defend’ Her Country

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By: Emiliano Rodríguez Mega
22 January 2025 at 03:28
On Tuesday, President Claudia Sheinbaum responded point by point to President Trump’s executive orders on migration, trade and other issues.

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President Claudia Sheinbaum said during her daily conference on Tuesday, “It’s important to always keep a cool head.”

Leaders at Davos Economic Forum Vow to ‘Stay the Course’ on Climate Action

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By: David Gelles
22 January 2025 at 03:39
Officials and business executives at the annual gathering in Switzerland said the fight against global would continue with or without the United States.

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Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, in Davos on Tuesday. “The Paris Agreement continues to be the best hope for all humanity,” she said.

Trump Moves Quickly to Install New Leaders at Key U.S. Attorneys’ Offices

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By: Devlin Barrett， Benjamin Weiser， Glenn Thrush and William K. Rashbaum
22 January 2025 at 03:39
The interim appointments, two in New York and one in Washington, signaled a break from past practice that reflects the importance of frontline prosecutors to the administration’s plans.

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Current and former law enforcement officials said the new administration’s approach came as a surprise to Justice Department veterans.

Hochul’s Budget Aims More at Pocketbook Issues Than at Trump

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By: Benjamin Oreskes and Jay Root
22 January 2025 at 03:12
The $252 billion spending plan for New York addressed concerns about affordability, crime and the cost of living, but did little to anticipate President Trump’s policies.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul, who is expected to face a robust re-election challenge in 2026, introduced a spending plan that seemed aimed at addressing affordability concerns among voters.

Judges Begin Freeing Jan. 6 Defendants After Trump’s Clemency Order

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By: Alan Feuer
22 January 2025 at 02:55
Two prominent far-right extremists with central roles in the Capitol attack, Enrique Tarrio of the Proud Boys and Stewart Rhodes of the Oath Keepers militia, have been set free.

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Metropolitan Police Department officers cordon off an area outside of the DC Central Detention Facility in Washington.

Trump Just Pardoned Himself

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By: Jeffrey Toobin
22 January 2025 at 02:16
Because presidents exercise such unfettered discretion in granting clemency, these actions provide useful insights into their true character.

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18 States Sue to Stop Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order

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By: Mattathias Schwartz
22 January 2025 at 02:02
The lawsuit to block the president’s executive order is the first salvo in what is likely to be a long-running legal fight over immigration policy.

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President Trump signed a series of executive orders in the first hours of his term.

Wind Power in U.S. Faces Hit From Trump’s Executive Order

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By: Brad Plumer
22 January 2025 at 01:59
In a sweeping order, President Trump halted federal approvals for new wind farms, in a move that could affect projects on land and in the ocean.

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The South Fork Wind Farm is about 35 miles off the coast of Montauk, N.Y.

3 of the Most Important Trump Executive Orders on Climate

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By: Lisa Friedman
22 January 2025 at 01:32
President Trump’s wave of executive orders yesterday sent an undeniable signal to the world about the United States’ role in fighting climate change.

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A wind turbine off the coast near Montauk, N.Y.

As Trump Takes Office, Zelensky Urges Europe to Stand Firm Against Russia

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By: Marc Santora
22 January 2025 at 01:24
Speaking a day after Trump’s inauguration, Ukraine’s president told world leaders at Davos that Europe needs to remain united and “learn how to take care of itself.”

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday.

Trump Is at the Peak of His Power. The Question Is for How Long.

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By: Shane Goldmacher
22 January 2025 at 01:00
Republicans are defined today more by a single man than perhaps either party has been in decades, even as the clock starts ticking on Donald Trump’s tenure.

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In many ways, Mr. Trump has been given the rarest of opportunities: a second chance to impose a sweeping first-term-style vision, with fresh congressional majorities, just as he had in 2017.

The Ball Gowns of Trump’s New ‘Golden Age’

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By: Vanessa Friedman
22 January 2025 at 00:54
Melania and Ivanka Trump and Usha Vance wore a pastiche of bygone eras — perhaps a glimpse of what they hope the future looks like.

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President Donald J. Trump and Melania Trump greeting the crowd at the Liberty Ball.

Supreme Court Questions Prosecutors’ Focus on Sex in Capital Case

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By: Adam Liptak
22 January 2025 at 00:59
The court instructed an appeals court to reconsider whether lurid evidence tainted the trial of Brenda Andrew, the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row.

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Brenda Andrew in court in Oklahoma City, Okla., in 2004.

Joy, Anger and Little Remorse Outside D.C. Jail After Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons

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By: Aishvarya Kavi
21 January 2025 at 14:32
Dozens of people with ties to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol gathered outside the detention facility in Washington to celebrate Trump’s pardons of those convicted of crimes that day.

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A woman blowing a shofar outside the D.C. Central Detention Facility in Washington on Monday.

Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons Erase Justice Department’s Investigation

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By: Glenn Thrush
21 January 2025 at 17:57
President Trump’s pardons in the Jan. 6 case abruptly ended the most complex investigation in U.S. history. It also raised questions about what he will do next against a department he has said is full of his enemies.

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Shattered glass on the doors to the House chamber, where Capitol Police faced off with rioters on Jan. 6, 2021.

John Lennon Came to My School When I Was 8. Or Did I Imagine It?

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By: Laurie Gwen Shapiro
22 January 2025 at 03:02
A story of hazy memories, a reluctant rock star and a special day in 1973. Or was it 1974?

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During his 18-month separation from Yoko Ono, Lennon and May Pang were often together.

Garth Hudson, Multifaceted Musician With the Band, Dies at 87

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By: Peter Applebome
22 January 2025 at 01:06
He was the last surviving original member of one of the most influential groups of the 1960s and ’70s, with its blend of rock, r&b and country.

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Garth Hudson in 2010. The Band’s guitarist and songwriter Robbie Robertson said Mr. Hudson was “far and away the most advanced musician in rock ‘n’ roll.”

Trump Closes Border, Leaving Migrants in Mexico With Few Options

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By: Paulina Villegas， Rocío Gallegos and James Wagner
22 January 2025 at 00:52
On Monday, President Trump took action to close the nation’s southern border and terminate a widely used app. Many migrants expressed despair, and some moved to cross the border anyway.

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Inez Alarcón, 35, and her son, William Josué Torres Alarcón, 16, and a family friend, Anderson Mora, 18, all from Venezuela, at a crossing between Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and El Paso. Their group was the last to enter the United States before all asylum appointments were canceled.

Europe Braces for a New Trump Era, Uncertain About What It Means

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By: Jeanna Smialek
21 January 2025 at 23:56
President Trump appears willing to shake up almost every policy area, and a behind-the-scenes E.U. task force has been trying to prepare. But is Europe ready?

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Inside the Ukraine House at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, during a party to watch the inauguration of Donald J. Trump on Monday.

Jules Feiffer, Acerbic Cartoonist, Writer and Much Else, Dies at 95

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By: Andy Webster
22 January 2025 at 00:07
In his long-running Village Voice comic strip and in his many plays and screenplays, he took delight in skewering politics, relationships and human nature.

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Jules Feiffer at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in 2000, the year he decided to discontinue his popular comic strip.
Yesterday — 21 January 2025NYT | Top Stories

Trump Says Putin Is ‘Destroying Russia’

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By: Anton Troianovski
21 January 2025 at 22:22
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia praised President Trump’s second inauguration, but the American leader did not return the compliment.

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has said he welcomed President Trump’s readiness to “restore direct contacts with Russia.”

Can Trump End Birthright Citizenship? Not Easily.

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By: Eileen Sullivan， Patrick J. Lyons and Isabelle Taft
21 January 2025 at 22:33
President Trump signed an order that would treat the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants as noncitizens, effectively denying them birthright citizenship. The Constitution could stand in the way.

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The 14th Amendment says, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”

How Guatemala Plans to Resettle Planeloads of Deportees from U.S.

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By: Annie Correal and Daniele Volpe
21 January 2025 at 22:44
The case of Guatemala reveals how President Trump’s promised sweeps could change life outside the United States, too.

A deportation flight from Alexandria, Va., arrived in Guatemala City last Wednesday. The incoming Trump administration has promised to carry out the largest deportation effort in U.S. history.

Packed In for Trump’s Indoor Inauguration, Awkwardness Abounds

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By: Shawn McCreesh
21 January 2025 at 10:12
Tech billionaires, foreign leaders, ex-presidents and political nemeses. How did everyone behave?

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Anytime the Bidens interacted with the Trumps, it was fascinating to watch.

Winter Storm Brings Snow to Texas and Louisiana

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By: J. David Goodman， Nazaneen Ghaffar and Judson Jones
21 January 2025 at 23:12
“So many of you have never seen an event like this,” Louisiana’s state climatologist warned, with New Orleans facing possibly the most snow it has ever seen.
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