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Today — 25 January 2025NYT | Top Stories

Supreme Court to Hear Oklahoma Religious Charter School Case

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By: Troy Closson
25 January 2025 at 05:43
The proposal to create the nation’s first religious charter school paid for by taxpayer funds could move the line between church and state in education.

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The Supreme Court’s 6-to-3 conservative majority has shown an openness to religion in the public sphere.

Senate to Vote on Pete Hegseth’s Confirmation, With Outcome Uncertain

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By: Karoun Demirjian
25 January 2025 at 05:24
With two G.O.P. senators opposed, Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s pick for defense secretary, can afford to lose only one more. If he is confirmed, it is likely to be by the smallest margin for that post in modern times.

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Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, has generated controversy since the beginning of the nomination process.

What Is the Future of the Paris Agreement?

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By: David Gelles， Claire Hogan and Christina Shaman
25 January 2025 at 04:24
On President Trump’s first day in office, he pulled out of the Paris Agreement, a pact among nearly all nations to fight climate change. Reporting from Davos, Switzerland, David Gelles, a climate journalist for The New York Times, explains what this decision means for the rest of the world.

Arthur Blessitt, Who Carried a Cross Around the World, Dies at 84

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By: Clay Risen
25 January 2025 at 03:25
A street preacher from Hollywood, he set out on a walk to New York City in 1969 with a 110-pound cross on his back. Then he kept going.

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Arthur Blessitt in 2009 with the cross he carried when he started his trek from Los Angeles to New York on Christmas Day 1969. He went on to carry a smaller version of the cross all over the world.

Tim Noel Named C.E.O. of UnitedHealthcare After Killing of Brian Thompson

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By: Victor Mather
25 January 2025 at 00:50
The health insurer named Tim Noel, a longtime employee of its parent company, for the job. The previous chief executive, Brian Thompson, was killed in Manhattan.

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UnitedHealthcare announced its new chief executive almost two months after its previous leader was killed in Manhattan.

Trump Supports the Police, Just as Long as They Support Him

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By: Luke Broadwater and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
25 January 2025 at 03:58
President Trump’s flurry of pardons this week sent a message to law enforcement: He will “back the blue” if they back him.

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President Trump greeting police officers after a rally in Waukesha, Wis., last year. Police unions have been an area of support for Mr. Trump.

Existing-Home Sales in 2024 Were Slowest in Decades Amid High Mortgage Rates

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By: Ben Casselman
25 January 2025 at 02:52
The market perked up late in the year when interest rates eased, but affordability challenges yielded the fewest transactions since 1995.

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A significant increase in home sales unlikely this year, one expert said.

TikTok Ban and Trump Executive Order Lead to Tech Company Dilemma

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By: Sapna Maheshwari， Aaron Krolik and Tripp Mickle
25 January 2025 at 02:41
The federal law banning TikTok has revealed a major schism among American tech companies: Some are willing to flout the law — and some, including Apple and Google, are not.

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The TikTok app stopped working over the weekend, when the U.S. ban took effect. But it came back on Sunday.

Trump Leaves Democrats Dazed, With Some Willing to Work With Republicans

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By: Reid J. Epstein
25 January 2025 at 01:43
Locked out of power in Washington, the party is struggling to agree on a unified message of opposition. Some of its lawmakers are even telling Republicans they want to work together.

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Gov. Tony Evers of Wisconsin, a Democrat, used his annual State of the State speech this week to defend immigrants. Many other Democratic leaders have been quieter in their pushback to the new administration.

The Making of a David Lynch Memorial at Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank

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By: Tejal Rao
25 January 2025 at 01:21
Fans of the late American filmmaker built a distinctly Lynchian shrine outside the Burbank restaurant Bob’s Big Boy.

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The mascot outside Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank became the site of a spontaneous memorial for the late director David Lynch.

If You Work for the Federal Government, How Are You Feeling About D.E.I.?

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By: The New York Times
23 January 2025 at 07:38
We want to know how workers are processing President Trump’s decision to end hiring practices meant to further diversity, equity and inclusion in the federal work force.

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The Theodore Roosevelt Building, which houses the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

More Ships May Return to the Red Sea if Houthis Hold Their Fire

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By: Peter Eavis
25 January 2025 at 00:21
Shipping companies expressed caution about using the shorter route between Asia and Europe that many ships have avoided for more than a year.

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The Suez Canal handled 10 percent of world trade and more than a fifth of container shipments before the Houthi attacks began in late 2023.

How Riad Sattouf Uses His Cartoons to Draw a Window Into the Middle East

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By: Richard Fausset
24 January 2025 at 18:00
Riad Sattouf’s saga of his parents’ failed bicultural marriage, with its harsh depiction of life in rural Syria, has become a literary sensation.

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Riad Sattouf signing his books in Rennes, France, last month. His masterwork series, “The Arab of the Future,” tells the story of his childhood, which was jarringly divided between the Middle East and France.

He Was Pushed in Front of a Subway Train. How Did He Survive?

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By: Katherine Rosman
25 January 2025 at 01:57
Joseph Lynskey was waiting for the subway in Manhattan last month when a random act of violence transformed his life.

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Weeks after the attack, Mr. Lynskey finds the incident nearly inconceivable. “The trauma of what I’ve experienced, it has not fully hit me,” he said.

MeToo Outrage Leaves Japanese Broadcaster Without a Single Advertiser

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By: Martin Fackler， Kiuko Notoya and Hisako Ueno
24 January 2025 at 22:42
A popular TV host admitted trying to conceal a sexual assault complaint. This time, the reaction was swift and harsh, and aimed not only at him but also his employers.

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Masahiro Nakai in 2013. He was a boy-band star before becoming a popular TV host.

More Ships May Return to the Red Sea if Houthis Hold Their Fire

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By: Peter Eavis
25 January 2025 at 00:21
Shipping companies expressed caution about using the shorter route between Asia and Europe that many ships have avoided for more than a year.

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The Suez Canal handled 10 percent of world trade and more than a fifth of container shipments before the Houthi attacks began in late 2023.
Yesterday — 24 January 2025NYT | Top Stories

Meta to Increase Spending to $65 Billion This Year in A.I. Push

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By: Mike Isaac
24 January 2025 at 23:06
Much of the capital investment, a big jump from 2024, will fund expansion of Meta’s data centers, which provide the computing power needed by A.I. products and algorithms.

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Meta’s Facebook data center in Eagle Mountain, Utah, last year.

Trump Says States Should Manage Disasters. Former FEMA Leaders Agree.

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By: Christopher Flavelle
24 January 2025 at 18:02
“I’d rather see the states take care of their own problems,” the president said. Federal emergency managers from both parties have made the same argument.

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President Donald Trump toured storm damage from Hurricane Laura in Lake Charles, La., with Chad Wolf, left, the acting homeland security secretary. and Pete Gaynor, second from left, the FEMA administrator, in 2020.

Israel Appears Poised to Keep Its Troops in Lebanon Beyond Deadline

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By: Patrick Kingsley， Ronen Bergman and Natan Odenheimer
24 January 2025 at 21:35
Israel and Hezbollah agreed to withdraw from southern Lebanon, but Israel says that Hezbollah hasn’t upheld its promise and that the Lebanese Army isn’t ready to fill the void.

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Israeli soldiers inside a village in southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, on Thursday.

Libyan Sought by I.C.C. for War Crimes Is Released by Italy, Sparking Backlash

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By: Emma Bubola and Elisabetta Povoledo
24 January 2025 at 21:17
The government attributed the release to procedural reasons. But critics say it is because Italy depends on Libya to stem the flow of migrants from Africa.

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Angelo Bonelli and Nicola Fratoianni, opposition members of Italy’s Parliament, denounced the government’s release of Osama Elmasry Njeem at a news conference on Thursday.

Trump Drive to Cut Safety Net Could Hit His Voters

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By: Jason DeParle
24 January 2025 at 05:24
The new administration wants to slash aid for health, food and housing, but many of those programs now reach the struggling working class he is courting.

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Republicans are mulling deep cuts in safety net spending, partly to offset tax cuts for the wealthy. But these could harm some of the voters who helped elect Donald Trump.

March for Life: Abortion Opponents Raise Their Ambitions

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By: Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer
24 January 2025 at 18:01
The March for Life on Friday will bring together a movement invigorated by some early moves of the second Trump administration.

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Abortion opponents at the annual March For Life in Washington, D.C., last year.

Ukraine Sends Volley of Drones at Russia, Hitting Oil Refinery

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By: Maria Varenikova
24 January 2025 at 19:36
Videos showed fireballs over a facility in Ryazan, 110 miles southeast of Moscow. Kyiv is seeking to disrupt Russian military logistics and put pressure on the country’s economy by striking its oil industry.

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The Ryazan Airborne Command School in Ryazan, Russia, in 2022. Ukraine said it had struck oil facilities in the city.
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