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Today — 17 May 2025NYT | Top Stories

Under Fire From Trump’s Tariffs, Ammo Makers in a Balkan Valley Hunker Down

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By: Andrew Higgins
17 May 2025 at 12:01
Companies that make ammunition in the Bosnian city of Gorazde fear they may not survive the tariffs imposed on the goods that they send to their biggest market — the United States.

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Workers producing ammunition parts last month for Ginex and Pobjeda Technology, in Gorazde, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Under Fire From Trump’s Tariffs, Ammo Makers in a Balkan Valley Hunker Down

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By: Andrew Higgins
17 May 2025 at 12:01
Companies that make ammunition in the Bosnian city of Gorazde fear they may not survive the tariffs imposed on the goods that they send to their biggest market — the United States.

© Vladimir Zivojinovic for The New York Times

Workers producing ammunition parts last month for Ginex and Pobjeda Technology, in Gorazde, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Republican Revolt Reflects a Core Party Divide Over Spending and Debt

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By: Carl Hulse
17 May 2025 at 07:01
Whether the ultraconservatives dig in and force big changes to the megabill carrying President Trump’s agenda or capitulate, as they have in the past, will determine the fate of their party’s signature legislation.

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Representative Chip Roy, Republican of Texas, is among a handful of lawmakers who blocked their own party’s sprawling domestic policy measure from advancing out of a key committee on Friday.

Melania Trump Statue Vanishes in Slovenia

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By: Lynsey Chutel and Matej Leskovsek
17 May 2025 at 05:41
The bronze sculpture, erected near Ms. Trump’s hometown in eastern Slovenia, was chopped off at the feet and stolen, the police said.

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The disappearance of a statue of Melania Trump near her hometown, Sevnica, Slovenia, has prompted a police investigation.

Cher Wants a Better Home for L.A.’s Elephants. Not Tulsa.

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By: Jesus Jiménez
17 May 2025 at 07:28
A lawsuit is seeking to stop Los Angeles Zoo officials from shipping their two surviving elephants to another zoo in Oklahoma. Cher and other advocates want them to go to an animal sanctuary.

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Billy the elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo this month. The 40-year-old pachyderm has been at the zoo since 1989.

Couple Imprisoned Girl for 7 Years and Kept Her in Dog Cage, Police Say

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By: Sarah Maslin Nir
17 May 2025 at 06:57
Investigators, who did not identify the teenager, now 18, said they believed she had been sexually abused by her stepfather.

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The house in Blackwood, N.J., where the teenager lived with her mother and stepfather.

Trump Appointee Pressed Analyst to Redo Intelligence on Venezuelan Gang

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By: Julian E. Barnes， Maggie Haberman and Charlie Savage
17 May 2025 at 06:19
The move followed a disclosure that intelligence agencies disagree with a key factual claim Trump made to invoke a wartime deportation law.

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Joe Kent, the acting chief of staff for Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, on Capitol Hill last month. Mr. Kent told a senior intelligence analyst to do a new assessment of the relationship between Venezuela’s government and the gang after the initial version countered a White House narrative, officials said.

After Cuts, a Kentucky Weather Office Scrambles for Staffing as Severe Storms Bear Down

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By: Judson Jones and Amy Graff
17 May 2025 at 10:37
The office in Jackson, Ky., is one of several left without an overnight forecaster after hundreds of jobs were recently cut from the National Weather Service.

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Secret Service Questions Comey Over ‘86 47’ Social Media Post About Trump

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By: Eileen Sullivan and Michael S. Schmidt
17 May 2025 at 07:26
Administration officials had said the post — a picture of seashells forming the numbers “86 47” — amounted to an assassination threat by the former F.B.I. director.

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James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, has long been a target of President Trump’s ire, dating to early in Mr. Trump’s first presidency.

Democrats Who Championed Biden’s Re-election Bid Now Seek Atonement

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By: Reid J. Epstein and Lisa Lerer
17 May 2025 at 05:02
With their party facing record low approval ratings, many top Democrats are trying to reposition themselves from Biden boosters to truth-tellers of what really happened in 2024.

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The process to rebuild trust in the Democratic brand, some strategists argue, must begin with confronting how the party handled the 2024 race.

Audio Clip of Biden Special Counsel Interview Is Released, Showing Verbal Stumbles

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By: Devlin Barrett and Tyler Pager
17 May 2025 at 08:32
Republicans have long sought to make public a recording of the 2023 interview, arguing that it might offer evidence of a decline in Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s mental acuity.

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The Biden administration kept secret audio recordings of the president being interviewed by the special counsel who investigated his handling of classified information secret, asserting executive privilege.

Moody’s Downgrades U.S. Credit Rating Below Triple-A

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By: Tony Romm， Andrew Duehren and Joe Rennison
17 May 2025 at 07:27
Now all three major credit rating firms no longer give the United States their best rating.

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The ratings downgrade amounted to a political and economic repudiation of Washington.

Woman Charged in Telemundo Reporter’s Murder Gets 25 Years in Another Case

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By: Neil Vigdor
17 May 2025 at 05:14
Danette Colbert, who is awaiting trial in the death of Adan Manzano before the Super Bowl, had her probation revoked in a 2021 case under Louisiana’s repeat offender law.

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A Louisiana woman charged in the murder of Adan Manzano, a reporter for the Kansas City affiliate of the Spanish-language network Telemundo, has been resentenced to 25 years in prison in a separate case.

What Does ‘86’ Mean? Term Referenced in Comey’s Social Media Post Has Changed Over Time

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By: Karoun Demirjian and Pete Wells
17 May 2025 at 04:36
Trump administration officials say that the term refers to assassination, but lexicologists say it emerged from diner slang.

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James B. Comey, the former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, has a long and contentious history with President Trump, who fired him in 2017.

Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Block Ruling on Mass Layoffs

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By: Abbie VanSickle
17 May 2025 at 04:35
A federal judge’s order had barred dozens of federal agencies from moving ahead with the largest phase of President Trump’s efforts to downsize the government.

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D. John Sauer, the solicitor general, argued that a pause of the administration’s plans for mass layoffs would prevent “almost the entire executive branch from formulating and implementing plans to reduce the size of the federal work force.”

Conservatives Imperil G.O.P. Megabill That Would Fulfill Trump’s Agenda

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By: Catie Edmondson
17 May 2025 at 02:37
Conservatives are demanding deeper cuts in federal spending, including the elimination of clean energy tax credits and work requirements for Medicaid recipients to start earlier.

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Representative Chip Roy, Republican of Texas, was one of five Republicans on the House Budget Committee to join Democrats in voting to keep the Republican tax bill from reaching the House floor.

Democrats Move to Block Over $3 Billion in Weapons Sales to Qatar and U.A.E.

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By: Robert Jimison
17 May 2025 at 03:43
The lawmakers introduced resolutions as anger erupted over a series of deals involving the president, businesses linked to his family and several countries.

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Senator Christopher S. Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, raised concerns about a proposed weapons sale to Qatar in light of reports that the country had offered President Trump a $400 million luxury Boeing jet as a gift.

Boxcar, a Private Bus Company, Sees Opportunity in NJ Transit Strike

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By: Sopan Deb
17 May 2025 at 03:15
With quirky social media videos, Boxcar, which was founded in 2017, is seeking to elevate its profile as commuters look for alternative ways to reach Manhattan.

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Empty platforms at Hoboken Terminal in New Jersey on Friday. Boxcar, a private bus company, is using social media to turn a New Jersey Transit rail strike to its advantage.

10 New Orleans Inmates Escape Jail Through Cell Wall Where Toilet Was Removed

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By: Michael Levenson
17 May 2025 at 05:56
The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office said the inmates, who should be considered “armed and dangerous,” might have had help from jail workers.

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The cell at the Orleans Justice Center in New Orleans from which 10 inmates escaped early Friday.

Republicans Push to End Immigrant Benefits in Democratic States

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By: Laurel Rosenhall and Jenna Russell
17 May 2025 at 03:39
For years, Democratic state leaders believed their immigrant programs were free from federal interference. But Republicans in Washington are now threatening to penalize states that continue them.

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For years, California has provided benefits to undocumented immigrants who do not qualify for federal aid.

A Reality Show Where Immigrants Compete for U.S. Citizenship? D.H.S. Is Considering It.

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By: Hamed Aleaziz
17 May 2025 at 02:49
A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security said the agency was happy to review “out-of-the-box pitches.”

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Rob Worsoff, a television producer, left, with Jack Osbourne in 2013. Mr. Worsoff recently pitched to the Department of Homeland Security a reality show that would have immigrants go through a series of challenges to get American citizenship.

New York Helped Thousands of Migrants With Legal Issues. That’s Ending.

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By: Luis Ferré-Sadurní
16 May 2025 at 18:00
The imminent closing of the Asylum Application Help Center marks another turning point in the city’s response to the migrant crisis.

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When it was created in July 2023, the Asylum Application Help Center aspired to assist migrants — and ease the strain on the city’s shelter system.

Republicans Push to Put School Desegregation Officially in the Past

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By: Sarah Mervosh
17 May 2025 at 02:29
Louisiana officials want to overturn the remaining federal desegregation orders in their state. They may find allies in the Trump administration.

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The Justice Department dismissed a desegregation order in Plaquemines Parish, La. State officials hope others may be lifted.
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