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Honduras Says Trump’s Deportation Plan Could Push It Closer to China

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Annie Correal
Many Latin American countries are trying to distance themselves from Beijing. But in response to President Trump’s sweeping deportation plans, Honduras is doing the opposite.

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President Xiomara Castro of Honduras, at the United Nations General Assembly in September. She has been more outspoken about President Trump’s deportation plans than other regional leaders.

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

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Karoun Demirjian
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.

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

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Clay Risen
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.

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

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Reid J. Epstein
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.

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

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Richard Fausset
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.

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

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Christopher Flavelle
“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.

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

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Emma Bubola and Elisabetta Povoledo
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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Jason DeParle
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.
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