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Newly Discovered Bach Pieces Are the Fruits of Decades of Detective Work

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Adam Nagourney
A pair of organ works that scholars believe were written by a teenage Johann Sebastian Bach were premiered in Leipzig this week and added to the composer’s official catalog.

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The two pieces were premiered by Ton Koopman and given their own numbers in the catalog of Bach’s works: BWV 1178 and BWV 1179.

Stalled Contempt Inquiry Into Deportation Flights Springs Back to Life

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Alan Feuer
The resurrected inquiry could finally get to the bottom of lingering questions such as: Did top Trump administration officials purposely ignore a court order?

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Judge James E. Boasberg’s initial order laying out the contempt investigation outlined an aggressive process for figuring out what happened inside the administration.

Mexico Is Now the United States’ Top Buyer

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James Wagner
For first time in at least 30 years, the United States has exported more to Mexico than Canada, U.S. government data show, in a sign of how much North American trade has consolidated.

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Trucks moving goods from the United States to Mexico in February. “Mexico is the United States’ main trading partner,” said Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s economy minister.

Nvidia Earnings Show Profit Jumped 65% to $31.9 Billion

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Tripp Mickle
The company, which makes the computer chips essential to the artificial intelligence boom, also said revenue in its recent quarter rose to $57 billion.

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Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, made a bet on chips for artificial intelligence that has turned his company into a Silicon Valley giant.

Alberta Invokes Last-Resort Constitutional Clause to Shield Trans Laws From Challenges

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Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Ian Austen
The western province’s conservative government has invoked a rarely used clause in Canada’s Constitution to shield its bills limiting transgender rights from legal challenges.

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Danielle Smith, Alberta’s conservative premier, has framed the enactment of the bills as a matter of children’s safety.

December Rate Cut in Doubt as Fed Fault Lines Deepen, Minutes Show

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Colby Smith
The central bank’s decision to lower interest rates last month was more divisive than it first appeared as officials splintered over how to weigh a weakening labor market against rising inflation.

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Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, said recently that officials at the central bank held “strongly differing views.”

Saudi Arabia Backs Elon Musk’s xAI With Data Center Deal

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Adam Satariano and Paul Mozur
Mr. Musk’s xAI will work with the Saudi artificial intelligence company Humain on a new data center, part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s effort to diversify his kingdom’s economy.

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On Tuesday, executives from many of the biggest tech companies, including Elon Musk, attended a dinner hosted by President Trump honoring Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia.
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