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Stephen Miller’s Stock Sale Raises Questions, Ethics Experts Say

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Ana Swanson
Mr. Miller, one of President Trump’s top advisers, sold shares in the mining company MP Materials following a lucrative deal between the company and the government.

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Stephen Miller, one of the president’s top advisers, sold shares of a mining company after it had begun negotiations with the government, raising concerns among ethics experts.

Legal Groups Sue Justice Dept. for Secret Memo Justifying Boat Strikes

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Jonah E. Bromwich
“The public deserves to know how the Trump administration has justified the outright murder of civilians as lawful,” the organizations said in their lawsuit.

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The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and other legal groups, seeks the release of a secret memo that provides a legal rationale for the Trump administration’s strikes.

Canada Plans to Fast-Track Immigration for US H1-B Visa Holders in New Talent Drive

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Matina Stevis-Gridneff
The government says it will fast-track immigration for U.S. H-1B visa holders and spend more than $1 billion to attract researchers from the United States and the rest of the world.

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The University of Toronto, one of the world’s best-ranked academic institutions, picked up several top professors from Ivy League schools this year, including two from M.I.T.

Trump Administration Fights Roadblock to Pursuing Comey Case

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Alan Feuer
The battle preceded the department’s looming decision over whether — and how — to bring new charges against James B. Comey.

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A ruling by a federal judge over the weekend has temporarily blocked prosecutors from gaining access to a crucial trove of evidence they used to bring charges against James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, in late September.

Nvidia’s China Lobbying Wins Big. But the True Payoff is Less Certain.

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Andrew Ross Sorkin， Bernhard Warner， Sarah Kessler， Michael J. de la Merced， Niko Gallogly， Brian O’Keefe and Ian Mount
President Trump’s move fulfills a major goal of the chipmaker. But the move faces opposition in Washington — and uncertainty in Beijing.

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Lobbying efforts by Jensen Huang, C.E.O. of Nvidia, appear to have paid off in a big way.

Supreme Court Struggles With How to Insulate the Federal Reserve From Politics

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Adam Liptak
The president seemed poised for a big Supreme Court win letting him remove officials without cause. But the justices appeared to struggle with how to insulate the Federal Reserve from politics.

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President Trump has mused about trying to fire Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, but he has not followed through. Indeed, no president has sought to remove a member of the Fed board without cause.

Supreme Court Grapples With Whether to Lift Campaign Finance Limits

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Abbie VanSickle and Shane Goldmacher
The dispute before the court involved a Republican effort to lift limits on how much money political parties can spend in coordination with candidates.

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In 2010, in the landmark case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court struck down legal limits on independent political spending by corporations and unions.

A Key Question for the Supreme Court: What About the Fed?

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Adam Liptak
The president seemed poised for a big Supreme Court win letting him remove officials without cause. But the justices appeared to struggle with how to insulate the Federal Reserve from politics.

© Caroline Gutman for The New York Times

President Trump has mused about trying to fire Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, but he has not followed through. Indeed, no president has sought to remove a member of the Fed board without cause.

Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ

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Ben Casselman
The findings are the latest example of how the notion of a single price is breaking down in the digital age, a trend economists say could be pushing up some prices.

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In tests in four cities across the country, nearly 200 volunteers checked prices on 20 grocery items on Instacart. They found differences in item after item.
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