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Surprising Allies for Syria’s New Leaders: Some Jews Who Fled Long Ago

A group of Jews who left Syria decades ago wants sanctions relief for a government with former ties to Al Qaeda, despite wariness from other Jewish groups and from Israel.

April 5, 2025

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Trump Is on Shaky Legal Ground With Mass Layoffs at H.H.S., Experts Say

Job and program cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services have teed up court challenges and prompted bipartisan criticism in Congress.

April 5, 2025

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7 Americans Weigh In on Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs

Voters were bracing for the effects of President Trump’s recent tariffs in their own lives, but some said they were, for now, waiting and watching to see how all of this plays out.

April 5, 2025

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Saturday’s ‘Hands Off!’ Anti-Trump Protests Try to Reach the Newly Alarmed

The rallies on Saturday are being held all over the country and emphasize cuts to health care, Social Security and education.

April 5, 2025

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Senate Approves G.O.P. Budget Plan After Overnight Vote-a-Thon

Republicans pushed through their blueprint for tax and spending cuts after Democrats forced them to cast politically painful votes into the early morning on every element of President Trump’s agenda.

April 5, 2025

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Senate GOP pushes Trump budget framework through after marathon vote series

The amended framework would raise the debt ceiling by up to $5 trillion within the reconciliation process, taking future leverage away from Senate Democrats.

April 5, 2025

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Judge Permanently Bars N.I.H. From Limiting Medical Research Funding

The decision came as an initial win for a broad coalition of academic institutions that had argued the policy jeopardized ongoing research, but it set up an almost certain appeal.

April 4, 2025

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Disgraced ex-US Rep. George Santos could face up to 7 years in federal fraud case

The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York argued in a court filing Friday that a significant sentence was warranted because the New York Republican’s “unparalleled crimes” had “made a mockery” of the country’s election system.

April 4, 2025

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Trump shares footage of airstrike obliterating dozens of Houthis: ‘They will never sink our ships again!’

The footage appears to have been shot by a drone and shows about 70 people standing in an oval, surrounding one person near the center of the formation.

April 4, 2025

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