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BP, the energy giant, on Wednesday said it would increase spending on oil and gas while sharply paring back investments on various forms of clean energy. The move, described as a “reset,” appears to be a response to a combination of investor pressure for higher returns and a realization that the so-called energy transition to…
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The House on Tuesday narrowly passed a Republican budget resolution that calls for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and a $2 trillion reduction in federal spending over a decade, clearing the way for major elements of President Trump’s domestic agenda. The nearly party-line vote of 217 to 215 teed up a bitter fight within the…
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Chile’s government imposed a curfew and declared a state of emergency in response to a sweeping blackout that cut electricity to most of the country including the capital, Santiago, on Tuesday. The massive outage, which began in the afternoon, affected eight million households across the country, from the northern port city of Arica to Los…
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Last week, Elon Musk’s government cost-slashing initiative, dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency, posted an online “wall of receipts,” celebrating how much it had saved by canceling federal contracts. Now the organization, which is also known as the U.S. DOGE Service, has deleted all of the five biggest “savings” on that original list, after The…
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Emil Bove III, the acting deputy attorney general, stood stone-faced and alone at the prosecution table inside the federal courthouse in Manhattan last week to do a job his onetime colleagues in the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York would not. Mr. Bove, who runs the day-to-day operations of the Justice…
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The Roosevelt Hotel, a century-old building in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, became the improbable symbol of New York City’s migrant crisis, nicknamed “the new Ellis Island” for its role as an arrival center for migrants seeking shelter in the city. Images of immigrants languishing on the surrounding sidewalks as they waited for beds two…
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President Trump’s decision to fire senior military leaders without cause is foolish and a disgrace. It politicizes our professional military in a dangerous and debilitating way. What frightens me even more is the removal of three judge advocates general, the most senior uniformed legal authorities in the Defense Department. Their removal is one more element…
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“I’ve been told I sound like Nina Simone, Nancy Wilson, Odetta, Barbra Streisand, Dionne Warwick, even Mahalia Jackson,” Ms. Flack told The New York Times in 1970. “If everybody said I sounded like one person, I’d worry. But when they say I sound like them all, I know I’ve got my own style.” Preternaturally gifted…
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Dan Bongino, a former New York City police officer and Secret Service agent turned right-wing pundit and podcaster, will be the next deputy director of the F.B.I., President Trump said on Sunday night. Mr. Trump, making the announcement on his social media site, said the newly installed F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, had named Mr. Bongino…
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In a season marked by many awards, the Screen Actors Guild ceremony does something few others can: It focuses strictly on the stars. (Those who are more behind the scenes will get their due next weekend.) On Sunday night, at the 31st SAG Awards, television and film actors were celebrated, as individuals and as ensembles.…