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Musk Is Likely to Get a West Wing Office for His Cost-Cutting Project

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is likely to be given office space in the West Wing, putting him close to President D...

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Elon Musk Ignites Online Speculation Over the Meaning of a Hand Gesture

Elon Musk ignited speculation and chatter online when he made a hand gesture twice during a speech celebrating President Donald Trump on Mon...

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Even This Year Is the Best Time Ever to Be Alive

Nicholas Kristof OpinionOpinion by Nicholas Kristof on Jan. 18, 2025. Around the beginning of each year, I customarily write a column about ...

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President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden embark on Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., as he travels to Charleston, S.C., on his last day in office, Jan 19, 2025. President Biden pardoned five activists and public servants on Sunday, including a posthumous grant of clemency to the civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, who mobilized the Black nationalist movement and was convicted of mail fraud in 1923. (Cheriss May/The New York Times)

Biden Pardons 5 Members of His Family in Final Minutes in Office

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden pardoned five members of his family in his last minutes in office, saying in a statement that he did so not...

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Trump to Release Records on the Assassinations of the Kennedys and Martin Luther King

Donald Trump has said that once he is sworn in as president Monday, he will quickly release records relating to the assassinations of Presid...

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US Sues Southwest Airlines Over Chronic Delays

The federal government sued Southwest Airlines on Wednesday, accusing the airline of harming passengers who flew on two routes that were pla...

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Jeffrey Epstein’s Estate Got a $112 Million Tax Refund

Jeffrey Epstein’s once vast estate — art, jewelry, lavish properties and investments — was meant to be drained by settlements to his many se...

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Tiktok’s headquarters in Culver City, Calif., Sept. 8, 2020. TikTok on Jan. 14, 2025 sought to assure its U.S. employees that they will still have jobs next week even if the Supreme Court upholds a law that would see the video app banned in the United States. (Rozette Rago/The New York Times)

TikTok Says Employees Will Have Jobs Even if Ban Takes Effect

TikTok on Tuesday sought to assure its U.S. employees that they will still have jobs next week even if the Supreme Court upholds a law that ...

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Economic Toll of Los Angeles Fires Goes Far Beyond Destroyed Homes

After decades of mounting damage from climate-fueled natural disasters, researchers have compiled many misery-filled data sets that trace th...

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The smoldering wreckage of beachfront structures destroyed by the Palisade Fire in Malibu, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. The threat of more fires propelled by blistering Santa Ana winds hung over southern California on Friday as firefighters battled to contain the raging blazes that have killed at least 10 people and destroyed thousands of structures. (Loren Elliott/The New York Times)

An Important Reservoir Was Offline When California Fires Began

An important reservoir that helps supply water in Pacific Palisades was offline at the time the fires began, officials said Friday, and that...

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Musk Is Likely to Get a West Wing Office for His Cost-Cutting Project

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