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Chinese Exports Are Threatening Biden’s Industrial Agenda

President Biden is increasingly hitting back with tariffs and other measures meant to restrict imports, raising tensions with Beijing.

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Juror Is Dismissed as Trump’s Trial Begins Third Day

The dismissal underscored the challenges of picking a jury for the criminal case against former President Trump.

 

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Maggie Haberman
Maggie Haberman
One thing that strikes me as we listen to these answers from jurors — one who follows Trump on social media, another who’s read a book by a prosecutor who investigated him — is how much Trump’s ubiquity over 40 years in this city hangs over this case.
Maggie Haberman
Maggie Haberman
Trump has been animated at points this morning, taking a call on his phone before the proceedings started. But right now, he has partially closed his eyes — something he tends to do in court when he seems to be trying to keep from lashing out.
Kate Christobek
Kate Christobek
Justice Merchan tells prospective jurors that the trial is estimated to last six weeks and that the jurors won’t meet on Wednesdays. He also says that if a sworn juror observes Passover, the court won’t convene.
Maggie Haberman
Maggie Haberman
Sometimes with a celebrity trial — or a case where people have strong feelings about the defendant — there’s a dynamic where people are trying to get on the jury. We have not seen that here.
Jonah Bromwich
Jonah Bromwich
The prospective jurors stream into the courtroom, 18 taking seats in the jury box. Some glance over at Trump, but many look unfazed. We are going to be careful in offering physical descriptions of the jurors after the judge’s warning.
Maggie Haberman
Maggie Haberman
Because Justice Merchan will not hold a hearing on Trump’s social media posts until April 23, Trump is almost certain to spend the days before then posting articles that will test the gag order's limits — or blow past them.
Maggie Haberman
Maggie Haberman
Christopher Conroy, one of the prosecutors, notes that Trump posted on social media quoting Jesse Watters on Fox News appearing to attack the jurors, saying they were activists trying to get on the jury to harm Trump.

The judge in Donald Trump’s trial demanded restraint from the press after some news reports included details about jurors.

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Biden Announces New Sanctions on Iran for Attacking Israel

Officials said the sanctions announced by President Biden were aimed at disrupting Iran’s ability to produce the unmanned aerial vehicles it used to attack Israel.

 

They Graduated Into Gaza’s War. What Happened to Them?

A class of freshly minted dentistry graduates in Gaza had big plans. Now they are counting the dead and trying not to join them.

Google fired 28 employees involved in the protest of an Israeli cloud contract.

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How an Obscure Chinese Real Estate Start-Up Paved the Way to TikTok

Court records tell a story about the birth of ByteDance, its bumpy road to success and the role of the Republican megadonor Jeff Yass’s firm.

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People walk past a building labeled ByteDance beside a taller building.

A trove of ByteDance records mistakenly went public. Here’s what they say.

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An ISIS Terror Group Draws Half Its Recruits From Tiny Tajikistan

Young migrants from the former Soviet republic were accused of an attack on a concert hall in Moscow that killed 145 people.

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A woman in a knit brown vest, dress and dark green head covering stands in a patch of dirt in front of a house. A wooden table with cookware and barren trees is to her side.

Here are three reasons why Tajikistan is a top ISIS recruiting ground.

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St. Vincent Dives Headfirst Into the Darkness

Seven albums and 17 years into an acclaimed solo career, the musician Annie Clark said she craved “a pummeling” on her new LP: “I want something to feel dangerous.”

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Kennedy Clan to Endorse Biden, a Show of Force Against One of Their Own

More than a dozen members of the family will appear with President Biden as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. worries Democrats with an independent bid.

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President Biden during an event in Scranton, Pa.

Election updates: President Biden will return to Pennsylvania, and Donald Trump is in court in New York.

 

Heavy Rains Batter U.A.E. and Oman, Killing at Least 20

The deluge also flooded parts of Dubai International Airport, causing scores of flight delays and cancellations, and brought other cities to a standstill.

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Rainstorms Kill More Than 130 Across Afghanistan and Pakistan

Pakistani officials warned of more flooding and heavy rainfall next week, stoking fears of a particularly brutal monsoon season to come.

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We spoke to 150 artists, some planning retrospectives and others making their debut, to ask about the process of starting something.

Legal Fight Over Trump Media’s Ownership Adds to Its Woes

Two ex-contestants on “The Apprentice” sold Donald Trump on the idea of a social media platform. Now, the company and the pair are wrangling over their stake.

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Truth Social Has an Edge as Rival Right-Wing Apps Falter

Donald Trump’s social media platform has outdistanced similar conservative sites such as Parler and Gettr, even as it lags far behind X and others.

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Millions of Girls in Africa Will Miss HPV Shots After Production Problem

The drugmaker Merck has told countries that it can supply only 18.8 million of the 29.6 million doses it was contracted to deliver this year.

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W.H.O. Broadens Definition of Airborne Diseases

After a global controversy over the coronavirus, the World Health Organization has updated its classification of how pathogens spread through the air.

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Prince Harry Now Officially a U.S. Resident, Documents Show

For years, Harry and his wife, Meghan, have considered California home. This week, he updated his residency in a corporate filing.

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Sick of Your Blue State? These Real Estate Agents Have Just the Place for You.

Agents in South Carolina, the fastest growing U.S. state last year, say that many newcomers are Republicans eager to leave the Northeast and West Coast.

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What Jail Time Could Look Like If Trump Is Found Guilty

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Michelle Cottle

A Biden Victory in November Turns on This State

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The Fantasy of Reviving Nuclear Energy

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Gail Collins

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Why Kari Lake and Donald Trump Have a New Spiel About Abortion

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Let Young People Live With Strangers

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The Kamala Harris Moment Has Arrived

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Modi’s Temple of Lies

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An Uneasy Arab-Israeli Alliance

Many Arab leaders see Iran as a bigger problem than Israel, even if they don’t say so publicly.

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The Homeland Movement came third in parliamentary elections, setting itself up as a possible partner for the conservatives, who failed to achieve a majority.

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