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U.S. Sues Apple, Accusing It of Maintaining an iPhone Monopoly

The Justice Department argued that the company had violated antitrust laws with practices that were intended to keep users reliant on Apple devices.

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Leaders Release $1.2 Trillion Spending Bill Amid Race to Avert Shutdown

The bipartisan bill emerged one day before the funding deadline. It was not clear whether Congress would pass it in time to avoid a partial shutdown.

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A Mexican Drug Cartel’s New Target: Seniors and Their Timeshares

One of Mexico’s most powerful criminal groups runs call centers that offer to buy retirees’ vacation properties and then empty their bank accounts.

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Trump Told Pence Certifying Election Would Be ‘Career Killer,’ Valet Testified

Donald Trump warned Mike Pence against failing to overturn the 2020 election results, according to an account by the White House valet by his side on Jan. 6.

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A Little-Known Way That Trump Could Raise Money to Pay His Legal Bills

Donald Trump’s social media company is finally set to go public. He could borrow against the value of his stake in the company.

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Here’s what we learned about Donald Trump and President Biden’s campaign cash from the most recent filings.

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The Psychedelic Evangelist

A Johns Hopkins scientist was known for rigorous studies of psychedelics. Was he a true believer?

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Blinken Says Challenges Remain as U.S. Pushes for Gaza Cease-Fire Deal

Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Egypt’s president and foreign minister on his sixth wartime trip to the Middle East.

A U.S. resolution at the U.N. calls for “an immediate and sustained cease-fire,” Washington’s strongest language so far.

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Speaker Mike Johnson said he would invite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to address Congress.

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New California Court for the Mentally Ill Tests a State’s Liberal Values

To confront homelessness and mental illness, California has passed laws that critics say could violate the civil liberties of those suffering on the streets.

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Beyoncé Isn’t the First Black Artist to Go Country

When “Cowboy Carter” arrives next week, it will join a lineage of albums by stars including Ray Charles, the Pointer Sisters, Tina Turner and more.

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Duquesne Scores First Upset as March Madness Gets Underway

North Carolina dominated Wagner, while Michigan State, Creighton and Arizona also won their first-round games.

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Ashley Goodall

Mass Tech Layoffs? Just Another Day in the Corporate Blender.

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Roger Lowenstein

It Hurts to See Biden Imitating Trump on Trade

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David Firestone

The Global Campaign Against AIDS Gets Some Temporary Relief

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Pamela Paul

Can We Talk About My Meniscus?

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Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix

The One Idea That Could Save American Democracy

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Boubacar Boris Diop

My Country Is Witnessing a Messy, Buffoonish End of Rule

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David French

A Racial Realignment in Politics Could Be a Good Thing

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Bret Stephens

Directing a Movie Doesn’t Make You a Mideast Authority

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Letters From Our Readers

U.S. Efforts to Force the Chinese Owner to Sell TikTok

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Maebel Gebremedhin

Looking Away From an Epidemic of Rape

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Binyamin Appelbaum

Biden’s Housing Prescription is Far Short of a Cure

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Peter Coy

The Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple Could Change Tech in a Big Way

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David Wallace-Wells

When We See the Climate More Clearly, What Will We Do?

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Charles M. Blow

The Potency of Trump’s ‘Lost Cause’ Mythmaking

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Tressie McMillan Cottom

Oprah, Ozempic and Us

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Jane Coaston

How Trump’s Base Has Changed, According to a Pollster

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Serial Season 4: Guantánamo

One prison camp, told week by week. Listen to the trailer.

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Large Grocers Took Advantage of Pandemic Supply Chain Disruptions, F.T.C. Finds

A report found that large firms pressured suppliers, and some retailers “seem to have used rising costs as an opportunity to further hike prices.”

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U.S. Park Service Says to Leave Your Cash at Home, but Some Object

Visitors complained on social media and a group filed a lawsuit as the service continued rolling out policies against accepting cash to enter federal parks.

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Man Posing as a Pastor Had at Least 10 Wives, Prosecutors Say

The Houston man was sentenced to three years in prison after he married a woman in Kentucky, violating the conditions of his probation on a bigamy charge.

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High Winds Fuel Wildfires in Virginia and Other Mid-Atlantic States

Thousands of acres burned from Maryland to North Carolina, and more fire-friendly conditions were expected ahead of soaking rains over the weekend.

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