Trump’s Latest Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China Could Be His Biggest Gamble

President Trump has offered a mix of reasons for upending global trade relations, baffling and angering America’s biggest trading partners.

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Mexico Gave Trump Much of What He Wanted. Tariffs Came Anyway.

President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico took steps sought by President Trump, including sending troops to the border and cracking down on drug cartels. The tariffs went into effect anyway.

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U.S. Embassies Halt Air Quality Monitoring Abroad

Since 2008, embassies and other diplomatic posts had been publishing data about local air quality. In many countries, it was the only reliable source of such information.

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In Oct. 7 Report, Israeli Security Agency Puts Some Blame on Netanyahu Government

The Shin Bet said that it had disregarded intelligence from Gaza about a planned Hamas raid, but also that government policies may have emboldened the militants to attack.

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A Straightforward Climate Fix Hits Another Setback

Cutting down emissions of planet-warming methane from oil and gas production was supposed to be relatively simple. It hasn’t worked that way.

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Selwyn Raab, Tenacious Reporter Who Covered the Mob, Dies at 90

At The Times and elsewhere, he wrote about wrongful convictions, fake methadone clinics and the five powerful Mafia families in New York.

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Measles Outbreak Continues to Spread in West Texas

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the H.H.S. secretary, claimed that doctors had successfully treated children with unconventional remedies, including cod liver oil.

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Judge Says Trump Can’t Fire Chair of Federal Workers Board Without Cause

Cathy Harris had sued to block her dismissal from the panel that handles government employee disputes. Employees swept up in the Trump administration’s mass firings have appealed to the board.

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Senator Elissa Slotkin Will Deliver Democratic Response to Trump’s Speech

The Michigan Democrat, a first-term senator, is expected to lay out the economic and national security stakes of President Trump’s agenda.

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Justin Trudeau Blasts Trump’s Canadian Tariffs: ‘A Dumb Thing to Do’

The Canadian prime minister was visibly angry not only over the president’s tariffs, but also over his repeated suggestions that he would make Canada ‘the 51st state’ and his growing closeness to Russia.

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