A Crushing Year for Science in America

The Trump administration has sharply cut funding for scientific research and eliminated thousands of jobs. We spoke to scientists about the work that was lost.

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Crypto Investor Known as ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Reaches Deal With Prosecutors

In the Trump administration’s latest example of dialing back cryptocurrency enforcement, Roger Ver agreed to pay about $48 million to end a tax fraud case.

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A New Media Bash Draws a Fake Heiress and Real Reporters. Just Add Burritos.

There were cigarettes on the tables, margaritas in hand, and a cheerful psychic for a Breaker Media shindig.

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Man Charged With Fatally Beating 64-Year-Old at Subway Station

A 25-year-old man attacked the victim on Tuesday at the Jay Street-MetroTech subway station in Brooklyn, according to the police. The two men did not appear to know each other.

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Mamdani Proposes a World Cup Czar to Boost Tourism

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner for mayor of New York City, said a “czar” would make the soccer tournament better for fans and could maximize tourism benefits.

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Hochul Attacks Trump for Withholding $34 Million in Security Funding

The New York governor criticized the Trump administration for withholding federal grant money New York relies on to fund counterterrorism efforts on mass transit.

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Democratic Alarm Over an Unbound Trump Fuels Shutdown Standoff

The threat of rising Obamacare premiums has been Democrats’ main focus in the public debate, but the president’s defiance of laws, norms and congressional constraints has helped hold them together in opposition.

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Alex Jones Asks Supreme Court to Halt $1.4 Billion Payment to Sandy Hook Families

A judge ordered Jones to pay as a result of a defamation lawsuit that he is now asking the Supreme Court to review.

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Dominion, Company at Center of False 2020 Voting Conspiracies, Is Sold

The election machine manufacturer was bought by a little-known company whose founder is a former Republican election official.

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National Guard Expected to Start Patrolling in Memphis

The city said that National Guard patrols will start on Friday, adding to an ongoing surge of federal forces in the city.

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