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Israel Orders Evacuations Amid ‘Intense’ Attacks on Southern Gaza

The Israeli military heavily bombarded southern Gaza on Saturday and ordered residents of several Palestinian border towns in the area to leave their homes, appearing to set the stage for a ground invasion in the south as hostilities resumed after the collapse of a weeklong truce with Hamas. The intensity of the renewed bombing — …

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McCarthy Eyes Exit From House After Speakership Loss

At an emotional evening news conference immediately after he was removed as speaker of the House, Representative Kevin McCarthy gave an inconclusive answer about whether he would remain in Congress. “I’ll look at that,” he said then. Over the past two months, Mr. McCarthy has given the life of a rank-and-file member a hard look …

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The Fallout From Musk’s Profanity-Laden Attack on Advertisers Isn’t Over

The Musk backlash isn’t over yet On Thursday was meant to be a big day for Tesla and its investors, as the electric vehicle maker finally began delivering to customers its much-ballyhooed Cybertruck pickup — its first new model in more than three years. Instead, Tesla’s shares fell nearly 2 percent. Some of that loss …

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Appeals Court Says Jan. 6 Suits Against Trump Can Proceed for Now

A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that civil lawsuits seeking to hold former President Donald J. Trump accountable for the violence that erupted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, can move forward for now, rejecting a broad assertion of immunity that Mr. Trump’s legal team had invoked to try to get the cases …

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Scientists in Discredited Alcohol Study Will Not Advise U.S. on Drinking Guidelines

Five years ago, the National Institutes of Health abruptly pulled the plug on an ambitious study about the health effects of moderate drinking. The reason: The trial’s principal scientist and officials from the federal agency’s own alcohol division had solicited $60 million for the research from alcohol manufacturers, a conflict of interest and a violation …

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Cindy McCain, Head of World Food Program, Faces Staff Revolt Over Gaza Conflict

As the truce in the Israel-Hamas war was ending on Thursday, Cindy McCain, the executive director of the United Nations’ World Food Program, met virtually with her staff to address an internal uproar over accusations that she was not leveraging her position to speak out against the suffering of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Many of …

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House Ousts George Santos From Office in Bipartisan Vote

new video loaded: House Ousts George Santos From Office in Bipartisan Vote transcript Back transcript House Ousts George Santos From Office in Bipartisan Vote Representative George Santos, Republican of New York, who is the subject of a 23-count federal indictment, was expelled from Congress by his peers. On this vote, the yeas are 311, the …

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U.S. Limits China’s Ability to Benefit From Electric Vehicle Industry

The Biden administration proposed new rules on Friday aimed at shifting more production of electric vehicle batteries and the materials that power them to the United States, in an attempt to build up a strategic industry now dominated by China. The rules are meant to limit the role that Chinese firms can play in supplying …

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A Russian Village Buries a Soldier, and Tries to Make Sense of the War

A cold wind was blowing across the steppe, but Sapura Kadyrova didn’t see the point in bundling up. She was waiting to greet her son, who was arriving home from the war in a crimson government-issued casket. “So maybe I won’t be warm,” Ms. Kadyrova, 85, moaned. “Then just let me die.” All day long, …