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Prosecutors Examined Firm With Tie to Judge in Trump Hush-Money Trial

✇NYT > Top Stories
di: Glenn Thrush
The U.S. attorney in Chicago subpoenaed a fund-raising firm that had been co-owned by the daughter of Judge Juan Merchan, who conducted the trial that led to Donald Trump’s felony conviction.

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Andrew S. Boutros, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, ordered a Democratic fund-raising firm to turn over a broad range of sensitive communications.
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As China Pushes to Expand in Asia, Trump Focuses on Iran

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di: Edward Wong
Asian allies are beginning to wonder whether the United States would or could defend them in a war.

© Aaron Favila/Associated Press

The Sierra Madre, a Philippine naval ship, in the South China Sea in 2023. Last month, a Chinese Coast Guard vessel began circling the ship and confronted Philippine service members.
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How Cyclospora Evaded the U.S. Food Safety System to Sicken Thousands

✇NYT > World News
di: Christina Jewett and Julie Creswell
The Trump administration delayed a rule last year that could have sped up the effort to pinpoint the source of the contamination. Critics charge that food safety oversight has eroded overall.

© Al Drago for The New York Times

Last year the Food and Drug Administration cut a program that tracked cyclospora outbreaks and delayed a rule that would have required companies to swiftly provide supply chain records in investigations of foodborne disease outbreaks.
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Stock Trading in Congress Becomes an Attack Line in Midterm Campaigns

✇NYT > Top Stories
di: Annie Karni
Republican and Democratic challengers are both using the issue to attack members of Congress as unethical, seizing on a common practice that enrages voters.

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Almost 60 percent of lawmakers in Congress own stock, according to an analysis by Common Cause, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization focused on making government more accountable.
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The 5 Congress Members Whose Families Trade the Most Stocks

✇NYT > Top Stories
di: Olivia Diaz
Some lawmakers and their families have traded millions of dollars worth of stocks since the start of this term.

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A law passed in 2012, the STOCK Act, emphasizes that insider trading is illegal among lawmakers, as it is for the general public, and requires them to periodically disclose trades of shares held by them and members of their families.
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Outrage at UnitedHealth and Other Insurers Persists After Brian Thompson Killing

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di: Reed Abelson
Higher premiums and rising medical bills have intensified Americans’ dissatisfaction with their medical coverage.

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Stephen Hemsley, chief executive of UnitedHealth Group, left, was among the executives defending insurers’ practices at congressional hearings in January. To his left were David Joyner, chairman of CVS Health, and Gail Boudreaux, chief executive of Elevance Health.
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Mining Claims Staked on Land Cut From Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Monuments

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di: Maxine Joselow
Prospectors are eyeing mineral deposits within the former boundaries of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah.

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Both Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments are rich in wildlife habitat and archaeological treasures but also sit atop vast reserves of uranium and other precious metals.
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Concerns Grow Over Conditions on Aircraft Carrier, and Trump Pushes New Hacking Effort

✇NYT > Top Stories
di: Tracy Mumford · Will Jarvis · Margaret Kadifa · Jake Lucas · Ian Stewart · Dustin Volz and Michael Schwirtz
Plus, your Friday news quiz.

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The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in San Diego in 2021. The aircraft carrier, with a crew of about 5,000 sailors, has been at sea for more than eight and a half months.
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Trump’s Justice Dept. Targets Smaller Fraud Cases

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di: Devlin Barrett
As the Trump administration drops charges against corporations and the wealthy, it is also taking aim at small-scale fraud cases, including against the operator of a weathered food truck in California.

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Justice Department officials have internally declared that each assistant U.S. attorney should have at least 25 open cases at all times.
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U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Has Been Deployed for Months, Prompting Concerns

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di: John Ismay · Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt
The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln has been deployed for nearly nine months. Members of Congress are worried about the crew’s well-being.

© K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune, via Associated Press

The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in San Diego in 2021. The aircraft carrier, with a crew of about 5,000 sailors, has been at sea for more than eight and a half months.
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Trump Gives Green Light to U.S. Companies to Aim Hacks at Cybercriminals

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di: Dustin Volz
The practice would align the United States more closely with countries like China and Russia, where spy agencies have long relied on private-sector hackers to help with national security missions.

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An expert on China’s hacking ecosystem said that historically Beijing had copied various cybersecurity policies from the United States, but that the new Trump policy was a reversal of that arrangement.
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How a Long-Shot U.S. Oil Drilling Project Is Shaking Up Greenland

✇NYT > World > Europe
di: Jeffrey Gettleman and Maya Tekeli
A U.S. oil company says it could be on the verge of a major discovery in Greenland. The proposal comes at a tricky time for the Arctic island, and locals are lining up against it.

© Esther Horvath for The New York Times

Ittoqqortoormiit, a settlement in eastern Greenland. The remote area has been targeted by a U.S.-British joint venture for potential oil exploration.
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Trump’s Plane Switch Ruse Pales in Comparison With Putin’s Secrecy

✇NYT > World > Europe
di: Anton Troianovski
President Trump’s Air Force One subterfuge pales in comparison to the secrecy surrounding Russia’s president, whose fixation on security has reached new heights in recent years.

© Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik

A Russian state media photo of President Vladimir Putin in his office in the Kremlin last month. The secrecy around Mr. Putin’s movements means journalists have resorted to tracking his activity by assessing the wilting of the plants in his office.
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