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Luigi Mangione, Suspect in CEO Killing, Withdrew From a Life of Privilege and Promise

The suspect, Luigi Mangione, was an Ivy League tech graduate from a prominent Maryland family who in recent months had suffered physical and psychological pain.

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Luigi Mangione being taken to the courthouse in Altoona, Pa., to be arraigned on Monday.

Israel Strikes Military Assets Across Syria to Keep Them From Rebels

Israel capitalized on the power vacuum in Syria to bomb targets across the country, saying it aims to keep weapons away from extremists.

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The aftermath on Tuesday of an overnight strike on the Barzah scientific research center, which had been linked to the Syrian government’s chemical weapons program.

Uncertainty and Hope on the Road to and from Damascus

Thousands of Syrians have been traveling to and from the Lebanese border since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Some families hoped to reunite with loved ones, while others are leaving amid an uncertain future.

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A Tour of Assad’s Monumental Palace, With a Scruffy Rebel as a Guide

The televisions may be stripped away now, but a presidential residence still contains many remnants of a brutal reign.

Abu Oweis, a rebel fighter, in the office of a longtime senior adviser to Bashar al-Assad at the abandoned presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday.

Syrian Rebels Vow Punishment for Atrocities Under Bashar al-Assad

The rebels who seized Damascus are trying to get a new government up and running, even as foreign powers like Israel and Turkey, and armed Syrian groups, fight for power.

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A defaced portrait of the ousted Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, beside a highway in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday.

Debate Over Hegseth’s Fitness Highlights a Gender Divide in the Senate

As many of the Senate’s Republican men dismiss allegations against President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon, only a small group of G.O.P. women have voiced even a hint of skepticism.

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Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department, faces allegations of sexual assault, sexual impropriety in the workplace, public drunkenness and fiscal mismanagement.

Trump Picks Andrew Ferguson to Lead Federal Trade Commission

Mr. Ferguson, a current Republican member of the agency, will replace Lina Khan, who had aggressively challenged mergers and the power of the biggest tech companies.

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The Federal Trade Commission building in Washington.

Biden Says Trump’s Tax Cuts and Tariffs Would Be ‘a Major Mistake’

The president also said his successor would face blowback from the Republican Party if he tried to unwind the Biden agenda.

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President Biden delivered what the White House called a “legacy speech” at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Tuesday.

Federal Judge Blocks $25 Billion Kroger-Albertsons Grocery Merger

The ruling, citing a potential loss of competition, was a victory for the Federal Trade Commission. Later, a Washington State judge blocked the deal on similar grounds.

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A Kroger supermarket in Oak Park, Mich.

These Nuns Were Excommunicated but Won’t Leave Their Convents

The Poor Clares of Belorado, in northern Spain, are digging in their heels in a battle of wills over real estate with the Catholic Church.

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Sister Berit María at a monastery in Orduña, Spain. She is one of the nuns who were excommunicated earlier this year after splitting with the Catholic Church and Pope Francis.
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