Short on Cash, D.N.C. Took Out $15 Million Loan in October

The move, unusual for a year without a midterm or presidential election, is the latest sign of financial distress for the Democratic Party.

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Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump From Deploying National Guard in D.C.

Judge Jia M. Cobb found that the presence of more than 2,000 National Guard troops, many from outside D.C., was most likely unlawful. She paused the order from taking effect until Dec. 11.

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Missouri Judge Who Wore Elvis Wig in Court Agrees to Resign

Judge Matthew E.P. Thornhill also talked about politics and played Elvis songs in court, a judicial commission said.

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Coast Guard Softens Stance on Hate and Hazing

A new servicewide policy recasts swastikas and nooses as merely “politically divisive” and deletes protections for transgender troops.

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Nigerian Student Describes Hiding From Kidnappers at School

The girl hid in a toilet; another managed to sneak away. Security forces are still trying to rescue the 24 girls who were abducted in northwestern Nigeria.

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The Privacy Battle in Our Brains

My colleague talks about technology that can actually read our minds — and maybe even change them.

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U.S. Ambassador to Canada Channels Harsh Trump Tone

Pete Hoekstra’s bluntness is seen as undiplomatic by Canadian officials and interpreted as a way for the Trump administration to turn up the heat as trade talks drag on.

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Trump Plans to Open More Than a Billion Acres of U.S. Waters to Drilling

The plan from the Interior Department is one of the president’s most significant steps yet to increase domestic fossil fuel production.

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The Moon Was an Inside Job

New research suggests that Theia, the object whose collision with Earth is theorized to have caused the formation of the moon, came from closer to the sun.

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Fire Breaks Out at COP30 Climate Talks in Brazil

Delegates were evacuated from the conference venue, where thousands from nearly 200 countries had gathered.

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