The Trump administration is targeting the Ivy League university under a law typically used to go after government contractors for swindling.
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As Congress Debates Cutting Medicaid, a Major Study Shows It Saves Lives
The most extensive research on Medicaid coverage to date found that it reduced the risk of death by 21 percent.
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Democrats Who Championed Biden’s Re-election Bid Now Seek Atonement
With their party facing record low approval ratings, many top Democrats are trying to reposition themselves from Biden boosters to truth-tellers of what really happened in 2024.
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Couple Imprisoned Girl for 7 Years and Kept Her in Dog Cage, Police Say
Investigators, who did not identify the teenager, now 18, said they believed she had been sexually abused by her stepfather.
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Trump Appointee Pressed Analyst to Redo Intelligence on Venezuelan Gang
The move followed a disclosure that intelligence agencies disagree with a key factual claim Trump made to invoke a wartime deportation law.
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Artist Known for Scaling Buildings Was Arrested at His Show’s Opening
Isaac Wright took a vertiginous photograph of the Empire State Building after he climbed to the top of its spire — evidence the police used to arrest him.
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Peter Lax, Pre-eminent Cold War Mathematician, Dies at 98
As the computer age dawned, he saw how the new technology could be harnessed to mathematics to solve problems in everything from designing weapons to predicting the weather.
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Republicans Push to End Immigrant Benefits in Democratic States
For years, Democratic state leaders believed their immigrant programs were free from federal interference. But Republicans in Washington are now threatening to penalize states that continue them.
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A Century-Old Romance That Gave the Pope His Family Name
The more that Americans learn about Pope Leo XIV and all his complex, diverse family history, the more they see themselves. One set of genealogists uncovered that on his mother’s side of the family, Pope Leo descended from Creole people of color from …
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