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NY Times – Politics

U.S. officials said sanctions against targets such as its central bank would end, but they would remain on Syria’s former dictator, Bashar al-Assad. [...]

Language in the chamber’s spending bill says that state laws related to A.I. cannot pose an “undue or disproportionate burden” to tech companies. [...]

The administration appears to have decided to press forward with its fight against top law firms despite numerous defeats. [...]

The dueling moves reflected how federal law enforcement officers have at times been put in the position of pursuing the Trump administration’s shifting political agenda. [...]

While a child in wartime Vietnam, Anh Duong vowed to one day help the soldiers who saved her. She and her Navy team helped revolutionize American munitions. [...]