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Lyle and Erik Menendez must acknowledge the lies they told about the shotgun murder of their parents 35 years ago before they can be released from prison.

The stopgap spending bill that Republicans are pushing to avert a shutdown at the end of the week would effectively slash the District of Columbia’s budget by roughly $1 billion over the next six months, a change that local leaders warn would force dramatic cuts to essential services.The reductions are under consideration because of a series of legislative quirks that Republicans are using to force the District, a Democratically run and predominantly Black city with a significant number of federal workers, to absorb the same freeze to its local budget that they are applying across the federal government. President Trump,…

Rally held for Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil | Team coverage Rally held for Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil | Team coverage 05:19 A judge is slamming the brakes on the Trump administration’s attempt to deport a pro-Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s 2024 student encampment protests. The judge ordered the Trump administration and attorneys for Mahmoud Khalil to appear for a conference Wednesday morning at 11:30 a.m. at court in Lower Manhattan.”To preserve the Court’s jurisdiction pending a ruling on the petition, [Khalil] shall not be removed from the United States unless and until the Court orders otherwise,” Judge Jesse…

The Justice Department’s pardon attorney was dismissed a day after she refused to recommend that the actor Mel Gibson, a prominent supporter of President Trump’s, should have his gun rights restored, according to the attorney and others familiar with the situation.Elizabeth G. Oyer, the former pardon attorney, described the sequence of events as an alarming departure from longstanding practice, one that put public safety and the department’s integrity at risk. Mr. Gibson had lost his gun rights as a result of a 2011 domestic violence misdemeanor conviction.“This is dangerous. This isn’t political — this is a safety issue,” Ms. Oyer…

Just last week, retailers across Canada began removing American alcohol from shelves. The move came as a response to American President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Canadian goods. Though Trump has since backtracked on a number of tariffs and adjusted deadlines for others, the air in Canada is one of uncertainty for independent businesses.“Five years ago, almost to the day, I was having to become a rapid expert on virology, communicable diseases in the context of a global pandemic,” says Shawn Moen, CEO and co-founder of 9 Mile Legacy Brewing Company. “Today, I’m having to become an expert on the…

In a sweeping interview, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, outlined a strategy for containing the measles outbreak in West Texas that strayed far from mainstream science, relying heavily on fringe theories about prevention and treatments. He issued a muffled call for vaccinations in the affected community, but said the choice was a personal one. He suggested that measles vaccine injuries were more common than known, contrary to extensive research.He asserted that natural immunity to measles, gained through infection, somehow also protected against cancer and heart disease, a claim not supported by research.He cheered on questionable…

David Sellers, a maverick architect who helped start a movement based on the radical idea that structures turned out better if they were built by the people who had designed them, died on Feb. 9 in Los Angeles. He was 86.Mr. Sellers, who had created a community of like-minded innovators near the tiny town of Warren, Vt., was in California visiting his son, Parker Sellers, to work on a house they had designed together and to promote concrete housing in the aftermath of the recent wildfires there. His daughter, Trillium Rose, said he died in a hospital from complications of…

The businessman Paolo Zampolli has counted Donald J. Trump as a friend for decades. In the 1990s, when Mr. Zampolli ran a modeling agency, he played matchmaker for Mr. Trump, introducing him at a party to his future wife, Melania.Now Mr. Zampolli, 55, is helping Mr. Trump in another way: reshaping the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.Mr. Zampolli has served on the center’s board since Mr. Trump appointed him toward the end of his first term. But things have changed rapidly since Mr. Trump began his second term with the stunning takeover of the historically…

The Seattle Seahawks have agreed to trade wide receiver DK Metcalf to the Pittsburgh Steelers for a second-round pick in the 2025 draft, according to league sources.Why they made the moveThe Seahawks entered the offseason intent on keeping Metcalf on an extension that would have kept both sides happy, but Metcalf requested a trade last week.The Seahawks want a physical, run-heavy identity on offense, so they must have drawn a line in the sand at the $30 million market rate for premium receivers. Metcalf had a year remaining on his contract, so this was likely when his trade value would…

Asana CEO and Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz.PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA | AFP | Getty ImagesDustin Moskovitz, the CEO of Asana and one of the original founders of Facebook, is retiring from the software company he started in 2008.Asana announced Moskovitz’s upcoming departure on Monday as part of the company’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, and its board has retained an executive search firm to help choose a new CEO. Moskovitz notified its board “of his intention to transition to the role of Chair when a new CEO begins,” the company said Monday.”As I reflect on my journey since co-founding Asana nearly…