1738360289 CDC Web Pages and Data Vanish Following Trump’s DEI and Gender Orders https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/health/trump-cdc-dei-gender.html Vague federal directives have led to frantic action, and perhaps overreaction, before a Friday deadline. html Roni Rabin and Apoorva Mandavilli 1738363827 Federal Judge Orders White House to Keep Money Flowing to 22 States https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/us/trump-freeze-blocked.html A court in Rhode Island issued a temporary restraining order to block Trump’s directive to defund programs he considers to be “woke.” html Mattathias Schwartz 1738352312 Beneath Trump’s Chaotic Spending Freeze: An Idea That Crosses Party Lines https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/us/politics/trump-spending-freeze-debt-workforce.html There is a long, bipartisan history of attempts to rein in spending and address concerns about government inefficiencies, though the parties have grown increasingly divided about what to cut. html Michael D. Shear 1738373253 Deadly Crash Focuses Attention on Helicopter Traffic at Reagan Airport https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/business/faa-restricts-helicopter-flights-in-reagan-national-airspace.html The F.A.A. restricted helicopter routes nearby in the aftermath of the Wednesday collision. For some officials, the concerns about clogged airspace were a long time coming. html Kate Kelly, John Ismay and Mark Walker 1738361641 Army Withholds Identity of Helicopter Pilot Killed in Crash https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/us/politics/army-helicopter-crew.html The names of two male crew members were released, but the family of the third aviator requested privacy. html Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper 1738370531 How the D.C. Plane Crash Shattered Wichita’s Big Dreams of Skating and Flight https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/us/wichita-figure-skaters-plane-crash.html The city had tried for years to host the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, and to get a direct flight to the northeast. html Kevin Draper 1738381834 Trump Will Hit Mexico, Canada and China With Tariffs https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/business/economy/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china.html The White House said it would move forward with levies on America’s largest trading partners on Saturday. html Ana Swanson, Alan Rappeport and Colby Smith 1738369217 How Trump’s Tariffs Could Affect Americans https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/americas/100000009959908/how-trumps-tariffs-could-affect-americans.html
html Ana Swanson, Melanie Bencosme and Laura Salaberry 1738252009 How Trump’s Tariffs Could Affect the U.S., Canada and Mexico https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/world/canada/trumps-tariffs-us-canada-mexico.html While much about the threatened tariffs is still unclear, experts predict they would be bad news for all three economies, with few winners. html Matina Stevis-Gridneff, Ana Swanson and Simon Romero 1738358645 CBS to Hand Over Transcript of Kamala Harris’s ‘60 Minutes’ Interview to FCC https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/business/media/trump-harris-60-minutes-fcc.html The broadcaster had declined previous requests by the Trump campaign to release the unedited transcript of an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. html Michael M. Grynbaum 1738317663 Invasive Crabs Have Taken Over New England. One Solution? Eat Them. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/magazine/invasive-crabs-new-england.html America’s Northeastern coast has been overrun by crabs from Europe and Asia. Luckily, they’re delicious. html C.J. Chivers 1738342648 Gaza’s Border Crossing at Rafah Reopens to Let Sick and Wounded Leave https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/world/middleeast/rafah-crossing-gaza-israel.html The Rafah crossing has been shuttered for over eight months but is opening again as part of the cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas. html Aaron Boxerman and Johnatan Reiss 1738380918 U.S. Considers Sending Israel 24,000 Assault Rifles Held Back Under Biden https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/us/politics/us-israel-assault-rifles.html Democratic lawmakers had expressed concerns to Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken about the rifles possibly going to settler militias or being misused by the police. html Edward Wong 1738367909 New York Doctor Indicted in Louisiana for Sending Abortion Pills There https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/health/abortion-louisiana-new-york-prosecution-shield-law.html The case opens a new front in the battle between states that ban abortion and states that support providing abortion anywhere in the country. html Pam Belluck and Emily Cochrane 1738379371 6 Feared Dead After Medical Plane Crashes Near Philadelphia Mall https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/us/plane-crash-philadelphia-roosevelt-mall.html A Learjet crashed shortly after 6 p.m. near Roosevelt Mall, officials said. “We are doubtful that there are any survivors,” a spokesman for the plane company said. html Hank Sanders and Neil Vigdor 1738366019 Trump Raises New Threat to Sanctuary Cities: Blocking Transportation Dollars https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/upshot/sanctuary-cities-trump-transportation-funds.html A new order revives an old battle about how much an administration is allowed to coerce cities and states by withholding money. html Emily Badger 1738359265 Trump is Already Failing. That’s the Key to a Big Democratic Rebound. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/opinion/trump-democratic-party-future.html The party needs to seize the opportunity to present fresh vision and leadership. html Doug Sosnik 1738317692 Steve Bannon on ‘Broligarchs’ vs. Populism https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/opinion/steve-bannon-on-broligarchs-vs-populism.html The fight for Donald Trump’s ear. html Ross Douthat 1738363876 Trump Plans Steep Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/briefing/trump-tariffs-mexico-canada-china-dc-crash-investigation.html Also, Hamas said it would free an American hostage. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday. html Matthew Cullen 1738360375 After Fleeing Violence in Guatemala, Their Child Was Killed in a U.S. School https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/us/politics/gun-violence-immigrant-family-nashville.html A week after a 16-year-old was shot at her high school in Nashville, her parents made the wrenching decision to send her body back to Guatemala. html Christina Morales and Emily Cochrane 1738361195 Top Justice Department Officials Meet Prosecutors in Adams Case https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/nyregion/adams-trump-justice-meeting.html Senior officials in Washington met with Manhattan prosecutors and defense lawyers representing Mayor Eric Adams to discuss dropping the corruption case against him. html William K. Rashbaum, Michael S. Schmidt, Jonah E. Bromwich and Maggie Haberman 1738366830 Barry Goldberg, Who Backed Dylan When He Went Electric, Dies at 83 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/arts/music/barry-goldberg-dead.html He played keyboards with a host of rock luminaries, but perhaps his most memorable performance was as part of the band that shocked the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. html Alex Williams 1738259047 Review: In Justin Peck’s New Dance, Air, Earth and Self-Help https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/arts/dance/review-justin-peck-mystic-familiar-new-york-city-ballet.html “Mystic Familiar,” a New York City Ballet premiere, has a score by the musician Dan Deacon and some all-too-familiar sentiments. html Brian Seibert