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U.S.

• Gunman in Pennsylvania Hospital Shooting Is Dead, Officials Say. The police responded on Saturday morning to a shooting at UPMC Memorial hospital in York County, Pa. No patients were hurt, an official said, but it was unknown if others were injured.
• Firing of Joint Chiefs Chairman and Others Draws Criticism. Democratic lawmakers and retired military officers expressed concern about the politicization of the military under President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
• Measles Outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico Sicken Nearly 100 People. Texas reported 90 cases this week, while New Mexico reported nine. A majority of the cases have been in a Texas county where vaccination rates have lagged behind the rest of the state.
• Judges in D.C., Once Flooded With Jan. 6 Cases, Turn to Trump’s Executive Actions. The jurists are grappling with how to handle a different sort of bid for power by Mr. Trump, sometimes halting his blizzard of executive orders and sometimes letting them move forward.
• Global Right-Wing Leaders Revel in a Renewed Fight, Supercharged by Trump. Emissaries of far-right parties overseas, gathering this week at the Conservative Political Action Conference near Washington, described a resurgence spanning continents, buoyed by the U.S. president.
• Frustrated Democrats Urge Leaders to Show More Fight Against Trump. Voters, activists and even some governors, like Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, are growing exasperated with congressional Democrats’ restrained approach.
• Investigations Into 6 Killings Look to a Fringe Group Known as the Zizians. The violent deaths, including of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont, a landlord in California, and a couple in Pennsylvania, have led law enforcement to a group with obscure ideas.
• How Federal Employees Are Fighting Back Against Elon Musk. Some civil servants are using whatever levers they have to resist the orders of the world’s richest man, both in public and behind closed doors.
• Consumer bureau was told to vacate its Washington office as its lease is canceled.
• The judge’s ruling temporarily halts any stoppage on federal diversity initiatives. Judge Adam B. Abelson wrote that orders by President Trump targeting diversity, equity and inclusion programs violated freedom of speech protections.
• Woman Lured, Drugged and Stole From Older Men in Deadly Scheme, U.S. Says. The 43-year-old woman was arrested in Mexico after a “romance scam on steroids,” an F.B.I. agent said.
• Hegseth Fires Navy’s Top Officer. Adm. Lisa Franchetti spent roughly half of her 40-year career at sea, commanding a destroyer, two carrier strike groups and the U.S. Sixth Fleet.
• Colorado Snowboarder Becomes Fourth Person Killed in Avalanche This Week. The victim was traveling on a terrain feature known as The Nose near Silverton, Colo., when the avalanche occurred on Thursday, officials said.
• Taking Unusual Path To Lead Joint Chiefs, In MAGA Hat or Not. The general made an impression in 2018 when he said, according to the president, that the Islamic State could be defeated in a week.
• What They Took. They rushed to flee the fires in Southern California, grabbing their belongings and their pets. They took the precious and the mundane, each with its own story to tell.
• PRESIDENT OUSTS TOP U.S. GENERAL AS PART OF PURGE. The decision to fire Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., a four-star fighter pilot, upends a tradition in which the Joint Chiefs chairman traditionally remains in place as administrations change.
• Prison Officials Detail Treatment of Trans Inmates Under Trump Gender Order. The federal Bureau of Prisons is banning the use of preferred pronouns, stopping special pat-down procedures and rejecting underwear requests from transgender prisoners.
• F.B.I. Director Plans to Move Hundreds of Agents to Field Offices. The timeline for identifying the agents and employees who would move from the Washington area to field offices and a sprawling campus in Huntsville, Ala., was not immediately clear.
• U.S. Firing Squad Executions Are Rare, but Their History Is Long. During the Civil War, both sides used firing squads to kill deserting soldiers. Today, people on death row can choose to die that way in some states.
• The firings are the first of what is expected to be a vast wave of layoffs at the Defense Department.
• Defense Department to Cut Over 5,000 Workers. The firings are the first of what is expected to be a vast wave of layoffs by the Pentagon.
• What That Chain Saw Was Really About. Waving a chain saw onstage at CPAC, Elon Musk showed how he has emulated a right-wing leader.
• Trump Suggests Taking Control of the Postal Service. The president said he was considering merging the mail service, an independent agency, with the Commerce Department.
• Trump Deportees Arrived in ‘Visible Distress,’ Costa Rica’s Ombudsman Says. The migrants from around the world did not know where they were or what would happen to them, according to an independent government entity.
• Justices Reject, for Now, Trump Bid to Fire Watchdog Agency’s Leader. The court’s order indicated that it may return to the issue as soon as next week, when a trial judge’s temporary restraining order is set to expire.
• Trump Administration Shakes Up ICE Leadership. The leadership change comes as the president aims to make good on a promise of mass deportations and arrests of undocumented immigrants across the United States.
• D.C. Police Investigating Florida Congressman After Alleged Assault. In a statement, the office of Representative Cory Mills denied any wrongdoing on his behalf.
• New L.A. Prosecutor Appears Skeptical of Menendez Brothers’ Appeal for Freedom. Lyle and Erik Menendez have pursued several legal avenues to be released after serving more than 30 years in prison for killing their parents.
• The federal consumer protection bureau abandons a case against an online lender.
• ‘See You in Court’: Maine Governor Clashes With Trump Over Trans Rights. President Trump asked Gov. Janet Mills if her state would comply with the executive order he signed banning transgender athletes from women’s sports. He didn’t like her answer.
• The plan to dismiss U.S.A.I.D. employees would all but dismantle the nation’s chief foreign aid agency. The plan, which also involves forcing staffers posted overseas to return home, would all but dismantle the nation’s chief foreign aid agency.
• Judge Lets White House Cull Staff at the Chief U.S. Agency for Foreign Aid. The plan, which also involves forcing staffers posted overseas to return home, would all but dismantle the nation’s chief foreign aid agency.
• Tell Us: What Are Your Questions About Elon Musk? Share your questions with the On Politics newsletter.
• Medicaid Cuts Pose Budget Conundrum for Valadao and Republicans Nationwide. For Representative David Valadao of California and other Republicans whose constituents depend on Medicaid, a vote for their party’s budget could be politically fatal. President Trump’s agenda hangs in the balance.
• Maine Governor and Trump Clash Over Trans Rights. Gov. Janet Mills of Maine threatened legal action after President Trump said he would withhold funding to her state unless she complied with the executive order banning transgender athletes from women’s sports.
• Ex-Proud Boys Leader Arrested on Charges of Assault Outside Capitol. Enrique Tarrio, who was pardoned for his role in the Capitol attack, had appeared with other Jan. 6 defendants outside the very building at the center of the riot that sent many of them to prison.
• Trump Appears to Back Away From His Gaza ‘Riviera’ Plan. Earlier this month, the president said he favored taking control of Gaza and displacing the Palestinian population of the devastated seaside enclave. But Egypt and Jordan flatly rejected cooperating.
• Confusion abounds at the National Park Service, which is hiring, after firing.
• President Plans To Put Migrants At Military Sites. The move would be a drastic escalation by the White House to militarize immigration enforcement.

World

• Pope Francis in Critical Condition After ‘Respiratory Crisis,’ Vatican Says. The announcement on Saturday evening indicated that Francis’ medical condition had become more complicated since an update from his doctors on Friday.
• For families of freed hostages, a mix of euphoria and grief for those who didn’t survive.
• Vatican Observers Say Pope Francis Put Church Above His Health. Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially worked himself into the hospital.
• On the Ropes, Olaf Scholz Keeps Punching. The German chancellor, who defied calls to step aside after his government fell apart, is down in the polls but insisting he can still win.
• Israel is set to free the largest group of Palestinian prisoners since the truce began.
• Shocked by Trump, Europe Turns Its Hopes to Germany’s Election. Germany’s economy is stalled and its politics fractured. But it sees an opening for a new chancellor to lead Europe’s response to a changing America.
• A Closer Look at the 6 Freed Israeli Hostages. Two of the captives had been in the hands of Hamas for about 10 years. The rest were taken during the attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
• U.S. Hardens on New Deal for Ukraine’s Minerals. The Trump administration wants revenues from Ukraine’s natural resources, according to a draft obtained by The New York Times, with no security guarantee in exchange.
• Canada’s Hockey Victory Sends a Message to Trump: Hands Off. The routine friendly bet between leaders of Canada and the United States before hockey games was replaced by taunts and heightened stakes on Thursday.
• The Unabashedly Provocative Youth Driving Germany’s Far Right. A new band of influencers unafraid of confrontation has helped elevate the Alternative for Germany party to second in pre-election polls.
• What Congo’s President Thinks of Rwanda: A ‘Mania to Be the Apex Predator’ As vast swaths of Congolese territory are seized by a Rwandan-backed armed group, Congo’s president looks to make a minerals deal with the United States.
• In Syria, Joy at a Dictator’s Demise Turns Into Fear of Israeli Raids. Villagers say they worry that incursions into border areas of Syria by Israel’s military could turn into a prolonged occupation. Israel says the raids are needed to protect the border.
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• India’s Outrage Machine Devours a Star YouTuber Over a Crude One-Liner. A joke made by Ranveer Allahbadia, a Joe Rogan for online Indians, has brought him death threats and criminal charges.
• In Russia, Kremlin Is Stepping Up Wartime Campaign to Seize Private Businesses. The legal onslaught on Moscow’s second-largest airport has been seen as part of the Kremlin’s wartime drive to seize control of key assets still in private hands.
• Israel Confirms Body Returned by Hamas Is That of Shiri Bibas. DNA testing had found that remains returned a day earlier purportedly of Ms. Bibas, a dead Israeli hostage, were in fact not hers, stirring outrage in Israel.
• Stabbing at Holocaust Center In Berlin Leaves One Injured. The police said they had detained a suspect in the assault, which occurred among the labyrinth of concrete slabs at one of the German capital’s most sacrosanct sites.
• Ukraine Proposes a Trade of Minerals for U.S. Assistance. President Trump on Friday continued to bash President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and pressure him for mineral rights.

New York

• City’s Public Advocate Is Ready to Be Mayor If Adams Leaves Post. Mr. Williams, the New York City public advocate, is preparing himself to serve as interim mayor if Eric Adams resigns or is removed.
• A Theater Director Takes a Dance Break. Mino Lora, who co-founded the People’s Theatre with her husband, has a double breakfast, a dance break and a bilingual reading session to wrap up her night.
• Federal Judge Banishes Musk’s DOGE Aides From Treasury Dept. Systems. A group of state attorneys general sued to block the Trump administration’s policy of allowing political appointees and “special government employees” championed by Elon Musk access to government data.
• Funds Restored to Federal 9/11 Health Program. About 20 percent of the World Trade Central Health Program’s staff had been terminated amid President Trump’s slashing of the federal work force.
• Adams Sues Trump Administration for Return of $80 Million It Seized. The money, Biden-era federal funds for sheltering migrants, disappeared from a city bank account without warning. New York wants it back.
• Who Is Paul Clement, the Lawyer Appointed to Help Judge in Adams Case? A former solicitor general, Mr. Clement has argued over 100 cases before the Supreme Court. Now he will present independent arguments as a judge decides whether to drop the charges against the mayor.

Business

• Berkshire Posts Gain in Profits, Boosted by U.S. Treasury Holdings. Warren Buffett’s conglomerate held $334 billion in cash at the end of 2024, helping to stabilize earnings in the face of declines at more than half of the nearly 200 businesses it operates.
• Officials Are Fired at Traffic Safety Agency Investigating Musk’s Company. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has raised questions about crashes involving Tesla’s self-driving technology.
• A Tale of Two Cost-Cutters. Elon Musk’s hyperfocus on the bottom line has made him influential in Washington and Silicon Valley. How does that compare with the last famous cost-cutter, Jack Welch?
• Can a Bonus Be Docked for Maternity Leave? Is it fair for management to dock someone’s annual incentive pay because of a maternity or medical leave?
• Markets and Corporate America Are Unfazed by Washington Chaos, for Now. The federal budget debate has big implications for the economy. Businesses are betting that tax cuts will be extended and the math will work out.
• Wall Street Is Getting Antsy With Trump. The contrasting reactions between the overflow and V.I.P. areas at a Trump event encapsulated the finance world’s worries about the new administration’s first month.
• Amid Rising Prices, Coffee Growers See Seeds of Calamity. Climate change is behind the windfall gains, and growers are worried about whether they can adapt.
• Is Xi’s Sudden Embrace of Business for Real? China Is Left Guessing. The uncertain reaction to Xi Jinping’s display of warmth made sense: Executives are eager for a reset after years in the cold but ever wary of meddling.
• Associated Press Sues Trump Officials Over White House Ban. The wire service sued three of them for denying its reporters access to press events. The White House has objected to The A.P.’s references to the Gulf of Mexico in articles.
• Market Sees Worst Week Since Trump’s Inauguration. Fueling a 1.7 percent decline on Friday was an unexpected drop in the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index, as Americans worried about stubborn inflation.
• Veterinarian and 13 Horse Trainers Violated Drug Rules, U.S. Regulator Says. Thirty percent of the horses never raced again and seven died, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority said.

Technology

• Big Day for Crypto Goes South in a Hurry After a Giant Hack. Hours after Coinbase said the S.E.C. was dropping a lawsuit against it, another major cryptocurrency exchange reported a potentially record-setting theft.

Obituaries

• Patsy Grimaldi, Whose Name Became Synonymous With Pizza, Dies at 93. His coal-oven pizzeria in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge has drawn patrons from New York City and beyond.
• Mel Bochner, Conceptual Artist Who Played With Language, Dies at 84. His early work made use of unexpected materials like pennies and masking tape. Later, he created trenchant word paintings that provoked and delighted.
• Three Poets: The Tale of Gerd, Carl & Allen. Gerd Stern, who has died at 96, formed a lifelong bond with Allen Ginsberg and Carl Solomon. Ten years ago, he wrote about how they had met in a psychiatric hospital.

Briefing

• Lost Causes. When we lose things, it’s tempting to think we need to keep better track of them, to hold on to stuff more tightly. What if the opposite is true?
• Trump Plans to Use Military Bases to Detain Migrants. Also, archaeologists found a pharaoh’s tomb. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

Science

• Accessibility Initiatives Are Taking a Hit Across the Sciences. Confusion has ensued about the future of programs and research supporting people with disabilities as a result of President Trump’s executive order.
• Trump Administration Stalls Scientific Research Despite Court Ruling. Using an arcane law, officials have effectively delayed funding from the National Institutes of Health, leaving medical studies in jeopardy.

The Upshot

• DOGE’s Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes. The figures from Elon Musk’s team of outsiders represent billions in government cuts. They are also full of accounting errors, outdated data and other miscalculations.
• Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, Feb. 22, 2025. Can you sort 8 historical events?

Opinion

• Trump Really Can’t Get Enough of Himself. A guide to the fifth week of his presidency.
• Join My Bewildered Liberals Book Club. Democrats will have no shot at containing Trump if they don’t first understand why voters turn to him.
• Trump’s Actions Are A Victory for Putin. In their silence, Republicans are betraying the Ukrainians, national security and their own party’s values.
• I’ve Seen Presidents Clash With the Press. This Is Different. As a former White House reporter, I’m familiar with the conventional disputes between journalists and the president. This isn’t one of those.
• Fail, Caesar! We can’t let Trump be a cruel emperor.
• Desperate for Drug Treatment. Readers respond to Nicholas Kristof’s column about his friend’s struggle with addiction.
• A Vibe Shift Is a Terrible Thing to Waste. How the vibe shift of 2025 could be squandered.
• The White House Is Playing With Fire in Germany. For the United States to put its considerable clout behind a German political party whose leaders minimize Nazi crimes is a blunder of historic proportions.
• They Invented a New Language for War. The words of war and the war of words.

Arts

• Amid Changes at the National Archives, the Carter Library Cancels a Civil Rights Book Event. After President Trump put in new leadership at the National Archives, the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta abruptly canceled several events.
• 5 Smart and Silly Specials to Entertain You. Stand-up shows from Josh Johnson, Rosebud Baker, Craig Ferguson and others investigate Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show, motherhood and the politics of dumplings.
• Risqué Creator With a Style Beyond Labels. A new exhibition about the indefinable performer and designer won’t pigeonhole him, though it will bring his work to a much broader audience.
• Beauty Advice To Put TikTok’s In Perspective. Cutting through the marketing noise and TikTok trends, these shows deliver unbiased, straightforward tips on everything from serums to supplements.
• Cover Bob Mould in a Weighted Blanket, and Turn on Vintage Wrestling. The veteran rocker, who’s releasing his 15th album, discusses the thrills of an exclusive techno club and loving “Only Murders in the Building.”
• Coming Soon to Trump’s Kennedy Center: A Celebration of Christ. Richard Grenell, the center’s new president, told a conservative gathering that the “big change” at the center would be a “huge celebration of the birth of Christ at Christmas.”
• Voletta Wallace, Mother Who Shaped the Notorious B.I.G.’s Legacy, Dies at 78. She played the rapper music as a child, stood by his side during his meteoric career and navigated the legal and artistic questions that arose after his killing.

Theater

• Finding a Common Thread in Jonathan Larson’s Unheard Music. “The Jonathan Larson Project,” a years-in-the-making musical collage of Larson’s life, features songs he wrote before he died. Now it’s onstage at the Orpheum.

Books

• 2 Books Chock-Full of Worthwhile Ideas. A study of human fatigue; a cranky travel memoir.
• He Fled the Nazis Before the War. He Came Back to Put His Country on Trial. In “The Prosecutor,” Jack Fairweather tells the story of Fritz Bauer, the German jurist who helped find Eichmann in Argentina and brought Auschwitz guards to justice.
• 6 Thrilling Novels About Serial Killers. The mystery writer S.A. Cosby picks some of his favorite tales of the human monsters that wait for us in the dark.
• The Election Just Ended and We Already Have a New Michael Wolff Book. In “All or Nothing,” the Trump biographer shows that he is his favorite subject’s perfect twin.

Food

• Vaughn Vreeland’s Triple-Chocolate Brownies Are Perfectly, Wonderfully Extra. Bittersweet, milk and white chocolate — plus a good dose of cocoa powder — are all invited to the brownie dance floor.

Style

• A Perfect Neighbor Spreads Her Sunshine. How do you live your mediocre life in the shadow of a hipster goddess?
• Meghan’s New Name? He’s Been Using It for Years. The founder of a New York clothing brand learned that he had something in common with the Duchess of Sussex this week: a business called As Ever.
• Do Elon Musk and His Father Get Along? Errol Musk questioned his son’s parenting ability on a podcast, but said that his comments had been taken out of context and that they were on good terms.

Magazine

• Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World. The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.
• I’ve Learned My Sister’s Therapist Is Also a Spiritual Medium. Help! The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the trouble with merging psychotherapy and spiritualism.

Travel

• It’s Been 5 Years Since Covid Hit. Do You Travel Differently Now? The pandemic was declared in March 2020, shutting down travel for months. How did the lockdowns, and then the surge in demand, change the way you travel?

Real Estate

• Can a Homeowners Association Board Spend Money on Whatever It Wants? Whatever the benefits of living in a homeowners’ association, it means giving up some power when it comes to allocating funds.
• The Politics of Brutalism. Call them monuments, foreign elements, eyesores — Brutalist buildings have become another battleground in President Trump’s culture war.

Health

• As the U.S. Exits Foreign Aid, Who Will Fill the Gap? China could reap the soft-power advantage, but like Western governments, the country is cutting back on aid. Philanthropies say they cannot replace the United States.

Well

• 5 Exercises to Improve Your Balance and Age Well. These balance-boosting movements can be done at home with no special equipment.

Times Insider

• Weegee Pix End Up in Morgue! Evidence has been uncovered that decades-old street snaps by the famed photographer are still stashed in old files at The Times.
• The Young Voices Shaping ‘New Sonic Futures’ A new project from T magazine highlights a group of female singer-songwriters who are reinventing R&B.

Corrections

• Quote of the Day. Quotation of the Day for Saturday, February 22, 2025.
• Corrections. Corrections that appeared in print on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025.

Crosswords & Games

• Wordle Review No. 1,345. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025.
• Connections Companion No. 623. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025.
• Spelling Bee Forum. Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
• What a Bout! Rose Conlon presents a punchy themeless puzzle.

En español

• Trump despide al militar de más alto rango de EE. UU. La decisión de despedir al general Charles Q. Brown Jr., jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto, es parte de una purga en las fuerzas armadas que le inyecta política a la selección de los principales líderes militares de la nación.
• Una misión para curar a los ‘monstruos’ que nos dieron el Ozempic. Tras años en la industria farmacéutica, un químico cambió de rumbo para ayudar a salvar a los monstruos de Gila, la especie que hizo posible el popular fármaco para adelgazar.
• A sus 82 años, ella intenta adelantarse al alzhéimer en una carrera hacia la muerte. En los Países Bajos, los médicos y los pacientes con demencia deben negociar una delgada línea: la muerte asistida para quienes no tienen capacidad es legal, pero los médicos no la practican.
• Cuando tu único trabajo es abrazar. Mecer a ese niño semana tras semana había ablandado un espacio roto en mi interior; yo pretendía ayudarlo, pero él me estaba curando a mí.
• Consejos para hacer copias de seguridad de tus datos, en tiempos de Elon Musk. Los lectores se preocuparon después de que Musk y su equipo tuvieron acceso a los sistemas de pago federales. Aquí te explicamos cómo hacer copias de seguridad de todos tus datos y documentos.
• Si trabajas de noche, he aquí la guía para cuidar tu salud. Los trabajadores nocturnos suelen tener dificultades para seguir dietas sanas o mantener relaciones con su familia y amigos. Los expertos tienen ideas sobre cómo prevenir problemas a largo plazo.
• Rusia sigue avanzando en Ucrania mientras se sienta a hablar de paz. Las fuerzas de Moscú están a cinco kilómetros de Dnipropetrovsk, una provincia que no han invadido hasta ahora. Si entran, el avance supondría un golpe moral para Ucrania y complicaría cualquier negociación territorial.
• Estas son las pistas digitales de lo que Musk trama realmente. Musk no está actuando como un funcionario, sino como un ingeniero, que explota las vulnerabilidades de los sistemas de la nación.
• Trump planea usar bases militares en todo EE. UU. para detener a inmigrantes indocumentados. El gobierno de Trump busca establecer una red nacional de centros militares de detención para inmigrantes que están sujetos a deportación.