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  1. Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 23:13:58 -0000

    The president issued a raft of clemency grants this week, including pardoning a woman he had given relief to once before and a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC.
  2. Powell, an Unlikely Foil, Takes On Trump

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:32:38 -0000

    Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, this week tapped a groundswell of support that has been years in the making.
  3. Agent Who Shot Renee Good in Minneapolis Was Trained to Track and Apprehend Fugitives

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:40:16 -0000

    From Iraq to ICE, Jonathan Ross’s career reflects a 20-year government effort to reshape immigration enforcement with a military mind-set.
  4. Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:53:57 -0000

    Newly available videos and existing footage synchronized and assessed by The Times provide a frame-by-frame look at how an ICE officer ended up shooting and killing a motorist in Minneapolis.
  5. Trump Backs Down on Insurrection Act as Democrats Take the Offensive

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 23:15:49 -0000

    Officials denounced the Trump immigration crackdown in Minneapolis at an unofficial congressional hearing, while the president said he no longer saw a need to send in military forces.
  6. ICE vs. Ice: Protesters in Minneapolis Find an Ally in Winter

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:00:58 -0000

    Temperatures are expected to plunge to around zero degrees this weekend. Minnesotans say they will be out in the street, using the weather to their advantage.
  7. Machado Presents Trump With Nobel Peace Prize

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:27:06 -0000

    The Venezuelan opposition leader’s efforts to share her award with the U.S. president have shaken some Norwegians’ faith in their signature soft-power tool.
  8. Even Nicolás Maduro’s Prosecutors Are Tied Up Reviewing Epstein Files

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:26:01 -0000

    The Trump Administration’s exhaustive examination of materials on the convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein is drawing resources from other cases.
  9. What’s Next for Cuba, Now That Its Main Oil Supplier Is Gone?

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:43:33 -0000

    The Soviet Union was Cuba’s benefactor for decades. Venezuela took up the slack, and Mexico has supplied “humanitarian aid.” But the world is changing rapidly, our columnist says.
  10. Iran Protests Quelled Since Deadly Crackdown, Residents Say

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:51:55 -0000

    “There is massive disappointment and disillusionment,” one Tehran resident said. A human rights group acknowledged that demonstrations had been subdued since Sunday, with thousands of people detained.
  11. Iran Has Had Protests Before. Will This Time Be Different?

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:05:16 -0000

    Understanding the factors that can topple regimes.
  12. Michael Saylor’s Creative Bitcoin Strategy Isn’t Working

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:11:20 -0000

    Michael Saylor’s financial alchemy thrust an ordinary software company, Strategy, into the center of the crypto frenzy. It all worked spectacularly, until now.
  13. Some U.Va. Board Members Asked to Resign as Gov. Abigail Spanberger Takes Power

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 23:08:37 -0000

    After months of upheaval at the state’s flagship university, a new Democratic governor appeared ready to shake up the school’s leadership.
  14. U.S. Lawmakers Meet With Danish Prime Minister on Greenland

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:28:47 -0000

    Seeking to calm tensions, Republicans and Democrats affirmed that they supported Denmark’s control of Greenland as President Trump vowed to buy it or take it over.
  15. Canada Strikes Tariffs Deal With China, as Carney Looks to Diversify From U.S.

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:43:35 -0000

    China will in turn cut its own tariffs on Canadian canola products, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said in Beijing on Friday.
  16. What Is ‘Metabolic Health,’ and Why Does It Matter?

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:00:11 -0000

    The definition is tricky, but the effects of poor metabolic health are clear — and can wreak havoc on the body.
  17. Russian Strikes Force Kyiv Schools to Close Amid Rolling Blackouts

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:16:58 -0000

    Russia has targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in past winters, but this year intensified its attacks as temperatures in Ukraine plunged well below freezing.
  18. Mamdani’s Push to Halt Sale of 5,000 Apartments to Big Landlord Fails

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:35:51 -0000

    The sale of the apartments, whose residents had complained of neglect by management, to a troubled firm is an early test of the new mayor’s ability to deliver for tenants.
  19. A $12.6 Billion Budget Gap May Complicate Mamdani’s Affordability Plans

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 20:13:04 -0000

    The New York City comptroller, Mark Levine, said that poor budgeting practices by the previous mayor, Eric Adams, had left the city with looming deficits.
  20. Dramas Keep Showing Us Hapless Men — and Hypercompetent Women

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:00:27 -0000

    Several of the past year’s films center on confused, bumbling protagonists — surrounded by women who are anything but.
  21. Minneapolis Feels ‘Like Being in a Civil War’

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:04:25 -0000

    Documenting ICE is dangerous. This man wants you to do it anyway.
  22. The Right Is Furious With Liberal White Women

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:32:59 -0000

    In the MAGA imagination, white women are supposed to be helpmeets, not harpies.
  23. Supreme Court to Decide if the Pesticide Roundup Is Shielded From Lawsuits

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:57:27 -0000

    The case could affect thousands of claims that the widely used weedkiller causes cancer.
  24. WestJet Backpedals on Economy Seats That Don’t Recline

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:51:36 -0000

    WestJet, Canada’s second-largest carrier, backpedaled on a new seating plan after videos of crammed travelers went viral on social media.
  25. Deported Student Hopes to Return After U.S. Acknowledges Error

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:40:56 -0000

    A federal prosecutor apologized this week, saying an ICE officer made a “mistake” in deporting Any Lucia López Belloza, a college freshman in Massachusetts, to Honduras.
  26. For Men, How Much Alcohol Is Too Much?

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:01:51 -0000

    Federal officials working on the new dietary guidelines had considered limiting men to one drink daily. The final advice was only that everyone should drink less.
  27. What It’s Like to Be Trump’s Closest Ally Right Now

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Britain still relies on the U.S. for so much. How long can it hold on?
  28. The Lights Are Still On in Venezuela

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    After the ouster of President Nicolás Maduro, some residents fear that one unelected despot has been swapped for another.
  29. How WhatsApp Took Over the Global Conversation

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The platform has become a core technology around the world, relied on by governments and extended families alike. What are we all doing there?
  30. The Backcountry Rescue Squad at America’s Busiest National Park

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    In the Great Smoky Mountains, an auxiliary team of élite outdoorsmen answers the call when park-goers’ hikes, climbs, and rafting adventures go wrong.
  31. How Marco Rubio Went from “Little Marco” to Trump’s Foreign-Policy Enabler

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    As Secretary of State, the President’s onetime foe now offers him lavish displays of public praise—and will execute his agenda in Venezuela and around the globe.
  32. A D.H.S. Shooting Puts Portland Back Under the Microscope

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    After a year under siege, the city’s police department contends with the tactics of federal immigration agents.
  33. Jay Powell, the Prepster Banker Who Is Standing Up to Trump

    Thu, 15 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The seventy-two-year-old Fed chairman put to shame the heads of law firms, universities, and public companies who have caved to the White House.
  34. How Colombia’s President Reached an Uneasy Détente with Donald Trump

    Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:55:23 -0000

    After the attack in Venezuela, its neighbor state reckons with U.S. aggression.
  35. Iran’s Regime Is Unsustainable

    Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Political repression and a teetering economy have sparked widespread protests and chants of “Death to the Dictator.”
  36. How Donald Trump Has Transformed ICE

    Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:46:06 -0000

    A former D.H.S. oversight official on what, legally, the agency can and can’t do—and the accountability mechanisms that have been “gutted beyond recognition.”
  37. What Makes the Iranian Protests Different This Time

    Sat, 10 Jan 2026 20:43:40 -0000

    Unrest has spread across the Islamic Republic as it faces economic disaster at home and a profound weakening of its network of regional allies.
  38. The Former Trump Skeptics Getting Behind His War in Venezuela

    Wed, 07 Jan 2026 18:47:02 -0000

    A onetime adviser to Marco Rubio and Mitt Romney argues that the U.S. has been “too cautious” in its use of force since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  39. The Maduro Regime Without Maduro

    Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:47:43 -0000

    A political scientist explains how the Venezuelan President ran the country, why he was so unpopular, and, after his seizure by the Trump Administration, who might take over.
  40. What Comes After the Protests

    Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis will continue to bring people to the streets. Can it bring change?
  41. The Dangerous Paradox of A.I. Abundance

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Silicon Valley envisions artificial intelligence ushering in an era of economic plenty. But what if the benefits are largely confined to corporations and investors that own the technology itself?
  42. Aaron Rodgers, Football’s Rorschach Quarterback

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The Pittsburgh Steelers gambled on the forty-two-year-old, one of the N.F.L.’s most polarizing players, to try to end their playoff disappointments. Will it pay off?
  43. What a Viral YouTube Video Says About the Future of Journalism

    Tue, 06 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    A streamer’s investigation of fraud in Minnesota garnered millions of views. His content was questionable, but his methods will likely inspire scores of imitators.
  44. The Minnesota War Zone Is Trump’s Most Trumpian Accomplishment

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:43:08 -0000

    The President may have started out by trash-talking America; one year into his second term, he is simply trashing it.
  45. The Supreme Court Gets Back to Work

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The Justices are heading into a busy, contentious season. The mood seems brittle.
  46. The Bloody Lesson the Ayatollah Took from the Shah

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:48:58 -0000

    With demonstrations in dozens of cities across Iran, Ali Khamenei and his regime are faced with a dilemma.
  47. How an Attack on Obamacare Saved Abortion in Wyoming

    Sat, 10 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    In the most conservative state in the U.S., libertarianism can lead in surprising directions.
  48. Donald Trump Was Never an Isolationist

    Sat, 10 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    He once defied the G.O.P. by blasting military interventions. But what looked like anti-interventionism is really a preference for power freed from the pretense of principle.
  49. Minneapolis Reacts to ICE’s Killing of Renee Nicole Good

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 21:20:36 -0000

    The city where George Floyd was murdered finds itself again at the epicenter of a national crisis.
  50. Why Donald Trump Wants Greenland (and Everything Else)

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:33:20 -0000

    There’s no Trump Doctrine, just a map of the world that the President wants to write his name on in big gold letters.
  51. The Aggressive Ambitions of Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine”

    Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:00:28 -0000

    After his assault on Venezuela, the President is turning his attention to the rest of the Western Hemisphere.