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Trump Administration Freezes Food Stamps in Minnesota
The move was part of a broader effort to to freeze social services to some Democratic-led states amid a fraud investigation in Minnesota.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesTrump’s $100 Billion Venezuela Oil Plan Gets a Cool Reception
President Trump met with oil and gas executives on Friday in an effort to push them to invest money in Venezuela, a plan many of them are reluctant to embrace.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Blocks Trump Officials From Freezing Billions in Social Services Funds
The ruling temporarily halted plans to freeze more than $10 billion in funds for anti-poverty programs bound for five Democratic-led states.
New York Times Top StoriesNew Cellphone Video Shows ICE Agent’s Perspective Before Minneapolis Shooting
The Department of Homeland Security posted a clip of the video on social media and said it was taken by the agent, who killed a 37-year-old woman in the shooting.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Urges Oil Companies to Speed Work in Venezuela
The president met with executives on a day when the U.S. seized another tanker carrying Venezuelan oil.
New York Times Top StoriesIran Convulsed in Second Night of Nationwide Protests
Large marches against the government occurred despite an internet blackout and threats of a severe crackdown.
New York Times Top StoriesOutside Prisons in Caracas, Venezuelans Anxiously Await Release of More Political Detainees
Venezuela’s interim government said it would release an “important number” of imprisoned people, but only nine have been confirmed freed.
New York Times Top StoriesWashington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center
The opera, which has performed at the arts center since 1971, was concerned about declines in attendance and donations during President Trump’s second term.
New York Times Top StoriesJoel Habener, Whose Research Led to Weight-Loss Drugs, Dies at 88
His discovery of the protein fragment GLP-1 was crucial in the development of Ozempic, Wegovy and other blockbuster obesity and diabetes treatments.
New York Times Top StoriesHessy Levinsons Taft, Jewish Baby on Cover of Nazi Magazine, Dies at 91
Without her parents’ knowledge, her portrait was entered as a prank in a contest in 1935 to represent the ideal Aryan infant — and she won.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Threatens to Take Greenland ‘the Hard Way’
The president continued to advance an imperialist vision of American foreign policy, where the U.S. can dominate neighboring countries “whether they like it or not.”
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Pressures Oil Giants to Invest in Venezuela
Also, protests spread across Iran. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
New York Times Top StoriesMamdani’s First Big Move to Help Renters Is Dealt a Blow by Court
Summit Properties USA won an auction on Friday to buy more than 5,000 apartments out of bankruptcy from the Pinnacle Group despite City Hall’s efforts to intervene.
New York Times Top StoriesMamdani Condemns Slurs and Pro-Hamas Chant at Heated Queens Protest
Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel demonstrators hurled threats at each other outside an event promoting real estate sales in Jerusalem. The mayor said those actions had “no place in our city.”
New York Times Top StoriesA Look at Iran’s Antigovernment Protests
Protests have rocked Iran in recent weeks, and the country’s supreme leader has threatened to escalate a crackdown on demonstrators. Erika Solomon, our bureau chief for Iran and Iraq, discusses what’s fueling the protests with our senior writer Katrin Bennhold.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Officials Reopen Thousands of Refugee Claims in Minnesota
The review comes as the federal government escalates its immigration enforcement in the state.
New York Times Top StoriesMamdani Responds Cautiously After the Police Kill 2 People in One Night
Mayor Zohran Mamdani did not call the shootings justified, but said New York Police officers were placed in “incredibly difficult and dangerous circumstances.”
New York Times Top StoriesJobs Report Shows U.S. Hiring Slowed One Year Into Trump’s Second Term
As economists pointed to some of the president’s policies to explain the latest Labor Department data, White House aides sought to make the case for optimism in the new year.
New York Times Top StoriesGOP Seeks Some Distance From Trump as Midterm Election Year Opens
The vote to open a war powers debate, a pair of attempted veto overrides and a split on health care suggested a greater appetite among Republicans to challenge the president.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Is Threatening Greenland and Europe
Any attempt to seize Greenland from Denmark would fatally undermine the world’s most successful military alliance.
New York Times Top StoriesMan Charged With Stealing Dozens of Skeletons From a Pennsylvania Cemetery, Authorities Say
Investigators recovered what was believed to be more than “100 full or partial sets of human and skeletal remains” from the man’s home and storage unit in Lancaster County, the district attorney said.
New York Times Top StoriesChristopher Raia to Be FBI Deputy Director After Bongino’s Departure
Even as the selection of a career agent, Christopher G. Raia, leaves an unusual three-person leadership structure in place, it returns a career agent to the second highest-ranking post.
New York Times Top StoriesMeasles Outbreak in South Carolina Worsens
The outbreak has now spread to more than 300 people, most of them children.
New York Times Top StoriesWith Missile Strike on Ukraine, Putin Delivers a Warning to Europe
A nuclear-capable missile fired into Ukraine near Poland sent a message to Europe days after its leaders agreed to postwar security guarantees, Russian analysts said.
New York Times Top StoriesX Sues Music Publishers, Alleging ‘Collusion’ Over Licensing Deals
The social media platform says it was pressured into licensing agreements for songs “at inflated rates.” In 2023, publishers sued the company for copyright violations.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Seeks New Powers to Pressure ‘Underperforming’ Weapons Makers
In an executive order, President Trump is aiming to punish defense contractors that don’t deliver weapons quickly enough.
New York Times Top StoriesYemeni Separatists Say They Are Disbanding, but Move Is in Dispute
A delegation from the Southern Transitional Council in Riyadh announced its dissolution, but members abroad rejected the news amid fears it was not voluntary.
New York Times Top StoriesRFK Jr.’s Dietary Guidelines Face Criticism for Conflicts of Interest
New federal guidelines, which emphasize protein, meat and milk, were informed by a panel of experts with several ties to the meat and dairy industries.
New York Times Top StoriesProsecutor Asks for Owner of Swiss Bar Hit by Deadly Fire to Be Detained
The request came after hours of questioning of the bar’s co-owners. Some 40 people died in the fire that broke out during a New Year’s celebration.
New York Times Top StoriesWith ‘The Rip,’ Netflix Makes an Exception for Ben Affleck and Matt Damon
The streaming giant agreed to pay the entire production crew of the pair’s new movie a bonus if the film performs well on the service.