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How Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s Leader, Became Vital to Trump’s Plans for the Country

Delcy Rodríguez, a guerrilla’s daughter, started out as a provocateur. She pivoted to revive a ravaged economy, making her vital to U.S. plans to run Venezuela.

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Inside Iran’s Protests: How a Plunging Currency Set Off Wide Unrest

In a serious challenge to Iran’s authoritarian government, angry protests have spread from the markets and universities of major cities to the impoverished towns in the hinterland.

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Golden Globes 2026: What to Expect From Sunday’s Awards Ceremony

Keep an eye on “One Battle After Another,” which is likely to dominate, and on the speeches. A particularly memorable one could be an Oscar lifeline.

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Why Putin Went Quiet When Challenged by Trump Over Venezuela

For the Russian leader, courting President Trump to secure a favorable resolution in Ukraine, and possibly more, is far more important.

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What Happens if Federal Agents and Local Officers Stop Getting Along?

Cooperation among law enforcement agencies is critical to many investigations, experts say. After a series of shootings by immigration agents, the relationship is showing cracks.

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Trump’s Steep Science Budget Cuts to Be Turned Back by Congress

After the White House called for billions of dollars in funding reductions, senators and representatives are rescinding the proposed cuts and even boosting funds for basic research.

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Trump Eyes Greenland, and Europe Figures Its Best Bet Is a Negotiation

European officials were stunned that President Trump restated his desire for Greenland after a yearlong effort to dissuade him, according to diplomats and others.

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Neon, an Indie Studio With an International Bent, Tops Globes Nominations

Neon scored more film nominations at the Golden Globes than any other studio this year with a slate of six non-English language films.

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How Wagner Moura Stayed True to Himself and Earned a Golden Globe Nomination

The Brazilian star of “The Secret Agent” is a major Oscar contender, though some at home turned against him for criticizing the right-wing government.

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She Was Born Two Days Before the Altadena Fire Took Her Home

She was the family’s first baby in 16 years. And she came into their world as the Altadena fire changed everything. They struggled for months to find housing, stability and peace.

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A (Lawyerly) Spat Erupts Over the Defense of Nicolás Maduro

Disputes among lawyers are not exactly rare, but in the case of Mr. Maduro, the captive leader of Venezuela, the stakes are high and the interested parties are many.

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For Mamdani, 2 Contentious Hires Yield 2 Different Outcomes

The past social media posts of two hires have led to a public debate about how much the new mayor is willing to tolerate.

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I.C.C. Judges Denounce Effect of Trump’s Sanctions

President Trump’s retaliation against top officials at the International Criminal Court has shut them out of American services and made even routine daily tasks a challenge.

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Volkswagen Suffers More Than Rivals From Auto Industry Woes

The German automaker’s sales in the United States plunged last year, hit by tariffs and the end of tax credits for electric vehicles.

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Trump Calls for 10 Percent Credit Card Interest Cap, After Killing Other Fee Limits

The president revived a campaign promise he has not actively pursued since taking office.

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After President’s Capture, U.S. and Venezuela Explore Restoring Diplomatic Ties

In moves that embodied the contradictions and fast-changing nature of the two countries’ relationship, both said on Friday that they were eyeing reopening embassies and restoring long-severed diplomatic ties.

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What It Takes to Drill Into an Antarctic Glacier

Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong meets with Paul Anker, a drilling engineer aboard the icebreaker Araon, to discuss the stakes, preparations and pressure of the mission to drill a hole in the Thwaites Glacier to measure the water beneath.

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Rare Comic Introducing Superman Sells Privately for $15 Million

The copy of Action Comics No. 1, published in 1938, was stolen from the actor Nicolas Cage in 2000 and recovered more than a decade later.

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Minnesota Woman Dies After Shark Bite in U.S. Virgin Islands, Authorities Say

People at the beach went to the woman’s rescue and helped her ashore, the authorities said, but she died at a hospital.

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Gavin Newsom on Democrats, 2028 and His Fruit-Only Breakfasts

The California governor is powered by smoothies and bursting with thoughts about U.S. politics.

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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.

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Trump’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.

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Judge 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.

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New 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.

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Trump 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.

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Iran Convulsed in Second Night of Nationwide Protests

Large marches against the government occurred despite an internet blackout and threats of a severe crackdown.

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Outside 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.

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Washington 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.

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Joel 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.

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Hessy 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.

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