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‘We’re Not Stupid’: Greenlanders Fear What a U.S. Takeover Would Mean

A visit to Greenland reveals a swirl of feelings as people nervously await talks with the Trump administration about the island’s future.

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Prosecutors Resign Over ICE Investigation, and Israel Is Still Demolishing Gaza

Plus, the battle over taxing billionaires.

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Chuck Schumer Calls His Shot

After securing strong recruits on a tough Senate map, the Democratic leader is not only predicting an upset 2026 victory, but also naming the states he thinks his party can flip.

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Trump Has Stopped Pretending That This Is All Normal

The president’s assertion of unlimited authority is a total rejection of popular sovereignty and the logic of the Constitution.

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Trump Credits ‘Mister Tariff’ for the Country’s Strength. Economists Beg to Differ.

Many indicators appear to suggest that the United States is growing despite tariffs, not because of them.

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Venezuela Announced the Release of Political Prisoners. Families Are Still Waiting.

Hundreds of families are hoping their loved ones will be freed by the Venezuelan government, which has said little about who would be released or when.

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How ICE Crackdowns Set Off a Resistance in American Cities

In Minneapolis and other cities where federal agents have led immigration crackdowns, residents have formed loose networks to track and protest them.

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Can the American Oboe Sing Again?

Building the instrument is hard enough. Turning a profit is a killer. But Jim Phelan is bent on reviving one of the great names in classical music.

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U.S. Refiners to Profit as Trump Asserts Control Over Venezuelan Oil

The companies that turn oil into gasoline and diesel are likely to benefit more, right away, than the businesses that pump oil out of the ground.

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As Trump Pushes Housing Affordability, His Mortgage Chief Undermines It

Under Bill Pulte, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have pulled away from efforts to help low-income people buy homes.

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Jodie Foster: An American Oscar-Winner in Paris

In “A Private Life,” the actress takes on her first solo lead role in which she speaks fluent French, but her French connection goes all the way back to childhood.

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Dramas Keep Showing Us Hapless Men — and Hypercompetent Women

Several of the past year’s films center on confused, bumbling protagonists — surrounded by women who are anything but.

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Where Did All the American-Born Roofers Go?

The real story of how immigrant labor came to define the construction industry.

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Initial Review Finds No Widespread Illegal Voting by Migrants, Puncturing a Trump Claim

Republican election officials welcome the review, which relies on a federal verification tool, but they say they have not discovered a major problem when it comes to noncitizen voters.

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Trump’s Threats to Greenland Raise Serious Questions for NATO

The treaty that created NATO did not contemplate an attack by one ally on another. A seizure of Greenland by President Trump would test the endurance of the mutual-defense pact.

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Tensions Are High as Vance and Rubio Prepare to Meet Danish and Greenlandic Officials

Top officials from the United States, Denmark and Greenland will meet at the White House for the first time since President Trump said he wanted to own Greenland.

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A Week Without Heat in New York City

Some renters are constantly left without heat or hot water during the winter, leading them to bundle up in layers of clothing or risk fires by using space heaters.

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Trial to Begin for N.Y.P.D. Sergeant Who Threw Cooler at Fleeing Man

Erik Duran, who fatally struck the man, Eric Duprey, as he fled on a motorbike in 2023, faces charges of manslaughter, assault and criminally negligent homicide.

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Stephen Colbert Accuses Trump of ‘Invading Minnesota’

“Has anyone told him that they don’t have oil?” Colbert said of the president’s plan to send 1,000 more immigration officers to Minnesota.

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Saks Files for Bankruptcy as Department Stores Fight for Survival

The parent company of Saks, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman struggled with debt, designers and customers in recent years.

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Crane Falls on Passenger Train in Thailand, Killing at Least 22

The railway authorities said there were almost 200 people on the train when the accident happened in Nakhon Ratchasima province, northeast of Bangkok. Dozens were injured.

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Something Bad Is Brewing on Venezuela’s Border

An armed guerrilla group stands emboldened to challenge the authority of the Colombian state — and U.S. ambitions in Venezuela.

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What the Bankruptcy of Saks Means for You

Answers to this and other questions about the financial crisis in America’s biggest luxury department store.

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Iran’s Leaders May Survive Protests. But Anger Will Likely Persist.

Its security forces have brutally defended the Islamic Republic, but the protests show that many Iranians consider it stagnant and ideologically hollow.

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Mark Carney Heads to Beijing to Discuss Canada-China Relations as U.S. Outlook Darkens

The prime minister is seeking new markets for Canadian goods and to mend relations with China after years of deep acrimony between the two nations.

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China’s Coal Ban Improved Air Quality, but Villagers Are Paying the Price

China banned the burning of coal for heat around Beijing, but natural gas subsidies have run out, leaving many villagers vulnerable in dangerously cold weather.

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China Announces Record Trade Surplus as Its Exports Flood World’s Markets

China’s surplus reached $1.19 trillion, a 20 percent increase from 2024, according to data released by the country’s General Administration of Customs.

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Extreme Weather Events Hit Around the World in 2025

Last year was Earth’s third hottest globally, but temperature is just one measure of climate change’s influence.

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Mayor Mamdani Names Transit Veteran as Taxi Commissioner

Midori Valdivia would head the Taxi and Limousine Commission, overseeing more than 115,000 for-hire vehicles. The mayor said drivers deserved a “forceful champion.”

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Kiefer Sutherland Is Arrested After Assaulting Ride-Share Driver, Police Say

The actor also made “criminal threats” toward the driver, according to the Los Angeles police.

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