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Michele Tafoya Announces Senate Run in Minnesota

Ms. Tafoya, once a sideline reporter for N.F.L. games, has more recently turned her focus to Republican politics. She is seeking an open seat now held by a Democrat.

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Trump 2.0

We look at the first year of the president’s second term.

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Majority of Latin Americans Endorsed Trump’s Intervention In Venezuela, Polls Show

Several polls show that a majority of Latin Americans who were questioned endorsed the intervention, suggesting a shift, at least for now, from ideology to pragmatism.

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Supreme Court to Weigh Trump’s Bid to Fire Lisa Cook

The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments on Wednesday in the case of Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor whom President Trump is trying to fire. Our reporter Colby Smith describes the importance of Cook’s case for the independence of the central bank.

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Canada’s Leader Warns of a ‘Rupture’ in the Global Order, and ICE Is Accused of Killing Detainee

Plus, what’s the point of learning cursive?

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An Anxious Japan Restarts the World’s Biggest Nuclear Plant

Japan is reviving nuclear power, balancing the need for more clean energy against the lingering trauma of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi disaster.

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Supreme Court Considers Trump’s Attempt to Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook

The justices deferred a decision on the president’s efforts to oust Cook, agreeing to hear arguments on Wednesday instead.

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What ‘Marty Supreme’ Says About Being Jewish in America

The film’s unapologetic depiction of the experience in all of its complications rejects the idea that such characters have to suffer.

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How ‘Wine Moms’ Became an Insult for Anti-ICE Protesters

The insult wielded against protesters taps into a long tradition of casting wine drinkers as out-of-touch elitists.

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Uber Faces Growing Pressure Over Sexual Assault Record

From the ballot box in California to the halls of Congress and Wall Street, several new initiatives would require more oversight of how the company protects its passengers.

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What’s a Human Life Worth? The E.P.A. Says Zero Dollars.

The Environmental Protection Agency has stopped estimating the dollar value of lives saved in the cost-benefit analyses for new pollution rules.

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You Can’t Denaturalize Me

Is purging America of immigrants so crucial that in the process you must unmake America itself?

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Inside Trump’s Campaign to Tame Higher Education

Donald J. Trump has unleashed the power of the presidency against American colleges, with mixed results.

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Why Was Macron Wearing Sunglasses at Davos?

An eye condition, not a style choice, prompted President Emmanuel Macron of France to don aviators to address the World Economic Forum.

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New York’s Odd Couple: The Mayor and the Police Commissioner

Zohran Mamdani and Jessica Tisch have little in common. But both of their political futures hinge on the safety of the city.

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Late Night Cringes Over Trump’s Texting Spree

Jimmy Kimmel quipped that the president “can do so much damage in one three-day weekend — I don’t know if anybody has ever done more.”

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Trump’s Politics Are Not America First. They’re Me First.

Donald Trump is the most un-American president in our history. And in his second term, there is no one to constrain his un-American impulses.

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Europe Has a Bazooka. Time to Use It.

For now, Europe’s anti-coercion instrument is less a bazooka than a waterlogged firecracker.

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Cuban Immigrant Was Killed in ICE Custody, Family Says in Legal Filing

The family of Geraldo Lunas Campos said a witness saw him choked by guards in an El Paso detention facility this month. Federal officials said he died by suicide.

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Trump Heads to Davos Amid Deep Worries About U.S.-European Alliance

The gathering of the global elite is set to serve as an all-hands effort to de-escalate tensions between President Trump and America’s allies over his insistence on acquiring Greenland.

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Taiwan’s $40 Billion Military Spending Plan Stalled by Political Impasse

Taiwan’s domestic gridlock is revealing a deep-seated fracture over how the island should defend itself and how much it can depend on the United States.

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Air Force One Turns Back After Electrical Issue

The plane carrying President Trump was heading for Switzerland when it turned back for Joint Base Andrews. A White House official said there had been a minor electrical issue.

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Man Gets Life in Prison for Killing Shinzo Abe, Former Leader of Japan

Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, had admitted to shooting Mr. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, with a homemade gun at a political rally in 2022.

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In Court Record, Official Describes Assault Before ICE Agent Shot Man in Minneapolis

The agent told an investigator that he was assaulted with a broom and a shovel before he fired a single shot that wounded a Venezuelan man.

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Miami Beach Nightclub Is Condemned for Playing Kanye West’s Song ‘Heil Hitler’

The club, Vendôme, was hosting several right-wing influencers, including Andrew and Tristan Tate, the brothers who are being investigated in Europe in connection with human trafficking.

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House Foreign Affairs Members Call for Machado to Govern Venezuela

The Venezuelan opposition leader stressed the need for free elections in her latest bipartisan meeting with lawmakers.

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‘God Is Very Proud’: Trump Marks Anniversary With a Victory Lap

For roughly one hour 45 minutes, President Trump meandered through his accomplishments and grievances, attacked perceived enemies and threatened allies.

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Trump Calls Renee Good Killing a ‘Tragedy’ and Says ICE Agents Will Make Mistakes

The change in tone was stark for the president, who said he had been told that Ms. Good’s father was a strong Trump supporter.

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ChongLy Scott Thao, Hmong Immigrant and U.S. Citizen, Arrested by ICE

A Hmong immigrant, who is a U.S. citizen, was released after being questioned for an hour. Federal officials said they had been seeking sex offenders.

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Another Train Crash in Spain Kills 1 and Hurts 37, Officials Say

Train service in the Catalonia region will be suspended until it is safe to resume rail traffic, the local operator said.

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