| An Emboldened Trump Makes Big Bets in Venezuela, Iran and Beyond
- President Trump has left himself plenty of room for maximal intervention. But there are a host of potential wild cards, each with risks for the president.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:37:22 +0000
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| ‘We’re Not Stupid’: What Greenlanders Would Say to Trump
- A visit to Greenland reveals a swirl of feelings as people nervously await talks with the Trump administration about the island’s future.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:31:35 +0000
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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.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:23:57 +0000
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| A Top Fed Official Says the Trump Administration’s Threats Are ‘About Monetary Policy’
- Neel T. Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, defended Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, in an interview. He also said interest rates should be held steady this month.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:56:22 +0000
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| Venezuela Envoy to Visit U.S. for First Official Trip in Years
- Félix Plasencia, an envoy of the interim government, will travel to the United States on the day the opposition leader María Corina Machado is to meet President Trump.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:51:21 +0000
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| Banks Ready Battle Plans to Save Their Credit Card Businesses
- “Everything’s on the table,” an executive at JPMorgan Chase said, as the industry seeks to head off President Trump’s effort to cap interest rates.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:49:50 +0000
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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.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:39:33 +0000
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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.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:31:13 +0000
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| Prosecutors Resign Over ICE Investigation, and Israel Is Still Demolishing Gaza
- Plus, the battle over taxing billionaires.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:29:18 +0000
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| Videos Show Increasingly Aggressive Federal Crackdown in Minneapolis
- Arrests and aggressive tactics by ICE and the Border Patrol, many seen on viral videos, have intensified the frustration and fear among residents.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:17:34 +0000
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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.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:16:10 +0000
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| Trump Raises Middle Finger at Heckler in Michigan Ford Factory Tour
- A White House spokesman said the president “gave an appropriate and unambiguous response.”
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:15:40 +0000
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| Minneapolis’s Limit
- We look at how the actions of federal agents in Minneapolis are impacting life in the city.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:04:49 +0000
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| Playing Catch on an L.A. Sidewalk? You May (Technically) Risk Jail Time.
- A little-known and rarely enforced law prohibits ball games on some Los Angeles streets and sidewalks. The local council has begun the process of repealing it.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:04:23 +0000
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| Crane Falls on Passenger Train in Thailand, Killing at Least 31
- The authorities said there were almost 200 people aboard when the accident happened northeast of Bangkok. Dozens were injured.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:55:22 +0000
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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.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:36:14 +0000
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| A Timeline of Protests in Iran
- Amid a near-total communications blackout, witness footage trickling out of Iran paints a picture of how the country’s largest uprising in decades spread — and turned deadly.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:41:42 +0000
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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.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:02:24 +0000
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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.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:02:14 +0000
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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.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:02:01 +0000
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