| Republicans Set to Block Effort to Check Trump’s Power in Venezuela
- G.O.P. leaders succeeded in pressuring fellow senators who initially supported the measure that would have limited President Trump’s military authority in Venezuela.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 23:29:45 +0000
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| Iran Postpones Execution of Protester as Trump Threatens ‘Strong Action’
- Iran had planned to put a 26-year-old protester to death amid the wave of unrest in the country, but stood down for now, his family and human rights group said.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 23:18:01 +0000
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| Renee Good’s Family Should Be Able to Sue the Officer Who Killed Her
- An ICE killing in Minneapolis can be the impetus for finally closing a gaping hole in our constitutional protections.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 23:14:23 +0000
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| Kaiser Permanente Agrees to Pay $556 Million to Settle Medicare Overbilling Claims
- The Justice Department and whistle-blowers accused the major health insurer of overbilling the government for about $1 billion under the private plans.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 23:07:03 +0000
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| NASA Begins Astronaut Space Station Medical Evacuation: What to Know
- Four astronauts departed from the I.S.S. about a month earlier than scheduled because a crew member, who was not identified, has an undisclosed medical issue.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 23:05:25 +0000
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| U.S. Moves Some Personnel From Qatar Air Base as Trump Weighs Military Response to Iran
- Nonessential personnel were moved from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, an American site that could be a target of Iran if President Trump ordered an attack on the country.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 23:04:40 +0000
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| Trump Cuts $2 Billion in Federal Funding for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
- Notices went out late Tuesday to more than 2,000 programs nationwide that will be affected by budget slashing at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:44:50 +0000
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| Congress Is Spurning Many of Trump’s Proposed Spending Cuts
- Months after the partisan clash that led to the longest shutdown in history, lawmakers have agreed on spending bills that look far different from what the president wanted.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:38:53 +0000
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| Trump Administration to Halt Immigrant Visa Processing for 75 Countries
- Federal officials said the move was meant to discourage immigration by people who they deemed likely to rely on public benefits.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:32:16 +0000
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| Trump’s Gulf Allies Do Not Want Him to Bomb Iran
- While several of the Gulf Arab countries harbor little love for Iran, they worry that the consequences of rising tensions could blow back on them.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:26:17 +0000
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| Newsom Says California Will Not Extradite Abortion Provider to Louisiana
- The case, escalating the interstate battle over abortion, is the second time Louisiana has criminally charged out-of-state doctors with sending abortion pills to Louisiana residents.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:13:27 +0000
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| Food Prices Keep Climbing, Rattling Consumers and Trump
- Weather, supply, tariffs, labor and changing consumer habits continue to drive up the cost of groceries. President Trump falsely claims prices are falling.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:09:56 +0000
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| Lawyers for Renee Good’s Family Plan to Investigate Minnesota ICE Shooting
- Ms. Good was killed by an ICE agent last week. Separately, a federal judge put off ruling on a request by the state to block the surge of immigration agents to the Minneapolis area.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:07:52 +0000
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| Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Unhappiness
- One reason for the toxicity of American politics may be that our quality of life is slipping behind our peers’.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:06:05 +0000
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| U.S. Races to Sell Venezuelan Oil, Transforming Ties With Former Foe
- U.S. officials brokered the sale of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Venezuelan oil to stabilize the country’s economy after capturing its president.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:02:33 +0000
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| What are Trump’s Options in Iran?
- President Trump has said that “help is on the way” for Iranian protesters. Amid reports that thousands of the protesters have been killed, our national security correspondent David E. Sanger describes what some of Mr. Trump’s options might be.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:50:41 +0000
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| Can the ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Good in Minneapolis Be Prosecuted?
- The Trump administration is unlikely to bring a federal case, and any criminal case would face high hurdles. But charges are not out of the question.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:30:34 +0000
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| Federal Judges Uphold California’s New Congressional Maps
- A panel in Los Angeles sided with Gov. Gavin Newsom in a decision that will help Democrats counter Republican gerrymandering in Texas. Republicans are expected to appeal.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:26:02 +0000
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| Harper Lee Expanded on Her View of the South in Letters to a Friend
- In decades of correspondence, the author gave her friend, JoBeth McDaniel, a mix of opinions, advice on writing and insight into the impact of the Civil Rights movement.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:17:44 +0000
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| Tony Dokoupil’s Road Trip on CBS News Hits a Rough Patch
- A stretch of big news revealed growing pains for CBS’s new evening anchor and problems with its Bari Weiss-era philosophy.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:17:12 +0000
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