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U.S. military strike on suspected drug boat in eastern Pacific killed two, Southern Command says

The United States military on Friday struck a boat in the eastern Pacific it suspected of smuggling drugs, killing two people, the U.S. Southern Command said. The command said it was the first known boat strike in the eastern Pacific since the capture of Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela. Southern

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Peru’s president faces impeachment threat after leaked videos of meetings

Peru’s president, José Jerí, is facing a growing push for impeachment after leaked videos showed him meeting with a Chinese businessman in Lima and failing to disclose the visits, prompting a prosecutor’s graft investigation and mounting motions in Congress. Leaked CCTV footage released this month shows Mr. Jerí

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Joint Chiefs chair to host 34 Western Hemisphere military leaders in Washington

Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is convening a meeting on Feb. 11 in Washington of military chiefs from 34 countries to discuss improving regional efforts to fight drug trafficking and transnational criminal organizations. Invited nations include countries such as Denmark, Britain and France that

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LIV Golf to Stage August Tournament at Trump Bedminster Club

LIV Golf, the Saudi Arabia-backed league, announced on Friday that it would hold a tournament in August at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, a Trump-family-owned club in New Jersey, underscoring growing financial ties between the Saudi government and the president's family during his second term. The

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House leaders rush Rep. Wesley Hunt to Capitol to cast decisive vote on Venezuela measure

House leaders rushed Representative Wesley Hunt, Republican of Texas, to the Capitol with a Capitol Police escort on Thursday evening so he could cast the decisive vote on a resolution that would have barred President Trump from taking military action in Venezuela without congressional approval. Speaker Mike Johnson held the

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Unsealed files show Rubio approved visa revocations for five student activists

Federal documents unsealed on Thursday show Secretary of State Marco Rubio personally approved the revocation of visas and deportation of five international student activists last year after receiving memos that largely described their participation in pro-Palestinian protests and their writings about the war in Gaza, according to internal government records.

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Trump endorsement threatens Senator Bill Cassidy’s reelection in Louisiana

President Trump’s surprise endorsement of Representative Julia Letlow has upended Senator Bill Cassidy’s re-election bid in Louisiana and imperiled the senator’s standing with Republicans at home, the Times reports. Cassidy, a physician who led a vaccination campaign in Louisiana, reluctantly voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Trump attacks renewables at Davos as business leaders sideline climate

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, President Trump used a Wednesday speech to attack clean energy, saying “there are windmills all over Europe… they are losers,” assailing the “green new scam,” promoting fossil fuels and, the paper reported, making inaccurate statements about China’s use of coal. The

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David Brooks warns of multiple 'unravelings' he attributes to Trump

In a New York Times opinion column, David Brooks wrote that the country is headed toward “some kind of crackup,” echoing Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara’s fear of “the moment where it all explodes.” Brooks outlined four “unravelings”: the postwar international order; domestic tranquillity in places where Immigration

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Trump withdraws invitation for Prime Minister Mark Carney to join Board of Peace

President Trump rescinded his invitation for Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada to join the Board of Peace, an organization Mr. Trump founded to oversee a Gaza peace deal and that he has sought to expand into an institution rivaling the United Nations, The New York Times reported. The move

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Air Force says Qatar-donated 747 could be delivered for Trump use by summer 2026

The Air Force said it expects to deliver the Boeing 747-8 jet donated by Qatar no later than summer 2026, raising the possibility that President Trump could begin flying on the aircraft later this year. The service has been working since September to upgrade the luxury plane to meet the

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More than 1,400 British pubs ban Labour MPs over planned business rates rise

More than 1,400 pubs and restaurants across Britain have declared a ban on Labour lawmakers in protest against a planned increase in business rates, a campaign that began at the Old Thatch pub in Wimborne, southern England. Landlords say the change in business rates announced alongside last year’s

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Energy Department to revise or cancel more than $83 billion in clean-energy loans

The Energy Department said on Thursday that it is revising or canceling more than $83 billion in loans for clean energy technologies that were approved under the Biden administration, the agency’s loan programs office said. Under the Biden administration the office finalized or issued conditional commitments for roughly $104

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NOAA finalizes rule to streamline U.S. seabed-mining applications

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finalized a new rule making it easier for companies to apply for the right to mine the deep ocean floor, and the next day the Metals Company submitted an application that more than doubled the area it said it hopes to mine. The rule

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Former Des Moines Superintendent Ian Roberts Pleads Guilty to Federal Felonies

Ian Roberts, the former superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools, pleaded guilty in federal court in Des Moines to two felonies, admitting he lied about his citizenship on an employment form and possessed firearms while in the United States illegally. Federal prosecutors say Dr. Roberts worked without permission and continued

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Jack Smith tells House Trump 'caused' Jan. 6 attack and defends his investigations

Jack Smith, the special prosecutor who twice indicted Donald J. Trump, defended his investigations in a tense appearance before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, saying Mr. Trump “caused” the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and that the law required he be held to account. Smith said his

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Edmundo González says son-in-law Rafael Tudares freed after more than a year in detention

Edmundo González, widely considered the legitimate winner of Venezuela’s disputed 2024 presidential election, said on Thursday that his son-in-law, Rafael Tudares, had been released after more than a year in Venezuelan detention. González’s daughter, Mariana González de Tudares, confirmed the release on X, writing: "After 380 days

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Trump-appointed Fine Arts Commission signals support for White House ballroom plan

At a virtual meeting on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, the Commission of Fine Arts — remade by President Trump with his appointees — indicated it would move forward with Mr. Trump’s plan to build a new ballroom on the site of the East Wing of the White House in Washington. The

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Jack Smith Defends Trump Indictments at House Judiciary Hearing

Former Special Counsel Jack Smith defended his indictments of Donald Trump during a heated House Judiciary Committee hearing, saying his investigation developed proof “beyond a reasonable doubt” that the former president “engaged in criminal activity,” more than a year after the prosecutions were rendered moot by the 2024 presidential election.

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Trump reshapes museums, architecture, media and arts agencies in five-front campaign

In the first year of his second term, President Trump has pushed a broad campaign to reshape what Americans see and hear, targeting national museums, federal architecture, broadcast regulation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Kennedy Center. At the Smithsonian the

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Trump backtracks on Greenland tariffs after Davos speech; E.U. suspends trade work

President Trump on Wednesday reversed course after days of threats over Greenland and a menacing speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, saying he had reached "the framework of a future deal" for Greenland and the Arctic and that planned tariffs on eight European countries beginning Feb.

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Poll shows Trump approval at 40% as 2024 voting coalitions reverse

President Trump’s approval rating stands at 40 percent and his 2024 gains among young, nonwhite and lower-turnout voters have largely reversed, according to today’s New York Times/Siena University poll. Democrats lead by five percentage points among registered voters nationwide, a margin the poll says would be enough

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Sussan Ley surpasses Downer’s mark as Liberal leader but faces fresh revolt

Sussan Ley this week passed eight months and eight days as leader of the Liberal party, a span that meant she has now lasted longer in the role than Alexander Downer did as the party’s shortest-serving leader. Her tenure has unfolded amid party room meetings and tense negotiations with

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Sussan Ley’s leadership seen as finished after Coalition split over hate speech laws

Senior Liberal colleagues believe Sussan Ley’s leadership of the Liberal party is all but over after a spectacular split over hate speech laws blew up the Coalition for the second time in eight months. Multiple sources named Angus Taylor and Andrew Hastie as leading contenders to replace her, with

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Comptroller candidate proposes using state pension to buy stake in MSG Sports

Adem Bunkeddeko, a candidate for New York state comptroller, is proposing that the state’s $290 billion pension fund buy a substantial stake in Madison Square Garden Sports, the company that owns the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers. Bunkeddeko, a community organizer and two-time unsuccessful congressional candidate,