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Trump granted two-year exemption for Arizona copper smelter after EPA email guidance

President Trump exempted Freeport-McMoRan’s copper smelter in Miami, Arizona, from federal air-quality limits for two years, and emails and documents reviewed by The New York Times show an E.P.A. official guided a lawyer for the company on how to request the exemption. The smelter, one of only

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Maduro’s removal raises hopes of return for Venezuelans in South Florida

The American government’s seizure and removal of Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, has instilled hope among Venezuelans and Venezuelan Americans in South Florida that they might be able to return home, residents said. In Doral, a city with a large Venezuelan community often nicknamed “Doralzuela,” people celebrated the capture.

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Thune steers Senate cautiously amid Trump tensions

Time reports Senate Majority Leader John Thune has kept the upper chamber functioning with a cautious, institutional approach while managing tensions with President Donald Trump. Thune has often sidestepped Trump’s public rants—offering brief sympathy on Dec. 15 over the death of director Rob Reiner—and resisted wholesale changes

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Ten convicted over cyberbullying of France’s first lady in Paris court

A Paris court on Monday found ten people guilty of cyberbullying France's first lady, Brigitte Macron, over false claims that she was born a man, Independent.co reports. The eight men and two women, aged 41 to 60, were accused of making malicious comments about Ms Macron'

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Study Finds Supreme Court More Likely to Rule for Wealthy, Economists Say

A new study by economists at Yale and Columbia, titled "Ruling for the Rich" and being released on Monday, concluded that the Supreme Court has increasingly sided with wealthier parties in economic cases. The study reported that the court’s Republican appointees voted for the wealthier side about

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Trump signals broader use of U.S. power after Venezuela operation

President Trump, after the swift capture of Nicolás Maduro, said the United States had asserted rights to Venezuela’s oil and suggested he might apply similar measures to Colombia, called Cuba "ready to fall" and repeated that Greenland must come under American control for national security. On Air

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DeSantis overhaul reshapes New College of Florida

In early 2023, Gov. Ron DeSantis carried out what many viewed as a conservative takeover of New College of Florida in Sarasota, installing a new board and president and remaking the small state liberal arts college’s curriculum and campus culture. The changes have included a required seven-week course on

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Legal questions after U.S. seizure of Nicolás Maduro and Trump’s 'run' remark

U.S. troops captured President Nicolás Maduro in a raid of a safe house in Caracas, and President Trump declared that the United States would “run the country” for now, raising novel legal issues under international law and U.S. presidential power. The Trump administration has not publicly detailed its

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Report: Trump ordered maritime strikes and oil measures against Venezuela

The New York Times reported that President Trump signed a secret directive ordering U.S. military maritime strikes that concentrated naval firepower off the coast of Venezuela as part of a campaign to pressure President Nicolás Maduro. The campaign has also included a quasi-blockade of oil tankers and threats of

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Trump’s intervention in Venezuela deepens GOP split over 'America First' stance

President Trump’s decision to send U.S. forces into Venezuela to remove its leader, Nicolás Maduro, and bring him to New York to face criminal charges has opened a new rift within the Republican Party, which Mr. Trump had long steered with an anti-interventionist “America First” platform. Administration figures

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Justice Department Sues Virginia Over In-State Tuition Aid for Unauthorized Immigrants

The Justice Department sued Virginia on Monday over the state’s policy of granting unauthorized immigrants in-state financial aid at public colleges and universities, saying the assistance violates federal law because it discriminates against U.S. citizens living in other states. The case centers on a section of Virginia law

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Trump signals possible action against Colombia and Cuba, reiterates interest in Greenland

President Trump suggested on Air Force One that the United States could take action against other countries after its attack on Venezuela, threatening Colombia, describing Cuba as “ready to fall” and reasserting his desire to take control of Greenland. Asked whether his administration would target Colombia, Mr. Trump said, “It

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María Corina Machado has 28% chance to lead Venezuela after Maduro's capture

Following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday, attention has turned to the country’s transition. María Corina Machado, an opposition leader and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025, is the second-favorite to lead Venezuela by the end of 2026 with a 28% chance, according to

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Widower Philip Chase married Sara Jane Moore, fracturing his family

Philip Chase, a retired psychologist and widower, married Sara Jane Moore in December 2010, more than five months after they met on the dating site eHarmony. Moore had tried to assassinate President Gerald R. Ford in 1975 and had been paroled in 2007 after serving more than 30 years of

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Young middle‑class Americans say middle‑class life feels unaffordable

Many Americans in their 20s and 30s who economists classify as middle class say that a middle‑class life has become unaffordable, according to New York Times interviews and the debate triggered by a viral economics essay. The essay, by Michael Green, argued that a family of four now needs

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Trump says U.S. captured Venezuela’s leader and will “run” the country

President Trump announced from his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla., that the United States had captured Venezuela’s leader and would “run” the country for an indefinite period. The declaration intensified complaints within a segment of his political base that he has spent too much time on foreign policy.

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Mayor-elect Mamdani expected to name Kamar Samuels as schools chancellor

Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, is expected to announce that he will appoint Kamar Samuels as the city’s schools chancellor, according to three people with direct knowledge of the plan. Mr. Samuels is a veteran leader in the city public education system and the superintendent of

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Rubio says U.S. will keep military 'quarantine' on Venezuela oil exports

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that the United States will maintain a military "quarantine" on Venezuela’s oil exports to pressure the country’s new leadership, appearing to pivot from President Trump’s recent remark that the U.S. would "run" Venezuela. Rubio

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Guinea junta chief Mamady Doumbouya wins presidency after opposition boycott

Mamady Doumbouya, head of Guinea’s junta, has been elected president after the country’s electoral commission said he secured a sweeping majority of the vote. He had pledged not to run after seizing power four years ago; the vote was held over the weekend and main opposition leaders were

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U.S. Coast Guard pursues sanctioned tanker Bella 1 as it flees the Caribbean

The U.S. Coast Guard sought to intercept the oil tanker Bella 1 as it fled northeast from the Caribbean into the Atlantic, three U.S. officials said, after the vessel was linked to Venezuela and placed under U.S. sanctions. Officials and ship-tracking data show the Bella 1 was

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Trump says U.S. will seize Venezuela’s oil and 'run' the country after Maduro capture

President Trump said he intends to seize Venezuela’s oil and to "run" the country after a predawn attack that led to the capture of Nicolás Maduro, the article said. Mr. Trump told reporters that American companies would be able to tap Venezuela’s vast oil reserves and

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Democrats say Trump administration has not briefed Congress on Venezuela operation

Congressional Democrats said on Sunday they had not been briefed by the Trump administration about the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro carried out a day earlier. Representative Jim Himes, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, told CNN he was a member of the Gang of

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Lawyer confronts ICE to free detained Tufts student

Mahsa Khanbabai, an immigration lawyer, said she confronted Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile, La., as she fought to free her client, Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, after a federal judge ordered Ms. Ozturk’s release. Ms. Khanbabai described a remote hearing

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Venezuelan migrants in U.S. express worry after Maduro's capture

Venezuelan asylum seekers and Venezuelan Americans in the United States say they are uncertain about their futures after Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. authorities and brought to New York to face drug charges. Reactions in the community were mixed: some celebrated, including gatherings in Doral, Fla., while others

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Trump administration weighing 775-acre land swap in Texas refuge for SpaceX

The Trump administration is considering transferring 775 acres of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Texas to SpaceX so the company can expand its rocket launch and production site in Cameron County, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times. Under the proposed exchange, the U.