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January 16, 2026 14 mins
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Plus, a space station evacuation. 

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Federal Agent Shoots Man in Minneapolis, Prompting Tense Protests, by Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Mitch Smith and Hamed Aleaziz

Lawyers for Renee Good’s Family Plan to Investigate Minnesota ICE Shooting, by Mitch Smith

Republicans Block Effort to Check Trump’s Power in Venezuela, by Robert Jimison and Megan Mineiro

U.S. Races to Sell Venezuelan Oil, Transforming Ties With Form...

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Plus, Russia’s push to indoctrinate Ukrainian kids. 

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Federal Prosecutors Open Investigation Into Fed Chair Powell by Glenn Thrush and Colby Smith

Anti-ICE Protests Spread Nationwide by Chris Hippensteel

‘Hundreds More’ Federal Agents to Be Deployed to Minneapolis, Noem Says by Minho Kim

As Death Toll Surges in Iran, Leaders Take Tough Line Against Protesters by Erika Solomon and Sanam Mahoozi

Malaysia and Indo...

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Plus, your Friday news quiz. 

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Federal Agents Shoot 2 During Traffic Stop in Portland, Ore. by Anna Griffin, Hamed Aleaziz and Thomas Fuller

Amid Protests, ICE Told Agents to Take ‘Decisive Action’ if Threatened by Hamed Aleaziz

Highlights From The Times’s Interview With President Trump by The New York Times

Senate Advances Measure to Curb Trump’s Use of Force in Venezuela by Robert Jimison and Megan Mineiro

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Plus, President Trump sits down with The Times. 

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What We Know About the Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis by Alexandra E. Petri and Hannah Ziegler

Trump Says U.S. Oversight of Venezuela Could Last for Years by David E. Sanger, Tyler Pager, Katie Rogers and Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Hoisting Russian Flags, ‘Shadow Fleet’ Edges Into the Light by Paul Sonne and Michael Schwirtz

Kennedy Flips Food Pyramid to Emphasize R...

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Plus, a journey to a melting continent. 

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Trump Claims Venezuela Will Send Oil to U.S. by Stanley Reed and Chris Cameron

U.S. Pressures Venezuela to Expel Official Advisers From China, Cuba, Iran and Russia, Officials Say by Julian E. Barnes, Edward Wong and Eric Schmitt

Rubio Tells Lawmakers Trump Wants to Buy Greenland by Edward Wong, Tyler Pager and Eric Schmitt

President Expects Impeachment if G.O.P. Falte...

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Plus, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s last day. 

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At the U.N., Even Allies Condemn U.S. Action in Venezuela by Farnaz Fassihi

Venezuela’s Legislators Offer Scorn as Trump Demands Obedience by Simon Romero, María Victoria Fermín and Annie Correal

Maduro Says He Is a Prisoner of War, Not a Defendant. The Words Matter by Hurubie Meko

Congress Is Divided Over Maduro Raid After First Briefing by Robert Jimison and Megan M...

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January 3, 2026 3 mins

On Today’s Episode:

Trump Says U.S. Will ‘Run’ Venezuela After Capture of Maduro

 

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Plus, the viral video that got the White House’s attention. 

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How Russia’s War Machine Brutalizes and Exploits Its Own Soldiers by Paul Sonne, Anton Troianovski, Milana Mazaeva, Nataliya Vasilyeva and Alina Lobzina

Justice Dept. Now Said to Be Reviewing 5.2 Million Pages of Epstein Files by Devlin Barrett

Health Dept. Pauses Child Care Funding to Minnesota, Citing State’s Fraud Scandal by Tim Balk and Ernesto...

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Plus, the mountain climbing brothers trying to rewrite the world's maps.

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C.I.A. Conducted Drone Strike on Port in Venezuela by Julian E. Barnes and Tyler Pager

U.S. Kills 2 in Strike in Pacific, as Trump Pressures Venezuela by Eric Schmitt

Russia Threatens to Toughen Its Stance on Ending the War in Ukraine by Neil MacFarquhar and Ivan Nechepurenko

U.S. Pledges $2 Billion for U.N. Aid but Tells Agencies to ‘Ad...

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Plus, the biggest lottery jackpots ever. 

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Angering Denmark, Trump Appoints Special Envoy to Greenland by Amelia Nierenberg, Jeffrey Gettleman and Maya Tekeli

Trump Administration Orders Nearly 30 U.S. Ambassadors to Leave Their Posts by Edward Wong

Trump Halts 5 Wind Farms Off the East Coast by Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman

Trump Announces New ‘Trump Class’ of Warships by Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Eric Schmitt a...

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Plus, a day of Waymo chaos in San Francisco. 

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What to Know on the Initial Release of Materials From the Epstein Files by Alan Feuer and Devlin Barrett

U.S. Coast Guard Pursues Oil Tanker Linked to Venezuela by Nicholas Nehamas, Christiaan Triebert, Tyler Pager, Anatoly Kurmanaev and Eric Schmitt

R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s by Apoorva Mandavilli

As U.S. Guns Pour Int...

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Plus, the subway stop that’s also a museum. 

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Johnson Rules Out House Vote to Extend Health Insurance Subsidies by Michael Gold and Carl Hulse

Trump Expands Travel Ban and Restrictions to 20 More Countries by Tyler Pager and Hamed Aleaziz

Trump Orders Blockade of Some Oil Tankers to and From Venezuela by Edward Wong, Simon Romero, Charlie Savage and Julian E. Barnes

White House Shrugs Off Rise in Unemployment ...

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