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Trump Heads to Davos Amid Deep Worries About U.S.-European Alliance, by Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Canada’s Prime Minister Says There Has Been a ‘Rupture’ in the World Order, by Ian Austen

Minnesota Police Leaders Criticize Federal Tactics in ICE Surge, by Mitch Smith and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

Prosecutors Subpoena Minnesota Democrats as Part of Federal Inquiry, by Alan ...

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How Trump Is Remaking America, State by State, by The New York Times

Trump Links His Push for Greenland to Not Winning Nobel Peace Prize, by Jeffrey Gettleman and Henrik Pryser Libell

Powell Will Attend Supreme Court Arguments on Trump’s Effort to Fire Fed Official, by Colby Smith

‘Like an Earthquake’: How 40 People Died in a Spanish Train Crash, by Jason Ho...

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European Union Officials Lean Toward Negotiating, Not Retaliating, Over Trump Tariff Threat, by Jeanna Smialek and Anushka Patil

In Minneapolis, a Pattern of Misconduct Toward Protesters, by Stephanie Saul

$1 Billion in Cash Buys a Permanent Seat on Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’, by Isabel Kershner

China’s Birthrate Plunges to Lowest Level Since 1949, by Alexandra Steve...

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Trump Threatens to Invoke the Insurrection Act and Send Troops to Minnesota, by Shawn McCreesh

Calling Trump ‘Authoritarian,’ Judge Seeks to Restrict Student Deportations, by Zach Montague

U.S. Says It Erred in Deporting Student Traveling for Thanksgiving, by Adam Sella

Machado Presents Trump With Her Nobel Peace Prize Medal, by Max Bearak and Henrik Pryser Libell

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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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Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow, by Ernesto Londoño

ICE Arrested Dozens of Refugees in Minnesota and Sent Them to Texas, Lawyers Say, by Miriam Jordan

Tensions Are High as Vance and Rubio Prepare to Meet Danish and Greenlandic Officials, by Amelia Nierenberg

U.S. to Name Palestinian Committee to Run Gaza, by Adam Rasgon and ...

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Minnesota and Illinois Sue Trump Administration Over ICE Deployments by Mitch Smith

F.B.I. Inquiry Into ICE Shooting Is Examining Victim’s Possible Ties to Activist Groups by Alan Feuer, Glenn Thrush and Devlin Barrett

Supreme Court to Hear Challenges to State Bans on Transgender Athletes by Ann E. Marimow

E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on A...

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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

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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

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

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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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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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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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Maduro and His Wife to Be Arraigned in Manhattan Federal Court by William K. Rashbaum and Benjamin Weiser

Trump Says U.S. Is ‘In Charge’ of Venezuela, While Rubio Stresses Coercing It by Edward Wong

‘No One Is Ready for This’: How a Deadly Bar Fire Upended a Swiss Town by Ségolène Le Stradic and Aurelien Breeden

Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew by Paula Span

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How a Fire Ripped Through a Swiss Bar and Broke a Village’s Heart by Ségolène Le Stradic

Trump Abandons Efforts to Deploy National Guard to 3 Major Cities by Tyler Pager

With Obamacare’s Higher Premiums Come Difficult Decisions by Reed Abelson

Tech Giants Are Racing to Embed A.I. in Schools Around the Globe by Natasha Singer

Welcome to the Office. Now Take Off Your Shoes by Lora K...

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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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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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Trump and Zelensky Meet to Iron Out Peace Plan, but Deal Remains Elusive by Aishvarya Kavi and Katie Rogers

With Critical Decisions Ahead, Netanyahu Faces Mounting Pressure by David M. Halbfinger

Trump Says the U.S. Struck a ‘Big Facility’ in Campaign Against Venezuela by Tyler Pager and Julian E. Barnes

Student Loan Borrowers in Default Could See Wages Garnished in Early 20...

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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...