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Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for Republicans to ‘Nationalize’ Elections, by Reid J. Epstein and Nick Corasaniti

Trump Had Unusual Call With F.B.I. Agents After Election Center Search, by William K. Rashbaum, Devlin Barrett and Julian E. Barnes

Here’s What to Know About the Partial Government Shutdown, by Aaron Boxerman

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How Trump Appears in the Epstein Files, by Steve Eder, Michael C. Bender and David Enrich

The Government Published Dozens of Nude Photos in the Epstein Files, by Mike Baker and Julie Tate

Release of Three Million Epstein Pages Falls Short, Survivors Say, by Devlin Barrett, Michael Gold and Mike Baker

They Said They Weren’t Close to Epstein. New Documents Show Otherwise....

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Administration Social Media Posts Echo White Supremacist Messaging, by Evan Gorelick

Democrats Reach Spending Deal With Trump, Seeking to Rein In ICE, by Catie Edmondson and Carl Hulse

Twix Is OK but Granola Isn’t as States Deploy New Food Stamp Rules, by Julie Creswell and Linda Qiu

No More Zoom for French Officials: France to Use Local Alternative to U.S. Tech, by Ségolène Le S...

Plus, Amazon's big "Melania" push. 

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Democrats Demand Unmasked Agents, New Limits to Fund D.H.S., by Carl Hulse and Catie Edmondson

Trump and Schumer Move Toward Possible Deal to Avert a Shutdown, by Carl Hulse

Judge in Minnesota Says ICE Has Violated Nearly 100 Court Orders, by Alan Feuer

Judge Orders Release of Minnesota Refugees Targeted in ICE Crackdown, by Miriam Jordan

Trump Threatens Iran With ‘Massive A...

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• Representative Ilhan Omar Is Attacked at Town Hall in Minneapolis, by Reis Thebault, Lauren McCarthy and Ashley Ahn
• Democrats Push to Impeach and Investigate Noem, by Michael Gold
• U.S. Population Growth Slows Sharply as Immigration Numbers Plunge, by Jeff Adelson and Sabrina Tavernise
• Trump Hobbled the I.R.S. This C.E.O. Now Has to Make It Work., by A...

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Crackdown Chief to Leave Minneapolis as White House Distances Trump From Uproar, by Luke Broadwater and David E. Sanger

Border Patrol Official Gregory Bovino Is Set to Leave Minnesota, by Hamed Aleaziz

They ‘Had Done Everything Right.’ ICE Detained Them Anyway., by Miriam Jordan and Hamed Aleaziz

Israel Recovers Remains of Last Captive in Gaza, Closing a Chapter, by ...

Plus, High January is the new Dry January.

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How the Trump Administration Rushed to Judgment in Minneapolis Shooting, by Tyler Pager and Hamed Aleaziz

Timeline: A Moment-by-Moment Look at the Shooting of Alex Pretti, by Bora Erden, Devon Lum, Helmuth Rosales, Elena Shao, Haley Willis and Ashley Wu

Storm Dumps a Foot of Snow in at Least 17 U.S. States, by Andy Newman

Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children M...

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TikTok Strikes Deal for New U.S. Entity, Ending Long Legal Saga, by David McCabe and Emmett Lindner

‘Enough Is Enough’: Hundreds of Minnesota Businesses Take Stand Against ICE, by Pooja Salhotra and Jazmine Ulloa

3 People Arrested Over Protest of Minnesota Pastor Linked to ICE, by Jacey Fortin and Lauren McCarthy

Voters Are Split on Deportations but Disapprove of ICE, Poll Finds,...

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Trump Says He Has Framework for Greenland Deal as NATO Mulls Idea of U.S. Sovereignty Over Bases, by Lara Jakes, Jim Tankersley and Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Would Have Global Scope but One Man in Charge, by Anton Troianovski

Few Voters Say Trump’s Second Term Has Made the Country Better, Poll Finds, by Shane Goldmacher, Ruth Igielnik and Camille Bake...

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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 ...

Plus, the struggle to finish a major Olympic arena.

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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...

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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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...