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China Announces Record Trade Surplus as Its Exports Flood World Markets

14 janvier 2026 à 05:54
China’s surplus reached $1.19 trillion last year, a 20 percent increase from 2024, as Beijing kept the currency weak and pursued self-reliance to replace imports.

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The production line at a car factory in Hangzhou, China, in October. Exports to the United States fell, but rose to much of the rest of the world.

Senator Says Prosecutors Are Investigating Her After Video About Illegal Orders

14 janvier 2026 à 02:25
It is unclear what possible crime might involve Senator Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat, who has warned in dire terms about the dissolution of American democracy.

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Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, a former C.I.A. officer, organized a video with five other Democratic lawmakers in which they urged military service members to resist illegal orders.

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

14 janvier 2026 à 02:46
The refugees, many of them from Somalia, had passed security screenings before coming to the United States. The Trump administration has vowed to “re-examine thousands of refugee cases.”

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U.S. Border Patrol agents clashed with community members after federal immigration officers crashed into a vehicle in south Minneapolis to ask about the driver’s immigration status on Monday.

Louisiana Indicts a California Doctor Over Abortion Pills

14 janvier 2026 à 00:33
The indictment, followed by a request to extradite the doctor from California, is an escalation of Louisiana’s efforts to counter states that support providing abortions.

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Conservative leaders opposed to abortion have sought various ways to limit access to the abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol, which Louisiana classified as dangerous controlled substances in 2024.

Mr. Mamdani Goes to Albany, a Backbencher No More

14 janvier 2026 à 01:48
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City returned to the State Capitol for the first time since taking office, underscoring the shifting political winds since his victory.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani shakes hands with a former colleague, Assemblyman Michael Durso, at the State Capitol in Albany.

Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Give Her Bus Seat to a White Woman, Dies at 86

14 janvier 2026 à 02:06
Her defiance of Jim Crow laws in 1955 made her a star witness in a landmark segregation suit, but her act was overshadowed months later when Rosa Parks made history with a similar stand.

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Claudette Colvin in 1998. When she was ordered to move to the back of a bus in 1955, she refused: “History had me glued to the seat,” she said.

In Secret Testimony, Republicans Derided Trump’s Stolen Election Claims

13 janvier 2026 à 23:22
The testimony, part of the derailed Georgia election interference case, makes clear how dismissive some senior Republicans were of claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election.

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Transcripts of secret grand jury testimony indicate that President Trump’s efforts to overturn his defeat in the 2020 presidential election exasperated and alarmed a number of senior Republicans.

Lower Bills and ‘Go Bills’: 8 Takeaways From Hochul’s State of the State

13 janvier 2026 à 23:08
In her address on Tuesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York focused on affordability, while pushing for nuclear power and new restrictions on religious protests.

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Even as Gov. Kathy Hochul embraced portions of the agenda of New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, she also underscored the limits of their partnership.

In a Risky Gambit, Trump Tries Brute Force to Lower Prices

13 janvier 2026 à 21:48
To assuage cost-weary voters and combat inflation, the president has resorted to a mix of threats and punishments, targeting companies and policymakers alike.

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There is seemingly no lever that President Trump appears unwilling to pull, as he looks to ease the economic strains on voters now anxious about the state of the country.
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