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Trump Gives Mixed Messages About Military Action Against Venezuela

President Trump said that he was open to talking with President Nicolás Maduro but that the United States has “to take care of Venezuela” as the U.S. builds a military force in the Caribbean.

© Allison Robbert for The New York Times

President Trump in the Oval Office on Monday. Last month, Mr. Trump called off efforts to reach a diplomatic agreement with Venezuela, but the president has raised the possibility of renewed engagement.
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Fed Governor Lisa Cook Says Housing Official Worked With Trump to Tarnish Her

New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, and a Federal Reserve governor, Lisa Cook, sought to publicize the role of the housing official, Bill Pulte, in executing President Trump’s retribution agenda.

© Mark Schiefelbein/Associated Press

Bill Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has attacked political enemies on social media.
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Authors dumped from New Zealand’s top book prize after AI used in cover designs

Ockham Book Awards dropped two titles from contention after new guidelines introduced on artificial intelligence use

The books of two award-winning New Zealand authors have been disqualified from consideration for the country’s top literature prize because artificial intelligence was used in the creation of their cover designs.

Stephanie Johnson’s collection of short stories Obligate Carnivore and Elizabeth Smither’s collection of novellas Angel Train were submitted to the 2026 Ockham book awards’ NZ$65,000 fiction prize in October, but were ruled out of the competition the following month in light of new guidelines around AI use.

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© Illustration: Quentin Wilson

© Illustration: Quentin Wilson

© Illustration: Quentin Wilson

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