U.S. Restarts Diplomatic Relations With Venezuela

NYT

6 mars 2026 à 04:21

Washington has rapidly warmed up ties with Venezuela — and applied major pressure on it — since capturing the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, two months ago.

A protest last month in Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, demanding freedom for political prisoners.

DOJ Releases Missing Interviews With Woman Who Made Claims Against Trump in Epstein Files

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Par : Devlin Barrett

6 mars 2026 à 02:57

The pages had been withheld from the trove of documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein because of what officials called a mistaken determination that they were duplicates.

The Justice Department acknowledged on Thursday that it had also identified about a dozen other documents that were “incorrectly coded as duplicative.”

What Kristi Noem Should Do After President Trump Fired Her

NYT

Par : Michelle Cottle

6 mars 2026 à 03:04

It’s hard out there for a MAGA woman.

Timeline: The Rise and Fall of Kristi Noem as Trump’s DHS Secretary

NYT

Par : Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Hamed Aleaziz

6 mars 2026 à 03:02

The homeland security secretary, who was fired by President Trump Thursday, helped fulfill his border pledges, but also drew negative attention to his administration.

Ms. Noem testified on Capitol Hill this week.

Ex-Executive at Blood Filter Start-Up Is Charged With Covering Up Deaths

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Par : John Carreyrou

6 mars 2026 à 03:02

ExThera Medical attracted cancer patients to Antigua with the promise that its devices could cure them. Its former chief regulatory officer faces up to three years in prison.

The clinic in Antigua where cancer patients were treated with ExThera’s blood filter.

Not Just Oil: In Venezuela, U.S. Interior Secretary Pushes for Mining Access

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Par : Max Bearak and Lisa Friedman

6 mars 2026 à 02:55

Venezuela is home to large reserves of rare earths, gold and other valuable minerals that the Trump administration wants to exert more control over.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s new leader, in Caracas on Wednesday.

Steve Daines’s Switcheroo Starts New Fight in Montana Senate Race

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Par : Kellen Browning

6 mars 2026 à 02:03

Minutes before the Senate filing deadline, Senator Steve Daines withdrew his re-election bid and an ally jumped in. Even some fellow Republicans criticized the 11th-hour switch.

Kurt Alme, who has been serving as the U.S. attorney for Montana, was endorsed by Senator Steve Daines and President Trump to succeed Mr. Daines in a race for what will now be an open seat.

Superfood Fuels Mating Frenzy for Critically Endangered Kakapo

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Par : Neil Vigdor

6 mars 2026 à 01:43

Kakapos, which are reclusive and flightless and can live as long as humans, are found only in New Zealand. They feed on the fruit of the rimu tree.

A kakapo with eggs on Anchor Island, in New Zealand. The island is known for lacking the kinds of predators that threaten the parrots.

Senator Blumenthal Pushes to Investigate Kristi Noem for Perjury

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Par : Carl Hulse and Michael Gold

6 mars 2026 à 01:29

Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut said Democrats had evidence to suggest Kristi Noem lied under oath during a Senate hearing on Tuesday.

Senator Richard Blumenthal speaking on Capitol Hill in January. Blumenthal said that Kristi Noem’s removal did not protect her from an investigation.

Iran delays naming a new leader out of security concerns, officials say.

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Par : Farnaz Fassihi

6 mars 2026 à 00:04

Mojtaba Khamenei, center, the son of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, participates in the annual Quds Day rally in Tehran, Iran, in 2019.

Ronnie Eldridge, NY Politician and Aide to RFK and Lindsay, Dies at 95

NYT

Par : Sam Roberts

5 mars 2026 à 23:52

She was an adviser to Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Mayor John V. Lindsay and Representative Bella S. Abzug before serving on the New York City Council from 1989 to 2001.

Ronnie Eldridge at a City Council meeting in 1991. Two decades earlier, while working as a top aide to Mayor John V. Lindsay, she was described by The Times as “one of the most influential women of politics in the city government.”

Fewer Pregnant Women Received Acetaminophen in E.R.s After White House Warnings

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Par : Azeen Ghorayshi

6 mars 2026 à 00:31

A new analysis of prescription data found that emergency room orders for acetaminophen for pregnant women fell for weeks after the federal warning.

President Trump made an announcement about autism and Tylenol alongside Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington last September.

Who Is Markwayne Mullin, Trump’s Pick for Homeland Security Secretary?

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Par : Madeleine Ngo

6 mars 2026 à 00:22

The Oklahoma senator has been a staunch defender of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign.

Senator Markwayne Mullin, Republican of Oklahoma, at the Capitol on Thursday.

Pentagon Officially Notifies Anthropic It Is a ‘Supply Chain Risk’

NYT

Par : Cade Metz · Julian E. Barnes and Sheera Frenkel

6 mars 2026 à 02:23

Anthropic has said it will sue the Defense Department over the designation, which could prevent the start-up from doing business with the U.S. government.

Although Anthropic is the only company that provides the Pentagon with artificial intelligence technologies for use on classified systems, other companies are angling to replace it.

Trump Fires His Homeland Security Secretary

NYT

Par : Matthew Cullen

6 mars 2026 à 00:00

Also, child care costs are rising fast. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

Lev Parnas Running for Congress as a Democrat in Florida

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Par : Patricia Mazzei

5 mars 2026 à 23:22

Mr. Parnas, who once tried to help find damaging information on Hunter Biden, said his background had turned him into “an advocate for speaking truth to power.”

Lev Parnas announced his campaign in a video and post on Substack on Wednesday.

House Turns Back Bid to Restrict Trump’s War Powers in Iran

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Par : Robert Jimison

6 mars 2026 à 01:02

A handful of Democrats joined Republicans to defeat an effort to force President Trump to go to Congress for approval to continue using force against Iran, while two G.O.P. lawmakers backed it.

Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky was one of two Republicans to back the effort.

Pokémon Company Objects to White House’s Political Memes

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Par : Zachary Small

5 mars 2026 à 22:45

“No permission was granted for the use of our intellectual property,” the company said. The Trump administration frequently promotes policies with content from video games.

The White House used an image from the new game Pokémon Pokopia in a social media post saying “Make America Great Again.”

As Noem Speaks in Nashville, Senate Swarms Mullin

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Par : Catie Edmondson

5 mars 2026 à 22:33

The remarkable split-screen underscored how abruptly Kristi Noem’s ouster as homeland security secretary had unfolded, even by the standards of President Trump’s fast-paced Washington.

António Lobo Antunes, One of Europe’s Most Revered Writers, Dies at 83

NYT

Par : Adam Nossiter

6 mars 2026 à 00:50

In a career studded with literary awards, he was the author of dozens of books that grappled with his nation’s legacy of dictatorship and colonialism.