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Trump Claims Venezuela Will Hand Over Oil, and L.A. Wildfires Leave Behind Toxic Homes

Plus, a journey to a melting continent.

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An oil refinery in Venezuela. President Trump on Tuesday said that the country would send 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil, about two months’ worth of daily production, to the United States.
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Fed’s Independence Faces Critical Tests as Trump Seeks to Remake Institution

The central bank faces two major hurdles early on in 2026 that will determine the extent to which it operates free of political meddling.

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President Trump has said anybody who disagrees with him will never get the top job at the Federal Reserve, prompting concern that his nominee will prioritize pleasing him over all else.
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Should Staten Island and the East Village Share a House District?

A court dispute over the lines of the 11th Congressional District represents one of New York Democrats’ few hopes of drawing maps in their favor for the 2026 midterms.

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Representative Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican, currently represents Staten Island and a conservative part of Brooklyn, including Bay Ridge.
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Russia Sends Naval Vessel to Escort Oil Tanker U.S. Is Pursuing

The development deepens the confrontation over the tanker formerly known as the Bella 1, which the United States wants to seize but which Russia has sought to protect.

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The oil tanker Bella 1 at the Singapore Strait in March. Russia has dispatched at least one naval vessel to meet and escort the tanker, which the U.S. military has been pursuing and trying to seize.
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Court Questions Trump Administration Effort to End Temporary Protected Status for Haitians

A federal judge questioned whether the Trump administration appropriately reviewed safety conditions in Haiti before ending protections for people from the Caribbean nation.

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Judge Ana C. Reyes faulted the government for “selectively” using a line from a recent U.N. report to justify not extending Temporary Protected Status to Haitians, while ignoring a plethora of concerns laid out in the report about conditions in Haiti.
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China Touts Hainan, Its Duty-Free Island, Amid $1 Trillion Trade Surplus

Policies meant to lure importers to Hainan, a resort island off China’s coast, signal an opening up, Beijing says. One expert calls it a “bait and switch.”

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Visitors at an exhibition center promoting Hainan’s investment opportunities. The island is promoting itself as the world’s largest “free trade port.”
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After Trump’s Military Victory in Venezuela, Cuba’s Economy Is in ‘Freefall’

With widespread power outages, medicine shortages and rising food prices, experts say Cuba’s economy has never been worse, with the crisis coming just as the supply of Venezuelan oil is threatened.

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Cooking soup over an open fire in Havana after the failure of a major power plant in October.
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Béla Fleck Withdraws From Kennedy Center Concerts

“Performing there has become charged and political,” the 18-time Grammy winner said.

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Béla Fleck was scheduled to perform in three concerts next month with the National Symphony Orchestra.
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FEMA Staff Bracing for Dismissal of 1,000 Disaster Workers

The job cuts expected this month are part of a plan by the Homeland Security secretary, Kristi Noem, to remake the agency.

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A FEMA planning document obtained by The New York Times detailed potential cuts of more than 11,500 people from a work force of about 23,000.
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Stephen Miller Offers a Strongman’s View of the World

President Trump’s trusted adviser is casting his hard-right gaze abroad, saying the world must be governed by “force.”

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Mr. Miller has the president’s complete trust, a staff of over 40 people, and several big jobs that include protecting the homeland and securing territories further afield.
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N.Y.C. Child Care Programs Brace for Cuts After Federal Funding Freeze

The Trump administration said it was placing a hold on $10 billion in subsidies across five states, including New York.

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Zohran Mamdani had a cordial meeting with President Trump shortly after his election, but the administration has now slashed funding to New York State.
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This Activist Has Long Been Polarizing. Mamdani Is Standing by Her.

Cea Weaver, a tenant advocate named to a high-profile role in Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration, is facing criticism for past comments calling homeownership “a weapon of white supremacy.”

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed Cea Weaver, center, as the director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants.
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Aldrich Ames, C.I.A. Turncoat Who Helped the Soviets, Dies at 84

As chief of the counterintelligence branch of the C.I.A.’s Soviet division, he had access to some of the nation’s deepest secrets. He had been serving a life sentence since 1994.

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Aldrich Ames was led from court in 1994 after pleading guilty to spying for the Soviet Union. He remained in prison for the rest of his life.
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Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioters Rally and Demand More from Trump

The “J6ers,” as they refer to themselves, praised President Trump but called for more action from his administration, including financial restitution and prison reform.

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Protesters marched on the anniversary of Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
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Mamdani Issues Executive Orders on Homeless Shelters and City Jails

Mayor Zohran Mamdani directed city agencies to make plans to comply with rules governing health and safety at the facilities, and said they must work to end solitary confinement.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York said the city must work with the federal monitor overseeing the city’s jails, including the Rikers Island complex, to end solitary confinement.
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Michigan City to Pay $3.25 Million After Woman Was Mistakenly Declared Dead

Timesha Beauchamp, 20, was found alive at a funeral home after she had been pronounced dead during a medical episode in Southfield, Mich. She died weeks later.

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A lawyer for the family of Timesha Beauchamp said the city of Southfield had agreed to a settlement over the mistaken declaration of her death in 2020.
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