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Michael Reagan, Son of President Reagan, Dies at 80

7 janvier 2026 à 03:00
Mr. Reagan, who was adopted by Ronald Reagan and his first wife, Jane Wyman, had cancer, according to a statement.

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Michael Reagan, a son of former President Ronald Reagan, speaking at a campaign event for Newt Gingrich in 2012.

Aldrich Ames, C.I.A. Turncoat Who Helped the Soviets, Dies at 84

7 janvier 2026 à 02:58
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.

Michigan City to Pay $3.25 Million After Woman Was Mistakenly Declared Dead

7 janvier 2026 à 02:31
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.

U.S. Pressures Venezuela to Expel Advisers From Cuba, China, Russia and Iran

7 janvier 2026 à 02:08
Secretary of State Marco Rubio was said to have listed the Trump administration’s demands to Venezuela’s new leader, Delcy Rodríguez, in a classified meeting Monday with senior congressional leaders.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Capitol on Monday. He spoke at a classified meeting with senior congressional leaders.

Mamdani Issues Executive Orders on Homeless Shelters and City Jails

7 janvier 2026 à 01:15
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.

This Activist Has Long Been Polarizing. Mamdani Is Standing by Her.

7 janvier 2026 à 02:58
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.

Rosa von Praunheim, 83, Dies; Captured Gay Life in Germany on Film

7 janvier 2026 à 00:36
His first feature-length movie, in 1971, was called his country’s “Stonewall moment,” for jump-starting a gay-rights movement. He became a leading voice of it.

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Rosa von Praunheim in 1972. He was a leading figure within the New German Cinema movement.

Judge Orders Halligan, a Trump Loyalist, to Explain Why She Has Kept U.S. Attorney Title

6 janvier 2026 à 23:27
The ruling was the most robust effort to date to press the prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, on why she has continued to serve as the U.S. attorney, despite an order throwing out her appointment.

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A federal judge ordered Lindsey Halligan to explain why she continued to lay claim to her title after a different judge had determined that she was unlawfully appointed.

Murders in New York City Fell 20% in 2025, Though Reported Rapes Rose

6 janvier 2026 à 22:15
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the numbers on Tuesday. Officials attributed the rise in rapes in part to a change in the state definition of sexual assault.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City, speaking at his first news conference with Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, thanked rank-and-file police officers “for the work that you all do in making today possible.”

Doug LaMalfa’s Death Further Depletes House G.O.P. Majority

6 janvier 2026 à 22:03
The California Republican’s sudden passing, on the same day that Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation took effect, made the party’s House math even trickier.

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Representative Doug LaMalfa, Republican of California, on his farm in Richvale, Calif., last month.

How Venezuela’s Oil Could Shake Up the World Supply

6 janvier 2026 à 21:47
The country could, eventually, attract investment and re-emerge as a force in the oil markets, but many analysts are concerned about an oversupply.

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An oil refinery in Punto Fijo, Venezuela. In November, the country’s oil production was estimated at 820,000 barrels a day.
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