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Rubio Tells Lawmakers Trump Wants to Buy Greenland

President Trump has said since his first term that he wants to acquire Greenland, and he asked aides for an updated plan on Monday. European leaders reject the president’s assertions.

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A former radar station in eastern Greenland. President Trump has long said he wants to acquire the territory.
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Justice Dept. Memo Approved Military Incursion Into Venezuela as Lawful

Lawmakers were informed that the Office of Legal Counsel said Mr. Trump could lawfully order military strikes inside Venezuelan territory and a commando raid to capture President Nicolás Maduro.

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Nicolás Maduro was escorted off a helicopter to be taken to the federal court appearance in Manhattan on Monday.
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Cea Weaver Has Long Been a Firebrand. Mamdani Is Standing by Her.

Ms. Weaver, a longtime tenant advocate who was appointed to a high-profile role in Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration, is facing criticism for past comments on homeownership.

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

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.
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Venezuelan Leaders Project Independence

Also, Europe discusses postwar plans for Ukraine. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.

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Delcy Rodriguez in Caracas yesterday.
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Judge Orders Halligan, a Trump Loyalist, to Explain Why She Has Kept U.S. Attorney Title

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

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

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.
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Georgia Schedules Special Election for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Seat

The election on March 10, or a runoff in April, will determine who serves out the remainder of Ms. Greene’s term after her unexpected resignation from Congress.

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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene officially stepped down from her role on Monday.
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How Venezuela’s Oil Could Shake Up the World Supply

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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Optimism About Nuclear Energy Is Rising Again. Will It Last?

Companies like Kairos Power are building new types of reactors with the encouragement of the Trump administration, but their success is far from assured.

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Kairos Power, which is developing a new kind of nuclear reactor, makes many of its parts at a facility in Albuquerque, N.M.
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A Jan. 6 Rioter Returned to the Capitol Seeking Forgiveness

Pamela Hemphill, who said she rejected President Trump’s pardon for her role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, apologized to a Capitol Police officer who was assaulted during the mayhem.

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Pamela Hemphill, who five years ago participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, was back at the building on Tuesday to apologize for her actions.
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Homeland Security Steps Up Enforcement in Minneapolis

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said the effort was its “largest operation to date.”

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Federal law enforcement agents making a traffic stop in Minneapolis on Monday. No one was detained.
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