China Announces Record Trade Surplus as Its Exports Flood World’s Markets

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14 janvier 2026 à 04:35

China’s surplus reached $1.19 trillion, a 20 percent increase from 2024, according to data released by the country’s General Administration of Customs.

The production line at a car factory in Hangzhou, China, in October. Exports to the United States fell but rose to much of the rest of the world.

Extreme Weather Events Hit Around the World in 2025

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Par :Sachi Kitajima Mulkey

14 janvier 2026 à 04:04

Last year was Earth’s third hottest globally, but temperature is just one measure of climate change’s influence.

The Palisades Fire burning along the Pacific Coast Highway early last January.

Mayor Mamdani Names Transit Veteran as Taxi Commissioner

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Par :Winnie Hu · Stefanos Chen and Wes Parnell

14 janvier 2026 à 04:00

Midori Valdivia would head the Taxi and Limousine Commission, overseeing more than 115,000 for-hire vehicles. The mayor said drivers deserved a “forceful champion.”

The yellow cab industry has begun to recover from the pandemic.

Kiefer Sutherland Is Arrested After Assaulting Ride-Share Driver, Police Say

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Par :Matt Stevens

14 janvier 2026 à 03:15

The actor also made “criminal threats” toward the driver, according to the Los Angeles police.

Kiefer Sutherland was released from custody after posting a $50,000 bond, according to county jail records available online.

Trump Raises Middle Finger at Heckler in Michigan Ford Factory Tour

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Par :Shawn McCreesh

14 janvier 2026 à 03:11

A White House spokesman said the president “gave an appropriate and unambiguous response.”

President Trump touring a Ford factory in Dearborn, Mich., on Tuesday.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Who Cussed Out ICE, Is No Stranger to Crisis

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Par :Mitch Smith

14 janvier 2026 à 02:46

Mayor Jacob Frey, a Democrat, has clashed with his party’s activist wing. His response to ICE has won him new respect at home and new foes in Washington.

Mayor Jacob Frey in his office at City Hall in Minneapolis.

ICE Arrested Dozens of Refugees in Minnesota and Sent Them to Texas, Lawyers Say

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Par :Miriam Jordan

14 janvier 2026 à 02:46

The refugees, many of them from Somalia, had passed security screenings before coming to the United States. The Trump administration has vowed to “re-examine thousands of refugee cases.”

U.S. Border Patrol agents clashed with community members after federal immigration officers crashed into a vehicle in south Minneapolis to ask about the driver’s immigration status on Monday.

Senator Says Prosecutors Are Investigating Her After Video About Illegal Orders

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Par :Greg Jaffe

14 janvier 2026 à 02:25

It is unclear what possible crime might involve Senator Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat, who has warned in dire terms about the dissolution of American democracy.

Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, a former C.I.A. officer, organized a video with five other Democratic lawmakers in which they urged military service members to resist illegal orders.

Starlink Users in Iran Get Free Internet Access, Nonprofit Says

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Par :Natallie Rocha

14 janvier 2026 à 01:35

Under a near-total communications blackout, users of Elon Musk’s satellite service have gotten online without paying, an organization that works on web access said.

The Iranian government has cracked down on protests like this one in Tehran last week with a communications blockade.

Eric Adams Hawked a Crypto Coin. A Day Later, $1 Million Was Missing.

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Par :Nicholas Fandos and David Yaffe-Bellany

14 janvier 2026 à 00:56

Officials tied to the venture insisted no money had been stolen, but the withdrawal caused the coin’s value to plunge.

The crypto coin backed by Eric Adams quickly soared to a market capitalization of nearly $600 million, but then plunged after the mysterious withdrawal.

Louisiana Indicts a California Doctor Over Abortion Pills

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Par :Emily Cochrane and Pam Belluck

14 janvier 2026 à 00:33

The indictment, followed by a request to extradite the doctor from California, is an escalation of Louisiana’s efforts to counter states that support providing abortions.

Conservative leaders opposed to abortion have sought various ways to limit access to the abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol, which Louisiana classified as dangerous controlled substances in 2024.

Mr. Mamdani Goes to Albany, a Backbencher No More

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Par :Benjamin Oreskes

14 janvier 2026 à 01:48

Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City returned to the State Capitol for the first time since taking office, underscoring the shifting political winds since his victory.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani shakes hands with a former colleague, Assemblyman Michael Durso, at the State Capitol in Albany.

Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Give Her Bus Seat to a White Woman, Dies at 86

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Par :Clay Risen

14 janvier 2026 à 02:06

Her defiance of Jim Crow laws in 1955 made her a star witness in a landmark segregation suit, but her act was overshadowed months later when Rosa Parks made history with a similar stand.

Claudette Colvin in 1998. When she was ordered to move to the back of a bus in 1955, she refused: “History had me glued to the seat,” she said.

U.S. to Name Palestinian Committee to Run Gaza

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Par :Adam Rasgon and Aaron Boxerman

13 janvier 2026 à 23:56

Officials said the body’s leadership could be announced as soon as Wednesday, but U.S. efforts to shape postwar Gaza by disarming Hamas have faced hurdles.

Gaza City on Tuesday. The territory faces major hurdles to rebuilding.

Justices Seem Inclined to Uphold Laws Barring Transgender Athletes

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Par :Matthew Cullen

13 janvier 2026 à 23:50

Also, accounts of a brutal crackdown emerge from Iran. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.

Lower Bills and ‘Go Bills’: 8 Takeaways From Hochul’s State of the State

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Par :Grace Ashford and Benjamin Oreskes

13 janvier 2026 à 23:08

In her address on Tuesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York focused on affordability, while pushing for nuclear power and new restrictions on religious protests.

Even as Gov. Kathy Hochul embraced portions of the agenda of New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, she also underscored the limits of their partnership.

Jimmy Carter, the Man From Plains, Had a Passion for Painting

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Par :Zachary Small

13 janvier 2026 à 22:50

Amy Carter, the daughter of former president Jimmy Carter, selected paintings and memorabilia for two Christie’s sales. The prices might surprise you.

A Timeline of Protests in Iran

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Par :Monika Cvorak and Sanjana Varghese

13 janvier 2026 à 23:09

Amid a near-total communications blackout, witness footage trickling out of Iran paints a picture of how the country’s largest uprising in decades spread — and turned deadly.

In Secret Testimony, Republicans Derided Trump’s Stolen Election Claims

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Par :Richard Fausset and Danny Hakim

13 janvier 2026 à 23:00

The testimony, part of the derailed Georgia election interference case, makes clear how dismissive some senior Republicans were of claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election.

Transcripts of secret grand jury testimony indicate that President Trump’s efforts to overturn his defeat in the 2020 presidential election exasperated and alarmed a number of senior Republicans.

Supreme Court Appears Inclined to Allow States to Bar Transgender Athletes

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Par :Ann E. Marimow

13 janvier 2026 à 22:54

The outcome of a pair of cases on Tuesday could affect laws in 27 states that prohibit transgender girls from joining girls’ and women’s sports teams.

Becky Pepper-Jackson, who sued to join her middle school’s girls’ cross-country team when she was 11, asserted that her state’s statute violates Title IX.

Timothy Busfield, Actor and Director, Turns Himself In for Child Sex Abuse Charges

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Par :Christine Hauser and Michael Levenson

13 janvier 2026 à 23:57

He was booked on Tuesday, the Albuquerque police said. He is accused of inappropriately touching two boys on the set of a drama series.

Timothy Busfield at an event in New York in 2020.

How John Kennedy, a G.O.P. Senator, Became a Best-Selling Book Author

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Par :Catie Edmondson

13 janvier 2026 à 22:30

Senator John Kennedy, a garrulous rank-and-file Republican from Louisiana, has struck a nerve with a new book that provides an insider account of Congress and its dysfunction.

Senator John Kennedy’s book on Washington has sold close to half a million copies.

Blowback Builds Over Criminal Investigation of Powell

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Par :Alan Rappeport · Colby Smith · Glenn Thrush and Tyler Pager

13 janvier 2026 à 22:23

Trump allies fear that the inquiry into the Fed chair could complicate the process of replacing him this year.

Global economic leaders have expressed concern about the credibility of the world’s most important economic institution after the Justice Department’s announcement of an investigation into the Federal Reserve chair, Jerome H. Powell.

Videos Show Increasingly Aggressive Federal Crackdown in Minneapolis

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Par :Thomas Fuller and Jazmine Ulloa

13 janvier 2026 à 22:14

Arrests and aggressive tactics by ICE and the Border Patrol, many seen on viral videos, have intensified the frustration and fear among residents.

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