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Russia Knocks Out the Heat in Ukraine

The Kremlin has tried for years to freeze Ukraine into submission. This winter, its attacks have been the most devastating ever.

© Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Emergency services have set up tents that offer electricity and heat as Russian strikes have caused prolonged power outages during an extreme cold snap in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Cyberattack in Venezuela Demonstrated Precision of U.S. Capabilities

Senators are expected to ask Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, President Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Cyber Command, about the mission in Caracas.

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Sunrise in Caracas on Jan. 3. Turning off the power in Caracas and interfering with radar allowed U.S. military helicopters to move into the country undetected on their mission to capture Nicolás Maduro.
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The U.S. Is Pressing Mexico to Allow U.S. Forces to Fight Cartels

The United States is escalating pressure on the Mexican government to permit the U.S. military to target fentanyl labs, according to American officials.

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White powder, purportedly finished fentanyl, sitting on a table in a makeshift lab operated by the Sinaloa cartel.
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Trump Vows to Make Venezuela Rich. It Will Take More Than U.S. Cash.

History suggests that the price of oil and a wider distribution of wealth are as important as foreign investment.

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A statue in Caracas, Venezuela. While most oil-dependent countries are vulnerable to booms and busts, Venezuela has challenges even by those standards.
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Leading Prediction Firms Share a Commonality: Donald Trump Jr.

Traders in companies with ties to the president’s eldest son can bet on the outcome of events the president affects.

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Donald Trump Jr. is both an investor in and an unpaid adviser to Polymarket, and a paid adviser to Kalshi, the two biggest prediction markets.
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Judge to Weigh Next Steps in Student Activist Deportations Case

The hearing on Thursday followed up on the court’s sweeping finding in September that noncitizen students had the same free speech rights as citizens.

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Mahmoud Khalil and Mohsen Mahdawi, two international students detained by the Trump administration, at a vigil in New York last September.
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Harvard Slips on a Global Ranking List, as Chinese Schools Surge Ahead

Harvard still dominates, though it fell to No. 3 on a list measuring academic output. Other American universities are falling farther behind their global peers.

© Qilai Shen for The New York Times

Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, is now at the top of a global ranking of research output, supplanting Harvard University.
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Many Mayors Have Tried to Help Small Businesses. It’s Mamdani’s Turn.

Small business advocates in New York are excited that Mayor Zohran Mamdani is tackling the issue of excessive fees and fines, but they’ve heard similar promises before.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani has become the latest leader of New York City to try to streamline rules that some say make it more difficult for small businesses to succeed.
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Frank Dunlop, 98, Dies; Director Who Gave Theater a Free-Spirited Spin

In 1970, he founded London’s Young Vic, an adventurous “people’s theater” (the Who took the stage at one point) before shaking up the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

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The theater director and company leader Frank Dunlop in 1977. “Ideas, plans, suggestions issue from him like lava,” one critic said.
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Senate Republicans Block Effort to Check Trump’s War Powers in Venezuela

G.O.P. leaders succeeded in pressuring fellow senators who initially supported the measure that would have limited President Trump’s military authority in Venezuela.

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Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, reversed himself on the war powers resolution, saying that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Trump convinced him that it was not needed.
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Au Pair Testifies of Lurid Plot in Virginia Double-Murder Trial

Juliana Peres Magalhães wrapped up testimony on Wednesday in the case against Brendan Banfield, her former lover, who is accused of killing his wife and another man.

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Juliana Peres Magalhães is escorted into the courtroom before continuing her testimony in the trial of Brendan Banfield in Fairfax County, Va., on Wednesday.
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Venezuelan Immigrants Urge Appeals Court to Restore Deportation Protections

The Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status for about 600,000 Venezuelan immigrants, part of a broader effort to curb avenues for immigrants to remain in the United States.

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A Border Servant Corps worker helped a Venezuelan woman who had just crossed the border at El Paso in 2024.
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