Was Renee Good Obligated to Comply With an ICE Agent’s Orders?

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16 janvier 2026 à 00:50

The agent told Ms. Good to get out of her car before fatally shooting her. Legal experts said immigration agents may sometimes, but not always, have the authority to make such commands.

A memorial for Renee Good. She was shot after beginning to drive away from an ICE agent who told her to get out of her car.

Humanities Endowment Awarding Millions to Western Civilization Programs

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Par :Jennifer Schuessler

16 janvier 2026 à 00:35

The National Endowment for the Humanities is giving more than $40 million to programs that have been embraced by conservatives as a counterweight to liberal-dominated academia.

The University of Texas received $10 million to hire faculty members and help “launch academic majors in Strategy and Statecraft and Great Books.”

How Activists in Iran Are Using Starlink to Stay Online

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Par :Adam Satariano · Paul Mozur and Sheera Frenkel

16 janvier 2026 à 00:24

Activists spent years preparing for a communications blackout in Iran, smuggling in Starlink satellite internet systems and making digital shutdowns harder for the authorities to enforce.

A Starlink receiver sits atop a house in Kurdistan, Iran, in 2023. About 50,000 Starlink terminals are now in the country, according to digital activists.

Number of Businesses in New York City Plunged Last Spring, Report Says

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Par :Matthew Haag

16 janvier 2026 à 00:22

Roughly 8,400 businesses closed in the second quarter of 2025, according to the most recent city data, creating the largest net decline in business activity since before the pandemic.

An empty storefront in Lower Manhattan. The drop-off in New York City business activity was most pronounced in major commercial districts, according to the Economic Development Corporation.

Trump Threatened to Send the Military to Minneapolis

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Par :Matthew Cullen

16 janvier 2026 à 00:01

Also, Israel and Arab countries asked the U.S. not to attack Iran. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

Federal agents in a cloud of tear gas outside the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis today.

Kathleen Kennedy, Lucasfilm President and ‘Star Wars’ Boss, Steps Down

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Par :Brooks Barnes

15 janvier 2026 à 23:49

Kathleen Kennedy stepped down as Lucasfilm’s president and returned to producing. Two studio veterans took over.

Kathleen Kennedy and Dave Filoni at a “Star Wars” fan convention in Japan in April.

University of Arkansas Withdraws Job Offer for Emily Suski Over Transgender Stance

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Par :Stephanie Saul

15 janvier 2026 à 23:37

The University of Arkansas withdrew a job offer to a legal scholar after state officials learned that she had signed a legal brief concerning transgender athletes, lawmakers said.

The University of Arkansas came under political pressure to rescind the choice, state lawmakers said.

Hesitant to Visit the U.S. for the World Cup? We Want to Hear From You.

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Par :Gabe Castro-Root

15 janvier 2026 à 21:58

International soccer fans face hurdles like travel bans, long visa delays and high ticket prices for U.S. matches. Will they be enough to keep you away?

High ticket prices and stringent visa requirements could keep fans of teams like Argentina, the 2022 World Cup champions, from attending matches in United States this summer.

Did a Supreme Court Loss Embolden Trump on the Insurrection Act?

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Par :Adam Liptak

15 janvier 2026 à 21:01

In refusing to let the president deploy National Guard troops in Illinois under an obscure law, the justices may have made him more apt to invoke greater powers.

Federal agents in Minneapolis on Monday night.

Nick Reiner Was in a Mental Health Conservatorship in 2020

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Par :Tim Arango · Julia Jacobs · Ellen Barry and Matt Stevens

15 janvier 2026 à 22:59

Mr. Reiner, who is accused of killing his parents, was under a yearlong legal arrangement that allows for involuntary psychiatric treatment.

Nick Reiner was charged with two counts of first-degree murder. The mental health challenges he faced in recent years are likely to be central to his legal defense.

U.S. Forces Seize Sixth Oil Tanker Linked to Venezuela

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Par :Christiaan Triebert · Nicholas Nehamas and John Ismay

15 janvier 2026 à 22:55

The Coast Guard boarded and seized the Russian-flagged tanker, originally named Veronica, in a pre-dawn operation in the Caribbean Sea.

An image from video released by the U.S. military showing the oil tanker Galileo, previously named Veronica, in the Caribbean on Thursday.

Italian Court Closes Fraud Case Against Influencer Chiara Ferragni

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Par :Josephine de La Bruyère and Isabella Kwai

15 janvier 2026 à 22:48

A judge dropped the case against Ms. Ferragni, who had been embroiled in a scandal over sales of a limited edition Christmas cake marketed as supporting cancer treatment.

Chiara Ferragni arriving at the Milan Courthouse on Wednesday. A judge dismissed the fraud case against the influencer, but prosecutors could still consider an appeal.

None of Mamdani’s Deputy Mayors Are Black. It Has Become a Problem.

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Par :Jeffery C. Mays

15 janvier 2026 à 21:27

Some Black and Latino leaders worry they are being denied access to power under Mayor Zohran Mamdani and that they may lose the ground they had gained under former Mayor Eric Adams.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday announced Afua Atta-Mensah, who led his campaign outreach to Black voters, as the director of the Mayor’s Office of Equity and Racial Justice.

Jim Hartung, Gymnast Who Helped Deliver U.S. Gold, Dies at 65

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Par :Jeré Longman

15 janvier 2026 à 20:49

In an upset victory over China at the 1984 Olympics, he and five others became the only American men ever to win the gold medal in the gymnastics team competition.

Hartung during his floor exercise at the 1984 Games. The American men’s team victory was so surprising that the team’s coach compared it to the United States hockey team’s “Miracle on Ice” victory at the Winter Olympics four years earlier.

Alexander Brothers Accuser Was Found Dead Last Year, Authorities Say

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Par :Debra Kamin

15 janvier 2026 à 20:59

The death of Kate Whiteman, whose accusation of sexual assault against Oren and Alon Alexander opened a floodgate of similar allegations, is under investigation.

Alon Alexander, right, and his twin brother, Oren, left, in court in December 2024. Kate Whiteman accused them of sexually assaulting her in 2012.

Big Plan for Fannie and Freddie I.P.O. in Flux as Trump Pushes Affordability

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Par :Matthew Goldstein and Lauren Hirsch

15 janvier 2026 à 20:56

Six months after President Trump told Wall Street banks to prepare a swift stock offering, there is no firm plan for how to take the giant mortgage firms public.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were taken over by the federal government during the 2008 financial crisis, but their status after a planned I.P.O. remains unclear.

Nydia Velázquez Gives Mamdani a Warning as She Endorses a Successor

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Par :Nicholas Fandos

15 janvier 2026 à 22:27

The veteran congresswoman said she would like Antonio Reynoso, the Brooklyn borough president, to replace her after she retires. She also said the mayor should stay out of political races.

Representative Nydia M. Velázquez was an early backer of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s campaign.

Mamdani’s Consumer Protection Commissioner Vows More Aggressive Action

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Par :Matthew Haag

15 janvier 2026 à 20:26

“I want to be very public that there’s a new cop on the beat,” said Samuel Levine, the new commissioner of New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.

Samuel Levine was previously the director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection in the Biden administration.

Inside an ICE Confrontation in Minneapolis

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Par :David Guttenfelder · Todd Heisler · Christina Shaman · Sutton Raphael · Laura Salaberry · Coleman Lowndes and Thomas Vollkommer

15 janvier 2026 à 17:45

Our visual journalists David Guttenfelder and Todd Heisler describe a dramatic incident in which federal agents dragged a woman out of her car in Minneapolis near where Renee Nicole Good had been killed days before.

Under Trump, a Shift Toward ‘Absolute Immunity’ for ICE

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Par :Hamed Aleaziz and Nicholas Nehamas

15 janvier 2026 à 16:56

Since the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis, administration officials have defended the use of deadly force, which agency guidelines say should be a last resort.

Newly recruited Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at a training center last year. President Trump and administration officials have given tacit approval for more aggressive tactics by the agency.

Abolish ICE? It’s a Slogan Some Democratic Critics of ICE Would Abolish.

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Par :Jennifer Medina

15 janvier 2026 à 16:07

As Democrats grow more alarmed about the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration raids in American cities, some worry that calls to eliminate the agency will distract from efforts to rein it in.

Some Democrats who are critical of the Trump administration’s immigration raids in cities across the nation are urging the party not to embrace calls to “Abolish ICE.”

2 Polling Experts on How the ICE Shooting Is More Trouble for Trump

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Par :Kristen Soltis Anderson · Nate Silver and John Guida

15 janvier 2026 à 14:15

The general sense of the world being chaotic does not necessarily help Trump.

Trump Outlines Health Care Proposals as Prices and Premiums Rise

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Par :Luke Broadwater · Rebecca Robbins · Margot Sanger-Katz and Michael Gold

15 janvier 2026 à 19:00

The long-awaited plan would leave much to Congress and calls for payments to health savings accounts rather than insurance subsidies, among other broad proposals.

President Trump released a video promoting what he calls “the great health care plan.”

The Judge in the Maduro Case Is 92. All Eyes Will Be on His Stamina.

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Par :Santul Nerkar

15 janvier 2026 à 18:44

Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein was seen drifting in and out of sleep in court last year. The case of Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan leader, will test his endurance.

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