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Trump Returns to a Familiar Role: Sowing Trade Chaos

The president’s quick reversal on tariffs over Greenland was another sign of his willingness to rip up the international order — even parts of it that he himself has made. [...]

Southerners Scramble to Prepare as Ice, Snow and Bitter Cold Threaten

The path of an approaching winter storm is not clear yet, but much of the country, including places unused to frigid weather, is bracing for the worst. [...]

Protester Nekima Levy Armstrong Who Interrupted Minnesota Church Service Is Arrested, Officials Say

A standoff between demonstrators and congregants at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minn. on Sunday added to tensions around federal immigration enforcement in the state. [...]

Europe’s Leaders Scramble to Find a Path Forward With Trump

Top officials from across the European Union will meet in Brussels on Thursday to discuss Greenland and, more broadly, their dire relationship with America. [...]

Friedrich Merz, German Chancellor, Urges Europe to Spend Big on Defense

Speaking in Davos, Chancellor Friedrich Merz also implicitly criticized President Trump’s demeaning treatment of European allies. [...]

Jack Smith Defends Trump Investigations Before Lawmakers

The appearance provides Mr. Smith with what is likely to be his best opportunity to challenge President Trump’s assertion that he was persecuted for his politics, not for his misdeeds. [...]

Murder Rate Drops to Lowest Level Since at Least 1900, New Report Says

A decline in homicides across the country was a stunning reversal after crime rose during the pandemic. [...]

Few Voters Say Trump’s Second Term Has Made the Country Better, Poll Finds

A majority of voters said that Mr. Trump had focused on the wrong priorities and that they disapproved of his handling of top issues, but the president still enjoys strong support from Republicans. [...]

Newsom Blames Trump for Cancellation of His Davos Appearance

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California said the Trump administration had denied him entry to an American venue at the World Economic Forum. It’s not clear if the administration was responsible. [...]

‘High Alert, All the Time’: Minneapolis Sees ICE Around Every Corner

Federal agents have been carrying out an immigration crackdown in Minnesota for weeks. Some residents say they carry a sense of dread even on empty streets. [...]

WATCH: Jack Smith warns that Americans are taking the rule of law for granted

"The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it. It requires dedicated service on behalf of others, especially when that service is difficult and comes with costs," Smith said. [...]

Immigration officers claim sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says

The memo authorizes ICE officers to use force to enter a residence based solely on a more narrow administrative warrant to arrest someone with a final order of removal, a move that advocates say collides with Fourth Amendment protections and upends years of advice given to immigrant communities. [...]

WATCH: 'I stand by' my decision to prosecute Trump, Jack Smith says in House testimony

"If asked whether to prosecute a former president based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether that president was a Democrat or Republican," Smith said. [...]

WATCH LIVE: House aims to vote on final spending bills for the year

The House will look to pass this year's final tranche of spending bills on Thursday, an effort that is being complicated by Democratic lawmakers' concerns that the measure funding the Department of Homeland Security inadequately addresses President Donald Trump's mass deportation efforts. [...]

Judge strikes down district boundaries of New York City's only Republican House seat

A judge on Wednesday threw out the boundaries of the only congressional seat in New York City represented by a Republican, ordering the state to redraw the district because its current composition unconstitutionally diluted the votes of Black and Hispanic residents. [...]

3 things to know ahead of Jack Smith's testimony

It's an opportunity for the former Justice Department special counsel to offer his inside perspective on the investigations into President Donald Trump. [...]

Supreme Court hears case on Trump's attempt to control Federal Reserve

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a legal battle centered on President Trump's efforts to fire a Federal Reserve governor. The case comes as Trump has moved to exert greater control over the Fed. Ali Rogin discussed more with News Hour Supreme Court analyst and SCOTUSBlog co-founder Amy Howe, and David Wessel of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution. [...]

Lawmakers can sue to ensure Epstein files release, but not as part of Maxwell case, judge says

Judge Paul A. Engelmayer blocked U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., from intervening in Maxwell's sex trafficking case. [...]

Fact-checking Trump's Greenland-focused Davos speech

Trump made several false or misleading statements about NATO, Greenland's history with Denmark and the U.S. housing market. [...]

WATCH LIVE: Jack Smith testifies about Trump criminal investigations

The former Justice Department special counsel who twice indicted President Donald Trump will face tough questioning in a highly anticipated congressional hearing. [...]

US optimistic on end to war as Zelensky says Ukraine to talk to US and Russia

The meeting came as US envoy Steve Witkoff headed to Moscow for a meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin. [...]

ICE detains 5-year-old and father in Minnesota, lawyer says

The boy was taken along with his father, the lawyer and school officials say. ICE says it was not targeting the boy. [...]

Vampire film Sinners breaks Oscar nominations record

The horror is up for 16 awards - setting a new record for the most Oscar nominations for a single film. [...]

Rapid rollback of Kurdish-led forces reshapes Sharaa's Syria

The retreat of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the north-east marks the biggest change of control in Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad. [...]

What we know about Trump's 'framework of future deal' over Greenland

Denmark and Greenland have made it clear they will not relinquish sovereignty of the world's largest island. [...]

Two dead and several missing in New Zealand landslides

Heavy rains have ravaged the country's North Island, with a minister comparing it to a "war zone". [...]

UK holds off joining Trump's Board of Peace over Putin concerns

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper says the Russian president has shown no commitment to peace in Ukraine. [...]

Three dead in shooting in Australia's New South Wales

Residents have been told to stay indoors and avoid the area of the shooting. [...]

Japan suspends world's largest nuclear plant hours after restart

The operator says reactor remains "stable" and has no "radioactive impact outside". [...]

Son-in-law of Venezuelan opposition candidate freed from jail, wife says

Rafael Tudares was arrested after his father-in-law, Edmundo González, ran against Nicolás Maduro in the election. [...]

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