| Some U.Va. Board Members Asked to Resign as Gov. Abigail Spanberger Takes Power
- After months of upheaval at the state’s flagship university, a new Democratic governor appeared ready to shake up the school’s leadership.
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:03:16 +0000
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| Judge Recommends U.S. Issue Visa to Student Who Was Deported in Error
- A federal prosecutor apologized this week, saying an ICE officer made a “mistake” in deporting Any Lucia López Belloza, a college freshman in Massachusetts, to Honduras.
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 23:47:58 +0000
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| U.S. Boardings of Oil Tankers Reflect Hard Lessons Learned at Sea
- Videos show U.S. forces descending quickly from helicopters onto the tankers, two years after a tragic boarding attempt.
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 23:44:18 +0000
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| Trump Backs Down on Insurrection Act as Democrats Take the Offensive
- Officials denounced the Trump immigration crackdown in Minneapolis at an unofficial congressional hearing, while the president said he no longer saw a need to send in military forces.
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 23:44:06 +0000
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| Edison Files Claims Against Los Angeles County and Others on Eaton Fire
- Southern California Edison said its equipment most likely started the Eaton fire but asserted that government agencies and other businesses shared liability for the devastation.
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 23:43:06 +0000
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| Man Who Attacked ‘Grandpa Vicha’ in San Francisco Is Found Not Guilty of Murder
- Instead, the man was convicted of lesser charges, including involuntary manslaughter, in the death of Vicha Ratanapakdee. The killing became a symbol of rising attacks against Asians during the pandemic.
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 23:30:25 +0000
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| WestJet Backpedals on Economy Seats That Don’t Recline
- WestJet, Canada’s second-largest carrier, backpedaled on a new seating plan after videos of crammed travelers went viral on social media.
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 23:25:32 +0000
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| Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time
- The president issued a raft of clemency grants this week, including pardoning a woman he had given relief to once before and a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC.
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 23:13:58 +0000
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| Trump Sets Convicted Fraudster Free for a Second Time
- Also, the C.I.A. director met Venezuela’s new leader in Caracas. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:51:08 +0000
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| The Right Is Furious With Liberal White Women
- In the MAGA imagination, white women are supposed to be helpmeets, not harpies.
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:32:59 +0000
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| Mamdani’s Push to Halt Sale of 5,000 Apartments to Big Landlord Fails
- The sale of the apartments, whose residents had complained of neglect by management, to a troubled firm is an early test of the new mayor’s ability to deliver for tenants.
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:35:51 +0000
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| ICE vs. Ice: Protesters in Minneapolis Find an Ally in Winter
- Temperatures are expected to plunge to around zero degrees this weekend. Minnesotans say they will be out in the street, using the weather to their advantage.
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:00:58 +0000
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| A $12.6 Billion Budget Gap May Complicate Mamdani’s Affordability Plans
- The New York City comptroller, Mark Levine, said that poor budgeting practices by the previous mayor, Eric Adams, had left the city with looming deficits.
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 20:13:04 +0000
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| What’s Next for Cuba, Now That Its Main Oil Supplier Is Gone?
- The Soviet Union was Cuba’s benefactor for decades. Venezuela took up the slack, and Mexico has supplied “humanitarian aid.” But the world is changing rapidly, our columnist says.
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:43:33 +0000
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| Powell, an Unlikely Foil, Takes On Trump
- Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, this week tapped a groundswell of support that has been years in the making.
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:32:38 +0000
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| U.S. Lawmakers Meet With Danish Prime Minister on Greenland
- Seeking to calm tensions, Republicans and Democrats affirmed that they supported Denmark’s control of Greenland as President Trump vowed to buy it or take it over.
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:28:47 +0000
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| Canada Strikes Tariffs Deal With China, as Carney Looks to Diversify From U.S.
- China will in turn cut its own tariffs on Canadian canola products, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said in Beijing on Friday.
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:43:35 +0000
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| Russian Strikes Force Kyiv Schools to Close Amid Rolling Blackouts
- Russia has targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in past winters, but this year intensified its attacks as temperatures in Ukraine plunged well below freezing.
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:16:58 +0000
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| Iran Protests Quelled Since Deadly Crackdown, Residents Say
- “There is massive disappointment and disillusionment,” one Tehran resident said. A human rights group acknowledged that demonstrations had been subdued since Sunday, with thousands of people detained.
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:51:55 +0000
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| Agent Who Shot Renee Good in Minneapolis Was Trained to Track and Apprehend Fugitives
- From Iraq to ICE, Jonathan Ross’s career reflects a 20-year government effort to reshape immigration enforcement with a military mind-set.
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:40:16 +0000
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