China Wins as Trump Cedes Leadership of the Global Economy

The president used a keynote speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland to renounce the last vestiges of the liberal democratic order.“Everybody took advantage of the United States,” President Trump told an audience at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday.

P Peter S. Goodman

At Davos, a Clash Between Trump’s World and the Old World

For decades, leaders have gathered in Davos to discuss a shared economic and political future. On Wednesday, President Trump turned the forum into a bracing clash between his worldview and theirs.Audience members listening to President Trump’s address at Davos on Wednesday.

Z Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Cuban Detainee in El Paso ICE Facility Died by Homicide, Autopsy Shows

The report from the county medical examiner said the detainee, Geraldo Lunas Campos, was asphyxiated and restrained by law enforcement. Federal officials described his death as a suicide.Camp East Montana, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility at Fort Bliss in El Paso.

P Pooja Salhotra

Court Removes Restrictions on ICE’s Use of Pepper Spray, for Now

The Eighth Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request to block, for the moment, a lower court’s injunction limiting how federal agents interact with protesters in Minnesota.Federal officers clashed with protesters after Renee Good was shot and killed in Minneapolis earlier this month.

M Mitch Smith

RFK Jr., Kicking Off National Tour, Says He’s Not Running for President

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. rallied supporters at the Pennsylvania State Capitol, where he promoted his new dietary guidelines.Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a rally on Wednesday at the Pennsylvania State Capitol to mark the start of a national “Take Back Your Health” tour.

S Sheryl Gay Stolberg

Supreme Court Hearing Reveals Unease Over Threats to Fed Independence

As the justices weighed the consequences of allowing President Trump to fire a Federal Reserve official, the president reprised his pressure campaign on the central bank.Lisa D. Cook, a Federal Reserve governor whom President Trump tried to fire last year over allegations of mortgage fraud.

C Colby Smith and Tony Romm

Iran’s Protests Have Been Completely Squashed, Government Says

After a crackdown that killed thousands, Iran’s prosecutor general said on Wednesday that “the sedition is over now,” vowing to punish those responsible for the protests.A photograph taken during a tour for international news media shows a tax office that was burned during protests, on Wednesday in

P Pranav Baskar

Rahm Emanuel Calls for Age Limit of 75 for President, Congress and Judges

The former Chicago mayor, who is trying to shape the Democratic Party’s future and might run for president, said that “across all three branches of government, 75 years — you’re out.”Rahm Emanuel is one of the prominent Democrats who have been most active in trying to guide the party’s direction.

R Reid J. Epstein

Michele Tafoya Announces Senate Run in Minnesota

Ms. Tafoya, once a sideline reporter for N.F.L. games, has more recently turned her focus to Republican politics. She is seeking an open seat now held by a Democrat.Michele Tafoya joins a fledgling Republican primary field in the race to replace Senator Tina Smith, a Democrat who is retiring.

N Nick Corasaniti

Judge Rules for Democrats in Push to Redraw N.Y.C. House District

The ruling, which is expected to be appealed, allows the state to change the boundary lines of a district held by a Staten Island Republican since 2021.The only Republican district in New York City, represented by Nicole Malliotakis of Staten Island, would be redrawn under the court ruling.

G Grace Ashford and Benjamin Oreskes

Job Applicants Sue A.I. Recruitment Tool Company

A recently filed lawsuit claims the ratings assigned by A.I. screening software are similar to those of a credit agency and should be subject to the same laws.Erin Kistler at her Los Angeles home.

S Stacy Cowley

Three Dead After Shooting in Rural Australian Town

The gunman was holed up in the town, local news media reported. The shooting happened on the day Australians were honoring the victims of the Bondi Beach massacre.The Australian and Aboriginal flags at half-staff for the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting in Sydney, on Thursday.

L Laura Chung