Trump Escalates Pressure on Venezuela, but Endgame Is Unclear

President Trump’s aides have provided conflicting accounts of what, exactly, they are seeking to achieve, as America’s largest aircraft carrier heads toward the Caribbean region.“Either Trump is going to win or Maduro is going to win,” said Elliott Abrams, Mr. Trump’s special adviser on Venezuela in

D David E. Sanger, Eric Schmitt, Tyler Pager and Zolan Kanno-Youngs

US Attorney Jay Clayton Under Pressure After Order to Investigate Democrats

Jay Clayton, who heads the Southern District of New York, has so far managed to keep clear of President Trump’s most politically charged directives. Now, come the hard choices.Until Friday, Jay Clayton, who was S.E.C. chairman during Mr. Trump’s first term, had a quiet tenure as U.S. attorney.

J Jonah E. Bromwich, Benjamin Weiser and William K. Rashbaum

Russia Tried to Cut Ukraine’s Lights. Now It’s Aiming for the Heat.

Moscow’s attacks on gas supplies, the main source of warmth for most Ukrainian households, could plunge millions into the cold.Oleksandra Kovalenko with her husband and children in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, this month. She said she was afraid to picture a winter without gas for their stove and ra

C Constant Méheut and Olha Konovalova

Tuning In

Sometimes we assume the people and things around us are neutral or hostile to our existence. What if the opposite could be true?

M Melissa Kirsch

Displaced Gazans Face More Misery as Torrential Rain Lashes Enclave

Heavy rainfall and chilling winds have added to the challenges facing people still forced to live in tents in the devastated territory.A flooded tent in Gaza City on Friday. After more than two years of war, many Palestinians are still living in camps without access to running water or electricity.

B Bilal Shbair, Abu Bakr Bashir and Aaron Boxerman