After Venezuela, Trump Offers Hints About What Could Be Next

President Trump’s comments about Greenland, Colombia and Cuba offered a glimpse of how emboldened he feels after the quick capture of Nicolás Maduro.By declaring the hemisphere off limits to outsiders seeking its oil riches, President Trump is looking to guarantee that only U.S. companies will be ab

D David E. Sanger

Hochul to Press for New Safeguards to Protect Children Online

In her upcoming State of the State address, Gov. Kathy Hochul will propose that the default setting for online platforms should ban viewing or messaging minors.Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, is aiming to build on her record of creating safeguards for children as she runs for re-election later this y

G Grace Ashford

Dimon’s $770 Million Windfall Shows How Banking Is Great Again

The Trump administration is lifting regulations, and deal making is heating up. For Jamie Dimon, being JPMorgan Chase’s chief executive was more lucrative in 2025 than ever.Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, often wields a spreadsheet that shows how heavily regulated banks like his

R Rob Copeland

After Christmas Day Strikes, Fear Grips Muslims in Rural Nigeria

A small town set amid a smattering of baobab trees is grappling with the aftermath of a bombing ordered by President Trump.Debris from a missile landed near a round well, center, in Jabo, Nigeria, and burned corn stalks that had been gathered for cattle feed.

D Dionne Searcey and Eric Schmitt

Days After U.S. Strikes in Nigeria, Gunmen Kill Dozens of Villagers

The attackers also abducted an unspecified number of people, including students from a Catholic school where over 300 people were kidnapped in November.The road leading to St Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Niger State, in November 2025.

S Saikou Jammeh, Ismail Alfa and Eric Schmitt

Supreme Court Increasingly Favors the Rich, Economists Say

A new study found that the court’s Republican appointees voted for the wealthier side in cases 70 percent of the time in 2022, up from 45 percent in 1953.The study concluded that the Supreme Court has become deeply polarized in cases pitting the rich against the poor.

A Adam Liptak

Trial Begins for Former Officer Over Uvalde School Shooting Response

Families of the victims and survivors of the 2022 elementary school shooting in Texas are expected to testify.A memorial outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, in 2024. Jury selection is set to begin for the trial of one of the first officers to arrive at the scene of the massacre where a

E Edgar Sandoval

Which City Burns Next?

One year later, we haven’t really begun to reckon with the real meaning of the Los Angeles fires.

D David Wallace-Wells and Jim Mangan

The Key Senate Races to Watch in 2026

Democrats want to regain control of the chamber, and they have recruited some top candidates. But they are facing a tough map.Senator Jon Ossoff, Democrat of Georgia, and Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, will need to defend their seats.

K Kellen Browning

How Chevron Aims to Tap More Oil Below Kazakhstan’s Grassy Plains

After spending nearly $50 billion to expand the country’s Tengiz oil field, the American oil giant and its partners encounter more uncertainty.A new oil processing plant at Tengiz, part of a multibillion-dollar expansion that has increased the field’s capacity.

S Stanley Reed and Desiré Van Den Berg

Critics Choice Awards 2026: The Complete Winners List

“One Battle After Another” won best picture, while the top acting honors went to Timothée Chalamet (“Marty Supreme”) and Jessie Buckley (“Hamnet”).From left, Benicio del Toro, Leonardo DiCaprio, the casting director Cassandra Kulukundis, the director Paul Thomas Anderson and Chase Infiniti, acceptin

K Kyle Buchanan