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.The pardons from President Trump continue a trend in which he has used the unfettered presidential clemency powe

K Kenneth P. Vogel and Susanne Craig

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.The overwhelming defense of Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, is the product of something President Trump may have underestimated: Mr. Powell’s popularity.

C Colby Smith

Under Fire From Trump and Their Base, Minnesota Democrats Decry an ‘Invasion’

Officials denounced the Trump crackdown at an unofficial congressional hearing in Minneapolis. Administration officials have accused local leaders of promoting violence against ICE agents.Three congressional representatives from Minnesota tried to inspect immigration facilities at a federal building

J Jazmine Ulloa and Michael Gold

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.Federal agents contend with icy sidewalks as they try to contain protests in a Minneapolis January.

J Julie Bosman

Machado Presents Trump With Nobel Peace Prize

The Venezuelan opposition leader’s efforts to share her award with the U.S. president have shaken some Norwegians’ faith in their signature soft-power tool.The Venezuelan opposition politician María Corina Machado outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday.

M Max Bearak and Henrik Pryser Libell

Even Nicolás Maduro’s Prosecutors Are Tied Up Reviewing Epstein Files

The Trump Administration’s exhaustive examination of materials on the convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein is drawing resources from other cases.Prosecutors in the case of Nicolás Maduro, the ousted Venezuelan president, have been asked to focus on reviewing the vast amount of files connected to

W William K. Rashbaum and Benjamin Weiser

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.A street in Havana. Cuba is reported to have less than two months of imported oil on hand.

J Jeff Sommer

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.A burned bus at Sadeghieh Square in Tehran on Thursday, after the protests were largely subdued.

A Abdi Latif Dahir, Kiana Hayeri, Sanam Mahoozi and Farnaz Fassihi

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.Senator Chris Coons, Democrat of Delaware, led a delegation of American lawmakers on a visit to Denmark on Friday.

E Elisabeth Bumiller and Robert Jimison

Antiwar Russians in Europe Learn That They Must Watch Their Words

A backlash over a rant against Ukrainian officials has raised questions about Eastern Europe’s welcome of Russian dissidents.Officials in Lithuania, where Leonid Volkov, a Russian dissident, has lived for years, have called for his expulsion after comments criticizing Ukrainian officials were leaked

N Nataliya Vasilyeva and Valerie Hopkins

For Men, How Much Alcohol Is Too Much?

Federal officials working on the new dietary guidelines had considered limiting men to one drink daily. The final advice was only that everyone should drink less.“There are a lot of reasons people drink alcohol,” said one epidemiologist who led an advisory panel on alcohol. “What we’re saying is hea

R Roni Caryn Rabin

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.Mark Levine, who took office as New York City comptroller in January, warned that absent significant financial growth, city programs would need to

D Dana Rubinstein and Matthew Haag

Why Is It So Hard to Set a 9/11 Trial Date? Here’s What to Know.

Prosecutors want jury selection to start in January 2027. That would be a quarter century after the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.James Hagan, a volunteer firefighter who lost his sister on Sept. 11, 2001, looking at the World Trade Center memorial in Manhattan last year.

C Carol Rosenberg