Federal Agent Shoots Man in Minneapolis, Prompting Tense Protests
The agent shot a Venezuelan man who was resisting arrest, an official said. Protesters and law enforcement officers clashed for hours, as city officials urged people to go home.
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis
Pull up a stool at Ye Olde Pickle Factory and listen to a story about America’s urban-rural divide.Outside of the Twin Cities area, at places like Ye Olde Pickle Factory in Nisswa, Minn., support for Immigration and Customs Enforcement is widespread.
Judge to Weigh Next Steps in Student Activist Deportations Case
The hearing on Thursday followed up on the court’s sweeping finding in September that noncitizen students had the same free speech rights as citizens.Mahmoud Khalil and Mohsen Mahdawi, two international students detained by the Trump administration, at a vigil in New York last September.
Federal Agent Shoots and Injures Man in Minneapolis, and F.B.I. Searches Reporter’s Home
Plus, a space station evacuation.A federal agent shot and injured a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis on Wednesday, a Homeland Security official said. The shooting came one week after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman in the city.
Harvard Slips on a Global Ranking List, as Chinese Schools Surge Ahead
Harvard still dominates, though it fell to No. 3 on a list measuring academic output. Other American universities are falling farther behind their global peers.Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, is now at the top of a global ranking of research output, supplanting Harvard University.
Trump Vows to Make Venezuela Rich. It Will Take More Than U.S. Cash.
History suggests that the price of oil and a wider distribution of wealth are as important as foreign investment.A statue in Caracas, Venezuela. While most oil-dependent countries are vulnerable to booms and busts, Venezuela has challenges even by those standards.
Venezuela Strongman and Maduro Ally, Diosdado Cabello, Faces an Uneasy Transition
Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela’s interior minister, welcoming a flight bringing Venezuelan migrants from Mexico last year.
Nobel Committee Takes Heat at Home as Machado Courts Trump in D.C.
The Venezuelan opposition leader’s attempts to share her award with the U.S. president have shaken some Norwegians’ faith in their signature soft-power tool.Replicas of the prize at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo.
Russia Knocks Out the Heat in Ukraine
The Kremlin has tried for years to freeze Ukraine into submission. This winter, its attacks have been the most devastating ever.Emergency services have set up tents that offer electricity and heat as Russian strikes have caused prolonged power outages during an extreme cold snap in Kyiv, Ukraine.
NASA Astronauts Return to Earth After Medical Evacuation From International Space Station
The members of Crew-11 — two American, one Russian and one Japanese — splashed down after one became ill, prompting an early return.From left, the astronauts Oleg Platonov of Roscosmos, Michael Fincke and Zena Cardman of NASA and Kimiya Yui of JAXA, the Japanese space agency, inside a Crew Dragon ca
Trump Says Iran Is Stopping Its Killings of Protesters as U.S. Moves Troops
Nonessential personnel were moved from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, an American site that could be a target of Iran if President Trump ordered an attack on the country.Members of the military at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in May.
Iran Says It Will Not Execute Protester Amid International Outcry
The judiciary said that Erfan Soltani was not sentenced to death, Iranian state media reported. His case has drawn attention to the fate of the arrested demonstrators.
Trump’s Gulf Allies Do Not Want Him to Bomb Iran
While several of the Gulf Arab countries harbor little love for Iran, they worry that the consequences of rising tensions could blow back on them.A patriotic banner in Tehran on Wednesday.
4 More Lawmakers in Video Say Federal Prosecutors Are Investigating Them
The lawmakers, all Democrats who urged military service members not to follow illegal orders, said prosecutors had contacted them. But it is unclear what crime they might have committed.Representative Jason Crow of Colorado, one of the lawmakers being investigated, said President Trump was “using hi
After an Inconclusive Meeting With Trump Administration Officials Over Greenland’s Future, What’s Next?
A high-powered meeting in Washington on Wednesday ended in an impasse, leaving Greenlanders fearful of what comes next.Greenland’s foreign minister, Vivian Motzfeldt, left, and Denmark’s foreign minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, center left, meeting with senators in Washington on Wednesday.
Leading Prediction Firms Share a Commonality: Donald Trump Jr.
Traders in companies with ties to the president’s eldest son can bet on the outcome of events the president affects.Donald Trump Jr. is both an investor in and an unpaid adviser to Polymarket, and a paid adviser to Kalshi, the two biggest prediction markets.
Congress Is Spurning Many of Trump’s Proposed Spending Cuts
Months after the partisan clash that led to the longest shutdown in history, lawmakers have agreed on spending bills that look far different from what the president wanted.The U.S. Capitol last week. The House voted to pass bills to fund the State and Treasury Departments, as well as other foreign a
Food Prices Keep Climbing, Rattling Consumers and Trump
Weather, supply, tariffs, labor and changing consumer habits continue to drive up the cost of groceries. President Trump falsely claims prices are falling.The cost of groceries surged last month, according to data released on Tuesday. But President Trump continues to falsely claim that they’ve falle
Trump Signs Bill Allowing Schools to Serve Whole Milk Again
The law, which was approved unanimously by Congress late last year, also gives schools more flexibility in serving nondairy milks.An elementary school lunch in Montana in 2024.
Is Whole Milk Healthier for Kids?
A new law will allow full-fat and 2 percent milk to be served in schools. Here’s what to know.
‘Squished Between Chairs’ on a Train: How Some Passengers Survived a Crane Collapse
Some travelers were able to squeeze out of mangled cars and others were rescued by residents, after the accident in northeastern Thailand. Dozens did not survive.
Thailand Has 2nd Deadly Accident Involving a Crane in 2 Days
The crane’s collapse, which killed at least two people outside Bangkok, came a day after another crane fell on a train in the northeast, leaving at least 32 people dead.The site where a construction crane collapsed onto a highway in Samut Sakhon Province, Thailand, on Thursday.
Why Are We Still So Afraid of Using the Grumpy Old Period?
Exclamation marks, ellipses and ‘haha’ can’t fix our growing inability to communicate.
The Gaudy, Nasty Fictions of Donald J. Trump
This is neither law nor order, and the consequences can be deadly.