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What to Know About Trump’s Seizure of an Oil Tanker Near Venezuela
The tanker was headed eastward and had recently carried Iranian oil. The seizure is an escalation in President Trump’s military pressure campaign against Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro.
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A Grand Jury Again Resists Trump’s Push to Reindict Letitia James
It was a striking rejection of the administration’s retribution campaign.
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Bessent Accelerates Regulation Overhaul to Jumpstart Growth
The Treasury Secretary unveiled changes to the Financial Stability Oversight Council to ease “overregulation.”
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Help! Can an Airline Really Do That to Me?
You may be surprised by the little-known and sometimes nonsensical rules lurking in the fine print. Here are a few that tripped up readers in 2025.
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Fed Divisions Underscore Challenge for Trump’s Next Chair
President Trump wants substantially lower borrowing costs, but officials at the central bank appear ready to resist delivering further cuts if the economic backdrop does not warrant it.
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Trump Doesn’t Want to Talk About Affordability. Democrats Say That’s a Gift.
The president continues to brush off an issue that he said he would solve in his first months in office. Some Democrats say he is making the same mistake as his predecessor.
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Hatching the Automobile’s Future in a Cloistered Los Angeles Lab
Desperate to catch up with Chinese automakers, Ford is redesigning its fleet with a Silicon Valley-style team. Is it too late?
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ICE Says It Has No Videos to Release of Chicago Deportation Operations
The response to an information request contradicted the administration’s public testimony and raised concerns that it may be trying to evade oversight.
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Judge in Oregon Blocks Arrest of Protesters for Noise
Federal agents outside an ICE detention facility in Eugene, Ore., had sought to enforce a new rule that prohibits “creating a loud or unusual noise” outside federal property.
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Defense Bill Will Make D.C. Skies Less Safe, N.T.S.B. Chair Says
The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board warned that a provision in the new defense bill would worsen the risk of midair collisions near the Washington-area airport where a deadly crash in January killed 67 people.