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Nicolás Maduro is a tyrant, a killer, a narco trafficker and a very bad man.

This ain't no "cakewalk"

Warren Zevon's Final "Late Show" Appearance | Letterman

January 4, 2026 at 2:26 PM

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"Enjoy every sandwhich!"

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January 4, 2026 at 5:13 AM

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The overnight attack on Venezuela and the successful capture of President Nicolás Maduro, an indicted narco trafficker, who had a $50 million dollar bounty placed on him by the Biden administration, w...

Trump's lawlessness

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January 3, 2026 at 4:10 PM

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Live updates: DOJ releases new indictment of Maduro and wife on charges of narco-terrorism conspiracy

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been captured by the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump's administration says he'll face charges on a New York indictment.

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January 3, 2026 at 4:04 PM

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Trump Strikes Venezuela; Arrests President Maduro

As you’re likely aware by now, overnight, the Trump administration, without alerting Congress first, went into Venezuela and arrested its President, Nicolás Maduro, on charges stemming from a newly an...

January 3, 2026 at 4:04 PM

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Just after midnight on January 1, in a private ceremony in the long-closed former City Hall subway station in Manhattan, New York Attorney General Letitia James swore Zohran Mamdani into office as may...

January 2, 2026

Tesla loses title as world's biggest electric vehicle maker as sales fall for second year in a row

January 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM

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FEM!

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Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics, expiring U.S. tax breaks to buyers and stiff overseas compet...

January 3, 2026 at 3:46 AM

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On January 1, 1892, seventeen-year-old Annie Moore walked down the gangway from the steamship Nevada with her two brothers Anthony, eleven, and Philip, nine, and into history as the first person proce...

January 1, 2026

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January 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM

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January 1, 2026 at 6:16 PM

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Some epic reporting in Chicago

I do not know what the Chicago Tribune’s reporting team of Andrew Carter, Caroline Kubzansky, Gregory Royal Pratt and Laura Rodríguez Presa is doing this New Year’s Eve morning, at the end of a most d...

December 31, 2025 at 9:02 PM

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The hallmark of the first year of President Donald J.

December 30, 2025

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December 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM

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Unsealed: Abrego Garcia

The sealed order in the Abrego Garcia case that I wrote about in Sunday night’s “The Week Ahead” column was unsealed today.

December 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM

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Honestly, I’ve always been skeptical about reincarnation, but 2025 has proven me wrong.

Some truths

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December 31, 2025 at 3:22 AM

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Inherent Contempt

It’s quicker than going to court, like Congress can to enforce a subpoena in a civil case.

December 31, 2025 at 3:04 AM

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In an appearance on New York’s WABC radio on Friday, President Donald J.

December 29, 2025

December 31, 2025 at 3:01 AM

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Marjorie Taylor Greene and Nancy Pelosi agree on something.

I want my country back

US pledges $2B for UN humanitarian aid as Trump slashes funding and warns agencies to 'adapt or die'

December 30, 2025 at 3:27 AM

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US pledges $2B for UN humanitarian aid as Trump slashes funding and warns agencies to 'adapt or die'

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The money is a small fraction of what the U.S. has contributed in the past.

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December 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM

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Shared Message — Cause and effect

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December 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM

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Shared Message — December 27, 2025

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December 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM

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On Tuesday, December 23, the U.S.

December 26, 2025

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December 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM

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Trump launched global tariff wars in 2025. Here's a recap of his trade actions this year

It’s been a rollercoaster of a year for U.S. trade policy. President Donald Trump launched a barrage of new tariffs in 2025, plunging the U.S. into trade wars with nearly every country in the world.

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December 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM

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Trump overturned decades of US trade policy in 2025. See the impact of his tariffs, in four charts

Since returning to the White House in January, President Donald Trump has overturned decades of U.S. trade policy — building a wall of tariffs around what used to be a wide open economy.

December 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM

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There are two types of courage: physical and moral.

JD the coward

Federal judge says Trump administration must restore disaster money to Democratic states

December 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM

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Federal judge says Trump administration must restore disaster money to Democratic states

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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's attempt to cut Homeland Security funding from states that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.

December 24, 2025 at 3:58 AM

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Twelve years ago, Sharyn Alfonsi, the “60 Minutes” correspondent whose story about human rights abuses at the El Salvadorean-US concentration camp/gulag known as CETOC, delivered a commencement speech...

Bari vs. Sharyn