1768004720 Trump Urges Oil Companies to Speed Work in Venezuela https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/world/americas/trump-oil-venezuela.html The president met with executives on a day when the U.S. seized another tanker carrying Venezuelan oil. html Rebecca F. Elliott, Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, Eric Schmitt and Michael Levenson 1767993801 GOP Seeks Some Distance From Trump as Midterm Election Year Opens https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/us/politics/congress-republicans-trump-distancing.html The vote to open a war powers debate, a pair of attempted veto overrides and a split on health care suggested a greater appetite among Republicans to challenge the president. html Carl Hulse 1768002116 Outside Prisons in Caracas, Venezuelans Anxiously Await Release of More Political Detainees https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/world/americas/caracas-venezuela-prisoners-released.html Venezuela’s interim government said it would release an “important number” of imprisoned people, but only nine have been confirmed freed. html The New York Times 1767985538 E.U. and South America to Form Free-Trade Zone With 700 Million People https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/business/economy/european-union-mercosur-trade.html The agreement represents a push for deeper global cooperation, in contrast to the United States’ turning to coercion in its dealings with other countries. html Patricia Cohen 1768004728 Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/arts/music/washington-national-opera-kennedy-center.html The opera, which has performed at the arts center since 1971, was concerned about declines in attendance and donations during President Trump’s second term. html Adam Nagourney 1767999127 Trump Threatens to Take Greenland ‘the Hard Way’ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/world/americas/trump-greenland-annex.html The president continued to advance an imperialist vision of American foreign policy, where the U.S. can dominate neighboring countries “whether they like it or not.” html Chris Cameron 1768002374 Christopher Raia to Be FBI Deputy Director After Bongino’s Departure https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/us/politics/fbi-deputy-director-christopher-raia.html Even as the selection of a career agent, Christopher G. Raia, leaves an unusual three-person leadership structure in place, it returns a career agent to the No. 2 post. html Devlin Barrett, William K. Rashbaum and Alan Feuer 1768006659 Iran Convulsed in Second Night of Nationwide Protests https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/world/middleeast/iran-protests.html Large marches against the government occurred despite an internet blackout and threats of a severe crackdown. html Farnaz Fassihi 1767997776 A Look at Iran’s Antigovernment Protests https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000010627398/a-look-at-irans-antigovernment-protests.html
html Erika Solomon, Katrin Bennhold, Christina Thornell, Christina Shaman, Parin Behrooz and Sanjana Varghese 1767960682 What to Know About the Protests in Iran https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/world/middleeast/iran-protests-inflation-currency.html Galloping inflation, a currency crisis and anger at the regime have fueled demonstrations across the country. html Abdi Latif Dahir and Leily Nikounazar 1767994755 Jobs Report Shows U.S. Hiring Slowed One Year Into Trump’s Second Term https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/us/politics/us-hiring-economy-trump-second-term.html As economists pointed to some of the president’s policies to explain the latest Labor Department data, White House aides sought to make the case for optimism in the new year. html Tony Romm and Ben Casselman 1768000625 U.S. Hiring Continues at Modest Pace, but Weaknesses Are Evident https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/business/economy/business-economy-jobs-report-december.html The unemployment rate fell in December, but job growth across 2025 was the lowest in five years. html Talmon Joseph Smith 1767979551 How Our White House Photographer Finds New Angles on the Oval Office https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/insider/trump-interview-doug-mills-photographer.html Doug Mills, winner of three Pulitzers, sits, crawls and hoists cameras high in the air to bring viewers fresh perspectives. He was at it again this week during our marathon interview with President Trump. html Jodi Rudoren and Doug Mills 1768006972 New Cellphone Video Shows ICE Agent’s Perspective Before Minneapolis Shooting https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/us/ice-agent-video-minneapolis-shooting.html The Department of Homeland Security posted a clip of the video on social media and said it was taken by the agent, who killed a 37-year-old woman in the shooting. html Mitch Smith, Hamed Aleaziz and Julie Bosman 1768009523 Officials Identify Pair Shot by Border Patrol in Portland, Ore. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/us/portland-immigration-shooting.html The two who were shot during a traffic stop are connected to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, city and federal officials said. The shooting generated angry denunciations by local officials. html Anna Griffin and Jacey Fortin 1767997493 Trump Officials Reopen Thousands of Refugee Claims in Minnesota https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/us/politics/minnesota-refugees-dhs-trump.html The review comes as the federal government escalates its immigration enforcement in the state. html Madeleine Ngo 1767982637 In the Path of a Raging Wildfire, a Luthier’s Precious Wood https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/arts/music/eaton-fire-mario-miralles-violin-cello.html Mario Miralles spent decades acquiring the spruce and maple for string instruments worthy of Yo-Yo Ma and Gustavo Dudamel. Then he was forced to evacuate. html Matt Stevens and Michael Schmelling 1767996545 With Missile Strike on Ukraine, Putin Delivers a Warning to Europe https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/world/europe/putin-russia-ukraine-oreshnik-europe.html A nuclear-capable missile fired into Ukraine near Poland sent a message to Europe days after its leaders agreed to postwar security guarantees, Russian analysts said. html Valerie Hopkins 1767999147 Hessy Levinsons Taft, Jewish Baby on Cover of Nazi Magazine, Dies at 91 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/world/europe/hessy-levinsons-taft-dead.html Without her parents’ knowledge, her portrait was entered as a prank in a contest in 1935 to represent the ideal Aryan infant — and she won. html Michael S. Rosenwald 1768005411 Mamdani Responds Cautiously After the Police Kill 2 People in One Night https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/nyregion/mamdani-nypd-shootings.html Mayor Zohran Mamdani did not call the shootings justified, but said New York Police officers were placed in “incredibly difficult and dangerous circumstances.” html Maia Coleman and Maria Cramer 1768005357 Mamdani Condemns Slurs and Pro-Hamas Chant at Heated Queens Protest https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/nyregion/mamdani-hamas-israel-gaza-protest.html Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel demonstrators hurled threats at each other outside an event promoting real estate sales in Jerusalem. The mayor said those actions had “no place in our city.” html Liam Stack and Nate Schweber 1767999004 Mamdani’s First Big Move to Help Renters Is Dealt a Blow by Court https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/nyregion/mamdani-pinnacle-apartments.html Summit Properties USA won an auction on Friday to buy more than 5,000 apartments out of bankruptcy from the Pinnacle Group despite City Hall’s efforts to intervene. html Mihir Zaveri 1767992359 Trump Is Threatening Greenland and Europe https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/opinion/denmark-europe-aggression.html Any attempt to seize Greenland from Denmark would fatally undermine the world’s most successful military alliance. html James Kirchick 1767963859 This Is Trump’s One Small Trick to Destroy American Democracy https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/opinion/venezuela-maduro-trump-oil.html The president is claiming borderless license to turn on his perceived enemies, both foreign and domestic. html Lydia Polgreen 1767999007 Trump Pressures Oil Giants to Invest in Venezuela https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/briefing/trump-oil-venezuela-protests-iran.html Also, protests spread across Iran. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday. html Matthew Cullen 1767975765 Supreme Court Issues First Ruling of Term but Don’t Yet Get To Tariffs https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/us/politics/supreme-court-docket.html Only once in the modern era have the justices taken this long to issue their first decision — and when it came, it wasn’t the hotly anticipated case on President Trump’s tariffs. html Adam Liptak 1768001108 Measles Cases Spike in South Carolina https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/well/measles-outbreak-new-cases-south-carolina.html The outbreak has now spread to more than 300 people, most of them children. html Teddy Rosenbluth 1767985692 Yemeni Separatists Say They Are Disbanding, but Move Is in Dispute https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/world/middleeast/yemeni-separatists-disband.html A delegation from the Southern Transitional Council in Riyadh announced its dissolution, but members abroad rejected the news amid fears it was not voluntary. html Ismaeel Naar, Saeed Al-Batati and Vivian Nereim 1768000358 Prosecutor Asks for Owner of Swiss Bar Hit by Deadly Fire to Be Detained https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/world/europe/switzerland-fire-bar-owner-arrested.html The request came after hours of questioning of the bar’s co-owners. Some 40 people died in the fire that broke out during a New Year’s celebration. html Ségolène Le Stradic