Delcy Rodríguez, a guerrilla’s daughter, started out as a provocateur. She pivoted to revive a ravaged economy, making her vital to U.S. plans to run Venezuela.Delcy Rodríguez, then Venezuela’s vice president, during an interview last year.
The move embodied the contradictions and fast-changing nature of the two countries’ relationship.The United States Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, in 2019.
President Trump met with oil and gas executives on Friday in an effort to push them to invest money in Venezuela, a plan many of them are reluctant to embrace.President Trump during a meeting with energy executives at the White House on Friday. He wants the biggest U.S. and European oil companies to
Disputes among lawyers are not exactly rare, but in the case of Mr. Maduro, the captive leader of Venezuela, the stakes are high and the interested parties are many.The lawyer Barry J. Pollack, left, has argued that he was representing Nicolás Maduro, not a different lawyer who he said had improperl
In a serious challenge to Iran’s authoritarian government, angry protests have spread from the markets and universities of major cities to the impoverished towns in the hinterland.
Demonstrations that began as outrage at the state of the economy have spread to cities across the country, amid an escalating crackdown by the authorities.An image taken from a social media post on Friday shows demonstrators gathered in Tehran, Iran’s capital.
European officials were stunned that President Trump restated his desire for Greenland after a yearlong effort to dissuade him, according to diplomats and others.Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. “The real question is, by what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland?” Stephen Miller, one of P
For the Russian leader, courting President Trump to secure a favorable resolution in Ukraine, and possibly more, is far more important.President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia during a news conference with President Trump in August in Anchorage.
After the White House called for billions of dollars in funding reductions, senators and representatives are rescinding the proposed cuts and even boosting funds for basic research.Each year, the president submits a budget request to Congress in advance of the annual appropriations process, but only
The ruling temporarily halted plans to freeze more than $10 billion in funds for anti-poverty programs bound for five Democratic-led states.Children watching television at ABC Learning Center in Minneapolis in December. Minnesota is one of the states that was targeted for a freeze in child care subs
Cooperation among law enforcement agencies is critical to many investigations, experts say. After a series of shootings by immigration agents, the relationship is showing cracks.Federal agents at the scene where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on W
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.Officials blocked off an area near the shooting in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
She was the family’s first baby in 16 years. And she came into their world as the Altadena fire changed everything. They struggled for months to find housing, stability and peace.Robin Alvarenga De La Torre came into her parents’ world just before it was destroyed.
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It started in a laboratory. No one could have predicted where it would end.
The dream of cohabitating with a group of friends is an attractive fantasy, but we can benefit from its lessons, regardless of our living situation.
Your responses can help as we report on the immense growth of food delivery and its effects on how we live.Food delivery has remained popular since the pandemic.
Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong meets with Paul Anker, a drilling engineer aboard the icebreaker Araon, to discuss the stakes, preparations and pressure of the mission to drill a hole in the Thwaites Glacier to measure the water beneath.
The past social media posts of two hires have led to a public debate about how much the new mayor is willing to tolerate.Twice in recent weeks, vetting debacles involving hires made by Mayor Zohran Mamdani have exploded into the public domain.
The German automaker’s sales in the United States plunged last year, hit by tariffs and the end of tax credits for electric vehicles.Electric vehicles at a Volkswagen plant in Dresden, Germany. The company is an extreme example of how difficult it has been for foreign automakers to cope in the U.S.
President Trump’s retaliation against top officials at the International Criminal Court has shut them out of American services and made even routine daily tasks a challenge.The International Criminal Court in The Hague. U.S. sanctions come at a time when the court is investigating claims of atrociti
The copy of Action Comics No. 1, published in 1938, was stolen from the actor Nicolas Cage in 2000 and recovered more than a decade later.A copy of the comic that introduced Superman in 1938. Fewer than 100 copies are known to exist.
