Was Renee Good Obligated to Comply With an ICE Agent’s Orders?

The agent told Ms. Good to get out of her car before she was fatally shot. Legal experts said immigration agents may sometimes, but not always, have the authority to make such commands.A memorial for Renee Good. She was shot after beginning to drive away from an ICE agent who told her to get out of

S Shaila Dewan

U.S. Says It Erred in Deporting Student Traveling for Thanksgiving

The Trump administration acknowledged it mistakenly deported a college student to Honduras despite a court order barring the removal. But the government has not moved to drop the case.Any Lucía López Belloza’s high school graduation in Texas. She was detained and later deported in late November whil

A Adam Sella

Trump Wants to Halt Almost All Coal Plant Shutdowns. It Could Get Messy.

Even as administration officials vowed this week to head off scheduled retirements, some aging plants are now breaking, and costs could run to the billions.A coal-burning unit at the Craig Generating Station had been set to close since 2016, but the Energy Department has ordered that it stay open.

C Claire Brown and Brad Plumer

Machado Presents Trump With Nobel Peace Prize

The Venezuelan opposition leader’s efforts to share her award with the U.S. president have shaken some Norwegians’ faith in their signature soft-power tool.The Venezuelan opposition politician María Corina Machado outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday.

M Max Bearak and Henrik Pryser Libell

C.I.A. Director Meets With Venezuela’s Interim President in Caracas

The high-profile visit, which could be seen as snubbing the opposition, comes nearly two weeks after the U.S. military seized President Nicolás Maduro in a raid.John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, at the U.S. Capitol last week. On Thursday, he met with Delcy Rodríguez, the interim president of Vene

J Julian E. Barnes

Trump Chooses Venezuela’s Oil Over Democracy

Two conversations this week confirmed that President Trump backs the remnants of Nicolás Maduro’s regime over the Venezuelan opposition seeking to hold elections.Delcy Rodríguez, the interim president of Venezuela, moments before her swearing-in in Caracas, the country’s capital, in January.

J Jack Nicas

Battles Over Truth Rage Online Amid Iran’s Internet Blackout

The shutdown of online discourse within Iran has allowed both the government and its critics to flood social media outside the country with disinformation campaigns and fake images.A frame grab from footage circulating on social media showing protesters dancing and cheering in Tehran last week.

S Steven Lee Myers, Tiffany Hsu and Stuart A. Thompson

How Activists in Iran Are Using Starlink to Stay Online

Activists spent years preparing for a communications blackout in Iran, smuggling in Starlink satellite internet systems and making digital shutdowns harder for the authorities to enforce.A Starlink receiver atop a house in Kurdistan, Iran, in 2023. About 50,000 Starlink terminals are now in the coun

A Adam Satariano, Paul Mozur and Sheera Frenkel

Ted Sarandos Says Critics Just Misunderstand Netflix

The company’s co-chief executive sat down for an extensive interview for the first time since announcing plans to buy Warner Bros. Discovery’s film and TV business.“We’re going to be the buyer who keeps Warner Bros. running, releasing movies in theaters the way they always have,” said Ted Sarandos o

N Nicole Sperling

Antiwar Russians in Europe Learn That They Must Watch Their Words

A backlash over a rant against Ukrainian officials has raised questions about Eastern Europe’s welcome of Russian dissidents.Officials in Lithuania, where Leonid Volkov, a Russian dissident, has lived for years, have called for his expulsion after comments criticizing Ukrainian officials were leaked

N Nataliya Vasilyeva and Valerie Hopkins

What Happened to London Breed, the Former San Francisco Mayor?

London Breed has said little in the year since she left office. She has thoughts on the praise that the current mayor, Daniel Lurie, has received.London Breed, the former mayor of San Francisco, is still adjusting to life beyond City Hall a year after she left office.

H Heather Knight