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Today — 17 January 2026Main stream

How War With China Begins

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By: Nicholas Kristof
17 January 2026 at 20:00
Even more likely than an all-out invasion of Taiwan may be “gray zone” pressures, such as cutting internet cables.

© Tsai Hsin-Han/Reuters

A Taiwan fighter jet comes in for landing as China conducts military drills in the region.

Trump Administration Delays Forced Collections on Student Loan Defaults

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By: Tara Siegel Bernard
17 January 2026 at 06:17
The Education Department has temporarily paused a plan to seize tax refunds and begin garnishing the wages of borrowers who have defaulted on their student loans.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

The Education Department said it was postponing its plan to gradually resume garnishing the wages of those who have defaulted on their student loans.

Syria’s President Affirms Kurds’ Rights, in Overture to the Minority

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By: Christina Goldbaum
17 January 2026 at 19:54
President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s announcement on Friday came after days of fighting between the government and Kurdish forces. On Saturday, those forces began withdrawing from a flashpoint east of Aleppo.

© Abdulmonam Eassa/Getty Images

People crossing a bridge as they fled from a Kurdish-controlled area on Friday in Rasm al-Harmal, east of Aleppo, Syria.

U.S. Boardings of Oil Tankers Reflect Hard Lessons Learned at Sea

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By: John Ismay
17 January 2026 at 06:59
Videos show U.S. forces descending quickly from helicopters onto the tankers, two years after a tragic boarding attempt.

© Russell Cheyne/Reuters

The oil tanker Marinera, previously known as Bella 1, was seized by the U.S. Coast Guard and seen off the coast of Scotland this week.

Why Is It So Hard to Set a 9/11 Trial Date? Here’s What to Know.

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By: Carol Rosenberg
17 January 2026 at 01:05
Prosecutors want jury selection to start in January 2027. That would be a quarter century after the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.

© Vincent Alban/The New York Times

James Hagan, a volunteer firefighter who lost his sister on Sept. 11, 2001, looking at the World Trade Center memorial in Manhattan last year.
Yesterday — 16 January 2026Main stream

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

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By: Julian E. Barnes
16 January 2026 at 19:00
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.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

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 Venezuela, and delivered a message of cooperation.

What Did the White House and Denmark Agree to on Greenland? It Depends Whom You Ask.

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By: Anton Troianovski， Jeffrey Gettleman and Edward Wong
16 January 2026 at 17:05
The White House and Denmark contradicted each other in public about what they had agreed to this week as President Trump continued to demand U.S. ownership of Greenland.

© Marko Djurica/Reuters

A Danish military vessel sailing near the old harbor of Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, on Wednesday.

N.S.A. Nominee Promises to Protect Elections From Foreign Interference

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By: Adam Sella
16 January 2026 at 06:35
President Trump fired the National Security Agency’s chief back in April and has weakened cyberattack protections.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

Lt. Gen. Francis L. Donovan, left, and Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd testified in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill on Thursday.

U.S. Forces Seize Sixth Oil Tanker Linked to Venezuela

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By: Christiaan Triebert， Nicholas Nehamas and John Ismay
16 January 2026 at 05:55
The Coast Guard boarded and seized the Russian-flagged tanker, originally named Veronica, in a pre-dawn operation in the Caribbean Sea.

© US Southern Command, via Reuters

An image from video released by the U.S. military showing the oil tanker Galileo, previously named Veronica, in the Caribbean on Thursday.

Mamdani’s Consumer Protection Commissioner Vows More Aggressive Action

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By: Matthew Haag
16 January 2026 at 03:26
“I want to be very public that there’s a new cop on the beat,” said Samuel Levine, the new commissioner of New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.

© James Estrin/The New York Times

Samuel Levine was previously the director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection in the Biden administration.

Trump Outlines Health Care Proposals as Prices and Premiums Rise

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By: Luke Broadwater， Rebecca Robbins， Margot Sanger-Katz and Michael Gold
16 January 2026 at 02:00
The long-awaited plan would leave much to Congress and calls for payments to health savings accounts rather than insurance subsidies, among other broad proposals.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

President Trump released a video promoting what he calls “the great health care plan.”

Why Israel Is Wary of Intervening in Iran

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By: David M. Halbfinger
16 January 2026 at 02:24
Israel is unlikely to do much to try to precipitate a regime change in Iran, seeing the government as far from the brink of collapse and the current protests as insufficient to push it to that point.

© via Associated Press

A photograph posted on social media showing a protest in Tehran last week.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Cyberattack in Venezuela Demonstrated Precision of U.S. Capabilities

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By: Julian E. Barnes and Anatoly Kurmanaev
15 January 2026 at 18:03
Senators are expected to ask Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, President Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Cyber Command, about the mission in Caracas.

© The New York Times

Sunrise in Caracas on Jan. 3. Turning off the power in Caracas and interfering with radar allowed U.S. military helicopters to move into the country undetected on their mission to capture Nicolás Maduro.

4 More Lawmakers in Video Say Federal Prosecutors Are Investigating Them

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By: Greg Jaffe
15 January 2026 at 21:16
The lawmakers, all Democrats who urged military service members not to follow illegal orders, said prosecutors had contacted them. But it is unclear what crime they might have committed.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

Representative Jason Crow of Colorado, one of the lawmakers being investigated, said President Trump was “using his political cronies in the Department of Justice to continue to threaten and intimidate us.”

After Danish and U.S. Officials Meet on Greenland, Trump Remains Unmoved

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By: Michael Crowley
15 January 2026 at 09:43
Denmark’s foreign minister left the White House complex saying that his country had a “fundamental disagreement” with President Trump, as several NATO countries sent troops to Greenland.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen of Denmark, center, and Vivian Motzfeldt, Greenland’s minister of foreign affairs, met with U.S. senators on Wednesday.

Kaiser Permanente Agrees to Pay $556 Million to Settle Medicare Overbilling Claims

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By: Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz
15 January 2026 at 07:07
The Justice Department and whistle-blowers accused the major health insurer of overbilling the government for about $1 billion under the private plans.

© Rachel Woolf for The New York Times

Dr. James Taylor, a physician and coding expert who worked for Kaiser Permanente, was one of the whistle-blowers who flagged the overbilling. “The cash monster was insatiable,” he said.

Trump’s Gulf Allies Do Not Want Him to Bomb Iran

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By: Vivian Nereim
15 January 2026 at 06:26
While several of the Gulf Arab countries harbor little love for Iran, they worry that the consequences of rising tensions could blow back on them.

© Vahid Salemi/Associated Press

A patriotic banner in Tehran on Wednesday.

Senate Republicans Block Effort to Check Trump’s War Powers in Venezuela

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By: Robert Jimison and Megan Mineiro
15 January 2026 at 10:30
G.O.P. leaders succeeded in pressuring fellow senators who initially supported the measure that would have limited President Trump’s military authority in Venezuela.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, reversed himself on the war powers resolution, saying that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Trump convinced him that it was not needed.

Trump Says Iran Is Stopping Its Killings of Protesters as U.S. Moves Troops

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By: Edward Wong and Eric Schmitt
15 January 2026 at 10:05
Nonessential personnel were moved from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, an American site that could be a target of Iran if President Trump ordered an attack on the country.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

Members of the military at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in May.

Trump’s Threats to Greenland Raise Serious Questions for NATO

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By: Lara Jakes
14 January 2026 at 23:50
The treaty that created NATO did not contemplate an attack by one ally on another. A seizure of Greenland by President Trump would test the endurance of the mutual-defense pact.

© Ivor Prickett for The New York Times

A frozen corner of the main fishing harbor in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.
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