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Takeaways From Susie Wiles’s Vanity Fair Interviews Describing Trump World

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Peter Baker
During 11 interviews with Vanity Fair over President Trump’s first year back in office, Ms. Wiles, his chief of staff, opened up about the president, the people around him and their internal fights.

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Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, typically shuns publicity. She called a recent article in Vanity Fair, based on 11 interviews she gave over the past year, “a disingenuously framed hit piece on me and the finest President, White House staff, and Cabinet in history.”

Europe May Roll Back Combustion Engine Ban

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Patricia Cohen and Eshe Nelson
A proposal to revise an E.U. law requiring carmakers to stop producing combustion engines by 2035 would offer some relief to automakers, but it sets back the region’s climate goals.

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Electric vehicles at a BMW factory in Munich. Premier automakers like BMW will benefit if an emission ban in Europe is rolled back.

Netflix Adds Podcasts in Deal With iHeartMedia

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Jessica Testa
The streaming service now has about 30 video podcasts lined up for 2026, including the influential radio show “The Breakfast Club.”

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Netflix said it planned to feature more podcasts, calling the shows from iHeartMedia an “initial collection.”

New Yorkers Back Mamdani’s Push for Free Child Care, Poll Shows

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Nicholas Fandos
A Siena University poll showed that voters support having wealthy New Yorkers pay more in taxes to fund child care statewide, and favored Gov. Kathy Hochul in next year’s election.

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The favorability ratings for Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, have risen statewide and in New York City rise since his election last month.

New Yorkers Back Mamdani’s Push for Free Child Care, Poll Shows

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Nicholas Fandos
A Siena University poll showed that voters support having wealthy New Yorkers pay more in taxes to fund child care statewide, and favored Gov. Kathy Hochul in next year’s election.

© Shuran Huang for The New York Times

The favorability ratings for Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, have risen statewide and in New York City rise since his election last month.

Senators Investigate Role of A.I. Data Centers in Rising Electricity Costs

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Ivan Penn and Karen Weise
Three Democrats are seeking information from tech firms about the growing energy use of data centers and the utility bills of individuals and other businesses.

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The energy needs of data centers used for artificial intelligence are forcing utility companies to spend billions of dollars to upgrade the power grid, the lawmakers said.

Susie Wiles Acknowledges Trump’s ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions

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Peter Baker
In interviews with Vanity Fair, Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, said President Trump “has an alcoholic’s personality,” called JD Vance a “conspiracy theorist” and concluded that Pam Bondi “completely whiffed” the early handling of the Epstein files.

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Over the course of 11 interviews, Ms. Wiles offered pungent assessments of the president and his team.

Venezuela’s Oil Is a Focus of Trump’s Campaign Against Maduro

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Edward Wong and Julian E. Barnes
In public, the White House says it is confronting Venezuela to curb drug trafficking. Behind the scenes, gaining access to the country’s vast oil reserves is a priority.

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Oil drilling equipment in Cabimas, Venezuela. The country has about 17 percent of the world’s known oil reserves, nearly four times the amount in the United States.

Brown Shooting Tests a Fragile Trust on Campus

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Dana Goldstein
The Ivy League school has faced a series of challenges related to protests and politics. Through it all, it has kept its gates open to the city and tried to heal divisions on campus.

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Brown University has been open to the city around it. After last weekend’s shooting, some are asking if the school should do more to harden the campus to protect student safety.
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