Why Greenland Matters for a Warming World

The fate of the world’s largest island has outsize importance for billions of people on the planet, because as the climate warms, Greenland is losing ice. That has consequences.A frozen sea inlet outside Nuuk, Greenland, last year. In the 12 months ending on Aug. 31, 2025, Greenland lost 105 billion

S Somini Sengupta

‘We’re Not Stupid’: What Greenlanders Would Say to Trump

A visit to Greenland reveals a swirl of feelings as people nervously await talks with the Trump administration about the island’s future.Nuuk’s old harbor, Greenland, on Tuesday. People on the island have reacted with shock, anger, confusion and fear to President Trump’s interest in buying or taking

J Jeffrey Gettleman and Maya Tekeli

Trump’s Threats to Greenland Raise Serious Questions for NATO

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

L Lara Jakes

What are Trump’s Options in Iran?

President Trump has said that “help is on the way” for Iranian protesters. Amid reports that thousands of the protesters have been killed, our national security correspondent David E. Sanger describes what some of Mr. Trump’s options might be.

D David E. Sanger, Coleman Lowndes, Nikolay Nikolov, Edward Vega and June Kim

Republicans Move to Block Effort to Check Trump’s Power in Venezuela

G.O.P. leaders are pressuring fellow senators who supported the measure to change their vote on the bill to block President Trump’s military action in Venezuela without Congress’s consent.Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, has reversed himself on the war powers resolution, saying that Secr

R Robert Jimison and Megan Mineiro

Venezuela Envoy to Visit U.S. for First Official Trip in Years

Félix Plasencia, an envoy of the interim government, will travel to the United States on the day the opposition leader María Corina Machado is to meet President Trump.Félix Plasencia, then Venezuela’s foreign minister, in Caracas, Venezuela, in 2022.

A Anatoly Kurmanaev

How ICE Crackdowns Set Off a Resistance in American Cities

In Minneapolis and other cities where federal agents have led immigration crackdowns, residents have formed loose networks to track and protest them.Activists in Minneapolis have been following federal agents as they carry out the Trump administration’s immigration operation.

J Julie Bosman

Judge Puts Off Ruling on Minnesota’s Request to Block ICE Surge

Lawyers for the state sought an immediate ruling, but the judge said she would give the Justice Department time to respond in writing to the state’s lawsuit.Federal agents near the site in Minneapolis where Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by an agent on Jan. 7.

M Mitch Smith

Analysis: Trump Supports Protesters in Iran, but Not in Minneapolis

The split-screen television images of mass demonstrations in Minneapolis and Tehran have highlighted the president’s disparate views of democracy and popular dissent.The television images of mass protests in the streets of Minneapolis and Tehran in recent days have invariably highlighted the complic

P Peter Baker

Jodie Foster: An American Oscar-Winner in Paris

In “A Private Life,” the actress takes on her first solo lead role in which she speaks fluent French, but her French connection goes all the way back to childhood.To prepare for her role in ”A Private Life,” Foster read French books aloud at home and then turned up in Paris to immerse herself in Fre

E Elaine Sciolino and Benjamin Malapris

F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist in a Leak Investigation

It is exceedingly rare, even in investigations of the unauthorized disclosure of classified information, for federal agents to search a reporter’s home.The Washington Post headquarters. Its reporter had spent the past year covering the Trump administration’s effort to fire federal workers.

B Benjamin Mullin, Devlin Barrett, Charlie Savage and Erik Wemple

Republicans Advance Stock-Trading Bill With Limited Restrictions

The bill would allow lawmakers to keep their existing stock and continue to sell it if they provide seven to 14 days of notice. Democrats called it a “gift to insider traders.”Speaker Mike Johnson at the Capitol last week. He has backed the Stop Insider Trading Act.

A Annie Karni

Tony Dokoupil’s Road Trip on CBS News Hits a Rough Patch

A stretch of big news revealed growing pains for CBS’s new evening anchor and problems with its Bari Weiss-era philosophy.Tony Dokoupil, the new anchor of “CBS Evening News,” interviewed President Trump in a factory near Detroit on Tuesday night. Dokoupil has been broadcasting from different cities

J James Poniewozik

Gallup: Independents Reach Record High as Democrats Make Voter Gains

New data from Gallup shows overall gains for Democrats even though 45 percent of Americans do not identify with either political party.A poll by Gallup indicated that nearly half of voters identify as independent, but a majority of those voters will side with a political party if pushed.

R Ruth Igielnik

Chuck Schumer Calls His Shot

After securing strong recruits on a tough Senate map, the Democratic leader is not only predicting an upset 2026 victory, but also naming the states he thinks his party can flip.Senator Chuck Schumer of New York has been under intense pressure within the Democratic Party, but he has managed to secur

S Shane Goldmacher

NASA to Begin Space Station Medical Evacuation: Video and What to Know

Four astronauts are leaving the outpost about a month earlier than scheduled because a crew member, who was not identified, has an undisclosed medical issue.The International Space Station crew members in their Crew Dragon pressure suits on Jan. 9. Clockwise from bottom left: NASA astronaut Mike Fin

K Kenneth Chang

Harper Lee Expanded on Her View of the South in Letters to a Friend

In decades of correspondence, the author gave her friend, JoBeth McDaniel, a mix of opinions, advice on writing and insight into the impact of the Civil Rights movement.Harper Lee in a photograph taken by her friend Truman Capote. Taken in 1960, it was used on the dust jacket of the first edition of

C Colin Moynihan