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NY Times – Politics

“This is just another example of absolute lawlessness on the part of this administration,” said Representative Jim Himes of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. [...]

After President Trump’s surprise ouster of Venezuela’s authoritarian leader, a team of New York Times editors set to work redoing the front page. [...]

The secretary of state said that a military “quarantine” on some oil exports would stay in place to put pressure on the country’s acting leadership. [...]

The former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., and the former wife of Gov. Gavin Newsom, is working hard and pushing deals with American business interests. She’s also up late at parties. [...]

President Trump opened a new chapter in American nation building by toppling Venezuela’s leader and promising U.S. intervention in running its affairs. [...]

President Trump’s pledge that the United States would “run” Venezuela for an indefinite period showed he is willing to enter foreign conflicts he once promised to end. [...]



