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Trump Posts Fake ‘Acting President of Venezuela’ Wikipedia Image as U.S. Role Faces Global Scrutiny
President Donald Trump triggered a fresh round of diplomatic and political controversy after posting a manipulated image of his Wikipedia page that falsely listed him as "Acting President of Venezuela," a move that landed amid heightened tensions following the U.S.-backed capture of Nicolás Maduro and Washington's disputed role in the country's transition. 
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Powell Says DOJ Probe Is a ‘Pretext’ as Trump-Era Clash Puts Fed Independence at Risk
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell disclosed that the U.S. Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into his conduct, a move that has intensified concerns on Wall Street and in Washington about whether the independence of the Federal Reserve is facing its most direct challenge in decades. 
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ICE Agent’s Past Use-of-Force Incidents Scrutinized After Minneapolis Shooting and Immunity Claims
The fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother killed during a federal immigration operation in Minneapolis, has intensified scrutiny of the officer involved and the legal protections shielding federal agents from prosecution, as investigators examine whether the use of deadly force was justified. 
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Trump Administration Considers Paying Greenlanders Up to $100,000 to Break From Denmark
The Trump administration is weighing a proposal to offer direct cash payments of up to $100,000 to each resident of Greenland, according to officials familiar with internal discussions, as Washington explores increasingly aggressive options to pull the Arctic territory away from Denmark and into closer alignment with the United States. 
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Federal Agents Shoot Portland Couple a Day After Minneapolis ICE Killing Sparks Protests
Federal agents shot and wounded a husband and wife in Portland, Oregon, on January 8, just one day after the fatal shooting of a woman by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Minneapolis, intensifying scrutiny of federal law-enforcement operations in major U.S. cities and prompting calls from local leaders to suspend immigration activity. 
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Trump Mocks Putin After U.S. Forces Seize Russian-Linked Oil Tanker
President Donald Trump said Russian naval forces withdrew rapidly from the North Atlantic as U.S. and allied forces seized a sanctions-evading oil tanker, publicly mocking Vladimir Putin and framing the episode as a blow to Moscow's claims of maritime dominance. 
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Newsom Challenges Trump to Public Cognitive Test After President Questions His Fitness
President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom are now publicly sparring over cognitive fitness, after Trump questioned Newsom's mental capacity and proposed mandatory cognitive testing for top elected officials, prompting a direct challenge that Trump has yet to answer. 
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Pelosi Says Trump’s Greenland Push Risks NATO Unity and Benefits Putin
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi has accused President Donald Trump of pursuing renewed interest in Greenland in a way that benefits Vladimir Putin, intensifying political and strategic tensions around U.S. policy in the Arctic and raising fresh questions about the implications for NATO cohesion. 
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U.S. Seizes Russian-Flagged Oil Tanker After Weekslong Atlantic Pursuit Tied to Venezuela Sanctions
The United States has seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic after a weekslong pursuit that turned the vessel into a flashpoint among Washington, Moscow and Caracas, underscoring the Trump administration's expanding blockade of sanctioned Venezuelan oil. U.S. officials said the tanker-formerly known as Bella 1 and later renamed Marinera-was taken pursuant to a federal court warrant for violating U.S. sanctions linked to illicit Venezuelan crude shipments. -
DOJ Softens ‘Cartel de los Soles’ Claims, Raising Questions Over Trump’s Venezuela Intervention
The Justice Department has quietly revised its criminal case against Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, retreating from earlier assertions that he led a formal drug-trafficking cartel-an adjustment that critics say undercuts a central justification for the Trump administration's extraordinary military intervention in Venezuela. 
