Nation and World
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Gmail gets new AI features, turning it into a personal assistant
Jan 08, 2026 8:02 am - More artificial intelligence is being implanted into Gmail as Google tries to turn the world's most popular email service into a personal assistant that can improve writing, summarize far-flung information buried in inboxes and deliver daily to-do lists.
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Fear grips Caracas as a new wave of repression is unleashed in Venezuela
Jan 07, 2026 7:19 pm - For a brief moment, some Venezuelans allowed themselves to celebrate.When they learned Saturday that strongman Nicolás Maduro had been seized by U.S. Special Forces, many group chats filled with messages of joy and relief. Some people cried. One family in Caracas opened a bottle of champagne they had bought months earlier and saved for a special occasion. After more than a decade of living under Maduro, there were cautious hopes for a different future.By Monday, however, those feelings had been replaced by more familiar ones: fear, dread and uncertainty.
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Rubio plans to meet with Danish officials next week to talk about US interest in Greenland
Jan 07, 2026 7:11 pm - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he plans to meet with Danish officials next week after the Trump administration doubled down on its intention to take over Greenland, the strategic Arctic island that is a self-governing territory of Denmark.
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US reduces number of warships near Venezuela after Maduro raid
Jan 07, 2026 7:06 pm - The fleet of U.S. warships assembled in the Caribbean Sea during the run-up to Saturday’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has begun to thin, officials said Wednesday, though the Trump administration is expected to continue military operations in the region.
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Michael Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan, dies at 80
Jan 07, 2026 4:02 pm - Michael Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan and a conservative commentator, has died. He was 80.
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Trump says he wants to ban large investors from buying houses. It’s part of his affordability plan
Jan 07, 2026 3:56 pm - President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he wants to block large institutional investors from buying houses, saying that a ban would make it easier for younger families to buy their first homes.
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CDC staff ‘blindsided’ as child vaccine schedule unilaterally overhauled
Jan 07, 2026 3:37 pm - Vaccine experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were blindsided by a top deputy to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to unilaterally overhaul the childhood immunization schedule, according to current and former agency staff.
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Minneapolis mayor says ICE officer’s killing of a motorist was ‘reckless’ and wasn’t self-defense
Jan 07, 2026 12:04 pm - Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said Wednesday that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot and killed a motorist acted recklessly and rejected federal officials claims that the officer had acted in self-defense.
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Trump threats against Greenland pose new, potentially unprecedented challenge to NATO
Jan 07, 2026 11:14 am - U.S. President Donald Trump's latest threats against Greenland pose a new and potentially unprecedented challenge to NATO, perhaps even an existential one, for an alliance focused on external threats that could now face an armed confrontation involving its most powerful member.
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New dietary guidelines urge Americans to avoid processed foods and added sugar
Jan 07, 2026 11:10 am - Americans should eat more whole foods and protein, fewer highly processed foods and less added sugar, according to the latest edition of federal nutrition advice released Wednesday by the Trump administration.