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Fear grips Caracas as a new wave of repression is unleashed in VenezuelaJan 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decade of living under Maduro, there were cautious hopes for a different future.By Monday, however, those feelings had been replaced by more familiar ones: fear, dread and uncertainty.
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US reduces number of warships near Venezuela after Maduro raidJan 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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CDC staff ‘blindsided’ as child vaccine schedule unilaterally overhauledJan 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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Why America stopped building the ‘starter home’Jan 07, 2026 9:45 am - Builders have been constructing bigger and bigger homes during the past half-century. Homes with four or more bedrooms made up nearly half of all new construction in 2022, according to Census Bureau data. That compares with 1 in 5 in the 1970s.
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Gnocchi with brown butter and fried sage is a 20-minute meal with flairJan 07, 2026 5:56 am - Hearty gnocchi, nutty brown butter and crisp sage leaves form a terrific trio in this recipe. Using store-bought potato gnocchi means this dish can come together in minutes. It’s served with lemon wedges and Parmesan cheese for balance and extra flavor.
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This chicken and broccoli casserole is good for you and your walletJan 07, 2026 5:08 am - This weeknight-friendly, saucy bake, with tender bites of chicken and broccoli, channels a Midwestern casserole in a healthy way. It features parboiled brown rice, which allows the dish to cook quickly, and milk in place of cream, all seasoned with lemon, thyme and Parmesan cheese.
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White House publishes website that rewrites history of Jan. 6 attackJan 06, 2026 10:50 pm - The White House published a website Tuesday with a false telling of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, underscoring President Donald Trump’s years-long effort to reshape the narrative surrounding the day when a mob of his supporters violently overran the U.S. Capitol to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s electoral college victory.
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White House floats military option for Greenland, rattling Denmark and NATOJan 06, 2026 8:17 pm - Danish officials are increasingly alarmed that the Trump administration has shifted toward an active effort in recent days to seize Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, as the White House said Tuesday that “utilizing the U.S. Military is always an option” to acquire the Arctic island.
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Maduro raid killed about 75 in Venezuela, US officials assessJan 06, 2026 8:08 pm - The U.S. government assesses that about 75 people were killed during Saturday’s military raid to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, including dozens of fatalities that resulted from a gun battle at his compound in Caracas, according to officials familiar with the matter.
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Aldrich Ames, most damaging CIA traitor in agency history, dies at 84Jan 06, 2026 7:32 pm - Aldrich H. Ames, the CIA officer whose spying for Moscow was the most damaging breach in the agency’s history, reportedly causing the deaths of at least 10 recruited CIA or allied intelligence agents, died Jan. 5 at the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Maryland. He was 84.