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Venezuela’s Oil Is a Focus of Trump’s Campaign Against Maduro
ByEdward Wong and Julian E. Barnes December 16, 2025December 17, 2025

In public, the White House says it is confronting Venezuela to curb drug trafficking. Behind the scenes, gaining access to the country’s vast oil reserves is a priority.

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Can Trump’s Grand Plans for Gaza Get Off the Drawing Board?
ByAdam Rasgon, Natan Odenheimer and Aaron Boxerman December 13, 2025December 13, 2025

The next steps for the president’s 20-point Gaza peace plan have been mired in uncertainty and a lack of detail, but that may be set to change. Here’s what to know.

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A Seized Oil Tanker Off Venezuela and the Big Business of Dark Fleet Smuggling
ByRebecca F. Elliott and Peter Eavis December 12, 2025December 12, 2025

The U.S. seizure of a vessel off Venezuela is likely to squeeze the country’s government, but do little to counter the tankers that secretively move oil from sanctioned countries.

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U.S. Issues New Sanctions Targeting Maduro’s Family and the Oil Sector
ByNicholas Nehamas, Tyler Pager, Farnaz Fassihi and Alan Rappeport December 11, 2025December 12, 2025

The United States is escalating its pressure campaign on Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, after seizing an oil tanker off the coast.

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U.S. Deports Second Planeload of Iranians, Officials Say
ByFarnaz Fassihi December 8, 2025

The plane, carrying about 50 Iranians and other deportees, took off from Arizona on Sunday, under a deal the Trump administration reached with Iran two months ago.

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Trump’s Security Strategy Focuses on Profit, Not Spreading Democracy
ByAnton Troianovski December 6, 2025

President Trump’s new National Security Strategy describes a country that is focused on doing business and reducing migration while avoiding passing judgment on authoritarians.

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U.N. Security Council to Visit Syria and Lebanon at ‘Crucial’ Time for the Countries
ByFarnaz Fassihi December 2, 2025

The trip comes days before the anniversary of the fall of Bashar al-Assad, and as Lebanon is navigating the cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel.

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U.N. Security Council to Visit Syria and Lebanon at ‘Crucial’ Time for the Countries
ByFarnaz Fassihi December 2, 2025

The trip comes days before the anniversary of the fall of Bashar al-Assad, and as Lebanon is navigating the cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel.

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Joe Kahn, New York Times Executive Editor, Answers Reader Questions
ByPatrick Healy and Joseph Kahn December 2, 2025

We asked readers for their questions for The Times’s executive editor about how we cover the news and make judgment calls in our reporting and editing.

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U.S. to Press Europe and Other Allies on Immigration, Document Says
ByEdward Wong and Hamed Aleaziz November 26, 2025November 27, 2025

American diplomats were told to raise U.S. concerns about “violent crimes associated with people of a migration background.”

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