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New at @washingtonpost.com: Trump wants to build a *250-ft-tall arch*, for America’s 250th anniversary The structure would tower over nearby memorials — changing DC’s skyline and blocking views of the Lincoln Memorial It’s also spooking experts who say it’s just too big

SO MUCH VENEZUELA NEWS Trump administration eases barriers for U.S. firms to sell Venezuelan oil wapo.st/3LI67Kt Friction emerges between Trump, Venezuelan opposition over Machado’s return wapo.st/4buz7zO Trump officials awarded Venezuela oil-sale contracts to firms tied to bribery wapo.st/49PyGPl

President Trump says Americans will be safe in Venezuela. The State Department warns against travel “due to the high risk of wrongful detention, torture in detention, terrorism, kidnapping, arbitrary enforcement of local laws, crime, civil unrest, and poor health infrastructure” wapo.st/4qPokVp

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The families of two Trinidadian men killed in a U.S. boat strike off the coast of Venezuela have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit, the first legal challenge to the Trump administration’s lethal attacks on boats.

Minnesota’s chief federal judge demanded the acting head of ICE appear in court. The judge threatened possible contempt proceedings over several instances in which ICE failed to grant detained immigrants bond hearings that had been ordered by judges. https://wapo.st/4aisIXa

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Mexico’s president is renewing a long-standing demand that Spain formally apologize to the country for abuses committed during the colonial era. Madrid has, once again, refused,. Other former colonial powers have apologized: the UK and the Netherlands have issued apologies elpais.com/mexico/2026-...

The White House is posting fake images of real people and mocking anyone who calls them out

“Dear Prime Minister Carney,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining, what will be, the most prestigious Board of Leaders ever assembled, at any time.” wapo.st/3ZfkN6Z

A gun in one hand and a phone in the other. Grateful to join @brihreed.bsky.social to talk about our deep dive into ICE's brutal-content creators on @kcrw.com's "Question Everything" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Breaking news: Government officials may not examine electronic devices seized from Post reporter Hannah Natanson until litigation stemming from the search of her home is settled, a federal judge ruled.

The Post demands government return materials seized from @hannahnatanson.bsky.social. WaPo: “The outrageous seizure of our reporter’s confidential newsgathering materials chills speech, cripples reporting, and inflicts irreparable harm every day the government keeps its hands on these materials.”

AS IF TO PROVE HIS POINT President Trump’s response to Canadian PM Mark Carney’s declaration that the U.S.-led, rules-based international order had come to an end: “Canada lives because of the United States. Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements” wapo.st/49ziIZm

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, head of the Archdiocese for the U.S. military services, says Trump’s threat to seize Greenland by force “tarnishes the image of the United States”; troops can refuse “immoral” orders. The former USCCB president is seen as a church conservative (Gift link) wapo.st/45kMRJz

"In the immediate aftermath of the death of Renée Good in Minneapolis... an FBI agent in Minnesota conducted an initial review of the shooting and determined that sufficient grounds existed to open a probe into the actions of the officer who shot Good..." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, head of the Catholic Archdiocese for the U.S. Military Services, says Trump’s threat to attack Greenland “tarnishes the image of the United States”; service members can refuse “immoral” orders www.thetablet.co.uk/news/broglio...

“The events in Venezuela, Ukraine and Greenland have raised basic questions about the use of military force and the meaning of peace.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Under interim leader Delcy Rodríguez, the Venezuelan regime has freed some of an estimated 800 political prisoners detained under Nicolás Maduro. But at least 50 more have disappeared inside the system, and their families are desperate for answers www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

AP obtains documents showing Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez has been on DEA's radar for years apnews.com/article/delc...

Two of the three largest U.S. trading partners, spurred by President Trump’s tariffs to diversify their exports away from the United States, agreed Friday to ease restrictions on key sectors www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

While Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was giving President Trump her Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, CIA Director John Ratcliffe was meeting with chavista interim president Delcy Rodríguez in Caracas to promote "an improved working relationship" (Gift link) wapo.st/4q1axdv

The White House was unhappy with this story and warned they were drafting a tweet to dunk on it.

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"Searches of newsrooms and journalists are hallmarks of illiberal regimes, and we must ensure that these practices are not normalized here," says @jameeljaffer.bsky.social, calling on the Justice Department to publicly explain its actions. See our full statement: knightcolumbia.org/content/fbi-...

The Dominican Republic and Trinidad and Tobago, which gave support to the U.S. military buildup against Venezuela, are spared. All other Caribbean countries are paused @mradamtaylor.bsky.social @davidnakamura.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

The Washington Post Guild is alarmed and appalled by federal law enforcement’s search and seizure of reporter Hannah Natanson’s property and personal devices. Hannah is a valued member of our union whose work covering the federal workforce has been essential (1/3)

Periodic reminder that governmental obfuscation is not just a burr for journos: It runs counter to the public interest. It makes for an ill-informed population with less trust in institutions. The people who work for you don't want you to have information you own. Be mad about that.

Gift link to FBI-targeted Post reporter Hannah Natanson's sweeping look at how federal workers have been targeted by Trump. wapo.st/49BQBrh

This is not normal wapo.st/4pFh6lw

How The Times’ story on the Georgia election interference grand jury ends www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...

The Trump administration’s first deadly strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat, in early September, was conducted by a secretive military aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane, multiple officials confirmed to The Post.

The Trump administration said it cannot comply with a federal judge’s order to provide dozens of deported Venezuelan migrants the opportunity to challenge their removals, saying such efforts would be impossible after the U.S. deposed Nicolás Maduro.

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

The majority of Americans can’t locate Venezuela on this map

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LITERALLY NO VENEZUELAN ASKED for President Nicolás Maduro to be removed and opposition leader María Corina Machado ("very nice woman” who lacks “support” and “respect”) sidelined so the Trump administration could "run" Venezuela through Delcy Rodríguez, Maduro's vice president wapo.st/44Tce4Q

Gift link: Maduro captured in "large scale strike" Live updates from The Post's correspondents in Caracas and around the world wapo.st/4joD4Yr

LIVE COVERAGE GIFT LINK Aircraft, explosions seen, heard and felt in Caracas wapo.st/4joD4Yr

Reflecting on 2025, we wanted to try something different at @washingtonpost.com, looking back on the deaths of Rob Reiner, Jane Goodall and other notables by highlighting some of the wisdom they left behind. 🎁🔗 wapo.st/4secXYh

In looking back on 2025, we also wanted to showcase some of the everyday but extraordinary people who *didn't* get an obit. For @washingtonpost.com, we profiled 10 Washingtonians who were mainstays of their communities, even if their names were not well known. 🎁🔗 wapo.st/49aCcC5

WOLVES SAVE (HUMAN) LIVES by killing deer: Researchers say wolves in Canada and the Upper Midwest alter deer behavior in ways that help prevent car crashes and save human lives @dinograndoni.bsky.social @byaliceli.bsky.social and @joshualott.bsky.social report www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Nicolás Maduro is using U.S. military pressure to crack down on internal dissent w/Ana Vanessa Herrero in Caracas www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...