Politics and Government

• Starmer Urges Former Prince Andrew to Testify to Congress Over Epstein Ties - Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his royal titles in October by his brother King Charles III because of growing questions around his links to Mr. Epstein.
• ICE Is a ‘Secret Police’ Americans Didn’t Ask For - Amid national protests, the round table convenes to debate what anti-ICE tactics should look like.
• Trump Is Expected to Announce Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair - President Trump is set to announce his choice to replace Jerome H. Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve, saying it is someone “known to everybody in the financial world.”
• Trump Expected to Announce Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair - President Trump is set to announce his choice to replace Jerome H. Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve, saying it is someone “known to everybody in the financial world.”
• Venezuelan Lawmakers Approve Sweeping Overhaul of Oil Sector - Bowing to Trump administration pressure, the new legislation improves conditions for foreign oil companies and opens the way to slash the taxes they pay.
• U.K.’s Starmer Meets Xi Jinping in Beijing as Ties Warm - Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain met with President Xi Jinping of China as he sought to promote business ties with the world’s second-largest economy.
• Mamdani Blames Rivals for Leaving New York With a ‘Poisoned’ Budget - Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the only way to close a more than $12 billion budget gap was to raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations.
• Why the NORAD Cold War Pact Between the U.S. and Canada Is News - The State Department clarified comments made by the U.S. Ambassador to Canada that NORAD would be “altered” if that country did not purchase American F-35 jets.
• Trump Vows Higher Tariffs for South Korea Months After Trade Deal - President Trump said Seoul was not moving fast enough to implement the agreement, which calls for South Korea to invest billions in the United States.
• NATO Chief Says Europe Is ‘Dreaming’ if It Thinks It Can Defend Itself Without U.S. - Mark Rutte, the secretary general of the alliance, told members of the European Parliament that President Trump was “doing a lot of good stuff.”