NYTIMES (Jeanna Smialek) - Ukraine Wants to Join the E.U. to Secure Peace. Here’s What to Know.
Negotiators agree that joining the bloc is critical to Kyiv’s future. But obstacles abound, and compromises might forever change how the union works.
NYTIMES (Maria Varenikova and Oksana Parafeniuk) - Thanks, Ukrainians Say, but Please Stop Calling Us Resilient
Ukraine must project strength to secure continued Western support. But its people want the world to know they are not superhuman.
NYTIMES (Anatoly Kurmanaev, Mariana Martínez and Tyler Pager) - Inside Nicolás Maduro’s Last Days as Venezuela’s Leader
The Venezuelan leader overestimated his strength and misread his exchange with President Trump in the decisive weeks before his capture by U.S. forces.
NYTIMES (Tyler Pager and Luke Broadwater) - 6 Takeaways From Trump’s State of the Union
In an address that was heavy on theatrics, President Trump lashed out at Democrats as “crazy” and unpatriotic.
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NYTIMES (Katie Rogers) - Trump Puts On a Show, Casting Democrats as the Villains
On the defensive over the economy and with the midterms approaching, President Trump made clear that his political strategy is to paint Democrats as unpatriotic and ‘crazy.’
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NEWSNATIONNOW (MATT O'BRIEN, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and DAVID KLEPPER, Associated Press) - Hegseth warns Anthropic to let military use AI tech as it sees fit, sources say
Anthropic makes the chatbot Claude and is the last of its peers to not supply its technology to a new U.S. military internal network.
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NEWSNATIONNOW (Ashlyn Wright) - Chicago couple cancels wedding in Mexico due to cartel violence, hoping for help
The couple is determined to get married on Friday, one way or another.
NEWSNATIONNOW (JAKE OFFENHARTZ, REBECCA BOONE and HALLIE GOLDEN, Associated Press) - Northeast US scrambles to clear piles of snow as new storm descends on the region
The gigantic snowstorm this week across the Northeast U.S. dropped piles of powder from Maryland to Maine.
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NEWSNATIONNOW (JON GAMBRELL, Associated Press) - Iran pushes back against Trump ahead of Geneva talks
America has assembled its biggest deployment of aircraft and warships into the Middle East in decades, part of Trump's efforts to get a deal.
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NEWSNATIONNOW (Safia Samee Ali) - Kouri Richins defense lawyer also tied to Charlie Kirk murder case
Attorney Kathy Nester is juggling two high‑profile cases in Utah as a public defender.
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