China is unveiling its biggest annual Ice and Snow World festival yet.https://abcnews.go.com/International/video/sculpture-spectacle-chinas-ice-festival-128906186
Venezuelans in South Florida celebrated on Saturday following the announcement of the U.S. operation to arrest President Nicolás Maduro and remove him from the country.https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/venezuelans-south-florida-celebrate-maduros-ouster-128894138
Officers rescued an 8-year-old boy after he fell through the ice on a pond on Long Island, New York, on Christmas Day.https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/police-officers-rescue-boy-icy-pond-128894159
One neighborhood in New York has elected so many democratic socialists—including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Zohran Mamdani—that people have started calling it “the People’s Republic.”https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/how-did-astoria-become-so-socialist
The congresswoman split with the President over the Epstein files, then she quit. Where will she go from here?https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/01/12/marjorie-taylor-greenes-big-breakup
The industry has lost billions of dollars, largely because smoke makes the drink taste like licking an ashtray. Now a team of scientists is chasing a solution.https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/01/12/can-we-save-wine-from-wildfires
Will Pope Leo XIV follow the progressive example of his predecessor or chart a more moderate course? His work in Chicago and Peru may shed light on his approach.https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/01/12/the-making-of-the-first-american-pope
Can undocumented parents elude ICE capture for one more year, until their youngest turns eighteen?https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/01/12/a-mexican-couple-in-california-plans-to-self-deport-and-leave-their-kids-behind
The former special prosecutor has no regrets about pursuing a case against Donald Trump.https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/jack-smiths-closing-argument
The country’s interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, is in the awkward position of having to appease two hard-line, opposing audiences: the Trump Administration and what remains of the Venezuelan regime.https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/whos-running-venezuela-after-the-fall-of-maduro
Voters voted for it, even if they weren’t sure what it was. But maps are the ideal metaphor for our models of what the world might be.https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/01/12/what-will-new-yorks-new-map-show-us
What comes after Nicolás Maduro’s ouster in Venezuela?https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/regime-change-in-americas-back-yard
A political scientist explains how the Venezuelan President ran the country, why he was so unpopular, and, after his seizure by the Trump Administration, who might take over.https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-maduro-regime-without-maduro
A scholar of international law on the implications of the U.S. arrest of President Nicolás Maduro.https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-brazen-illegality-of-trumps-venezuela-operation
A Palestinian businessman on the persistent humanitarian crisis in the territory, and what he hopes might change.https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/gaza-after-the-ceasefire
A conversation about the country’s unique Jewish community and rising levels of antisemitism.https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/in-the-wake-of-australias-hanukkah-beach-massacre
A streamer’s investigation of fraud in Minnesota garnered millions of views. His content was questionable, but his methods will likely inspire scores of imitators.https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/what-a-viral-youtube-video-says-about-the-future-of-journalism
The President has made clear he wants to exploit Venezuela’s vast oil reserves; history suggests that it won’t be easy.https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/the-folly-of-trumps-oil-imperialism
The ability of the National Women’s Soccer League to retain Trinity Rodman, one of its biggest stars, could determine its future.https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/can-professional-womens-soccer-in-the-us-keep-up-with-the-global-market
Free-speech norms and powerful tech companies make legal restrictions unlikely—but social changes are already taking place.https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/americans-wont-ban-kids-from-social-media-what-can-we-do-instead