January 14, 2026 Issue

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FEATURE

Why Trump trained his sights on Venezuela

by Sean Durns

✪ Exit Tim Walz, stage Biden: Another Democrat has clung to power past his expiration date

by Scott W. Johnson

✪ Minnesota’s Somali taxpayer swindle: Welfarism plus immigration without assimilation is a toxic mix

by David Harsanyi

✪ Washington’s echo: America and Europe at a crossroads once more

by Daniel Ross Goodman

✪ Linda McMahon hits the road: Promoting patriotism and dismantling the Education Department

by Salena Zito

Your Land

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Seattle rings in the new year with more failed progressive policies

by Zachary Faria

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A Real bust

by Timothy P. Carney

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Taxpayer stadiums, paywalled games, and the loss of common culture

by Conn Carroll

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It’s time for NFL to retire the racist ‘Rooney Rule’

by Peter Laffin

Business

BUSINESS

Economic implications of Maduro ouster in Venezuela are broad and deep

by Zach Halaschak

BUSINESS

Venezuela raid is about the oil — keeping it from Russia and China

by Tiana Lowe Doescher

Letter From The Editor

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

My part in the ayatollahs’ downfall

Washington Briefing

Will this Upper West Side-based House district elect a full-throated Israel supporter?

María Corina Machado beat out Trump for the Nobel, but may have lost the bigger prize

by Jamie McIntyre

Most ex-members of Congress trying for comebacks left under unhappy circumstances

Trump’s grudging acknowledgment of the presidential two-term limit still raises concerns

by Frederic J. Frommer

The Columnists

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Dan Hannan

Trump’s Caligulan grab for Greenland

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Timothy P. Carney

Mayor Mamdani’s false choice

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Guy Benson

Walz withdrawal doesn’t solve Minnesota’s scandals

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Dominic Green

Grifters and grafters

Life & Arts

Books

A Nuke Hope: Review of ‘The Nuclear Age’ by Serhii Plokhy

by Andrew Fagal

On Culture

A decade without David Bowie

Film

The dream of Song Sung Blue

by Peter Tonguette

Books

The first draft of cultural history: Review of ‘Blank Space’ by W. David Marx

by Derek Robertson

Life in Uniform

Demanding truth in the new year

Books

Mamet’s quite worried sigh of relief

Long Life

AI revenge

TV

‘Landman’ grows up

by Michael M. Rosen

More from the Magazine

Business

Economic implications of Maduro ouster in Venezuela are broad and deep

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Obituary

Brigitte Bardot, 1934–2025

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