The songwriter, guitarist and singer, who died at 78, animated the Grateful Dead from within.

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President Claudia Sheinbaum and her inner circle have been grappling with the right tone to strike in the country’s response to the Venezuela strike for fear of antagonizing the White House.

As a journalist, I thought I’d never join the ranks of obsessive superfans — until I suddenly became one.

President Trump promised to fill the appeals courts with “my judges.” They have formed a nearly united phalanx to defend his agenda from legal challenges.

In his first week as mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani tried to bridge the political theater of his campaign with the much harder work of governing.

The president has said he will be “hitting them very hard” if Iranian leaders kill protesters amid widespread demonstrations calling for wholesale changes in the country.

Ms. Good, 37, was a poet and a mother who grew up in Colorado. Her wife said the couple had “stopped to support our neighbors” when Ms. Good was shot.

The Opinion columnist M. Gessen examines how the president governs through spectacle, and the message his displays of force are meant to send.

The Brazilian star of “The Secret Agent” is a major Oscar contender, though some at home turned against him for criticizing the right-wing government.

The movies and TV series competing for the 83rd Golden Globes. The ceremony will air on Jan. 11.