Politics and Government

• Bessent Attended a Supreme Court Argument. Now He’s Telling Powell Not to. - Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it was a mistake for Jerome Powell to attend arguments in a case on Fed independence. But Mr. Bessent attended a tariff case.
• Judge Allows Policy Restricting Lawmakers’ Access to ICE Facilities - The decision permitted the Trump administration to continue restricting inspections of the conditions inside immigration detention compounds.
• Denied Peace Prize, Trump Tells Norway He’ll Push for Greenland - In a text message, President Trump told Norway’s prime minister he no longer felt obliged to “think purely of Peace” and that the world would not be secure until America controlled the island.
• What Vietnam’s Communist Party Congress Hopes to Achieve - One of Asia’s most dynamic nations is weighing how to balance government control with raising per capita G.D.P. by about 70 percent in five years.
• Real Estate Crash Weighs on China’s Economic Growth - Falling apartment prices have erased the savings of millions of Chinese households, but exports lifted the economy to 5 percent growth last year.
• Before Criticizing Pro-Hamas Chants, Mamdani Sought Jewish Leaders’ Input - The outreach by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s team has demonstrated how the mayor is taking care to not inflame tensions on either side of the Israel-Gaza war.
• Can Cuba Survive Without Venezuela’s Oil? - President Trump stopped Venezuelan oil shipments to Cuba, and experts say disaster looms. Oil fuels its electric grid and without alternative supplies the country will plunge into extended darkness.
• Powell, an Unlikely Foil, Takes On Trump - Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, this week tapped a groundswell of support that has been years in the making.
• Agent Who Shot Renee Good in Minneapolis Was Trained to Track and Apprehend Fugitives - From Iraq to ICE, Jonathan Ross’s career reflects a 20-year government effort to reshape immigration enforcement with a military mind-set.
• Ex-South Korean Leader Gets Prison Term in First Ruling Over Martial Law - A court handed down five years in prison to former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is facing multiple trials stemming from his short-lived imposition of martial law.