Robert Y. Shapiro told Newsweek: "This is a good issue for Hochul and Mamdani since it speaks directly to the severe problem of child care affordability for families with working parents. Mamdani promised it and it is a good issue for Hochul to take up for her reelection. Since the benefit would go to workers with children needing day care, these are deserving people who are under financial pressure."

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Donald Trump's military operation in Venezuela should show Europeans that the US is a predator for Europe, just like Russia and China, argues former United Nations under-secretary-general Jean-Marie Guéhenno.

"We're going to have to see in the coming weeks and months and years whether there is, in fact, a stable transition to a democratically elected government," Jason Bordoff told NPR. 

Robert Y. Shapiro told Newsweek: "The low popularity rating, especially falling off among Republicans, is of concern—more so for the Republican Party as the midterm elections approach."

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"Born in Caracas, I am a U.S. federal judge," writes IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow Roy Altman. "Millions of exiles around the world hope this is the end of a decades long nightmare."

"For the good of the country, Mr. Trump should rediscover his instinct for military restraint," writes Jon Finer, former IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow and CGEP Distinguished Visiting Fellow

Washington’s long-term interests require a smooth political transition in Caracas, not short-sighted mercantilism, writes Jason Bordoff, founding director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

As Rubio described, there are also obstacles in Venezuelan law and in how the state-owned oil company PDVSA is managed that would need to be resolved — which could be challenging as long as Rodríguez, a former PDVSA official, remains in power, said Luisa Palacios, managing director of energy transition finance at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy and an ex-chair of the refining company Citgo, which was previously owned by Venezuela.