Walz Exits Minnesota Race as Maduro Pleads Not Guilty and Antisemitism Rules Face New Tests

Overview

• Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he will not seek a third term after weeks of criticism over widespread fraud revelations, as reporting indicates Sen. Amy Klobuchar is weighing a gubernatorial bid and Republicans Mike Lindell and Lisa Demuth are already running.
• In New York federal court, Nicolás Maduro and his wife pleaded not guilty to narco-terrorism charges, with the judge setting March 17 for their next hearing after Maduro declared he remains Venezuela’s president.
• In Caracas, Vice President Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as interim president and asserted that Maduro remains the country’s leader and is being held hostage by the United States.
• New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued an executive order changing NYPD coordination while revoking the city’s IHRA antisemitism and anti-BDS orders, saying the police commissioner still reports to him as a Jewish advocacy group labeled the restructuring unprecedented.
• Antisemitism debates deepened in education as Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares instructed K-12 systems to embed the IHRA definition in conduct and discrimination policies, while Harvard’s Alan Garber criticized classroom pressures and Barnard’s Leslie Grinage departed after protest-discipline backlash.