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U.S.

• Trump Cuts Ties With Marjorie Taylor Greene, Calling Her ‘Wacky’ The rupture exposed the divides within President Trump’s MAGA base over the Epstein files and more.
• Officers were hurt in a crash while protecting Vance’s motorcade in Tennessee. A police officer who was on a motorcyc
• Trump Says He No Longer Supports Marjorie Taylor Greene. The president accused the Georgia congresswoman of turning on him and being disloyal.
• Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding. An extraordinary rebuke to the federal government’s campaign against elite schools, the ruling could upend settlement talks with the university system.
• Trump Escalates Pressure on Venezuela, but Endgame Is Unclear. President Trump’s aides have provided conflicting accounts of what, exactly, they are seeking to achieve, as America’s largest aircraft carrier heads toward the Caribbean region.
• Why Matt Gaetz Is Still Around. The former congressman has remained a fixture in Washington.
• As Trump Targets Antifa in U.S., Rubio Labels European Groups as Terrorists. The State Department’s search for leftist groups to designate as terrorist organizations appears rooted in President Trump’s executive order on domestic groups that he calls antifa.
• Flight Cuts Imposed During Shutdown Will Be Reduced by Half. The leaders of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation said they would continue monitoring air traffic controller staffing, which has been improving since the shutdown ended.
• San Francisco Mayor Has First Major Error With Embarrassing Appointment. Mayor Daniel Lurie has enjoyed strong approval ratings this year, but residents were dismayed after he appointed a city supervisor who quickly resigned after revelations emerged.
• Indiana Senate Says It Won’t Vote on Redistricting That Trump Sought. The pushback from Senate Republicans follows the governor’s call for a special session to consider a new congressional map that President Trump wanted.
• Trump Pulls Nominee for Top I.R.S. Lawyer. President Trump’s announcement came after the nominee, Donald L. Korb, came under fire from the far-right activist Laura Loomer on social media.
• A Tiny West Wing Office Is Big on Trump Messaging. The Oval Office study has become a room for Trump merchandise.
• She Was Deported in Error. Her Child Was Left Behind. Maribel Lopez was hastily deported to Guatemala despite a pending asylum appeal, leaving behind a toddler. Her case highlights a growing pattern of speedy deportations.
• Dog Accidentally Shoots and Injures a Pennsylvania Man, Police Say. The man had been cleaning a shotgun and placed it on the bed shortly before it was fired. He received treatment at an area hospital.
• Trump Plan Could Limit Green Cards for Immigrants From Travel Ban Countries. The policy change is a major expansion of the administration’s push to crack down on immigration from countries that it says lack sufficient screening and vetting abilities.
• Boston University Student Faces Backlash After He Called ICE on Workers. The student, the president of the school’s College Republicans club, said he reported immigrant carwash workers. Now he is facing online attacks after nine of the workers were detained.
• Former U.Va. President Details Justice Department Pressure That Led to Ouster. In an extraordinary 12-page letter, James E. Ryan described the pressure campaign leading to his resignation as akin to a “hostage situation.”
• Trump Demands Inquiry Into Epstein’s Ties to Prominent Democrats. The move appeared to be retaliation after Democrats released emails suggesting the president knew about Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation.
• Georgia Official, a Veteran Prosecutor, Appoints Self to Oversee Trump Case. The official, Pete Skandalakis, had been tasked by law with finding a new prosecutor for the election interference case after Fani T. Willis was removed from it.
• Trump Turns to Affordability Message Amid Economic Frustration. The Trump administration is facing backlash from American consumers as higher costs from tariffs blunt wage gains.
• In a Brutal Mississippi Jail, Inmates Say They Were Enlisted as Enforcers. High-ranking inmates known as trusties were ordered to do guards’ bidding, former inmates and guards said, and the culture of violence in the jail went straight to the top.
• America First? Some Trump Supporters Worry That’s No Longer the Case. President Trump has been dining with billionaires and has taken a keen interest in crises overseas, leading to fears that he is drifting away from his more populist stances.
• Holiday Décor Uproar at Air Force Base Housing Complex. A routine reminder about holiday lights touched off a spirited debate about rules, joy and what it means to make a home when life is always in motion.
• Swalwell Denies Allegations of Fraud and Says Trump is Targeting Him. Representative Eric Swalwell, a Democrat, said he would not back down from his criticism of President Trump, and denied wrongdoing.

World

• Fuel Tanker Diverted in Strait of Hormuz, Raising Fears of Iranian Seizure. The ship, which was flying a Marshall Islands flag, was bound for Singapore when it lost contact with its managers and appeared headed toward Iran.
• Russia Counters U.S. Plan for Gaza With Its Own Proposal at U.N. Security Council. The Trump administration wants the Security Council to adopt a resolution that has the 20-point U.S. plan annexed, effectively making it international law.
• Atrocities Against Civilians in Sudan Require World’s Attention, U.N. Says. The United Nations’ top human rights body ordered an inquiry into mass killings and sexual violence during the country’s worsening civil war.
• U.S. Envoy Said to Be Planning to Meet With Senior Hamas Official. An in-person encounter between Steve Witkoff and Khalil al-Hayya would signal the Trump administration’s interest in keeping a direct line of communication with the group.
• Napoleon’s Brooch, Lost as He Fled Waterloo, Sells for $4.4 Million. The diamond-encrusted jewel, which the 19th-century French emperor wore on his hat, was lost along with other valuables as he retreated from his final battle.
• Deadly Russian Drone and Missile Barrage Pummels Kyiv. Russia fired hundreds of drones and more than a dozen missiles at Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, killing several people and damaging neighborhoods across the city.
• Rapist Believed to Be One of Britain’s Worst Sex Offenders Gets Life Sentence. Xu Chao admitted to multiple attacks against female Chinese students over a three-year period, confessing to drugging, assaulting and filming his victims.
• Russia Pummels Kyiv as It Torments Ukrainian Civilians. A strike that killed six was the latest in a series of aerial assaults, many of which have targeted the power grid in an effort to deprive Ukrainians of energy as winter looms.
• A Bloody Month in the West Bank Olive Harvest Leads to the Death of a Boy. Palestinians see the violence, and its tolerance by right-wing Israeli officialdom, as part of a broader campaign to harass them and make life so unbearable that they will abandon their villages.
• Hurricane Melissa Leaves Behind a Staggering Homelessness Toll. Two weeks after Hurricane Melissa wrecked western Jamaica, officials are beginning to grapple with the challenge of trying to find housing for thousands of families.
• Modi’s Coalition Leads Indian State Election Scrutinized Over Voter Rolls. Early results suggested a sweep for the ruling coalition in a state where the opposition claimed foul play over an exercise that deleted millions of voters.
• Zelensky’s Image Is Stained as Corruption Inquiry Shakes His Inner Circle. The revelations are a remarkable reversal for the Ukrainian president, who once presented himself as a leader who would clean up the country’s politics.
• Kenya’s Key Export Used to Be Coffee. Now It’s Cheap Labor. There’s big money in sending poor workers abroad. Here’s how the economics work.
• While Asian Immigrants Work, Burglars Target Their Homes. Some law enforcement officials say they think organized crime rings from South America, in particular from Colombia, are responsible for the crime sprees.
• Zelensky Ousted a Heavyweight Mayor. Was It a Power Grab? President Volodymyr Zelensky removed Odesa’s mayor, raising fears he might be using his wartime powers to tighten control over opposition-run cities.
• Mexico City Loves Street Food. Its Sewer System Does Not. The worst rainy season in decades, caused flooding around much of the city. Fat from its many taco shops, restaurants and markets was a major reason for blocked drains, officials say.
• Kenyan Workers Get Abused Abroad. The President’s Family and Allies Profit. President William Ruto’s government acts as an arm of an industry whose leaders compare women to dogs and blame them for their own abuse, a Times investigation found.

New York

• Seneca Soldier and Statesman Can Finally Add Lawyer to His Legacy. Ely Samuel Parker, a Native American who served as an aide to Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War, was kept from practicing law during his lifetime.
• ICE Scouted Site to Hold Immigrant Detainees in New York City. Federal officials explored the possibility of using a Coast Guard facility on Staten Island. The effort appears to be part of a plan to expand President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
• A.I.G. Parts Ways With Incoming President Before He Assumes Role. John Neal’s withdrawal from the insurer comes as the company grapples with another high-profile departure.
• Police Shoot Man They Say Menaced Bystanders on the Upper East Side. Elijah Brown, 20, was killed on Madison Avenue. The police said he had been brandishing a gun and acting erratically.
• The Strategic Uncoupling of Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander. Mr. Lander, the New York City comptroller, campaigned with Mr. Mamdani and once hoped to join him in City Hall. Now he is eyeing a congressional seat.
• Why a Bill on the Governor’s Desk Is a Tough Call. The measure would require the M.T.A. to keep using two-person subway crews as other systems around the world are cutting back on train staffing.

Business

• Disney and YouTube TV End Blackout. After a 15-day standoff, a deal cleared the way for YouTube TV to resume carrying ESPN, ABC and other Disney-owned channels.
• Trump Administration Lifts Some Food Tariffs in Effort to Ease Prices. It is walking back levies on imports including beef and coffee in what critics say is an admission that tariffs raised prices in the first place.
• Government Reopens Without Data That Guides Markets and the Fed. Jobs and inflation data will be released late and with caveats, complicating the Federal Reserve’s interest rate deliberations.
• U.S. Investor Withdraws Takeover Bid for U.K.’s Telegraph. The exit by RedBird Capital Partners comes months after it agreed to buy control of the media company in a deal that valued it at $658 million.
• She Took JPMorgan for $175 Million. That Doesn’t Include Her Restaurant Bills. When prosecutors accused Charlie Javice of fraud, JPMorgan was forced to pay for her defense. The bank is not happy about her “shocking” spending.
• Switzerland Reaches Agreement With U.S. to Cut Tariff to 15%. The deal would reduce an extraordinarily high tariff rate that had threatened to cripple Swiss exports.
• Stock Market Rally Is Dented as Signs of Worry Emerge. A recent dip in trading shows how investors are balancing a “fear of missing out at the same time as real fear.”
• The Most Valuable Military Contractor Doesn’t Make Bombs or Guns. Palantir is a software company, and its national security work has driven its stock price to remarkable heights.
• Walmart C.E.O. Doug McMillon to Step Down. The chief of the company’s U.S. business, John Furner, will take over on Feb. 1.
• A.I. Agents Usher in a New Era of Cyberespionage. Anthropic, the artificial intelligence start-up, said that Chinese state-sponsored hackers used its tools in a widespread attack.
• Conservative Media Picks an Epstein Story Line and Sticks to It. Right-wing outlets have focused on a single redacted name in the 23,000 pages of correspondence related to Jeffrey Epstein that were released on Wednesday.
• 25 Movies, Many Stars, 0 Hits: Hollywood Falls to New Lows. It has been a brutal three months for dramas and comedies.
• Trump Housing Official Invokes Family Legacy, to Some Relatives’ Dismay. Bill Pulte has called out prominent Democrats for issues with their mortgage documents. But he has a history of carefully choosing facts about his family and businesses to enhance his reputation.
• Anthropic Says Chinese Hackers Used Its A.I. in Online Attack. The company claimed that A.I. did most of the hacking with limited human input and said it was a rapid escalation of the technology’s use in cybercrime.

Your Money

• How to Deal With Higher Home Heating Bills. There is still time to take advantage of federal tax credits for energy updates. But federal heating aid for low-income people was delayed by the government shutdown.

Technology

• How a Seattle Alt-Weekly Newspaper Became a Progressive Kingmaker. Endorsements from The Stranger have become a must-have for some politicians, who know to bring snacks to their meetings with the paper’s writers.

Obituaries

• Yvonne Brewster, Godmother of Black British Theater, Dies at 87. When she studied acting in London in the 1950s, she was told she was unlikely to find work. She ended up starting one of the country’s foremost Black theaters.
• Elizabeth Franz, Versatile Tony-Winning Actress, Is Dead at 84. She won the award for her performance as Linda Loman in a 1999 Broadway revival of “Death of a Salesman” and played the matriarch Kate Jerome in two Neil Simon comedies.
• Frank Chuman, Pioneering Lawyer for Japanese American Rights, Is Dead at 105. He was sent to the Manzanar internment camp during World War II, an experience that inspired a long career in civil rights activism.
• Overlooked No More: Sabina Spielrein, Visionary Lost Between Freud and Jung. She maintained a triangular correspondence with the two men, who overshadowed the significant contributions she made to the field of psychoanalysis.

Briefing

• Trump Orders Investigation Into Epstein’s Ties to Democrats. Also, melting ice is a growing menace in the Himalayas. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
• The Effects of the Boat Strikes. We go to meet one family in Colombia.
• The New York Times News Quiz, Nov. 14, 2025. Did you follow the news this week? Take our quiz to see how well you stack up with other Times readers.

Podcasts

• What Makes a Good Cover? What makes a good cover song? On this week’s episode of the “Cannonball” podcast, host Wesley Morris is joined by singer Cecile McLorin Salvant to discuss the delicate art of performing or recording other people’s music.
• Will Humanoid Robots Soon Be Common in Homes? Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of “Hard Fork” at The New York Times, ask Bernt Bornich, chief executive of 1X, how soon we can expect humanoid robots to have a presence in American homes.
• Elon Musk’s xAI Trained Racy Chatbot With Employee Biometric Data. Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of “Hard Fork” at The New York Times, discuss a recent story in The Wall Street Journal revealing that Elon Musk personally oversaw a project at his company, xAI, that compelled employees to turn over their biometric data to train a racy chatbot.
• Data Centers in Space + A.I. Policy on the Right + A Gemini History Mystery. “As you may have noticed, it is not easy to build data centers here on Earth.”
• A Major New Experiment in Voting, and the World’s Most Polluted Air. Plus, your Friday news quiz.
• Ozempic for All? How a series of corporate mistakes led to drugs used for weight loss becoming more affordable for Americans.

Science

• How to Watch the Leonids Meteor Shower Reach Its Peak. The moon is far from full this weekend, which could mean good fireball viewing for night sky watchers.
• Almost Everything About NASA’s Latest Mission to Mars Is Unusual. The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science missions typically come together.

Climate

• Indigenous People, Long Sidelined at Climate Talks, Take the Stage in Brazil. This summit is unlike any of its predecessors in at least one significant way: The Indigenous presence is palpable and strong.
• A Dead Glacier Is a Loss. A Dying One Is a Threat. Melting ice from the Himalayas is creating thousands of unstable lakes, a growing menace to towns and cities below.

The Upshot

• Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, Nov. 15, 2025. Can you sort 8 historical events?

Opinion

• How Epstein Could Divide Republicans. “There’s not going to be a flood of Republicans fleeing Trump,” argues the Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie in this episode of “The Opinions.” Instead, he predicts “small calculations here and there” from Republicans who might start to vote against Trump.
• Trump’s Worst Enemy? Himself. After this week’s release of Jeffrey Epstein’s emails and Trump’s questionable behavior, it seems that the president’s public standing is declining. “It makes it look like you have published a book titled ‘If I Did It,’” Jamelle Bouie says. Ultimately, Trump can’t help himself — and neither can MAGA.
• Could the Antichrist Be a Machine? Technology is killing us physically and spiritually, the author Paul Kingsnorth argues on “Interesting Times.”
• The Spiritual Darkness Driving Silicon Valley. Is technology killing us? The author Paul Kingsnorth argues that it is, both physically and spiritually.
• The Antisemitic Coalition Emerging in the G.O.P. The MAGA coalition has been fighting over Tucker Carlson’s interview with the white nationalist influencer Nick Fuentes and where to draw the line on antisemitism. On “The Ezra Klein Show,” the political writer John Ganz argues that the interview represented the intersection of two archetypes of antisemitism and what he calls “the creation of an actual antisemitic politics.”
• The Double Standard of Right-Wing Antisemitism. Tucker Carlson’s interview with the white nationalist influencer Nick Fuentes has provoked a conversation within the Republican Party about antisemitism and anti-Zionism, with prominent right-wing figures like Ben Shapiro and Steve Bannon weighing in. The political writer John Ganz explains why the commentary is ultimately “self-defeating” in a conversation on “The Ezra Klein Show.”
• Have C-Sections Become Too Common? Readers respond to a front-page article about fetal heart monitoring and C-sections. Also: When Shirley MacLaine was the understudy.
• The Machine Wants to Kill Us. Paul Kingsnorth on technology’s war against human nature.
• Hakeem Jeffries Needs to Be a Bit of a Jerk. The House Democratic leader’s fatal flaw may be that he is too unobjectionable for a Democratic Party spoiling for a fight with President Trump.
• Trump Has Snatched the Power of the Purse. Congress Should Take It Back. Trump’s actions should alarm anybody who shares the American founders’ suspicion of centralized power.
• Why Is Ghislaine Maxwell Being Pampered in Prison? Maybe there’s an innocent explanation for all the privileges she’s being accorded, but I can’t think of one.
• Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes and the Right’s ‘Groyper’ Problem. The political writer John Ganz dissects the Republican Party’s internal battle over antisemitism.
• Chris Christie: Keep Sports Betting Legal. Chris Christie argues that regulated betting can strengthen the integrity of sports.

Arts

• Discovering 5 Treasures of Photography. Some of the most impressive photographs on display at the Paris Photo Fair were made many decades ago but are now being seen anew or, in some cases, for the first time.
• ‘Being Eddie’ Gives Murphy the Final Word on His Feud with ‘S.N.L.’ The comedian’s long-running feud with the late-night sketch show is a topic in the new Netflix documentary “Being Eddie.”
• ‘Now I’m on the Stage’: 7 Artists on Their Museum Residencies in Harlem. The Studio Museum in Harlem’s longtime residency program has been pivotal to artists of color. Here, alumni look back on why it was so crucial to them.
• Bad Bunny Tops the Latin Grammys: 8 Key Moments From the Show. The multicultural awards ceremony hinted at rediscovered roots and ways forward as Karol G, Paloma Morphy and Liniker also earned big wins.
• Robots, Raiders and Riches in a Gripping Prisoner’s Dilemma. The extraction shooter ARC Raiders has become an unlikely word-of-mouth hit because of its high-stakes gameplay.
• What ‘The American Revolution’ Says About Our Cultural Battles. In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its timing feels urgent.
• Late Night Sifts Through 20,000 Emails of ‘Trump/Epstein Lore’ “The Daily Show” host Josh Johnson said the G.O.P.’s document release was no help to Trump: “They basically saw his grease fire and said, ‘Let us add some water.’”

Theater

• ‘The Seat of Our Pants’ Review: Songs for the World’s End. Ruthie Ann Miles, Shuler Hensley and Micaela Diamond lead a dream-team cast in Ethan Lipton’s musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s “The Skin of Our Teeth.”

Books

• James Baldwin’s Biographer on the Meaning of Love. In “Baldwin: A Love Story,” Nicholas Boggs focuses on the writer’s romantic relationships. In this episode he explains their importance to Baldwin’s life and work.
• The Building Blocks of Life Were Just the Beginning. In “Crick: A Mind in Motion,” the British biologist Matthew Cobb provides a biography both vivid and authoritative.
• The Loneliness of the Larger-Than-Life Black Athlete. In Derrick Barnes’s fantastical tale, a 13-year-old Black football star is idolized by his town’s mostly white inhabitants, until they turn on him.

Movies

• Five International Movies to Stream Now. In this month’s picks, parents and children in India, Germany, Korea, Italy and Sudan grapple with the joys and perils of familial bonds.
• 11 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week. Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
• Today’s Top Directors Have Some Issues With Gen Z. “Eddington,” “One Battle After Another” and “After the Hunt” focus on young characters navigating the current political climate. The depictions aren’t always flattering.
• In Death, Poet Andrea Gibson Gets a Film That Celebrates Life. “Come See Me in the Good Light” follows the writer and their wife as they experienced the pain of cancer and also the joy of living.
• ‘Come See Me in the Good Light’: The Sweetness After a Terminal Diagnosis. The film chronicles the poet Andrea Gibson’s final year of living with cancer and trying to make every second count.
• ‘A Very Jonas Christmas Movie’ Review: O Come, All Ye Faithful. In their fan-oriented and self-mocking holiday comedy, the millennial boy band delivers pure festive sugar rush.

Food

• Cacio e Pepe Green Beans. This cheesy, pleasantly piquant side takes a cue from the classic Roman pasta. Built for ease, this one-pan recipe calls to first sauté the green beans in a pan until glossy and coated in black pepper-infused olive oil.
• Cranberry Pudding. Think of this dessert as a more colorful, autumnal version of banana pudding. This pudding uses cranberries in place of bananas as its main flavor component. With layers of tart, silky cranberry curd, dollops of sweetened whipped cream and soft vanilla wafers tucked between, it’s a dessert to remember.
• Gnocchi Gratin. Gnocchi Parisienne is what the French call this speedy take on potato gratin, which uses store-bought potato gnocchi instead of sliced potatoes.
• How Should I Store Potatoes? They’re an anchor of the Thanksgiving table — here’s how to buy them, then keep them for as long as possible.
• These Spiced Cookies Are an Autumnal Twist on Malawian Flavors. Mbatata, a creamy variety of sweet potato, provides a comforting base for these perfectly dunkable treats.
• Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili, Hasselback Potato Gratin and a Lemony Kale Salad. Some reader (and staff) favorites from this week.
• These Tiramisù Are the Best Make-Ahead Thanksgiving Desserts. Cranberry, pumpkin and apple give the creamy no-bake classic a fall makeover with festive flavors.
• 18 Easy and Cheap Ground Beef Recipes That You’ll Make On Repeat. And you can substitute practically any ground meat.

Style

• Olivia Nuzzi Did It All for Love. The former political journalist has written a combustive portrait of America, President Trump and the scandal with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that upended her career.
• Confused by the iPhone Pocket? That’s by Design. Decades after their founders connected, Apple and Issey Miyake released a collection of phone pouches that have some people baffled. They hope it will inspire creativity.
• The Designer Winning Over the Fashion Elite. Winning back-to-back awards, Ashlynn Park might be the buzziest rising star in American fashion. Plus, new winter coats, pajamas and stores.

Magazine

• Can You Use Holiday Tea Towels for Normal Towel Stuff? A ruling on a kitchen-décor dispute.
• The Next Privacy Battleground Is Inside Your Brain. As neural implant technology and A.I. advance at breakneck speeds, do we need a new set of rights to protect our most intimate data — our minds?

T Magazine

• Want to Buy a Work of Art at Auction? Here’s What to Know. A step-by-step guide to navigating this oft-misunderstood part of the market, with tips on getting what you want without experiencing buyer’s remorse.
• How to Treat Hyperpigmentation. Expert advice from a dermatologist, an aesthetician and a beauty influencer.
• You Can Put Soy Sauce on Everything — Even Dessert. Plus: sparkly botanical brooches, a new look for an iconic Tokyo hotel and more from T Magazine’s cultural compendium.
• A Watch That Uses a Rediscovered Motif. This Vacheron Constantin moon phase watch reflects the brand’s astronomical history.

Travel

• White House Scraps Cash Payments for Delayed or Canceled Flights. A Biden-era rule, now halted, would have forced airlines to pay passengers up to $775 in cash for significant flight disruptions.
• What’s a Digital Passport and How Does It Work? Apple joined Google this week in allowing travelers to add their passports to their cellphone “wallets.” As the holiday travel season nears, here’s what you need to know.

Real Estate

• $1.3 Million Homes in Spain’s Basque Country. Buyers can find a classic apartment in Vitoria-Gasteiz, a San Sebastián unit in a belle epoque building, and a contemporary house on the city outskirts.
• Bishop Arts District, an Eclectic Dallas Enclave. Ten minutes from downtown Dallas, this walkable, picture-postcard neighborhood is in the midst of a development boom.
• New York Lacked an Affordable Housing Portal. So These Teenagers Made One. Two “children of the pandemic” did something the grown-ups who run the city have never managed to do.

Health

• F.D.A. Sharply Limits Use of Drug Linked to Two Teen Deaths. A gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy caused complications to the liver, prompting a review of its use for younger patients.
• Judge to Approve Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy, Releasing Billions for Opioid Plaintiffs. Under the plan, the company will dissolve and its owners, members of the Sackler family, will pay as much as $7 billion of their personal fortune to states, localities, tribes and others harmed in the opioid crisis.
• Kennedy Walks a Tightrope on Trump Deal for Obesity Drugs. The weight loss medicines are proving to be a test case for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, in straddling divisions between his supporters and the president.

Well

• The Best Foods and Drinks for Constipation. It’s go time.

Corrections

• Corrections: Nov. 15, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: E. Lockhart Returns To Familiar Ground. Quotation of the Day for Saturday, November 15, 2025.

The Learning Network

• Photo Essay Inspiration: How to Take Engaging Pictures of Your Hometown. If you’re thinking about entering our Local Lens teen photo essay contest, here’s what we’re looking for, and a few simple steps for how to do it yourself.
• Local Lens: A Photo Essay Contest for Exploring the Place Where You Live. Take six to eight photos that spotlight something interesting about your hometown — a group of people, an event, a place or a visual theme. Enter from Dec. 3, 2025, to Jan. 14, 2026.
• Could You Spend Three Hours Looking at Just One Work of Art? That’s an assignment a Harvard professor gives her students. Would you try it? If so, what artwork would you choose?
• Artificially Generated Slop. What do you think this image is communicating?
• Word of the Day: exalt. This word has appeared in 14 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

Gameplay

• Twist Targets, Informally. Kyle Dolan goes for the gold with a challenging Saturday puzzle.
• Connections Companion No. 888. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 622. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1610. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025.
• Spelling Bee Forum. Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.

Weather

• The Heaviest Rain Is Yet to Come for Southern Californians Facing a Very Wet Storm. An unusually powerful storm has prompted some evacuation orders before heavy rain on Saturday.

En español

• Grammy Latinos: 8 momentos clave del espectáculo. La ceremonia de entrega de los premios dejó ver el redescubrimiento de las raíces propias y el camino a seguir. Bad Bunny, Karol G y Liniker obtuvieron grandes victorias.
• ¿Por qué Ghislaine Maxwell recibe tan buen trato en la cárcel? Quizá haya una explicación inocente para todos los privilegios que se le conceden, pero no se me ocurre ninguna.
• ¿Trump se está olvidando de ‘Estados Unidos primero’? El presidente Trump ha estado cenando con multimillonarios y se ha interesado mucho por las crisis en el mundo, lo que ha generado la percepción de que se está alejando de sus posturas más populistas.
• Los republicanos intentaron parar el escándalo Epstein. Pero lo avivaron. Una investigación de la Cámara de Representantes que el Partido Republicano ha intentado utilizar a favor del gobierno ha arrojado revelaciones que solo han avivado el escándalo sobre Epstein.
• De libros y hombres. Mi colega, el crítico literario Dwight Garner, nos habla de “Flesh”, la novela de David Szalay galardonada con el Premio Booker de este año.
• Ciudad de México ama la comida callejera. Sus alcantarillas sufren. La peor temporada de lluvias en décadas provocó inundaciones en gran parte de la ciudad. La grasa de sus numerosas taquerías, restaurantes y tianguis fue uno de los principales culpables.
• China parece fuerte, pero la vida en el país cuenta otra historia. La desesperación ante la disminución de las perspectivas económicas y personales ha creado una nación exteriormente fuerte, interiormente frágil.
• Palabra del día: ‘exalt’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en 14 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• Guía de ciclismo en interiores para principiantes. Cuando hace demasiado frío para salir a la calle, puedes hacer un buen ejercicio cardiovascular en una bicicleta estática. Pero tienes que hacerlo correctamente.
• Una mezquita arde en Cisjordania en medio del auge de la violencia de colonos. Tras el ataque de 2023 contra Israel, la escalada de agresiones de colonos y las operaciones israelíes han desestabilizado la región y forzado el desplazamiento masivo de palestinos.