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• Voters Favor Deporting Those in U.S. Illegally, but Say Trump Has Gone Too Far. A Times/Siena survey shows that a majority of voters believe the Trump administration is deporting mostly the right people, even as a majority also say the process has been unfair.
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• Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told. The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative says it would be “dishonorable” to remain silent in the face of President Trump’s efforts.
• How a City Awash in Garbage Is Trying to Take Out the Trash. Many residents say that illegal dumping has inundated Oakland, Calif., a city with more garbage than almost anywhere else.
• 84-Year-Old Climber Dies in Fall at Wisconsin State Park. The man fell about 25 feet and died from his injuries before rescuers could treat him, officials said.
• Who Is the Judge Hearing Arguments Over the Guard’s Deployment in Illinois? Judge April M. Perry is a Biden appointee who has been a federal judge for less than a year.
• New Race-Day Worry for the Chicago Marathon: Immigration Enforcement. Tensions over the federal intervention in the city have many runners worried about what to expect during the race, which passes through immigrant neighborhoods and draws many participants from abroad.
• Deputy Sheriff Is Killed by Suspect at Louisiana Courthouse. Another deputy was wounded, and the suspect was dead, the authorities said.
• In a Private Park in North Carolina, Confederate Statues Are Rising Again. A state law limits what can happen to a Confederate statue after it is removed. Valor Memorial, a private park, has become a destination for some.
• 3 Injured in Sacramento Highway Helicopter Crash. A medical helicopter crashed on a highway in Sacramento, critically injuring all three people on board, officials said.
• A Debate Over ‘Conversion Therapy,’ Once Widely Condemned, Is Back. As more young people identify as transgender, a fight has re-emerged over therapy that questions their gender identities.
• Medical Helicopter Crashes on Highway in Sacramento. About 15 bystanders helped to lift the aircraft off a critically injured woman after it crashed in California’s capital on Monday evening, officials said.
• Federal agents accuse a Chicago man of offering money to kill a Border Patrol official.
• After pushback from courts on troops, Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act. The president said he would invoke emergency powers to deploy the National Guard if “people were being killed, and courts were holding us up.”
• After pushback from courts on troops, Trump says Insurrection Act is an option if conditions warranted. The president said he would invoke emergency powers to deploy the National Guard if “people were being killed, and courts were holding us up.”
• Dogs Killed 2-Year-Old at Day Care Center While Owner Slept, Police Say. The owner of the unlicensed facility in Valdosta, Ga., was charged with second-degree murder, the authorities said.
• Chicago and Portland had low rates of immigration arrests before federal operations ramped up.
• Neighbors Warn Neighbors as Fear of ICE Ripples Across Chicago. Parents are standing guard at schools. Some restaurants have stopped delivering food or simply closed. “Every single person who looks brown is scared,” a lawyer said.
• Man Breaks Into Washington State Capitol, Toppling Statues and Setting Fire. The vandalism did not appear to have been politically motivated, according to the Washington State Patrol, which said that a suspect was in custody.
• A Harvard Professor Is Placed on Leave After Firing a Pellet Gun. The episode initially raised concerns because it happened near a synagogue, but the police say it was unrelated to antisemitism.
• Trump says Portland is ‘burning.’ Here’s the reality.
• A judge’s order blocked Trump from sending troops to Portland. It doesn’t apply to Chicago.
• What Is the National Guard? The state-based military force is made up mainly of part-time soldiers and organized by state. It can be activated by the state governor or by the president.
• Worried, Frazzled, Indifferent: Processing the Shutdown in a Divided America. As the government shutdown entered its first full week, emotions across the country ranged from uneasy to unconcerned.
• Harvard Students Skip Class and Still Get High Grades, Faculty Say. Many students don’t do the reading and don’t speak up in class, according to a report. Now, professors are trying to change a campus culture they say hurts achievement and stifles speech.
• As Latter-Day Saints Convene, ‘Our Hearts Are Mourning Loss’ Dallin H. Oaks, 93, the next president of the global body, addressed the conference a week after an attack on a church in Michigan.
• ICE Protests Continue as Trump Pushes to Deploy National Guard. The Trump administration pushed to deploy National Guard troops in Democrat-led cities as protesters gathered outside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Ore.
• Skydiving Instructor Dies After Being Separated From Student, Officials Say. The student, who had minor injuries, was rescued after being lodged in a tree in Nashville. The instructor was “presumed to have fallen from the sky without a parachute,” the police said.
• Deputy Charged With Murder Knelt on Inmate’s Back, Affidavit Says. A recently released affidavit relates new details about the July death in a Kansas jail of a man with medical problems who was handcuffed and face down on a bunk.
• The Superintendent’s Bio Seemed Too Good to Be True. It Was. Ian Roberts rose through the ranks of American education with talent, charm and a riveting back story. He was also hiding a shocking secret.
• Trump Sends California Guard Troops to Portland, Ore., Newsom Says. The move follows a judge’s order on Saturday blocked the Oregon National Guard from deploying there. California’s governor said the state would sue.
• Bear Fatally Mauls Camper in the Ozarks in Arkansas. The authorities, joined by local hunters and their dogs, are searching for the bear after a 60-year-old man was found dead.
• Not All National Parks Remain Open in the Shutdown. Here’s What to Know. Some underground attractions are closed, and many outdoor sites have reduced their services.
• A Chilling New Tactic in Nicaragua: Arrest, Then Silence. Nicaragua’s authoritarian government has begun holding dissidents without revealing their whereabouts or acknowledging their detention. Two have turned up dead.
• Federal Agent in Chicago Shot Motorist in Confrontation, Officials Say. The wounded individual had non-life-threatening injuries, according to federal authorities. The clash touched off more protests in the city over immigration enforcement.
• Mark Sanchez, Ex-N.F.L. Quarterback, Is Injured in Stabbing in Indianapolis. The police and Fox Sports, the network where Mr. Sanchez works as a commentator, said he was in stable condition.
• 2 Children Are Dead and 2 Are in Critical Condition in Texas Shooting. A 13-year-old and 4-year-old were killed, officials said. A 9-year-old and 8-year-old were airlifted for medical care and were in critical condition.
• Man Taken Into Custody After Driving Onto Sidewalk Outside Los Angeles City Hall. In a two-hour standoff, Los Angeles police officers sought to make contact with the driver, who appeared to be suffering a mental health crisis.
• The Tech Jester Who Pranks San Francisco. Riley Walz, 23, has gained fame for his online antics. His latest stunt has upset city officials.
• A Freeze on Medicaid Payments Is Forcing Cuts to Rural Health Care. The Trump administration has cut off funding for certain providers around the country whose offerings include abortion. Patients in Maine are among those who will feel the fallout.
• Man Drives Car Onto Sidewalk Outside L.A. City Hall, Barricading Himself Inside. A man in a vehicle displaying a handwritten sign referring to President Trump refused to exit his car as the authorities shut down surrounding streets. The man was taken into custody.
• Journalist Mario Guevara Is Deported After Being Held for Over 100 Days. The Salvadoran journalist was arrested in June while covering a “No Kings” protest outside Atlanta. Those charges were dropped, his lawyers said.
• Judge Says Trump Wrongly Removed Puerto Rico Oversight Board Members. A federal judge found that the president failed to comply with a law Congress passed in 2016 to restructure the debt of the bankrupt government.
• The Star of These American Air Shows Will Be … Canada? The government shutdown has prevented a U.S. Air Force group and possibly a Navy squadron from attending signature air shows in California. Instead, a Canadian team is set to be the headliner.
• Arizona Man Is Arrested in Murders of 2 Teens Camping at National Forest. The man had also been at Tonto National Forest in Arizona around the time that the bodies were found in May, the authorities said.
• The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Deal for Universities. The conservative ideas behind the Trump administration’s “compact” for universities were developed in part by Marc Rowan, a wealthy financier who has sought to shape higher education.
• North Carolina Governor Signs Crime Bill Passed After Stabbing. The bill, approved last month by the Republican-dominated legislature in the wake of the brutal killing of a Ukrainian refugee, will tighten bail rules and may restart executions.
• Statue of Trump and Epstein Returns to National Mall. A statue depicting President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein was reinstalled near the Capitol after it was briefly removed by the National Park Service last week.
• Statue of Trump and Epstein Holding Hands Returns to National Mall. The statue, titled “Best Friends Forever,” was reinstalled after it was removed last week. An anonymous group of artists has taken credit for the work.
• 7 Americans Tell Us Whom They Blame for the Shutdown. In the first few days of the government shutdown, many voters expressed frustration over the inability of Republicans and Democrats to compromise.
• Body Camera Video Shows Police Confronting Michigan Church Gunman. In the newly released video, two officers can be seen outside of the Latter-day Saints church, along with a bystander holding a handgun. The shooter died in an exchange of gunfire.
• White House Suspends $2.1 Billion in Funding for Chicago Transit Projects. The move, condemned by Illinois officials, appeared to be part of the Trump administration’s aim of using the government shutdown as leverage.
• Over $1 Million Worth of Treasure Is Recovered From 1715 Spanish Shipwreck. Treasure hunters found roughly 1,000 silver and gold coins off the east coast of Florida this summer. Many have visible dates and mint marks.
• Treasure Hunters Discover Coins Lost in a 1715 Shipwreck. More than 1,000 gold and silver coins, worth more than $1 million, were recovered from the site of a 1715 Spanish shipwreck off the southeast coast of Florida.
• As Political Violence Rises, Justice Kavanaugh’s Would-Be Assassin to Be Sentenced. Prosecutors have asked a judge for at least 30 years in prison for Sophie Roske, who traveled from California to Maryland intending to kill Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
• Duke Was Paring Back Diversity Programs. Trump Targeted It Anyway. Duke University kept a low profile. But it is the alma mater of Stephen Miller, a top Trump official who often criticized the school while he was a student.
• Explosion Causes Large Fire at Chevron Refinery. An explosion at a Chevron refinery in El Segundo, Calif., produced a giant fireball that lit up the sky on Thursday night. Nearby residents were urged to stay inside as crews battled multiple blazes at the facility.
• Trump Offers Universities a Deal: Follow Demands, Get Special Treatment. The Trump administration gave nine universities a set of terms to follow for better access to federal funds. At least one said it wanted to sign up, but some students wanted college officials to say no.
• Climber Dies in Fall After Scaling Yosemite’s El Capitan. The death of Balin Miller, 23, shocked his family and onlookers who were watching his ascent of the famed rock face.
• Large Fire Burns at Chevron Refinery in El Segundo. It was not immediately clear what caused the blast. But the blaze, near Los Angeles, could be seen from miles away.
• Trump Offered Universities an Invitation for a Deal. Some See a Trap. Trump officials want universities to sign on to conservative priorities to get special treatment. Some in higher education say agreeing would end academic freedom.
• Behind the U.S. Deportation Flight to Iran. The deportation flight to Iran signals the Trump administration’s determination to remove migrants, even to places with harsh human rights conditions. Hamed Aleaziz, a reporter covering immigration for The New York Times, explains what we know about the effort.
• Veterans See Costs and Risks in Hegseth’s Military Rewind to 1990. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has identified real problems, veteran officers say, but by looking back 35 years for policy cues, he risks hurting, not helping, military readiness.
• Des Moines Schools Superintendent Arrested by ICE Faces New Gun Charge. Ian Roberts, who resigned from the post after his arrest last week, was charged with possessing firearms while in the country without legal authorization.
• Two Planes Collide at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. A plane that was preparing to take off at LaGuardia Airport struck a plane that had landed on Wednesday evening, according to authorities. One person was injured, officials said.
• Heading to L.A. for the Olympics? If You’re Into These Sports, You’re in the Wrong State. Much of the Summer Games in 2028 will take place in Southern California. But two events, softball and canoe slalom, will be held in Oklahoma.
• Why One Man Raised $200,000 for the Man Who Attacked His Church. A member of the Latter-day Saints church was worried about the road to recovery that the family of the Michigan gunman faced. So he started a donation page for them.
• Ophelia Disappeared: A Wall Street Analyst and a Deadly Shootout. The group was passionately vegan, mostly transgender and highly educated. Seven of them are now in jail. This is the story of one who did not survive.
• Federal Agency Faults Philadelphia Transit Agency Over Train Fires. The National Transportation Safety Board said hundreds of aging rail cars should be taken out of service until they can be replaced or retrofitted.
• Drones, Helicopters, Hundreds of Arrests: Trump’s Immigration Crackdown in Chicago So Far. The administration announced a federal operation in the Chicago area more than three weeks ago. Agents have appeared along downtown streets, and National Guard troops are expected.
• When a Driverless Car Makes an Illegal U-Turn, Who Gets the Ticket? California approved a law last year allowing the police to cite autonomous vehicles, but it did not specify any penalties, and the law doesn’t take effect until 2026.
• How Much Smaller Is the Federal Work Force? Shutdown Plans Offer a Clue. The number of federal employees has been trimmed by thousands since President Trump took office, according to contingency plans drawn up by federal agencies.
• How Government Shutdowns Got More Severe and Further Reaching. Shutdowns started having significant effects after an attorney general in the 1980s argued that it was illegal for the government to spend money without congressional appropriations.

Elections

• Trump’s attacks on Comey may undermine the case against him.
• What are the charges against Comey?
• Here’s the latest.
• Tennessee Seventh Congressional District Election Results. Get live results and maps from the 2025 Tennessee special primary election.

Politics

• Comey to Appear in Court in Case That Has Roiled Justice Dept. The case against James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, was deemed too thin by a previous federal prosecutor, who quit under pressure from President Trump.
• Supreme Court to Consider Illinois Mail-In Balloting Lawsuit. The case, one of several challenges to mail-in ballot rules lodged by allies of President Trump, involves an effort to exclude votes received after Election Day.
• Trump’s H-1B Visa Fee Could Strain Universities and Schools. Higher education leaders and public-school superintendents say they depend on skilled foreign workers to fill critical roles.
• Air Traffic Staffing Shortages Disrupt Travel for Second Straight Day. The national air space has long been reeling from a staffing crisis among air traffic controllers, as the F.A.A. grapples with a shortage of about 3,000 controllers.
• Trump Appoints New Head of Immigration Courts. Col. Daren K. Margolin, who retired from the Marine Corps, was fired from a command position as head of security at Marine Base Quantico in 2013 for negligently firing a gun into the floor of his office.
• Carney and Trump: A Collision Avoided, Save for a Nasty Comment or Two. The Canadian prime minister came to Washington determined to take the heat out of the relationship. He mostly succeeded, at least for now.
• 3 Key Takeaways From the Bondi Hearing. The session before a Senate panel featured more fireworks than facts as Democrats and the attorney general repeatedly clashed.
• Senate Confirms ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist to Lead NOAA. Neil Jacobs was found to have violated NOAA’s code of ethics after an investigation into an incident that centered on an altered hurricane forecast map in 2019.
• Health Care Politics Bolster Democrats in Shutdown Fight. Even President Trump has conceded that he and his party could face political pain from rising premiums, stiffening Democrats’ spines as they demand a subsidy extension.
• Chinese Hackers Said to Target U.S. Law Firms. Williams & Connolly, one of the nation’s most prominent law firms, told clients that its computer systems had been infiltrated and that hackers may have gained access to some client emails.
• How Trump Is Using the Justice Department to Target His Enemies. President Trump has long spoken of seeking vengeance against his political enemies. Here’s a list of whom he is targeting.
• Mass Layoffs Trump Is Threatening in Shutdown Fight May Be Illegal. Unions have sued to block any firings, which budget experts believe are not even needed to protect essential federal services.
• Hunter Biden Pursued a Deal to Sell Land Around the U.S. Embassy in Romania. The proposed transaction, stemming from relationships that started while his father was vice president and involving a Chinese partner, underscores the extent of Mr. Biden’s questionable business dealings abroad.
• What Does the National Guard Do? Why Are Its Troops in U.S. Cities? The Guard has been federally mobilized around the country at least 10 times since World War II, with presidents using it to respond to civil unrest.
• What’s Behind the Dispute Over Extending Health Care Subsidies. The government shutdown fight has spotlighted a debate between Republicans and Democrats about whether and how much the government should subsidize health care.
• Pressed on Justice Dept. Politicization, Bondi Goes on Attack. At a Senate committee hearing, the attorney general avoided answering pointed queries by repeatedly laying into her questioners and casting her responses as a defense of the Trump administration.
• Republican Senators Denounce Jack Smith Over Jan. 6 Scrutiny of Phone Records. At a hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi, Republican senators seized on the collection of their phone records by the F.B.I. as proof of politicization by the Biden administration.
• Federal Workers Express Uncertainty During Government Shutdown. After hundreds of thousands of federal workers were furloughed during the government shutdown, some took to social media to document their lives and show how they are coping. Without knowing how long the shutdown will last, some workers are concerned about how they will sustain themselves in the meantime.
• What is the Alliance Defending Freedom? The conservative Christian law firm and advocacy group has been involved in a number of recent cases, including challenges to abortion access and gay and transgender rights.
• More Than 20 States Have Banned Conversion Therapy for L.G.B.T.Q. Minors. The Supreme Court’s decision in a case challenging Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors would have implications for many states with similar laws.
• White House Signals It May Try to Deny Back Pay to Furloughed Federal Workers. Union leaders and Democratic lawmakers say the move would run afoul of a law adopted under President Trump’s first term.
• The Lawyer Who Secured Sweeping Presidential Power Now Helps Trump Deploy It. As the administration’s top advocate before the justices, D. John Sauer has notched several recent Supreme Court victories.
• What Is Strict Scrutiny, and Why Does It Matter? It is the most demanding form of judicial review. If it applies, Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy is probably doomed.
• A Key Precedent Overturned Limits on Professionals’ Speech. The ruling, usually referred to as NIFLA, arose from a First Amendment challenge to California law regulating “crisis pregnancy centers.”
• The Supreme Court upheld a ban on transgender care for minors during the last term.
• The federal government may be shut down, but the Supreme Court is open.
• Who is the therapist behind the lawsuit challenging Colorado’s conversion therapy law?
• What Is Conversion Therapy? A History of the Practice. The practice surged in the 1980s and 1990s, before medical groups began warning it was harmful.
• Supreme Court Hears Free Speech Challenge to Ban on Conversion Therapy. The court’s ruling in the Colorado case will have implications for more than 20 other states with similar laws.
• Trump to Unveil Farmer Aid as China Shuns U.S. Crops. As it did in 2018, the White House plans to dole out relief funds to struggling U.S. farmers who have lost their biggest customer.
• In 2020, Trump Intervened in Portland’s Protests. They Got Even Worse. Here are five lessons for cities in the president’s sights, like Chicago and Memphis, drawn from the one city targeted by Mr. Trump in his first term, Portland, Ore.
• As Blue Jays Advance, America’s Pastime Is in Canada’s Cross Hairs. Political tensions remain high between the United States and Canada, making this a striking moment for the Toronto Blue Jays to be dominating the New York Yankees in October.
• In Tennessee Special Election, a Crowded Field for an Open Congressional Seat. More than a dozen candidates are vying to represent the state’s Seventh Congressional District, which includes part of Nashville but was redrawn to favor Republicans.
• Staff Shortages Lead to Delayed Flights Amid Government Shutdown. Airports across the country experienced ground delays because of a shortage of air traffic staff during the government shutdown. Transportation officials said that there was a slight up-tick in controllers calling in sick.
• Trump Considers Invoking Insurrection Act. On Monday, the president said that he was considering invoking the Insurrection Act to send National Guard troops to American cities. The act would grant him emergency powers to deploy troops and bypass court rulings.
• Flight Delays Begin as Air Traffic Staffing Shortages Worsen. The delays came just hours after the transportation secretary warned that flying could be disrupted by the government shutdown.
• Trump Raises the Possibility of a Shutdown Deal, Then Walks It Back. President Trump said he was open to making “the right deal” on health care with Democrats. Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, denied any talks were underway.
• How Will Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Show Shape U.S. Politics? President Trump made major inroads with Latino voters last year. Whether they stick with Republicans in the midterms is a crucial question.
• Trump Calls Off Diplomatic Outreach to Venezuela. The move paves the way for a possible military escalation against drug traffickers or the government of Nicolás Maduro.
• Supreme Court, for Now, Rejects Google Bid to Block Changes to App Store. The emergency order is the latest turn in a longstanding legal dispute between the tech giant and the creator of the popular game Fortnite.
• Treasury Defends Lawfulness of Minting a $1 Trump Coin. The Treasury Department said that a 2020 collectible coinage law allows a living person to appear on U.S. currency.
• Trump, Drug Cartels, Venezuela and War: What We Know. The Trump administration is ratcheting up pressure on Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president, while attacking boats in the Caribbean Sea.
• Shutdown Politics Has G.O.P. Singing Government’s Praises. As Republicans try to pin blame for shutdown damage on Democrats, they are hailing a federal bureaucracy they normally bash as wasteful and overreaching.
• C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself. It is not clear what is behind the move by Michael Ellis, a Trump loyalist. A legal ethics specialist said it could raise conflict-of-interest issues.
• Commercial Aviation May Soon Feel Shutdown’s Impact, Official Warns. The Essential Air Service, which subsidizes flights to small airports, will run out of money on Sunday, and air traffic controllers who have been working without pay have begun calling in sick.
• Judge Poised to Free Abrego Garcia if Officials Can’t Supply Deportation Plans. The judge expressed exasperation at government lawyers’ failure to answer “basic questions” or produce evidence during what she called a “topsy-turvy, inside-out day.”
• Trump Gave a Partisan Speech to Navy Sailors, to Mixed Reactions. President Trump’s attempts to politicize the military have become more overt as he makes the case for having troops at his disposal in American cities.
• Trump Aimed Shutdown Cuts at Democrats, but G.O.P. Districts Are Hit, Too. As the president cancels projects in Democratic-run states, he is cutting money that benefits his own party’s lawmakers in some of the most competitive House districts.
• Wesley Hunt Enters Texas G.O.P. Senate Race, Complicating Path for Cornyn. Mr. Hunt, a U.S. House member, and Senator John Cornyn will be competing for voters who dislike the state’s attorney general, Ken Paxton, who has led in many polls.
• In 2019, Trump Made Her a Judge. In 2025, She Blocked His Troop Deployment. Judge Karin Immergut worked on Ken Starr’s investigation of Bill Clinton. Now she’s ruled against Trump’s attempt to send troops to Portland.
• Elected but Not Seated, Grijalva Waits to Sign Epstein Petition. The Democratic representative-elect won her Arizona seat overwhelmingly. But so far, the Republican speaker will not swear her in.
• Fire Consumes the Home of a South Carolina State Judge. Three people, who had to be rescued by kayak, were injured. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
• Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Ghislaine Maxwell. The onetime employee and friend of Jeffrey Epstein argued that a secret agreement between prosecutors and the multimillionaire financier invalidated her conviction.
• Supreme Court Returns to Face Trump Tests of Presidential Power. As the justices return to the bench Monday, the court will confront a series of cases central to the president’s agenda.
• Trump Calls Deadly Strikes on Boats in Caribbean an ‘Act of Kindness’ The president, speaking aboard an aircraft carrier off Norfolk, Va., repeated his claims that the boats were trafficking drugs bound for the United States.
• Trump Renews Layoff Threats as Shutdown Accusations Continue to Fly. Senator Chuck Schumer and Speaker Mike Johnson each accused the other of not being “serious” about talks to end the shutdown as the government was closed for a fifth day.
• 2 Motorists Charged in Chicago, Including One Shot by Federal Agent. The account in the federal criminal complaint, which differs significantly from an earlier homeland security statement, says the motorists rammed officers’ vehicle and that an agent shot one when she drove her car at him.
• Pritzker Says Federal Agents Are Trying to Make Chicago a ‘War Zone’ Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois said he had ordered state agencies to investigate a raid on a Chicago apartment building where there had been reports of “nearly naked” children zip-tied by federal officers.
• Both Parties Are Resigned to Deadlock as Shutdown Takes Hold. Republicans, who hold a governing trifecta, have adopted a mostly passive stance while Democrats dig in for a fight, with both feeling they have the political upper hand.
• White House to send delegation to Egypt for Gaza cease-fire talks.
• Texas L.G.B.T.Q. Teenagers and Families Navigate a Public School Clampdown. Under a new state law, public schools can no longer sponsor gay and gender clubs or “assist” with transitioning, but implementation appears to be varying by the politics of the districts.
• How Trump’s National Guard Deployments Break With Military Tradition. By sending troops to U.S. cities that are not in active crisis, President Trump is breaking with military tradition. Helene Cooper, who covers national security issues for The New York Times, compares his recent actions with earlier domestic military deployments.
• Can Conversion Therapy Be Banned? Colorado Faces Speech Test at the Supreme Court. Colorado and more than 20 other states restrict therapists from trying to change the gender identity or sexual orientation of clients under age 18.
• Push for Military Coverage of I.V.F. Faces Challenge in Congress. A proposal to expand the Defense Department’s health care plan to include in vitro fertilization is moving through Congress but could die behind closed doors, again.
• Judge Blocks Trump’s Deployment of National Guard in Portland, Ore. A federal judge appointed by President Trump issued a temporary restraining order, siding for now with Oregon and Portland lawyers who called federalizing the guard a presidential overreach.
• Federal Agents Fire Pepper Balls to Disperse Crowds Protesting in Chicago. Dozens of people gathered on Chicago’s Southwest Side on Saturday afternoon to protest federal immigration activity, which has escalated sharply in the city in recent days.
• Who Still Has Temporary Protected Status? Conflicting court rulings have plunged hundreds of thousands of people with temporary protection from deportation into uncertainty.
• Trump’s Approach on Gaza: Deal First, Details Later. “We’ll see how it all turns out,” President Trump said after Hamas agreed to portions of his cease-fire plan, with conditions.
• Trump Seizes On Shutdown to Punish Political Foes. The White House has cut or paused billions in funding to Democratic-run cities and states since the federal government came to a halt.
• Partisan Shutdown Messages Could Hurt Civil Service, Experts Warn. Messages on official government channels blaming Democrats for the shutdown are one of the most significant hits yet to the longstanding wall between federal workers and politics, historians said.
• This Program Rescued Army Recruiting. The defense secretary cites a ‘Trump bump.’ But the Army’s recruiting surge wouldn’t have been possible without the program started three years ago at Fort Jackson.
• What Happens When Socialists Are in Charge? Portland Offers a Glimpse. A West Coast version of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign is playing out in Portland. But the socialist city councilors, who say the city has been “run by the rich” for too long, are facing significant opposition.
• Stonewall National Museum, Facing Deep Cuts, May Need a New Home. The Fort Lauderdale museum, one of the country’s oldest L.G.B.T.Q. institutions, is looking to its rich archives for lessons in how to survive a crisis. Here’s a look inside its collection.
• Trump Administration Is Said to Plan to Cut Refugee Admissions to a Record Low. Many of the slots would go to white South Africans and others facing “unjust discrimination,” according to people familiar with the matter and documents obtained by The New York Times.
• Marjorie Taylor Greene Criticizes Senate Republicans for Government Shutdown. In a social media post, the far-right Georgia congresswoman called on Senate Republicans to eliminate the filibuster, lowering the threshold on future legislation to a simple majority.
• Federal Workers’ Union Sues Administration Over Partisan Email Language. Department of Education employees this week found that their out-of-office emails during the government shutdown had been edited to include partisan language.
• Trump Responds After Hamas Agrees to Release Hostages. In a short video statement posted on Truth Social, President Trump thanked several Arab and Muslim nations and expressed hope that the hostages would return home soon.
• Reaching for a Connection to Taylor Swift. A Democrat in a crowded House primary in Colorado is far from the only politician grasping for Taylor Swift-related straws.
• The White House Can’t Decide: Is the Shutdown Bad or Good? Is it “fun” and an “unprecedented opportunity,” or is it “madness” that must end? Depends who’s talking.
• Judge Finds ‘Likelihood’ That Charges Against Abrego Garcia Are Vindictive. The ruling was an astonishing rebuke of both the Justice Department and some of its top officials, including Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general.
• Billionaire Trump Ally Emerges as Key Broker in Harvard Fight. Stephen A. Schwarzman, the leader of the Blackstone Group, one of the world’s largest investment firms, has taken a direct role in Harvard’s negotiations with the White House.
• Supreme Court Lets Trump Revoke Deportation Protections for Venezuelans. The Trump administration has tried to end deportation protections for more than 300,000 Venezuelan immigrants.
• Nutrition Program for Mothers and Infants May Run Out of Money Within Weeks. Nearly 41 percent of U.S.-born infants participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, which may not have enough funding for an extended government shutdown.
• Journalists at 3 Newspapers Quit Over Edits to a Charlie Kirk Story. The publications in Alaska lost significant staffing after the owners made changes to an article that had drawn criticism from a Republican state lawmaker.
• How Trump Used Fury Over Israel’s Qatar Attack to Push Netanyahu on Gaza. Hamas has agreed to some elements of the proposal by President Trump to end the war in Gaza, but it’s not clear if its conditions would satisfy the White House or Israel.
• Senators Again Block Plans to Reopen Government as Shutdown Drags On. The federal shutdown was set to stretch through the weekend after Republicans and Democrats failed to win test votes on their competing plans to extend federal funding.
• Groups File Suit Over Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee. The suit argues that the new fee would harm schools, hospitals, churches and small businesses across the country.
• Fired Prosecutor Assails Justice Dept.’s Pursuit of Trump’s Enemies. The dismissal showed the extent of the fallout from the charges against James B. Comey, damaging a crucial unit to the U.S. attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Virginia.
• Speaker Johnson Says Trump Is ‘Trolling’ Democrats With Cuts. Speaker Mike Johnson said the shutdown shifted authority to the president to determine what parts of the government are essential and also downplayed the president’s previous statements about using that authority to hurt his political opponents.
• U.S. Military Attacked Boat Off Venezuela, Killing Four Men, Hegseth Says. It was the fourth strike in the Trump administration’s legally disputed campaign targeting suspected drug runners in the Caribbean Sea.
• Mamdani Condemns Trump’s $18 Billion Funding Freeze for New York-Area Projects. The Democratic front-runner for mayor of New York said that “these are the actions of one who is cruel to this city.”
• Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Hawaii Law Limiting Guns on Private Property. The Second Amendment case involves a Hawaii law that generally prohibits firearms on private property that is accessible to the public.
• Trump Sets Sunday Deadline for Hamas to Agree to Cease-fire Plan With Israel. President Trump said Hamas would be “extinguished” if it did not agree to a cease-fire proposed by the United States.
• Apple Takes Down ICE Tracking Apps Amid Trump Pressure Campaign. Trump administration officials have issued several legal threats over ICEBlock, a popular app that allows users to alert others to the presence of nearby immigration agents.
• Deepfakes, Insults and Job Cuts: A Government Shutdown Like No Other. Shutdowns are always unpleasant affairs. But President Trump has used his power in aggressive and strikingly personal ways.
• What Women Heard in Hegseth’s Remarks About Physical Standards. The defense secretary raised the issue suggesting women were getting into combat not because they met high standards, but because they were given a pass.
• Trump Name-Checks Project 2025 as He Threatens to Dismantle Agencies. President Trump, who once insisted he had “nothing to do with Project 2025,” has implemented many of the proposals from the right-wing policy document.
• Partisan Language Inserted Into Education Dept. Workers’ Automated Emails. The out-of-office responses from the accounts of employees on furlough cast blame for the shutdown on Democrats.
• ‘Bummed’ Visitors Are Turned Away From Closed Presidential Library. Several would-be visitors were turned away from the museum honoring former President Jimmy Carter in Atlanta, one of many presidential libraries affected by the shutdown.
• ICE Transfers 18 Migrants From Guantánamo, Emptying Detention Site. Fewer than 700 migrants have been held at the U.S. Navy base under a crackdown on illegal immigration, though the detention site was envisioned to hold tens of thousands in tent cities.
• Immigration Judge Rejects Abrego Garcia’s Efforts to Seek Asylum in U.S. The decision foreclosed one of the options that lawyers for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia had tried in an effort to keep him in the country.
• Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told. A notice calls the people the U.S. military recently killed on suspicion of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea “unlawful combatants.”
• Democrats Pull Away From AIPAC, Reflecting a Broader Shift. A quiet retreat by Democrats from the pre-eminent pro-Israel lobbying group is the latest evidence of a realignment underway in Congress on Israel.
• Here Are the Dueling Plans Behind the Shutdown Impasse. Republicans are proposing a straight extension of government spending, while Democrats are demanding the addition of over $1 trillion for health programs.
• Trump Calls Shutdown an ‘Unprecedented Opportunity,’ and Eyes Deep Cuts. The president plans to meet with the White House budget chief to slash what he described as “Democrat agencies.”
• Government Shutdown Disruptions Begin. The government shutdown has affected visits to some sites like Everglades National Park and the Liberty Bell and left some infrastructure projects in limbo.
• Most Voters Think America’s Divisions Cannot Be Overcome, Poll Says. A new Times/Siena survey shows a significant shift among voters, as their concerns about the health of the political system overtake other issues.
• Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference. Demands sent to nine top schools included pledging to freeze tuition for five years and to commit to strict definitions of gender.
• For Workers, Mixed Signals. For the Public, Limited Impact on Shutdown’s First Day. Federal agencies gave shifting and mixed guidance to their work forces about who should come to work and who shouldn’t, but the initial effect on services appeared scattered and limited.
• ‘Dangerous Cities,’ the Military, Trump and the Founding Fathers. The U.S. armed services have long sought to preserve the tradition of a nonpartisan military.
• White House Seeks to Blunt Democrats’ Shutdown Strategy on Health Care. President Trump has made lowering health care costs a key priority, even as Democrats warn that costs will skyrocket.
• The Be-Careful-What-You-Wish-For Shutdown. Unlike in shutdowns past, President Trump is the wild card.
• Republicans and Democrats in Deadlock Over Federal Funding. Dueling proposals to end the government shutdown failed in the Senate on Wednesday. There was no end in sight to the deadlock as neither party showed signs of bowing to the other’s government spending demands.
• White House Uses Shutdown to Maximize Pain and Punish Political Foes. The Trump administration forged ahead with plans to conduct mass layoffs, as the fiscal standoff appeared to intensify.
• Vance Laughs Off Deepfake Video of Hakeem Jeffries: ‘I Think It’s Funny’ President Trump posted the meme, which Representative Hakeem Jeffries called racist and bigoted. Vice President JD Vance said the president was “joking, and we’re having a good time.”
• Voice of America Stops All Broadcasting After Government Shuts Down. During past shutdowns, the federal news agency continued broadcasting to authoritarian countries, as it was considered essential to national security.
• How the Government Shutdown Is Slowing the Federal Courts. Justice Department lawyers are asking judges to pause their cases until funding resumes.
• These Democrats Voted With Republicans Against a Shutdown. Two Democratic senators and one independent who caucuses with them crossed party lines to support the G.O.P. plan to keep government funding flowing.
• Some Furloughed Federal Staff Use Automated Replies to Blame Senate Democrats. The inboxes of some employees of the Small Business Administration are returning automated email replies that deliver a partisan message on the shutdown.
• Why Pete Hegseth Summoned Top Military Leaders. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth faced a room of hundreds of generals and admirals whom he had summoned from across the globe, and made his case for shaking up a force that he said had gone soft and “woke.” Greg Jaffe, the Pentagon reporter for The New York Times, discusses Hegseth’s speech.
• E.P.A. Employees Still Working Despite Shutdown Plan Calling for Furloughs. E.P.A. employees said that they were working without pay, and that Trump administration officials had not told them how long the funding would last. Union officials said they were “highly confused.”
• How Washington Became a Testing Ground for ICE. A series of arrests captured on video reveal how immigration officers have worked with other law enforcement agencies to identify migrants during stops for minor infractions.
• Congress Remains Deadlocked as Shutdown Enters First Day. Dueling proposals to extend government funding both failed for the third time in two weeks, as neither party could muster the bipartisan coalition needed to move forward.
• Supreme Court Allows Lisa Cook to Remain at Fed, for Now. The justices deferred a decision on the president’s efforts to oust Ms. Cook and instead set oral arguments in the case for January.
• U.S. airports report few delays as the shutdown begins.
• After Kirk’s Death, Turning Point Vows to Go On. That May Be Easier Said Than Done. Despite a surge in new campus chapters, there is a void left by Charlie Kirk’s murder that has implications for the entire MAGA movement.

World

• Ask a Correspondent, With Our Chief White House Reporter. Peter Baker answers questions from readers about covering President Trump and the changing U.S. role in the world.
• Map: 6.6-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Papua New Guinea. View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
• President Trump and the Military. Today, we look at how Trump melds his politics with his role as head of the armed forces.
• Israel at War With Itself. On the second anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks, Roger Cohen explains how the war in Gaza has left Israel divided and isolated.
• Drones, Democracy and the War in Ukraine. Back from a trip to Ukraine, our international editor Philip Pan explains how this is a new kind of war.
• Donald Trump, the Sports Fan. Today, we take a look at the president’s sports fandom and what it reveals about his worldview.
• American Soldiers in American Cities. Our Pentagon reporter explains how President Trump has tapped into a fear that resonates in many places around the world.
• How Broken Politics Breaks Courts. We look at the difficult position of independent courts and judges at a time when countries around the world are deeply divided.

Africa

• Three Killed During Anti-Government Protests in Morocco. Demonstrators across Morocco, upset over heavy government spending on the 2030 World Cup rather than public services, clashed with the police during protests, resulting in the deaths of three people.
• What We Know About the Protests in Madagascar. A youth-led movement against the president of Madagascar is sustaining protests across the country. John Eligon, the Johannesburg bureau chief for The New York Times, explains what’s happened.
• 2 Killed in Antigovernment Protests in Morocco. Demonstrators, mostly younger people, vented anger against heavy spending on preparations for the 2030 soccer World Cup instead of on public services.
• Madagascar’s Youth Won’t Back Down, Demanding President’s Resignation. A growing protest movement on the African island, despite deadly clashes with security forces, vows to keep fighting until Andry Rajoelina is ousted.
• South African Politician, Target of Trump Attacks, Is Convicted of Gun Charge. The verdict against Julius Malema came a month after a separate court convicted him of hate speech. This year, President Trump played a video montage at the White House of Mr. Malema leading chants of “Kill the Boer,” a protest song.

Americas

• Meet ‘Porky,’ Lima’s Right-Wing Mayor Embracing the MAGA Movement. By embodying President Trump’s brash style, Rafael López Aliaga has become a leading candidate to be Peru’s next president.
• Thousands of Miles From the U.S., Charlie Kirk Becomes a Political Tool. The mayor of Lima, Peru, held a Charlie Kirk memorial — filled with attendees bused in from poor neighborhoods — as he sought help from the Trump administration.
• Can Sweet Songs Prevail Over Bloody Ones? Mexico Is Giving It a Try. On Sunday, three contestants were crowned winners of the inaugural, government-run “Mexico Sings” competition, meant to promote songs that aren’t about drug cartels or violence.
• Mexico’s Party of the Poor Faces Image Problems as Some Members Spend Big. Mexico’s dominant party, Morena, rose to power by championing the poor. Now it is having to explain the luxurious lifestyles of some of its most prominent members.
• ‘She Could Have Killed Me’: Scientist Survives Shark Bite to His Head. “My whole head was inside of her mouth,” Mauricio Hoyos, a marine scientist from Mexico, said from a hospital in Costa Rica.

Asia Pacific

• Myanmar Military Paraglider Bombs Buddhist Festival, Killing Dozens. The junta targeted a festival in the Sagaing region where people were also protesting army rule, according to witnesses and the civilian government in exile.
• Cheer Up, or Else: China Cracks Down on the Haters and Cynics. As China struggles with economic discontent, internet censors are silencing those who voice doubts about work, marriage, or simply sigh too loudly online.
• Pilots Demand Air India Ground Boeing 787s After Emergency System Used. Officials are investigating why the power source, used when electrical or hydraulic pressure fails, was deployed over the weekend. The same system was activated during a deadly crash in June.
• Hundreds of Hikers Stranded on Mount Everest by Snowstorm. The snowfall buried tents and reduced visibility. The local authorities said that they were in contact with the hikers and that rescue efforts were underway.
• Hikers Stranded on Mount Everest. The snow reduced visibility and left hundreds of hikers stuck on Mount Everest.
• Pakistan Fights Its Fiercest Taliban Insurgency in a Decade. Pakistan uprooted the Taliban with U.S. help in the 2010s. But the insurgency has resurfaced with assistance from the Afghan Taliban.
• Heavy Rains in Nepal Cause Deadly Floods and Landslides. Nepal’s interim leaders are dealing with flooding that has killed dozens and snarled transportation.
• Landslides Kill Dozens in Nepal During Political Transition. Deadly rainfall, which also hit neighboring India, added to the woes of interim leaders in Nepal who took over last month after nationwide protests.
• Typhoon Matmo Makes Landfall in Southern China. The tropical cyclone disrupted transportation, forced more than 151,000 evacuations and raised fears of flooding as it barreled toward Guangdong province.
• Trapped in the Homes They Thought Would Protect Them. Some victims of the Cebu earthquake in the Philippines lived in homes that were supposed to withstand natural disasters.
• Sanae Takaichi Is Likely to Be Japan’s Next Leader. Who Is She? Ms. Takaichi would be Japan’s first female prime minister in a country where women are drastically underrepresented at the highest levels of power.
• Japan Set for First Female Prime Minister. Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative, was elected as leader by Japan’s governing party, paving the way for her to become prime minister of the coalition government.
• It Begins With a Joke. Comics in the World’s Largest Democracy Know Where It Ends. The Indian comedian Kunal Kamra was forced offstage after a political joke led to a mob attack. Unlike Jimmy Kimmel, he is unlikely to return anytime soon.
• Indonesia School Collapse Leaves Families Gripped by Grief and Fury. Four days after the collapse, families of the school’s students in East Java were in shock, demanding answers as the search for bodies churned on.
• What to Know About Japan’s Leadership Election. Japan’s beleaguered governing party will convene for a crucial election that could pave the way for the first female prime minister or the youngest leader in 140 years.
• Is South Korea’s ‘Buddhistcore’ Aesthetic a Fad or a Spiritual Awakening? Young South Koreans are buying Buddhist merch. Monks and experts hope the buzz will translate into deeper engagement.
• Texas Megachurch Pastor Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Abuse. Robert Morris, the founder of Gateway Church, which has one of the nation’s largest congregations, admitted to sexually abusing a child in the 1980s.
• Rescuers Stop Search for Survivors in Indonesia School Collapse. Rescuers said that they detected no more signs of life from under the rubble and would now focus on recovering bodies, three days after a school collapsed in Indonesia.
• As Unrest in Pakistani Kashmir Turns Deadly, Prime Minister Urges Calm. Days of protest in the regional capital, set off by a convergence of rival marches, are fueled by familiar complaints like high prices and demands for electoral reform.
• Philippines President Says Tents Needed to Shelter Quake Survivors. Officials were optimistic on Thursday that most of the missing had been accounted for. But severe damage to the area means many people lack shelter, water and electricity.
• No More Signs of Life From Rubble of Collapsed School in Indonesia. Rescuers saved five more students from under the building on Thursday but said they would end the search three days after the deadly accident.
• In East Timor, U.S. Retreats From Plan to Build ‘Lifesaving’ Sewage Plant. A U.S. aid agency had committed hundreds of millions of dollars to the project, which could help provide clean water. Now its board wants to pull out of the agreement.
• Rescuers Search for Survivors After Deadly Philippines Quake. Dozens were killed after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck in the Cebu Province of the Philippines on Tuesday.
• Internet Returns to Afghanistan. Internet services were restored in Afghanistan on Wednesday after a two-day nationwide blackout that paralyzed the economy and grounded planes. The Taliban government gave no reason for the outage, or the resumption of services.

Australia

• Australia Expands Sunscreen Recalls Over False SPF Claims. Regulators removed more sunscreens from shelves after they found multiple brands using a base formulation that failed to meet testing requirements.

Canada

• What to Know About Carney and Trump’s White House Meeting. President Trump on Tuesday is hosting Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada, who is seeking relief from U.S. tariffs. Few people expect any major concessions.
• Beluga Whales at Risk of Euthanasia. Marineland, a once popular marine park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, asked the Canadian government for emergency funding to care for its beluga whales, saying that otherwise, it would have to euthanize them.
• A Marine Park in Canada Warns That It May Euthanize 30 Beluga Whales. The government has barred Marineland from shipping its whales to an aquarium in China so the park is threatening to put the whales down.
• What You Want to See Emerge from the Canada Post Walkout. Newsletter readers shared their thoughts about the future of Canada’s postal service.
• In the Far North, Canada Post Is Not Just the Mail. It’s a Lifeline. A strike, and growing prospects of drastic cuts to the state-owned postal service, make life very hard for Canada’s remote communities.
• Canada and the U.S. to Hold Trade and Security Talks. Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada will travel to Washington next week to meet with President Trump to try to ease some of the tariffs imposed by the United States.

Europe

• U.K. Conservatives Yearn for Thatcher and Wonder About Their Future. The once dominant British political party has been outflanked by Reform, a right-wing populist rival. At the Tory annual conference, attendance was sparse.
• Ex-Husband Contradicts a Man Appealing Conviction in Pelicot Rape Case. The man said he did not know Gisèle Pelicot had been drugged. Her ex-husband, who admitted drugging and raping her and inviting strangers to join him, testified that the man knew.
• Feared Sudanese Warlord Is Convicted of Crimes Against Humanity. A former Janjaweed militia commander was the first person found guilty by the International Criminal Court for atrocities in Darfur two decades ago.
• Mayor-Elect in Critical Condition After Stabbing in Western Germany. Iris Stalzer, the incoming mayor of Herdecke, was found stabbed in her home, officials said. It was initially unclear whether it had been a targeted attack.
• Leo to Visit Lebanon and Turkey in First Trip Abroad as Pope. The choice signals that Pope Leo XIV aims to press for peace in the Middle East and show support for Christians in the region.
• As France Faces Political Turmoil, Macron Is Backed Into a Corner. The record-fast collapse of yet another government confronts President Emmanuel Macron and his country with an intensifying crisis.
• Gisèle Pelicot Returns to French Court for Man’s Appeal. Gisèle Pelicot appeared in court to face the appeal of one of the men convicted of raping her while she was in a drugged state — encounters that her husband set up and recorded.
• Kremlin Welcomes Trump’s Blessing of Proposal to Extend Nuclear Caps. President Trump said a Russian proposal to extend by one year the limits on long-range nuclear weapons sounded “like a good idea to me.”
• What to Know About the 2025 Nobel Prizes. The awards are being announced this week.
• French Prime Minister Resigns After Less Than a Month in Office. Sébastien Lecornu resigned as France’s prime minister after serving for less than a month, the shortest tenure in the country’s history. The resignation also came amid growing concern that he would not be able to get a budget passed.
• Internal Audits Shed Light on Ukraine’s Secret Weapons Spending. The government reviews show the country’s challenge as U.S. support wanes and Kyiv pivots to production from a domestic arms industry with a long history of corruption.
• French Prime Minister Resigns in Surprise Move. Sébastien Lecornu stepped down less than 24 hours after he had formed his cabinet.
• The Pelicot Trial: A Timeline. Dominique Pelicot was convicted of drugging and raping his wife, Gisèle Pelicot, and of inviting dozens of men to rape her. Here is how the events unfolded.
• Macron Appoints French Cabinet, but Doubts Over Government’s Stability Persist. There were significant holdovers from the previous cabinet, but President Emmanuel Macron also named several newcomers, including Bruno Le Maire, a veteran centrist politician, as defense minister.
• Leader of U.K. Conservatives Vows to Deport 150,000 People a Year. Kemi Badenoch, whose party is sinking in polls, outlined plans resembling Trump policies against those accused of being in the United States illegally.
• Russia Targets Ukraine’s Energy Infrastructure With Deadly Bombardment. At least five people were killed before dawn in another large-scale and wide-ranging assault.
• Fire at U.K. Mosque Is Being Treated as Hate Crime, Police Say. The attack came at a time of heightened anxiety after a deadly terrorist attack at a synagogue in Manchester.
• A Pacific Gateway Shows the Kremlin’s Grip on Russia’s Vast Expanse. In a country where power is highly centralized, Moscow sets the tone for Vladivostok, 4,000 miles away, complicating longstanding ambitions to make it a trading powerhouse.
• Ex-Prime Minister Set to Return to Power in Czech Republic. The party of Andrej Babis, a billionaire and a skeptic of military support to Ukraine, prevailed in parliamentary elections by focusing on the economy.
• Russian Drones Hit 2 Passenger Trains, Ukraine Says. The drone strikes killed at least one person and injured dozens of others, officials said. The attack came amid rising alarm about the status of a nuclear plant relying solely on generators.
• Synagogue Attack Increases Pressure on Starmer in the U.K. The prime minister vowed to rid the Labour Party of antisemitism. But a competing political reality, activist anger over the war in Gaza, has complicated that effort.
• For the New Archbishop of Canterbury, Nursing Roots Could Bring a Pastoral Sensibility. As bishop of London, Sarah Mullally placed herself in the middle of the church’s most charged issues. But experts predict that her years treating cancer patients could inform how she approaches her new role.
• French Photojournalist Killed in Drone Attack in Ukraine. Antoni Lallican, a Paris-based photographer, is the first working journalist to be killed by a remotely piloted drone during the war, according to press associations.
• Putin Says He Doubts U.S. Will Send Tomahawk Missiles to Ukraine. The Russian president warned against fulfilling a Ukrainian request for more powerful long-range missiles, while also suggesting President Trump would decide against the idea.
• Shouts and Pounding at the Doors: How a U.K. Synagogue Came Under Attack. A congregant in Manchester, England, described how fellow worshipers, including the rabbi, used their bodies to barricade the entrance as the assailant tried to force his way in.
• French Prime Minister Vows to Let Parliament Decide on Budget Bill. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu ruled out using a constitutional tool that would avoid a full parliamentary vote, hoping for compromise among divided lawmakers.
• Finnish Court Dismisses Case Against Crew Accused of Cutting Undersea Cables. A judge ruled that Finland did not have jurisdiction to prosecute a case against a ship believed to be a part of Russia’s “shadow fleet.”
• Sarah Mullally Is the First Female Leader of the Church of England. The Church of England on Friday appointed Sarah Mullally as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of 85 million Anglican Christians worldwide. Mullally, a onetime cancer nurse, was also the first female Anglican bishop of London.
• Manchester Community Reels From Synagogue Attack. Residents were left in shock after a driver rammed a vehicle into people and stabbed others Thursday at a synagogue in Manchester. Three people died, including the attacker. The police on Friday said one victim died from police gunfire.
• First Woman Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. Sarah Mullally, the bishop of London, will lead the Church of England. She has been a vocal supporter of the rights of women in the church.
• The ‘Czech Trump,’ a Populist Tycoon, Is Poised to Return as Prime Minister. The party of Andrej Babis, former leader of the Czech government, is expected to prevail in parliamentary elections that begin Friday.
• She Speaks Trump’s Language: Meet Ukraine’s New Prime Minister. The appointment of Yuliia Svyrydenko, a business-oriented official, shows how Kyiv is trying to persuade the Trump administration that working with the country can be lucrative, even in wartime.
• 2 Victims Named After Manchester Synagogue Terrorist Attack. Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, were named as the two people killed Thursday outside the Heaton Park Congregation synagogue in northwestern England.
• Flights Halted at Munich Airport After Drone Sightings. The airport in Germany was the latest in Europe to shut because of drone sightings that officials have blamed on Russia, which has denied the accusations.
• For Britain’s Jews, a New and Deadly Sign of Rising Antisemitism. In the hours after an attack, a blanket of fear and grief fell over synagogues and Jewish community centers across the country.
• U.K. Police Identify Attacker in Deadly Synagogue Stabbing. A man attacked a synagogue in Manchester, England, ramming his car into people and stabbing others with a knife. The police fatally shot the assailant who was identified as a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent.
• ‘A Crazy Moment’: Shock and Terror Spreads in Manchester Synagogue’s Community. Many Orthodox Jews who live in the area reacted with horror to an attack that killed two people and seriously injured three on Yom Kippur, Judaism’s holiest day.
• As Russian Drones Menace Europe, Putin Says Moscow Has No Plans to Invade. President Vladimir V. Putin lashed out at “European elites” for “whipping up the hysteria” about the “Russian threat.”
• Deadly Attack Outside U.K. Synagogue on Yom Kippur Is Declared Terrorism. The police identified the attacker as Jihad al-Shamie, 35, a British citizen of Syrian descent. They said he had driven a car into people outside the synagogue in Manchester and stabbed others before he was shot and killed by the police.
• Manchester’s Mayor Had Criticized Starmer. The Synagogue Attack Could Unite Them. Violent attacks often bring even fierce political rivals together in the hours and days after they occur.
• ‘Appalled,’ ‘horrified,’ ‘sickening’: Leaders and residents condemn the Manchester attack.
• Manchester Has Long Been Home to Diverse Communities. Manchester is home to Britain’s largest Jewish community outside London, as well as many other ethnic and religious groups.
• Italy Backs Trump’s Cease-Fire Plan as Public Demands More Help for Gaza. Italian lawmakers say they will recognize a Palestinian state if Hamas releases Israeli hostages and is kept out of any eventual government.
• The U.K. police say they believe they know the attacker’s identity.
• Security is increased at Jewish sites across the U.K.
• Deadly U.K. Synagogue Attack Comes Amid Rising Wave of Antisemitism. Community organizations have reported higher levels of anti-Jewish incidents in Britain and around the world.
• Here’s how the U.K. police determine whether an attack is terrorism. The authorities have not yet said whether an attack at a synagogue in Manchester is considered to be an act of terrorism.
• A 2017 terror attack in Manchester was one of Britain’s deadliest. A suicide bombing at Manchester Arena killed twenty-two people, several of them children, and injured hundreds more.
• Two Killed in Attack Outside Synagogue in Manchester, England. The police said two people had been killed and others injured in a vehicle ramming and stabbing attack outside a synagogue in Manchester, in northwestern England. The attack happened on Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar.
• What We Know About the Attack on a U.K. Synagogue. Two people were killed and at least three others were in serious condition after the vehicle ramming and stabbing attack on Yom Kippur. Police said the suspect was dead.
• 4 People Injured After Stabbing Outside Synagogue in U.K., Police Say. The stabbing in Manchester, England, came on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
• A Run on Canned Mackerel and Emergency Radios. The Reason? Drones. The Danish public has been unsettled by a wave of mysterious drone incursions, which has underscored the country’s vulnerability.
• London Police Chief Apologizes Over Officers’ ‘Reprehensible’ Behavior. The police commissioner spoke after the BBC broadcast video showing officers making sexualized comments, reveling in the use of violence and expressing racist views.
• U.K. ‘Grooming Gang’ Leader Sentenced to 35 Years for Rape. Seven men in all were sentenced on Wednesday over their roles in a decades-old national scandal in Britain involving child sexual abuse.
• Pope Leo Calls for Unity on Climate at a Divided Moment. The pope invoked his predecessor, Francis, for whom the environment was a core issue, but stopped short of criticizing world leaders dismissive of climate change.

Middle East

• Arab Mediators Believe Hamas Could Be Open to Partially Disarming. People familiar with the mediators’ thinking say the militant group could compromise on a long-held red line, as long as President Trump can guarantee that Israel would not resume fighting.
• Israel Intercepts Another Activist Flotilla That Aimed to Break Gaza Blockade. It was the second attempt in as many weeks to breach the restrictions around the Gaza Strip. Neither have succeeded.
• The Bride and Groom Kindly Request: Please Don’t Shoot. Marriages and other glad occasions in Syria are often celebrated by firing shots in the air. But after nearly 14 years of war, people want the guns to go silent.
• Deadly Clashes Erupt Between Syrian Government Forces and Kurdish Fighters. Tensions have been building over government attempts to bring the Kurdish-led region in northeastern Syria under its authority. Kurdish leaders have so far resisted.
• What People in Gaza Told Us About Two Years of War. In the two years since Hamas militants attacked Israel, we’ve interviewed more than 700 people in Gaza. Their stories stayed with us. So we tried to find them again.
• Israel Mourns Oct. 7 Victims as Fighting in Gaza Continues. Quiet commemorations took place across Israel on the second anniversary of the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attacks. In Gaza, the fighting continued, and Israeli and Hamas delegations were set to meet in Egypt for a second day of indirect negotiations.
• Witkoff and Kushner Set to Join Gaza Talks Soon, Official Says. Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, both architects of President Trump’s plan to end the war, are expected to join mediation efforts between Israel and Hamas.
• Israel Marks a Somber Two-Year Milestone in Subdued Fashion. The second anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks comes with peace talks underway, but with hostages still in Gaza, more than 67,000 Palestinians dead and Israel more isolated than ever before.
• One Hostage’s Path to Healing and Advocacy. Emily Damari spent 471 days in captivity in Gaza. Since being released, Ms. Damari, a British Israeli, has become a symbol of resilience and a voice for the release of all remaining hostages held by Hamas. Avishag Shar-Yashuv, a photographer for The New York Times, has been following Ms. Damari’s journey.
• We Tried to Reach Gazans We Interviewed Over Two Years of War. Here’s What Happened to Them. We kept wondering: Did they find their missing relatives? Were they even still alive?
• Freed From Hamas, but Not Captivity. In the tunnels of Gaza where she was held captive, Emily Damari learned how to survive. These photos show her learning to be alive again.
• Syria Chooses a Parliament of Revolutionaries. In the first elections since the Assad regime was ousted, there was no popular vote and women and minorities won few seats. Still, many Syrians saw it as progress toward ending authoritarian rule.
• Greta Thunberg Among Hundreds From Gaza Aid Flotilla Deported by Israel. Israel intercepted the boats at sea and detained the participants for days before expelling them. Some of the activists said they were mistreated, which Israel denied.
• Fighting in Gaza Continues Before Hamas-Israel Talks. Smoke rose above Gaza, where fighting has continued as Hamas and Israel planned to hold indirect talks in Egypt on the war in Gaza. Significant issues remain to be hashed out.
• President Trump and the Supreme Court. Today, we look ahead at the potential consequences of the Supreme Court term that begins today.
• Ravaged by War: Trying to Survive Gaza’s Present, Hoping for a Future. Two years of intense warfare in Gaza have left its people with a dismembered and disordered society. The destruction is vast and many Gazans have mental and physical wounds that could scar a generation.
• Gaza Peace Talks Are Set to Take Place in Egypt. Though significant issues remain to be hashed out between Israel and Hamas, some are saying that after two years of death and destruction, a breakthrough may be near.
• Israel and Hamas Show Signs of Embracing Parts of Trump’s Cease-Fire Deal. Both sides have reacted positively to a U.S. proposal to release Israeli hostages as part of a cease-fire agreement, but reaching a full deal that would require Hamas to disarm remains a serious challenge.
• Strong-Armed by Trump, Netanyahu Embraces Gaza Deal as a Personal Win. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel took credit for an emerging agreement, but it was clear that President Trump was calling the shots.
• Israel and Hamas Prepare for Talks on Trump’s Plan to End Gaza War. Indirect negotiations through mediators are planned for Monday in Egypt and are expected to focus on one main issue, swapping hostages for Palestinian prisoners. That may leave talks on other obstacles to ending the war until later.
• Syria Holds First Parliamentary Elections Since End of Civil War. Supporters argue the vote could be a milestone for the country, but critics say it is a divisive move by President Ahmed al-Shara to consolidate power.
• Hamas Partially Accepts Trump’s Peace Plan. Hamas said it would release all Israeli hostages but wants to negotiate elements of President Trump’s peace plan for Gaza. Adam Rasgon, a reporter for The New York Times in Jerusalem, explains where negotiations stand.
• At a Protest for a Deal, Israelis Wrestle With a Mix of Emotions. Along with optimism that President Trump can lock Israel and Hamas into a deal, many expressed anxiety about being disappointed once more.
• Netanyahu Defends Wartime Leadership, Saying Hostage Deal Is Within Reach. In a speech that lasted just minutes, the Israeli prime minister boasted that he had defied his critics to secure the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza.
• For Netanyahu, Trump’s Nod to Peace Puts Him in a Tough Spot. The Israeli leader thought he had a plan from the U.S. president that would have represented total victory over Hamas. Suddenly, it looks as though he might not get everything he wants.
• Israel and Hamas Say They’ll Work With Trump Gaza Plan, but Gaps Remain. Israel said it would cooperate with the White House to end the war, but much remains unclear about Hamas’s future and whether it will agree to disarm.
• What to Know About Hamas’s Response to Trump’s Peace Plan. Hamas’s statement inspired optimism for an end to the war, but did not address several elements of the plan that it has deemed unacceptable.
• Hamas Still Considering Trump Gaza Plan but Rejects ‘Take It or Leave It’ Deal. A senior member of the Palestinian group said that the group would soon announce its position on President Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza.
• Israel Intercepts Gaza-Bound Activist Boats. Israel said it had intercepted several boats trying to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza. The boats were part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a group of activists protesting the war in Gaza.
• At Saudi Comedy Fest, American Free Speech Becomes the Punchline. American comics used Saudi Arabia’s first global comedy festival to skewer a debate raging at home. Critics said the event was part of Saudi efforts to draw attention away from a political crackdown.
• ‘Enough Is Enough’: Many Palestinians Say Hamas Must Accept Cease-Fire Plan. Interviews in Gaza suggest wide support for a proposal that calls for an immediate end to a war that has brought immense civilian suffering.
• The Desperate Campaign to Bring Home Hamas’s Only Nepali Hostage. A family’s campaign to free a student abducted from a rural Israeli town two years ago may be imperiled by an uprising in their country and stalled attempts at a cease-fire.
• Israel Intercepts Boats Headed to Gaza With Humanitarian Aid. The boats were part of a flotilla, carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists, that was organized to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza and protest the war.
• Israel Escalates Gaza Offensive as Hamas Mulls Trump Plan. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled Israel’s assault on Gaza City, but many are believed to remain, having nowhere to go or no means to leave.
• Qatari Royals Schemed to Get Free Labor for Luxury Properties, Hotelier Says. A lawsuit accuses members of the emirate’s ruling family of stringing the Irish hotelier, Patrick McKillen, along on high-end developments as “part of a yearslong pattern of illegal racketeering.”

New York

• How the Queens Zoo Is Helping to Save a New England Rabbit. The New England cottontail is a vulnerable species. The zoo is doing its best to breed more of them.
• Why Is This Lake ‘Burping’? For hundreds of years, people who have lived near Seneca Lake in upstate New York have reported hearing loud booms coming from the water. No one is exactly sure why.
• New Yorkers Observe Oct. 7 Anniversary With Eye Toward Peace Talks. People gathered in remembrance of hostages held by Hamas and in protest of Israel’s destructive campaign in Gaza as negotiators discussed a possible agreement to end the war.
• The Next Leader of a Key N.Y.C. Business Group? He’s From New Jersey. Steven Fulop, the mayor of Jersey City, will take over as the head of the Partnership for New York City. Kathryn Wylde, a city power broker, has held the position for decades.
• Oct. 7 Anniversary Arrives During Heated Final Stretch of Mayor’s Race. Both Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo planned to attend events marking the anniversary of the Hamas attacks and honoring the victims.
• Death of 1-Year-Old Boy in Brooklyn Is Ruled a Homicide. Anthony Casey was found unresponsive at his home in Brownsville on Friday. New York City’s chief medical examiner determined that he had died because of blows to his torso.
• How Oct. 7 Intertwines With the Mayor’s Race. Also: how the election in New York City is influencing other contests nationwide, and some movie advice from Andrew Cuomo.
• 200 Animals and a 95-Year-Old Are Found Inside a Squalid Suburban Home. The woman was confined to her room by clutter, and a Long Island wildlife rehabilitator faces charges. The authorities found everything from cats to voles, many of them in dire conditions.
• How Bernie Williams Got to Carnegie Hall. The former Yankees center fielder has played the guitar since he was a teenager. Now he’s appearing in concert.
• As Trump’s Justice Dept. Pursues His Enemies, an Ally Goes on Trial. Xinyue Lou is accused of funneling foreign campaign donations to President Trump’s campaign. The president has said the justice system has been used against him and his supporters.
• Is Adams’s Exit a Game-Changer for Cuomo? Not So Far. There has been little evidence that Mayor Eric Adams’s decision to end his re-election bid has had a major effect on Andrew Cuomo’s bid to attract donors or voters.
• Where in the World Is Eric Adams? Try Albania. The decision by Mr. Adams, a lame-duck mayor, to spend nearly a week of his remaining time in office visiting the Balkan nation raised eyebrows back in New York.
• Retrial in 1993 Buffalo Murder Case Ends With a Deadlocked Jury. Brian Scott Lorenz’s conviction in the strangling of Deborah Meindl in a Buffalo suburb was overturned in 2023, but prosecutors had forged ahead with a new trial.
• Are You a True New Yorker? Take Our Quiz. Think you know the landmarks, legends and lore of the city that never stops reinventing itself? See how well you measure up.
• Does Manhattan Need More Luxury Towers? Proposed towers in Greenwich Village and on the Upper West Side have generated opposition. A tower on West 66th Street would be about 1,200 feet tall.
• Zohran Mamdani Has Ambitious Plans. How Much Will They Cost? Mr. Mamdani’s signature plans aim to make New York City more affordable. Here’s how he intends to pay for them and why they could be difficult to implement.
• In Ashes of Amazon Fight, Tensions Emerge in Huge Bet on N.Y.C. Housing. Years ago, progressives defeated a plan to build an Amazon warehouse in Queens. Now a new kind of development is gaining their support.
• New York City Is Full of Green Space. You Just Have to Find It. The city’s millions of residents are crammed together, competing for space to live, play, work and rest.
• ‘As I Contemplated What to Do Next, I Heard a Voice Behind Me’ Passing a baton in an urban relay race, some familiar footwear and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
• Sean Combs Sentenced to More Than 4 Years in Prison. Sean Combs, the fallen hip-hop mogul, was sentenced to more than four years in prison for prostitution-related offenses. Ben Sisario, a New York Times reporter covering music and the music industry, explains the sentence.
• 2 Girls Found Dead Atop a J Train in Suspected Subway Surfing Accident. The teenagers, found unconscious on the roof of a train in Brooklyn, appear to be the latest casualties of a popular and deadly game.
• Mamdani Is More Foe Than Friend in the Suburbs, Even Among Democrats. Just outside New York City, Republicans are using Zohran Mamdani as an attack line for the 2026 midterms, much as they vilified the city in 2022.
• In Central Park, Pedestrians, Horses and E-Bikes Battle for Space. Critics say the park’s drives have become increasingly chaotic as e-bike riders move through at high speeds.
• How a LaGuardia Airport Chief Spends Her Day Beyond T.S.A. Suzette Noble wakes up to the sound of airplanes taking off, then makes time for her children and cheesecake as she strolls around the airport all day.
• 2 Teen Girls Died In a Hit-And-Run. Another Teen Faces Murder Charges. The 17-year-old friends in a small New Jersey town were killed on their way to get ice cream. Prosecutors said the crash was intentional.
• With Adams Out, Cuomo Reports Rush in Donations but Still Trails Mamdani. As the New York City mayor’s race enters its final phase, former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo hopes to capitalize on Mayor Eric Adams’s decision to end his campaign.
• Trump Administration Reverses $187 Million in N.Y. Counterterrorism Cuts. Gov. Kathy Hochul had said the cuts, which would have devastated New York’s intelligence and counterterrorism operations, made “all of America more vulnerable to terrorist attacks.”
• This Block Party Brings People Together. A Lot of People. The Longest Table in Chelsea is an annual potluck that attracts hundreds and creates a sense of community, participants say.
• ‘A Hornet’s Nest:’ Mamdani’s Gifted Education Plan Divides New Yorkers. Zohran Mamdani wants to phase out the city’s gifted program for kindergarten students if elected, a proposal that drew intense criticism and praise.
• 140,000 N.Y.C. Students Are Homeless. Can the Next Mayor Change That? The city’s housing crisis has contributed to an education crisis, with more children than ever living in temporary housing. They face dismal outcomes.
• My Reporting Led to a Landmark Lawsuit. The Case Took 22 Years. A class-action lawsuit, spurred by an investigative series in The Times, came to a close, having helped thousands of mentally ill residents of adult homes.
• Judge Rejects Trump’s Argument and Throws Out Suit Against U.N. Agency. Survivors of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel accused the United Nations Relief and Works Agency of helping fund Hamas. The federal judge in Manhattan found that the agency has immunity.
• This City Was Forced to Overhaul Its Police Department. Crime Plummeted. A federal judge said she was prepared to release Newark from a 2016 consent decree imposed after investigators found the city’s police routinely used excessive force and conducted unconstitutional stops and searches.
• Politics Threaten a Crucial N.Y. Area Tunnel Project. Again. Two of the largest infrastructure initiatives in the United States were still moving forward this week despite the battles over a government shutdown surrounding them.
• A.I. and a Riff on ‘The Bachelor’? N.Y.C. Mayoral Ads Get Creative. Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa are now all running television ads in the critical race for New York City mayor, hoping to sway voters with less than five weeks to go.
• A Candidate Vanished at Sea. His Opponents Insist He Stay on the Ballot. Petros Krommidas, a Democrat, was running for county legislature on Long Island when he disappeared on a swim. A judge sided with Republicans and refused to allow a replacement candidate.
• The Shutdown Hits New York. The Statue of Liberty could close, and other Park Service sites already have. Officials worried tourists would stay home.
• Mamdani Says He Would Phase Out N.Y.C. Gifted Program for Early Grades. Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner in the mayor’s race, plans if elected to replace the selective program, which became a symbol of segregation in public schools.
• Two Planes Collide on LaGuardia Airport Taxiway. A plane that was preparing to take off struck a plane that had landed, the authorities said. One passenger was injured.
• She Loved Eric Adams. She Kept It a Secret. Now She’s Talking. Jasmine Ray, who served at City Hall in a $160,000-a-year job, had an undisclosed romance with Eric Adams years before he became mayor. In her memoir, she describes their relationship.
• Man Charged After Mass Shooting at Brooklyn Bar That Was Caught on Video. Footage showed bar patrons crawling for cover amid gang-related violence in August that killed three people. Elijah Roy, 25, is accused of assault in aid of racketeering.
• 20-Story Building in the Bronx Partly Collapses. The partial collapse of the public housing building in the Bronx followed an explosion in a ventilation shaft connected to the boiler room.
• N.Y.C. Immigration Courts Go Quiet Amid Shutdown but Detentions Persist. The federal building in Lower Manhattan known as 26 Federal Plaza has become a national flashpoint in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
• Even the Statue of Liberty’s Torch Could Go Dark During the Shutdown. New York Democrats, led by Gov. Kathy Hochul, warned of the damage the government shutdown could cause across the state and blamed Republicans.
• Did the Yankees Try to Keep Red Sox Fans Out of the Bronx? Not exactly, but to the thousands of Boston fans who attended the first game of the Wild Card series at Yankee Stadium, it was a welcome reason to root against the home team.
• Why Nicolás Maduro Faces Criminal Charges in the U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called Mr. Maduro, the Venezuelan leader who faces narco-terrorism charges, a “fugitive from American justice.”
• Trump Administration to Withhold $18 Billion for N.Y.C. Infrastructure. The transportation secretary said previously awarded funds for two major projects, the expansion of the Second Avenue subway and the construction of train tunnels under the Hudson River, would not be distributed.

New York Today

• Video Captures Debris Falling From 20-Story Bronx Building. A public housing building in the Bronx partly collapsed on Wednesday, officials said. No injuries were reported.

Business

• In Food Label Fight, Europeans Debate How the Sausage Gets Made. Lawmakers in European Union voted to limit “burger,” “sausage” and other terms associated with cuts of meat to animal products, rankling consumers and producers of veggie burgers and tofu sausages.
• N.J. Attorney General Investigating Uber Over Handling of Sexual Assaults. The investigation, according to people with knowledge of the inquiry, is focused on whether Uber committed consumer fraud in how it promoted consumer safeguards.
• Tesla Reveals Cheaper Versions of Its Cars. Elon Musk’s electric car company said the new versions would start at around $37,000 and $40,000, prices that bring its cars closer to comparable gasoline vehicles.
• Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $966 Million in Latest Talc Lawsuit. The case involves a California woman who died from mesothelioma, a rare cancer. Her family claimed Johnson and Johnson’s talc powder products were to blame.
• E.U. Proposes 50% Steel Tariffs as Trump Effect Ripples Around World. European officials want to sharply lower the bloc’s quota on tariff-free steel imports, while doubling levies to 50 percent, as President Trump’s tariffs create domino effects.
• Recruiters Use A.I. to Scan Résumés. Applicants Are Trying to Trick It. In an escalating cat-and-mouse game, job hunters are trying to fool A.I. into moving their applications to the top of the pile with embedded instructions.
• France’s Energy Giant Sees Opportunity in the Volatile Electricity Market. Hoping to help grid operators adapt to changes buffeting the power markets, TotalEnergies is assembling a portfolio of battery farms and natural-gas-fired power plants.
• Bessent Taps Social Security Chief to Serve as C.E.O. of I.R.S. Frank Bisignano, who already leads the Social Security Administration, will also take on the day-to-day duties of the tax collector.
• Verizon Bets on PayPal’s Former Chief to Lead Its Next Chapter. Dan Schulman takes over as the telecoms giant faces slowing subscriber growth and rising competition.
• Anxiety and Uncertainty Push Gold Near $4,000 an Ounce. Approaching the milestone for the first time, the precious metal is on course for its best year since the 1970s, highlighting unease among investors.
• Fears of Economic Turmoil Deepen in France as Another Prime Minister Quits. The surprise resignation of Sébastien Lecornu after less than a month in office intensified concerns that France would be unable to tackle its enormous debt pile.
• Take Two: Why Big Companies Are Naming Co-C.E.O.s. Comcast, Oracle and Spotify recently doubled up on top executives, a rare setup that some say could become more common.
• Why Did Walmart Just Buy a Shopping Mall? Walmart hasn’t said much about its plans for Monroeville Mall in Pennsylvania. But its partner has told some store owners that the mall will be demolished for a mixed-use development.
• Disrupting Car Production and Grocery Access, Cyberattacks Upset British Life. Jaguar Land Rover is the third big British brand to have its operations severely affected by a breach this year.
• Yen Plummets, Stocks Rally: Markets Greet Japan’s Next Leader. The governing party’s unexpected choice of Sanae Takaichi to lead it rattled markets on Monday, causing the yen to weaken and sending Japanese stocks sharply higher.
• OPEC Plus Agrees to Small Boost in Oil Production. Saudi Arabia, the de facto leader of the oil cartel, sees advantages in increasing output despite market risks.
• Quiet! I’m Working Here. Why does anyone expect me to get anything done amid the noise and constant pings of my workplace?
• Craft Breweries Struggle as Sales and Appetites Wane. Once the darling of the alcohol industry, small-batch beer makers are shutting down because of increased competition and flagging interest.
• Discount Airlines Changed Flying. Now They’re in Trouble. Carriers like Spirit and Frontier have lost customers to bigger competitors and seen their costs balloon. Some are in financial distress.
• Millions of Poor Retirees Have Lost an Easier Path to Help With Medicare. The budget bill signed by President Trump suspended an effort to enroll more low-income older Americans in programs that assist them with rising health care costs.
• A Japanese Ski Resort Town Is Roiled by a Debate Over Immigration. Residents are protesting a planned housing facility for foreign workers, exposing the conflict between Japan’s need for labor and anxieties over immigration.
• Treasury Plans to Mint $1 Commemorative Trump Coin. The coin, bearing President Trump’s face, would honor the 250th birthday of the United States.
• Rite Aid, Once One of America’s Biggest Pharmacy Chains, Closes Its Last Stores. The company said it had closed its remaining 89 stores this week after struggling for years to stay in business and filing for bankruptcy protection twice.
• Gig Drivers Win the Right to Unionize in California. The measure, a compromise with companies like Uber, could serve as a model for other states.
• The Fuel Behind Trump’s $100,000 Visa Fee: Lost U.S. Tech Jobs. The president’s decision to charge employers $100,000 per visa for skilled workers seemed to come out of nowhere. But the grievance behind it has been simmering.
• Can This Isolated British Island Keep Its Economy Afloat? The Isle of Wight, known for its beaches and a rock festival that featured Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan, has had setbacks in manufacturing, but there have also been bright spots.
• Baltimore’s Billion-Dollar Plans to Reinvent Itself. The city’s population is growing, and homicide rates are at a 50-year low. Local officials are trying to seize on the momentum with redevelopment projects — but not without pushback.
• A.I. Is Driving a Stock Market Rally in China, Too. Surging interest in artificial intelligence is generating huge gains for Chinese tech stocks like Alibaba, which has more than doubled this year.
• Tesla Is Sued by Family Who Says Faulty Doors Led to Daughter’s Death. A college student was trapped in a burning Cybertruck because electronic doors made it difficult for her to get out or be rescued, a lawsuit claims.
• What are your financial goals? We want to hear about them. Inching toward a long-term money milestone can be full of highs and lows, and we want to come along for the ride.
• It’s a Bad Time to Cut the Information Coming From Corporate America. President Trump wants the S.E.C. to reduce the frequency of corporate earnings reports. Our columnist says it’s a reasonable experiment, but at a dangerous time.
• Tesla’s Car Sales Rose 7% as U.S. E.V. Tax Credit Was Ending. The company benefited from a surge in U.S. demand for electric vehicles after Republicans in Congress voted to end a $7,500 incentive at the end of September. But other carmakers benefited more.
• Fed’s Independence Remains at Risk Despite Temporary Legal Victory. A Supreme Court order keeping Lisa Cook on the Federal Reserve Board for now is “a time to exhale but not breathe easy,” one expert said.
• New Tariffs Could Worsen America’s Housing Crisis. President Trump’s tariffs on timber, wood, furniture and kitchen cabinets could raise the cost of building and buying a home.
• Social Media’s Changing Narrative of the Israel-Gaza War. Nearly two years into the conflict, social media is increasingly capturing the day-to-day toll in Gaza, as U.S. public opinion on the war shifts.
• Heaviest Users of Snapchat Will Face a Small Charge for Storage. The social media company will charge after users reach five gigabytes of free storage, which is in line with other tech giants’ policies.
• Republicans Demand Information From Firms That Help Set College Prices. In letters to consultants and the College Board, House and Senate Judiciary leaders invoked antitrust law and asked how student data feeds pricing algorithms.

DealBook

• Oracle Fears Add to Doubts About the A.I. Rally. Investors worried about the financials of the technology giant’s cloud computing business, compounding broader worries about a sky-high stock boom.
• Base Power, a Battery-Focused Power Company, Raises $1 Billion. The company, which leases out residential batteries as well as sells energy, is betting that it can profit from a new approach to soaring energy demands.
• N.Y. Stock Exchange Parent to Buy Stake in Polymarket, as Prediction Markets Go Mainstream. The $2 billion deal values the crypto-powered betting site, where users can wager on politics, sports and more, at about $8 billion.
• Is A.I. Investment Getting Too Circular? Skeptics of a recent investment spree involving OpenAI and others say deals raise questions about the robustness of the artificial intelligence boom.
• OpenAI’s Team of Rivals. The artificial intelligence giant just announced a major partnership with AMD — weeks after striking a big deal with the chipmaker’s competitor, Nvidia.
• Your Wealthiest Friend Has a Private Concierge. The services, which can cost more than $50,000 a year, make impossible dinner reservations and finagle special treatment. In certain circles, they’ve become a common luxury.
• The Shutdown Leaves Wall Street Flying Blind. Investors are grappling with a blackout of official government economic data that’s forcing them to rely more heavily on reports that usually get far less attention.
• The Consequences of Trump’s Setback at the Fed. A Supreme Court decision that keeps a Fed governor on the job for now could scramble President Trump’s effort to add more loyalists at the central bank.

Economy

• Global Trade Growth to Slow Sharply Next Year, W.T.O. Says. The World Trade Organization said trade growth had proved more resilient in 2025 than expected, but would slow next year as result of President Trump’s tariffs.
• The Jobs Report That Wasn’t Leaves Economists Guessing. Policymakers will enter uncharted territory without employment data that the government is expected to withhold because of its shutdown.
• Reality TV’s Bad Boyfriend Is Angry Again. This Time, He’s Yelling at Gavin Newsom. After losing his house in the Palisades fire, Spencer Pratt has gone from the archetype of celebrity emptiness to community activist — and become a magnet for Republican politicians.

Media

• Pentagon Relaxes Press Access Rules. Under new guidelines, journalists will not need approval from the Defense Department before publishing articles containing information not officially released.
• How Bari Weiss Won. At The Free Press, she battled “wokeness” and buddied up with billionaires. Now she’s the editor in chief of CBS News.
• Paramount Buys The Free Press, Ushering in a New Era at CBS News. Bari Weiss, a founder of The Free Press, will become editor in chief of CBS News.
• Taylor Swift’s ‘Showgirl’ Promotional Film Collects $33 Million. “The Official Release Party of a Showgirl” drastically outperformed “The Smashing Machine,” a vehicle for Dwayne Johnson, known to fans as the Rock.
• Paramount Nears a Deal to Buy Bari Weiss’s Free Press. Ms. Weiss, a co-founder of the site, would become editor in chief of CBS News, people briefed on the talks said.

Your Money

• Her Stocks Were Quietly Stolen From Her I.R.A. A retiree logged into his wife’s Roth I.R.A. to make a trade, and stumbled upon a crime scene.
• Some Workers Are Turning to Pay-Advance Apps for Basic Expenses. Rising use “is not a signal of satisfaction,” an author of a new report says. Rather, heavy users of the apps are under “financial strain.”

Technology

• U.S. v. Google: What Each Side Argued for Fixing Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly. The Justice Department and Google wrapped up a two-week hearing that could have a major effect on online advertising.
• How Elon Musk Is Bringing Sexy A.I. Chatbots to the Mainstream. In July, the billionaire’s A.I. company introduced two sexually explicit chatbots, pushing a new version of intimacy.
• OpenAI Agrees to Use Computer Chips From AMD. Weeks after a $100 billion agreement to use computer chips from Nvidia, OpenAI has signed a similar deal with a rival chipmaker.
• Forget Cowbells. Cows Wear High-Tech Collars Now. The wearables help dairy farmers gather more data so their animals are happier and produce more milk.
• OpenAI’s Sora Makes Disinformation Extremely Easy and Extremely Real. The new A.I. app generated videos of store robberies and home intrusions — even bomb explosions on city streets — that never happened.
• OpenAI Completes Deal That Values It at $500 Billion. With the agreement, OpenAI becomes the world’s most valuable privately held company, surpassing the rocket maker SpaceX.
• OpenAI’s New Video App Is Jaw-Dropping (for Better and Worse). Sora, OpenAI’s new video-generating app, is really a social network in disguise that can bring creative A.I. to the masses — and its problems, too.
• Spam and Scams Proliferate in Facebook’s Political Ads. A new analysis of political advertisers found that the platform profits from ads that include deepfakes and other content prohibited by its own policies.

Personal Tech

• We Finally Have Free Anti-Robocall Tools That Work. A new feature for iPhones screens calls, similar to a technology available for Android users. Here’s how to activate it.

Obituaries

• John B. Gurdon, 92, Dies; Nobelist Paved Way for Cloning of Animals. His work in the manipulation of cells laid the foundation for stem cell biology and regenerative medicine and led to the first cloned large mammal, a sheep named Dolly.
• Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97. He led his parents’ appetizing store, Zabar’s, for more than 70 years, turning it into an institution synonymous with New York.
• Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Actress on HBO’s ‘Vice Principals,’ Dies at 52. She was known as the brash principal on the show, a dark comedy set at a high school that debuted in 2016.
• Darleane Hoffman, Innovator in Nuclear Chemistry, Dies at 98. Hailed as one of the 50 most important women in science, she found ways to study rare radioactive isotopes and advanced the understanding of nuclear fission.
• Arthur Jones, Former Baltimore Ravens Player, Dies at 39. He played for the Ravens when the team won the Super Bowl in 2013.
• Phyllis Gardner, Early Skeptic of Theranos, Dies at 75. A pharmacologist, she was certain Elizabeth Holmes’s blood-testing idea would fail, and spoke up about it. At first, few listened.
• Ashleigh Brilliant, Prolific ‘Pot-Shots’ Phrasemaker, Dies at 91. Over nearly a half-century, he wrote 10,000 epigrams, none longer than 17 words, and printed them on postcards, T-shirts, mugs and other products.
• Margaret Markey, Who Championed Victims of Sexual Abuse, Dies at 83. As a New York State assemblywoman, she began a campaign that finally bore fruit in 2019, when the Legislature extended the deadlines for victims to file claims.
• Patricia Routledge, Hoity-Toity Housewife of ‘Keeping Up Appearances,’ Dies at 96. Before she became known as the snooty suburbanite Hyacinth Bucket, Ms. Routledge was an acclaimed stage performer, appearing with the Royal Shakespeare Company and on the West End and Broadway.
• Overlooked No More: Bessie Margolin, Lawyer Who Turned Workers’ Hopes Into Law. Her streak of Supreme Court victories, which began during the New Deal era, benefited millions of workers and continue to shape labor rights today.
• Ann Fagan Ginger, Venerable Defender of Civil Liberties, Dies at 100. She was among the last of a generation of activists and lawyers who weathered the Red Scare, and then helped train a new cohort in the decades that followed.
• Jane Goodall, a Revered Conservationist, Dies at 91. Jane Goodall, the renowned primate expert, has died. She was 91. Her discoveries about how wild chimpanzees raised their young, established leadership, socialized and communicated broke new ground and attracted immense attention and respect among researchers.
• Edward T. Blake, 80, Dies; Forensic Expert Sparked Innocence Movement. He was the first to use PCR testing on crime-scene DNA, inspiring a practice that has freed thousands of wrongfully convicted people.
• Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91. Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.”

Art & Design

• James Grashow, Who Turned Cardboard Into Art, Dies at 83. He was best known for huge, fantastical installations that were not always built to last, including a version of the Trevi Fountain in Rome.

Cultura

• Jane Goodall, primatóloga admirada, muere a los 91 años. Sus descubrimientos sobre cómo se comportaban los chimpancés en la naturaleza abrieron nuevos caminos de estudio y representaron lo que se denominó “uno de los grandes logros científicos del mundo occidental”.

DealBook

• Leo Hindery Jr., Dealmaking Power in the Cable TV Industry, Dies at 77. He was president of one of the nation’s largest cable operators and chairman of the Yankees’ YES Network. He also drove his sports car to victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Europe

• Ivan Klima, Czech Novelist Who Chafed Under Totalitarian Regimes, Dies at 94. A writer, dissident, teacher and critic, he was deeply affected by an early experience of his life: incarceration as a boy in a concentration camp near Prague.

Media

• Belva Davis, West Coast Trailblazer in TV News, Dies at 92. Overcoming poverty and prejudice, she was the first Black woman to be hired as a television reporter in the region and later became a popular anchor.

Briefing

• How ‘Les Mis’ Became So Successful. We look at the story behind its more than 15,000-show run.
• In Israel, the Anniversary of Oct. 7 Was Quiet but Inescapable. Also, the Supreme Court seemed skeptical of a ban on conversion therapy. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
• Troops Head to Chicago, Despite Efforts to Block Them. Also, Gaza peace talks took place in Egypt. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
• The Paradox of Violence. We explain why religious attacks can incline people toward faith.
• Best Intentions. Everyone’s “intentional” these days, but don’t let the word’s wholesale application to every activity of modern life deprive you of its benefits.
• Hamas Said It Agreed to Release Hostages in Gaza. Also, the U.S. attacked a fourth boat in the Caribbean Sea. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
• President Trump’s War on Cartels. Plus, we’re covering the government shutdown.
• The New York Times News Quiz, Oct. 3, 2025. Did you follow the news this week? Take our quiz to see how well you stack up with other Times readers.
• Trump Decided the U.S. Is in a War With Drug Cartels. Also, the president promised cuts to “Democrat agencies.” Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
• The Shutdown, Explained. It’s the second day of a shutdown of the federal government. We explain what’s happening.
• Congress Is Deadlocked on the Shutdown. Also, Jane Goodall died at 91. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

Podcasts

• Sen. Alex Padilla: Vance Knows I’m Not ‘José’ Sen. Alex Padilla, a Democrat from California, spoke with Lulu Garcia-Navarro, the host of “The Interview” at The New York Times, about how his experience being pushed to the ground and handcuffed during a Homeland Security press conference last June is representative of the Trump administration’s attitude towards Latinos and dissent. Padilla also addressed Vice President JD Vance, who called him “José” shortly after the incident went viral.
• Tessa Thompson on Finding What You Want (What You Really, Really Want). In Thompson’s latest film, she plays an unhappy housewife who blows up her life. In reality, the actor and producer has left relationships with much less fallout.
• Is ‘South Park’ Trump-Proof? It’s a prickly time for comedy, but one show is going harder than ever. The comedian Wyatt Cenac joins Wesley Morris to talk about the latest season of “South Park.”
• Who Is Taylor Swift’s “Actually Romantic” About? Who is Taylor Swift’s diss track “Actually Romantic” actually about? Our critic Jon Caramanica breaks it down.
• Is Taylor Swift’s ‘Actually Romantic’ About Charli XCX? Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, the hosts of “Popcast” at The New York Times, spoke about Taylor Swift’s alleged diss track, “Actually Romantic,” aimed at her fellow pop star Charli XCX.
• Hayley Williams Tackles the South’s Racist History. Hayley Williams revealed to “Popcast” which country musician she’s singing about on her new album’s title track — and why she felt the need to write plainly about racial issues in the South.
• Sora and the Infinite Slop Feeds + ChatGPT Goes to Therapy + Hot Mess Express. “I do not like the idea of pointing these giant A.I. supercomputers at people’s dopamine receptors and just feeding them an endless diet of hyper-personalized stimulating videos.”
• What ‘One Battle After Another’ Achieves. Paul Thomas Anderson uses Leonardo DiCaprio as a bait and switch that might add up to the director’s best movie yet.
• When Cardi B Raps the Way She Tweets. The New York rapper is at her best when she’s emotionally direct, as on her new track “Man of Your Word,” our critic’s latest song of the week.
• How ‘South Park’ Draws Trump, Satan and People in ICE. It’s a prickly time for comedy, but “South Park” is going harder than ever. The “Cannonball” host Wesley Morris explains.
• H-1B Visa Fee Could Have Huge Implications for Start-Ups. The “Hard Fork” co-hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton speak with Jeremy Neufeld, the director of immigration policy at the Institute for Progress, about how changes to the H-1B visa program may affect the tech industry.
• Is ‘One Battle After Another’ the Best Movie of the Year? The Ringer’s Sean Fennessey joins Wesley Morris to discuss the filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson and his latest movie.
• Hayley Williams Had to Tear Down Paramore to Grow Up. Hayley Williams on how the evolution of her long-running band, Paramore, has shaped her third solo release and her grown-up identity.

The Daily

• Trump Claims ‘Rebellion’ in American Cities. President Trump said he would consider using the Insurrection Act to deploy the National Guard in Chicago and other places.
• Marriage and Sex in the Age of Ozempic. Doctors warn about the physical side effects of weight-loss drugs, but they can also have unexpected effects on intimacy.
• The ‘Grim Reaper’ of the Government Shutdown. Russell T. Vought, the White House budget director, is the man behind President Trump’s push for an all-powerful presidency.
• Sunday Special: The Enduring Power of Amusement Parks. Even the long lines won’t keep us away.
• The Question of Palestinian Statehood. An interview with the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations.
• The Fight at the Center of the Government Shutdown. The cost of health care is among the major issues dividing Congress.

The Headlines

• Comey Goes to Court, and Gold Prices Hit Record High. Plus, how job applicants are tricking A.I.
• Trump Considers Insurrection Act, and Flights Slow During Government Shutdown. Plus, a new way to fight robocalls.
• Supreme Court Starts Consequential Term, and Illinois Governor Warns of ‘Trump’s Invasion’ Plus, when Silicon Valley comes to the farm.
• Trump’s ‘Armed Conflict’ Against Cartels, and the Rise of Hyperrealistic A.I. Videos. Plus, your Friday news quiz.
• Trump’s Shutdown Agenda, and a Wave of Mysterious Drones in Scandinavia. Plus, what Jane Goodall learned among the chimps.

Science

• Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Architects of Metal-Organic Frameworks. The prize was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi for the development of a new type of molecular architecture.
• Why Diamonds Are a Computer Chip’s New Best Friend. Data centers squander vast amounts of electricity, most of it as heat. The physical properties of diamond offer a potential solution, researchers say.
• An Interstellar Comet Flew Past Mars, and Spacecraft Took Pictures. 3I/ATLAS, only the third object from beyond our solar system ever spotted from Earth, was viewed from Mars by an orbiting European spacecraft.
• Nobel Prize in Physics Recognizes Work in Quantum Mechanics. John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for showing that two properties of quantum mechanics, the physical laws that rule the subatomic realm, could be observed in a system large enough to see with the naked eye.
• Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded for Work in Quantum Mechanics. The prize was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis.
• How to Protect Your Pets From Pollution. Wildfire smoke, lead paint and other environmental toxins are health hazards for animals, too.
• If Your North Star Is Lost, New Techniques Can Point You South. The writer Tristan Gooley describes how a pair of familiar constellations can help a person navigate in darkness when other methods fail.
• Wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance Tied to Culprit Other Than Ice. The explorer’s journey to Antarctica was likely doomed before it began.
• Beyond the Nobel Prizes Is a World of Scientific Awards. Nobels are awarded in only three scientific categories, but other awards honor researchers across different fields.
• This Traditional Yogurt Recipe’s Secret Ingredient Has 6 Legs. Scientists recreated a formula involving ants and milk that is used in Bulgarian villages to yield yogurt with an herbaceous flavor.
• Two Comets Are Moving Into Your Night Skies in October: How to Watch. The comets A6 (Lemmon) and R2 (SWAN) are visitors from the chilly fringes of our solar system, and could even be visible at the same time.
• Can a Diagnosis Make You Better? As our diagnostic categories expand to include ever milder versions of disease, researchers propose that the act of naming a malady can itself bring relief.
• What a Signal in a Failed Star’s Clouds Means for the Search for Life. The detection of the molecule phosphine in a brown dwarf’s atmosphere may help astronomers in their search for life elsewhere in the Milky Way.
• The Big Bad Wolf Is Afraid of You. Researchers found that the predatory canines were far more likely to flee recordings of human voices than they were to run away from other sounds.
• ‘There Will Always Only Be One Jane Goodall’ Scientists reflect on the life and work of a researcher whose discoveries made them rethink what it means to be human.
• Jane Goodall: A Life in Pictures. The primatologist gained scientific acclaim for her work with chimpanzees and then later used her fame to champion conservation.

Climate

• Early Signs of a ‘Turning Point’ as Renewables Edge Out Coal. The world generated more electricity from renewable energy than coal for the first time ever, a new report finds. The United States is lagging behind.
• Trump Signs Order to Approve Mining Road Through Alaskan Wilderness. The executive order also made the federal government a 10 percent shareholder in the mining company Trilogy Metals.
• Maryland Judges Weigh Whether Cities Can Sue Over Climate Change. Communities including Baltimore and Annapolis are asking the state’s top court to revive a case accusing oil companies of spreading disinformation.
• Groups Sue E.P.A. Over Canceled $7 Billion for Solar Energy. The lawsuit accused the Environmental Protection Agency of illegally revoking the money without congressional approval.
• The Very Hungry Microbes That Could, Just Maybe, Cool the Planet. They feast on bubbles of methane seeping out of the ocean floor. Could their appetites be harnessed to slow climate change?
• FEMA Withholds $300 Million in Grants Until States Account for Deportations. The agency is demanding certification that population counts, used to determine grant allocations, exclude people who have been recently removed from the country.
• In the Arctic, the U.S. Shifts Focus From Climate Research to Security. The Trump administration is emphasizing defense concerns instead of climate research in the rapidly warming Arctic region.
• Listen to the Sounds of Climate Change. For the Climate Forward live event, we gathered recordings of a melting glacier, the Amazon jungle and the underwater Arctic, all soundscapes that are rapidly changing.
• How the Government Shutdown Could Affect Environmental Agencies. If a shutdown continues, it could interrupt the Environmental Protection Agency’s work and pull workers from maintaining national parks.
• Costly and Deadly Wildfires Really Are on the Rise, New Research Finds. The past decade in particular has seen an uptick in devastating blazes linked to climate change, according to the study.
• Energy Dept. Cancels Hundreds of Clean-Energy Projects, Mostly in Blue States. The cuts almost entirely affect Democratic-led states as the two parties fight over the shutdown of the federal government.
• The High Stakes of the U.N. Climate Talks. At a Climate Forward Live event, André Corrêa do Lago, the head of the United Nations climate negotiations this year, about the United States’ evolving role in the discussions.
• Australia on the Front Lines of Climate Change. At a Climate Forward live event, Anthony Albanese, the prime minister of Australia, talked about his country’s battles against the effects of climate change.
• Senator Schatz on How Democrats Should Talk About Climate Change. At a Climate Forward live event, Senator Brian Schatz, Democrat of Hawaii, said his party needed to change the way it talked about climate issues.
• Has the World Given Up on Fighting Climate Change? At a Climate Forward event, David Wallace-Wells explores why global momentum on climate action is faltering, even as clean energy technology rapidly advances.
• A Generational Shift in American Energy. At a Climate Forward live event, Scott Strazik, the chief executive of GE Vernova, talked about how his company is navigating President Trump’s energy policies.
• An Australian Magnate’s Challenge to President Trump. At a Climate Forward live event, the billionaire Andrew Forrest urged President Trump to visit Australia to see the effects of climate change.
• Can Fusion Deliver the Dream of Limitless Energy? At a Climate Forward live event, Bob Mumgaard, the chief executive of Commonwealth Fusion Systems, said his company might be near a breakthrough.
• An Island Nation on the Front Lines of Climate Change. At a Climate Forward live event, Hilda Heine, president of the Marshall Islands, discussed her nation’s uncertain future as seas rise.
• Jane Goodall’s Thoughts for a Reporter: ‘Hope Isn’t Just Wishful Thinking’ A Times correspondent who interviewed Dr. Goodall recalled their conversations about the state of the planet.

The Upshot

• How Much It Costs to Drive an E.V. and a Gas Car in Every State. Charging an electric car battery is usually cheaper than going to the gas pump. But it depends on where you live.
• Crossplay Game Review. Information about Crossplay Game Review.
• Nearly 20 Percent Fewer International Students Traveled to the U.S. in August. The data shows the steepest decline in August international student arrivals since the pandemic.
• 10-Minute Challenge: A Modern Master Takes Us Inside an Artist’s Studio. We’d like you to look at one piece of art for 10 minutes, uninterrupted.
• Is Sports Betting Illegal in Your State? Not if You Call It a ‘Prediction Market.’ Prediction markets like Kalshi, once known for offering wagers on elections, are now in the multibillion-dollar sports betting business and outside the reach of state regulations and taxes.
• Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, Oct. 4, 2025. Can you sort 8 historical events?
• Video Games Have Become the Main Way Boys Socialize. Is That Bad? They’ve become an important way to spend time with peers. But they’ve also become more addictive.
• At Stake in the Shutdown Fight: Obamacare Prices That Could Rise by Thousands of Dollars. Here’s where Affordable Care Act premiums could increase the most.

Opinion

• The Gaza I Once Knew Is Gone. After two years of war, one Gazan tells of what was lost.
• Rewriting the Rules of the College Admissions ‘Game’ Readers respond to a guest essay about the broken process of college admissions. Also: What Taylor Swift taught us.
• Why Democrats Aren’t Fighters. Democrats aren’t selecting the right fighters for the moment, says New York Times Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie. Bouie, along with the columnists Michelle Goldberg and David French, debate how the Democrats are handling the shutdown on “The Opinions” latest round table.
• D.E.I. Helps Everyone (White Men Included). It’s easy to understand why the Trump administration’s funding cuts to D.E.I.-related research will harm the overall health of underrepresented groups, including women, people of color and L.G.B.T.Q. people. But they could actually hurt white men too.
• Pushback at Trump and Troops in Portland. Readers object to President Trump’s use of the military in American cities. Also: ICE at the Super Bowl.
• There’s No Precedent for This Shutdown. Congress may seem dysfunctional from the outside, but the government shutdown is a sign that something more sinister is going on, says the Opinion columnist Michelle Goldberg.
• How to Save a Book Festival. With humanities funding vanishing, stories and those who protect them remain our greatest hope.
• Civility and Disagreement in American Politics. Readers respond to a guest essay by Roxane Gay. Also: A Canadian’s lament.
• When Attacks on Free Speech Come From Left and Right. Readers respond to a column by Bret Stephens pointing out examples.
• Brian Eno’s Creative Motivations. What motivates Brian Eno to create? The prolific artist and musician joined the Opinion columnist Ezra Klein to discuss art, life and the strange inspiration for his album “Music for Airports.”
• Are You Playing the Technology or Is the Technology Playing You? Are you playing the technology or is the technology playing you? In a recent episode of “The Ezra Klein Show,” the musician Brian Eno and the Opinion columnist Ezra Klein discuss how generative A.I. changes our relationship with agency.
• Israel, Palestine and the Peace Option. Readers, including a former Israeli diplomat, respond to a guest essay by the Israeli politician Benny Gantz. Also: Care for young and old; trucks and trains.
• The W.N.B.A. Is Making More Money Than Ever. Why Aren’t the Players? Other professional sports leagues give their players roughly 50 percent of the revenue, but the W.N.B.A. players get less than 10 percent.
• Conservatives vs. Hasan Piker. Hasan Piker argues Democrats are struggling to construct effective media narratives. On “Interesting Times,” he tells Ross Douthat why he thinks conservatives are better at pushing their message.
• Do the Trump Reprisals Set a Precedent? Responses to a news analysis about the possible effects of President Trump’s reprisals. Also: Cultural exchanges; roots of political violence; A.I.
• Hasan Piker Wants a ‘Post-Liberal’ America. On “Interesting Times,” the Twitch and YouTube star Hasan Piker tells Ross Douthat how he thinks America’s political system should transform, and why he advocates for more people to get involved in the democratic process.
• President Trump, Please Extend the A.C.A. Tax Credits. Insurance through the Affordable Care Act is about to get much more expensive for millions of Americans. Democrats are using the government shutdown as leverage to try to address this. In this video, Holly Hudnall, a middle-class mom from Kentucky, asks President Trump to make insurance more affordable for families like hers.
• Trump and Hegseth: The Quantico Campaign. Readers sharply criticize the speeches by the president and the secretary of defense. Also: A cynical order from the Supreme Court.

Contributors

• Has Your Energy Bill Gone Up? Show Us. Share your energy bills for a forthcoming project about the demand of A.I. on the grid.

Op-Ed

• Green Spaces for Kids Shouldn’t Be Political. Public parks are vital for children’s health.
• What the Shutdown Is Really About. Obamacare premiums could double for millions of Americans if the law isn’t changed. Neera Tanden walks Ezra Klein through the shutdown’s policy stakes.
• The Second Trump Administration Is a Museum of America’s Worst Moments. Remember when Republicans loved small government?
• Tom Friedman on the Only Way to Solve the Israel-Hamas War. Can Donald Trump end the “worst war” with the latest round of peace talks?
• Relax, America, There Is Life After Nonstick Pans. America will be better off without nonstick pans: healthier, safer and perhaps even more skilled at cooking.
• You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That. People and institutions of civil society must coordinate against him.
• Can Trump End This Impossibly Cruel Practice? Under Trump, the N.I.H. is encouraging alternatives that use human cells rather than dogs, cats and monkeys.
• An Ideological Revolution Needs 12 Years in Power. The Trump administration has a long way to go.
• Israel Cannot Go On Winning Like This. Until the recent U.S.-backed peace deal, Israel has continued to use force without engaging in any viable diplomacy. It must change to save itself.
• Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller. After all, there is “an enemy within.”
• No, Trump Can’t Deploy Troops to Wherever He Wants. The president’s claims about cities don’t hold up.
• That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good. Despite some rude provocations, he outlined a nuanced vision of the military.
• Coal Is Unreliable, Expensive and Dirty. Trump Is Going All In. Domestic coal can’t compete with batteries, solar and gas much longer.
• Mamdani’s Success or Failure Would Mean a Lot. So How Would He Govern? Being mayor of New York City is one of the toughest jobs in politics. One glimpse of how Zohran Mamdani may seek to do it is whom he’s talking to.
• Lessons From a Long War. The only viable path to a Palestinian state is an end to the fantasy of Israel’s destruction.
• Megyn Kelly Knows Which Way the Winds Are Blowing. Megyn Kelly knows which way the winds are blowing.
• Trump’s Shutdown Glee Could Come Back to Bite Him. Republicans’ exploitation of government’s closure is the tell that they prefer it this way.
• Trumpism After Trump: The Future of the Right. A conservative’s vision for MAGA beyond Trump.
• There Are Two Economies: A.I. and Everything Else. This is worse than putting all your eggs in one basket.
• Stopping Zohran Mamdani Won’t Save the Political Old Guard. Dismissing candidates like Zohran Mamdani simply because of their youth is no longer viable. Millennial and Gen Z Americans will only gain more political influence.
• The Origin of ‘Equal Justice Under Law'. The phrase doesn’t appear in the Constitution or its amendments.
• The Grace That Gives Us Hope. There’s a way out of this, and people in despair are leading the way.
• Republicans Are Making Health Care Unaffordable for Young Americans. If Democrats don’t win the shutdown fight, millions of young Americans may lose coverage because of higher prices.
• Sudden Pop Stardom After 50. My song went viral on TikTok, and then I was touring the world.
• This Crazy Crypto Heist Is the Story of Our Time. The souring of the relationship between Georgia’s billionaire master and his former aide is a cautionary tale.
• They Have Waited Two Years for the Hostages. These Are Their Rituals. Families of captives in Gaza find private ways to stay connected to their loved ones.
• The West Is Lost. Loss has become a pervasive condition of life in Europe and America.
• Who Is Donald Trump Responsible To? Trump’s exclusionary view of the country strains the bonds of union.
• Mr. President, May We Interest You in a Naked Bike Ride? Trump’s dispatch of National Guard troops to Portland is another dangerous step toward politicizing America’s military forces.
• When A.I. Came for Hollywood. The Dream Factory is going full fantasy, human factor be damned.
• What Chuck Schumer Can Learn From Bad Bunny. The Democrats need to understand that woke can be good business.
• Can Left and Right Understand the Other Side’s Fears? Getting past the urge to reduce all politics to existential conflict.
• ‘If You Don’t Want This Consequence, Don’t Vote for Republicans’ This week, the round table convenes to discuss who wins and who loses when the government shuts down.
• The Problem Lurking Beneath Our Church-and-State Debates. What exactly is religion, anyway?
• The Chaos of Driving in Lebanon Tells a Story of a Country Unraveled. Lebanon’s traffic nightmare paints a portrait of a nation verging on collapse.
• If We’re in an Armed Conflict, Americans Deserve to Know More About It. From what little we do know about the airstrikes in the Caribbean, the operation doesn’t make much sense.
• A Breath of Fresh Air With Brian Eno. The musician and record producer Brian Eno delves into his experiments with ambient music, his thoughts on generative A.I. and his deep gratitude for the uniqueness of human life.
• Silicon Valley Cashes Checks and Stays Silent. Kim Scott, who lived and worked in Russia, on Silicon Valley’s silent complicity in the rise of authoritarianism.
• Trump’s Louis XIV Moment. The president is refashioning his residence into a palace. Our democracy is now a members-only club.
• How the Manosphere Hijacks Young Men’s Interest in Science. If these podcasts really wanted to nurture enthusiasm for science, they should celebrate the hard work that goes into finding the right answer.
• What’s Lost When Community Colleges Go Virtual. In our increasingly digital world, online classes are here to stay. But there’s no substitute for being on campus.
• Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion. There seems to be no limit to the president’s odious attempts to control higher education.
• Incompetence Isn’t an Upgrade Over D.E.I. The Trump administration is a mockery of the idea of meritocracy.
• Taylor Swift Is No Showgirl. Once you’re a showgirl, you’ll never be anyone’s girl next door again.
• How Radical Is Hasan Piker? The Twitch Star’s Flirtation With Violence. Meet the online star who likes to play with fire.
• What It Takes for a Working-Class Kid to Get a College Education. Silas’s future seemed bright except for at least one detail. He didn’t have a car.
• How to Stop a War. Middle East peace may seem hopeless, but Northern Ireland shows that even the most intractable conflict can be resolved.
• My City Is the Heart of Europe, and It’s Not Going Well. Brussels is nearing the end of its experiment in urban autonomy.
• This Is What Autocrats Dread. Authoritarians have lost elections before, and they will again.
• One Girl’s Journey After Her Grandma Said to Kill Her. Orphaned in a massacre in Congo, a onetime elementary school dropout is now an American and can teach us something about resilience.
• Is Kennedy’s War on Vaccination Over? The health secretary promised a revolution but delivered minor changes. Why?

Opinion | Politics

• How to Save the American Experiment. To see a way out of our destructive spiral we should look to the innovation of the 1920s.

Arts

• Prime Video Scrubs Guns From James Bond Artwork, and 007 Fans Are Shaken. The world’s most famous spy does, after all, have a license to kill.
• She Sees Beauty in Black Men at Work. She Won’t Apologize for That. Some viewers see the subjects of Karimah Ashadu’s films as victims of capitalism. She says it’s more complicated, and interesting, than that.
• Kristi Noem Says ICE Will Be ‘All Over’ the Super Bowl. The homeland security secretary told a podcaster that immigration agents would be at the N.F.L. event, where Bad Bunny, a Puerto Rican rapper and Trump critic, will perform.
• Jane Fonda Revives Her Father’s McCarthy-Era Free Speech Group. The actress joined Spike Lee, Billie Eilish, Pedro Pascal and others in reviving the Committee for the First Amendment, a group that her father, Henry Fonda, was a member of in the 1940s.
• What to See in Galleries in October. This week in Newly Reviewed, Will Heinrich covers Zoe Leonard’s armor, explosive paintings from Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Max Schumann’s paper bag art and Ed Bereal’s skeletal demon.
• Where an Artist Draws a Crowd, and the Crowd Draws the Artist. For a music critic, drawing the violinist Jennifer Koh was a balancing act between perception and creation, not unlike criticism itself.
• Trump Fires Members of Humanities Council. The White House told members of a group of scholars who advise the National Endowment for the Humanities that their positions had been terminated.
• Tina Turner Sculpture Joins List of Scorned Statues. Not everyone loves the new work in Brownsville, Tenn., but sponsors say they choose to see the bright side of the passionate responses.

Art & Design

• Fra Angelico and the Miracle of Faith Made Visible. A once-in-a-generation exhibition in Italy shows how the Renaissance painter believed something with his whole heart, and then made it manifest.
• A Star Architect’s Buildings Soar. He’s Nowhere to Be Seen. Three museums designed by David Adjaye are opening this fall, but some institutions are downplaying his involvement.
• The 9 Lives of Lee Miller. Her biography spans some of the 20th century’s most artistically compelling and politically harrowing moments, but it also overshadows her contribution to photography.
• In London, a California Gallery Shows Expat Mexican Surrealists. For two decades, Gallery Wendi Norris has broadened and complicated ideas about Surrealism. Now she is bringing major Mexican-influenced works to Frieze Masters.
• Beyond London, a Coastal County Where Art Abounds. The southeastern county of East Sussex is home to a wealth of independent galleries and exhibition spaces.
• Forced to Flee Two Homes, a Painter Finds a Refuge on Canvas. The Iraqi-born artist Hayv Kahraman explores displacement from Baghdad and Altadena in her New York show, “Ghost Fires.”
• Police Seize Possible Forgeries From Dalí Show in Italy. The show’s curator stands by the authenticity of lithographs by the Surrealist artist, saying he has the documents to prove it.
• After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out. The departure of Todd Arrington, who led the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, came after the administration sought a sword from its collection as a gift for King Charles.
• Petrit Halilaj Is the Winner of the Nasher Prize for Sculpture. The Kosovar learned he’d won a top art world honor as he was dealing with a suspected arson before the Kosovo premiere of his opera.
• Seeing Puerto Rico Through Comic Books. Marvel’s White Tiger, frog sorcery, Indigenous tales and more are in “¡Wepa!,” coming to New York Public Library, spotlighting work by or about the island.

Music

• Helmut Lachenmann’s Music Is Like Nothing Else. The composer, who turns 90 this fall, has expanded the spectrum of sounds that instruments produce and that audiences can perceive.
• The Sound of ‘Ophelia’ Inspired by Taylor Swift’s “Showgirl” single, listen to a playlist of songs that use the tragic “Hamlet” heroine as inspiration.
• Review: A New ‘La Sonnambula’ at the Met Embraces the Wild. Rolando Villazón’s lucid and thrillingly sung production of Bellini’s opera stars a resplendent Nadine Sierra.
• Did a Single Generation Ruin Modern Music for Everyone Else? The avant-garde works that emerged from World War II continue to influence how audiences view contemporary music decades later.
• What Did Ozzy Osbourne Reveal in His Final Projects? “Last Rites,” a book detailing the final 15 years of the metal luminary’s life, is arriving at the same time as “No Escape From Now,” a documentary about a challenging period.
• Chris Dreja, a Founding Member of the Yardbirds, Dies at 78. A rhythm guitarist and bassist, he was a “rock” for a band whose fiery lead players, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, had no shortage of ego.
• Taylor Swift Keeps Getting Bigger. Can the Music Keep Up? “The Life of a Showgirl” dominated streaming, conversation and movie theaters this weekend. But reaction to the album — especially its lyrics — was mixed.
• Review: A ‘Don Giovanni’ Revival at the Met Must Be Heard. Ivo van Hove’s stark production of Mozart’s classic has returned to the Metropolitan Opera with a uniformly excellent cast.
• Madi Diaz: A Little Bit Country, a Little Bit Pop, and Beloved by Both. The Nashville singer and songwriter has written songs for Maren Morris and toured with Harry Styles. Her new album, “Fatal Optimist,” is bravely bare.
• In Taylor’s Version, Ophelia Has a Fairy-Tale Ending. Taylor Swift reimagines the fate of the tragic “Hamlet” heroine on her new album, “The Life of a Showgirl.” But did she really need saving?
• Breaking Down Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ For a rapid-response episode of Popcast, we journeyed track-by-track through the pop star’s new album, assessing the highs, lows and hot gossip.
• Sean Combs Now Faces Not Just Prison and a Fine, but Shunning. Many who have tracked the music mogul’s career think his reputation has been irreparably damaged by testimony of abusive behavior as a boss and boyfriend.
• 5 Takeaways From Taylor Swift’s ‘Showgirl’ Movie. The pop star’s new album arrived with a limited-run film in which she debuts a video for “The Fate of Ophelia” and chats about the LP’s songs.
• Sean Combs Begged Judge for Mercy Before Sentencing. “My domestic violence will always be a heavy burden that I will have to forever carry,” Mr. Combs said in a 12-minute presentation.
• An ex-girlfriend of Combs recently rejected being labeled a ‘victim.’
• At trial, Combs’s lawyers argued he was abusive but not a racketeer. In defusing much of the government’s case, lawyers for the music mogul did not dispute that he did bad things. They disputed that they matched the crimes he was charged with.
• 737 Videos, 141 Cues: What It Takes to Make ‘Kavalier & Clay’ Lift Off. At the Metropolitan Opera, a cramped studio at the back of the hall is a command tower, controlling the show’s elaborate video and effects.
• One lawyer was glaringly absent from the prosecutors’s table.
• In jail, Combs has gotten sober and developed a self-help course.
• Read Cassie’s letter to the judge.
• Read Sean Combs’s letter to the judge.
• Read the document. Cassie’s Letter to the Judge
• Meet the judge deciding Combs’s fate: Arun Subramanian.
• The convictions stem from a 1910 anti-prostitution law.
• Who is Sean Combs?
• Here is the latest.
• On ‘Showgirl,’ Taylor Swift Has a Lust for Love (and Her Foes). On her 12th original album, the pop superstar sounds hungry to embrace her future — but not until she attends to some unfinished business.
• Sean Combs’s Letter to the Judge. The full text of Sean Combs’s letter to the judge,
• Sean Combs Asks Judge for Mercy: ‘I Lost My Way’ The music mogul submitted a letter to the court ahead of his sentencing on Friday for his conviction on two prostitution-related counts.
• Taylor Swift Conquered With the Eras Tour. Now Comes the Victory Lap. The star’s power and reach has grown with each of her releases. Now she’s following her record-breaking live show with her 12th original studio LP, “The Life of a Showgirl.”
• Evan Dando Is Back From the Brink. The Lemonheads frontman’s life was really bleak for a while. He tells the tale in a new memoir, to be followed by his band’s first album of original songs in nearly 20 years.
• Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Naked Baby on Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ The man pictured as a naked baby on the cover of Nirvana’s seminal second album argued that the band had engaged in child sex abuse imagery.
• 50 Pianos Rumble With the Sound of ‘11,000 Strings’ Georg Friedrich Haas has written a piece of almost ridiculous scale and complexity. The effect is awe-inspiring.

Television

• Why ‘Gilmore Girls’ Became a Fall Tradition. The show debuted 25 years ago this week. Many fans still make an annual TV pilgrimage to Stars Hollow as the weather cools and the leaves start to change.
• Two Oct. 7 Series Show the Power, and Limits, of Memory. After two years of war and acrimony, “Red Alert” and “One Day in October” focus on the horrors of a single day.
• What Clowns! (That’s a Compliment). Natalie Palamides and Julia Masli are among the stars of a new clowning movement that revels in the comedy of failure. How did these fools become prestige?
• Jimmy Kimmel Says His Numbers Are Better Than Trump’s. Kimmel is keeping the results of a new poll in perspective: “At this point, finding a toenail in your salad has a seven-point lead over Donald Trump.”
• In ‘Boots,’ a Closeted Marine Comes of Age. Based on the 2016 memoir “The Pink Marine,” this Netflix series dramatizes the experiences of a queer military recruit in an era when gay people were still barred from serving.
• ‘Boots,’ Plus 7 More Things to Watch on TV this Week. A new series airs on Netflix and the long-running medical show “Grey’s Anatomy” returns for its 22nd season.
• On the ‘S.N.L.’ Season Premiere, Trump Warns: ‘Daddy’s Watching’ And the show’s host, Bad Bunny, is just what the president and his ICE posse will be looking for at the Super Bowl.
• ‘The Gold’ Review: British Crime the Old-Fashioned Way. A true-crime story on PBS’s “Masterpiece” harks back to a hard-boiled tradition.
• Kate McKinnon’s Holy Grail Is ‘Indiana Jones’ “When those bugs are crawling on Kate Capshaw in ‘Temple of Doom,’ I’m having the time of my life,” the actress and author said.
• The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix in October. “Nobody Wants This” is back and so is Kathryn Bigelow, with a new political thriller starring Idris Elba.
• ‘S.N.L.’ Season 51: What to Know Before the Premiere. “Saturday Night Live” is back this weekend with several new cast members. It’s facing a particularly fraught climate for political jokes on TV.
• How Jane Goodall’s Death Initiated Netflix’s Newest Show. An interview with the conservationist is the first in a new series, “Famous Last Words.” More episodes are in the vault, their subjects unknown, for now.
• Late Night Sums Up Day Two of the Shutdown. “No one has any idea how long it will last,” Jimmy Fallon said. “People are calling it the ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ of government shutdowns.”
• Colbert Suggests Unplugging the Government Then Turning It on Again. “If that doesn’t work, maybe toss it in a bag of rice,” the “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert said a day after the U.S. government shut down.

Theater

• ‘Les Misérables’ at 40: The Unlikely Story of a Hit. Critics initially panned it, but public love for the musical with songs like “One Day More” and “On My Own” has kept it going strong for four decades — and counting.
• This Erotic Epic Is Marina Abramovic at Her Most ‘Insane’ The Serbian artist’s latest piece is a four-hour exploration of folklore and sexuality, featuring singers, dancers, musicians and film.
• Her Grandfather Owned the Yankees. Now She’s Producing ‘Damn Yankees.’ George Steinbrenner’s theater-loving granddaughter Haley Swindal is taking a big swing with a revival of the musical, slightly retooled for a new generation.
• Three Broadway Stars Walk Into a Museum…. Bobby Cannavale, James Corden and Neil Patrick Harris talked about paintings that made an impression and, like their characters in “Art,” had questions about one another’s taste.
• How a Chaotic ‘Network’-Style Outburst Plays Out in ‘Weather Girl’ In this dark comedy about climate change, a meteorologist meant to maintain a “happy voice” can no longer reassure viewers that it’s going to be all right.
• 17 Off Broadway Shows to Enliven Your October. André De Shields does Molière, Romy and Michele take the stage and Bat Boy makes his return just in time for Halloween.
• He’ll Have the 10-Hour Theater Show, Please. As director of Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe, one of France’s top playhouses, Julien Gosselin is facing strong budgetary headwinds. But he’s keeping his vision big.
• ‘The Honey Trap’ Review: A Thriller That Keeps Audiences Rapt Until the End. For a British soldier, a fatal night out breeds a hunger for revenge in Leo McGann’s suspenseful play at Irish Repertory Theater.
• ‘This Much I Know’ Review: ‘Eureka Day’ Playwright Still Has Questions. After his Tony win, Jonathan Spector returns with a dark, cerebral comedy involving academics and Stalin’s daughter.

Books

• Dark Academia: A Starter Pack. The genre — characterized by Gothic intrigue and a liberal arts aesthetic — grew out of Donna Tartt’s cult favorite campus novel, “The Secret History.” Here’s where to start.
• Here Are the Finalists for the 2025 National Book Awards. Novels by Karen Russell and Bryan Washington are among those vying for the award in fiction, while books about Gaza, foster care and women in Russia are up for the nonfiction prize.
• Jilly Cooper, British Romance Novelist, Is Dead at 88. A prolific writer and keen observer, she sold millions of copies of her juicy, sometimes racy “Rutshire Chronicles” series.
• The Comics Artist Who Sees Monsters in Museums, and in the Mirror. In her two-volume classic, “My Favorite Thing Is Monsters,” Emil Ferris explores a girl’s journey to understand the world, and herself.
• Florida Court Rejects Free Speech Argument in Book Removal Case. The lawsuit was an effort to keep ‘And Tango Makes Three,’ about two male penguins raising a chick, in a county’s school libraries.

Book Review

• Revisiting Her Hometown, a Journalist Finds Anger, Addiction and Despair. To write “Paper Girl,” Beth Macy returned to Urbana, Ohio, documenting the descent of a once flourishing town into entrenched poverty and acrimony.
• The ‘Thursday Murder Club’ Detectives Are ‘Not Sweet Old People’ The novelist Richard Osman says the stars of his best-selling series — a team of crime-solving retirees, who make their fifth appearance in “The Impossible Fortune” — are as complicated and flawed as anyone else.
• In This Graphic History, an Unflinching Look at Black Activism. “Black Arms to Hold You Up,” the latest salvo from the award-winning cartoonist Ben Passmore, merges of-the-moment urgency with historical fact.
• First They Drove Out the Comanches. Then They Changed the Country. In “The Conservative Frontier,” Jeff Roche makes the case that the modern Republican Party was born in West Texas.
• Jake Tapper Has a Second Book This Year. It’s About Terrorism. In “Race Against Terror,” Tapper makes a courtroom drama out of the strange case of a jihadi fighter who turned himself in.
• Katherine Dunn’s Stories, Newly Unearthed, Float and Sting. Her first and only collection of short fiction, gleaned from her archive, pulses with energy and struggling characters.
• Oh, the Horror! Do You Know the Books That Inspired These Movies and TV Shows? Feeling the Halloween spirit already? Try this quiz on scary novels and their screen adaptations.
• Chris Kraus on Cancel Culture, Murder and Other American Pastimes. The author of “I Love Dick” returns with a novel that combines autobiography and true crime.
• Was Gertrude Stein a Genius? A New Biography Makes the Case. The modernist novelist, art collector and saloniste held a high opinion of herself. Francesca Wade probes Stein’s life and legacy, taking her at her word.
• ‘What a Time to Be Alive’? In Fact It Is, Two New Novels Say. In an unusual act of literary synergy, two vibrant coming-of-age tales with the same title have arrived one week apart.
• ‘I Am Lucky’: In a New Memoir, a Former Israeli Captive Looks Ahead. Freed after 14 months, Eli Sharabi learned that his family didn’t survive the Oct. 7 attacks. “Hostage” is testimony to his suffering and his hope.
• A Propulsive Tale of Two Mothers Entangled in a Kidnapping. A cheeky narrator recounts a parent’s worst nightmare in Brenda Lozano’s new novel.
• For This Writer, the Personal and Political Are Inseparable. The celebrated German novelist Jenny Erpenbeck considers the relics of an earlier age in a newly translated essay collection.
• Grieving a Father Who Found Dignity in the Dirt. In the autofictional “Death and the Gardener,” the Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov remembers an ordinary man ennobled by a love of the land.
• A Powerhouse Writer Found One Word to Change the Debate About Tech. Cory Doctorow’s new book looks to offer comfort, and solutions, to the inescapable feeling that digital platforms have gotten worse.
• Jonathan Lethem’s Mastery of the Sort-of-Science-Fiction Story. His new collection draws from his ambitious practice of the form over nearly four decades.
• A Lost World War I Classic Returns, as Relevant as Ever. A new reissue of Siegfried Kracauer’s 1928 novel “Ginster” offers a darkly humorous window into one German conscript’s inglorious journey.
• The Thriller Writer Who Took on a Tech Giant. Andrea Bartz was disturbed to learn that her books had been used to train A.I. chatbots. So she sued, and helped win the largest copyright settlement in history.
• How to Get Away With Crimes Against Humanity. Philippe Sands considers the case of the dictator Augusto Pinochet, who eluded efforts to bring him to account for state-sponsored terror in Chile.
• Beyond Handbags and French Bad Boys: Reconsidering Jane Birkin. In a new biography, “It Girl,” the journalist Marisa Meltzer makes a case for the doe-eyed style icon as more than a muse.
• What Was Best About the ‘Best American Poetry’? After four decades, the annual book series is drawing to a close. Our columnist looks at what it all meant.
• A Canine Classic Turns 25 and a New Novel Joins the Pack. As Kate DiCamillo’s “Because of Winn-Dixie” celebrates a big milestone, Holly Goldberg Sloan’s “Finding Lost” echoes its themes.
• 6 New Books We Love This Week. Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
• Thomas Pynchon’s New Novel Isn’t His Best. It’s Still Good Fun. “Shadow Ticket” follows a dancing private eye on the hunt for a missing cheese heiress. It gets even wackier from there.
• Are We Headed for Apocalypse? This Book Says It’s a 1-in-3 Chance. In “Goliath’s Curse,” Luke Kemp crunches the numbers to see exactly how far we are from the fate of once-great empires.
• Annie Lennox Often Reads Books Back to Front. Why? Curiosity, “general impatience and all-around quirkiness.” Her first book (which proceeds chronologically) is a visual memoir of her life and musical career.

Movies

• The Strangely Beautiful Realities You Can Discover in a Ken Jacobs Film. The avant-garde director, who died Sunday, changed our ideas of what cinema was and could be while showing us the old, lost New York.
• ‘Ozzy: No Escape From Now’ Review: A Metal Legend’s Last Stand. It’s painful to watch Ozzy Osbourne struggle in this documentary, but his efforts to make one final onstage appearance are awe-inspiring.
• Ken Jacobs, Visionary Experimental Filmmaker, Is Dead at 92. Using found footage and toying with dimensions (2-D could seem like dazzling 3-D), he sought to explode cinema’s traditional boundaries.
• How ‘American Girl’ Enhances a Scene in ‘One Battle After Another’ The Tom Petty hit has a rich cinematic legacy that Paul Thomas Anderson draws on for the closing moments of his tale of radical revolutionaries.
• Five Action Movies to Stream Now. This month’s picks include convicted swordsmen, crooked cops, and more.
• The Star of ‘Good Boy’ Didn’t Know He Was in a Horror Movie (He’s a Dog). The director and producer enlisted their family pet and filmed in their home for more than 400 days to meet the challenges of working with a pooch.
• 8 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.
• Daniel Day-Lewis Gets Candid About His Return From Retirement. Yes, he did announce (against the advice of family and friends) he was quitting. But it was never about acting, and working with his son has meant everything.
• In ‘The Alabama Solution,’ Amateur Footage Helps Expose Prison Abuses. Though Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman are the directors, inmates with smuggled phones are important collaborators.
• ‘Anemone’ Review: Daniel Day-Lewis Is Too Big for Some Movies. After announcing his retirement from acting eight years ago, the performer returns in a drama directed by his son Ronan Day-Lewis.
• ‘The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue’ Review: War as a Thriller. Barry Avrich’s documentary revisits the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel from the perspective of one Israeli family.
• Does Channing Tatum Know How Good He Is? For years, he battled impostor syndrome: “I felt like I was just barely hanging on.” Finally, with “Roofman,” he says he can hold his own against any actor.
• ‘Steve’ Review: Aced the Acting, Failed the Melodrama. Cillian Murphy plays a beleaguered teacher at an all-boys reform school in this exhausting movie on Netflix.
• ‘The Smashing Machine’ Review: Licking Wounds, In and Out of the Ring. Dwayne Johnson shines, but the movie around him tells the wrong story.
• ‘Orwell: 2+2=5’ Review: How George Came to See the World as Orwellian. His novel “1984” captured the tactics of totalitarianism back in 1949. A startling new documentary from Raoul Peck looks at Orwell’s life.
• ‘The Librarians’ Review: What Should Children Read? Nine librarians are profiled in Kim A. Snyder’s gripping documentary about censorship in public schools.
• ‘The Ice Tower’ Review: Royal Crush. A young orphan becomes mesmerized by a volatile actress in this dark fairy tale.
• ‘Fairyland’ Review: Out in San Francisco. Based on a memoir by Alysia Abbott, the movie chronicles gay liberation and the AIDS crisis from the perspective of a gay man’s daughter.
• ‘Good Boy’ Review: Sit. Stay. Scream. This assured horror movie is anchored by a star-making turn from a gorgeous retriever named Indy.
• ‘Bone Lake’ Review: Swinging Into Action. Jealousy reaches a violent fever pitch in a funny and sexy erotic thriller by Mercedes Bryce Morgan.
• ‘Are We Good?’ Review: Marc Maron in a Vulnerable Moment. In this documentary, Maron is shown working through his feelings of grief onstage and off after the death of his partner.

Food

• Roasted Cauliflower Caesar. For this more robust take on Caesar salad, you start by cutting thick slabs of cauliflower before breaking them into smaller pieces and roasting, which ensures maximum caramelized edges while using every part of the vegetable.
• 3 Smart Recipes That Will Change the Way You Make Meatballs. Our recipe tester called one of them “miraculous.”
• Wild Cherry Does Dinner and a Movie A24 Style. The restaurant, a collaboration between the movie studio and the Frenchette chefs, is in a 100-year-old West Village theater.
• This TikTok Food Trend Is More Than 10,000 Years Old. It looks shiny and new on social media, but smoked salmon has been part of Indigenous tradition for centuries.
• I’m Excited About These Eggs. Put Andy Baraghani’s chile-oil eggs on anything — toast, pasta, beans, yogurt, grains, greens — for an instant hit of protein and flavor.
• Is This the End of an Era for Soul Food in Washington? As several of the city’s classic Black-owned restaurants close, some historians worry about the passing of a beloved tradition.
• Emeril’s Restaurant Revived by His 22-Year-Old Son? Bam, 3 Stars! Three years ago, E.J. Lagasse took over his father’s New Orleans flagship restaurant and made it an enchanting tasting-menu experience.
• Opening a Restaurant in New York Is No Picnic. Here’s What It Takes. A year in the making of a rookie’s first restaurant.
• A Better Broccoli Soup. A confident sear on the florets adds deep, caramelized notes to this complexly flavored (but easy to make) soup.
• One-Pot Beans, Greens and Grains; Citrusy Miso-Butter Chicken; Everyday Dal. And more Weeknight 100 hits, because the days are getting both shorter and busier.
• Creamy Tomato Spaghetti With Preserved Lemon. Something magical happens when preserved lemon and tomato are cooked together. In this quick and simple pasta, fragrant lemon permeates the tomato paste, creating a beautifully aromatic (and pantry-friendly) sauce with the addition of heavy cream.
• It’s Chili Weather. And this reader-favorite slow cooker chili is ready when you are.
• Pumpkin Is Not a Spice. These three pumpkin treats — chewy chocolate chip bars, maple-scented cornbread and a showstopping layer cake — let the gourd’s sweetness shine.
• This Lemony, Garlicky Chicken Is the Ultimate Fall Dinner. Paired with a persimmon salad and followed by a plum-cardamom upside-down cake, this vibrant David Tanis menu is one for the ages.
• Dan Dan Noodles, but Make Them a Big Salad. Sturdy salads, like these new recipes from Hetty Lui McKinnon, make entertaining and meal prep easier for busy cooks.
• A Shutdown Silver Lining: Federal Workers Eat and Drink at a Discount. Washington watering holes and restaurants are showing solidarity and seizing an opportunity to draw in out-of-work government employees.
• It’s Time to Join Brooklyn’s Patty Party. Great patties are even more abundant than before in the historically Caribbean heart of the city’s most populous borough.
• So You Have 12 Cans of Chickpeas. Now What? Chickpea anxiety is real. We can help.
• Noodle Soup’s On. Christian Reynoso’s five-star, khao-soi-like creamy butternut squash and coconut noodle soup comes together in just over half an hour.
• What to Do With All Those Apples.
• Where to Eat in N.Y.C.: Best Restaurant Sequels. This week, Luke Fortney takes a closer look at three restaurant sequels to see how they stack up to the originals.
• Spicy Vinegar Chicken Over Artichokes. There’s something undeniably comforting about the combination of chicken and artichokes.
• Crab Rice. Crab rice is a prized dish of the Gullah Geechee people of the Carolina Lowcountry, a region of the United States that is synonymous with seafood.
• Sticky Date and Brown Butter Oatmeal. This sticky date and brown butter oatmeal relies entirely on the caramel-like flavor of medjool dates for sweetness. Briefly cooking the dates first allows them to almost completely dissolve into the oatmeal, permeating every bite.
• Mango Basque Cheesecake. Intensely creamy with a shiny burnished top, the rustic Basque cheesecake is the perfect format for aromatic mango.
• This Simple Checklist Makes Throwing Parties Easy. Use this guide to plan any type of gathering and start with this effortless but stunning fall menu.

Wine, Beer & Cocktails

• Ordering Wine Can Be Pricey. At These 12 Restaurants, It’s a Deal. Too many wine lists cater solely to the wealthy, but these spots in New York City offer terrific values at all points along the price scale.

Style

• Lauren Greenfield, the Queen of Capturing Our Versailles. The artist’s 2012 documentary on a particular pursuit of excess arrives on Broadway when, she says, “we have gotten farther and farther away from the value of modesty.”
• My Brother Was Dishonorably Discharged. Why Is His Military Portrait Up? A reader takes issue with her parents’ prominent display of a photo of her brother fresh out of Marine boot camp, considering that he later deserted his post.
• A Debate About A.I. Plays Out on the Subway Walls. An ad campaign for a wearable A.I. companion has blanketed New York City, starting conversations and inspiring vandalism.
• How Were the Men’s Clothes From the Women’s Shows? In Paris and Milan, a handful of major fashion houses showed dual gender looks on the runways. Some worked, others felt like afterthoughts.
• Men’s Clothes That Never Get Old. An outfit of tailored blazer, boot cut jeans and dress shirt opened wide at the collar had retro and modern appeal.
• The Worst City to Date In? Wherever You’re Living. Or at least that’s how it often feels for singles, who can seem hard-wired to fixate on different cities’ dating reputations.
• Not Your Grandmother’s Chanel. Matthieu Blazy made his debut for the brand, and it’s a whole new world.
• A Campaign to ‘Bring Back Bullying’ On social media, some are arguing that bullying deserves a second look. Trolling or not, the push seems to reflect a general turn away from sensitivity.
• The Left Has Its Rabbit Holes. On the left-leaning podcast “TrueAnon,” three friends take a true-crime approach to subjects often thought too risky for liberals to touch.
• Why Is Everyone Talking About Brown? Pantone, InStyle and Vogue have all declared it the color of the moment. Our critic offers tips for styling it without looking like you stepped out of the 1970s.
• The Simple Pleasure of a Long Walk and a Fun Meal. Charlotte Ward just wanted to share photos with family and friends, but she has built a community of people documenting their journeys, and the food they eat afterward.
• The Novelist Who Knows What Millennials Want. Vincenzo Latronico captures his generation’s desire for an exquisite lifestyle — and pokes fun at it.
• Can Fashion Still Be Provocative? Duran Lantink’s ridiculous debut at Jean Paul Gaultier raises the question.
• Everyday Clothes for New World Royalty. Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, made a surprise appearance for Pierpaolo Piccioli’s Balenciaga debut, along with Lauren Sánchez Bezos, Anne Hathaway and others. At Alaïa, a different message.
• The Clooneys Draw an A-List Crowd in London, for Justice. Amal and George Clooney were joined at the Albie Awards by celebrities including Meryl Streep and Meg Ryan, with performances by John Legend and Brandi Carlile.
• Jane Goodall Taught You How to ‘Look’ The conservationist used her own style to reveal the hidden lives of animals, to reveal that they, too, had style: individuality, identities, quirks and foibles.
• ‘Reading Rainbow’ Comes Back With a New Host, but the Same Mission. The popular children’s television show has returned, with Mychal Threets trying to recapture the magic of the original show for a streaming audience.
• An American Way of Dress. At Loewe, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez celebrated the art of sportswear.
• Taylor Swift Fans Try to Decode ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Speculation abounds as to which songs have references to the various celebrities in Ms. Swift’s life.
• Sex in a Power Suit. What’s seduction now? At Tom Ford and Mugler, two possible answers.
• Taylor Swift Is Now One of His Showgirls. Bob Mackie, whose bejeweled designs have appeared on a list of performers that now includes the singer, reflects on a role he has dressed many for.
• A Romantic First Date? Depends on Whom You Ask. Corey Paris, a state representative in Connecticut, and Symphonie Privett, a TV anchor, met at a fund-raiser. He saw a romantic connection. She wasn’t so sure.
• As Soon as They Met, They Were Sweet on Each Other. Maria Oveysi and Moe Kamal met at her family’s Iranian restaurant. Now they’re selling the ice cream that was inspired by it.
• They Planned Their Wedding in 3 Weeks. Though they grew up just 10 blocks apart, Naim Bhuiyan and Anna Zhang never met until years later. When he proposed, he sent her a video via AirDrop of her parents giving their blessing.
• He Loves ‘Every Ounce of Light and Darkness Inside of Her’ Early in their relationship, Genevieve Wheeler, a novelist, told Iain Naylor, a lawyer, that she battles bipolar disorder. He was undeterred.
• The Woman Who Always Paid for Dinner. She kept grabbing the check, and men kept letting her, until she landed on a (possibly) brilliant idea.
• Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Saw a Beautiful Man Captivating the Room’ Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
• Goose Is a Jam Band. Geese Is Indie Rock. They Both Have New Albums. They’re also both on tour. Confused? We can help.
• Who Would Want Their Jeans to Be Twisted? What happens when mere baggy jeans aren’t stylish enough? Things get twisted.
• Looking for the ‘Rolls-Royce’ of Strollers? What About an Aston Martin? Luxury options and brand collaborations abound for parents looking to project wealth and luxury while out for a walk.
• At Some Weddings, Centerpieces Are Ripe for the Picking. As couples shift away from floral arrangements, seasonal produce, like figs, pomegranates and lemons, is moving in.
• Knives Out at the New Dior. Jonathan Anderson showed his first women’s wear collection for the brand, and it was a scream.

Magazine

• Life Got Hard. The Sims Got Easy. As the daily grind becomes “gamified,” players are nostalgic for older, more chaotic versions of the life simulation game
• Embrace the Potato Dinner. A former restaurant critic, now on a health journey, finds steady comfort in these spiced stovetop spuds.
• Lie About Your Age. It’s Fun! Free, easy and old-fashioned, lying is an anti-aging supplement for the masses.
• They Got to Live a Life of Luxury. Then Came the Fine Print. ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ built a delirious new culture of consumption — and trapped users in a vortex of debt.
• ‘Bow to the Emperor’:We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency. Before the election, we surveyed the legal establishment about what a second Trump term could mean for the rule of law. A year later, they’re very, very worried.
• Democrats Lost the Debate on Immigration. Unless You Ask Senator Alex Padilla. The California politician on his “wake-up call” at an earlier moment of political upheaval, and the one he’s experiencing today.
• Can Your Spouse Put Limits on Knuckle-Cracking? A ruling on a dispute over body noises.

Magazine Newsletter

• I’m a Screenwriter. Is It All Right if I Use A.I.? This new tool has been a game changer.
• Is It OK to Talk to My Daughter About Her Weight? She may be headed for a serious problem. How can we raise this with her without pushing her away?

T Magazine

• Why Are So Many Artists Building Totems? In sculpture and design, towering sculptures are rising once more.
• Maya Rudolph Takes the Mel Brooks Questionnaire. The comedy legend devised a personality test for us. This time: the star of “Loot,” the third season of which premieres this month.
• A Long Island Treehouse That’s Pure Fantasy. The designer Muriel Brandolini took inspiration from Henri Rousseau when reimagining the children’s play space.
• Are You Struggling to Find the Right Gift? Ask Us for Help! Ahead of the holidays, we’re responding to readers’ hardest gifting quandaries.
• She Didn’t Speak to Other Women for 28 Years. What Did It Cost Her? When it came to using her life in her work, the artist Lee Lozano went about as far as a person can go.
• A Watch Engraved With Andy Warhol’s Wig. Piaget’s new timepiece has a Pop Art flair.
• Quilts That Play with Color and Pattern. Whether striped, checked or neither, these textiles are sure to enhance any room.
• Pearls to Wear Every Day. Plus: a Surrealist exhibition in New York, floating saunas and more recommendations from T Magazine.
• What Happens When a Fashion Show Goes Wrong. Seven designers on their biggest mishaps.

Travel

• Napa on the Aegean: A Turkish Wine Region Re-emerges. Urla, a lush district in western Turkey, is bursting with promise, with easy access to beaches, an up-and-coming gastronomy scene and a well-marked vineyard route.
• Taiwan’s Underrated East Coast Is a Gem for Nature Lovers. The island’s lesser-known rugged side delivers staggering natural scenery and a range of outdoor experiences.
• 6 Tree Houses You Can Rent for Glamour With a Rustic Vibe. From Botswana to Sweden and from Tennessee to Italy, these accommodations make the dream of sylvan slumber come true.
• Drawn by a Vast Rocky Landscape on Ireland’s West Coast. Though it looks forbidding, the Burren, where you can walk for hours among the rocks and valleys with only your thoughts for company, can be fertile ground for creativity.
• Norovirus Outbreak Sickens Nearly 100 on Royal Caribbean Cruise. Four crew members and 94 passengers came down with norovirus while sailing from San Diego to Miami.
• 36 Hours in Busan, South Korea. Beaches, cinema and street food collide in South Korea’s cool second city.

Real Estate

• $750,000 Homes in Virginia, Florida and Pennsylvania. A 19th-century house in Richmond, a midcentury modern house in Hollywood and a Victorian in Pittsburgh.
• Why Leaving the Leaves Is Better for Your Yard. Keeping leaves in your yard can bolster the number and variety of species around — and the perks go beyond just the fall season.
• Handcrafted Works Worth Appreciating. The creator of the craft fair Field + Supply, the designer Brad Ford, displays his love of handmade goods at his home in the Hamptons.
• Tiny Homes Aim to Address Shortage on Lakota Reservation. A local Y.M.C.A. branch in South Dakota partnered with a Brooklyn-based firm to design tiny homes as existing two-bedrooms swell with 10 to 15 people.
• Intergenerational Living Provides Family a ‘Foundation to Succeed’ Facing a tough housing market, the Nguyen family went all-in on a mortgage together and made an arrangement with seven people ranging from 6 to 65 successful.
• $950,000 Homes in California. A ranch in Tijunga, a bungalow in Oakland and a hillside house in Silverado.
• Why Is Your Security Deposit Increasing? Landlords are allowed to raise the security deposit each time you renew your lease, but only within the bounds of the law.
• Investor Convicted of Stealing Homes Is Jailed. Sanford Solny, a real estate investor charged with stealing properties in New York, was jailed this week for violating his probation.
• $1.4 Million Homes in Copenhagen. A three-bedroom apartment in a 1902 villa, a 19th-century townhouse, and a renovated two-bedroom thatched cottage.
• Andrew Rannells Lists His Chelsea Triplex for $2.395 Million. “It feels like a little house,” said Mr. Rannells, whose acting credits include the TV series “Girls” and Broadway’s “The Book of Mormon.”
• What’s Your Dream Senior Living Community? Take the Quiz. Whether you have Jimmy Buffett on your mind or the urge to take a class or two, we’ve got a community for you.
• What Types of Senior Housing Are Available? Several options offer different levels of independence versus care.
• Margs, Stars and Classic Cars: Surprising Retirement Communities. Those looking for a retirement plan oriented to their passions can seek out living arrangements that are increasingly catering to niche interests.
• He Wanted to Stay Close to Family in Queens. But How Close Was Too Close? After years of diligent saving, a longtime renter with a $250,000 budget weighed whether to take his parents’ advice and return to his childhood building in Elmhurst, or branch out.
• Homes for Sale in New York and Connecticut. This week’s properties are a four-bedroom in Pelham, N.Y., and a three-bedroom in Sherman, Conn.
• Homes for Sale in Manhattan and Brooklyn. This week’s properties are in Murray Hill, Sutton Place and Park Slope.
• Are Nine Bathrooms Too Many? In new luxury condos, the number of bathrooms sometimes exceeds the number of bedrooms.
• The Garage Is the New Porch. In Houston, people are renovating their garages to make room for parties, crafts and football.

Health

• Taking Too Much Tylenol Has Proven Risks. Trump Didn’t Talk About Those. Acetaminophen’s link to autism is unproven. But hundreds of Americans accidentally overdose on the drug each year, suffering liver damage that can require a transplant or even be fatal.
• His Off-the-Grid Vacation Was Interrupted by Winning a Nobel Prize. Fred Ramsdell found out about his Nobel Prize nearly 12 hours after it was announced because he was on vacation in the Rockies.
• He Was Expected to Get Alzheimer’s 25 Years Ago. Why Hasn’t He? Scientists are searching for the secret in Doug Whitney’s biology that has protected him from dementia, hoping it could lead to ways to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s for many other people.
• Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems. Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi were awarded the prize for research showing how the body regulates its immune responses.
• Costco to Sell Popular Weight-Loss Drugs Ozempic and Wegovy. Costco members will pay $499 a month out of pocket, the same price offered at CVS and Walmart, and on the manufacturer’s direct-to-consumer website.
• Why Brittle Bones Aren’t Just a Woman’s Problem. More men are now living long enough to develop osteoporosis. But few are aware of the risk, and fewer still are screened and treated.
• How Private Equity Oversees the Ethics of Drug Research. Many drug trials are vetted by companies with ties to the drugmakers, raising concerns about conflicts of interest and patient safety.
• Kennedy’s Ties to Ally Leading Vaccine Lawsuits Raise Ethical Concerns. Aaron Siri is leading legal efforts on policies that dovetail with parts of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s government agenda.
• Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint. Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, who was on administrative leave, alleged that the Trump administration had defied court orders and undermined vaccine research.
• F.D.A. Approves a New Generic Abortion Pill. The decision enraged opponents of abortion, who have been pressuring the Trump administration to restrict access to abortion medication.
• How Trump’s Online Drugstore May Affect Your Drug Costs. President Trump and top health officials announced a deal with Pfizer to try to lower Medicaid prices, and a website to help consumers buy drugs directly from manufacturers.

Well

• Seeking Covid Shots for Their Children, Some Parents Hit a Wall. Children under 12 need different versions of Covid vaccines, but many pharmacies and pediatricians’ offices aren’t stocking them.
• A Plea From Doctors: Cool It on the Supplements. As Americans take more gummies, pills and powders than ever, some physicians are trying to convince patients to be a bit more careful.
• My Sense of Taste is Dulling as I Age. Can I Stop It? Experts weigh in on what you can actually do.
• It’s Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was Dead. Sam Terblanche was just 20 years old. Can a busy E.R. handle the hardest cases?
• 5 Steps to Solve (Almost) Any Problem. You probably don’t need more time.
• She Had a Dull Ache in Her Chest. Was It a Heart Attack? The woman, a doctor, was fit and healthy, but even a small amount of exertion left her out of breath.
• Why the Covid Shot Is Safe for Pregnant Women. Mixed messaging from federal health officials has caused confusion around the safety of the Covid vaccine for pregnant women. But the shot has been proven to protect women and their babies. Maggie Astor, a Times reporter for Well, explains.
• How to Make Sense of Your Relationship Attachment Style. Four books — recommended by psychologists and therapists — can help you strengthen your connections.
• Covid Shots Protect Pregnant Women, but Getting Them Now Can Be Hard. The vaccines are proven to help protect pregnant women and their babies. But regulatory chaos and mixed messaging have made for a confusing landscape.
• What Jane Goodall Taught Us About Living a Long Life. The scientist, who died at 91 on Wednesday, was a model for healthy aging.
• Can an Ancient Ritual Fix Our Loneliness Problem? A reporter plunged in to find out.

Family

• The Pressure of Dating With a Fertility Deadline. For some single women in their 30s and 40s, their biological clocks add unwelcome stress to an already fraught process.

Mind

• How Much Do You Really Know About Sleep? Test your knowledge with this quiz.

Move

• How to Treat and Prevent Shin Splints. Don’t let this common injury derail your fall running plans.
• 8 Exercises to Improve Your Grip Strength. This simple routine can help make everyday tasks easier — and you can do it while sitting at your desk.

Times Insider

• ‘Unfortunately, Your Hotel Has Gone Out of Business.’ A travel reporter investigated a hotel chain that had filed for bankruptcy — and when the guests showed up, he was the one who told them there was no room at this inn.
• What I Learned From a 102-Year-Old Yoga Master. When a fitness reporter traveled to a village in France to meet centenarian yoga teacher Charlotte Chopin, she was reminded that movement didn’t have to be complicated.
• Inside the Battle Over a Mosque’s Expansion in New York. A reporter explored the ongoing tussle between a mosque and residents of a town on Long Island.

Corrections

• Quote of the Day: ChatGPT Put My Résumé at the Top of the Pile. Quotation of the Day for Wednesday, October 8, 2025
• Corrections: Oct. 8, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025.
• Corrections: Oct. 7, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: Worried, Frazzled, Indifferent: Americans Process Shutdown. Quotation of the Day for Tuesday, October 7, 2025.
• No Corrections: Oct. 06, 2025. No corrections appeared in print on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: Remaking Wembanyama With Meditation and Kung Fu. Quotation of the Day for Monday, October 6, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: How Much Would You Pay for an Apatosaurus? Quotation of the Day for Sunday, October 5, 2025.
• No Corrections: Oct. 5, 2025. No corrections appeared in print on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025.
• Corrections: Oct. 4, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: Worshipers Grappling With Shock and Anger After Manchester Attack. Quotation of the Day for Saturday, October 4, 2025.
• Corrections: Oct. 3, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: What Goodall Taught Us About Living a Long Life. Quotation of the Day for Friday, October 3, 2025.
• Corrections: Oct. 2, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: .300 Hitters Become Endangered Species As Power Rules All. Quotation of the Day for Thursday, October 2, 2025

The Learning Network

• What Is Beautiful to You? Guest essayists shared how they found beauty in unlikely places. Where do you find it?
• Tree House. Would you want to live in one?
• Word of the Day: vascular. This word has appeared in 32 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• Boys Are Spending More Time Gaming. Is That a Problem? Some say video games are a chief reason boys and young men are struggling. Others say games serve an important role in teens’ lives. What do you think?
• Stamps. Do you ever pay attention to the little rectangles that adorn our mail? Have you ever collected them?
• Word of the Day: iconoclast. This word has appeared in 16 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• Weekly Student News Quiz: National Guard, Taylor Swift, Comets. Have you been paying attention to current events recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right.
• What Animal Would You Like to Learn More About? Jane Goodall, the renowned primate expert who died last week, spent her life studying chimpanzees. Is there a species you have always wanted to know more about?
• Word of the Day: turgid. This word has appeared in 22 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• Eye on You. What do you think this image is communicating?
• What Are Your Biggest Pet Peeves? Tell us what never fails to annoy you, and why you think the behavior in question is so bad.
• Word of the Day: tact. This word has appeared in 39 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• What’s Going On in This Picture? | Oct. 6, 2025. Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see.
• What’s Going On in This Graph? | Oct. 8, 2025. Have you ever heard a sonic boom? Can you imagine what it might be like to hear one every day?
• A Day in the Life of a Teenager. Students share their average and not-so-average daily routines.
• Science Practice | A Study on Asteroid Samples and Life’s Building Blocks. Scientists studied samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu. What clues did they reveal about life outside of Earth?
• Friends Under Trees. Tell us a story, real or made up, that is inspired by this image.
• Do You Enjoy Small Talk? Are you good at it? Or do you find yourself at a loss for words when trying to make conversation?
• Word of the Day: extol. This word has appeared in 21 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

Lesson Plans

• Teach Triangular Numbers With Steven Strogatz and The New York Times. Invite students to uncover how a centuries-old math puzzle helped us see inside the human brain.

En español

• El corresponsal de la Casa Blanca toma preguntas. Los lectores enviaron consultas para Peter Baker sobre la cobertura del presidente Trump y el papel cambiante de Estados Unidos en el mundo.
• En un mundo tóxico, las mascotas podrían ser centinelas de nuestra salud. Nuestras mascotas viven en los mismos ambientes que nosotros. Sin embargo, hay relativamente pocas investigaciones sobre cómo las toxinas y los contaminantes afectan a nuestros animales de compañía.
• Palabra del día: ‘vascular’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en 32 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• Monitoreo de la tormenta tropical Jerry, en vivo. Consulta la trayectoria probable y las horas de llegada de los vientos de Jerry.
• El Premio Nobel de Física se concede a trabajos en mecánica cuántica. John Clarke, Michel Devoret y John Martinis recibieron el premio.
• Israel en guerra consigo mismo. En el segundo aniversario de los atentados del 7 de octubre, Roger Cohen explica cómo la guerra en Gaza ha dejado a Israel dividido y aislado.
• La presión de tener citas cuando avanza el reloj biológico. Para algunas mujeres de entre 30 y 40 años, la expectativa de ser madres a una cierta edad añade un estrés no deseado a un proceso ya de por sí tenso.
• Palabra del día: ‘iconoclast’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en 16 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• Drones, democracia y la guerra en Ucrania. De regreso de un viaje a Ucrania, Philip Pan, editor de la sección Internacional, explica por qué se trata de un nuevo tipo de guerra.
• Palabra del día: ‘turgid’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en 22 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• Monitoreo de la tormenta tropical Priscilla, en vivo. Consulta la trayectoria probable y las horas de llegada de los vientos de Priscilla.
• ¿Los universitarios podrían dejar de usar su teléfono durante una hora? Un movimiento se propone averiguarlo.
• Un tesoro valorado en más de 1 millón de dólares de un naufragio español de 1715 es recuperado. Unos cazadores de tesoros encontraron este verano unas 1000 monedas de plata y oro en la costa este de Florida. Muchas tienen fechas y marcas de casas de moneda visibles.
• Soldados de EE. UU. en ciudades de EE. UU. Nuestra corresponsal del Pentágono explica cómo el presidente Trump ha sabido explotar un temor que tiene eco en muchos rincones del mundo.
• Palabra del día: ‘tact’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en 39 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• Palabra del día: ‘extol’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en 21 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• ¿Quieres saber lo que piensan los hombres? Ve a cortarte el pelo. Hay pocos sitios tan instructivos sobre una cultura local —y lo que se considera “masculino”— como una barbería.

América Latina

• El asesinato de Charlie Kirk es usado por la derecha en Perú. El alcalde de Lima celebró un acto en memoria del activista estadounidense —con asistentes trasladados en autobús desde barrios pobres— mientras pedía ayuda al gobierno de Trump.
• Él es Rafael López Aliaga, el alcalde de Lima apodado ‘Porky’ que apoya al movimiento MAGA. Al encarnar el estilo descarado del presidente Trump, López Aliaga se ha convertido en uno de los principales candidatos para ser el próximo presidente de Perú.
• En México, un concurso busca alternativas a los narcocorridos y los corridos tumbados. El domingo, los finalistas de “México canta” se presentaron en un teatro de Ciudad de México. Los temas comunes fueron el amor, la migración y la cultura mexicana a ambos lados de la frontera.
• Trump, los cárteles de la droga, Venezuela y la guerra: lo que sabemos. El gobierno de Donald Trump está aumentando la presión sobre Nicolás Maduro, presidente de Venezuela, mientras ataca barcos en el mar Caribe.
• Una nueva táctica escalofriante en Nicaragua: detención, luego silencio. El gobierno autoritario de Nicaragua ha empezado a retener a disidentes sin revelar su paradero ni reconocer su detención. Dos han aparecido muertos.
• En México, el mercado de los relojes de lujo es fuerte, pero hay reservas. Varios ven tanto oportunidades como problemas en el nuevo arancel estadounidense sobre las exportaciones suizas.
• Morena, el partido gobernante de México, en aprietos por los gastos de algunos miembros. Morena llegó al poder con la promesa de defender a los más desfavorecidos. Ahora debe dar cuentas por el estilo de vida de algunas de sus figuras destacadas.

Ciencia y Tecnología

• Un cometa interestelar pasó junto a Marte y una nave espacial tomó fotografías. Se llama 3I/ATLAS y es apenas el tercer objeto fuera de nuestro sistema solar que ha sido avistado desde la Tierra.
• Sí, en la ciencia hay premios más allá de los Nobel. Existe un conjunto de premios prestigiosos para honrar el trabajo en campos que los Nobel no cubren.
• El hielo podría no ser el culpable del naufragio del Endurance de Shackleton. El viaje del explorador a la Antártida probablemente estaba condenado al fracaso antes de comenzar.
• Tres científicos reciben el Nobel de Medicina por sus trabajos sobre el sistema inmunitario. Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell y Shimon Sakaguchi fueron galardonados con el premio por investigaciones que muestran cómo regula el organismo sus respuestas inmunitarias.
• ¿Deberíamos dividir el espectro autista? La ampliación del diagnóstico del espectro autista a lo largo de los años se ha convertido ahora en el punto álgido de un largo debate sobre cómo debe definirse el autismo, que ha dividido a padres y activistas por igual.
• Por fin tenemos herramientas eficaces para filtrar las llamadas no deseadas. Una nueva función de los iPhones filtra las llamadas, de forma similar a una tecnología disponible para los usuarios de Android. Aquí te explicamos cómo activarla.
• Cómo ver los 2 cometas que aparecerán este mes. Los cometas A6 (Lemmon) y R2 (SWAN) son visitantes de los fríos confines de nuestro sistema solar, e incluso podrían ser visibles al mismo tiempo.
• Un científico mexicano sobrevive al mordisco de un tiburón en la cabeza. Desde un hospital en Costa Rica, Mauricio Hoyos, científico marino, dijo que lo operarían de la mandíbula luego de recibir puntos para cerrar heridas en el cuero cabelludo y pinchazos en la cara.

Cultura

• El novelista que sabe lo que los milénials quieren. Vincenzo Latronico captura la manera en que su generación anhela tener un estilo de vida primoroso, y se burla de ello.
• Sean Penn estuvo desilusionado de la actuación durante 15 años. Ya no. El actor e instigador está listo para su renacimiento.
• 5 momentos clave de la película promocional de ‘The Life of a Showgirl’, de Taylor Swift. El nuevo álbum de la estrella del pop llegó con un estreno limitado de una película en la que estrena un video para “The Fate of Ophelia” y habla sobre las canciones del nuevo disco.
• Reseña de ‘The Strangers: Capítulo 2’: bastante aburrida hasta que aparece el jabalí. Esta segunda entrega de la trilogía “slasher” de Renny Harlin es manida y tonta.
• Temporada 51 de ‘SNL’: esto hay que saber del estreno con Bad Bunny. “Saturday Night Live” vuelve este fin de semana con un elenco renovado que enfrentará un clima tenso para los chistes políticos en televisión.
• Taylor Swift se apasiona con el amor (y con sus enemigos) en ‘Showgirl’ En su duodécimo álbum original, la superestrella del pop parece hambrienta de abrazar su futuro, pero primero se ocupa de algunos asuntos pendientes.
• ‘Últimas palabras célebres’, la nueva serie de Netflix, inicia con Jane Goodall. Una entrevista con la conservacionista es el primer episodio de una nueva serie, cuyos entrevistados se conocerán después de que fallezcan.
• ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ de Taylor Swift es la celebración del Eras Tour. Las pistas estaban ahí y no las vimos. El nuevo álbum de Swift está inspirado en la gira que batió récords y en su vida fuera del escenario.
• La vida de Jane Goodall en imágenes. La primatóloga se ganó el reconocimiento científico por su trabajo con chimpancés y más tarde utilizó su fama para defender la conservación del medioambiente.
• ¿Cuándo supiste que Taylor Swift sería una superestrella del pop? Repasa seis momentos cruciales de su carrera, mientras la cantante y compositora se prepara para estrenar “The Life of a Showgirl”.
• ¿Cuál será la sentencia de Sean Combs? Esto es lo que sabemos. El magnate de la música comparecerá ante el tribunal el viernes, cuando está previsto que el juez anuncie la pena que le impondrá por dos delitos relacionados con la prostitución.

Estados Unidos

• Harvard identifica un problema con sus estudiantes. Según un informe, muchos alumnos no hacen las lecturas ni participan en clase. Ahora, los profesores intentan cambiar una cultura universitaria que, dicen, perjudica el rendimiento y reprime la expresión.
• Estaba de vacaciones y lo interrumpieron para decirle que le habían dado el Nobel. Fred Ramsdell no esperaba ninguna llamada importante el lunes y estaba sin señal en las montañas Rocosas. Se enteró de su galardón casi 12 horas después del anuncio oficial.
• Una jueza está dispuesta a liberar a Abrego Garcia si no hay planes concretos para deportarlo. La jueza expresó su exasperación ante la incapacidad de los abogados del gobierno para responder a “preguntas básicas” sobre el destino del hombre salvadoreño.
• Los retrasos en los vuelos en EE. UU. comienzan tras el cierre del gobierno. Los retrasos se produjeron al agravarse la escasez de personal de tráfico aéreo.
• El Tesoro defiende la moneda de 1 dólar con el rostro de Trump. El gobierno dijo que una ley de acuñación de monedas coleccionables de 2020 permite que una persona viva aparezca en la moneda estadounidense.
• En Central Park, peatones, caballos y bicicletas eléctricas compiten por espacio. Críticos advierten que los paseos por el parque se han vuelto cada vez más caóticos a medida que los ciclistas de bicicletas eléctricas circulan a gran velocidad.
• Trump suspende la estrategia diplomática con Venezuela. La medida allana el camino para una posible escalada militar contra los narcotraficantes o el gobierno de Nicolás Maduro.
• La Corte Suprema rechaza la apelación de condena de Ghislaine Maxwell. La exempleada y amiga de Jeffrey Epstein argumentó que un acuerdo secreto entre unos fiscales y el multimillonario financiero invalidaba su condena.
• Un instructor de paracaidismo muere tras separarse de un alumno, según la policía. El aprendiz, que presentaba heridas leves, fue rescatado tras quedar atrapado en un árbol de Nashville. Se “presume que el instructor cayó del cielo sin paracaídas”, dijo la policía.
• Un juez considera ‘probable’ que los cargos contra Abrego Garcia sean vengativos. El fallo fue una sorprendente reprimenda tanto al Departamento de Justicia como a algunos de sus funcionarios de alto rango, incluido Todd Blanche, fiscal general adjunto.
• Una jueza dictamina que Trump incumplió la ley al destituir a los miembros de la Junta de Supervisión de Puerto Rico. La jueza María Antongiorgi-Jordán, del Tribunal Federal de Distrito de San Juan, consideró que la Casa Blanca incumplió una ley de 2016 por la que se creó la junta de siete miembros.
• Cómo Trump usó la indignación por el ataque israelí a Catar para presionar a Netanyahu. Hamás aceptó algunos elementos de la propuesta del presidente Trump para poner fin a la guerra en Gaza, pero no está claro si sus condiciones serán suficientes para la Casa Blanca o Israel.
• Mujeres del ejército de EE. UU. reaccionan a los comentarios de Hegseth sobre los estándares físicos. Para las oficiales que han alcanzado puestos de mando dentro del ejército, las palabras del secretario de Defensa sobre las aptitudes físicas de las mujeres erosionan décadas de lucha.
• EE. UU. deporta al periodista salvadoreño Mario Guevara, detenido más de 100 días. Defensores de la libertad de prensa y activistas de las libertades civiles han acusado al gobierno de Trump de intentar suprimir el periodismo independiente y la cobertura que considera poco favorecedora.
• La Corte Suprema permite que Trump proceda a deportar a más venezolanos. Durante meses, el gobierno de Trump ha intentado poner fin a las garantías de 300.000 migrantes venezolanos.
• Un juez condena a Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs a más de 4 años de prisión. Dado que el cantante ya ha pasado detenido un año, podría seguir tras las rejas hasta finales de 2028. El juez también le impuso una multa de 500.000 dólares, la máxima posible.
• El ejército de EE. UU. ataca otro barco cerca de Venezuela, según Hegseth. Se trata del cuarto ataque de la campaña del gobierno de Donald Trump contra presuntos narcotraficantes en el mar Caribe.
• No quiso darle a Trump una espada para Carlos III y fue destituido del museo que dirigía. La salida de Todd Arrington, quien dirigía la Biblioteca y Museo Presidencial Dwight D. Eisenhower, se produjo después de que el gobierno solicitó un objeto de su colección para obsequiar al rey.
• Trump le dice al Congreso que EE. UU. está en guerra con los cárteles de la droga. En una notificación confidencial enviada al Congreso esta semana, el presidente Trump ha decidido que su país está inmerso en un “conflicto armado” formal con los cárteles del narcotráfico.
• Trump y el uso de las fuerzas armadas para implementar su agenda política. Las fuerzas armadas de EE. UU. tienen ahora un comandante en jefe que intenta romper su tradición no partidista y se centra en las amenazas internas, no en las extranjeras.
• La Casa Blanca utiliza el cierre del gobierno para castigar a los enemigos políticos. El gobierno de Trump detuvo miles de millones de dólares en fondos para estados demócratas mientras preparaba un plan para despedir potencialmente a una multitud de funcionarios públicos.
• Por qué Nicolás Maduro se enfrenta a cargos penales en EE. UU. El secretario de Estado, Marco Rubio, ha calificado a Maduro, el dirigente venezolano que se enfrenta a cargos de narcoterrorismo, de “fugitivo de la justicia estadounidense”.
• Un secretario de Defensa novato da lecciones a los altos mandos militares. Oficiales superiores convocados de todo el mundo, a cargo de la gestión de complejas operaciones militares, recibieron una conferencia sobre las normas de aptitud física y aseo.

Estilos de Vida

• Una campaña para ‘que vuelva el acoso escolar’ Algunas personas en internet han estado argumentando que a los jóvenes de hoy les vendría bien una dosis de malicia adolescente.
• ¿Por qué hay más personas jóvenes con cáncer? En la última década, más de una decena de tipos de cáncer han aumentado entre las personas menores de 50 años. Los científicos no tienen todas las respuestas, pero las investigaciones están empezando a ofrecer pistas.
• ChatGPT está diseñado para adularte. Recuerda eso la próxima vez que le pidas consejo. Los chatbots quieren agradarte, cuando muchas veces lo que realmente necesitas es una perspectiva neutral.
• ¿Cómo es un divorcio en la generación Z? Para empezar, la rapidez es esencial.
• 5 pasos para resolver (casi) cualquier problema. Probablemente no necesites más tiempo.
• Todo sobre el retinol, el ingrediente ‘superhéroe’ del cuidado de la piel. Aquí una guía aprobada por expertos sobre un cosmético con una amplia gama de beneficios, desde limpiar los poros congestionados hasta atenuar el aspecto de las arrugas.
• De bisexual a heterosexual vestido de beige y luego a bisexual de nuevo. Yo no quería ser como mis padres tradicionales. De repente, mi padre reveló un secreto oculto desde hacía mucho tiempo.
• ¿Qué es el ‘dermaplaning’? ¿Es seguro hacerlo en casa? Esta técnica de eliminación del vello facial es efectiva, según los expertos. Pero probarla en casa puede tener sus inconvenientes.
• ¿Por qué tantas mujeres llevan ahora el pelo largo? Cada vez más mujeres parecen lucir largas y frondosas melenas. Nuestra crítica ofrece algunas posibles explicaciones junto con una breve historia del cabello.
• ¿Un ritual antiguo puede solucionar nuestro problema de soledad? Una reportera se zambulló para averiguarlo.

Mundo

• Israel recuerda discretamente el segundo aniversario del ataque del 7 de octubre. El sombrío aniversario se produce con las conversaciones de paz en marcha, y mientras los rehenes del ataque dirigido por Hamás siguen en Gaza, donde más de 67.000 palestinos han muerto por los ataques de Israel.
• El gobierno de Francia colapsó. ¿Qué sigue ahora? El presidente Emmanuel Macron podría nombrar un nuevo primer ministro. Pero cada vez enfrenta más presión para convocar nuevas elecciones parlamentarias.
• Comienza juicio de apelación en el caso de Gisèle Pelicot. Pelicot regresó el lunes a los tribunales, 10 meses después de un juicio en el que fueron condenados 51 hombres. El caso conmocionó a Francia y la convirtió en un icono feminista.
• ¿Quién es Sanae Takaichi, la mujer que podría dirigir Japón? Takaichi podría llegar a ser primera ministra de Japón, algo histórico en un país donde las mujeres están drásticamente infrarrepresentadas en las más altas esferas del poder.
• El primer ministro de Francia dimite de forma inesperada. Sébastien Lecornu renunció el lunes menos de 24 horas después de haber formado un gabinete, lo que ha convertido a su gobierno en el más efímero de la historia moderna de Francia.
• Los pilotos exigen a India que investigue el sistema de emergencia del Boeing 787. El fin de semana, un vuelo de Air India desplegó inesperadamente un sistema de energía de emergencia. El mismo sistema se activó en un vuelo que se estrelló en junio.
• Presionado por Trump, Netanyahu acepta el acuerdo de Gaza. El primer ministro israelí se adjudicó el mérito de un acuerdo que se estaba gestando, pero quedó claro que era Donald Trump quien llevaba las riendas.
• ¿La estética budista de Corea del Sur es una moda o un despertar espiritual? Los jóvenes de Corea del Sur compran productos inspirados en el budismo. Los monjes esperan que el revuelo se traduzca en un compromiso con la religión.
• Hamás acepta liberar a todos los rehenes en Gaza. El grupo militante respondió a la propuesta del presidente Trump para poner fin a la guerra en Gaza.
• Rusia insinúa acciones judiciales si Europa usa activos rusos para Ucrania. En medio de un plan para prestar 165.000 millones de dólares a Kiev utilizando activos estatales rusos, los funcionarios europeos son conscientes de la posibilidad de represalias mientras se reúnen para debatir la idea.
• La libertad de expresión de EE. UU. es el centro de las bromas en el festival de comedia saudita. Comediantes estadounidenses utilizaron el primer festival mundial de comedia de Arabia Saudita para hacer chistes sobre un debate álgido en EE. UU.
• Lo que sabemos del ataque a una sinagoga en Manchester. Dos personas murieron y al menos otras tres se encontraban en estado grave tras la embestida de un vehículo y un apuñalamiento en Yom Kippur. La policía dijo que el sospechoso había muerto.
• Cómo la política descompuesta perjudica a los tribunales. Analizamos la difícil posición de los tribunales y jueces independientes en un momento en que los países de todo el mundo están profundamente divididos.
• Lo que cuesta llevar el almuerzo al piso 70. En uno de los rascacielos más altos de Shenzhen, China, la espera por el elevador a la hora del almuerzo puede tardar hasta media hora. Un grupo de corredores pueden acortar la distancia entre los repartidores y los oficinistas hambrientos.
• ¿Logrará esta ciudad de Japón hacer a un lado los celulares? Las autoridades de Toyoake, Japón, aprobaron una ordenanza que limita el uso de dispositivos digitales a dos horas al día fuera del trabajo y de la escuela. La norma ha causado división.
• El éxodo en Gaza desborda la ayuda humanitaria. Los cientos de miles de palestinos que huyen de la ofensiva terrestre de Israel están sobrecargando aún más los servicios, dicen los grupos de ayuda.
• Israel intercepta barcos de la flotilla que iba a Gaza con ayuda, según los activistas. Las embarcaciones forman parte de una flotilla en la que viajan activistas, entre ellos Greta Thunberg, que intentan entregar ayuda humanitaria y protestar contra la guerra de Israel.
• ‘Parecía el fin del mundo’: un terremoto en Filipinas causa decenas de muertes, según las autoridades. El sismo de magnitud 6,9 sacudió la provincia de Cebú, dejando al menos 69 muertos y más de 150 heridos. Las fuertes lluvias han dificultado las labores de rescate.
• Una flotilla de activistas se aproxima a Gaza. Esto es lo que hay que saber. El gobierno de Israel dijo que hará todo lo necesario para impedir que la Flotilla Global Sumud llegue a la Franja de Gaza.

Negocios

• La renuncia del primer ministro de Francia impulsa la incertidumbre económica. La sorprendente dimisión de Sébastien Lecornu tras menos de un mes en el cargo intensificó la preocupación de que Francia fuera incapaz de hacer frente a su enorme deuda.

Opinión

• Mi ciudad es el corazón de Europa, y no le está yendo bien. En Bruselas, una de las tres regiones semiautónomas de Bélgica, la política municipal y el poder urbano se tambalean.
• La política de Trump hacia Venezuela es una fantasía de venganza. Un rápido cambio de régimen en Venezuela ha sido el plan del presidente Trump desde su primer mandato. Simplemente no funcionó la última vez.

Gameplay

• Connections Companion No. 851. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1,573. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 585. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025.
• Spelling Bee Forum. Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
• Positive Swings. Daniel Trujillo Diaz makes his New York Times Crossword debut.
• Connections Companion No. 850. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1,572. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 584. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025.
• Shorthand Pro. Drop into Corry Cropper’s New York Times Crossword debut.
• Connections Companion No. 849. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1,571. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 583. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025.
• Cold One. Hannah Binney gets cooking with us.
• Connections Companion No. 848. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1,570. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 582. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.
• All Too Wise. John Kugelman’s puzzle asks a lot of tough questions.
• Wordle Review No. 1,569. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 581. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025.
• Connections Companion No. 847. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025.
• Baby Steps. Ryan McCarty spins up another quick-witted themeless puzzle.
• Wordle Review No. 1,568. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 580. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025.
• Connections Companion No. 846. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025.
• Stops on a World Tour. Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa open our solving weekend.
• Wordle Review No. 1,567. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, Oct. 3, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 579. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, Oct. 3, 2025.
• Connections Companion No. 845. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, Oct. 3, 2025.
• Out of the Park. Aidan Deshong’s puzzle is the cruciverbal equivalent of a home run. One tip: Exercise caution when writing in the answers.

Weather

• Priscilla Expected to Bring Heavy Rain to the Southwest United States. Forecasters expect moisture from the far-off hurricane to move inland this week. Here’s where it could bring flooding.
• Here is the latest on the storm.
• Tracking Tropical Storm Jerry. See the likely path and wind arrival times for Jerry
• Deadly North Dakota Tornado Was a Rare EF5, Weather Service Says. Experts reassessed the damage from a tornado that left three people dead in June, and gave it the strongest possible rating on the tornado scale.
• Tracking Tropical Storm Halong. See the likely path and wind arrival times for Halong
• Tracking Tropical Storm Priscilla. See the likely path and wind arrival times for Priscilla
• Tracking Tropical Storm Matmo. See the likely path and wind arrival times for Matmo

Admin

• Shrimp Fra Diavolo. This rich, spicy tomato sauce is traditionally studded with lobster, but this version becomes easier and less expensive with shrimp.

International Home

• Appeal Trial Opens in Gisèle Pelicot Rape Case. One man has appealed his conviction in a case in which a Frenchman drugged his wife and invited scores of men to rape her.
• What to Know as Gisèle Pelicot Returns to Court for Man’s Appeal. The Frenchwoman who became a feminist icon will confront one of the men convicted after her husband drugged her and invited them to rape her over nearly 10 years.