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• Cecile Richards, Former Planned Parenthood President, Dies at 67. Ms. Richards oversaw the United States’ largest provider of reproductive health care and sex education from 2006 to 2018.
• Their Homes Are Intact, but the Fire Damage Inside Is Unbearable. Some evacuees from the Eaton fire have been allowed back into their homes, only to find that smoke and ash have made living there impossible for now.
• Living Through the Fires, and Covering Them. New York Times reporters have been writing personal portraits about the fires in the California Today newsletter. Here is a collection of their dispatches on what the disaster means to them, and to Los Angeles.
• Twelve Dudes and a Hype Tunnel: Scenes from the ‘Super Bowl for Excel Nerds’ At the Microsoft Excel World Championship in Las Vegas, there was stardust in the air as 12 finance guys vied to be crowned the world’s best spreadsheeter.
• Highlights From the Microsoft Excel World Championship. The event’s organizer hopes to turn competitive Excel into a popular e-sport where pros compete for million-dollar prizes and big-league glory. That’s still a ways off.
• TikTok Ban Behind Fire Set at a Mall With Congressman’s Office, Police Say. No one was injured. The building, which includes a district office of a Wisconsin congressman who has been a critic of TikTok, sustained moderate damage in the fire on Sunday.
• How to make sure your donations count, according to aid organizations.
• The Push and Pull of Los Angeles: Beauty and Danger. Somini Sengupta, a climate reporter who has lived across Los Angeles, reflects on the city, its mythology and its reckoning with disaster.
• Fires Expose a Tangle Of Governing Bodies. Who’s in charge? The muddled jurisdiction of Los Angeles leaves a critical question in doubt.
• They Built Their Fireproof Dream Home. Even if It Lasted, Would They? The Vogts designed their Malibu house to withstand disasters. But they were only beginning to learn the mental toll the fires would take on them.
• How Will L.A. Rebuild? The Recovery From the Wine Country Fire Offers Clues. The Tubbs fire in 2017 wiped out more than 5,000 structures in a Northern California county. Homeowners faced challenges, but hundreds were able to rebuild within two years.
• The fire chief in L.A. warned years ago of a ‘weakness’ in wildfire response. The memo revealed that L
• Thousands Protest Trump Days Before Inauguration. People nervous about the return of a Trump presidency demonstrated in Washington, D.C., New York and other cities to show support for women’s rights, racial justice and other causes.
• Losing Homes, and the Dream of One. Emily Baumgaertner, a national health reporter who lives in Los Angeles, reflects on covering the fires while trying to buy a home.
• As the Living Fled, a Race to Save the Dead at an Altadena Cemetery. Workers at the Mountain View cemetery had unique concerns the night the Eaton fire broke out. The 55-acre expanse may also have spared some homes from the flames.
• In State Capitals, Republicans Propose New Limits on Transgender Identity. The new lawmaking sessions open after a campaign year in which Republicans leaned on messaging that tapped into fears about transgender issues.
• Trump Has Promised Another Immigration Crackdown. Here’s a Primer on His First. The hard-line policies in his first term were a significant shift that reframed the national conversation on immigration and helped return him to the White House.
• The 24 Hours When L.A. Went Up in Flames. Poor planning, delayed evacuations, strained resources and treacherous conditions allowed firestorms to overrun a region that thought it knew how to fight wildfires.
• Who Are the Millions of Immigrants Trump Wants to Deport? Trump wants to end several programs that offered new arrivals temporary relief. Millions of others without legal status may also be vulnerable to deportation.
• Supreme Court to Hear Case on Religious Objections to L.G.B.T.Q. Storybooks. Parents in Maryland said a school board’s refusal to notify them and to excuse their children from discussions of the storybooks violated the First Amendment.
• Ex-Minister Is Acquitted In ’75 Murder Of 8-Year-Old. The defense argued that David Zandstra, 84, had been coerced by investigators into confessing to the killing of Gretchen Harrington.
• Appeals Court Rules Obama-Era Immigration Program Is Unlawful. But the judges stayed their ruling and for now, hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients will continue to have protection from deportation.
• U.S. Resolves Civil Rights Inquiry Into Illinois Deputy’s Killing of Black Woman. While the Justice Department found no discriminatory practices in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, 36, Sangamon County must update its policies and training.
• The Inner Thoughts of a Nation Heading Into the Next Trump Era. As Inauguration Day draws near, millions are wondering, hoping, worrying about what the coming changes will mean for their daily lives.
• California Gets Preview of Vowed Deportations. Sweeps by Border Patrol agents in California have stoked fears among undocumented migrant workers on the eve of Donald J. Trump’s presidential inauguration.
• U.S. Finds Pattern of Excessive Force by Louisiana State Police. A Black man died after a beating by the police in 2019. The assault “demonstrated serious failures,” the Justice Department said, including improper supervision.
• How Wildfires Came for City Streets. Many Californians thought wildfires couldn’t reach deep into their cities. But the Los Angeles fires showed how older homes became fuel that fed the fires.
• Freed Cuban Dissident: The Church and Biden Got Duped. Hundreds more Cuban dissidents are expected to be released in the coming days in a deal with President Biden, but even a top beneficiary is balking.
• As California Burns, ‘Octavia Tried to Tell Us’ Has New Meaning. The phrase, which gained momentum in 2020, has resurfaced, in part because it can seem like Octavia Butler was more than a fiction writer.
• Battery Plant Catches Fire in California Near San Jose. The plant is one of the largest battery storage sites in the world.
• Federal Corruption Charges for Ousted Oakland Mayor. Sheng Thao, who was recalled by voters in the California city in November, said last year that she had done nothing wrong. She pleaded not guilty to the charges on Friday.
• Fire Breaks Out at a Huge Battery Site in California. The fire at the Moss Landing plant, which stores electricity for the power grid, was unrelated to wildfires in Los Angeles.
• Discovering L.A., as L.A. Reels. Jesus Jiménez, who started covering Southern California in December, describes how reporting on the wildfires has helped him learn about the city.
• Read the Supreme Court Ruling. The Supreme Court rejected TikTok’s First Amendment challenge to the law that effectively bans the social media app in the United States.
• Criticism Over Readiness Confronts L.A. Fire Chief . As a disastrous fire continues to burn on the city’s west side, some are calling Chief Kristin Crowley to account: Why wasn’t the city better prepared?
• Inside Copter 17’s Terrifying Ride Above an Inferno. A former Army pilot. An aging helicopter. Furious winds. The race to put out the Eaton fire tested Los Angeles County’s night-flying firefighters like never before.
• A Family Finds Seeds of Hope in a Fire’s Ruins. The Carrs have made their life’s work honoring the dreams of their precocious son, who died suddenly at 16. They rescued some mementos and others survived when their Altadena home burned to the ground.
• For Decades, He Has Regretted Sending a Man Away for Life. Can He Fix It? Weakened by cancer and nagged by his conscience, a former Georgia prosecutor wants the courts to reverse the sentence he demanded for a man who didn’t physically harm anyone in his crimes.
• Why Trump’s Second-Term Agenda Could Hinge on Court He Hates Most. Once again, an incoming Trump White House is likely to clash with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. But the court in San Francisco has changed since 2017.
• More Than a Week After the Fires, Los Angeles Evacuees Remain in Limbo. Many neighborhoods are still off-limits to residents. Evacuees say they are increasingly frustrated and at a loss over what to do next.
• One stretch of the Malibu coast has become a buzzing base for firefighters.
• In Fire Evacuation Zone, Some Residents Insist on Staying Home. In fire-scarred Altadena, dozens of people are still living in their homes and surviving without electricity or clean tap water.
• Darrin Bell, Pulitzer-Winning Cartoonist, Faces Child Pornography Charges. More than 100 videos of child sex abuse material, some of which was computer generated, have been connected to Mr. Bell, 49, according to the authorities.
• L.A. Officials Warn of Compromised Drinking Water in Fire-Ravaged Areas. “Do not drink” orders have been issued in some areas where damaged pipes that lost pressure might pull in toxic smoke and harmful chemicals that could linger in the system for years.
• New York Man Charged With Murder in Beating Deaths of 2 Homeless People in Miami. The police said that Brenton Clarke, 36, of Long Island, N.Y., used a metal rod and a wooden stick to attack four homeless people in what they said was an unprovoked assault.
• Two Watchdogs Were Rebuffed From Joining Trump’s Cost-Cutting Effort. “We have no room in our administration for Democrats,” a transition spokeswoman replied after good-government activists tried to join the president-elect’s new efficiency department.
• State Farm offers homeowners in fire areas a chance to renew insurance policies.
• Billie Eilish, Joni Mitchell and Lady Gaga Set for FireAid Benefit. The concert, which also includes Dave Matthews, Katy Perry, Stevie Nicks and more, will take place on Jan. 30 at the Kia Forum and Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.
• State Attorneys General Ask Courts to Preserve Biden-era Gun Control Measures. Days before Trump returns to office, the legal fight with Democratic state officials over his agenda has begun.
• ‘Profit Off of My Tragedy’: Donation Scams Compound Suffering for Fire Victims. Online fund-raisers with stories of loss and desperation have become a symbol of the Los Angeles wildfires’ destruction. Officials warned of scammers using them to prey on people’s generosity.
• Biden Administration Withdraws Proposal to Expand Protections for Rare Whales. The proposed rules would have slowed more ships to prevent collisions with endangered North Atlantic right whales.
• 2 Meatpacking Giants to Pay $8 Million for Child Labor Violations. Perdue Farms and JBS have settled with the Labor Department after relying on migrant children to do dangerous work in their slaughterhouses. Most of the money will be used to help the children.
• It could take another week, most likely more, for people to return home, officials say.
• After the Fires, It’s a New City, and a New World. Adam Nagourney, a former Los Angeles bureau chief, explores the extent to which no one is immune from the threat of fires.
• Some California lawmakers want to penalize polluters for wildfires.
• France Extradites Man in U.S. Sex Assault Case. Ian Cleary is facing charges of sexually assaulting a Gettysburg College student in 2013. Years later, he sent her messages on Facebook that helped break the case.
• House Passes Bill to Deport Immigrants Convicted of Crimes Against Women. Scores of Democrats joined Republicans in approving the measure, even though existing law already allows immigrants with contested legal status who are convicted of sex crimes to be deported.
• Man Is Arrested in Connection With Little Mountain Fire. The police in San Bernardino, Calif., said they had apprehended a man in connection with the small brush fire. The blaze’s progress had been stopped by fire crews, officials said.
• California Issues Order to Ease Housing Crisis Set Off by Fires. An executive order from Gov. Gavin Newsom cleared the way for more temporary housing and prohibited price gouging at rental properties to aid thousands of displaced residents.
• Here’s the latest on the L.A. fires.
• It Could Take Weeks Before Displaced L.A. Residents Can Go Home. Workers need to assess damage, clear hazardous materials and ensure that neighborhoods are safe before people can return, officials have warned.
• Canelo, a Dog With Scorched Paws, Is Among Many Animals Rescued in the Los Angeles Fires. Over 150 stray animals from the Eaton fire in Altadena are waiting to be reconnected with their owners at Pasadena Humane.
• Tacos, Water and ‘Homies’: A Gas Station Becomes a Uniquely L.A. Relief Site. Out of desperation and a need for social bonding, volunteers have banded together to help Altadena residents.
• The L.A. fires present new challenges for those who are already homeless.
• With Spotlight on New Orleans, Louisiana Moves Homeless Out of Sight. With the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras coming, Gov. Jeff Landry is using the emergency order from the New Year’s attack on Bourbon Street to remove the homeless from downtown.
• For firefighters, a ‘roller coaster’ week on the front lines.
• Russia and other foreign sources amplify disinformation about the California wildfires. As often happens when disasters strike, adversarial governments are compounding false or exaggerated claims about the fires in Los Angeles.
• Students and teachers from schools that burned in the Palisades fire reunite and grieve. Children who had been out of school for a week after fires destroyed or damaged school buildings reconvened in borrowed spaces.
• U.S. Finds Pervasive Safety Failures at South Carolina Jail. Stabbings, sexual assaults and drug use are rampant in the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center because of staff shortages and security failures, a Justice Department investigation found.
• Misogynistic Taunts Cost Philadelphia Eagles Fan His Job at D.E.I. Firm. The fan, who was caught on video harassing a female Packers fan at Sunday’s playoff game, was also barred from future events at Lincoln Financial Field.
• Mexican Firefighters Watch for Hot Spots From the Palisades Fire. The firefighters were part of the first international team to join the effort to contain the Los Angeles-area blazes.
• L.A. fire chief defends decision not to deploy extra resources before fires started.
• L.A. Prosecutor Vows Severe Penalties for Looting and Price Gouging. The recently elected district attorney of Los Angeles, Nathan Hochman, signals that crime fighting will be key to the region’s resurgence from the devastating wildfires.
• A Sense of Belonging, Shaped by Fire. Conor Dougherty, who covers housing based in Los Angeles, explores the notion of where he’s from in the aftermath of the wildfires.
• Supreme Court Poised To Back Law Limiting Access to Pornography. The law, meant to shield minors from sexual materials on the internet by requiring adults to prove they are 18, was challenged on First Amendment grounds.
• Gavin Newsom Criticizes Republicans for ‘Politicizing’ California Wildfires. The governor lashed back after several Republican leaders said that aid to his state as it deals with deadly wildfires should be conditional.
• Firefighting Pilots Face High-Pressure Job: ‘It Gets a Bit Scary’ The people flying planes and tankers involved in dousing blazes face hot, sweaty, turbulent conditions — and the risk that fire retardant won’t land where it’s needed.
• Here’s the latest on the fires.
• School Wants to Sever Ties To the Methodist Church. The dispute, which some critics say tests the church’s autonomy, reached the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday for arguments.
• Millions Made Off Drug Plan Meant for Poor. A private business has helped supercharge a controversial federal drug program. Patients and insurers have been left with big bills.
• Air Quality Improves Across L.A., but Ash Remains a Threat. The fresh air came after days of acrid smoke from wildfires, but officials warned that conditions could rapidly worsen again.
• California Officials Seek to Stem Property Speculation and Evictions During Fires. Californians are worried that the blazes, which have damaged thousands of homes, will make the city’s housing crisis worse.
• U.S. Won’t Bring Charges Against Officers in Death of Ronald Greene. Investigators found insufficient evidence to federally charge the surviving officers in the encounter, in which a Black driver was pulled over, dragged, beaten and shocked.
• In Pacific Palisades, proof of a previous life is hard to find.
• Fires Continue to Burn One Week Later in California. The Palisades and Eaton fires have ravaged Los Angeles for more than a week.
• In Parts of Los Angeles, Life Carries On but Is Hardly Normal. While many Angelenos have been devastated by the fires, others in the sprawling city have had to balance helping out with “normal life.”
• A self-made weatherman used Facebook to warn of fire danger. People listened.
• Four Takeaways From Hegseth’s Confirmation Hearing. President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for defense secretary said nothing that would alienate the Republican senators on the Armed Services Committee.
• Ventura County Braces for Dangerous Fire Conditions Through Wednesday. Although the National Weather Service downgraded the severity of its forecast on Tuesday, forecasters expect higher wind gusts on Wednesday that could lead to “explosive fire growth.”
• Their Hard-Won Black Haven Had Thrived. Then It Burned. For Black residents, Altadena represented something more than suburban living. It was a foothold in generational prosperity.
• Minnesota’s Legislative Session Opens Chaotically as House Democrats Boycott. A one-seat Republican majority in the Statehouse and a looming special election made for a tense start to a new era of divided government.
• Palisades and Eaton Fires May Not Be Fully Extinguished for Weeks. The size of the huge blazes, along with difficult weather conditions and the emergence of smaller fires, have extended firefighters’ timelines. “It’s going to be a slow, arduous process,” one official said.
• The Wait, the Worry and the Fear. Matt Stevens, an arts and culture reporter based in Los Angeles, finds a personal connection between fires past and present.
• Hundreds of Teachers Lost Homes in the L.A. Fires. Some teachers are scrambling to find temporary housing, even as they hope to return soon to their classrooms.
• Auto Fire Joins List of California Blazes. The new fire, in Ventura County northwest of Los Angeles, covers 56 acres and is 0 percent contained, officials said.
• After Loss, Tim Walz Faces Party’s Sinking Fortunes in Minnesota. Governor Walz’s party has lost control of the Minnesota Legislature and faces mounting criticism as a budget deficit looms.
• Old-Guard Republican Picked to Lead Texas House in Setback for Hard Right. The vote suggested that a period of political warfare between G.O.P. factions would continue to shape lawmaking in the state.
• How Mississippi Police Taser Use Leads to Abuse and Injury. A lack of statewide standards leaves many Mississippi police and sheriff’s departments on their own to decide protocols for stun guns. The reporters Brian Howey and Nate Rosenfield explain their investigation for The New York Times and Mississippi...
• Taser Use by Mississippi Police Goes Unchecked. A lack of state standards leaves Mississippi police and sheriff’s departments on their own to decide when to use stun guns, and many give officers a free hand.
• Read the Special Counsel’s Report on the Trump Election Case. The former special counsel Jack Smith stood behind his prosecution of President-elect Donald J. Trump in a report released early Tuesday.
• Democrats Say F.B.I. Background Check on Hegseth Omitted Key Witnesses. The bureau did not interview an ex-wife of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for defense secretary before the findings on his background check were presented to senators.
• Families Struggle to Access the Palisades Fire Evacuation Zone. Hundreds of people trying to visit properties inside the zone in coastal Los Angeles were turned away on Monday. Frustration was mounting.
• California’s Electrical Infrastructure Has Caused Many of Its Most Destructive Fires. Officials are probing whether electrical equipment sparked the Los Angeles fires. Such infrastructure has ignited vast destruction in recent years.
• As Flames Closed In, a Father and His Son Called for Help to Escape. None Came. The man and his son, who both used wheelchairs, called for help in evacuating from the Eaton fire in California. They were found dead later that day, and now their family is asking what happened.
• Wildfire Evacuees Scrambling to Find Shelter. More than 90,000 people under evacuation orders are making do however they can.
• In a Surprise Turnaround, the 76ers Say They Are Staying in South Philadelphia. The city had approved a plan for a new arena in a struggling part of downtown. But on Monday, the Sixers said a new venue would be built near their current one instead.
• Eaton Fire Victims Sue Southern California Edison. Altadena residents said in separate lawsuits that the utility’s electrical equipment had sparked the fire, which grew to consume 14,000 acres.
• Eaton fire victims sue Southern California Edison. Altadena residents said in separate lawsuits that the utility’s electrical equipment sparked the fire, which grew to consume 14,000 acres.
• Fires Continue to Rage Across Southern California. The wildfires have become some of the most destructive blazes in California history, razing neighborhoods and forcing thousands to evacuate their homes.
• Searches continue for nearly two dozen missing in the fires.
• Searches Continue for Nearly Two Dozen Missing in the Fires. As of Monday morning, the official number of missing persons included 17 in the area of the Eaton fire near Pasadena, and six in the Malibu area near the Palisades fire.
• Texas Man Is Charged With Stalking Caitlin Clark. Prosecutors said the man had sent “sexually violent” messages to the Indiana Fever star and had traveled to Indianapolis to be closer to her.
• Hunt For Clues At ‘crime Scene’ Of Palisades Fire. In the hills above Pacific Palisades, there is crime scene tape and scattered debris, clues to what may have caused the initial fire that eventually raged through thousands of structures.
• When to Report, and When to Help Out. Kellen Browning, a reporter based in San Francisco who has been covering the wildfires, was getting requests from evacuees, and he had a decision to make.

Elections

• Trump’s Unlikely Return to Power. Donald J. Trump is returning to the White House in a far stronger position. He’s facing a depleted opposition and a more compliant Congress. Jonathan Swan, a politics reporter for The New York Times, breaks down how President Trump overcame signif...
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Politics

• Biden Pardons 5 Members of His Family in Final Minutes in Office. Mr. Biden emphasized that he did not believe his family did anything wrong, but he feared political attacks by Donald J. Trump.
• Giuliani snags a seat but V.I.P.s lose theirs as the inauguration moves inside.
• Can Trump end birthright citizenship? Not easily. The president-elect is expected to sign an executive order meant to deny automatic citizenship for some people born in the United States. The Constitution stands in his way.
• Trump Agenda Heralds an Economic Experiment for the U.S. Tariffs and tax cuts amid high interest rates and lingering inflation will pose a test for the U.S. economy.
• Paul Abbate Retires as F.B.I. Acting Director After Wray Departs. A veteran of the bureau, Mr. Abbate has served as deputy director since early 2021 and took the helm from Christopher A. Wray as the agency faces an uncertain future.
• Watching inside Capital One Arena, the crowd boos Pence and cheers Musk.
• Officer Beaten by the Jan. 6 Mob on Is On Duty Again, This Time to Protect Trump. Officer Daniel Hodges said he had come to grips with the idea that his professional duty now required him to protect a man whose supporters beat him, kicked him and tried to gouge his eyes out in 2021.
• Trump has promised an immigration crackdown as his first order of business. One of his advisers announced a slew of executive actions to be signed during his first hours in the White House, including some that would seal off the border.
• Religious leaders of different faiths are set to lead inaugural prayers.
• Plenty of tech billionaires are attending.
• What to Know About the Singers Who Will Perform at the Inauguration. The country singers Carrie Underwood and Lee Greenwood and the tenor Christopher Macchio are all scheduled to sing at the swearing-in ceremony.
• Here Are Trump’s Expected Executive Orders. The incoming president’s team said he would take unilateral action on a variety of fronts during his first hours in office, including 10 executive orders cracking down on immigration and immigrants.
• Some Jan. 6 Rioters Are Expected to Be in Washington for the Inauguration. At least eight rioters who have faced criminal charges have been granted permission to attend. Most were accused of relatively minor offenses.
• Here’s the latest.
• Trump to Release Records on the Assassinations of the Kennedys and Martin Luther King. The president-elect said the move was aimed at improving government transparency.
• Trump is set to take office with some important work already done.
• Defiance is out and deference is in as Trump returns to Washington.
• Biden in Final Hours Pardons Cheney, Fauci and Milley to Thwart Reprisals. Acting on the day he leaves office, President Biden used his executive clemency power to protect people targeted by his incoming successor, Donald J. Trump, who has vowed “retribution.”
• Rotunda Ransacked by Pro-Trump Mob on Jan. 6 Will Be His Inauguration Backdrop. The large domed expanse, a breathtaking and solemn space in the Capitol, was the scene of mayhem wrought by Trump supporters four years ago. A very different crowd of his backers will be on hand Monday.
• Inauguration Draws Leaders From Europe’s Right. Many of the European politicians expected to be in Washington on Monday share President-elect Donald J. Trump’s anti-immigrant stance.
• Trump aims for a show of strength as he returns to power.
• Trump will be sworn in at noon. Here’s what to know.
• It’s Going to Be a Big News Day. Here’s What to Watch For. From Donald J. Trump’s swearing-in to pardons, executive orders and more, the first day of the new administration promises to be busy and eventful.
• Searching for Lessons in Trump’s Return to Power on Same Day as King Holiday. The dual celebrations of a second Trump inauguration and the civil rights leader’s birth raise profound questions about Black leadership and progress toward the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream.
• Fact-checking Trump’s rally the eve before his inauguration.
• Miller tells Republican leaders Trump will strip protections from career civil servants. The president-elect’s incoming deputy chief of staff told lawmakers that early action would include directives to give the president more control over federal workers, as well as on energy and immigration.
• Trump Will Strip Protections from Career Civil Servants, Miller Says. The incoming deputy chief of staff told lawmakers that early action would include directives to give President-elect Donald J. Trump more control over federal workers, as well as on energy and immigration.
• Trump Vowed to End the Ukraine War Before Taking Office. The War Rages On. Donald J. Trump’s promise to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine in 24 hours, “before I even become president,” proved to be untrue.
• Trump Faithful Descended on D.C., but Not Everyone Made It Onto a Yacht. The celebrations ahead of Donald J. Trump’s inauguration included passionate members of his base along with Trump-loving power brokers partying wildly all around them, but just out of reach.
• Accused 9/11 Mastermind Agrees to Use of Disputed Confession for Life Sentence. Lawyers for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed have said for years that the confession was tainted by torture. Mr. Mohammed has now agreed that portions can be used at his sentencing trial if prosecutors agree to settle his case.
• Trump Aims for Show of Strength as He Returns to Power. The incoming president has told allies he wants to seize momentum and avoid the missteps of his first administration.
• TikTok Engineered Its Shutdown to Get Saved. But Trump’s Solution May Fall Short. President-elect Donald J. Trump’s idea, a 50-50 “joint venture” between the existing Chinese owner and some kind of American entity, was more politics than substance.
• White House changes hands and so do fortunes for lobbyists in Washington.
• Trump’s Cryptocurrency Surges to Become One of the World’s Most Valuable. The new business venture by the Trump family is generating intensifying criticism and ethics questions, even as it has turned into an overnight phenomenon, generating a windfall on paper.
• Biden Pardons Five More People, Including a Late Civil Rights Leader. Civil rights advocates and lawmakers have long said that Mr. Garvey’s 1923 conviction for mail fraud was unjust, arguing that he was targeted for his work.
• How Trump’s Promises Would Transform Society. The campaign-style rally was a break with tradition for presidents, who have sought to reserve their comments for the official inauguration speech.
• Trump returns to D.C. with a full day of pre-inauguration events.
• How to Watch the Inauguration Events. We’ll have more than two dozen reporters and visual journalists covering the events in real time.
• On His Last Day in Office, Biden Urges Supporters in Charleston to ‘Hold on to Hope’ President Biden reflected on the “faith and friendship” he found in South Carolina during several critical moments in his life and career.
• Jake Sullivan, White House National Security Adviser, Reflects on China Policy. President Biden and his team saw China as the one nation with the intent and capability to displace American primacy — and crafted policies to defend U.S. power.
• A Trump Oligarchy Is Moving to Washington, and Buying Up Prime Addresses. Billionaires and multimillionaires are flocking to a city where power has been more important than money, but is now deeply intertwined with it.
• Biden Made a Global Push to Constrain China. Will It Continue? Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, said in an interview that “we’ve just stuck with our theory, which is managed competition.” Trump and Xi Jinping might have other plans.
• This Time, Trump Finds Deference, Not Defiance. As Donald J. Trump prepares to take the oath of office for a second time, much of the world seems to be bowing down to him and demoralized opponents are rethinking the future.
• Donald Trump’s Promises. President-elect Donald J. Trump, over the course of the 2024 campaign and after his election, made big promises to the American people on everything from the economy to foreign policy. Here’s what he said he would do with a second term.
• How Washington Went From Resistance to Resignation. President-elect Donald J. Trump will be sworn into office on Monday. Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, explains what makes this time around so different from the start of Trump’s first term.
• Ahead of Day 1, Trump’s Team Works to Temper Expectations on Immigration. The president-elect’s immigration advisers have warned Republicans that it will take time and money from Congress to carry out the mass deportation effort he has promised to execute immediately.
• The Trump Resistance Won’t Be Putting on ‘Pussy Hats’ This Time. The Democrats who mobilized against Donald J. Trump in 2017 feel differently about protesting his return.
• A Trump Party Hosted by Peter Thiel, With All of Silicon Valley. The party symbolized the euphoria of the tech industry on the cusp of the Trump presidency. The guest list included Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Miriam Adelson and the vice president-elect, JD Vance.
• Get Your Scorecards: Global Opportunities for Trump the Deal Maker. President-elect Donald J. Trump has made big promises on Ukraine, Iran, China and crises around the globe. But he will have to make difficult choices.
• Washington’s liberal inauguration-weekend party won’t be held at the African American history museum this year. The founder of the Peace Ball, a party held since Barack Obama’s inauguration, said it was ousted after the museum received complaints about its “tone.”
• Virginia Governor Criticizes Biden for Commuting Sentences of 2 Men. The men had been acquitted by a jury of the murder of a police officer, but the judge had concluded that they had been involved and sentenced them to life in prison.
• People’s March in Washington Draws Thousands of Demonstrators. Just two days before Donald Trump’s inauguration, thousands of people attended the People’s March across Washington.
• Becerra, With No Regrets, Defends Vaccine Mandates and Misinformation Fight. In a wide-ranging interview, Xavier Becerra, President Biden’s health secretary, defended his tenure and hinted that he might run for governor of California.
• Who Is Coming to the Inauguration — and Who Isn’t. Billionaires, foreign leaders and celebrities including Mike Tyson and Carrie Underwood will appear at the inauguration. Some prominent Democrats are taking a pass.
• President-Elect Is Selling New Crypto Meme Coin, Raising Ethical Concerns. The president-elect and his family have a direct and potentially lucrative stake in the sale of a cryptocurrency product that surged in value in the hours after going on sale, days before his inauguration.
• Some Potential Targets Of Pledged ‘Retribution’ President-elect Donald J. Trump believes he has been wronged by current and former officials, members of the media and more.
• Those in Trump’s Cross Hairs Anxiously Wait. Donald Trump is returning to the White House vowing to seek retribution. Those in his sights are worried both about him — and his supporters.
• Trump chooses school choice supporter to help lead Education Department.
• Trump’s Inauguration: What to Know About the Schedule. The president-elect will host a party at his golf club in Virginia on Saturday, kicking off four days of celebrations.
• Joe Biden’s Presidency in Six Photos. How did he get those photos? Doug Mills, senior photographer in Washington for The New York Times, tells the stories behind six of his most memorable pictures from the presidency of Joe Biden.
• In Trump’s Big Tent, There’s More Room For Internal Battles. Donald J. Trump won his battle with establishment Republicans. Now, it’s disputes over immigration, taxes and foreign policy that will test his party’s unity.
• Americans Warm To Trump’s Ideas, If Not to Trump. A new poll found the public is sympathetic to the president-elect’s plans to deport migrants and reduce America’s presence overseas.
• Why the Supreme Court Upheld a Ban on TikTok. A unanimous Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that effectively bans the wildly popular app TikTok in the United States starting on Sunday, Jan. 19. Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The New York Times, explains how free speech and n...
• C.I.A. Reboots Its Approach to Tech With A.I. Tools and Less Red Tape. The spy agency is trying to give its teams better tools and make it easier for the private sector to develop technology for their secretive work.
• U.S. Spy Chief Took on Role of Negotiator in Gaza War. As C.I.A. director, William J. Burns was deeply focused on China and Russia when the Middle East conflict plunged him back into his old life.
• Ukraine and Gaza Made America’s Top Diplomat Into a Secretary of War. President Biden’s longtime aide rallied scores of nations to defend Ukraine, but then became a villain to the many critics of U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza.
• Polio Survivors Reject Kennedy And Pin Hopes on McConnell. There are an estimated 300,000 polio survivors in the United States. For some, the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary is reviving their painful memories.
• The Art of the Image: Trump as His Own Executive Producer. The once and soon-to-be president takes advantage of the blurry lines between appearance and perception, between reputation and reality.
• Trump’s Deportation Plan Could Start Next Week in Chicago. Details of planned immigration raids are unclear, but they would be the opening step in the president-elect’s goal of overseeing the largest deportation program in history.
• Pence Is Said to Be Planning to Attend Trump’s Inauguration. The relationship between President-elect Trump and his former vice president, Mike Pence, was irreparably broken when Mr. Pence refused Mr. Trump’s efforts to overturn the election.
• Border Patrol sweeps in California could offer a preview of Trump’s plans.
• Little-Known Intelligence Agency Outlines Limits on Spying. The move by an agency within the Department of Homeland Security was part of a broader effort by the Biden administration to strengthen oversight and set clear guidelines for handling intelligence.
• If Democrats Attack Trump’s Rich Pals as ‘Oligarchs,’ Will It Stick? Some Democrats see Elon Musk as an ideal foil. But not everyone agrees.
• F.A.A. Temporarily Suspends Launches of Musk’s Starship After Explosion. The agency launched an investigation into the “space vehicle mishap” on Thursday night that forced commercial flights to divert and caused debris to rain toward Caribbean islands.
• Report Projecting Drop in Freshman Enrollment Delivered Incorrect Findings. The National Student Clearinghouse, which produced the report, reversed its conclusions after identifying methodological errors in its research.
• C.I.A. Analyst Pleads Guilty to Leaking Classified Documents About Israel. The analyst was charged with two counts of violating the Espionage Act and faces up to a decade in prison for disclosing sensitive information about Israel’s response to an Iranian attack.
• Can He Do That? Here’s What Biden’s Move on the Equal Rights Amendment Means. Presidents have no direct role in approving constitutional amendments. So what could President Biden’s pronouncement recognizing a new one actually do?
• Judge Mulls Release to Congress of Trump Classified Documents Report. The decision by Judge Aileen M. Cannon not to issue an immediate ruling raised the possibility that President-elect Donald J. Trump would take office in the meantime and have power over the report’s release.
• U.S. to Deploy ‘Extraordinary Measures’ to Avoid Default on Jan. 21. Janet L. Yellen, the outgoing Treasury secretary, urged lawmakers to raise the debt limit and protect the full faith and credit of the United States.
• The Biden administration archives a website devoted to reproductive rights. The website, ReproductiveRights.gov, offered information on matters such as birth control, medication abortion, and emergency abortion care.
• Fed Quits Global Climate Risk Group Ahead of Trump Presidency. The central bank said it had decided to leave the network after the group’s work “increasingly broadened in scope.”
• Will President-Elect Donald Trump Stop the Law From Taking Effect? It is unclear if Mr. Trump, who has previously said he will spare the social media platform, will or can stop the ban.
• Deportation Bill Exposes Rift Among Democrats on Signature Issue for Trump. A G.O.P. measure to deport immigrants accused of minor crimes has spotlighted a divide among Democrats over how to position themselves on immigration, with some already shifting to the right.
• What would a TikTok ban actually look like?
• Jan. 6 Cases Grind On, Days Before Trump Re-enters the White House. It is unclear what Donald J. Trump intends to do with the Jan. 6 investigation, the largest single criminal inquiry the Justice Department has undertaken in its 155-year history.
• Track TikTok’s rise and fall.
• Vivek Ramaswamy Plans to Run for Ohio Governor. The entrepreneur will continue leading Donald J. Trump’s government efficiency project before turning his attention to a campaign. He has encountered some turbulence with Mr. Trump, and with Elon Musk.
• Who Is Behind RedNote, the Chinese App Attracting TikTok Users? Until this week, the app was little known outside of China.
• ‘Red Note,’ a Chinese app, is dominating downloads, thanks to TikTok users. The law that took aim at TikTok over national security concerns has prompted Americans looking for alternatives to download Xiaohongshu, a social media app that is popular in China.
• If TikTok is banned, can I still use it?
• Lt. Governor Is Set to Fill Vance’s Seat In the Senate. Vivek Ramaswamy, who was also seen as a possible replacement for the vice president-elect, is widely expected to run for governor of Ohio instead.
• Government officials react to the looming TikTok ban.
• How Biden’s Inner Circle Shielded His Stumbles. “Your biggest issue is the perception of age,” Mike Donilon, the president’s longtime strategist, told him in 2022, according to people who heard him.
• For Apple and Google, complying with the law would be easy.
• Monday Is Likely to Be One of the Coldest Inauguration Days in Decades. An arctic chill is headed to Washington (and much of the United States) on Monday.
• Why Is This Man Glaring? At a moment of peak triumph and celebration, President-elect Donald J. Trump looks stern in his inauguration portrait.
• The ban is based on national security concerns. Limits because of foreign ownership are not unusual.
• Here Are Key Dates in the Equal Rights Amendment’s 100-Year History. President Biden says he believes the amendment has met the requirements to be enshrined in the Constitution. Its history has been long and complex.
• Teenagers on TikTok exchanged advice on how to get around a ban.
• Gillibrand never got an audience with Biden, but she got her wish on the E.R.A.
• Why Beijing Could Have the Last Say on Any TikTok Deal. A change to China’s export rules could give Beijing sign off on any deal that would force the internet giant ByteDance to give up TikTok.
• Here’s how to download your videos and data from TikTok. Here are a few methods for users who want copies of the videos they personally uploaded or made on TikTok.
• Here’s How to Download Your Videos and Data From TikTok. Here are a few methods for users who want copies of the videos they personally uploaded or made on TikTok.
• Bill Covering Deportations Clears Hurdle In the Senate. Ten Democrats joined Republicans in voting to advance the measure in a critical test vote that put it on track for quick enactment under President-elect Donald J. Trump.
• Parents express mixed reactions to a potential TikTok ban.
• Weather Concerns Push Inauguration Indoors. The change, a rare break with tradition, will deny Mr. Trump the pomp and large audience he hoped for at his second swearing-in.
• Trump’s Advisers May Move His Swearing-in Indoors Because of Cold. The potential change, a rare break with tradition, would deny Mr. Trump the pomp and large audience he hoped for at his second swearing-in.
• The government’s case for banning TikTok on national security grounds was light on examples.
• A Potential TikTok Ban: What to Know. The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that could result in the app going offline as soon as Sunday.
• The Supreme Court appeared poised to uphold the law when it heard arguments on Friday.
• Here’s the latest on the ruling.
• Justices Back TikTok Law Forcing App’s Ban or Sale. The company argued that the law, citing potential Chinese threats to the nation’s security, violated its First Amendment rights and those of its 170 million users.
• Equal rights would be the 28th Amendment. President Biden’s remarks were largely a symbolic gesture of support for a century-long campaign to enshrine gender equality into the Constitution. But advocates said they could add heft to a future legal fight.
• Biden Declares E.R.A. Passed; Won’t Enforce . The remarks were largely a symbolic gesture of support for a century-long campaign to enshrine gender equality in the Constitution. But advocates said they could add heft to a future legal fight.
• U.S. Once Secretly Invested In Ukraine’s Drone Industry. The development of a new generation of drones has revolutionized how wars are fought, according to U.S. officials.
• Biden to Commute Sentences of Over 2,000 Nonviolent Drug Offenders. The action, aimed at inmates who received harsher sentences based on old disparities in drug laws, is the broadest commutation of individual sentences ever issued by a U.S. president.
• Pick to Run Homeland Security Backs Renewal of ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy. The department that the South Dakota governor seeks to lead will be critical to fulfilling the incoming administration’s promises to quickly crack down on immigration.
• An Illustrated Guide to Trump’s Conflict of Interest Risks. President-elect Donald J. Trump has a range of new business ventures that could expose him to even greater potential conflicts of interest than during his first term.
• Inside the Democrats’ Private Pressure Campaign to Push Biden Out. The New York senator, who swallowed concerns for months and then stalled for time on sharing them with President Biden, ultimately told him he risked going down as one of the “darkest figures.”
• How the Man Behind Trump’s Deportation Plan Found MAGA. Thomas Homan once defended Obama-era policies and health care for transgender immigrants. Now he’s eyeing hotlines to report undocumented neighbors and arrests of local officials who get in the way.
• Nancy Pelosi Is Skipping Trump’s Inauguration. The former speaker clashed with Donald Trump throughout his first term, and the acrimony between the two persisted after he left office.
• Garland, defending Justice Dept. in emotional remarks, denies politicization. His final address sought to rebut the many criticisms deployed by presidents, members of Congress and media pundits for either being too cautious or too aggressive on politically sensitive cases.
• Johnson Installs Crawford on Intelligence Panel, Pulling It Closer to Trump. The speaker replaced a Republican who had criticized the president-elect and broken with him on key issues, and who had drawn the ire and suspicion of those close to the president-elect.
• In Tightening Cyber Rules, Biden Gives Trump a Choice: Deregulation or Security? The president’s latest executive order accelerates the move to mandatory compliance by software providers. It may run afoul of the Trump mandate to deregulate.
• Trump Picks a Jet-Setting Pal of Elon Musk to Go Get Greenland. Negotiations over an 836,000-square-mile island may fall to a close friend of Elon Musk with experience in deal-making. Just not that kind of deal-making.
• Miller Built Clout With Trump. He’s Set to Use It. Stephen Miller was the architect of Donald J. Trump’s hard-line immigration agenda in his first term. Now he is back with fewer internal rivals and even more influence with the president.
• Trump Weighs Order to Keep TikTok Online. The move is under discussion as the Chinese-owned app faces a Sunday deadline to find a new buyer or shut down in the United States.
• DeSantis Picks Florida’s Attorney General to Replace Rubio. Ashley Moody, a Republican, would take the seat of Senator Marco Rubio once he is confirmed as President-elect Donald J. Trump’s secretary of state.
• Democrats Take New Approach to Trump: Coexistence. Elected officials across the party are engaging in a balancing act, signaling they have heard voters’ demands for change while grappling with when to oppose Donald Trump.
• New York State Senator Quits D.N.C. Leadership Fight. James Skoufis endorsed Ken Martin, the Minnesota party chairman, as he ended his own outsider bid to lead Democrats.
• Choice for Housing Says Agency Is Falling Short. Scott Turner, an official during the first Trump administration, said that the country was not building enough homes and that the housing department was “failing at its most basic mission.”
• Euphoric Tech Donors to Revel In Their New Clout at Inaugural Parties. The elite of Silicon Valley are set to revel in their new clout during a long weekend of inaugural parties as President-elect Donald J. Trump is set to resume power.
• Pick for Treasury Defends Trump’s Economic Agenda. Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice to be Treasury secretary, will be in charge of steering the president’s economic agenda if confirmed by the Senate.
• Did Republicans Take Washington in a Landslide? Not So Much. President-elect Donald J. Trump was the first Republican to win the popular vote in two decades, but by only a 1.5-point margin, the narrowest since 2000.
• Investments by Burgum Created Conflict in Office. Doug Burgum, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to be interior secretary, said he would sell some holdings if confirmed. He held on to his investments while running North Dakota.
• TikTok C.E.O. Plans to Attend Trump Inauguration. Shou Chew will join tech moguls like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk at President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inauguration as the fate of the app hangs in the balance.
• Biden Delivers Farewell Address Packed With Warnings to Americans. Speaking from the Oval Office, the president warned of a rising oligarchy, a potential tech-industrial complex and the threat of the climate crisis in his farewell address to the nation.
• Full Transcript of President Biden’s Farewell Address. The president delivered the 17-minute speech from the Oval Office in the White House.
• President Biden Is Bowing Out After One Term. He’s Not the First. Other American presidents have faced the delicate challenge of bidding farewell with grace after serving only one term in the Oval Office.
• Johnson Ousts Turner as Intelligence Chairman, Bowing to Trump. Representative Michael R. Turner, Republican of Ohio, had at times been critical of the president-elect. He told people that he was removed after an edict from Mar-a-Lago.
• Marco Rubio Faces Senate Committee Hearing. Senator Marco Rubio received a relatively friendly welcome from both sides at his confirmation hearing for secretary of state.
• Working Hand in Hand With Fists Still Clenched. But the extraordinary collaboration between outgoing and incoming presidents did not stop both sides from claiming credit.
• How Biden Surprised Progressives. To the departing president, F.D.R. seemed a guiding, if often elusive, star.
• A Fractious City Mourns, and Hopes, Together. More than a week after the wildfires ignited, the hazy numbness described by many looks a lot like grieving.
• Here’s the latest.
• Albania Gives Jared Kushner Hotel Project a Nod as Trump Returns. The project is one of several that family members of President-elect Donald J. Trump have with foreign countries that have pending policy matters with the United States.
• Why Trump Wanted a Mideast Cease-Fire Deal Before Taking Office. The agreement removed one of the most vexing international conflicts that hovered over the start of his second term.
• Why Trump wanted a Mideast cease-fire deal before he took office.
• Takeaways From Marco Rubio’s Senate Hearing. Mr. Rubio expressed views aligned with those of most senators who work on foreign policy, while taking care not to break from Donald J. Trump’s unorthodox ideas.
• Trump and Biden Came Together Over Talks. Rarely have representatives of current and new presidents of different parties worked together at such a high-stakes moment. But the president and the president-elect didn’t quite share credit.
• Biden’s Presidential Legacy: An Era of Change, Forever Marked by Trump. Biden’s disastrous debate performance highlighted age concerns.
• The Justice Department will play a key role in carrying out Trump’s immigration agenda.
• Bondi is being pressed on the independence of the Justice Department.
• Tackling Trump’s Policy in the Americas, Rubio Would Confront New Tensions. As the country’s top diplomat, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who has a special interest in Latin America, would be tasked with navigating Donald Trump’s efforts to expand U.S. influence.
• Bondi may set the tone for how other Trump lawyers handle confirmation questions.
• From Ramaswamy’s High-Profile Perch, a Web of Potential Conflicts. Vivek Ramaswamy, Elon Musk’s partner in an effort to cut government costs, could make decisions that ultimately make him and his investors richer.
• Nonprofit Founded by Stacey Abrams Admits Secretly Aiding Her 2018 Campaign. The New Georgia Project, whose leaders also included Raphael Warnock, now a senator, admitted violating campaign finance laws. It agreed to a $300,000 penalty.
• Zuckerberg Will Host a Party for Trump’s Inauguration. Mark Zuckerberg, the Meta chief executive, is one of several tech leaders expected to play a high-profile role in celebrating the new administration next week.
• Defending Auto Industry, Whitmer Warns of Tariffs. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addressed the Detroit Auto Show, saying that tariffs should not be used “to punish our closest trading partners,” like Canada.
• Rubio Aims to Take on the Axis of Anger: China, Russia, North Korea and Iran. The loose arrangement of hostile powers could pose a series of conundrums for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state.
• Kash Patel’s loyalty to Trump is a point of concern for some lawmakers.
• Bondi turned to lobbying after two terms as a ‘business-friendly’ attorney general.
• Former Aide For Sanders Runs to Lead The D.N.C. Mr. Shakir said his mission, should he win the post, would be to redefine the Democratic Party as the party of the working class.
• Pam Bondi has transformed from a traditional Republican into a warrior for Trump.
• Who is Marco Rubio?
• Here’s what to know about Bondi’s confirmation hearing.
• Here is the latest on Rubio’s appearance before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
• Biden Races to Cement His Legacy With Moves That May Stymie Trump’s Agenda. The president has issued policy decisions in a number of areas in the final days of his term to cement his agenda, including environmental justice, prison reform and immigration.
• Attorney General Nominee Says ‘Politics Will Not Play a Part’ Pam Bondi cast herself as an independent prosecutor who would keep politics out of the Justice Department if confirmed as President Trump’s attorney general.
• In Farewell, Biden Warns of a Rising ‘Oligarchy’ President Biden did not explicitly name President-elect Donald J. Trump, but his remarks went straight at the tension at the heart of the incoming White House.
• Transportation Hearing Will Focus on Aviation Safety and Infrastructure. Sean Duffy, a former Fox Business host and Wisconsin congressman, would head a sprawling Transportation Department that oversees aviation, rail and transit.
• Pete Hegseth’s Confirmation Hearing. In a hearing that stretched more than four hours, Democrats pressed Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for defense secretary, on numerous allegations of misconduct, his views about women in combat and his ability to lead the depa...
• Rubio Is in Spotlight on Second Big Day of Cabinet Hearings. Senator Marco Rubio, who is nominated for secretary of state, has a long history of personal and policy differences with President-elect Donald Trump.
• Trump’s C.I.A. Pick Lays Out His Vision for a More Aggressive Agency. Donald Trump’s pick for the agency’s director seems likely to win some Democratic support for this nomination, but how much is unclear.
• Joni Ernst Says She Will Vote to Confirm Pete Hegseth. The Iowa Republican’s decision dramatically increases the likelihood that Mr. Hegseth will have enough votes to be confirmed as President-elect Donald J. Trump’s defense secretary.
• Accountability Effort of Former Special Counsel Ends With More Freedom for Trump. The Justice Department now enters a second Trump administration with less authority to pursue a president than it has had in half a century.
• Biden Will Erase Cuba From List of State Sponsors of Terrorism to Free Jailed Protesters. The decision is the latest in a series of conflicting U.S. approaches to Cuba by different administrations.
• Senate Hearings for Trump’s Cabinet Picks Have Begun. Here’s the Schedule. Selections for attorney general, secretary of homeland security, secretary of state and Treasury secretary are among those set to have hearings this week.
• House Votes to Bar Transgender Girls From Female Sports. Republicans’ decision to push through the measure early in the new Congress indicated their belief that the issue is politically potent for them. Its future in the Senate is uncertain.
• Michelle Obama Will Skip Trump’s Inauguration. Mrs. Obama also declined to attend the funeral of Jimmy Carter last week, which would have put her face-to-face with Mr. Trump.
• Cookies, Cocktails and Mushrooms on the Menu as Justices Hear Bank Fraud Case. In trying to find the line between false statements and misleading ones in the case of a Chicago politician, members of the Supreme Court posed colorful questions.
• Hegseth Won’t Say Whether Sexual Assault, Drinking or Adultery Is Disqualifying. Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice to lead the Pentagon, rejected what he said were “false claims” about his conduct.
• Female Senators Grill Hegseth Over Views on Women. President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for defense secretary had a more amicable exchange with Joni Ernst, a Republican, who is considered a key vote.
• Capitol Flags At Full Staff For Trump, Speaker Says. President-elect Donald J. Trump had complained that flags were scheduled to fly at half-staff — a symbol of mourning for former President Jimmy Carter — on the day of his inauguration.
• Hegseth Spars with Senator Over What He Meant by Slang Term. President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for defense secretary used a generally unflattering term to criticize legal officers in the military.
• Four Takeaways From the Justice Department Report on Trump’s Jan. 6 Case. Jack Smith wrote that Donald Trump would have been convicted had the case been allowed to proceed and explained why he didn’t pursue charges of incitement of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
• New Administration to Take Over in Challenging Era for the Pentagon. The incoming defense secretary will face several challenges, including the war in Ukraine and the turmoil in the Middle East.
• Much of the hearing has focused on Hegseth’s comments on women in the military.
• Hegseth draws on combat experience in his pitch to lead the Pentagon.
• Hegseth morphed from a critic of war crimes to a defender of the accused.
• All eyes are on Ernst as Hegseth faces a public grilling from senators. The Iowa Republican who initially expressed skepticism about President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for defense secretary has tempered her tone but not yet committed to support him.
• Here’s what to know about the hearing.
• G.O.P. Embraces Pick for Defense At Testy Hearing. Pete Hegseth emerged from a Senate committee hearing with the support of the Republican Party intact following weeks of scrutiny over his qualifications and allegations of misconduct.
• Hegseth’s Drinking, Once ‘Self-Medication,’ Could Prompt Questions at His Hearing. President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary has spoken candidly about his alcohol use in interviews over the past few years.
• What to Watch for at Pete Hegseth’s Confirmation Hearing. President-elect Donald J. Trump’s defense secretary pick will almost surely be asked about his alcohol use and an accusation of sexual assault when he appears before a Senate committee.
• Report Refuses To Give Trump A Jan. 6 Pass. The report, which said the special counsel’s office stood “fully behind” the merits of the prosecution, amounted to an extraordinary rebuke of the president-elect.
• Musk to Get Office Space in the White House Complex. The location suggests that Mr. Musk, who owns companies with billions of dollars in contracts with the federal government, will continue to have remarkable access to President-elect Donald J. Trump.
• Why Trump Turned to Manifest Destiny. Donald Trump has long sought to make anything he controls bigger.
• Just How Do Confirmations Work? Senate Endures Its Own Marathon. The Senate’s role of “advice and consent” is a marathon of meetings and paperwork.
• Special Counsel Rips Biden for Criticism of Son’s Case. The report by the special counsel, David C. Weiss, criticized President Biden for making “baseless accusations” that threatened “the integrity of the justice system as a whole.”
• Last Round of Loan Forgiveness Brings Total of Students Spared to 5 Million. With Monday’s authorization and 27 previous ones, the Biden administration has forgiven over $180 billion in student loans, even as its larger policy vision never took root.
• Los Angeles Will Host the Games In 1,275 Days. A Challenging Project Has Suddenly Become A Daunting Test. Rebuilding areas ravaged by wildfires will present a daunting challenge, but the flip side could be the “compelling image of a city emerging from the ashes.”
• Who’s Performing at Trump’s Inauguration? Carrie Underwood will sing “America the Beautiful” at the second inauguration of Donald J. Trump.
• U.S. Sent Word To Putin to Halt Sabotage Plan. The White House scrambled to get a message to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia last year after U.S. intelligence agencies said a Russian military unit was preparing to send explosive packages on cargo planes.
• Groups Backing Trump Go on the Offensive For His Pentagon Pick. Conservative organizations are targeting Republican senators, saying that they will pay a price if they do not back the president-elect’s choice for defense secretary.
• The Texas governor orders flags to full staff for Trump’s inauguration. Gov. Greg Abbott said the move was not in conflict with a 30-day tribute for former President Jimmy Carter, but to “celebrate the service of an incoming president.”
• Biden Defends Foreign Policy Actions as He Begins Last Week in Office. The president argued in a speech that he strengthened U.S. alliances during his four years in office and that America’s adversaries are weaker than when he took over.
• Rachel Maddow Will Return to Nightly Shows on MSNBC for Trump’s First 100 Days. The cable news network rejiggers its prime-time lineup ahead of Donald Trump’s second stint in the White House.
• Partial Release Allowed For Report on Trump By the Special Counsel. Judge Aileen M. Cannon, who dismissed the classified documents case, blocked a volume about that matter from being shown to Congress but allowed the release of a volume about the election case.

World

Africa

• Sudan’s Army Used Chemical Weapons Against Rival Forces, U.S. Officials Say. The determination came as the United States announced sanctions against the Sudanese military chief, saying there was strong evidence of atrocities in the country.
• New President Takes Office as Anger Roils Mozambique. Daniel Chapo was sworn in at a time of widespread anger directed at his party, Frelimo, which has led the country for 50 years and was accused of rigging the election.
• Dozens of Bodies Taken From Illegal Gold Mine. The authorities had at one point limited the miners’ access to food, water and other supplies in a blockade that drew criticism from human rights groups.

Americas

• At Least 80 Dead Amid a New Surge of Violence in Colombia. Thousands have fled clashes between armed groups on the border with Venezuela, dashing hopes of peace in Colombia.
• Mexico Is Getting Ready for Trump. Here’s What’s Different This Time. President Claudia Sheinbaum is detaining more migrants, seizing more fentanyl and positioning her country as a key ally against China. But the U.S. stance has shifted, too.
• Shelters Quiet In Mexico Before Trump Takes Office. Ahead of the inauguration, migrant shelters south of the Rio Grande are far from full, a reflection of the tougher measures imposed on both sides of the border.
• ‘We Couldn’t Stay’: A California Family’s Life After Evacuating. Shortly after the fires began in Los Angeles, Bethany Martinez and her daughter evacuated their home on the Altadena-Pasadena border after losing power and heat. They’re waiting until they feel it’s safe enough to go back.
• Trump’s Team Vows Deportations, but Has Said Little to Latin America. Mexican officials and other leaders in the region have not been able to meet with the incoming administration about its migration and deportation plans.
• Bolsonaro Hid at Hungary’s Embassy. Not for Asylum, He Says, but Maybe for Love. Jair Bolsonaro and a Times reporter discussed the former Brazilian president’s two mysterious nights at the Hungarian Embassy.
• Brazil’s Ex-Leader Hopes Ally’s Comeback Is His Stay-Out-of-Jail Card. The former Brazilian president, squeezed by criminal investigations, looks to the United States to shift his nation’s politics — and maybe keep him a free man.
• Why Trump Is Returning to Power While Bolsonaro Faces Prison. Three reasons help explain why the two politicians have faced such contrasting fates.
• With Eye on Canal, Trump May Push Panama Toward China. President-elect Donald J. Trump’s threat to take back the Panama Canal may be posturing, but it could dampen the Panamanian government’s wish to broaden relations with the United States, analysts say.
• As the Migrant Crisis Intensified, Mexico Found Someone to Blame. When border crossings grew out of control in 2023, the U.S. pressured Mexico to do something. Officials rebuked the immigration chief and stripped him of a key power, an investigation shows.
• ‘They Barricaded Everything’: Living Inside an Evacuation Zone. Anthony Herrera never evacuated his Altadena home during the Eaton fire last week, and said he was told by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department that if he leaves now, he can’t return.

Asia Pacific

• Uyghurs Held in Thailand Continue Hunger Strike, Fearing Their Deportation. Dozens of men from the ethnic minority sought escape from repression in China a decade ago, but have been detained in Thailand ever since.
• These Rooms Give Young Indian Lovers Rare Privacy. Cue the Complaints. A policy change by a popular hotel platform shows the tension between traditional values and modern ideals in India.
• Trump’s Return Has Unnerved World Leaders. But Not India. An upward trajectory in relations is “almost inevitable,” the U.S. ambassador, Eric Garcetti, said in an interview before leaving his post.
• A President’s New Reality: Soup and Solitude in a Jail Cell. President Yoon Suk Yeol, a former prosecutor, used to put people in jail. Now, after his formal arrest, he himself is in a cell, alone.
• In Pakistan, Some Hope Trump Can Free Former Prime Minister. A Trump ally has called on Pakistan to release the former prime minister from prison, inspiring fervent hope among his supporters.
• Saif Ali Khan, Famed Bollywood Actor, Is Stabbed at Home in Mumbai. The police said Mr. Khan was recovering in the hospital after an intruder attacked him. He sustained a major injury to his spinal cord, a doctor said.
• Bracing for Life after TikTok, Americans Join the Chinese Internet. Hundreds of thousands of so-called TikTok refugees are flocking to Xiaohongshu, a Chinese social media app also known as Red Note. Americans users say they feel welcome, but politically sensitive topics are off limits.
• China Deploys More Security to Calm a Country on Edge Over Killings. Police are checking on safety at schools and visiting karaoke bars and rental homes to root out perceived malcontents, after several mass killings alarmed the public.
• What China Wants in Panama: More Trade, Projects and Influence. Beijing’s efforts to expand its reach in the country have hit several obstacles, in part because of American pressure.
• Cambodian Aide Sought By Thailand in Shooting. The Thai authorities accused an adviser to Hun Sen of hiring the gunman who killed a former Cambodian opposition figure in Bangkok last week.
• Actor’s Abduction Has Chinese Tourists Avoiding Thailand Trips. The brief abduction of a Chinese actor who was trafficked into Myanmar to work in a scam camp has rattled travelers from a country that Thailand relies on for tourism.
• South Korean President Is Detained in Insurrection Inquiry. Investigators have detained South Korea’s impeached leader, Yoon Suk Yeol. This is the first time a sitting South Korean president has been detained on criminal charges. Choe Sang-Hun, the ​Seoul bureau chief for The New York Times​, explains how ...
• Who’s Investigating South Korea’s President? A visual guide to the multiple government agencies that are investigating whether President Yoon Suk Yeol committed insurrection.
• Investigators in South Korea Attempt to Detain Impeached President. Criminal investigators began a second operation early Wednesday to detain the impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, for questioning in connection with insurrection charges.
• President of a Deeply Divided Korea Is Detained. Yoon Suk Yeol became the first South Korean leader to be held by criminal investigators, ending a long standoff after he imposed martial law.
• Pakistan Orders Inquiry of Airline Ad. An advertisement meant to celebrate the resumption of flights to Paris showed a jet pointed toward the Eiffel Tower.
• A Festival That Could Attract 400 Million. About 400 million Hindu pilgrims from around the globe are expected to bathe in and around the Ganges in the religion’s biggest display of unity.
• Korean Leader, Holed Up at Home, Skips a Hearing Over His Removal. The Constitutional Court began hearings on whether to unseat Yoon Suk Yeol. But he remained in his fortified residence as investigators drew up plans to detain him.

Canada

• When the U.S. Hit Canada With Steep Tariffs Before, Canada Had a Plan B. But economic, political and technological changes have left Canada with few ways to handle trade restrictions now.
• In Canada’s ‘Suburb of Detroit,’ Fears Over Trump’s Tariff Threat. The president-elect’s vow to impose 25 percent duties on Canadian imports could ravage Canada’s auto industry and decimate Windsor, a city deeply tied to the U.S.
• Canada Plans Retaliatory Tariffs That Target Republican-Led States in U.S. Canadian officials are preparing retaliatory measures if the new U.S. administration imposes tariffs on Canadian imports.
• The ‘Minister of Everything’ for Justin Trudeau Enters Race to Replace Him. Chrystia Freeland, the former deputy prime minister, sought to distance herself from Mr. Trudeau in a public letter criticizing him for “costly political gimmicks.”
• Banker, Investor, Prime Minister? Mark Carney Bids to Lead Canada. The former governor of the Canadian and British central banks announced he was running to become head of the Liberal Party and prime minister.
• Canada Readies Measures To Respond to Tariff Threat. The government is preparing for the possibility that the incoming U.S. administration will impose high tariffs on Canadian goods, setting the close allies up for a showdown.

Europe

• U.K. Teen Pleads Guilty to Murder of 3 Girls in Southport Stabbing Attack. Axel Rudakubana also admitted attempting to murder 10 other people at a Taylor Swift-themed class in Southport, England, last July, and to the production of ricin, a toxin.
• Fighting Has Halted in Gaza, but the War Is Not Over. Sunday’s delayed start to the truce was a minor problem compared with the difficult choices and American leverage needed to get both parties to the second phase, which could end the war.
• Ukraine Braces for Trump’s Return, Eager for Peace, but Wary of the Terms. Soldiers and civilians alike say that after so much loss, the new U.S. president must push for a just settlement, not peace at any cost.
• A Killer Was Taken Back Into Custody. Was It Because of His Drill Rap Songs? A man convicted of murder in London was taken back into custody after a report emerged that he was anonymously making drill rap music. The victim’s family worries his music could bring him more fame.
• How the Attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, Have Transformed the Region . With an Israel-Hamas cease-fire set to begin, the shock waves from their war have reshaped the region in unexpected ways.
• Hacking Trial to Begin In Harry vs. Murdoch. Barring a late settlement, Harry’s lawsuit against News Group Newspapers will begin Monday, with potential consequences for the royal family, the media baron and even The Washington Post.
• Russia Bombards Kyiv With Drones and Ballistic Missiles, Ukraine Says. At least three people were killed in the assault on the capital, and at least one died and 11 were wounded in a separate strike in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia.
• Lifestyles of the Rich and Ancient: Some in Pompeii Even Had a Home Spa. Hot, warm and cold baths in a recently uncovered villa offer a new glimpse of life in the city before it was smothered by tons of volcanic fragments.
• 3 Lawyers Sentenced For Helping Navalny. A Russian court said the lawyers for Aleksei Navalny, the country’s top opposition figure before his death in a penal colony last year, were guilty of involvement in an extremist group.
• Effort to Prosecute Founder Of Chat Site Tests New Law. Isaac Steidl founded the Coco platform, which authorities tied to criminal activity for years. The effort to hold Mr. Steidl accountable tests a new legal frontier.
• Russia-Iran Treaty Addresses Trade and Security Issues. The agreement is focused more on trade than military issues, but it will bring two countries with a shared desire to challenge the West closer together.
• ‘Harrowing’ British Report Details Crisis in Hospitals. A damning report on overcrowded hospitals added fuel to a painful debate over the crises at the National Health Service.
• U.K. to Re-Examine Child Sexual Abuse by Gangs. Britain’s Labour government came under pressure to act after Elon Musk reignited a decade-old scandal involving child sexual abuse mainly by men of Pakistani heritage.
• Hundreds Pay Respects To Far-Right Firebrand Who Drove an Ideology. The memorial for Jean-Marie Le Pen, who was known for his racist and antisemitic remarks, comes as the National Rally has become the driving force in French politics.
• In Kyiv Visit, U.K. Leader Makes Pledge Of Partnership. Prime Minister Keir Starmer signaled continued solidarity, with further U.S. support in question under a second Trump administration.
• Azerbaijan’s Leader, Furious Over Crash, Picks a Rare Fight With Putin. Russia’s president is said to have blamed birds or a Ukrainian drone for a Dec. 25 crash of an Azerbaijani plane. Azerbaijan says Russian air defenses were at fault.
• British Man Freed From Prison Over Video Misidentification. Ademola Adedeji was ensnared in a murder conspiracy case with no murder victim. Prosecutors labeled him a gang member and won a conviction and eight-year sentence.
• Polish Leader Agrees Russia Planned ‘Acts Of Air Terror’ “I can only confirm that Russia planned acts of air terror, not just against Poland but against airlines across the globe,” said Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk.
• Mine Helped Armor Ukraine Until Foe Was at the Gate. The mine, near the frontline city of Pokrovsk, produced coking coal crucial for Ukraine’s steel industry. It kept running until the very last moment, when Russian forces finally reached its gates.
• Ukraine, Hit by Missiles, Cuts Power. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said air defenses had shot down at least 30 missiles from a “massive” barrage that had targeted gas and energy facilities.
• A Mezuzah Is Now at a Door Opening to the Horrors of Auschwitz. The home of the death camp’s wartime commandant, Rudolf Höss, which was the subject of the Oscar-winning movie “The Zone of Interest,” will soon welcome visitors.
• France’s Prime Minister to Revisit Retirement Law That Ignited Protests. His government on shaky ground, Prime Minister François Bayrou offered to reopen debate on the measure, which raised the retirement age in an effort to stabilize the country’s finances.
• Princess of Wales Confirms Her Cancer Is in Remission. In an Instagram post on Tuesday, she wrote: “It is a relief to now be in remission and I remain focused on recovery.”
• Graft Monitor In U.K. Quits Amid Inquiry In Bangladesh. Tulip Siddiq, the niece of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh, had been named in an embezzlement investigation in the Asian country in December.
• For Teenagers in Ukraine, Hope Arrived at the Stage Door. The students in a summer acting course performed a play set in America, called, “It’s okay!” And it gave them hope that their lives would be OK, too.
• Using Drones, Kyiv Targets Regions Deep Inside Russia. The barrage appeared to be one of the largest recent assaults in Ukraine’s campaign to damage Russia’s war machine on its home territory.
• The Floods This Time: In the Mediterranean, Climate Change Is Already Here. Short, heavy rainfall is typical of the Mediterranean, but nothing is typical about what has been happening there recently.
• Musk Chides Sentencing of Neo-Nazi in U.K. Riots. Andrew McIntyre, a British extremist who played a key role in fomenting last summer’s unrest, was sentenced last week to seven years in jail.
• British Dislike Musk, But He Exerts Sway Over Their Politics. His influence is partly the result of a very online political establishment, and partly thanks to a right-leaning media that is hostile to Keir Starmer’s Labour government.
• Pope Francis’ Autobiography, ‘Hope,’ Arrives in Bookstores. The book, which was six years in the making, vividly recreates Francis’ childhood in Buenos Aires but offers few new insights into his papacy.
• Greenland Is Eager for Business, but Not a Sale. The prime minister said that while Greenlanders do not want to become Americans, “the reality is we are going to work with the U.S. — yesterday, today and tomorrow.”

Middle East

• Hamas Official Says Group Is Ready for ‘Dialogue With America’ In a rare move hours after the cease-fire took effect, one senior Hamas official said the group wants to engage the new Trump administration.
• Food and other vital aid surges into Gaza after 15 months of hunger and scarcity.
• Mother of Missing U.S. Journalist Asks Syria’s New Leaders for Help. Debra Tice, whose son Austin was abducted near Damascus in 2012, said the rebel group that toppled the Assad regime promised support in helping to find him.
• West Bank settlers attack Palestinian villages, angry about prisoner releases.
• Scenes of Elation as Hostages Released, but the Path Ahead Is Uncertain. Doctors at Sheba Medical Center said the three women are in stable condition, but little is known about what the former captives went through in Gaza.
• Houthi rebels say they will limit attacks in the Red Sea to ships linked to Israel. The Yemeni rebels have targeted ships since the early days of the war in Gaza in what they say is solidarity with Hamas.
• Previously released hostages have described harrowing experiences in captivity.
• A father and son return to their Gaza neighborhood to find their home destroyed.
• Here’s the latest on the cease-fire.
• Relief, Joy and Uncertainty as Gaza Truce Begins. After the fighting paused, Hamas began to free some of its hostages, releasing 3, and Israel said it had released 90 Palestinian prisoners.
• What’s behind the uneven exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners?
• Awaiting prisoner releases, West Bank Palestinians hold off celebrating.
• As Israel loosened its own bombing rules, civilians paid a heavy price.
• Long-Awaited Cease-Fire Between Hamas and Israel Takes Effect. Hamas released three hostages after more than 15 months of captivity, while residents of the Gaza Strip celebrated a long-awaited respite from the war.
• Hamas Tries to Show It’s Back in Charge of Gaza. Rarely seen in the open while the war raged, masked and armed fighters spread out publicly through Gaza’s cities in a show of force on Sunday.
• For most hostage families, an agonizing wait for news and reunions goes on.
• Aid trucks began moving into Gaza as part of the cease-fire deal.
• Israel-Hamas Truce Leaves Big Questions Unresolved for Now. It remains unclear whether the six-week truce will lead to a permanent cease-fire and the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza, or if fighting will resume.
• Gazans greet the cease-fire with joy — and sadness for all that was lost. Palestinians race back to the homes they fled, uncertain about what they will find or what lies ahead.
• Both Sides Wondering How Next Six Weeks Will Play Out. After 470 days of death, a tentative cease-fire began on Sunday in Gaza. But Palestinians could not be sure that the war had ended, and Israelis fear that many hostages will still remain in Gaza.
• First 3 Israeli Hostages Are Freed Under Gaza Cease-Fire. Thirty-three people were set to be released during the first phase of the agreement, including female soldiers and civilians, children and men over 50.
• Israeli attacks continued during a nearly three-hour delay in the cease-fire.
• Here’s what to know about the cease-fire.
• On Eve of Truce, Netanyahu Says, ‘We’ve Changed the Face of the Middle East’ Qatar, which mediated the agreement, said the cease-fire deal was set to begin at 8:30 a.m. local time on Sunday.
• Two Prominent Judges Are Shot Dead Outside Iran’s Supreme Court. The gunman took his own life after killing two judges and wounding a third in what officials described as a terrorist attack.
• What We Know About the Hostage Release. The first phase of the cease-fire deal calls for the release of 33 hostages, including women, children, men over 50 and sick and wounded people.
• Italian Reporter’s Ordeal in Iranian Prison: ‘I Was Trapped in a Game’ Cecilia Sala found herself in the middle of Iran’s hostage diplomacy.
• As deadly strikes continue, Gazans anticipate first moments of peace.
• Hostages are to be freed after more than a year of talks. Here are some key moments.
• Hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel will be freed under the cease-fire deal.
• UNRWA’s head warns of catastrophe for Gaza if Israel stops its work.
• Israeli Cabinet Approves Deal For Cease-Fire. The full Israeli cabinet passed the agreement during a meeting that continued into the Jewish Sabbath, setting up the first reprieve in Gaza in over a year.
• Israel Prepares to Receive Hostages Held in Gaza for Over a Year. Hospitals and health officials have been preparing isolated areas where the hostages can begin recuperating, and there are concerns that the returning captives may be malnourished.
• A Sheikh, a Mogul and a Diplomat Who Sealed the Gaza Truce. The Qatari prime minister, working with both President Biden’s envoy and President-elect Donald J. Trump’s representative, formed an unlikely partnership.
• On a Raid With Syria’s New Security Forces. After the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, The New York Times joined a group of former rebel soldiers trying to enforce law and order in a country grappling with the ghosts of its past.
• With guarded hopes, families of hostages in Gaza anticipate their release.
• The World Health Organization looks to rebuild medical services as aid into Gaza increases.
• Strikes Kill Dozens of Gazans After Cease-Fire Deal Is Announced, Officials Say. Israel has continued to bomb the enclave as it prepares to implement a cease-fire. Civil Defense said Gaza City had the highest toll with more than 80 killed.
• Dozens of Gazans have been killed in Israeli strikes since the deal was announced, emergency officials say.
• Gazans Dream Of Going Back, Even to Rubble. They daydreamed about the people they would hug as soon as the truce took hold, the graves they would visit and the homes they would rebuild.
• Biden Says He Urged Netanyahu to Accommodate Palestinians’ ‘Legitimate Concerns’ President Biden said in an MSNBC interview that he pushed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to prevent civilian deaths during the Gaza war. He also defended his steadfast support for Israel.
• Israel and Hamas Work Out Differences That Had Delayed Cease-Fire Deal, Netanyahu Says. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had called a meeting of his security cabinet for later on Friday.
• Angry about a potential cease-fire in Gaza, far-right protesters block roads in Israel.
• Disputes Delay Key Israeli Vote On A Gaza Truce. Even though negotiators for Israel and Hamas reached a provisional deal for a truce starting Sunday, they continued to discuss outstanding issues through mediators.
• Blinken is shouted down over Gaza as he insists cease-fire deal is on track. Two pro-Palestinian journalists who accused him of enabling “genocide,”
• Netanyahu Faces a Political Crisis Over the Gaza Cease-Fire Deal. With his far-right coalition partners opposing an end to the war and threatening to quit, the Israeli prime minister may have to choose: them or the agreement.
• A cease-fire would mean more aid for Gaza, but getting it to people in need may still be hard.
• ‘Honestly, I feel numb.’ Gazans react to cease-fire deal.
• Deadly strikes in Gaza continue despite the announcement of a cease-fire deal.
• Disputes Postpone Crucial Vote in Israel on Gaza Cease-Fire Deal. Hamas remains the dominant Palestinian power in Gaza even after 15 months of Israeli bombardment, holding sway in displacement camps and refusing to surrender.
• Since the killing of Hamas’s longtime leader, his brother and others have stepped in.
• Several Gaza Hostages Could Soon Be Released, but in a Slow, Frustrating Trickle. Citizens of Israel, the United States, Britain, Mexico, Thailand and other countries were among about 250 people abducted in the Oct. 7, 2023 raids into Israel.
• The latest on the cease-fire agreement.
• Israel and Hamas Reach Gaza Truce and Hostage Deal. The agreement, which must still be approved by the Israeli cabinet, incited joy in the Gaza Strip and Israel, even as some feared that it could fall apart.
• Israel and Hamas Agree to Gaza Cease-Fire and Hostage Deal. The Israeli cabinet still has to ratify the deal, and some details remained unresolved.
• What to Know About the Gaza Cease-Fire. Israel and Hamas have agreed to a cease-fire deal. For Palestinians, the agreement provides a respite from a devastating Israeli military campaign that has killed more than 45,000 people in Gaza. For Israelis, it could allow for the release of at ...
• Hostage families are celebrating the cease-fire deal — with a dose of trepidation.
• News of a deal brings hope and a painful reminder for residents of villages overrun by Hamas.
• The leaders of Britain and France say the deal should be the basis for a long-term political settlement.
• Here is what the provisional cease-fire deal says. In the first phase, 33 hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners would be freed, and hundreds of trucks with humanitarian aid would be allowed into Gaza daily, a copy of the agreement says.
• Here’s What the Provisional Cease-Fire Deal Says. In the first phase, 33 hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners would be freed, and hundreds of trucks with humanitarian aid would be allowed into Gaza daily, a copy of the agreement says.
• An Ambiguous Reprieve Is Tenuous, Temporary and Fraught. An agreement offers Gazans at least some respite, and for Israelis it means the release of hostages. But the deal’s ambiguity leaves open the possibility that fighting could resume within weeks.
• The deal has exposed fissures in Netanyahu’s right-wing government. One far-right minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, claimed to have scuppered similar agreements over the past year. But, the prime minister has blamed Hamas for the failures.
• Deal Has Exposed Fissures in Netanyahu’s Right-Wing Government. One far-right minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, claimed to have scuppered similar agreements over the past year. But, the prime minister has blamed Hamas for the failures.
• Cease-Fire Deal With Israel Comes as Hamas Is Severely Weakened. Israel’s 15-month bombardment of Gaza has destroyed much of Hamas’s military wing. It has also degraded the Iran-backed proxy network that helps sustain the militant group.
• Deal at Close Of Biden Term Evokes 1981 And Tehran. Dozens of American hostages held at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran for more than a year were freed just as Ronald Reagan was inaugurated.
• Musk Said to Have Aided Iran-Italy Prisoner Swap That Biden Opposes. The Italian journalist was released soon after Elon Musk met with an Iranian ambassador, officials in Iran said. So was an Iranian detained in Italy who was wanted by the U.S.
• The current deal on the table is similar to one pushed by President Biden in May, officials say.
• Israel and Hamas Hope to Secure Cease-Fire Deal Within Days, Officials Say. Negotiators and mediators meeting in Qatar were rushing to address outstanding issues on Wednesday.
• After Decades of Assad Rule, Syrians Seek Justice or Revenge. The new interim Syrian government says it will hunt down and punish senior security officials and others, but concern is growing about attacks on former low-level members of the Assad regime’s forces.
• What We Know About the Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire. The agreement went into effect on Sunday, pausing fighting for the first time in more than a year.
• Hope Increasing Over Cease-Fire In Gaza Conflict. The negotiations, mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the United States, appear to be making progress after months of failed attempts to achieve a breakthrough.
• Lebanon’s Parliament Names I.C.C. Jurist as Prime Minister. The selection of Mr. Salam was seen as a blow to Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group and political party that has acted as the real power in Lebanon for decades.

New York

• Eric Adams to Attend Inauguration After Invite From Trump. Mayor Eric Adams is attending Donald J. Trump’s inauguration after a last-minute invite. Mr. Trump has said he is considering pardoning Mr. Adams in his federal corruption case.
• Adams Accuses Former Prosecutor of Bringing Case to Help His Own Career. A lawyer for Mayor Eric Adams argued in court documents that Damian Williams, the former federal prosecutor who charged the mayor with bribery, had brought the case for his own political benefit.
• A Long Career in Black Rock Music Comes to a Tragic End in the Bronx. Peter Forrest was the charismatic lead singer of 24-7 Spyz, which did shows with Jane’s Addiction. Last week, Mr. Forrest, 64, was found beaten to death in the ambulette he drove for a living.
• Zoning Changes Aim to Fill Housing Gap. A new rezoning plan for the city aims to remove long-outdated barriers to building housing and to spread development across all the city’s neighborhoods.
• ‘After I Got Into the Cab, the Driver and I Began Chatting’ A familiar face on the way to the airport, a surprise on the F train and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
• New York Rescuers Break the Ice to Save Moose From a Frozen Lake. The bull moose had fallen into a lake in the Adirondacks and been in the frigid waters for about two hours before rescuers arrived and used a chain saw to free it.
• Will Cuomo Run for Mayor? Racial Politics Complicate His Decision. An ill-fated run against a Black opponent nearly ended the career of Andrew Cuomo. As he weighs challenging Mayor Eric Adams, he cannot afford a repeat.
• Mozambique’s Ex-Finance Minister Sentenced to Prison Over ‘Tuna Affair’ Manuel Chang will spend eight and a half years in prison for taking about $7 million in bribes and kickbacks in a loan scandal that sent the country’s economy into a crisis.
• Overtures to Trump Put Mayor Adams on a Political Tightrope. Mayor Eric Adams said that a meeting with President-elect Donald J. Trump was about New York City’s future. Each man has his own reasons to forge close ties.
• U.S. Drops Corruption Case Against New York’s Former Lieutenant Governor. Brian Benjamin had been accused of funneling state money to a real estate developer in exchange for campaign contributions. A key witness in the case has died.
• Mayor Has Meeting With Trump and His Son. The New York mayor, who has expressed interest in a pardon to resolve federal corruption charges, met with President-elect Donald J. Trump and his son Eric on Friday.
• New York City Bus Crashes Near Bronx Overpass, Dangling Above Roadway. The express commuter bus missed a turn on the route that travels between Manhattan and the Bronx. The driver, the sole occupant of the bus, was not injured.
• A Robot Made My Lunch. Sweetgreen and other spots are using automation in some Manhattan restaurants. Humans still slice the vegetables, but they don’t put the food in bowls.
• The Evolution of New York’s Sanctuary Status. New York’s status as a sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants has shifted over time. Now, as President-elect Donald J. Trump prepares to enter office, it may shift once again.
• Adams Heads to Mar-a-Lago To Meet With President-Elect. The New York City mayor, who is under federal indictment, has spoken warmly about President-elect Donald J. Trump in recent weeks and has said he is open to receiving a pardon from him.
• Rosy Election-Year Budget Unveiled by Adams, Citing Lower Costs for Migrants. The $114.5 billion spending plan anticipated $2 billion less in asylum seeker costs, but also called for an additional $550 million for nonmigrant shelters.
• Stringer Kicks Off Mayoral Bid With Child Care Proposal. Scott Stringer, a former New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, will center his campaign on making the city more livable for families.
• What Happens to an ‘Antiquated’ New Year’s Eve Ball? After 17 years, the ball that dropped at the beginning of 2025 is being retired. It will join several other balls from the past in a Times Square exhibit.
• 40 Big Ideas to Make New York City More Affordable. As the cost of living dominates politics, dozens of residents offered plans to bring down the price of housing, child care, transportation, cultural life and more.
• Giuliani Keeps Homes in Settlement of Defamation Case. An agreement allowed the former mayor of New York City to keep his apartments and other valuables in return for an undisclosed payment to two election workers he defamed after the 2020 vote.
• Sheriff’s Deputies Handcuff Girl, 11, After Mistaking Her for Suspect. Deputies in Syracuse, N.Y., detained the girl, who is Black, for several minutes after mistakenly identifying her as a suspect in a car theft. Video of the episode drew fierce criticism.
• Adams Collects $250,000 From Donors After Federal Corruption Charges. Mr. Adams, who is facing a federal corruption indictment and was denied public matching funds, said his totals show “my base of support is still there.”
• N.Y.P.D. Sharply Restricts Its High-Speed Chases. A quarter of the nearly 2,300 vehicle pursuits last year led to crashes, property damage or physical harm, the police said. Most chases will no longer be allowed.
• New Boss Tries to Tame a Troubled Police Department. Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch is shaking up the Police Department after some of its former leaders, elevated by Mayor Eric Adams, came under scrutiny by federal investigators.
• A Bakery, a Landlord and a Heated Fight About Back Rent. The Silver Moon Bakery on the Upper West Side is embroiled in a legal dispute. Loyal customers are worried about its fate.
• 5 Takeaways from Hochul’s State of the State Address. Child care, housing costs and public safety were the New York governor’s top issues as she outlined her policy plans for the year and for a re-election fight in 2026.
• Steve Bannon Asks to Replace His Lawyers Again, Possibly Delaying Trial. The longtime ally of Donald J. Trump faces state charges of bilking donors who gave money to build a border wall. His delay tactics mimic those of his patron.
• Bus Monitor Guilty of Child Endangerment After 6-Year-Old Is Strangled. The bus monitor was acquitted of the more serious manslaughter charges she faced. She was on her phone and had earbuds in when a child seated behind her was strangled by a wheelchair’s harness.
• Judge Forced From Bench For Remarks Gets New Job. Erin P. Gall, who resigned from a New York State Supreme Court judgeship after footage showed her threatening to shoot Black teenagers, is now working as a lawyer for Herkimer County.
• Murphy Plans to Protect Abortion in New Jersey In Light of Trump’s Return. In his State of the State address, Gov. Philip Murphy also said he would ban cellphones in schools and overhaul the state’s 10 most dangerous intersections.
• ‘The Year of Flaco’ Will Celebrate a Beloved Owl. New York Historical is opening an exhibit of memorabilia of the eagle-owl, who died in February.
• Hochul Proposes Cutting Income Tax for Most New Yorkers. Gov. Kathy Hochul used her State of the State speech to focus on affordability and crime, vowing to place a police officer on every overnight subway train.
• Hochul Tries to Sell the Suburbs on Congestion Pricing. Gov. Kathy Hochul is pointing out possible benefits of congestion pricing to suburban commuters, an influential voting bloc that could decide her political fortunes.
• New York Could Be the Next State to Limit Students’ Cellphone Use. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday signaled her plan to include related legislation in her budget proposal, saying she hoped to limit distractions during the school day.
• After New Toll In Manhattan, Gridlock Eases. Early data from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority suggests that traffic has dropped around Manhattan’s core.
• Police Officer Shoots Man Who Reported a Burglary in His Bronx Building. The victim, the police said, was carrying a knife. The shooting, which occurred after a five-second encounter, was under investigation.

Business

• Trump Takes Office as a Newly Minted Crypto Billionaire. The Trump family’s new crypto tokens, which went on sale over the weekend, have soared in value — along with crypto markets in general.
• Life in Prison for Hospital Rape and Murder That Shocked India. The police had sought the death penalty in a horrific but familiar crime. Its handling by the local authorities had outraged the nation.
• TikTok Got a Reprieve, but Americans and Chinese Are Still on RedNote. The Chinese social media app, popular in the United States a week after being flooded by TikTok users, has added language translation features.
• Does a Strong Holiday Shopping Season Mean a Better Year Ahead? Consumers spent more than expected over the holidays on clothes and electronics. But the retail economy is still a mixed bag.
• Big Banks Quit Climate Change Groups Ahead of Trump’s Term. Several large U.S. financial institutions, including the Federal Reserve, have withdrawn from the networks after years of growing political and legal pressure.
• Chinese Tech Had Promise And Esteem. Now What? China’s internet companies and their hard-working, resourceful professionals make world-class products, in spite of censorship and malign neglect by Beijing.
• Thousands of Capital One Customers Are Locked Out of Accounts for Days. The company said a technical issue with a third-party vendor was to blame for a disruption with deposits and payment processing that stretched into the weekend.
• Even Before TikTok’s Troubles, Chinese Companies Were Wary of Washington. Start-ups with Chinese ties have found it increasingly difficult to do business and list shares in the United States.
• Key Changes That May Affect Your Savings. This year, older workers will have ways to save more for retirement, spend less on medicine and see other ways to improve their finances.
• How Vuori Became One of Fashion’s Hottest Names. The 10-year-old company has ridden the popularity of its tech pants to the top rungs of the athleisure market. But “it’s still early days,” Vuori’s founder says.
• Oracle May Hold TikTok’s Future in Its Hands. The company is one of the app’s leading server providers, managing the data centers where billions of 40-second videos are stored.
• Vanguard to Pay $106 Million in Restitution to Retirement Fund Investors. An investigation by the S.E.C. and several states found that the company had failed to notify investors of changes in the terms of some funds, leading to higher capital gains taxes.
• Kremlin-Linked Propaganda Group Repeatedly Posted Facebook Ads. A new report details how a covert influence operation linked to the Kremlin continued to place ads on Facebook despite U.S. and E.U. prohibitions on doing business with the organization.
• U.S. Faces Record Debt As Tax Cuts Are Planned. The Congressional Budget Office forecasts that annual deficits will top $21 trillion over the next decade.
• U.S. Growth Is Exceeding Expectation, I.M.F. Says. It is projecting 2.7 percent growth for 2025. But uncertainty about pending Trump policies looms over the global economic trajectory.
• E.U. Expands Investigation of X Over Spread of Illicit Content. The probe is a test of the European Union’s willingness to go after X’s owner, Elon Musk, whose geopolitical influence has grown because of his ties to the incoming Trump administration.
• D.E.I. on the Ropes Ahead of the Next Trump Era. Corporate policies concerning diversity, equity and inclusion, already under pressure from conservatives, are facing greater threats from allies of the president-elect.
• What to Know About Plane Maintenance After the South Korean Crash. Airlines have been increasingly outsourcing repair and upkeep work to other countries, but experts and consumer groups disagree about its impact on safety.
• Facing a Flurry of U.S. Sanctions, China Prepares to Hit Back. With days until Donald Trump is sworn in, China is bracing for a trade war, aiming at industries as diverse as semiconductors, apparel and industrial plastic.
• China’s Population Drops for Third Year. The fall came despite a slight rise in births last year, the first increase since 2016. State efforts to cajole women to have children have met resistance.
• Beijing Says Exports in ’24 Helped Economy Grow 5%. Analysts say they see signs of malaise in China’s domestic economy, but those problems were offset mainly by robust exports and a $1 trillion trade surplus.
• F.T.C. Sues Landlord Over Hidden Rental Fees. The antitrust and consumer protection agency accused Greystar Real Estate Partners of deceptive pricing, charging tenants millions of dollars in unadvertised fees.
• Southwest Pilot Is Removed From Flight and Charged With D.U.I. The pilot, David Paul Allsop, was taken off a flight to Chicago at the airport in Savannah, Ga., on Wednesday, officials said.
• Trump Taps Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight as Hollywood ‘Ambassadors’ The president-elect said the actors would be his “eyes and ears” with the goal of helping the entertainment industry, which he said had lost business to foreign countries.
• Cash App to Pay $255 Million in Penalties Over Fraud Refunds. The transfer-money app, owned by Jack Dorsey’s Block, racked up a hefty bill of fines and restitution for what federal regulators called “woefully incomplete” customer protections.
• 30-Year Mortgage Rate Rises Above 7% for First Time Since May. The latest jump threatens to sideline more buyers and sellers.
• Toyota Truck Unit Agrees to Pay $1.6 Billion for Emissions Fraud. Hino Motors, a Toyota subsidiary, will plead guilty to conspiracy charges and pay penalties for deceiving regulators about its diesel engines, the E.P.A. said.
• They Escaped the Wildfires. Now, They’re Facing Personal Costs. Evacuating a disaster is often the lifesaving choice, but it comes with short-term costs to address immediate needs and incalculable personal and financial tolls in the future.
• Nintendo Switch 2 Is Announced With a 2025 Release Date. The new console looks physically similar to the popular Switch system, which has sold more than 146 million units in seven years.
• Users React to a Looming TikTok Ban. Ahead of a Supreme Court ruling, they are mocking U.S. national security concerns about the Chinese-owned app.
• It’s a Good Time to Be Making Mocktails. The nonalcoholic beverage industry could get a boost from the surgeon general’s warnings linking alcohol to some cancers. But don’t expect the industry to condemn your glass of pinot.
• What to Know About the E.V. Tax Credit That Trump Might Repeal. Rules for a $7,500 tax break for electric vehicle purchases and leases recently changed, but more far-reaching changes are expected when President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office.
• Meet Japan’s Original Decluttering Guru (No, Not That One). Before Marie Kondo stormed into the global consciousness, Hideko Yamashita taught Japan the art of creating tidier spaces.
• U.S. Sues Southwest Airlines Over Delays on 2 Routes. The Transportation Department said in a lawsuit that two of the airline’s routes were consistently delayed in violation of federal rules.
• F.T.C. Suit Accuses Deere Of Unfair Repair Rules. The lawsuit against the maker of John Deere tractors represents a final push in the Biden administration’s broader efforts to make repairs less costly for consumers.
• TikTok Says Employees Will Have Jobs Even if Ban Takes Effect. The company is awaiting a decision over the constitutionality of a new law that aims to force a sale of the app to a non-Chinese owner under the threat of a ban.
• Earnings Show It’s a Good Time to Be a Big Bank. The largest banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs, reported bumper profits on Wednesday.
• In Germany, Seeking Cure For Economy. Candidates in the upcoming federal election are focused on lowering taxes and increasing public spending.
• Russell Vought Poised to Expand Power of White House Budget Office. If confirmed, Mr. Vought will be at the center of President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to upend the federal bureaucracy.
• Epstein’s Associates Stand To Benefit From Tax Refund. The estate’s assets have swelled to $145 million, a probate court filing in the U.S. Virgin Islands shows. Much of that won’t make its way to Mr. Epstein’s victims.
• Hegseth Earned $6 Million From TV, Books and Paid Speaking Fees. Financial reports show the potential defense secretary’s pay from past speaking and writing, some of which provided fodder for senators during his confirmation hearing.
• Candidate to Someday Succeed Dimon Bows Out, Becoming JPMorgan C.O.O. Jennifer Piepszak will become chief operating officer of JPMorgan, and said she would not seek the chief executive’s job. The current C.O.O., Daniel Pinto, plans to retire.
• Starbucks Cracks Down: No Latte, No Lounging. Starbucks said visitors to the coffee shops would be required to buy something in order to use the restroom or stay in the store, as the company’s new chief executive responded to a decline in sales.
• Labor; Mastercard Opts to Settle Pay Discrimination Suit. The complaint accuses the company of underpaying female, Black and Hispanic employees compared with their male and white counterparts.
• Saudi Arabia and Billionaire’s Sports Network Near Deal. A unit of the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund would pay more than $1 billion to buy into DAZN, in the latest sign of its sports ambitions.
• Suit Says Capital One Cheated Clients of $2 Billion. Federal regulators said in a lawsuit on Tuesday that the giant bank deliberately underpaid savings account interest, even as rates rose.
• The Top App Download? It’s a TikTok Alternative. To show how little they care about TikTok’s ties to Beijing, people in the United States are downloading one of China’s most popular apps.
• U.K.’s Surging Bond Yields Put Labour’s Economic Plans to the Test. Investors are demanding sharply higher yields on government bonds, threatening to upend the Labour Party’s plans to reinvigorate a stagnant British economy.
• Hollywood’s Filmmaking Continues Despite Fires. Because of costs, few movies are shot locally, leaving the industry in a surreal spot: reeling from personal loss with much of the business untouched.
• Can the Only Grocery Store in a Rural Michigan Town Stay Independent? The owners of Honor Family Market are ready to retire. A buyer would face the tight margins of a small business and competition against the giant chains and discount stores.
• Tricky Math on Trade Deficit With China. Only a third of China’s trade surplus was with the United States, and only a third of the U.S. deficit was with China. That makes for tricky math for the president-elect.
• South Korea To Overhaul Jet Barriers After Crash. The nation’s transport ministry reviewed structures near airport runways after the deadly crash of a Jeju Air flight late last month.
• Finance; S.E.C. Fines Robinhood Over Data Security Issues. The upstart brokerage agreed to pay the Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to protect sensitive customer data, among other infractions.
• Epic Team Effort To Move Game Away From Fires. Monday night’s game in Arizona between the Los Angeles Rams and the Minnesota Vikings is the first time the league has relocated a postseason game since 1936.

DealBook

• The Deal Maker in Chief Is Back. The business world is expecting big changes — and potential disruptions — as Donald Trump returns to the White House.
• A Vibe Shift at Davos. For years, C.E.O.s have used the annual gathering at the World Economic Forum to emphasize commitments to D.E.I., E.S.G. and globalization. Now the politics have changed.
• What Trump’s Treasury Pick Might Get Asked Today. Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager, will likely face tough questions on tax cuts and tariffs — and how bond markets might check his economic agenda.
• Mister C.E.O. Goes to Washington. Billionaire business leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, plan to make prominent appearances at Donald Trump’s inauguration next week.
• Is Beijing Plotting a Musk Option for TikTok? As the popular video app faces a ban in the United States, Chinese officials are said to be weighing options to save it — including a sale to the tech mogul.
• Anysphere, a Maker of A.I. Coding Software, Raises $105 Million. The company’s Cursor product, which can autocomplete programming code, helped the start-up draw a $2.5 billion valuation.

Economy

• ‘So Much Uncertainty’: Businesses Worry About Trump’s Many Tariff Plans. The incoming president has floated numerous tariff plans. Retailers say their livelihood could depend on which ultimately come to fruition.
• The Federal Work Force Grew Briskly Under Biden. It’s Still Historically Low. Government agencies that shrank in President-elect Trump’s first term have mostly bounced back, and some have become even larger.
• I.R.S. Commissioner to Quit as Trump Takes Office. Mr. Trump has said he plans to nominate Billy Long, a former Republican congressman, to the role.
• Remote Work Became a Washington Way of Life. Is That About to Change? Federal employees and others in the capital have grown attached to work-from-home arrangements. But hybrid work may disappear in the second Trump era.
• What Did Trump’s Cuts To Taxes Do? Economic upheaval caused by the pandemic has clouded analysts’ ability to understand the effects of the 2017 tax law. Republicans call it a huge success and want to extend it anyway.
• Inflation Accelerated In December. The Consumer Price Index rose 2.9 percent from a year earlier, but a measure of underlying inflation was more encouraging.
• An Inferno’s Economic Toll. The ongoing disaster will affect residents’ health, local industries, public budgets and the cost of housing for years to come.
• 37 Suppliers Are Banned For Violating Labor Laws. The administration announced it would penalize its largest-ever batch of companies linked to Xinjiang, including major suppliers of critical minerals and textiles.
• Domestic Rival Signals Designs to Take Over U.S. Steel. The company’s renewed interest comes after the Biden administration blocked Nippon Steel from acquiring the onetime American powerhouse.

Energy & Environment

• Why Oil Industry Jobs Are Down, Even With Production Up. The industry is pumping ever more oil and natural gas, but it is doing so with only about three-quarters as many workers as it employed a decade ago.

Media

• ‘Mufasa’ Builds Into Roar After Quiet Box Office Start. The “Lion King” prequel arrived to weak ticket sales last month, but moviegoers have since embraced it, pushing global box office returns toward $700 million.
• Fox News Prepares to Cover a Government Filled With Fox News Alumni. President-elect Donald J. Trump has leaned heavily on familiar faces from the cable network as he fills out his second-term cast.
• CNN Settles Defamation Suit After Being Ordered to Pay $5 Million. The case, which involved a 2021 segment about a private security contractor in Afghanistan, played out as media organizations face more legal and political pressures.
• Baldoni Is Suing Fellow Actors After Harassment Accusations. The lawsuit is the latest legal action in a feud tied to the 2024 film “It Ends With Us,” which starred Ms. Lively and Mr. Baldoni, who also directed the film.
• Post Updates Aim: Target All America. This week, The Post began trying out a new mission statement: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.”
• ‘Alarmed’ Staff At Post Asks Bezos to Meet. In a letter, more than 400 employees asked Mr. Bezos, the company’s owner, to meet, saying they were “deeply alarmed” by recent decisions at the paper.
• Bob Iger on Disney’s relief efforts: ‘Can we help in setting up temporary schools?’ Mr. Iger, the company’s chief executive, said Disney wants to be part of the rebuilding effort in Los Angeles.
• President Of MSNBC Steps Down. Rebecca Kutler, senior vice president for content strategy at MSNBC, will serve as the cable network’s interim president.

Your Money

• How to Come Up With a Down Payment on a House. With prices high, putting aside enough cash to buy a house can be daunting. But housing experts say there are assistance programs in all 50 states.
• American Express Will Pay $230 Million to Settle Deceptive Marketing Claims. The Justice Department said the company misrepresented its credit card rewards and fees and made false claims about the tax benefits of its wire transfer products.

Technology

• TikTok Butters Up Trump, Again and Again. The app has repeatedly name checked the president-elect in pop-up messages and statements, as it navigates a ban in the United States unless it is sold to a non-Chinese owner.
• Instagram Debuts New Video-Editing App, as TikTok Deals With a Ban. Instagram on Sunday rolled out Edits, a video-editing product that appeared similar to CapCut, which is owned by TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance.
• What We Know About the TikTok Ban. The popular video app went dark in the United States late Saturday and then came back around noon on Sunday, even as a law banning it took effect.
• TikTok Revived After Trump Pledges to Stall Ban. Some users saw the social media app come back online on Sunday, following a shutdown when a federal law went into effect requiring a sale or ban.
• Does Banning TikTok solve the National Security Issue? TikTok is set to be blocked in the U.S. after the Supreme Court upheld a law that effectively bans the app. TikTok, a Chinese-owned social media platform, has drawn scrutiny from lawmakers for its national security risks and its ties to China. Sap...
• TikTok Goes Dark in the U.S. The popular video app stopped working shortly before a federal law barring U.S. companies from hosting or distributing TikTok was set to take effect on Sunday.
• What’s Missing In TikTok Ban? A Viral Protest. TikTok’s cultural footprint in America is huge. Why is its disappearance being met with a shrug?
• Biden and Trump Weigh In as TikTok Threatens to ‘Go Dark’ on Sunday. The Chinese-owned company said it would cut off its services unless the U.S. assures Apple, Google and other companies that they would not be punished for hosting and distributing TikTok.
• TikTok Evaded a Ban Time and Time Again. Has Its Time Run Out? After a decisive loss at the Supreme Court, the app is set to be blocked in the U.S. starting Sunday, ending its streak of Houdini-like escapes.
• TikTok Ban Is Set to Deal Major Blow to ByteDance. While TikTok remains hugely popular in Brazil, Indonesia and other markets, its 170 million users in the United States are its most valuable.
• TikTok Makes Last-Minute Push as Supreme Court Is Poised to Rule on Ban. With the court signaling it will release a decision on Friday, lobbyists for the app pushed lawmakers to shift course.
• Spain to Overhaul System That Assesses Abuse Risk. Spain uses an algorithm to score how likely a domestic violence victim is to be abused again. A Times investigation last year identified flaws in the system.
• Apple Disables A.I. App That Summarized News. The company’s Apple Intelligence system has erroneously characterized news stories, provoking a backlash from media companies.
• G.M. Agrees to Stop Selling Data on Drivers. An investigation by the Federal Trade Commission determined that consumers had not been aware that the automaker was providing their driving information to data brokers.
• A Federal Bitcoin Stockpile? Trump Likes the Idea. The cryptocurrency industry has pushed President-elect Donald J. Trump to establish one, creating real political momentum behind the plan.
• A.I. Military Start-Up Anduril Plans $1 Billion Factory in Ohio. The company said its Columbus plant could eventually produce tens of thousands of autonomous systems and weapons each year.
• Whisper Sweet Nothings, ChatGPT. A 28-year-old woman with a busy social life spends hours on end talking to her A.I. boyfriend for advice and consolation. And yes, they do have sex.
• Musk Sued By S.E.C. On Purchase Of Twitter. Regulators filed a lawsuit in federal court stemming from Mr. Musk’s $44 billion purchase of the social media company now called X.
• Meta to Cut 5% of Workers In a New Round of Layoffs. The layoffs come as Mark Zuckerberg pushes to remake his company for the Trump era and prepares to co-host a gala for the president-elect’s inauguration.
• Texas Files Suit Against Allstate Over Collection Of Driver Data. The lawsuit accuses Arity, an Allstate subsidiary, of collecting data about people’s driving behavior through mobile phone apps, leading to increases in drivers’ insurance rates.

Personal Tech

• How to Download Your Videos and Other Data From TikTok. With a TikTok ban looming in the United States and the app’s future unknown, now might be a good time to save your work while you can.
• Keeping a Personal Diary the Digital Way. People have been keeping personal diaries for several millenniums, but free smartphone apps now let you capture much more than words.

Sports

Pro Basketball

• Unrivaled Charts a New Path for Women’s Basketball. A new 3-on-3 league offers a condensed format, some of the best W.N.B.A. players and a made-for-TV approach that aims to bring viewers close to the action.

Pro Football

• Can’t Let the Playoffs Interrupt a Good Read. What made the N.F.L. star open “Inner Excellence” by Jim Murphy as the action continued? “I like to read.”

Obituaries

• Claire van Kampen, 71, Playwright and Arranger of Early Music World, Dies. After she married Mark Rylance, the two often collaborated; her specialty was arranging music for Tudor-era plays. Then she wrote a period piece of her own.
• Heinz Kluetmeier, Inventive Sports Photographer, Dies at 82. His work for Sports Illustrated included the renowned cover photo of the United States men’s hockey team celebrating their upset win at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
• André Soltner, Famed Chef at New York’s Lutèce, Dies at 92. Customers returned again and again for his impeccable French dishes at a restaurant that one food critic said “set the gold standard.”
• George Kalinsky, 88, Madison Square Garden’s First Official Lensman, Dies. With camera in hand, he parlayed a chance encounter with Muhammad Ali into a photography career documenting the Knicks, the Rangers and Garden headliners like Elvis Presley.
• Zilia Sánchez, Painter Who Found Fame Late in Life, Dies at 98. A Cuban-born minimalist painter who spent much of her life in Puerto Rico, she was in her 90s when her erotically charged work first appeared at the Venice Biennale.
• Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, 90, Who Wrote of Internment, Dies. In “Farewell to Manzanar,” she wrote about the years she and her family were imprisoned in a camp for Japanese Americans. It became the basis for a TV movie.
• Joan Plowright, Acclaimed Actress and Olivier’s Widow, Dies at 95. She won many accolades — and was honored with a damehood — during a seven-decade career on the London stage, in film and on Broadway.
• Nathalie Dupree, 85, Southerner Who Added Flair to Cooking, Dies. As a cookbook author, TV personality and mentor, she sought to burst the chicken-fried stereotype of the South. Sometimes her life was as messy as her kitchen.
• David Lynch, 78, Creator of Eerie Cult Films and ‘Twin Peaks,’ Dies. A visionary, his films included “Eraserhead,” “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive.” He also brought his skewed view to the small screen with “Twin Peaks.”
• Bob Uecker, Clubhouse Wit Turned Popular Sportscaster, Dies at 90. Uecker turned his meager baseball career into humorous fodder covering games on TV and as a commercial pitchman.
• Shirah Neiman, 81, Lawyer Who Cracked Glass Ceiling In the U.S. Attorney’s Office. In 1970 she broke an unwritten rule against women lawyers in the Southern District’s criminal division. She went on to mentor a long list of prominent lawyers.
• Howard Buten, Autism Therapist, Novelist and Clown, Is Dead at 74. By day, he helped run an autism center he opened in a suburb of Paris. In the evening, he delighted audiences as a clown named Buffo. In between, he wrote novels.
• Rick Kuhn, 69, Boston College Player Convicted in a Point-Shaving Scandal. While playing basketball at Boston College, he participated in a point-shaving scheme with Henry Hill, the mobster later portrayed in the movie “Goodfellas.”
• Overlooked No More: Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien’s Middle-earth. She was a novice cartographer who landed a dream assignment: to create an atlas of the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”
• Martin Karplus, 94, Who Made Computers a Chemist’s Tool, Dies. Proving skeptics wrong, he shared a Nobel Prize in 2013 for using computers to better understand chemical reactions and biological processes.

Baseball

• Tommy Brown, 97, a Teenage Talent at Shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was 16 when he made his debut as a shortstop in an Ebbets Field doubleheader, becoming the youngest position player in modern major-league history.

College Football

• Bill McCartney, 84, Coach Who Led Religious Revival for Men, Dies. After transforming the University of Colorado’s football team, he founded the Promise Keepers, a masculine revivalist group that drew millions of supporters.

Cultura

• David Lynch, director de cine vanguardista, muere a los 78 años. Cineasta visionario, entre sus películas se encuentran “Cabeza borradora”, “Terciopelo azul” y “Sueños, misterios y secretos”, considerada su obra maestra. Llevó su singular visión a la pantalla pequeña con “Twin Peaks”.

Dance

• Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Who Choreographed ‘Footloose,’ Is Dead at 78. Striving to widen the audience of dance, she brought vitality to Broadway musicals like “Swing!” as well as ballets and Hollywood films.

Elections

• Stuart Spencer, Consultant Who Helped Propel Reagan, Dies at 97. One of the nation’s first campaign consultants for hire, he advised leading Republicans, including President Gerald Ford, but Reagan was his prized candidate.

Media

• David Schneiderman, Who Led Village Voice For Decades, Dies at 77. Named editor in chief of the venerable alternative weekly in 1978, he was not welcomed with open arms. But his commitment to strong journalism won people over.
• Jean Jennings, 70; Considered the Most Interesting Automotive Journalist. A cabdriver and mechanic before becoming a journalist, she brought personality and adventure to a once-staid genre. She once won a demolition derby and motorcycled across China.

Music

• Melba Montgomery, 86, Country Singer Known for Her Duets. Her high harmonies put an emotional charge into her work with George Jones and others. She also had solo hits, including “No Charge,” a country No. 1.

Pro Basketball

• Gus Williams, 71, SuperSonics Guard Who Led Team to an N.B.A. Title in ’79. Undersized but speedy and known as the Wizard for his acrobatics, he was a high scorer who in 1979 starred in a series that brought the SuperSonics their only crown.

Television

• Leslie Charleson, 79, Actress And ‘General Hospital’ Star. Ms. Charleson played Dr. Monica Quartermaine, a cardiologist and family matriarch, on the daytime series for 46 years.

Briefing

• The Trump Changes Begin. We cover the start of Donald Trump’s second term.
• Monday Briefing. The start of a truce in Gaza.
• Monday Briefing: A Gaza Cease-Fire Begins. Plus, how Oscar contenders are rethinking sex scenes.
• A Major Change in College Football. General managers — once purely the domain of professional sports — are taking over.
• A Big, Bold TikTok Ban. Banning the popular app is audacious. It’s also a sign that officials really believe the alternative is unacceptable.
• The Supreme Court Cleared the Way for U.S. to Ban TikTok. Also, Trump said it will be too cold for an outdoor inauguration. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
• Can Communities Survive the Fires? A writer from Los Angeles surveys the loss.
• The New York Times News Quiz, Jan. 17, 2025. Did you follow the news this week? Take our quiz to see how well you stack up with other Times readers.
• Friday Briefing. A vote on the Gaza cease-fire deal.
• Israel’s Vote on a Gaza Cease-Fire Was Delayed. Also, winds and fire risks eased in Los Angeles. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
• Friday Briefing: Cease-Fire Vote Delayed. Plus, remembering David Lynch.
• A Cease-Fire in Gaza. Israel and Hamas have finally agreed to a truce.
• Thursday Briefing. Here’s what you need to know.
• Israel and Hamas Reached a Cease-Fire Deal. Also, Biden is set to deliver a farewell address tonight. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
• Thursday Briefing: A Gaza Cease-Fire Deal. Plus, ancient Celtic gender roles.
• Why Biden May Matter. We explore the president’s legacy.
• Wednesday Briefing. Optimism about Gaza cease-fire talks.
• Republicans Embraced Hegseth’s Bid to Lead the Pentagon. Also, Americans are flocking to a little-known Chinese app. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
• Wednesday Briefing: A Major U.S. Senate Hearing. Plus, mapping “The Lord of the Rings”
• The Airborne Flames. We explain why the Los Angeles fires have been so hard to contain.
• Tuesday Briefing. Here’s what you need to know.
• Strong Winds Threaten to Intensify L.A. Fires. Also, traffic eased after New York began congestion pricing. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
• Tuesday Briefing: Death Toll Rises in L.A. Fires. Plus, what’s going on with TV credits?

Podcasts

• Trump Takes Office, and the TikTok Roller Coaster. Plus, women’s history on the National Mall.
• Pivot Point. Life in the moment before everything changes.
• Remembering David Lynch. From “Blue Velvet” to “Twin Peaks,” here are five of the visionary director’s most notable works.
• Goodbye TikTok, Ni Hao RedNote? + A.I.’s Environmental Impact + Meta’s Masculine Energy. “This is truly one of the funniest and most unexpected stories of the young year so far.”
• Cease-Fire Expected to Move Forward, and a Last-Ditch Pitch to Save TikTok. Plus, remembering David Lynch’s weirdness.
• What to Know About the Cease-Fire Deal, and Biden Warns the Nation. Plus, Drake sues his own music label.
• Tell Us: When Did You Know You Were Falling in Love? We may include your story in an episode of the “Modern Love” podcast.
• Gaza Cease-Fire ‘Right on the Brink,’ and the S.E.C. Sues Elon Musk. Plus, who gets a quinceañera?
• Relax? Don’t Do It. Wesley Morris on the culture that keeps chemical hair relaxers on shelves.
• Hank Azaria’s Advice for Overcoming Codependency. After his divorce devastated him, Azaria, a well-known voice actor, “dated himself” for a year.
• Special Counsel Report Says Trump Would Have Been Convicted, and Confirmation Hearings Begin. Plus, don’t go to this “Sex and the City” spot.

The Daily

• The TikTok Flip-Flop. What happened to the popular video app? And what can Donald Trump actually do about it?
• The Sunday Read: ‘Opioids Ravaged a Kentucky Town. Then Rehab Became Its Business.’ In Louisa, Ky., an unbearable social crisis has become the main source of economic opportunity.
• Waiting for the Immigration Raids, Again. We caught up with a woman whom we spoke to five years ago about the threat of deportation — and looked at the parallels between then and now.
• A Fragile Cease-Fire in Gaza. What we know about the long-sought deal, which was met with cautious hope by Israelis and Palestinians.
• Drunkenness, Women and Wokeness: A Dramatic Confirmation Hearing for Pete Hegseth. Highlights from the first big day of hearings on the Trump cabinet, and what comes next.
• Could the L.A. Fires Have Been Stopped Sooner? California has focused on fortifying communities against wildfires. Why was it not enough?

Science

• Ex-Congressman From New York Tapped as Keeper of Nuclear Arsenal. Brandon Williams served aboard a nuclear submarine and represented a New York congressional district for one term, but has said little about his experience in the management of atomic weapons.
• Readers Share Their Near-Death Experiences. After the death of Peter Fenwick, a neuropsychiatrist who studied near-death experiences, readers shared stories of their own.
• Rain-Collecting Rattlesnakes Give New Meaning to ‘Thirst Trap’ A new study reveals the surprising ways rattlesnakes have evolved to collect water in the desert.
• A Meteorite Is Caught on Camera as It Crashes Outside a Front Door. Home security-camera footage shows a puff of smoke, with the sound of an explosion included, as the space rock lands in Canada. A geologist said it was a rare recording.
• Debris Rains From Space After SpaceX’s Starship Is Lost in Flight. While Elon Musk’s spaceflight company repeated a spectacular catch of its powerful booster stage, the upper stage experienced a catastrophic malfunction.
• Blue Origin Roars Into Space, Muting Skeptics. The successful flight to orbit of the Amazon founder’s powerful rocket suggests it could grow into a credible competitor with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
• Extinct Human Species Lived in a Brutal Desert, Study Finds. A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees.
• Why is Jeff Bezos’ space company so far behind Elon Musk and SpaceX?
• How Blue Origin could beat SpaceX to the moon.
• What are Blue Origin’s plans for the future?
• Here’s what New Glenn is carrying to space.
• Will it be fair to call New Glenn’s launch a success or failure? Here are some scenarios.
• What Blue Origin has done so far.
• For Jeff Bezos, New Glenn’s success is personal.
• What is the New Glenn rocket?
• This is what will happen during New Glenn’s flight.
• What’s happening on the launchpad.
• She Made Things Better Down Where It’s Wetter. Julie Packard discusses highlights of her four decades with the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which she has led since it opened. She’s now stepping back from the role.
• Celtic Women Held Sway in ‘Matrilocal’ Societies. An ancient cemetery reveals a Celtic tribe that lived in England 2,000 years ago and that was organized around maternal lineages, according to a DNA analysis.
• SpaceX Launches Two New Moon Landers on One Rocket. Robotic vehicles from Firefly Aerospace of Texas and Ispace of Japan parted ways early Wednesday after being launched on the same SpaceX rocket. Both are aiming for the lunar surface.
• Mummies’ Ancient Tattoos Come Under Laser Focus. With a tool often used in the study of dinosaur fossils, scientists uncovered new details in ornate tattoos on the skin of members of the Chancay culture of Peru.

Space & Cosmos

• Sound of a Meteorite Hitting Earth Is Captured for the First Time. A couple returned home to a burst of debris on their walkway. Their home security camera revealed it was a meteorite hitting Earth.
• After a Naming Contest, Cardea Joins the Celestial Ranks as a Quasi-Moon. The WNYC science program “Radiolab” partnered with the International Astronomical Union to solicit nearly 3,000 submissions. The Roman goddess of doorways and transitions won out.

Climate

• Airborne Lead and Chlorine Levels Soared as L.A. Wildfires Raged. The findings give new insight into the dangers of urban wildfires that burn plastics and other chemicals in homes and property.
• To Be From L.A. Is to Know Its Twin Temptations, Beauty and Danger. Somini Sengupta, a Times climate reporter, reflects on a city, its mythology and a reckoning with disaster.
• Hit by Wildfire? Here’s How to Deal With Insurers and FEMA. You don’t need to settle for what your insurance company or the government first offers. And you don’t have to fight alone.
• Girding for Trump Return Since Day He Left Office. Agencies and unions have put in place new guardrails designed to limit political interference in government research.
• L.A. Fires Revive Calls for a ‘Climate Superfund’ Law in California. New York and Vermont recently passed laws like these, which require energy companies to pay climate damages and will likely face fierce challenges.
• Biden Administration Creates Final Limits for Oil Drillers in Alaska. Republicans said they were seeking ways to quickly reverse the restrictions in the state’s North Slope region.
• More Americans, Risking Ruin, Drop Their Home Insurance. As climate threats worsen, they are skipping payments and losing protection.
• How Do You Convince Consumers to Eat Plant-Based Meat? The imitation meat industry is facing an identity crisis, and the challenge of convincing American consumers to make more planet-friendly choices.
• Long After Blazes Ebb, New Threats Will Loom: Floods and Landslides. While firefighters begin containing the Los Angeles wildfires, the land left behind is at a higher risk of floods and debris flows.
• Energy Dept. Offers Loans To Reshape Power Grids. The loan guarantees are one of the final attempts by the outgoing Biden administration to encourage power companies to cut emissions while trying to keep rates down.
• For Trump Pick to Lead E.P.A.: Learning on the Job. Mr. Zeldin, a Trump loyalist, would be charged with dismantling climate rules and perhaps the agency itself. He faced questions from the Senate Thursday.
• Trump’s Choice to Lead the Interior Dept. Aims for ‘Energy Dominance’ The former North Dakota governor told senators at his confirmation hearing that he saw limits on energy production as a national security threat.
• Yes, Imitation Meat Is Processed. Can It Also Be Healthy? After being targeted by the meat industry, swept up in the culture wars and pummeled in sales, two plant based meat companies are reinventing themselves.
• He Saved His Home From Fire. But Toxic Dangers Still Lurk. Health hazards from soot and smoke blown indoors onto furniture and walls can linger for months, researchers say: “Wind will get through every crack.”
• How to Get FEMA Help. The agency offers different types of financial assistance after disasters. The fastest is a one-time payment of $770.
• Are Biden and Trump at Odds on Global Energy Strategy? Maybe Not So Much. When it comes to gas exports and competition with China, the two administrations share a similar vision, the top U.S. energy diplomat says.
• More Americans Than Ever Are Living in Wildfire Areas. L.A. Is No Exception. Fierce winds and months of drought set the conditions for the catastrophic wildfires in Los Angeles, but the growth of housing in fire-prone areas also played a major role.
• Quizzed About Climate, Pick for Energy Secretary Takes a Diplomatic Stance. Wright, the founder of a fracking firm, testified that he would back all forms of low-carbon energy as well as gas, oil and coal.
• California Pulls Requests for Tougher Limits on Emissions. State regulators said the measures would probably have been rejected by the Trump administration and that they would focus on homegrown legal strategies instead.
• California’s Insurance System Faces Crucial Test as Losses Mount. The California FAIR Plan, the state’s insurer of last resort, had just $377 million available last week to pay claims that could reach billions, officials said.
• E.P.A. Warns of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Fertilizer. Levels of PFAS in sewage sludge used as fertilizer can pose risks that sometimes exceed safety thresholds “by several orders of magnitude,” the agency said.
• Supreme Court Clears a Path for Climate Lawsuits to Proceed. The high court declined to hear a challenge to a major case in which Honolulu is suing energy companies over climate change.

The Upshot

• The One Thing Americans Remember About Biden. A survey of more than 2,000 people offers an early look at his legacy.
• Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, Jan. 18, 2025. Can you sort 8 historical events?
• What Happened to Enrollment at Top Colleges After Affirmative Action Ended. Three findings from the first class to enter college without race-conscious admissions.

Opinion

• Fixing America’s Immigration System. Readers respond to an editorial with their own suggestions. Also: The benefits of virtual therapy; in praise of solitude; our warming planet.
• On a Cold, Dark Inauguration Day, a Message From the Birds. Seeing those cardinals watching over each other, I wondered: What can I, too, do to be watchful? To take care?
• Join the U.S.? Canadians ‘Politely Decline.’ Readers give reasons to turn down Ross Douthat’s invitation. Also: The 2024 election; helping the hurting; reasons not to fly.
• Checking In on America’s Vibes as Trump Takes the Stage. After Trump won, Americans seem to have traded anger for hope.
• Sean Spicer on Trump 2.0: ‘It’s Going to Be Cataclysmic’ The former White House press secretary shares his predictions for Trump’s second term.
• Reflections on Expat Life: The Delights and the Challenges. Readers discuss a guest essay by Paul Theroux about his experiences as an American expat.
• What Happens When the TikTok Economy Dies? The outcry over the app’s ban is really about economic security.
• A Mind at Ease, Away From the Distractions. Responses to an essay by Chris Hayes. Also: Evasiveness at cabinet hearings; politicizing aid for L.A.; reducing fire risks; ex-presidents together.
• The TikTok Ruling Signals a New Age of Competition. A cold war between the United States and China has now truly begun.
• Saying No to Fear. There is a real risk that the nation’s institutions will succumb to Trump’s campaign of intimidation and not do their jobs.
• Is America an Oligarchy Yet? The question hangs in the air, begging to be taken up by the American people.
• Reality TV Takes Washington (Again). It once might have seemed beneath the dignity of the office for politicians to go at each other, but in today’s mercenary attention company, some aggressive table flipping is essential.
• Biden’s ‘Bittersweet’ Farewell Address. Readers offer both praise and criticism of the outgoing president. Also: Greenland’s rights; resilience amid trauma; near-death experiences.
• ‘Where’s Our Place in Society?’: 12 Men Who Backed Trump Grapple With America. The group discusses the news and podcasts that shape their opinions about America and the world, what being a man’s man means and what they do and don’t want Trump to do in office.
• Hegseth’s ‘Deeply Troubling’ Selection. Readers say he lacks the qualifications and integrity to be defense secretary. Also: Heroism amid the tragedy in L.A.; alone in an empty church.
• Pete Hegseth’s Preposterous Selection. It should be derailed after today’s hearing. I doubt it will.
• Meta’s Decision to End Fact-Checking Could Have Disastrous Consequences. What happens on Meta’s platforms is more than just a matter of company policy.
• Jack Smith’s What-if Report on Trump. Readers react to the special counsel’s report. Also: Israel, Gaza’s schools and the historians; “people pleasing”; Democrats’ fortunes.
• How to Fix America’s Two-Party Problem. Proportional representation could help restore American democracy.
• Pointing Fingers Rather Than Facing Facts. Readers urge public officials to take action on climate change rather than casting blame. Also: Teflon Don; the Gulf of America; treating schizophrenia.

Op-Ed

• Four More Years! Four More Years! Wait. Four More Years? Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.
• I Was an Undocumented Immigrant. I Beg You to See the Nuance in Our Stories. The situations of undocumented immigrants are varied, and call for a variety of solutions.
• Trump Won’t Change the Fact That America Needs Immigrants. Binyamin Appelbaum argues that immigration is America’s rocket fuel.
• A King? A Pawn? A Rogue? The Founders Could Barely Imagine a President. The young nation had seen many things, but a single executive? Surely not.
• Can Trump Be a Great President? Pushing power to the limit does not guarantee presidential success.
• Sorry, No Secret to Life Is Going to Make You Live to 110. Some of the claims behind the longest-lived people are simply improbable.
• This Day Calls for Martin Luther King’s Vision. The troubled times many of us feel we are in make his message especially relevant.
• It’s Trump’s Messy, Dangerous World Now. The key to peace is strength, and the key to strength is leadership.
• Texas Has a Perverse Idea of Religious Freedom. MAGA’s cruelty toward immigrants and its disregard for civil liberties are on full display in the Lone Star State.
• Kyle MacLachlan: How David Lynch Invented Me. How could words possibly do justice to an experience like that?
• I’m a 17-Year-Old TikTok Junkie. I Need This Ban. What worries me most right now is the future of my generation.
• Trump Barely Won the Popular Vote. Why Doesn’t It Feel That Way? The president-elect’s cultural victory has lapped his political victory.
• ‘We’d Have Been Better Off if Trump Won in 2020’ What kind of disruptions does America need? And what will Trump not actually follow through on?
• Sean Spicer Has Regrets. But He Still Believes in Trump. A former White House press secretary shares his predictions for Trump’s second term.
• There Is No Way to Retreat From the Risk of Wildfires. Some more realistic ways to think about the challenges ahead.
• Mark Zuckerberg Has a Funny Idea of What It Is to Be a Man. The standards of masculine energy have fallen.
• Trump Brings a Chill to Washington. A more seasoned Trump prepares to work his will in a more biddable D.C.
• The Real Battle To Define Trumpism Has Only Just Begun. Trump’s unruly coalition is threatening to tear itself apart.
• It’s Still The Best Time To Be Alive. What matters isn’t so much a Trump rant as that children are less likely to die now than at any other time in the history of the world.
• Ten Years On, ‘Hamilton’ Looks Heartbreakingly Different. It’s a glimpse at a long-lost era, but not the one the characters sing about.
• I Lost Everything in a California Fire. It Changed How I Lived. I realized I could live more simply, as I’d always wished to do.
• Two of the World’s Leading Thinkers on How the Left Went Astray. Thomas Piketty and Michael Sandel debate the value of open borders and what we owe migrants.
• A Racist Purge Almost Destroyed My Family. Another One Is Coming. If Trump issues his own order on Day 1, as he’s vowed, the first people could enter detention camps by February.
• What Are the Omens for Trump 2.0? The only possibility for a second Trump term that would be truly surprising is a period of unlooked-for calm.
• A Cease-Fire Agreement Isn’t a Peace Deal. Yet. After initial celebrations, challenges will be enormous as the terms of the Israel-Hamas cease-fire progress.
• Economics Has a Name for the Costs of Loneliness. “Social capital” is hard to define, but the loss of it in recent decades is palpable.
• Neil Gaiman, ‘Babygirl’ and the Ethics of Social Liberalism. The tortured quest for a morality both liberated and safe.
• The Suburban Dream of Los Angeles Was Always A Delusion. Awareness of doom in Los Angeles, and yet a need to push disaster away, has created a kind of collective psychosis.
• What Makes You ‘You’? Hollywood Is Trying to Answer. Cleaving a consciousness off one’s own is the trope of the season. Why?
• Doctors and Nurses Should Get Ready for Mass Deportations. Doctors have a responsibility to reassure their patients, regardless of immigration status, that they are welcome and protected.
• Why Silicon Valley Gave Up on Democrats. Marc Andreessen explains the newest faction of conservatism.
• Democrats Are Losing the War for Attention. Badly. The MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes on why attention has become more valuable than money in politics.
• The Stable World Order Has Passed. What’s Next? The global landscape of today is less predictable and more disordered. But it need not be less cooperative.
• How Hollywood’s Awards Season Could Change the World (a Little). It’s not just which actors win a prize that matters. It’s also what we call them.
• Republicans in North Carolina Are Treading a Terrifying Path. They’re trying to overturn a fair election. Gee, who gave them that idea?
• MAGA Is Misreading Its Mandate. America’s political future belongs to the most competent, not the most ideological.
• Why Do We Encourage Americans to Move to Disaster Zones? Our policies encourage Americans to flock to areas particularly prone to climate-related disasters.
• Megafires Don’t Have to Be Inevitable. Instead of addressing staffing shortages on the lands the federal government manages, Republicans have proposed making them worse.
• This Jail in Rural Maine Is a Model for Treating Opioid Addiction. An addiction specialist on how one monthly injection can save lives.
• The Decline in Geriatric Care Hurts Us All. The growing number of older people may suffer, but the geriatric approach can help every patient.
• Hegseth Is the Secretary of Defense We Deserve. If you thought the former TV host would be asked important questions at his confirmation hearing, you are under the illusion that we live in a serious country.
• What Does the Palisades Disaster Mean for L.A.’s Future? Do these disasters signal a shift in social conditions?
• The Israeli Right Could Soon Sour On Trump. The president-elect may have the soul of a bully, but he also has the instincts of a dealmaker.
• Content Moderation Helps Keep Girls Safe. On “Girls Gone Wild,” Meta’s moderation changes and the permanence of online cruelty.
• Zuckerberg’s Macho Posturing Looks a Lot Like Cowardice. Focus on what the Meta chief does, not what he says.
• The Home Insurance L.A. — and America — Needs. In an era of climate catastrophe, the government must take action to save home insurance — and homeownership.
• The Perplexing Case of Pam Bondi. The former Florida prosecutor is qualified to be the U.S. attorney general. But will she stand up to Trump when it counts?
• Are We Sleepwalking Into Autocracy? What we can learn from countries that have pushed back on threats to democracy.
• Trump’s New Favorite President. What does the president-elect actually mean when he talks about making America great again?
• The Catholic Church Must Speak Out Against Mass Deportations. Its voice has been largely absent in the national conversation.
• Depose Maduro. Combine a powerful incentive and a credible military threat to dislodge him and his cronies.
• Dry January Is Driving Me to Drink. Do or do not, as Yoda might say. But please shut up about it, as I definitely would say.
• Hegseth Is Dangerous, but Not for the Reasons You Think. As secretary of defense, Hegseth would channel his boss’s blend of jingoism and anger to fundamentally alter the character of the military.
• The Los Angeles Fires and the Crisis of Affordability. Recovering from a disaster requires patience. And many working people — especially those whose wealth is tied up in their homes — might reconsider remaining.
• How Trump’s ‘Favorite President’ Can Prepare Us for His Next Term. Argentina’s leader is inspiring America’s new right.
• Biden Must Block Trump’s Sword of Retribution. He should issue pardons to critics of the incoming president.
• Biden Promised to ‘Turn the Page’ on Trump. What Went Wrong? Jake Sullivan, Biden’s national security adviser, looks back on the hopes and realities of Bidenism.
• Revenge Is a Dish Best Served From the White House. What does it mean when Trump says, “I am your retribution”?
• Putin’s Plan for Peace Is No Peace at All. Now is the time for the United States to build on its historic success supporting Ukraine, not squander it.
• A New Entry in the Archive of Legislative Shame. This cruel and sweeping bill could upend our immigration system.
• Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Us or Empower Us? People will need a lot more education to be able to harness A.I. rather than be elbowed aside.

Arts

• How a Monument to Women Finally Won a Place on the National Mall. The Women’s Suffrage National Monument, which will be the Mall’s first dedicated to women’s history, overcame congressional and other roadblocks.
• An Earthling Reflects on a Wartime Salesman’s Bold Act of Resistance. The French photographer Raoul Minot took clandestine photos of Nazi-occupied Paris. Now, his images serve as a reminder of the power of art.
• Naomi Watts Thinks David Bowie Was Onto Something. “The first album I ever bought was ‘Hunky Dory,’” said the actress and author, “and all those songs, every single one, is amazing.”
• A Video Game Writer’s Lament: ‘We Can Do Quite a Lot Better’ Jon Ingold, an author of celebrated narrative-driven games, thinks the industry fails to celebrate good writing or recognize it as a craft.
• Leaders of Historians’ Group Veto Measure Condemning ‘Scholasticide’ in Gaza. The American Historical Association’s council rejected a resolution condemning Israel’s actions in Gaza, which have destroyed much of the enclave’s educational system.
• Suit Disputes Ruling That a Sculpture Is Too Broken to Still Be a ‘Calder’ A collector says the Calder Foundation sunk the value of an $8 million mobile by Alexander Calder by deciding it was too damaged to still be viewed as a work by the artist.
• Wendy Williams Breaks Silence on Guardianship: ‘I Feel Like I am in Prison’ The former daytime host, who has been diagnosed with dementia, said in an interview on “The Breakfast Club” that she was “not cognitively impaired” and spoke about her life in a care facility.
• For TikTok Refugees, a Wry Welcome on a Chinese App. In their mass migration to the Chinese app RedNote, social media users make a gleeful mockery of the American government.
• A New Space Race Could Put the Moon At Risk, Group Says. The organization said that more than 90 important sites on the moon could risk destruction if space tourism is left unregulated.

Art & Design

• ‘Starry Night,’ All Night Long, as a Van Gogh Blockbuster Ends. The National Gallery in London stayed open all night for die-hard fans of the Dutch painter. “Midnight offers more room for reflection,” one attendee said.
• Maligned ‘Iron Horse’ Glistens Once Again. Exactly why the sculpture was attacked by University of Georgia students may always be a mystery. But 70 years later, restored, it rides again.
• Impressionism: Le Quiz! It’s been 150 years since Monet and the Impressionists shocked Paris with their rebellious Société Anonyme show. How well do you know those once-revolutionary smudges?
• They Practiced the Art of Resilience. “Pictures of Belonging” traces the careers of three female artists who flourished despite the U.S. government’s imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
• Metal, Flowers and Rejuvenation. To match Jack Shainman Gallery’s new Beaux-Arts flagship, the artist known for his Soundsuits debuts a sculpture nearly 26 feet high.
• Among the Carnage, a City’s Cherished Legacy of Design. The finality of the wildfires’ destruction has taken 10 more cherished buildings — by Richard Neutra, Gregory Ain, Eric Owen Moss and others —that showed the city’s great diversity.
• Fire Relief In Sight For Artists. The fund, already at $12 million, is led by the Getty and includes major museums, foundations and philanthropists.
• Calder Gardens Names a Curatorial Leader. Juana Berrío, currently at the Whitney Independent Study Program, will be senior director of programs at the cultural center in Philadelphia.
• From Pioneering Artwork To Doomed Safety Hazard. The artist Mary Miss agreed to the settlement, ending a yearlong battle to save her work. The museum said her piece, which it had commissioned, had become a safety hazard.
• Warhols and Harings Are Lost to L.A. Fire. Ron Rivlin said he had lost about 30 works by Andy Warhol — and dozens more by other artists — when his Pacific Palisades home was destroyed.
• Art Dealer Sentenced To Two Years. Douglas Chrismas, who was found guilty last May on three counts of embezzlement from his gallery’s bankruptcy estate, is to report to prison on Feb. 17.

Dance

• Maria Tallchief: Making Ballet American, Chapter 1. Widely considered America’s first prima ballerina, Tallchief is being celebrated by New York City Ballet, where she was a Balanchine muse, in her centennial year.
• Solos That Soar Above Them All. Highlights so far of the 2025 contemporary dance festival, spread across New York City, are Symara Sarai and Leslie Cuyjet’s outstanding dances.
• Tasking a Cast With Big Questions. Miguel Gutierrez’s “Super Nothing” at New York Live Arts asks how dance can confront the steady stream of life’s troubles.

Music

• Bob Dylan’s Draft of Lyrics, Once Tossed in Trash, Sells for $500,000. Two pages of lyrics, written in the kitchen of a pioneering rock ‘n’ roll journalist, offer glimpses into the Nobel Prize-winning musician’s writing process.
• At Trump’s Rally, the Contradictions Are in the Music. The president-elect danced along with Village People as his rally closed with a live performance of “Y.M.C.A.,” after Kid Rock and Lee Greenwood played.
• The Dylan-Chalamet Connection. A conversation about “A Complete Unknown” and the power of celebrity.
• The Ultimate Neko Case Primer. Listen to 10 songs by the golden voiced, poetic singer-songwriter.
• A 100-Year-Old Jazz Legend’s Solo Debut, and 11 More New Songs. Hear tracks by Perfume Genius, Lucy Dacus, Bartees Strange and others.
• In San Antonio, an Orchestra Was Reborn. Can It Endure? The San Antonio Philharmonic was formed after the demise of the city’s 83-year-old orchestra in 2022. But rebuilding has not been easy.
• Late Adopter? Bob Dylan Joins TikTok in What May Be Its Final Days. Dylan seemed to be in on the joke, posting an old black and white clip of himself saying “Good God, I must leave right away.”
• A New Place for Her Hard Truths. In “The Harder I Fight the More I Love You,” the singer and songwriter outlines the personal and professional challenges that have shaped her career.
• Beer First, And Then The Music Followed. After the pianist, Vikingur Olafsson, asked for a concerto over beers, the composer, John Adams, wrote “After the Fall,” which will now travel the world.
• Drake Sues His Own Record Label. In a federal lawsuit on Wednesday, Drake accused Universal Music Group of putting his life and reputation at risk by releasing and promoting the popular diss track.
• A Satirist’s Farewell: Surprisingly Heartfelt. On “Poet of Motel 6,” due March 21, the country musician known for shocking audiences grapples with death and his own legacy.
• Readers Pick the Songs That Defined Their Year. Hear songs from Ana Moura, the Orlons and Colin Hay that defined 2024 for readers.
• Activating The Alchemy Of Rap Fame. The N.B.A. washout LiAngelo Ball debuted his track “Tweaker” on a livestream. It’s proving to be much more than a novelty.
• Cosmic Thinking at the Keyboard. The 27-year-old musician Alexandre Kantorow has rapidly received worldwide attention. That hasn’t changed his approach to making music.
• Fire Destroys Schoenberg Scores. An estimated 100,000 scores by Schoenberg, the groundbreaking 20th-century composer, were destroyed when the publishing company his heirs founded burned down.

Television

• This Week on TV. The new Apple TV+ series stars Leo Woodall as a math genius, and President-elect Donald J. Trump is inaugurated for his second term.
• Chappelle on ‘S.N.L.’: Nudging All of Us Toward Peaceful Change. The comic took his usual jabs at everyone and everything, then invited Americans, including the president-elect, to be their best, most compassionate selves.
• The 13 Greatest ‘S.N.L.’ Commercial Parodies. To us, anyway. Over 50 seasons, “Saturday Night Live” has introduced crystal gravy, robot insurance and countless other demented goods and services. Share your favorites in the comments.
• Roy Wood Jr. Captures Our Fractious Culture in an Insightful New Special. The funny but bleak “Lonely Flowers,” isn’t directly about the new president, but it builds small observations into larger points about our lives.
• A ‘Severance’ Recap to Jog Your Memory. It’s been almost three years since the Season 1 finale. This refresher should help jog your memory.
• Biden’s Farewell Address Leaves Late Night Befuddled. After the president warned about various threats to democracy, Seth Meyers said: “I agree, but why are you giving us a to-do list on your way out?”
• Title Sequences Ooze Symbolism. “Twin Peaks” was his ultimate portrait of a land of terror and beauty.
• A Glamorous Trajectory For a Fashion Pioneer. The six-part Hulu series follows the pioneering designer’s life and career with startling beauty and potency.
• Kitchen Drama Fired Up By a Prickly Relationship. The Israeli series, now available in the United States, calls to mind “The Bear” but was made first.
• Conan O’Brien Tapped For Mark Twain Prize. The comedian and former late-night talk show host will be given the Kennedy Center’s annual comedy honor at a ceremony in March.
• A Mind-Blowing Return to the Office. It’s time to return to the office, as the loopy sci-fi marvel makes its world bigger and stranger.
• Late Night Is Willing to Bet on a TikTok Ban. Jordan Klepper called the Supreme Court “not exactly TikTok’s core demographic,” adding that they are “more of a Walgreens app type of crowd.”
• ‘S.N.L.’ Archive Heads to University of Texas. Michaels, the creator of “Saturday Night Live,” has donated his papers to the university’s Harry Ransom Center.
• Late Night Seems to Think This Pete Hegseth Fellow Is Unqualified. Jordan Klepper said the former weekend show host’s only qualification to run the Pentagon was that “Trump liked watching him sit on a couch on Saturday mornings.”
• ‘The Bunker’ Is a Chilly, Chilling True-Crime Documentary. The unsettling series, on Viaplay, brings a Swedish kidnapping victim to a detailed reconstruction of a bunker where she was held prisoner.
• Jimmy Kimmel Gets Emotional Over the Los Angeles Fires. Kimmel said it was a “very scary, very stressful, very strange week here in L.A., where we work, where we live, where our kids go to school.”

Theater

• Theater Productions to Stream Now. This month’s picks include “Prima Facie,” intimate audio plays and bite-size dramas.
• Still Rollin’ Along, But in a New Direction. “Show/Boat: A River” reverses the racial lens on the great-grandfather of American musicals.
• Offbeat Offerings Are the Norm At an Experimental Showcase. Stories from refugee children, gloriously morbid puppets and a rooster who defies a dictator. These are some of the offbeat offerings this January.
• Producer Leases Noted Theater. Seaview, whose buzzy shows include “Romeo + Juliet,” has seized a chance to have its own theater by taking over Second Stage’s former Off Broadway home.

Books

• In African Publishing, ‘There Is a Renaissance Going On’ A new ecosystem of publishers, bookstores, literary magazines and festivals is promoting African writers and changing the stories told about the region.
• Publishers and Authors Wonder: Can Anything Replace BookTok? With a ban looming, publishers are hoping to pivot to new platforms, but readers fear their community of book lovers will never be the same.
• Neil Gaiman Responds to Explosive Report of Sexual Assault. “I have never engaged in nonconsensual sexual activity with anyone,” said the best-selling author in response to allegations in New York magazine.
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Book Review

• You’ve Been Invited to a Secret House Party in London. Details are in Caleb Femi’s new poetry collection, “The Wickedest.”
• The Tragedies That Came After Freedom in the American South. “Somewhere Toward Freedom” tells the story of Sherman’s March to the Sea from the perspective of the formerly enslaved.
• Bats Out of ‘Hellboy’ Mike Mignola’s “Bowling With Corpses” is full of suspicious shadows and offbeat jokes.
• Remember Body Glitter and Chat Rooms? ‘Y2K’ Won’t Let You Forget. In a vibrant collection of “essays on the future that never was,” Colette Shade takes a cold look at the cheery promise of the 2000s.
• Want to Get Sucked Into a Black Hole? Try This Book. Marcus Chown’s “A Crack in Everything” is a journey through space and time with the people studying one of the most enigmatic objects in the universe.
• The Queen Is Dead. Long Live the Queen? Two very different books examine the reigns and legacies of Victoria and Elizabeth II.
• The Absurd, Dizzying Humanity of a 20th-Century Genius. Mavis Gallant wrote short stories full of brutal humor that examined the hell of other people.
• How Silence Improves Pico Iyer’s Life. The travel writer and essayist discusses his new book, “Aflame,” about his stays at a California monastery.
• The Desperate Housewife Whose Face Launched a Thousand Ships. In “Helen of Troy, 1993,” the poet Maria Zoccola relocates a figure from Greek mythology into small-town Tennessee.
• Seeking Refuge in 1941 Iowa. In H.M. Bouwman’s wise and heartbreaking “Scattergood,” the shadow of the Holocaust reaches a farm girl trying to help her ailing friend.
• In Han Kang’s Latest, a Quixotic Bird Rescue Expedition Turns Tragic. The Nobel laureate’s new novel, “We Do Not Part,” revisits a violent chapter in South Korean history.
• 5 New Books We Recommend This Week. Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
• Masters of Allusion: The Art of Poetic Reference. Poets have a way of incorporating other poets into their work. Our columnist approves.
• A Case for Hookups With Strangers. In his new essay collection, Manuel Betancourt explores the beauty, depth and riches found in brief romantic encounters with unfamiliar people.
• Adam Haslett. His new novel is titled after Turgenev’s “Fathers and Sons,” he says, “given the theme of incomprehension between generations in that book.”
• Think Big. In “Open Socrates,” the scholar Agnes Callard argues that the ancient Greek philosopher offers a blueprint for an ethical life.
• Three Men and a Rabbi Face a Life-Changing Test: A Toddler. Tom Lamont’s debut novel, “Going Home,” considers the joys and frustrations of raising a child who is not your own.
• Gay Talese Keeps Notes, Especially on Everyone’s Clothes. In a new collection about New York City, the writer turns his gimlet eye on its icons, its architecture, its hot spots — and its suits. “Clothes matter — especially when you get old,” he says.
• She Changed History, Then Erased Her Own. In “The Secret History of the Rape Kit,” Pagan Kennedy explores the tangled story of a simple but life-changing innovation, and the woman who fought for it.
• You Can Go Home Again, but Then You Have to Face Your Past. In “What Happened to the McCrays?” middle-aged high school sweethearts share an unbearable history.
• A Secret Love Letter Sends Two Tunisian Families Reeling. The novel “A Calamity of Noble Houses” tries to piece together a fateful night that has reverberations for two families across four generations.
• Pregnant and Abused, These Young Women Fight Back With Witchcraft. Grady Hendrix’s new novel, “Witchcraft for Wayward Girls,” is a timely look at the mistreatment of women, with a dose of horror, monsters and magic.

Movies

• Sex Scenes in Movies Are Back, but They Aren’t Exactly Sexy. Instead, these moments in “Anora,” “Babygirl,” “Challengers” and more involve complex power dynamics that speak volumes about their characters.
• ‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ Stages Shakespeare in a Land of Shootouts. During a pandemic lockdown, out-of-work actors turned to the video game Grand Theft Auto Online, where a tortured soliloquy may be interrupted by a rocket launcher.
• 5 Scenes That Define David Lynch’s Singular Vision. The director developed such a distinct style that “Lynchian” became a go-to term for any sort of surrealism onscreen. These scenes from his work get to the heart of what that term embodied.
• Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now. In this month’s sci-fi picks, what’s worse? Coming face-to-face with the apocalypse or with our older selves?
• 7 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.
• ‘Grand Theft Hamlet’: The (Game) Play’s the Thing. The film captures two players staging the classic within an online video game, raising fascinating questions about community and connection.
• What the Songs of ‘Moana 2’ Owe to Beyoncé and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ In writing their first film soundtrack together, the TikTok duo of Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear looked to those influences and “Anchorman.” Of course.
• They Traded the Spy Life for the Suburbs. Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx star as former agents, now parents, who must protect their children. You can guess the rest.
• David Lynch Peered Under America’s Mask. The director himself came off as almost performatively normal. Masterpieces like “Eraserhead” and “Mulholland Drive” said otherwise.
• 12 Cryptic Titles From David Lynch and Where You Can Stream Them. Films like “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” aren’t always easy to explain, but they live on in your mind and burrow under your skin.
• David Lynch: A Life in Pictures. The filmmaker possessed a singular vision — and a knack for finding collaborators who could convey it.
• The Entertainment World Mourns the ‘Dreamer’ Director David Lynch. Lynch’s death inspired tributes from fellow filmmakers, celebrities and past collaborators, who praised his visionary work and singular voice.
• Producers Guild Reveals Award Nominations. The list includes “Anora,” “Conclave,” “Emilia Pérez” and “A Complete Unknown,” which all received directors and actors guild nominations, too.
• Alarum. Sylvester Stallone briefly stabilizes this artless action movie about a rogue agent and his wife on the run.
• Night Call. An ordinary locksmith undergoes an action-hero transformation in this snappy thriller set in Brussels during the height of the Black Lives Matter protests.
• Trauma Transforms a Writer Into a Pitiful Beast. Julia Garner stars as a weary wife to Christopher Abbott, who might be transforming into a savage animal, in this cabin-in-the-woods thriller.
• One of Them Days. Keke Palmer and SZA play short-on-cash roommates on a mad dash across Los Angeles in this exhilarating comedy.
• One Woman, Two Men, Different Paths. A tepid romance follows familiar genre lines, but lacks some fundamental appeal.
• Political Lies Mangle a Resilient Family. The award-winning Brazilian film has been a major hit in its home country — and it’s easy to see why.
• Leigh Whannell and His Personal Monsters. The writer and director of “The Invisible Man,” 21st-century style, is back with an interpretation of another Universal Pictures monster movie, “Wolf Man.”
• ‘Wicked’ And ‘Anora’ Among WGA Nominees. The three films have momentum leading up to the planned Oscars nomination announcement next week.
• ‘Conclave’ Collects 12 BAFTA Nominations. “Anora,” “A Compete Unknown” and “The Brutalist” are also in the running for best film at the British equivalent of the Oscars.
• He’s Taken His Sweet Time. After roles in “Memento” and “L.A. Confidential” made him famous, Pearce turned his back on Hollywood. At age 57, he’s returned in “The Brutalist.”
• Black Cinema’s New Sense of Time. RaMell Ross, A.V. Rockwell, Raven Jackson and Garrett Bradley are the new Black directors chronicling Black life at a different speed.
• In the Shadow of Beirut. This observational documentary tracks four families living in poverty in the capital of Lebanon.
• California Wildfires Delay Oscar Nominations Again. To give affected members more time, the academy extended the voting through Friday and will unveil the results Jan. 23. The nominees luncheon was canceled.

Food

• This Quick Noodle Soup Is Vivid in Every Sense of the Word. This creamy butternut squash and coconut noodle soup from Christian Reynoso boasts an incredible color and a perfectly calibrated sour-spicy tang.
• Practice Makes Perfect Fish. I’m cooking Kenji López-Alt’s gorgeous Cantonese-style fish this weekend so that I have the technique nailed in time for Lunar New Year.
• Chana Masala, Roast Orange Chicken and a Flexible Cabbage Salad. Or: a chickpea favorite, the roast chicken I want to make this Sunday and how I plan to use the leftovers of said chicken.
• Restaurant Workers Bring Unique Skills to the L.A. Fire Crisis. Even as it faces economic setbacks of its own, the hospitality industry is stepping up to feed emergency workers and evacuees.
• This Kung Pao Tofu is an Absolute Stunner. That’s dinner tonight, with applesauce coffee cake for breakfast and Jamie Oliver’s chicken roasted in milk for Sunday supper.
• A Brooklyn Barbecue Pioneer Sets His Sights on Manhattan Fine Dining. Billy Durney of Hometown Bar-B-Que plans to open a 57th Street restaurant with the group founded by the late chef James Kent.
• As the Power Shifts, D.C. Restaurateurs Are Nervous, and Diplomatic. With Trump back in town, owners are wondering how the dining scene will shape up.
• TikTok Changed How We Cook. What Changes When It’s Gone? Ahead of a potential ban of the app, The Times spoke to 11 prominent food content creators about what is at stake.
• Three Back-Pocket Restaurants for Last-Minute Reservations. Dinner for all tastes, the perfect brunch and tonkotsu ramen that will blow your friends’ socks off.
• Feeding Me Softly. Coconut saag, soondubu jjigae and haluski answer the question, “What if you could eat a hug?”
• I Read This Recipe, Then Immediately Made This Soup. Andy Baraghani’s chicken soup with red lentils and lemony yogurt is super easy, super flavorful and, well, just really super.
• These Sheet-Pan Noodles Have Very Little Cleanup. Eric Kim cleverly cooks and assembles his japchae on a single sheet pan in this fast and fortifying dinner.
• As the Eaton Fire Still Burns, Locals Gather Seeds to Regrow. In Altadena, a network of home gardeners answer the call to build a free “library” of plant seeds.
• When Spirits Sag, Cozy Is the Cure. Cafe Kestrel in Brooklyn and Cocina Consuelo in Harlem can restore the spirit with warm service, cheery surroundings and deeply satisfying food.
• Preston Clark Steps Into the Spotlight at Bar Mercer. Oases takes an Ayurvedic approach to cooking, the chef Francis Mallmann comes to New York and more restaurant news.
• A Superb, Speedy Chicken. Ali Slagle’s ginger-lime chicken, bright and bolstering, is ready in just 15 minutes.
• My All-Nighter in a Shrinking World. New York may be losing its identity as the city that doesn’t sleep, but the motley guests at Kellogg’s Diner show the spirit is still wide awake.
• Egg Prices Are (Still) Up. Here Are 5 Easy Substitutes. No one ingredient can replace everything an egg can do in a recipe, but these easy replacements come close.

Wine, Beer & Cocktails

• Should You Change Your Wine Consumption? What happens when your passion and life’s work are called a health risk? Our wine critic contemplates the surgeon general’s recent warning.
• It’s Not a Bad Pour. It’s a Mlíko. At a small but growing subset of American breweries, a wave of obscure, foam-heavy Czech beers is swelling.

Style

• Tech Titans and Donors Hit D.C. to Toast Trump’s Inauguration. Fans of Donald J. Trump spent millions for the opportunity to jump from ballrooms to rooftops for lavish events held across Washington this weekend.
• How Can I Get Out of My Leggings Rut? Our fashion critic proposes alternative pant styles to a reader searching for a comfortable yet fashionable replacement to leggings in public.
• Prada Creates Genuine Pants Anxiety. In the label’s sexiest men’s runway show in recent memory, tight trousers waged a comeback.
• What’s With All the Dancing in Suits? In Milan, arty dance routines seemed more prevalent than runway shows, as fashion houses aimed to give their audiences something — anything — to Instagram about.
• For U.S. Users, A Brief Period Of Lamenting. The app went dark nationwide on Saturday night, but the company indicated it was in the process of restoring the service after assurances from President-elect Donald J. Trump.
• When Your Son Goes MAGA. Some liberal parents face a new, unexpected challenge: how to talk to their children who voted for Donald J. Trump.
• First Ladies and Fashion, Over the Decades. From Eleanor Roosevelt to Jill Biden, first ladies have often made statements through what they wore on Inauguration Day and to the inaugural balls.
• A Woman of a Certain Age, on Full Display. In “The Last Showgirl,” Jamie Lee Curtis upends a host of cinematic clichés about women.
• In TikTok’s Final Hours, a Mix of Silliness and Sadness. Users in the United States react to a nationwide ban of the app.
• Fashion’s TikTok Conundrum. At the men’s shows in Europe, Ralph Lauren and Brunello Cucinelli brushed off virality in favor of reliable classics, while Philipp Plein had a bit of an identity crisis.
• A Simple Brown Coat That Set the Tone for the U.S. Presidency. For a limited time, George Washington’s inaugural coat, which distanced his office from the military and from European royalty, will be on display at Mount Vernon.
• Care for a Cup of Tea? Then Toast May Be for You. A low-key brand, founded by archaeologists in Wales, has quietly expanded in New York.
• Parents Cheer as Ms. Rachel Heads to Netflix. Rachel Accurso, the beloved children’s YouTube star, announced a deal with the streaming service, broadening her audience and making it even easier to find her content.
• What’s ‘In’ for Weddings This Year? Experts share eight predictions for what will happen in the world of weddings in 2025.
• A Call for Millennial Complaints Draws an Enormous Crowd. At a time of social media upheaval, a post to X had people making jokes and longing for what felt like a simpler (and less expensive) era.
• Influencers React to a World Without TikTok. Grief, frustration and tears followed the Supreme Court’s decision on Friday.
• From the Renegade to the Supreme Court: A Timeline of TikTok’s Rise and Fall. What started as “the dance app” spawned countless memes, launched lucrative careers and shaped entire industries. Here’s how it got here.
• The Lynchian Look. Lavish hair, nondescript clothes and a smoking habit were hallmarks of the filmmaker David Lynch’s visual persona.
• Turning the Page on a Calm, Steady Style. Joe, Jill and the look of the last four years — what will we remember?
• As the Detroit Lions Surge, Fans Flock to an Unofficial Uniform. With support from Dan Campbell, the Lions’ wildly popular head coach, Detroit Army’s apparel has emerged as an unlikely alternative to the team’s licensed gear.
• Fortunately, the Honeymoon Period Came to an End. The perils (and surprising benefits!) of getting hitched while still seeing other people.
• The Best Coffee? Maybe Right Here. When Justin Ryan Leung and Andrea Ng first connected on OkCupid, neither expected a casual cafe date to lead to three wedding celebrations.
• Three Years After Meeting, an Instagram Invitation. Cynthia Hinojosa and Gianluca Bianchezi met at a music festival. A few years later, their romance took them from Mexico to Canada and back.
• Thanks to Burned Pizza, Workplace Crush Heats Up. When Taylor Maki first met Jorge Melgoza at an organization that provides social services to Native Americans, she was immediately smitten. It took him a while to notice.
• First a Wedding, Then a Trip to the Supreme Court. Sydney Hopfer and Jes Graham, who met three years ago, pushed up their wedding date and used the occasion to include “our political statement.”
• Too Many Clothes. After natural disasters, relief organizations are overwhelmed by clothing donations. Aid groups in Southern California say money is more helpful.
• Is the Criticism of L.A.’s Mayor Unfair? Black Women Rise to Defend Her. Many celebrities and politicians have criticized Karen Bass for her city’s response to the wildfires, but her defenders say she is being held to a double standard.
• Haven of Hippie Life Survives Fire. Though landmarks were lost, the tight-knit and storied community of Topanga Canyon counts its blessings.
• Weddings That Are Out of This World (or at Least Way Out of the Chapel). Some couples bring in numerologists or lip print readers, while others choose to be married by a spirit guide or practicing witch.
• On TikTok, a Thrifty Gentleman Keeps It Formal. Larry Pennington, a fashionable former educator, was looking to share some advice on home décor and thrifting. He became an unlikely social media darling.
• The Film Was Prescient, but to What Degree? Eleven years ago, Spike Jonze’s tech drama imagined a budding romance between a man and his virtual assistant. If anything, the film was holding back.
• A Fire Relief Effort by and for Teenage Girls. An eighth grader started a donation drive for teenagers whose homes burned in Los Angeles. Ariana Grande, Prince Harry, Meghan and others have chipped in.
• Tiny Love Stories: ‘Let Your Gut Lead’ Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
• Access Is Tight Around Kamala Harris’s Los Angeles Home. The Brentwood house she shares with Doug Emhoff is in an evacuation zone, but the vice president has been in Washington.
• Proenza Schouler Designers Depart in Further Fashion World Tumult. After a year of major creative change, a new round of musical chairs has begun.
• Feeling Left Out. Adjusting to life in a new city, a couple was stung to learn that the only people they know in town, the husband’s childhood friends, didn’t invite them on a recent getaway.
• Ye-Speak Is a Mystery, but It Also Sells. His new clothing collection has words and letters in a foreign language, the message of which is unclear. But people are buying it.
• Pete Hegseth Dresses for the Cabinet Post He Wants. The nominee for Secretary of Defense wore his patriotism on his sleeve during his confirmation hearing — and his belt, his socks, and his pocket square.
• At the Movies: To Laugh, Cry or Cringe? Are the most intense scenes in “Nosferatu,” “Anora” and “Babygirl” supposed to be funny? If not, why are people cracking up?
• Still Pledging Undying Love, but a Little More Privately. Some couples are finding more intimate ways to share their wedding pledges with each other: in private, in written notes — or even in sweats.
• Houndstooth Plaid and Pink Shoelaces. A pop of color punctuated a dashing assemblage of prints.
• A Couple That Gets Dressed Together. Both are fans of relaxed silhouettes.
• A Blue Coat and a Scarf Bonnet. Vibrant outerwear set a wintry outfit apart.
• Two Cool Ways to Keep Heads Warm. Artfully layered headgear enhanced a duo’s style.

Magazine

• Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy Is Done. Powerful Conservatives Are Listening. The once-fringe writer has long argued for an American monarchy. His ideas have found an audience in the incoming administration and Silicon Valley.
• Birthright Citizenship Defined America. Trump Wants to Redefine It. The 14th Amendment made the U.S. a place where every child was born equal under the law. That might be about to change.
• Can I Go to Church When I Don’t Believe? The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on separating belief from an appreciation of the arts and rituals produced by a religious organization.
• The Road Back. With the Assad regime out of power, millions weigh the decision to go back to their war-torn country.
• Bonus Advice From Judge John Hodgman. Can a candy bar’s instructions be too paternalistic?
• The Outgoing Ambassador to Hungary Is Alarmed by What He Has Seen. Ambassador David Pressman talks about his contentious relationship with Viktor Orban’s administration and why what happens in Hungary matters.
• I’m a Cyclist. Must I Wait for the Light When I Know I Can Safely Cross? The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the intersection of courteousness and lawfulness on city streets.
• Rogues’ Gallery. The mythology of a dashing foe recast as a symbol of resistance has taken on new momentum through social media.
• The Secret to Perfect Veggie Meatballs Is Imperfection. I am not saying that anything goes. But with some creativity and a bit of trial and error, you will find that more goes than you would think.
• Glutes. I didn’t appreciate their utility — and paid for it.

T Magazine

• The Movies That Fashion Designers Watch Again and Again. Nine designers discuss the films that continue to inform their aesthetics, from “In the Mood for Love” to “The Exorcist.”
• Mexico City’s New Wave of Nostalgic Small Hotels. In the Condesa and Roma neighborhoods, boutique properties are reviving historic buildings.
• The Painter Whose Canvases Have Hidden Messages. Plus: a mountain safari camp in South Africa, Japanese fruit and more recommendations from T Magazine.

Travel

• Never Heard of Yogyakarta? It Might Be the Center of the Universe. The Indonesian city is home to some of the greatest Hindu and Buddhist temples, a thriving food scene and an area known as the Cosmological Axis, a cradle of Javanese culture.
• A.I. Helped Us Review the ‘Places’ We’ve Been. Two decades of destinations amount to more than 300,000 words. To take a closer look, we needed more than the human eye.
• TikTok Fueled Travel Crazes, What Happens Now? The app gave places like an ice cream shop/wine bar fame, and sometimes overwhelmed them with crowds. Influencers and destinations await the fallout.
• American Airlines Accused of Discrimination by Interracial Couple. In a lawsuit, two newlyweds say they were detained after a passenger and airline employees wrongly suspected the Black husband of trafficking his white wife.
• 5 Vacations That Could Improve Your Sex Life. At these retreats in places like Costa Rica, California and the Berkshires, you’ll learn how to express your desires, enhance intimacy and build self-confidence.
• 36 Hours in Barbados. Snorkel from the beach, sample the rum, dance to reggae, and don’t miss the early morning procession of thoroughbreds heading for a swim.
• Overbooked Flight? What You Can Do if an Airline Bumps You. When airlines sell more tickets than available seats, passengers can get kicked off their flights — whether they want to or not.
• Where to Find Pink Sand, Palm Trees and Robert De Niro. The actor has long had a second career as a hotelier and restaurateur. Now, he and his partners are planning to open a luxury inn on the Caribbean island of Barbuda.

Real Estate

• Rescuing Pongo, Pearl, Bandit, Tiger and Zipper. Throughout the burn zone, Angelenos struggled to save their pets. Among the most difficult to save are those that live in water.
• $2,000 Rentals in Los Angeles. A studio apartment in Koreatown, one-bedroom units in Long Beach and East Hollywood, and links to resources for those displaced by the fires.
• Open Houses in Los Angeles Take on an Eerie Feeling. Though thousands of residents who have lost their homes are desperately searching for somewhere to live, potential home buyers are weighing risks.
• Can We Compel the Board to Explain The Work Being Done to Our Building? Most condo associations must provide a record of all receipts and expenses. But they also need residents’ maintenance fees to operate.
• Amid Wildfires, a New Reality for L.A.’s Reality TV Stars. Binge-worthy guilty pleasures like “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” and “Selling Sunset” document luxury real estate in Los Angeles, a market that now faces an uncertain future.
• $700,000 Homes in Spain’s Balearic Islands. A five-bedroom townhouse on Majorca, a two-bedroom cottage on Ibiza, and a two-bedroom flat with a private roof deck on Ibiza.
• Don’t Eat the Burger. It’s a Stool. Furniture resembling food — fruit, sandwiches and more — has gone viral on social media and led to a shopping frenzy.
• All the Usual Backstabbing and Big Commissions. This Time in Manhattan. “Selling the City,” the newest offshoot of the “Selling Sunset” franchise, features a team of real estate professionals dedicated to breaking records and to building empires.
• Outside Nashville, She Rebuilt Her Life With $200,000 and a Dream. After leaving prison and regaining custody of her children, a single mother looked for a house where she could chart a brighter future.
• Homes for Sale in Manhattan and Brooklyn. This week’s properties are in Chelsea, NoMad and Brighton Beach.
• Homes for Sale in New York and New Jersey. This week’s properties are a six-bedroom in Scarsdale, N.Y., and a five-bedroom in Manchester, N.J.
• Subway Lines That Try Your Patience. The winner — that is, the loser — was delayed 40,360 times between December 2023 and November 2024.
• New York Judge Deems Alexander Brothers Flight Risk, Denies Bail. Oren, Tal and Alon Alexander will be extradited from Miami to New York, where they will remain in federal detention until trial.
• Whisper Network Emerges in the Desperate Rush for Housing in L.A. In a market with few homes available, real estate agents are searching for the ones no one knows about.
• Did You Lose Your Home in the California Fires? Share Your Memories With Us. The New York Times would like to help tell the stories of people who are facing this devastating reality by sharing photos and memories of what has been lost.
• Saving Pink Potatoes and Smoky Zucchini. The Exchange, on Seed Savers’ website, pairs the people who save heirlooms with those who want them, all for the price of postage.
• $400,000 Homes in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Louisiana. A Greek Revival house in Milan, a condo in Philadelphia and a shotgun-style home in New Orleans.
• Yonkers, N.Y., More Than an Easy Commute. The third largest city in New York has new residential projects in the pipeline and is attracting businesses.
• And Just Like That, Carrie Bradshaw’s Front Stoop Was Closed. A West Village homeowner was granted permission to build a gate on her house in an effort to stop overeager ‘Sex and the City’ fans from trespassing.
• Sure, the Place Isn’t Big. But Just Look at These Pieces. With rents rising, a project manager bought a 388-square-foot apartment in the center of Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, and leaned in on the design.
• You Can Have ‘Sex and the City,’ Just Not on the Front Stoop. The real-life owner of the Manhattan building where Carrie Bradshaw lived wants to erect a gate to deter overzealous fans from trespassing.

Real Estate

• At Home With David Rasche. The “Succession” actor and his wife, Heather Rasche, have made their home in Maplewood, N.J., all about family.

Health

• When the Retirement Community Goes Bankrupt. It doesn’t happen often. But when it does, some residents risk losing everything.
• Kennedy’s Plan for the Drug Crisis: A Network of ‘Healing Farms’ The positions of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on vaccines and drug companies are well known. His approach to addiction has been far less scrutinized.
• Kennedy Tried To Quash Shots As Covid Raged. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned the F.D.A. to revoke authorization of the shots at a time when they were in high demand and considered life-saving.
• Medicare to Negotiate Lower Prices for Weight-Loss Drugs. The government is expected to pay lower prices for Ozempic and Wegovy starting in 2027. The Trump administration will decide whether to expand coverage for millions of Americans.
• Sick Prisoners in New York Were Granted Parole but Remain Behind Bars. Prisons across the country are struggling to find nursing home placements for sick prisoners after granting them parole. In New York, some inmates are suing for release.
• UnitedHealth Revenues Up In First Report Since Killing. But high medical costs contributed to results that disappointed Wall Street, and the company’s stock fell on the news that it had made less than analysts expected.
• Cancer Striking Younger Women. Although long considered a disease of aging, certain cancers are turning up more often in younger women, according to a new report.
• Insulin Prices Dropped. But Some Poor Patients Are Paying More. A law that coaxed companies to lower the price of drugs came with a little-known consequence: smaller discounts for low-income health clinics.
• Warning of Tie To Cancer, U.S. Bans a Red Dye. Consumer and food safety groups have long urged the agency to revoke the use of this dye and others. The F.D.A. says studies have shown that it causes cancer in rats, but not in humans.
• White House Unveils Plan To Significantly Reduce Nicotine Level in Cigarettes. In the final days of the Biden administration, the F.D.A. is moving ahead with a proposal to require companies to produce a less addictive product for traditional smokers.
• Online Therapy Boom Has Mainly Benefited Privileged Groups, Studies Find. Digital mental health platforms were supposed to expand access for the neediest patients. Researchers say that hasn’t happened.
• Cancer Remission Like Catherine’s Does Not Always Mean the Illness Is Cured. While the announcement is good news for the Princess of Wales, cancer experts describe the challenges of a life shadowed by an earlier diagnosis.
• New Obesity Definition Challenges Current Use of B.M.I. An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.
• F.D.A. Seeks Food Labels For Fat, Sugar and Salt. The agency issued designs for front-of-package lists that food companies would be required to include.
• Gaza Death Toll Is Likely Much Higher, Study Says. Analysis found that more than 64,000 Palestinians may have been killed by traumatic injury in the first nine months of the war.
• Moderate Drinking Raises Health Risks While Offering Few Benefits. A federal analysis that will shape the influential U.S. Dietary Guidelines questions alcohol’s overall benefits.
• Hazy Mirage of a Healthy Past. Medical historians say that the phrase “Make America Healthy Again” obscures a past during which this country’s people ate, smoked and drank things that mostly left them unwell.

Well

• Do LED Face Masks Work? These light-emitting devices are all over the internet. We asked experts if they can reduce wrinkles, clear acne and more.
• Gilgamesh, Ponce and the Quest to Live Forever. People, and men in particular, have long mixed solid science and serious quackery in the pursuit of longevity.
• TikTok Changed How We Talk About Health. It has turned doctors into stars, put taboo subjects on main and given all of us a place to explore our well-being.
• The Joy — and Awkwardness — of Sober Sex. For those who rely on alcohol to loosen up, getting intimate without it can be tricky.
• A TikTok Habit Is Hard to Break. Users of the app are panicking about the prospect of a ban. Experts who study social media addiction say it’s easy to see why.
• On the Couch With Well’s Resident Therapist. Lori Gottlieb shares relationship tips from 15 years of clinical practice.
• What to Know About the Ban on Red Dye No. 3 in Food. What does the science say about its health effects? What foods will be affected? And other common questions about the newly banned additive.
• Breast Cancer Rates Climb Among Younger Women. A new report points to a notable increase among U.S. women under 50. Experts point to a few likely causes.
• Not Drunk, Not Dry: What It Means to Be ‘Soberish’ Conscious of the health risks of alcohol, more people are experimenting with cutting back on drinking.
• What to Know About Covid Right Now. Experts expect cases to rise again this winter. Here’s the latest on symptoms, treatments and testing.

Eat

• Do I Need to Worry About Microplastics in Tea Bags? Not all tea bags shed them. We asked experts if it’s risky to use the ones that do.

Family

• The Remarkable Normalcy of Being Disabled and in Love. In a new essay collection, the influencer couple Shane and Hannah Burcaw peel back the layers of “interabled” relationships, including their own.

Mind

• This Mindfulness Book Actually Helped Soothe My Anxious Mind. The Thich Nhat Hanh classic is celebrating its 50th year in circulation. It also taught me to be OK with life’s uncertainties.
• My Mom Can’t Stand My Sister-in-Law. How Can I Stop Her Griping? Well’s new Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, helps a reader who is sick of being her mother’s dumping ground.

Move

• Find Your Next Favorite Workout. Whether you’re starting from scratch or just looking to try something new, we can help you build an exercise routine that sticks.
• A Simple 10-Minute Workout to Improve Mobility. Daily movement breaks are important. This no-equipment routine can help you move more freely.
• The Decade That Changed Fitness Forever. From 1972 to 1982, American exercise entered the modern era. Here are five workouts that changed the game.
• The Magic of Swimming Lessons in Middle Age. I was never a great swimmer. After correcting a few common mistakes, I can now get a solid workout in the pool.

Times Insider

• A Flag From Four Years Ago. At President Biden’s inauguration in 2021, nearly 200,000 American flags filled the National Mall. Visitors were invited to take them.
• An Editor With Prior Restaurant Experience. Eleanore Park, an editor for New York Times Cooking and Food, uses skills she learned working in San Francisco restaurants.
• In Taser Logs, a Troubling Practice Is Revealed. An investigation found excessive Taser use in Mississippi to be widespread after reporters examined thousands of activations from department logs, many of which had never before been reviewed.
• A Frankenstein Filing Error: It’s Alive! Mistakenly placed in Boris Karloff’s clippings folder, a photo of the actor Glenn Strange has since been published in error. Twice.

Corrections

• Quote of the Day. Quotation of the Day for Monday, January 20, 2025.
• No Corrections: Jan. 20, 2025. No corrections appeared in print on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.
• A Veteran Photographer Still Wants to Improve on Inauguration Day. Doug Mills has photographed every presidential swearing-in ceremony since 1985. “I’ve learned a lot from all of them,” he said.
• Quote of the Day. Quotation of the Day for Sunday, January 19, 2025.
• Corrections. Corrections that appeared in print on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025.
• Corrections. Corrections that appeared in print on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025.
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• Quote of the Day. Quotation of the Day for Friday, January 17, 2025.
• No Corrections: Jan. 17, 2025. No corrections appeared in print on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.
• Quote of the Day. Quotation of the Day for Thursday, January 16, 2025.
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Crosswords & Games

• Wordle Review No. 1,312. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025.
• The Connections Companion No. 590. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025.
• Spelling Bee Forum. Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
• Manual for Consistency in Writing. Katie Byl and Jeff Chen make their collaboration debut.
• The Connections Companion No. 589. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1,311. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.
• Word Problems. Emily Sharp and Kunal Nabar collaborate on a puzzle that’s greater than the sum of its parts.
• The Connections Companion No. 588. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1,310. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025.
• Catchers of Waves. Scott McMahon’s New York Times Crossword debut stacks up against all comparisons.
• The Connections Companion No. 587. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1,309. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025.
• Quarter Back? Willa Angel Chen Miller steps out on her own.
• The Connections Companion No. 586. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1,308. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.
• Letters Put in Boxes. Rebecca Goldstein and Adam Wagner want us to look both ways.
• The Connections Companion No. 585. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1,307. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.
• Gig Makeup? Parker Higgins did this to us on purpose.
• The Connections Companion No. 584. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1,306. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.
• Publicity Hound. Lance Enfinger gets swept up in the game.

The Learning Network

• How Much Say Do You Have in What You Learn at School? A guest essay argues that when students are more involved in setting their own academic goals, they’re more excited to learn. Is that true for you?
• Hug. Tell us a story, real or made up, that is inspired by this image.
• Word of the Day: jeremiad. This word has appeared in five articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• What Teens Are Saying About Barring Children Under 16 From Social Media. When Australia passed a law last year that set a minimum age for users, we asked students how they would feel if their country did the same.
• What’s Going On in This Picture? | Jan. 27, 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? | Jan. 29, 2025. Lead poisoning can cause lower I.Q.s, behavioral problems and cardiovascular damage. How big of a problem is it worldwide?
• Watch: ‘When Progressive Ideals Become a Luxury’ How persuasive is the concept of luxury beliefs to explain many popular progressive ideas about drugs, marriage and crime?
• Person and Shapes. What do you think this image is communicating?
• Word of the Day: presto. This word has appeared in 23 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• As 2025 Begins, How Are You Feeling About the State of Politics? Scroll through artwork by the teenage winners of our Coming of Age in 2024 contest. Then, tell us how well the collection captures your feelings and experiences.
• Teens on Politics Today: The Winners of Our Coming of Age in 2024 Contest. We asked, “What can you show or tell us to help explain what it’s like to grow up in this political moment?” Students from around the world responded with powerful art and writing.
• Is It OK to be Messy? A guest essay argues that we need to embrace our clutter more. Do you agree?
• Religious Ceremonies. Do you belong to a religious or spiritual community? What traditions and rituals are important to you and your faith?
• Word of the Day: emporium. This word has appeared in 45 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• Weekly Student News Quiz: Wildfires, TikTok, Perry the Donkey. Have you been paying attention to current events recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right.
• Should Social Media Companies Be Responsible for Fact-Checking Their Sites? Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, announced last week that it would end its longstanding fact-checking program. Is that a good idea?
• Sequels and Remakes. When it comes to movies, do you prefer original stories or reboots of your old favorites?
• Word of the Day: castigate. This word has appeared in 18 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

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• ¿Nuestros perros tienen algo que decir? Muchos dueños creen que sí, gracias a la moda de los “botones parlantes” en TikTok e Instagram. Los científicos no están tan convencidos.
• Fortalece tus glúteos. Fortalece tu vida. No aprecié su utilidad, y pagué por ello.
• España modifica el sistema de atención a la violencia doméstica tras críticas. El programa VioGén identifica a posibles víctimas recurrentes a partir de un formulario. Una investigación del Times del año pasado detectó fallos en la operación.
• Un incierto alto al fuego en Gaza. Los últimos detalles de un pacto muy esperado.
• ¿Cómo puede Bolsonaro evitar la cárcel? Según él, con Trump, Musk y Zuckerberg. El expresidente brasileño, acorralado por las investigaciones penales, mira a Estados Unidos para cambiar la política de su país y seguir siendo un hombre libre.
• 35 consejos sencillos de salud que los expertos recomiendan (y aplican). Son sorprendentes, y sorprendentemente eficaces. Y te ayudarán a sentirte mejor cada día.
• Devastación en Los Ángeles. La situación en el sur de California es “particularmente peligrosa”.
• El mensaje de Groenlandia a Trump: no estamos en venta, pero hagamos negocios. El primer ministro dijo que aunque los groenlandeses no quieren convertirse en estadounidenses, “la realidad es que vamos a trabajar con Estados Unidos, ayer, hoy y mañana”.
• ¿Qué tan saludables son los cítricos? Su vitamina C, que refuerza el sistema inmunitario, es solo una parte de sus beneficios.

América Latina

• México se prepara para Trump. Esta vez las cosas son diferentes. México se prepara para Trump. Esta vez las cosas son diferentes
• A días de la toma de posesión de Trump, la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos está en calma. El número de migrantes ha disminuido de forma constante en los últimos meses. El descenso se ha atribuido en gran medida al endurecimiento de las restricciones introducidas por el gobierno de Biden y las autoridades mexicanas y panameñas.
• Biden y la Iglesia fueron engañados por el gobierno de Cuba, según un disidente liberado. Aunque José Daniel Ferrer está contento de estar en casa con su esposa y su hijo de 5 años, quien apenas lo conoce, dijo que su postura siempre ha sido clara: “Prefiero la muerte al deber mi liberación a un trato indigno”
• El equipo de Trump evade las conversaciones sobre las deportaciones masivas, según funcionarios de países latinoamericanos. Según los analistas, es posible que el gobierno entrante quiera limitar la confrontación antes de firmar una serie de decretos en materia de inmigración que harían que los gobiernos de la región tuvieran que reaccionar.
• Panamá quiere preservar la alianza con EE. UU., pero Trump podría acercar ese país a China. Expertos advierten que Trump puede enemistarse con Panamá en un momento en el que China intenta atraer a ese país como aliado y ampliar su influencia en América Latina.
• El funcionario mexicano que cargó con la mayor parte de la responsabilidad de la crisis migratoria. Cuando los cruces fronterizos aumentaron en 2023, EE. UU. presionó a México para que impusiera medidas más agresivas. Las autoridades mexicanas enfocaron su atención en Francisco Garduño Yáñez, entonces comisionado del Instituto Nacional de Migración.

Ciencia y Tecnología

• Llueven escombros espaciales tras fallo del vuelo de la nave estelar de SpaceX. El séptimo vuelo de prueba del cohete Starship de la empresa de vuelos espaciales de Elon Musk fracasó el jueves cuando la etapa superior del vehículo experimentó un fallo catastrófico camino al espacio.
• El cáncer tiene un nuevo rostro: más joven y femenino. Las tendencias indican un marcado cambio para una enfermedad que durante mucho tiempo se ha considerado propia de la vejez, y que solía afectar mucho más a los hombres que a las mujeres.
• El cohete New Glenn de Jeff Bezos despega en su primer vuelo. Blue Origin lanzó con éxito el cohete después de cancelar un intento esta semana. El vuelo es una prueba crucial de la capacidad de la empresa para competir con SpaceX de Elon Musk.
• Lo que hay que saber sobre la covid en este momento. Los datos de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE. UU. muestran altos niveles del virus circulando por todo el país. Aquí tienes lo último sobre síntomas, tratamientos y pruebas.
• Dos módulos privados se lanzan a la Luna: lo que hay que saber. Los vehículos Blue Ghost de la empresa Firefly y Resilience de Ispace saldrán en la misma nave, el cohete Falcon 9 de SpaceX, y llevan consigo experimentos y herramientas.
• ¿Cómo podría la disminución de la vacunación causar un resurgimiento de la polio? Puede que el virus esté casi erradicado en su forma original, pero su resurgimiento sigue siendo una amenaza constante.
• Qué nos pueden decir los tatuajes de unas momias prehispánicas en Perú. Con una herramienta utilizada a menudo en el estudio de los fósiles de dinosaurios, los científicos descubrieron nuevos detalles en los tatuajes ornamentados de los miembros de la cultura Chancay de Perú.
• Las enfermedades ‘infantiles’ podrían comenzar a afectar a los adultos. Expertos advierten que si las tasas de vacunación siguen disminuyendo, las enfermedades infecciosas prevenibles resurgirán en todos los grupos de edad, incluyendo a los adultos que sí se vacunaron en su momento.
• Una luna llena, un Marte atrevido y un nuevo cometa iluminan los cielos de enero. El lunes por la noche tendrás la oportunidad de presenciar cómo la Luna oscurece al planeta rojo en su máximo esplendor, así como la mayor aproximación de un cometa al Sol.

Cultura

• En el mitin de Trump previo a la toma de posesión, la música era contradictoria. Para un movimiento construido en parte sobre la exclusión, la concentración del domingo tuvo insinuaciones evidentes a la diversidad y la inclusión musicalizadas con Village People y Kid Rock.
• Las 13 mejores parodias de anuncios de SNL. Al menos para nosotros. A lo largo de 50 temporadas, “Saturday Night Live” ha presentado la salsa de cristal, el seguro contra robots e innumerables productos y servicios dementes.
• Reseña de ‘De vuelta a la acción’: el regreso de Camerón Diaz merecía algo mejor. Con una historia trillada y sensiblera, esta historia de exespías convertidos en padres no está a la altura de su reparto.
• Vuelve ‘Severance’ (y está complicada). Aquí es donde se quedó. Han pasado casi tres años desde el final de la primera temporada. Este resumen de sus puntos clave te refrescará la memoria.
• Nintendo anuncia el lanzamiento de la Switch 2 para 2025. La empresa compartirá más detalles sobre la nueva consola en abril, cuando realice exposiciones en todo el mundo.
• Ben Stiller habla de ‘Severance’, de venderse y de ser judío hoy en día. El actor y director habla del esperado regreso de la exitosa serie, de las comedias que lo convirtieron en estrella y de cómo fue crecer con sus famosos padres.
• Drake demanda a Universal Music Group alegando que la canción ‘Not Like Us’, de Kendrick Lamar, lo difama. En una demanda presentada el miércoles, Drake acusó a Universal Music Group de poner en peligro su vida y su reputación al publicar y promocionar la popular canción.
• Neil Gaiman responde a la explosiva denuncia de agresión sexual. En un comunicado en su sitio web, el autor de éxitos de superventas negó rotundamente las acusaciones publicadas en la revista New York.
• Incendios de California destruyen importante acervo musical de Arnold Schoenberg. Se calcula que unas 100.000 partituras del innovador compositor del siglo XX quedaron destruidas cuando el incendio de Pacific Palisades calcinó la editorial musical fundada por sus herederos.

Estados Unidos

• Donald Trump presta juramento como 47.º presidente de EE. UU. La ceremonia, que se celebrara en interiores debido al frío, pone el broche final al notable regreso de Trump a la presidencia. Él y el presidente Joe Biden se trasladaron juntos al Capitolio tras reunirse en la Casa Blanca.
• ¿Quién está en la lista de represalias de Trump? El presidente electo ha prometido utilizar los amplios poderes de su cargo para vengarse de políticos y funcionarios que, asegura, lo han agraviado.
• Cómo ver la toma de posesión de Donald Trump. Tenemos a más de dos decenas de reporteros y periodistas gráficos cubriendo los acontecimientos en tiempo real.
• El plan de deportación de Trump podría empezar la próxima semana en Chicago. El plan, denominado “Operación Salvaguardia” por el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas, comenzaría el martes, al día siguiente de la toma de posesión de Trump.
• ¿Por qué Trump sale tan serio en su retrato oficial? El retrato, que aparecerá impreso en los programas de la toma de posesión del lunes, no luce precisamente festivo. Trump aparece entrecerrando los ojos con severidad, bañado por una inquietante iluminación lynchiana.
• El viaje aterrador de un helicóptero de bomberos para combatir los incendios en California. Un expiloto del ejército. Un helicóptero viejo. Vientos feroces. La carrera para apagar el incendio de Eaton puso a prueba como nunca a los bomberos nocturnos del condado de Los Ángeles.
• Trump elige a un acaudalado amigo de Musk para conseguir Groenlandia. Se espera que Ken Howery, propuesto como embajador en Dinamarca y amigo cercano del magnate de X, sea fundamental para las negociaciones sobre la isla.
• La Corte Suprema de EE. UU. respalda la ley que obliga a vender o prohibir TikTok. La empresa argumentaba que la ley violaba sus derechos de libertad de expresión y los de sus 170 millones de usuarios estadounidenses.
• Nancy Pelosi no asistirá a la toma de posesión de Donald Trump. La congresista se enfrentó al presidente electo durante su primer mandato, y la animadversión entre ambos persistió después de que él dejara el cargo.
• Biden y Trump dejan a un lado su enemistad para alcanzar el alto al fuego en Gaza. La extraordinaria colaboración entre el presidente saliente y el entrante no impidió que ambas partes se atribuyeran el mérito.
• Ucrania, Medio Oriente, China: ¿cuáles son los retos del Pentágono en el nuevo gobierno de EE. UU.? El nuevo secretario de Defensa enfrentará retos importantes en el mundo y en casa.
• Ron DeSantis elige a la fiscal general de Florida para sustituir a Marco Rubio. La republicana Ashley Moody ocuparía el puesto del senador Marco Rubio una vez que sea confirmado como secretario de Estado del presidente electo Donald Trump.
• Unida por la catástrofe, Los Ángeles llora y confía. ¿Los incendios son la gran fuerza igualadora, divisora o unificadora de la comunidad? O ¿son todo eso a la vez?
• Bomberos mexicanos se unen a las labores de extinción del incendio de Palisades. La tarea del primer equipo internacional que se unió a las labores de contención era vigilar los lugares donde los incendios pudieran reavivarse y propagarse de nuevo.
• El legado presidencial de Biden: una era de cambio, marcada para siempre por Trump. La gestión de Biden estará en los libros de historia como un interregno entre dos mandatos de Donald Trump, una pausa en medio de un periodo caótico de cambio, para bien o para mal.
• Biden pronuncia su discurso de despedida con una advertencia a EE. UU. En su último discurso desde el Despacho Oval, el presidente Biden instó al país a recordar sus raíces y a no renunciar a sus valores en el altar de un nacionalismo populista que considera peligroso.
• El plan de Elon Musk para recortar la administración pública en EE. UU. Multimillonarios y ejecutivos tecnológicos se preparan para ocupar puestos no oficiales en el Departamento de Eficiencia Gubernamental.
• Michelle Obama no asistirá a la toma de posesión de Donald Trump. El comunicado en el que se da a conocer la ausencia de la ex primera dama no explica los motivos. Es el segundo acto al que no asiste y que la habría enfrentado a Trump.
• Biden retirará a Cuba de la lista de Estados que patrocinan el terrorismo. La decisión es la más reciente de una serie de enfoques contradictorios hacia el país caribeño por parte de distintos gobiernos estadounidenses.
• El informe del fiscal especial dice que Trump habría sido condenado en el caso de las elecciones. El informe señalaba que las pruebas habrían sido suficientes para condenar al presidente electo si su victoria en las elecciones de 2024 no hubiera hecho imposible que la acusación continuara.
• El consumo de alcohol de Hegseth podría suscitar cuestionamientos en su audiencia. El candidato a secretario de Defensa elegido por el presidente electo Donald Trump ha hablado con franqueza sobre su consumo de alcohol en entrevistas durante los últimos años.
• Este podría ser el lugar donde empezó el incendio que arrasó Palisades. En las colinas sobre Pacific Palisades, hay cinta de escena del crimen y escombros esparcidos, pistas sobre lo que pudo causar el incendio inicial que acabó arrasando miles de estructuras.
• Cuando comenzaron los incendios de Los Ángeles, su alcaldesa no estaba en la ciudad. Karen Bass ha sido criticada por estar fuera del país cuando estallaron los incendios forestales. Antes de asumir el cargo, prometió en una entrevista reducir sus viajes por el mundo y centrarse en la ciudad.
• Kamala Harris comparte una foto presidencial sin Trump del funeral de Jimmy Carter. Las imágenes compartidas en las redes sociales por la vicepresidenta y por el Centro Carter mostraban de forma destacada a otros expresidentes que asistieron.

Estilos de Vida

• Cómo la lengua de signos puede ayudarnos a todos a ser mejores comunicadores. La emotividad la lengua de signos puede liberarte de la trampa de la precisión.
• Ni abstemio, ni ebrio: ¿qué significa estar ‘casi sobrio’? En un intento de llegar a más personas, los expertos han adoptado este enfoque. Aseguran que es mejor reducir al menos un poco el consumo de alcohol, que no hacerlo en absoluto.
• ¿Es posible maridar la salud y el gusto por el vino? ¿Qué ocurre cuando tu pasión y el trabajo de tu vida se califican de riesgo para la salud? Nuestro crítico de vinos contempla la reciente advertencia del cirujano general de Estados Unidos.
• El nervio vago influye en casi todos los órganos internos. ¿También puede mejorar nuestro estado mental? En las redes sociales, los ejercicios para “tonificar” el nervio vago se han difundido como una panacea para la ansiedad y otros males psicológicos. Esto dicen las investigaciones.
• En esta isla puedes encontrar arena rosa, palmeras y a Robert De Niro. El actor desde hace tiempo se desempeña también como empresario de hoteles y restaurantes. Ahora, él y sus socios planean abrir un pequeño hotel de lujo en el Caribe.
• Aún no sé por qué dije que sí. Fuimos lo que la física llama un entrelazamiento cuántico.
• ¿Quieres viajar barato este año? Hay que saber cuándo reservar. Marca tu calendario y aprovecha las rebajas, los periodos lentos y las mejores ofertas de viajes.
• El look lynchiano. El pelo abundante, la ropa común y un cigarro en la mano eran las marcas distintivas de identidad visual del cineasta recientemente fallecido, David Lynch.
• Una rutina de 15 minutos con pesas rusas. Este entrenamiento fortalece tanto los músculos como el corazón y puede ser especialmente útil para las personas con problemas de rodilla.
• ¿Debería preocuparme por los microplásticos de las bolsitas de té? No todas las bolsas de té los desprenden. Hemos preguntado a expertos si es arriesgado utilizar las que sí lo hacen.

Mundo

• Quiénes son las 3 primeras rehenes israelíes liberadas en el alto al fuego en Gaza. Treinta y tres personas serían liberadas durante la primera fase del acuerdo, entre ellas mujeres soldados y civiles, niños y hombres mayores de 50 años.
• El jeque, el magnate y el diplomático: el trío que selló la tregua de Gaza. El primer ministro catarí, el enviado del presidente Biden y el representante del presidente electo Donald Trump formaron una asociación imprevisible.
• El gobierno de Israel aprueba el acuerdo de alto al fuego en Gaza. El gabinete israelí en pleno votó a favor del cese al fuego en una reunión que duró hasta el ‘sabbat’ judío, la primera pausa en las hostilidades en Gaza en más de un año.
• Su plataforma estuvo vinculada a las violaciones de Pelicot. Ahora Francia quiere enjuiciarlo. Isaac Steidl fundó la plataforma Coco, que las autoridades relacionaron con actividades delictivas durante años. El esfuerzo por responsabilizar a Steidl pone a prueba una nueva frontera jurídica.
• Conoce a LA gurú japonesa del orden (no, esa no). Antes de que Marie Kondo se convirtiera en un referente mundial del orden, Hideko Yamashita ya mostraba a Japón el arte de crear espacios más armoniosos.
• Netanyahu enfrenta una crisis política por el acuerdo de alto al fuego en Gaza. Con sus socios de coalición de extrema derecha oponiéndose al fin de la guerra y amenazando con abandonarla, el primer ministro israelí puede tener que elegir: ellos o el acuerdo.
• Una casa de Auschwitz abre sus puertas para revelar un pasado escalofriante. La casa del comandante del campo de exterminio, un elemento central de la película ganadora de un Oscar “Zona de interés”, pronto comenzará a recibir visitantes.
• Israel y Hamás acuerdan un alto al fuego en Gaza, según las autoridades. El alto al fuego entrará en vigor inmediatamente, dijo un funcionario de la Casa Blanca. La primera fase del acuerdo, que incluye el inicio de la liberación de rehenes, durará seis semanas, aunque no estaba claro qué día comenzaría, dijo el funcionario.
• Lo que China busca en Panamá: más comercio, proyectos e influencia. Los esfuerzos de Pekín por ampliar su alcance en el país centroamericano se han topado con varios obstáculos, en parte debido a la presión estadounidense.
• Las claves de la crisis de liderazgo de Corea del Sur. Yoon Suk Yeol, el presidente coreano destituido, ha sido detenido en el marco de una investigación sobre su declaración de la ley marcial el 3 de diciembre. He aquí cómo se desarrolló el caos político.
• La mayor reunión humana del mundo comienza en India. El festival religioso, denominado Maha Kumbh Mela, se celebra cada 12 años a orillas de los ríos Ganges y Yamuna, al norte de India. Este año, las autoridades esperan que a cientos de millones de personas en las siguientes seis semanas.
• Israel y Hamás están ‘más cerca que nunca’ de un acuerdo de alto al fuego, según Blinken. Las negociaciones, con la mediación de Catar, Egipto y Estados Unidos, al parecer están cerca de concluir tras meses de intentos fallidos de lograr avances importantes.
• Catalina, princesa de Gales, confirma que está en remisión del cáncer. En una publicación de Instagram del martes, escribió: “Es un alivio estar ahora en remisión y sigo enfocada en la recuperación”.
• Ucrania lanza ataques ‘masivos’ con drones en el interior de Rusia, según las autoridades. El bombardeo pareció ser uno de los mayores asaltos recientes de la campaña ucraniana para dañar la maquinaria bélica rusa en su propio territorio.
• La autobiografía del papa Francisco, ‘Esperanza’, llega a las librerías. El libro es rico en anécdotas sobre su infancia en Buenos Aires, pero no ofrece mucha información sobre la vida posterior como pontífice.
• Las batallas en Rusia se intensifican, con tanques, drones y soldados norcoreanos. Los soldados ucranianos describen feroces enfrentamientos en la región de Kursk mientras las fuerzas rusas intentan retomar un territorio que podría ser clave en cualquier negociación de alto al fuego.
• El gobierno de Biden le advirtió a Putin sobre una estrategia rusa que podía provocar un desastre aéreo. La Casa Blanca se apresuró a hacerle llegar un mensaje al presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, el año pasado, después de que las agencias de inteligencia estadounidenses dijeran que una unidad militar rusa se estaba preparando para enviar paquetes explosivos en aviones de carga.
• Conversaciones sobre el alto al fuego en Gaza y la liberación de rehenes: lo que hay que saber. Aunque no estaba claro si las partes han llegado a acuerdos sobre las disputas centrales, funcionarios informados de las conversaciones han expresado un cauto optimismo sobre la posibilidad de concertar un acuerdo antes de la toma de posesión del presidente electo, Donald Trump.

Negocios

• TikTok volvió a funcionar en EE. UU. luego de que Trump dijo que paralizará su prohibición. Algunos usuarios vieron cómo la aplicación de redes sociales volvía a estar en línea el domingo, luego de que dejara de funcionar al entrar en vigor una ley federal que exigía su venta o prohibición.
• TikTok empieza a desaparecer. Y quizás pocos lo extrañen. La huella cultural de TikTok en Estados Unidos es enorme. ¿Por qué sus usuarios parecen aceptar su partida sin mayor interés?
• Ella tiene un tórrido romance con ChatGPT. Una mujer de 28 años con una ajetreada vida social pasa horas y horas hablando con su novio de IA para pedirle consejo y consuelo. Y sí, tambien tienen sexo.
• Starbucks toma medidas enérgicas: si no compras, no te quedes. Starbucks dijo que los visitantes de sus cafeterías tendrían que comprar algo para poder usar el baño o permanecer en la tienda. Se trata de la respuesta del nuevo director ejecutivo de la empresa al descenso de las ventas.
• Cómo descargar tus videos y otros datos de TikTok antes de que desaparezca. Ante la inminente prohibición de TikTok en Estados Unidos y la incógnita sobre el futuro de la aplicación, este podría ser un buen momento para guardar tu trabajo.
• ¿Cómo impactará el superávit de China de 1 billón de dólares en la estrategia arancelaria de Trump? Solo un tercio del superávit comercial de China fue con Estados Unidos, y solo un tercio del déficit estadounidense fue con China. Esa es una ecuación complicada para el presidente electo estadounidense.
• Una aplicación china domina las descargas en EE. UU. gracias a los usuarios de TikTok. Para demostrar lo poco que les importan los vínculos de TikTok con Pekín, los estadounidenses están descargando Xiaohongshu, conocida como “Red Note”, una de las aplicaciones más populares de China.

Opinión

• El plan de paz de Putin no es de paz. Vladimir Putin mantiene sus ambiciones imperiales. Renunciar ahora forzando un alto al fuego prematuro simplemente permitiría a Putin descansar, reequiparse y, finalmente, volver a atacar.
• Hay que sacar a Maduro del poder. ¿Cuánto sufrimiento más deben soportar los venezolanos y cuánto tiene que empeorar esta crisis hemisférica para que la pesadilla termine?
• El ocaso de una Europa sin fronteras. La integración europea prometió la abolición de las fronteras, “una unión cada vez más cercana” que permitiera la libre circulación de personas. Pero la crisis migratoria está cambiando el rumbo del continente.

Weather

• As Brutal Cold Settles Across U.S., Gulf Coast Braces for Rare Winter Storm. Snow and ice may bring major travel disruptions and power outages in the South starting Monday evening, forecasters warned.
• Southern California Is Threatened by More Damaging and Dangerous Winds. With more critical fire weather this week in Los Angeles, the National Weather Service once again issued one of its strongest warnings possible.
• Significant Winter Storm Moves Into the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast. Snow was falling in the Mid-Atlantic and New York City on Sunday. The coldest air in several years will descend across much of the country starting Monday, forecasters said.
• Powerful Santa Ana Winds Expected to Elevate Fire Risk in Southern California. Meteorologists said there was a chance the winds would be as severe as those that fueled the Palisades and Eaton fires, but that different locations would likely be affected.
• Winter Storm Expected to Bring at Least 6 Inches of Snow to the Northeast. The snow is likely to fall on Sunday from the Appalachians to New England. New York City may see its largest snowfall in years.
• Northeast Braces for Snow as Frigid Air Settles Across Most of the U.S. Temperatures are expected plunge across the country this weekend.
• Tuesday’s Winds Didn’t Reach Their Predicted Speeds, but Wednesday’s Might. On Tuesday afternoon, forecasters at the National Weather Service dropped their most severe warnings for the rest of the day. But the alerts will be back in place early Wednesday.
• What the Fire Warnings Mean. From a red flag to a particularly dangerous situation, here’s how to understand some of the alerts going around.
• How Bad Is the Forecast, and When Will L.A. Firefighters Catch a Break? Another prolonged round of gusty Santa Ana winds was hitting the area on Tuesday.

Reader Center

• Religious Leaders Begin to Ask, Can A.I. Preach? A technology reporter came across a Facebook group called “A.I. for Church Leaders and Pastors,” and his interest was piqued.

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