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• Lawmakers Criticize Justice Dept. For Not Releasing All Epstein Files. Republicans and Democrats who had been pressing for the disclosure accused officials of failing to comply with a law that requires all material to be released.
• Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored. Newly released files show how Maria Farmer, who worked for Mr. Epstein in the 1990s, had urged the F.B.I. to investigate him. The case went nowhere for years.
• Trump’s Name Is Rarely Mentioned in New Epstein Files. The files that The Times initially reviewed on Friday included only a handful of references to or images of Mr. Trump.
• Suspect in Brown and M.I.T. Killings Died 2 Days Before He Was Found, Autopsy Shows. The examination confirmed that the suspect had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His body was found late Thursday in a storage unit in New Hampshire.
• Bill Clinton Features Prominently in Epstein Files Release. The focus on a former president comes at a moment when Republicans have fought to shift public attention away from Mr. Epstein’s friendship with President Trump.
• For Trump, Epstein is the story that won’t go away.
• How to See the Epstein Files Released on Friday. The searchable database published by the Justice Department is broken into multiple categories.
• How The Times is covering the latest release of Epstein files.
• University of Virginia’s Board Names a New President. The selection of Scott Beardsley by the G.O.P.-appointed board comes after the previous president resigned under pressure from the Trump administration. A new Democratic-appointed board could try to overturn the choice.
• How the T.S.A. Is Helping ICE. In a previously undisclosed partnership, the Transportation Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are sharing data to identify passengers on upcoming flights whom ICE can arrest. Our reporter Hamed Aleaziz, who learned of this partnership, describes what to know about it and the ICE arrests that have followed.
• The untold story of how Jeffrey Epstein got rich.
• Read the Criminal Complaint. Here is the complaint affidavit for Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, the man police believe killed two students at Brown University as well as a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• Read the Arrest Affidavit. Here is the arrest warrant for the Brown University gunman, whom the authorities identified as Claudio Manuel Neves Valente. Mr. Valente was found dead Thursday in a storage unit in New Hampshire.
• Here’s the latest.
• Suspected Killer of M.I.T. Professor Studied With Victim, Graduating Top of Their Class. Claudio Neves Valente, the suspected killer of Nuno Loureiro, studied with him in Lisbon in the 1990s.
• Trump Administration Pauses Diversity Immigration Program After Brown Shooting. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said President Trump ordered the program to be suspended after it emerged that the shooting suspect used it to move to the United States.
• Here is the latest.
• U.S. Will Pay $450,000 to Wildfire Fighters With Cancer. They will be eligible for a one-time payment as well as college tuition for their children. The effort is part of a legislative push to address the dangers of working in toxic smoke.
• The Mysterious Death of a Teen at a Hog Farm. A 17-year-old worker died at a pork producer in Nebraska run by the governor’s family. Two investigations later, the boy’s mother is still searching for answers.
• Florida Had a Record Number of Executions in 2025. He Witnessed Them All. John Koch, a radio reporter, witnesses every execution in Florida to keep close tabs on what he considers one of the most consequential actions the state takes.
• Suspect in Death of M.I.T. Professor Was a Former Classmate, Prosecutors Say. Nuno F.G. Loureiro, the professor, attended the same physics program in Portugal as the man suspected in his killing.
• What We Know About the Shootings at Brown and M.I.T. A single suspect carried out the shooting at Brown University and the killing of an M.I.T. professor, and was later found dead in New Hampshire, authorities said.
• A Reddit Post Led to a Breakthrough in the Brown Shooting Investigation. A Reddit user provided information that helped identify Claudio Manuel Neves Valente as not only the suspect in the campus shooting, but also the murder of an M.I.T. professor.
• What We Know About the Suspect in the Brown and M.I.T. Killings. Officials identified a man from Portugal as the suspect in the deadly shooting at Brown University and the killing of an M.I.T. professor. The police said on Thursday he died from a self-inflicted gunshot.
• Trump Administration to Appeal Harvard Funding Case. Facing a deadline to appeal, the Justice Department told the courts late Thursday that it would try to overturn a judge’s ruling in favor of Harvard.
• Judge Convicted of Obstructing Agents as They Sought Undocumented Immigrant. The Wisconsin state judge, Hannah C. Dugan, was accused of ushering a man to a side door as federal agents waited outside a courtroom.
• Prosecutors Say Minnesota’s Fraud Scandal Goes Further Than Previously Known. Federal prosecutors said they were now investigating fraud worth billions of dollars in 14 social services programs in the state.
• Trump Relies on Distortions to Support His Pressure Campaign on Venezuela. The president has a long record of making false or misleading statements. But the sheer density of them in his administration’s boat attacks and Venezuela pressure campaign is exceptional.
• 7 Killed in North Carolina Jet Crash. Five adults and two people were killed after a small passenger jet crashed at the Statesville Regional Airport in North Carolina, according to the local sheriff. The plane was registered to the NASCAR driver Greg Biffle.
• How Will Trump’s Policies Affect You? We Answer Your Questions. Hard to follow the dizzying array of developments out of Washington over the past year? Here are our answers to your pressing questions.
• 4 Takeaways From Trial of Judge Accused of Aiding Undocumented Immigrant. The Milwaukee judge was charged with obstructing federal immigration agents, who were trying to arrest a man who had appeared before her on a battery charge.
• Authorities Search for a New Person of Interest in the Shooting at Brown. Investigators are also examining the possibility that the case is connected to the killing of an M.I.T. professor in his home in Massachusetts.
• Cardinal Timothy Dolan Tapped the Power of the New York Pulpit. From St. Patrick’s Cathedral to the White House to Fox News, he comfortably inhabited many spheres of influence.
• Multiple People Are Killed in North Carolina Jet Crash, Officials Say. The plane, a Cessna C550, crashed while landing at Statesville Regional Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
• Trump Announces ‘Warrior Dividend’ For Troops. President Trump promised active duty troops a $1,776 check from revenue raised by tariffs, without acknowledging that the Supreme Court is weighing the legality of the powers used to impose the levies.
• Palo Alto Confronts Billionaires Over Their Housing Compounds. The Silicon Valley college town has changed drastically as Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page and other tech founders have scooped up multiple properties.
• Pope Leo Names Illinois Bishop to Replace Cardinal Dolan in New York. The appointment of Bishop Ronald A. Hicks is expected to bring a markedly different leadership style to New York’s archdiocese.
• For Families Fighting Addiction, Reiner Tragedy Strikes a Nerve. Nick Reiner, charged with murdering his parents, Rob and Michele Singer Reiner, spent much of his life battling drug addiction, an affliction that millions of Americans face.
• ‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women. The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated relationship. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were currency.
• Australia to Crack Down on Hate Speech After Bondi Attack. New legislation will be drafted to target those who promote violence and to increase penalties for hate speech, the prime minister said Thursday.
• In Combative Speech, Trump Tries to Deflect Blame for Economic Concerns. Mixing misleading claims with repeated attacks, President Trump promised relief for Americans but said he needed time to deliver it.
• Investigators look at a Santa Monica hotel as they trace Nick Reiner’s movements.
• For neighbors, a sense of shock and sadness hangs over the Reiners’ home.
• ‘Who’s Gonna Stop You?’ Listen to Trump Press Georgia Speaker Over 2020 Vote. During much of the 12.5-minute call, President Trump reiterated his claims that he had won Georgia, a state he lost by more than 11,000 votes that year.
• Nick Reiner Seen at Los Angeles Gas Station Before Arrest. Security camera footage from a gas station convenience store in Los Angeles shows Nick Reiner buying a sports drink. About an hour later, Mr. Reiner is arrested across the street. Mr. Reiner was charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of his parents, Rob and Michele Singer Reiner.
• Search for Unidentified Killer at Brown University Stretches to 4th Day. Officials said that they were working with physical evidence, including DNA, and that they were seeking a second man who appeared to have crossed paths with the possible suspect’.
• Bodies of Rob and Michele Reiner Were Found in Master Bedroom, Police Say. After finding the slain couple, investigators focused on their younger son, Nick, as a suspect. He was formally charged with murder on Tuesday and appeared in court on Wednesday.
• Woman in ‘Slender Man’ Stabbing Won’t Contest Effort to Revoke Her Release. Morgan Geyser, who was convicted after she stabbed a friend in 2014 to please a fictional character, was arrested last month after she cut off a monitoring bracelet and fled from a group home.
• Fani Willis Calls Trump and Allies ‘Criminals’ at Georgia Senate Hearing. The district attorney in Atlanta addressed a Republican-led committee created to investigate her conduct during her prosecution of President Trump last year.
• Video Footage Shows Nick Reiner Enter Store an Hour Before His Arrest. Mr. Reiner was filmed entering a gas station’s store in South Los Angeles to buy a sports drink roughly an hour before he was arrested by the police across the street.
• The prosecutors assigned to the Reiners’ killing are familiar with high-profile cases. The lawyers, Habib Balian and Jonathan Chung, have managed complex homicide cases that attracted heavy attention from the media.
• Jake and Romy Reiner Feel ‘Unimaginable Pain’ After Losing Their Parents. The daughter and a son of Rob and Michele Singer Reiner spoke publicly for the first time since their parents were found dead on Sunday and their brother was arrested. They asked for respect and privacy.
• Reiner’s Son Appears, Briefly, Before a Judge. Nick Reiner, facing murder charges in the deaths of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, appeared at an arraignment that lasted just minutes before it was rescheduled for January. He has not entered a plea.
• Ex-Harvard Medical Morgue Manager Who Sold Body Parts Gets 8-Year Sentence. Cedric Lodge, and his wife, Denise Lodge, stole and sold donated human remains intended for medical research and teaching, prosecutors said.
• Billy Crystal, Larry David and Others Remember Rob Reiner as a ‘Master Story Teller’ A group of prominent figures issued a statement memorializing Mr. Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner. “We were their friends, and we will miss them forever.”
• Forecasters Warn of More Possible Flooding in Washington State. Heavy rain and strong winds through early Wednesday could bring additional flooding to Washington State, forecasters warned.
• One Way the Brown Attack Was Unusual: The Gunman Escaped. It is rare for a gunman in a high-profile shooting to get away, and many are apprehended within days. The authorities shared grainy video and begged for tips as the search stretched into its fourth day.
• A Last Chance to Prep for the Exam. Then, a Gunman at the Classroom Door. For the students in the Brown University review session, concerns about grades and questions about economic concepts would be forgotten in an instant.
• Immigration Agents and Protesters Face Off in Frigid Minnesota. A surge of ICE agents has led to 670 arrests and chaotic standoffs in subzero weather.
• Man on Roof Faces Off with ICE Agents for Hours in Minnesota. A man clung to a partially built roof for hours in frigid temperatures during a standoff with immigration agents in Chanhassen, Minn., a suburb of Minneapolis. The confrontation was part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the state to remove what it calls “vicious criminals.”
• Harvard Secretly Investigates Students Over Larry Summers Video on Epstein. The students face discipline for recording Mr. Summers, the former Harvard president, discussing his ties to Jeffrey Epstein in a Harvard class.
• Why Nick Reiner Could Face the Death Penalty. The two first-degree murder counts include a special circumstance, which increases the maximum punishment if he is convicted.
• Prosecutors Charge Nick Reiner With Murdering His Parents. Los Angeles prosecutors charged Nick Reiner with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his parents, the director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.
• Reiner Family Associate Details Events Before and After Killings Were Discovered. A person close to the family provided a detailed account of what occurred in the Reiner house after a massage therapist received no response at the gate.
• Officials Release Enhanced Video of Possible Shooting Suspect at Brown. The Providence Police Department released enhanced security camera footage of a suspect in the Brown University shooting walking through the neighborhood hours before the tragedy took place.
• Nick Reiner Will Be Charged With Murdering His Parents. Prosecutors said that Mr. Reiner killed his parents, Rob and Michelle Reiner, using a knife. He has not yet entered a plea.
• Nick Reiner will be charged with murdering his parents.
• At Many Top Law Schools, Black Student Enrollment Continues to Drop. The New York Times examined data from 18 of the nation’s top law schools and found that first-year Black enrollment had increased at only four, including at Harvard.
• The man representing Nick Reiner is one of the most well-known lawyers in Los Angeles.
• Wrong Turns and Long Nights: Inside the Search for the Brown University Attacker. After determining that a man they had detained was not the killer, Rhode Island officials have searched for more evidence and released photos of a possible gunman.
• M.I.T. Professor Is Fatally Shot in His Home. The professor, Nuno F.G. Loureiro, was pronounced dead at a hospital on Tuesday morning. The authorities said they had opened a homicide investigation.
• Rob and Nick Reiner: A Father-Son Relationship in Several Acts. Some who worked on the semi-autobiographical “Being Charlie” saw challenges play out on the set.
• Brown Shooter Still at Large After Nearly Three Days. The authorities are still looking for the gunman who killed two students at Brown University. Investigators are expected to release more video footage on Tuesday.
• Obamas Had Plans to See the Reiners the Day They Were Found Dead. Michelle Obama said on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” that she and former President Barack Obama were longtime friends of the couple and called them “decent, courageous” people.
• ‘Everyone’s on Edge’: Days After a Deadly Shooting, a Community Is in a Standstill. As a manhunt for a gunman who killed two and injured nine at Brown University stretched into a third day, residents and officials alike were growing weary.
• At Brown, a Shooting Tests a Fragile Trust. The Ivy League school has faced a series of challenges related to protests and politics. Through it all, it has kept its gates open to the city and tried to heal divisions on campus.
• Here is the latest.
• Transplant Hospitals Court Patients Overseas Despite Organ Shortage. International patients can bring a hospital as much as $2 million for a transplant. In recent years, they have typically gotten organs faster than U.S. patients.
• Nick Reiner Talked Openly About His Addiction Struggles. Nick Reiner was arrested and booked on suspicion of murdering his mother and father, the movie director, Rob Reiner. The younger Reiner had been open about his struggles with drug abuse and homelessness.
• Donald Trump Jr. Is Engaged to Palm Beach Socialite Bettina Anderson. The relationship between the president’s son and Ms. Anderson had been the subject of tabloid speculation during his previous engagement to Kimberly Guilfoyle.
• Brown Student Has Survived Two School Shootings. Mia Tretta, a Brown student, survived a deadly shooting at her high school in 2019 and another attack on Saturday. As the authorities search for the gunman in the latest attack, she is coping with trauma again.
• Rob Reiner Is Said to Have Argued With His Son at a Holiday Party. Rob Reiner and his son, Nick, had a dispute at a party hosted by Conan O’Brien the night before the director and his wife were found dead.
• Other celebrities have died tragically in L.A.’s Brentwood neighborhood. The wealthy enclave
• Trial Opens for Judge Accused of Steering Immigrant Away from Federal Agents. “There was no corrupt intent,” the judge’s lawyer said in an opening statement. Prosecutors said the judge’s political views made her “cross the line.”
• Rob and Nick Reiner Made a Movie About a Turbulent Father-Son Relationship. Nick Reiner, who struggled with drug addiction, wrote “Being Charlie” during a period of sobriety. His father directed the film.
• The shootings at Brown and in Sydney were a ‘gut punch’ for Providence’s Jewish community.
• Harvard’s President Will Stay in the Role Indefinitely. Alan M. Garber was appointed after his predecessor resigned under pressure. He has been in the role as Harvard fended off challenges from the Trump administration.
• He Recorded China’s Detention of Uyghurs. The U.S. Wants to Deport Him to Uganda. Heng Guan fled to the United States and released rare video evidence of China’s clampdown. His supporters say that sending him to Uganda puts him at risk.
• What Does It Mean to Be a ‘Person of Interest’? Police officers investigating the Brown University shooting released a man they called a “person of interest.” Officials defended the twist in the case as the normal course of policing.
• Here Are the Only Known Videos of the Possible Brown University Gunman. The clips were captured on Saturday and show a man walking on sidewalks near the Brown campus after the shooting.
• Police Release Second Video of Brown University Gunman. Authorities in Providence, R.I., released a second video from security camera footage of a possible shooting suspect walking down the sidewalk on Saturday.
• Schools and Colleges Across New England Cancel Classes and Tighten Security. A gunman who killed two students at Brown University is still at large. There were no specific threats against other schools, but many are taking precautions.
• Victim of Shooting at Brown Remembered as ‘a Bright Light’ Ella Cook, a 19-year-old sophomore from Mountain Brook, Ala., was a gifted pianist and spoke fluent French, a classmate said.
• U.S. Soldiers Killed in Syria Identified as Iowa National Guard Sergeants. The shooting attack in Palmyra, Syria, on Saturday struck troops deployed as part of an antiterrorism mission. Two were killed, along with an American civilian interpreter; three others were wounded.
• Victim of Brown Shooting Remembered as a Scholar, Always Willing to Help. MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, 18, was gentle and extroverted, his sisters and a friend said, and had dreams of becoming a neurosurgeon.
• Nick Reiner Has Spoken Openly About His Struggles. He and his father, the director Rob Reiner, also worked together on a film that was loosely inspired by the son’s early life.
• Rob Reiner and His Wife Are Found Dead in Their Los Angeles Home. The Los Angeles Police Department was investigating what it described as “an apparent homicide” after the director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, were found dead in their home.
• ‘Brilliant and Kind’: Hollywood Pays Tribute to Rob Reiner. Stars of Mr. Reiner’s movies, as well as celebrities who simply admired his work, have posted heartfelt tributes to the director on social media.
• Michele Singer Reiner: A Photographer Who Changed Movie History. Falling in love with her inspired the director Rob Reiner to give “When Harry Met Sally…” a new ending. The Reiners went on to work together on movies and political causes.
• Officials Renew Search for Providence Shooter After Releasing Person of Interest. Hours after announcing they had detained a person in connection with the deadly shooting at Brown University, officials appealed to the public for new leads.
• Trial to Start for Judge Accused of Helping Undocumented Immigrant Evade Agents. The Milwaukee County judge faces federal charges, but she has maintained her innocence.
• Born Deaf and Blind, She’s Caught in Trump’s Anti-Diversity Crusade. A program for deafblind children helped 3-year-old Annie Garner, born with poor vision and no ears, learn to communicate. The Trump administration cut the program’s funding over diversity goals.
• What We Know About Rob Reiner and His Death. The director’s family said that he and his wife, Michele, had died on Sunday. The police said they had found two bodies at the Reiner home in Los Angeles.
• Democratic leaders mourn Reiner, a champion of liberal causes.
• Police Continue Search for Suspect in Brown University Shooting. The authorities said they had released a man whom they could not connect to the deadly shooting at Brown University. Officials said they are still searching for the gunman. Students held a candlelight vigil following an overnight lockdown.
• Brentwood, where the Reiners lived, is a wealthy enclave popular with celebrities.
• Reiner’s career spanned Hollywood and politics.
• A ‘Small Place’ Copes With Unimaginable Tragedy After Brown Shooting. The killing of two college students brought an unwelcome and unusual spotlight to the mayor of Providence, R.I., a place where many residents know each other.
• California Hires Former C.D.C. Officials Who Criticized Trump Administration. A former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a former chief medical officer of the agency will advise the state on public health issues.
• Gunshots, Then 12 Hours of Fear at Brown University. As the shooter remained at large, students sheltered in place in classrooms and basements, waiting for the all clear.
• Students barricaded themselves in the Sciences Library, then were evacuated at gunpoint.
• Watch Live: Officials Give an Update on the Brown Shooting. Officials provide an update on the shooting that happened at Brown University on Saturday.
• Brown Cancels Classes and Exams for the Rest of the Semester. The term, scheduled to end on Friday, has been cut short, and school officials said students could go home immediately.
• Individual in Brown University Shooting Is Detained. Authorities said that a gunman shot two students and injured nine more in an attack in a classroom at Brown University on Saturday. On Sunday, officials said that an individual in connection with the shooting had been detained.
• Hospitalized Brown Student Describes Hiding From Shooter. The student, in his first year at Brown, was shot in the leg. He described helping others who were more seriously injured as they hid in their classroom.
• The War on ‘Wokeness’ Comes to the U.S. Mint. The Treasury Department unveiled new coins celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. They failed to include planned designs featuring abolition, women’s suffrage and the civil rights movement.
• A California Newspaper Prints Its Last Edition. The Palisadian-Post was published for 97 years, but the twice-monthly community newspaper couldn’t survive the Los Angeles wildfires.
• Washington Residents Return Home to Extensive Flood Damage. After heavy rains swelled rivers and flooded neighborhoods in northern Washington, residents returned to soggy homes caked in mud. Many tried to salvage what they could.
• Private Equity Finds a New Source of Profit: Volunteer Fire Departments. Rural departments have long relied on cheap software solutions to keep their operations running. But fire chiefs report sharp price increases as investors have entered the market.
• A Brown University Instructor Hid From Gunfire With His Students. Joseph Oduro, 21, said he was leading an economics study session for about 60 students when a masked man entered the room and started shooting.
• At least 2 students at Brown have survived school shootings before.
• 2 Students at Brown Witnessed School Shootings as Children. Both women said the shooting on Saturday had damaged a sense of security they had cultivated for years based on the notion that they were unlikely to witness two school shootings in one lifetime.
• Gunshots, Sirens and a Manhunt Transform Brown’s Campus. A typical Saturday night on the Ivy League campus was shaken by the killing of two people and the wounding of 9 others.
• What We Know About the Deadly Shooting at Brown University. Two people were killed and nine others injured during an attack on the Rhode Island campus. Officials were searching for a gunman late Saturday.
• What to Know About Brown University. Here’s what to know about the Rhode Island university, where a shooting on Saturday killed two people and injured eight others.
• At Least Two Killed in Shooting at Brown University. Students remained locked in their dorms and classrooms as the police searched for the shooter, who was described as a man wearing black. At least two people are dead, and eight are in critical condition.
• Witnesses describe an anxious campus as news of a shooting spread and police arrived.
• Appeals Court Says Trump Must End Los Angeles Deployment by Monday. While the decision did not remove the National Guard troops from the president’s control, it blocked him from using them in the nation’s second-largest city.
• Brown University has faced a number of difficulties this year.
• Here’s what to know. The university sent an alert late Saturday afternoon warning students to hide. A suspect was not in custody, university officials said, correcting an earlier posting.
• Is Times New Roman Better Than Calibri for the State Department? Type designers weigh in on the recent decision to replace Calibri with Times New Roman in official documents.
• Flight Returns to Dulles After Engine Cover Breaks Off During Takeoff. United Airlines Flight 803, which was headed to Toyko, safely landed at Washington Dulles International Airport on Saturday, officials said.
• DoorDash Deliverer Faces Tampering Charges Tied to Food Order. The authorities said the woman, who was making a delivery for DoorDash, was captured on a doorbell camera spraying an unknown aerosol.
• A Measles Outbreak Brings With It Echoes of the Pandemic. In South Carolina, parents struggle to deal with infections that have brought quarantines and remote learning. Health care workers are bracing for an increase in cases.
• After False Earthquake Alert, Lawmakers Demand Answers on How It Was Sent. The federal government and earthquake experts blamed a technical glitch for the alert that sent warnings hundreds of miles away last week.

Elections

• An Election ‘Off Year,’ but Not a Year Off. Takeaways from an eventful 2025 election cycle.

Politics

• NASCAR Star’s Plane Turned Back Minutes After Takeoff. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash at a North Carolina airport, which killed seven people, including the driver Greg Biffle and his wife and children.
• Elise Stefanik Tried Everything to Please Trump. He Still Jilted Her. The G.O.P. congresswoman who ran as a moderate but became an “ultra MAGA” Trump acolyte ultimately found herself undermined by the president and politically adrift.
• Justice Dept. Will Appeal Dismissal of Comey and James Indictments. The Trump administration had vowed to fight a judge’s decision to dismiss unrelated criminal charges against James Comey, the former F.B.I. director, and Letitia James, the attorney general of New York.
• Trump Picks New Leader for Southern Command as Venezuela Pressure Grows. Lt. Gen. Francis L. Donovan, a Marine general with expansive experience in special operations and the Middle East, would take over after the abrupt departure of the previous commander.
• Introducing Your Next Newsletter Writer (for Now), and Looking Back at 2025. There will be much to dive into when On Politics returns in January, and a familiar voice will be taking the helm — at least for a little while.
• A Memorial to Kennedy? It’s Trump’s Now, Too. The Kennedy Center installed President Trump’s name on the facade of the arts center, which had been designated as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy.
• What is the origin of the Epstein case?
• U.S. Strikes Islamic State Targets in Syria. American forces struck dozens of suspected ISIS sites, making good on President Trump’s vow to avenge two American soldiers and a civilian U.S. interpreter killed by the group last week.
• Trump’s Name Joins Kennedy’s on Performing Arts Center’s Facade. Workers hauled up large letters spelling out Mr. Trump’s full name to add to the white marble face of the building on Friday morning.
• Supreme Court Refuses to Halt Free Speech Lawsuit From Immigration Judges. The case, brought by the union representing immigration judges, could have implications for other workplace claims brought by government officials.
• Spit and Sulfur: How Venezuela Went From U.S. Ally to Trump Target. Closely tied to Washington during much of the Cold War, Venezuela has gone through political upheavals over the years that now make it a major enemy in the eyes of the Trump administration.
• U.S. Attacks Another Boat Believed to Be Trafficking Drugs. The attack killed 5 people, the latest known fatalities since the attacks began in September. The Trump administration has accused those on the boats of ferrying narcotics but provided little proof.
• Justice Dept. Won’t Meet Friday Deadline to Release All Epstein Files. Several members of Congress criticized the department’s No. 2, Todd Blanche, after he said more documents would be coming weeks late.
• Erika Kirk Endorses JD Vance for 2028. The early backing of Ms. Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, is notable because she now leads the influential conservative group he founded, Turning Point USA.
• Kennedy Center Board Votes to Add Trump to Its Name. President Trump’s handpicked board of trustees announced that the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts would be renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center, a change that may need Congress’s approval.
• A Tribe Gains Federal Recognition, After a Fight Handed Down Over Generations. The distinction for the Lumbee Tribe in North Carolina, signed into law on Thursday, opens access to federal support and defies challenges from other tribes over their legitimacy.
• How the Army Caused Alarm in the Washington Skies Years Before a Fatal Crash. An aged helicopter fleet and inexperienced pilots from nearby Fort Belvoir had raised “widespread concern” among local pilots before a midair collision killed 67 people.
• New Judges Take Charge of Sept. 11 Case at Guantánamo. The long-running case had been on hold for nearly a year because of higher court appeals and the retirement of the military judge.
• Democratic State Lawmakers Vow to Unite and Push Back on Trump’s Deportations. Lawmakers from a half-dozen states said Thursday they will use legislation next year to thwart the tactics of federal law enforcement carrying out immigration policies.
• Shouting, Ranting, Insulting: Trump’s Uninhibited Second Term. Many of President Trump’s supporters love his professional-wrestling style of leadership. But some of his recent attacks have sickened even some of his own political allies.
• President Trump Reclassifies Marijuana With Executive Order. Marijuana was downgraded from a Schedule I drug to a Schedule III drug on Thursday. The reclassification does not legalize cannabis, but it does ease restrictions on the substance and allows for more research.
• Trump Mocks Obama, Biden in His Presidential ‘Walk of Fame’ The White House unveiled new plaques near the Oval Office mocking some of President Trump’s predecessors. The new display distorts history and aligns with Mr. Trump’s worldview.
• U.S. Accuses Venezuelan of Masterminding Tren de Aragua’s Expansion. The gang, which was the subject of charges brought in several states, is President Trump’s chosen nemesis. The defendant remains at large.
• From Bravo to Cable News, Garcia Is Pushing Republicans on Epstein. The top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, Representative Robert Garcia has brought aggressive tactics and reality-show flair to investigating Trump.
• Trump Pressed Georgia Speaker to Overturn His 2020 Election Loss. In newly obtained audio, President Trump reiterated his claims that he had won Georgia in 2020 in a phone call with the state’s House Speaker, David Ralston. Mr. Trump lost Georgia by more than 11,000 votes that year.
• Trump and His Loyalists Move to Name the Kennedy Center for Him. The performing arts center is by law designated the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and it has been generally understood that the power to change the center’s name lies with Congress.
• Trump Administration Proposes Rules to End Gender-Related Care for Minors. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. proposed new rules on Thursday to stop gender-related care for minors across the nation. One of the rules threatened to pull federal funding from any hospital that provided gender treatments for minors. This would effectively shut down hospitals that failed to comply.
• Trump Signs Executive Order to Reclassify Marijuana, Easing Restrictions on the Drug. Marijuana’s classification as one of the most dangerous and habit-forming substances has long drawn criticism.
• Once Again, Health Care Proves to Be a Bitter Political Pill for G.O.P. The inability to find a credible counter to the Affordable Care Act has long bedeviled Republicans and cost them at the polls. It’s threatening to do so again next year.
• Democratic Lawmakers Request Review of Commerce Secretary’s Possible Conflicts. Lawmakers in the House and the Senate asked a government watchdog to determine if Howard Lutnick is following ethics guidelines in promoting data centers that benefit his family’s businesses.
• The D.N.C. Is Scrapping Its Report on What Went Wrong in 2024. Ken Martin, the Democratic National Committee chairman, ordered the autopsy months ago but is now said to believe that its release would be counterproductive for the party.
• Trump Boasts About Economy in Prime Time Speech. The president gave a televised speech that featured repeated criticism of Democrats and his predecessor, Joseph R. Biden Jr., along with boasts about gains that many Americans have said they are not experiencing.
• Trump Officials Announce More Than $11 Billion in Arms Sales for Taiwan. The move may reassure China hawks who are uncertain about the president’s commitment to the self-governing democracy.
• 6 Takeaways From Trump’s Address to the Nation. President Trump disparaged Democrats and insisted the economy is booming despite concerns about the cost of living.
• U.S. Military Announces 4 Killed in 26th Boat Strike. The attack on Wednesday brings the total number killed to at least 99 since the Trump administration began bombing boats suspected of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
• Fact-Checking Trump’s Prime-Time Address on the Economy. The president cited misleading statistics to insist, wrongly, that prices were coming down.
• Full Transcript of President Trump’s Speech on the Economy. The president sharply attacked his predecessor while insisting that his own record contained nothing but victories.
• U.S. Government Admits Liability in Deadly D.C.-Area Air Collision. A federal court filing says the Army crew piloting a Black Hawk helicopter could have avoided the nighttime accident in January if it had been able to see and avoid a commercial jet.
• Fani Willis Defends Failed Election Interference Case in Heated Hearing. The Atlanta-area district attorney called President Trump and his allies “criminals” while being questioned by a Georgia Senate committee on Wednesday.
• For Hegseth, There Is One Boat Strike He Doesn’t Want the Public to See. The Pentagon has released plenty of video clips that show American missiles blowing boats suspected of carrying drugs out of the water. But the “double tap” strike on Sept. 2 is being kept under wraps.
• Presidential History, According to Trump. The White House unveiled plaques near the Oval Office that describe U.S. presidents with varying levels of accuracy, depending on President Trump’s opinion of them.
• Trump’s handling of the economy has dragged down his approval rating.
• Here’s What to Expect From Trump’s Speech. President Trump will address the nation on Wednesday night at 9 p.m. Eastern time. The New York Times will provide live coverage and analysis.
• Senate Passes Air Safety Measure, Reversing Provision in Defense Bill. The legislation restores restrictions on military aircraft flying near busy airports, implemented after a fatal collision near D.C. in January, that had been removed in the defense bill.
• ICE Must Allow Lawmakers to Inspect Detention Centers, Judge Rules. Judge Jia M. Cobb wrote that two policies announced in June appeared to unlawfully bar members of Congress from making unannounced visits at immigration detention facilities.
• House Passes Bill to Ban Gender Transition Treatments for Minors. The measure had little chance of consideration in the Senate, where it would need bipartisan support to move, but it reflected the priorities of the Republican majority.
• Health Department Cancels Grants to Group That Criticized Kennedy’s Vaccine Policies. The American Academy of Pediatrics had called the department’s policies “irresponsible and purposefully misleading” and joined a lawsuit against its vaccine policy.
• Defense Dept. Opens Formal Inquiry Into Senator Mark Kelly. The Pentagon said it was initiating a “command investigation” into the senator, another extraordinary step as the Trump administration seeks retribution against the president’s perceived foes.
• House Rejects Measure to Bar Strikes Inside Venezuela. The Democratic measure was defeated mostly along party lines, along with another resolution that would have halted the military’s escalating campaign of boat attacks.
• Trump Finds That Retribution Isn’t Always So Easy. In some ways, Trump’s broader flexing of power has achieved what he set out to do. But his attempts to push prosecutions of rivals have been far less successful.
• Dan Bongino Says He Will Step Down From F.B.I. in January. The departure of Mr. Bongino had seemed inevitable since August, when the White House hired Missouri’s attorney general, Andrew Bailey, to share his job as deputy director.
• House Republicans Press Jack Smith Over Investigations Into Trump. Even adversaries of Jack Smith, the former special counsel, conceded that his tight-lipped, painstaking approach made tripping him up particularly difficult.
• Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship. An official with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it would prioritize “those who’ve unlawfully obtained U.S. citizenship.”
• Nearly $900 Million Flowed in Secret to Help Harris and Trump in 2024. The main dark-money group backing Kamala Harris and Joe Biden raised a staggering $613 million last year, while its pro-Trump counterpart brought in $275 million, new filings show.
• Top Republican Examining Boat Strike ‘Satisfied’ With Military Mission. After viewing video of a follow-up strike, Republicans largely had confidence in the Pentagon’s legal rationale while Democrats questioned its legality.
• Venezuelan Navy Escorts Vessels After Trump’s Blockade Threat. The Venezuelan government was said to have ordered the escort, according to two people familiar with the matter. It was not immediately clear whether the vessels were subject to U.S. sanctions.
• ‘Here We Go Again’: In Melania Trump’s Movie, This Time She Knows What She’s Doing. The first lady is behind a movie that she has said will give a better idea of what it was like for her to move into the White House for a second time.
• ICE Arrests Disrupt Schools, Prompting Fear Among Families. President Trump’s immigration crackdown has at times resulted in arrests near schools, setting off concerns among parents, educators and students.
• Tankers Under Sanction Are Only a Subset of Fleet Moving Venezuelan Oil. The scope of President Trump’s blockade against ships carrying oil from Venezuela was not clear on Wednesday.
• Senate Passes Defense Policy Bill, Clearing It for Trump. The legislation authorizes $900 billion for the Pentagon, provides a pay raise for troops, and has some measures to reassert congressional oversight.
• Appeals Court Allows National Guard to Remain in D.C., for Now. A three-judge panel voted unanimously to allow troops to stay in the capital for the duration of the appeal, citing the city’s unique legal status.
• Republicans Clinch Democrats’ Bid to Force Vote on Health Subsidies. After the speaker denied them a vote on extending the subsidies, four Republicans from competitive districts joined Democrats’ bid to go around G.O.P. leaders and force action.
• Next Fed Chair in ‘No-Win Scenario’ as Selection Process Draws to a Close. The person picked to replace Jerome H. Powell will be thrust into a credibility problem that will be difficult to escape.
• Trump Dangles Cash Payments to Buoy Voters’ Views of the Economy. With tariffs unpopular and prices still high, the White House has teased the promise of tariff rebates and large tax refunds next year.
• Trump Orders Blockade of Some Oil Tankers Around Venezuela. The president announced the move using bellicose language, in an escalation of his pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s leader. But its scope and economic effects were not clear.
• Judge Says He Will Not Immediately Halt Trump’s Ballroom Project. A federal judge said he would order the Trump administration to submit plans for the building by the end of the month, but allowed minor construction to continue for now.
• Trump Expands Travel Ban and Restrictions to 20 More Countries. People from Syria, South Sudan and those with documents issued by the Palestinian Authority are included in the latest restrictions. More than 35 countries are now under U.S. travel restrictions.
• Lawmakers Demand the Release of Classified Boat Strike Video. Following classified hearings for all the members of the House and Senate, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declined on Tuesday to release the unedited video of a boat attack in September that included a second strike to kill survivors.
• Remixing Trump’s Economy Speech, Vance Strikes a Different Tone. Vice President JD Vance pleaded with everybody to just hang in there a little longer, saying the economy would improve.
• Two More Heritage Foundation Trustees Resign Over Support for Tucker Carlson. Three trustees have left since the think tank’s president backed the conservative podcaster’s friendly interview with Nick Fuentes.
• Johnson Casts Doubt on Allowing House to Vote to Extend Health Subsidies. Moderate Republicans want a chance to show their support for keeping health care costs down, but the speaker has waffled on whether he will allow a vote.
• Hegseth Declines to Show Lawmakers Boat Strike Video. The defense secretary joined the secretary of state on Capitol Hill to deliver the first classified briefings to include all members of the House and Senate on the maritime attacks.
• Trump and Top Aides Publicly Defend Susie Wiles After Explosive Interviews. President Trump praised his chief of staff as doing “a fantastic job,” and more than a dozen members of his cabinet have posted defenses of her on social media.
• U.S. Sends Cubans to Naval Station at Guantánamo Bay. The transfer of nearly two dozen men this week restarted a Trump administration deportation operation on the base after a two-month hiatus.
• Trump Stymied on Prosecutors as G.O.P. Refuses to Defy Democrats. An informal custom gives Senate Democrats leverage on federal prosecutors even as Republicans have sought to ease other confirmations. The president wants it eliminated.
• White House Shrugs Off Rise in Unemployment Rate. The Trump administration looked to recast elements of a dour jobs report Thursday as a sign of strength.
• Takeaways From Susie Wiles’s Candid Interviews Describing Trump World. During 11 interviews with Vanity Fair over President Trump’s first year back in office, Ms. Wiles, his chief of staff, opened up about the president, the people around him and their internal fights.
• The Timing of Trump’s $10 Billion Suit Against the BBC Is Significant. The lawsuit landed just hours before a once-a-decade review of the broadcaster’s royal charter, which governs its mission, purpose and funding.
• Trump’s Top Aide Acknowledges ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions. In interviews with Vanity Fair, Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, said Trump has “an alcoholic’s personality,” called JD Vance a “conspiracy theorist” and concluded that Pam Bondi “completely whiffed” the early handling of the Epstein files.
• Venezuela’s Oil Is a Focus of Trump’s Campaign Against Maduro. In public, the White House says it is confronting Venezuela to curb drug trafficking. Behind the scenes, gaining access to the country’s vast oil reserves is a priority.
• U.S. Strikes 3 More Boats in Eastern Pacific, Killing 8. The attacks brought the number killed since the Trump administration began the strikes on suspected drug smugglers to at least 95.
• Kushner’s Firm Pulls Out of Trump-Branded Hotel Deal in Serbia. The announcement came just hours after prosecutors there charged four government officials with corruption in connection with the half-billion-dollar project.
• Wisconsin Judge Allows Election Case to Proceed Against Trump Advisers. A judge ruled that at least two of three defendants would have to stand trial in a case stemming from a plan to deploy fake electors after Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election.
• Trump Files $10 Billion Suit Against BBC Over Documentary. The British broadcaster, which has expressed regret over the editing of video clips about the president, has rejected claims that the error was evidence of a fundamental bias in its news reporting.
• Pelosi Resisted Stock-Trading Ban as Wealth Grew, Fueling Suspicion. The former speaker failed to appreciate the groundswell of support for banning the practice, refusing to give an inch amid G.O.P. accusations that she was corrupt.
• Eager for Center Stage, Patel Casts Aside Caution in Statements as F.B.I. Leader. Kash Patel’s impulse to publicize the work of the bureau under his leadership has revived questions about his competence and his future in the administration.
• How the Winklevoss Twins Won Big in Trump’s Pro-Crypto Washington. Few industry players seem closer to Trump than the 44-year-old billionaire brothers. And they have gotten more than just invitations to the White House this year.
• Justice Dept. Charges Four in Los Angeles Over Left-Wing Bomb Plot. Administration officials said the case grew out of a presidential order declaring antifa to be a terrorist group.
• Rob Reiner Fought for Democrats, and They Loved Him Back. The Hollywood star was an unusually hands-on activist and donor, whose deep understanding of politics set him apart from other celebrities.
• Trump Administration Begins Program to Increase Government’s Tech Worker Ranks. The U.S. Tech Force is aiming to hire about 1,000 top-level technical employees and supervisors to join federal agencies and work on projects related to artificial intelligence and modernization.
• Trump Seizes on Rob Reiner’s Death to Attack the Hollywood Director. The president attributed the killing of Rob Reiner and his wife to “Trump derangement syndrome.” There was no indication that the couple’s political beliefs were linked to their deaths.
• House Republicans Accuse D.C. Police of Manipulating Crime Statistics. The committee cited interviews with police commanders in an effort to buttress President Trump’s federal takeover of law enforcement and the National Guard deployment in the capital city.
• Inside the Clintons’ Fight to Avoid Testifying in the House Epstein Inquiry. Bill and Hillary Clinton have repeatedly offered to provide sworn statements, but Representative James R. Comer has threatened to hold them in contempt of Congress if they fail to appear.
• Read the document. Bill and Hillary Clinton’s lawyer writes a letter on Oct. 6 to the House Oversight Committee opposing their live testimony regarding the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
• How The Times Analyzed the S.E.C.’s Cryptocurrency Enforcement. The New York Times set out to understand — and quantify — just how much things had changed within the agency after President Trump resumed office.
• The S.E.C. Was Tough on Crypto. It Pulled Back After Trump Returned to Office. An investigation by The Times found the administration’s change in enforcement benefited the industry, including companies that had ties to the president.
• The Mysterious Life and Afterlife of Private Fitz Lee. For more than a century, this Black soldier from Virginia was remembered by nearly no one. Then this year, someone at the Pentagon found a use for him.
• University of Maryland President Cleared of Plagiarism. The claims last year by a conservative publication against Darryll J. Pines prompted a yearlong investigation and an extensive review of his published works.
• Colorado Officials Reject Trump’s ‘Pardon’ of a Convicted Election Denier. The president’s stated intention to pardon Tina Peters, jailed for tampering with election machines in 2020, has set off a legal fight over the extent of Mr. Trump’s pardon powers.
• Biden Has Raised Little of What He Needs to Build a Presidential Library. His library foundation has told the I.R.S. that by the end of 2027 it expects to bring in just $11.3 million — not nearly enough for a traditional presidential library.
• 20 States Sue to Block $100,000 Fee for H-1B Visas. California and New York are among the states arguing that the Trump administration’s decision to charge that fee for skilled foreign workers is illegal.
• Judge’s Order Complicates Justice Dept. Plans to Again Charge Comey. Justice Department officials have been considering whether to bring new charges against James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, after a different judge dismissed the original case against him.
• Government Can Withhold Funds From Planned Parenthood, Appeals Court Rules. A three-judge panel threw out a lower court’s order, allowing the Trump administration to continue defunding the group and other major abortion providers.
• U.S. Boarded Ship and Seized Cargo Heading to Iran From China. The seizure last month came amid fears of a renewed conflict between Iran and Israel.
• House G.O.P. Releases Health Plan That Would Allow Subsidies to End. The legislation, expected to come to a vote next week, would make changes that could eventually affect health care costs but are unlikely to immediately curb rising premiums.

World

• The German Chancellor Betting on America. Friedrich Merz believes the world needs a stronger Germany. He is still navigating how to do it.
• Birthrates Are Falling, but Don’t Blame Dogs in Strollers. New research suggests that having a pet can actually make people more likely to become parents.
• The Year in Pictures 2025. Reflections of Turbulent Times
• A Militant’s Transformation. Ahmed Al-Sharaa, a former Al Qaeda ally, is now president of Syria. We look at his transformation, and whether he can transform his country, too.
• ISIS and the Bondi Beach Attack. Australian officials say the suspects were motivated by ISIS. It suggests the group may still have the ability to inspire acts of terrorism.
• Trinidad Has Become a U.S. Staging Ground in Its Conflict With Venezuela. The United States and Trinidad say U.S. Marines installed a radar in Tobago to combat drugs — but this war materiel isn’t designed for operations based at sea or on land.
• The Next Steps for Gaza. A cease-fire is mostly holding, But tough issues remain, including the fate of Hamas weapons.
• A Hanukkah Attack in Sydney. Gunmen killed at least 15 people attending a Jewish celebration at the city’s popular Bondi Beach in what Australian officials are calling a terrorist attack.

Africa

• Over 1,000 Were Killed in Attack on Famine-Stricken Camp in Sudan, U.N. Says. A paramilitary attack in April was one of the most brutal of Sudan’s civil war. Now, hunger is spreading as Western aid cuts have reduced U.N. rations.
• Nigeria Closes Factories Linked to U.S. Auto Industry Amid Poisoning Inquiry. Carmakers have known for decades that battery recycling was poisoning people abroad. Nigeria’s crackdown is an effort to catalog the damage.
• South Africa Arrests Workers Processing U.S. Refugee Applications. Seven Kenyans were detained for working in the country illegally, officials said. The arrests came amid rising tensions after the United States prioritized white Afrikaners seeking asylum.
• A Roar of Motorcycles and the Terrifying Night of a Mass Kidnapping. Survivors of the St. Mary’s Catholic School abduction in Nigeria recall their harrowing ordeal and release.
• Under U.S. Pressure, Militia Backed by Rwanda to Withdraw From City in Congo. The militia said the withdrawal was intended to give ongoing peace talks with the Congolese government “the maximum chance to succeed.”
• E.U. Flies 110 Tons of Aid to Darfur. But Will It Reach Those In Need? The European Union has mounted an “air bridge” effort, with at least eight aid flights planned to Sudan. But getting supplies to the areas with the most dire need is an enormous challenge.
• Kenya Is Betting Its Economy on Women Willing to Risk It All. We set out to investigate worker abuse in Saudi Arabia. We found a system that begins exploiting them before they ever leave home.
• Six U.N. Peacekeepers Killed in Drone Strike in Sudanese Battle Zone. The strike on a United Nations base in the southern Kordofan region was the deadliest single episode for the body’s personnel in Sudan’s civil war.
• U.S. Forces Attacked in Syria, Syria State Media Says. Injuries were reported in an assault near the ancient city of Palmyra, the Syrian government’s news agency said.

Americas

• Mexico’s Security Chief on His Fight Against the Cartels. Omar García Harfuch spoke to The New York Times about the country’s aggressive cartel offensive and his relationship with the White House.
• Can This Man Finally Defeat Mexico’s Cartels? Omar García Harfuch is overseeing one of the most aggressive offensives in years against Mexico’s powerful criminal groups. Many before him have failed.
• Venezuelans Express Anger at Trump’s Oil Tanker Blockade. Venezuelans spoke out after President Trump ordered a “complete blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers going to and from Venezuela. Hours after he announced the blockade, the Venezuelan Navy began escorting tankers sailing around the country’s east coast.
• Trump’s Claim That Venezuela ‘Stole’ U.S. Oil Fields Touches Nationalist Nerve. President Trump said the United States wanted to reclaim expropriated oil assets, setting off a nationalist reaction in a country where the resource holds a mythical status.
• Statue of Liberty Replica Collapses in Brazil. Strong winds knocked over a replica of the Statue of Liberty outside of a department store in southern Brazil. There were no injuries, according to Brazilian local media.
• Trump Revised Chevron’s Venezuela Deal. Maduro’s Oil Trader Profited. A firm controlled by a businessman sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury for ties to President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has sold millions of barrels from a Chevron-operated oil field.
• U.S. Boat Strikes Shift to Pacific, Placing Colombia on Watch. All the strikes in recent weeks have taken place in the Pacific, reflecting Colombia’s role in the drug trade and the feuding between Bogotá and Washington.
• Kast’s Victory in Chile Is Another Win for Global Right-Wing Movement. José Antonio Kast, who was elected president on Sunday, is the latest conservative to rise to power promising strict law and order measures.
• U.S. Military Plane and JetBlue Flight Nearly Collided Over Caribbean, Radio Traffic Shows. The Air Force refueling tanker was flying without its location transponder activated and could not be detected by air traffic control.
• Will Chile Turn to the Right? Voters Face Presidential Runoff. Jeannette Jara and José Antonio Kast are facing off on Sunday in a deeply polarized election marked by concerns over security and immigration.
• Behind the Seized Venezuelan Tanker, Cuba’s Secret Lifeline. Firms with ties to Cuba are getting a larger share of Venezuelan oil exports, as the island’s security agents boost President Nicolás Maduro’s defenses.

Asia Pacific

• Riots Flare Up in Bangladesh After a Student Protest Leader Is Killed. Violent unrest spilled onto the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh, following the killing of of a prominent student leader who was shot over the weekend. The offices of two leading newspapers were set on fire.
• At Least Three Killed in Taipei Stabbing Attack. At least three people were killed and at least six others were injured after an assailant with a knife attacked people in a train station and a busy retail area. The police said the attacker died after fleeing and then falling or jumping from a building.
• Three Killed in Stabbing Attack in Taiwan. The attacker, who threw smoke grenades inside a train station in Taiwan’s capital, later continued his rampage nearby and died in falling from a building.
• Riots Erupt in Bangladesh After the Killing of a Student Leader. Newspaper buildings were set on fire after the death of an activist who was attacked recently. Political leaders fear more violence could derail attempts to restore democracy.
• Australia Announces Plan to Buy Back Guns in Wake of Hanukkah Attack. The program is expected to take hundreds of thousands of firearms out of circulation, the prime minister said on Friday.
• Before the Massacre, Bondi Suspects Spent Weeks at a Philippine Hotel. Workers at the budget hotel in the southern Philippines, a region that has long battled Islamist insurgencies, said the two men rarely left their room.
• Fans in Tokyo Visit Twin Pandas Before They Head to China. Thousands of people have flocked to Ueno Zoo in Tokyo to see two giant pandas before they leave for China. There were fears in Japan that the twins would not be replaced amid political disputes between the countries.
• Australia Mourns the Youngest Victim of the Bondi Beach Shooting. Sydney’s devastated Jewish community gathered for the funeral of “Matilda Bee,” an ebullient, smiling 10-year-old girl.
• At Tokyo Zoo, Visitors Fear a Spat With China Will Cost Japan Its Pandas. Pandas have stood for friendship between China and Japan since 1972. But the last two are about to go, and a dispute over Taiwan could get in the way of sending more.
• The Secret Trial of the General Who Refused to Attack Tiananmen Square. In 1989, Gen. Xu Qinxian defied orders to crush the pro-democracy protests in Beijing. Now, leaked video from his court-martial is on YouTube.
• Grief Mixes With Anger at Funeral of Rabbi Killed in Bondi Beach Attack. The funeral for Rabbi Eli Schlanger on Wednesday was the first held for one of the 15 people killed in a mass shooting at a Jewish celebration in Sydney, Australia.
• Suspect in Bondi Beach Massacre Is Charged With Murder and Terrorism. The Australian authorities said the 24-year-old man, who had been shot by the police, woke from a coma on Tuesday afternoon.
• On Bali, the Holiday Vibe Masks Memories of a Massacre. Sixty years ago, half a million Indonesians were killed in anti-Communist purges. On Bali, resorts and clubs were built atop mass graves.
• India Charges Pakistan-Based Groups in April Terrorist Attack in Kashmir. India claims that Pakistan sponsored the terrorists responsible for killing 26 people in the disputed region, an accusation Pakistan denies.
• Bondi Suspects Were in Southern Philippines, Where ISIS Is Active. It remains unclear what the two men did there last month.
• In a Remote Jungle, the Gruesome Poaching of Rare Elephants. More than a dozen Bornean elephants have been killed — including five beheaded — in Malaysia in the past 18 months, authorities say.
• 艺术家高兟的狱中情书. 曾创作批评文革作品的艺术家高兟2024年回中国探亲时被捕，如今在等待审判，罪名是涉嫌侵害英雄烈士名誉。他的妻儿被禁止离开中国，高兟从狱中寄出信件和手撕画作，寄托对家人的爱意和思念。
• Hong Kong Media Tycoon’s Conviction Was Years in the Making. Jimmy Lai spent decades criticizing China’s rulers. He faces up to life in prison after a court found him guilty of national security crimes.
• Jimmy Lai Found Guilty by Hong Kong Court. The Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was found guilty on Monday in a landmark national security trial. The 78-year-old founder of a popular pro-democracy paper could face life in prison.
• The ‘Troublemaker’ Who Took On China Faces Up to Life in Jail After Guilty Verdicts. Jimmy Lai, the publisher of a popular tabloid, was convicted of national security charges on Monday after spending decades supporting the city’s vanquished pro-democracy movement.
• ‘There’s Still Hope.’ How the Bondi Community Rushed to Help. I lived and worked around Bondi for years. The emergency response tells you everything you need to know about the area.
• Here’s how Jimmy Lai became a politically outspoken tycoon.
• Jimmy Lai’s Life, in Photos and Video. He attributed his rags-to-riches ascent to the freedoms of Hong Kong, and has paid a hefty price for defending them.
• Hong Kong Court to Give Verdict on Media Mogul Who Took on China. Jimmy Lai, the publisher of a popular tabloid, has spent years fighting the landmark national security case brought over his support of the city’s now vanquished pro-democracy movement.
• What We Know About the American Troops in Syria. The killing of three Americans during what was said to be a counterterrorism operation in central Syria served as a reminder that U.S. troops are still operating in the country.
• Korea’s English Exam Was So Hard It Prompted an Apology. How Would You Do? South Korea has a notoriously grueling college entrance exam. This year’s English portion was so difficult that it led to a resignation. Could you answer some of the questions correctly?
• How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device? A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about.
• Thailand Rejects Trump’s Claim That It Reached a Cease-Fire With Cambodia. The conflict appeared to have continued unabated on Saturday morning, a day after President Trump said a cease-fire was supposed to have resumed.
• North Korean Soldiers Return to Fanfare After Serving in Russia’s War With Ukraine. Kim Jong-un hugged the returning troops and awarded the country’s highest medal to nine soldiers killed in action.

Australia

• Hundreds of Swimmers and Surfers Honor Bondi Beach Victims. Hundreds of swimmers and surfers paddled out and held a moment of silence for the 15 victims killed and dozens injured during a Hanukkah festival at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.
• What We Know About the Suspects in the Bondi Beach Attack. The police named Sajid Akram, 50, and his son, Naveed Akram, 24, as the suspects in the shooting that claimed 15 lives on Dec. 14.
• Australia Debates New Laws to Restrict Hate and Suspend Protests. The authorities are vowing to crack down after a mass shooting at a Jewish holiday celebration. Experts say that what the country needs might not be new laws.
• Australian Police Detain 7 Men on Suspicion of Planning a ‘Violent Act’ The raid in Sydney occurred days after a mass shooting in Bondi Beach killed 15 people, but the police say they have found no connection between the two events so far.
• Youngest Victim of Bondi Beach Shooting Laid to Rest. A funeral was held on Thursday for Matilda, 10, the youngest victim of Sunday’s mass shooting at Bondi Beach.
• Surviving Bondi Suspect Charged With Terrorism and Murder. The surviving suspect in the mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday, in which at least 15 people were killed, has been charged with murder and terrorism, the police said on Wednesday.
• First Funeral Held For Victim of Bondi Beach Shooting. People mourned the death of Rabbi Eli Schlanger during the first funeral for those killed in the Bondi Beach shooting. He was a key organizer of the Jewish event that was tarnished by a mass shooting.
• Gunmen in Sydney Massacre Were Motivated by Islamic State, Officials Say. Investigators said they were also looking into a trip to the Philippines that the father-and-son attackers took last month.
• After an Antisemitic Atrocity, Australia Looks for a Path Forward. Jews are fearful of more violence and Muslims are wary of a backlash after the mass shooting at Bondi Beach killed 15. Can Australia steer its way toward stability?
• Couple Confronted Suspected Bondi Gunman, New Footage Shows. Previously unseen dash cam footage captured the moment Boris and Sofia Gurman tackled one of the suspected Bondi Beach gunmen during the attack on Sunday, in which at least 15 people were killed — including the Gurmans.
• Australia Doubles Down on Gun Control After Mass Shooting. The country has long looked warily at the cycle of gun violence in the United States, where meaningful changes in policy have been rare.
• Video Shows Couple Confronting a Suspected Bondi Beach Gunman. Dash cam footage has emerged of Boris and Sofia Gurman trying to disarm one of the suspected attackers. The couple were killed, but their bravery was lauded by Australians.
• Heroic Bondi Bystander’s Immigrant Background Is a Balm for Some Australians. Ahmed el Ahmed, a Muslim who arrived from Syria nearly 20 years ago, disarmed one of the suspected gunmen, who officials said were inspired by ISIS.
• Sydney Gunmen Inspired by ISIS, Australia Prime Minister Says. Australia’s prime minister said the gunmen behind a shooting at a Jewish festival were motivated by the Islamic State. Investigators also said one of the gunmen was a licensed holder of several firearms.
• In Sydney Suburb Where Suspects Lived, Neighbor Saw ‘No Dramas’ He said the people in the house were relatively new to the area and largely kept to themselves.
• Jewish Community on Edge Following Bondi Beach Attack. Following a deadly shooting on Sunday, members of the Australian Jewish community have expressed anger toward the government over a failure to do enough to address concerns about rising antisemitism in Australia.
• Australian Leader Pledges Stricter Gun Laws After Deadly Bondi Shooting. The police said on Monday that they expected to bring criminal charges against the surviving suspect, who is in a coma after being shot by the police.
• Bystander Who Tackled Sydney Gunman Is Hailed as a ‘Hero’ The parents of Ahmed el Ahmed, 43, said their son was brave and felt compelled to intervene to tackle one of the gunmen in Sunday’s mass shooting at Bondi Beach in which at least 15 people were killed.
• Australia Urged to Act Faster on Antisemitism After Bondi Beach Attack. Jillian Segal, the country’s special envoy to combat antisemitism, said the deadly incident was shocking but not surprising amid a rise in violence targeting the Jewish community.
• Australian Leaders Promise to Tighten Gun Laws After Bondi Beach Attack. The prime minister’s office said officials agreed that Australia needed “immediate” reform, including new restrictions on who is allowed to own firearms.
• Ahmed el Ahmed, Who Tackled a Bondi Beach Gunman, Was Seriously Injured. Mr. el Ahmed’s bravery in disarming one of the gunmen was praised by Australian officials and a video of his actions went viral worldwide. He is recovering in a hospital.
• The Panicked Moments When a Beach Celebration Became a ‘War Zone’ Two men toting long guns opened fire on hundreds of people who were celebrating Hanukkah on Bondi Beach in Sydney, the core of the Australian city’s Jewish community.
• Some Australian Jews said they felt the government did not protect them.
• Australia Mourns After Bondi Beach Shooting. The belongings of people at Bondi Beach during a deadly shooting were lined up on the sand on Monday. People brought flowers and flags were lowered for the victims of the attack on a Jewish festival.
• Emergency Responders Recount Horror of Sydney Shooting. Two medical professionals who live near Bondi Beach, where gunmen attacked a Hanukkah festival on Sunday, described a harrowing scene.
• Suspects in Bondi Beach Terror Attack Identified as Father and Son. The New South Wales police commissioner did not give the men’s names, but said the elder was 50, had licenses for six firearms, and had been killed at the scene. The son was in critical condition.
• What to Know About the Victims of the Bondi Beach Shooting. At least 15 people were killed in the attack in Sydney, including a long-serving rabbi in Bondi and a Holocaust survivor.
• ‘The Feeling of Being Under Siege’: U.S. Rabbis React to Sydney Attack. After gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia, rabbis across the United States reflected on how to protect their congregations during their own events.
• Bystander Tackled and Disarmed One of the Sydney Gunmen, Video Shows. The video, verified by The New York Times, shows a man sneaking up on one of the shooters who targeted a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney on Sunday.
• How the Sydney Shooting Unfolded: Maps and Videos. Two suspected gunmen opened fire from a footbridge at hundreds of people who had gathered for a Hanukkah celebration.
• Jewish Community Targeted in Deadly Australian Shooting. At least 11 people were killed and several others were injured at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Sunday, after what officials said was a terrorist attack on Jewish Australians.
• Leaders worldwide react with horror to the Bondi attack. They condemned the antisemitic attack at Bondi Beach and pledged to stand with Jews during a period of rising antisemitism around the world.
• What Is Chabad, the Group That Hosted the Hanukkah Event in Australia? The global organization represents a branch of Hasidic Judaism. It is dedicated to strengthening Jewish life through educational, cultural and other services.
• Bondi Shooting Is Latest in Alarming Rise of Antisemitic Attacks in Australia. A string of incidents has targeted the Jewish community in recent months.
• What We Know About the Shooting at Bondi Beach. Two gunman opened fire at dozens of people who were at a Jewish holiday event. At least 11 people were killed in the attack, and so was one of the shooters, the police said.
• Mass Shootings Are Rare in Australia, Which Has Strict Gun Laws. The country’s stringent rules are often lauded as a model policy by proponents of gun control in the United States.
• Witnesses Fled Bondi Beach as Gunmen Targeted Jewish Event. Gunshots ripped through a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia, killing at least 12 people.
• Bondi Beach Is One of Australia’s Most Famous Destinations. At least 10 people were killed on Sunday in a shooting at the beach, the police said.

Canada

• Toronto Man Faces Terror Charges of Targeting Jews and Women. After two failed abductions, three men were arrested, one of whom is charged with working to support the Islamic State terrorist group.
• Canada’s Population Shrinks Amid Tightened Immigration. The government has greatly restricted the number of work and study permits issued to foreigners following an unpopular immigration boom during the pandemic.
• Team Races Against Time to Save a Tangled Sea Lion in British Columbia. Experts tracked the sea lion, which had a rope around its neck, for over a month before they were able to catch up to it in Cowichan Bay, Canada.
• Canadian Linguists Rise Up Against the Letter ‘S’ Some words spelled the British way are emerging in Canadian government documents. A group of language experts say the changes undermine Canada’s identity.
• Reporting on Arctic Sovereignty in the Polar Bear Capital of the World. Global competition in the Arctic is raising hopes of a revival in the town of Churchill. We went to meet the people, and the bears, there.

Europe

• Toss a Coin in the Trevi Fountain? That’ll Be 2 Euros, Wish Not Included. Starting on Feb. 1, Rome will charge tourists a fee to go down into the basin of the famed 18th-century fountain. Not every one is happy (except Romans, who won’t have to pay).
• Europe Funnels Billions to Ukraine but Wobbles Geopolitically. The European Union came up with an 11th-hour compromise to help Ukraine, but the solution raised questions about the bloc’s decisiveness.
• Europe Agrees on Loan to Ukraine Without Using Russian Funds. European leaders agreed on Friday to provide Ukraine with a $105 billion loan but failed to reach a consensus on using Russian government assets frozen in Europe to back it.
• With New E.U. Loan, Ukraine Avoids Budget Crunch and Can Plan War Effort. The loan will cover two-thirds of the country’s financial needs for the next two years. It also bolsters Ukraine’s position in ongoing peace talks.
• At Germany’s Christmas Markets, a New Tradition: Retractable Bollards. To prevent ramming attacks at Christmas markets, German officials have installed concrete blocks, chain barriers and, in one case, metal bollards removed by a hand-cranked crane.
• Drone Den. We spent a day at a secret front-line drone command center in Ukraine, where soldiers prepared their deadly munitions in dread that Russian’s own drones might find them.
• Britain Is Preparing for Attacks on Its Soil. Critics Say It Must Move Faster. As military officials sound the alarm over Russian hybrid attacks, the chair of Parliament’s defense committee said the government’s progress on ramping up home defense was “glacial.”
• U.K. Appoints New Ambassador to U.S. After Predecessor Is Fired Over Epstein Links. Christian Turner’s appointment comes as the United States and Britain’s relationship is being tested amid a number of foreign policy issues.
• Putin to Project Unyielding Stance on Ukraine at News Marathon. The annual news conference sets the Kremlin’s tone for the next year and highlights President Vladimir V. Putin’s grip over Russia.
• French Doctor Sentenced to Life for Fatally Poisoning 12 People. Frédéric Péchier, an anesthesiologist, was found guilty of poisoning 30 patients, of whom 12 died.
• Zelensky Makes Appeal to E.U. Leaders for Frozen Russian Funds to Fight War. President Volodymyr Zelensky said in Brussels, where the leaders had gathered, that without the money, his country would have to reduce its drone production significantly.
• European Leaders Discuss Financing Ukraine With Frozen Russian Assets. The European Council convened in Brussels to discuss leveraging up to $247 billion in frozen Russian government assets held in Europe to finance Ukraine’s war effort.
• The Putin Confidant Who Pushed Back Against the War. Dmitri N. Kozak had worked with President Vladimir V. Putin for three decades before quitting in September. His associates described his break with the Russian leader.
• E.U. Leaders Debate Plan for Ukraine Financed by Frozen Russian Assets. The European Council convenes on Thursday, and at stake is a contentious deal to back Ukraine and its war effort in 2026 and 2027.
• Photographer Finds More Than 2,000 Dinosaur Footprints in the Italian Alps. While hiking in the Italian Alps in September, a nature photographer came upon a surface speckled with more than 2,000 dinosaur footprints. The site is not that far from Bormio, where Alpine skiing will take place at the Winter Olympics in February.
• Finland Apologizes to China, Japan and South Korea for Racist Gesture. A Finnish beauty queen was stripped of her crown for a gesture mocking Asians. After Finnish lawmakers have copied her, Finland’s prime minister is trying to defuse the controversy.
• 2 U.K. Police Forces Pledge to Arrest People Who Chant ‘Globalize the Intifada’ The police in London and Manchester said they would take a “more assertive” approach after the Bondi Beach massacre and a terrorist attack at a British synagogue.
• Australia Shooting Is a Reminder of Islamic State’s Power to Inspire Attacks. ISIS is too weakened to seize territory, experts said, but its ability to churn out propaganda aimed at provoking violence against the West persists.
• Britain Rejoins E.U. Student Exchange Program That It Left After Brexit. The government said it would pay about $760 million to allow young Britons to take part in 2027.
• At Rome’s New Stations, Peruse Ancient Relics While Catching a Train. Part station, part museum, two new subway stops in Rome offer riders the chance to see ancient artifacts unearthed in digging for the stations.
• Ukraine Plan Calls For Enhanced Military, With U.S. and European Backup. The latest proposal is designed to deter future Russian aggression. But Russia is not part of the talks and has shown little willingness to negotiate.
• France, in Rare Win for Government, Passes Welfare Budget Law. Sébastien Lecornu, the third French prime minister in less than a year, succeeded where his two predecessors failed — at least for now.
• 10-Year-Old Killed in Russia School Stabbing. The attack appeared to have been inspired by white supremacist ideology, Telegram channels close to intelligence agencies reported.
• British Man Who Drove Into Soccer Parade Is Sentenced to 21 Years. Paul Doyle struck more than 130 people when he plowed his car through fans leaving a jubilant victory parade for Liverpool F.C.
• Zelensky’s Dilemma: How Much Must Ukraine Cede to Make Peace? Two days of talks between President Volodymyr Zelensky and allies have brought some progress on security guarantees, but Russia remains opposed to any foreign forces in Ukraine.
• Brigitte Macron Apologizes for Slur Against Feminist Activists. Sort Of. In a short video, the French first lady said that she was “sorry if I have hurt women victims,” but she also noted that she should be allowed to behave freely in private.
• This Week Is Pivotal for Ukraine, and for Europe’s Voice in Its Future. Often left out by the United States in peace negotiations, European countries are working to assert their leadership and bolster Ukraine with an ambitious funding plan. But can they agree?
• Ukraine Claims First Strike by Underwater Drone on Russian Submarine. As it tries to demonstrate its continuing ability to fight, Ukraine said it had used drones to inflict serious damage on a Russian Kilo-class submarine at a Black Sea port.
• U.K. Spy Chief Warns of Acute Russia Threat: The ‘Frontline is Everywhere’ In her first public speech as head of MI6, Blaise Metreweli said Russia was attempting to export chaos to Europe through hybrid attacks and disinformation.
• Louvre Museum Staff Go on Daylong Strike, Shutting Out Tourists. About a fifth of the Louvre’s 2,100 employees voted to go on strike for the day, adding to the sense of crisis at the museum since a brazen heist in October.
• ‘Don’t Feed the Pig’: The Anti-Corruption Call That Helped Topple a Government. Mass demonstrations in Bulgaria were spurred by spreading outrage over graft that many say was fueling an authoritarian power grab.
• Zelensky to Meet U.S. Envoys and European Leaders in New Push to End War. For the second day running, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was set to meet in Berlin with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, two key Trump aides.
• The Turbulent Times of Friedrich Merz. The new chancellor believes the world needs a stronger Germany. He is still navigating how to do it.
• Zelensky Offers Compromise Before Latest Round of Peace Plan Talks. Ukraine’s president is meeting with U.S. negotiators about plans to end the war with Russia. He said he would give up hopes of joining NATO in exchange for security guarantees.
• In Rome, the King of Paparazzi Is a Star in His Own Right. Rino Barillari has been snapping photos of, and sparring with, the famous for 65 years, from Princess Margaret to Lady Gaga, Peter O’Toole to Spike Lee. He is now a fixture himself in the celebrity firmament.
• The Far Right in Germany Keeps Trying to Unseal National Secrets. Opponents of AfD lawmakers say that their push to publish sensitive details about national security could benefit Russian military planning.
• Belarus Frees Prominent Political Prisoners as U.S. Lifts Some Trade Sanctions. The release of the prisoners, including a Nobel laureate and an opposition leader, was part of a monthslong rapprochement between Washington and Minsk.
• Russian Bombs Plunge Odesa Into Darkness Amid Peace Talks. Much of Ukraine’s largest Black Sea port was without power, heat and water on Saturday after strikes from Russia, which has shown little appetite for a deal to end the war.
• He Was Russia’s Late-Night King. Now He Works Birthdays and Weddings. Ivan Urgant was an unstoppable Russian megastar. Then he expressed opposition to President Vladimir V. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Middle East

• Gaza City Famine Averted, Global Experts Say, but Palestinians Face Major Difficulties Accessing Food. Food security experts said a famine reported in August had been alleviated but that the situation remained dire across the enclave, despite a cease-fire in October and greater flows of aid.
• Trump Signs Law Repealing Tough Sanctions on Syria. The Caesar Act was imposed in 2019 in response to widespread and systematic violations of human rights by the regime of former dictator Bashar al-Assad.
• For the First Time, a Former Refugee Will Lead the U.N.’s Refugee Agency. Barham Salih, who fought against Saddam Hussein’s rule in Iraq and later served as president, was chosen to lead the U.N. High Commission for Refugees.
• Who Can Solve Iran’s Many Problems? Not I, Says the President. Despite sky-high inflation, water and energy cuts and prospects for a deal with the U. S. dimming, President Masoud Pezeshkian has apparently thrown up his hands.
• Israel Approves $37 Billion Deal to Deliver Gas to Egypt. Israel’s granting of an export permit is the final step to allow the deal, first announced by energy companies in August, to proceed.
• As Israeli Settlements Get Bigger, Palestinian Hikes Grow Shorter. With Israelis rapidly building in the West Bank, Palestinian hikers are increasingly unable to walk across the land.
• Iranian Authorities Assaulted Detained Nobel Laureate, Family Says. Narges Mohammadi and several other Iranian activists were detained last Friday. She has been beaten, requiring emergency medical treatment, and accused of working with Israel, her family said.
• Syrian Who Killed U.S. Soldiers Was Member of Security Forces, Officials Say. The gunman who killed two U.S. soldiers and an American civilian interpreter had been set to be dismissed from the security forces over his extremist views, U.S. and Syrian officials said.
• Hamas Confirms Top Commander’s Death in Israeli Strike in Gaza. The killing of the commander, Raed Saad, on Saturday was the highest-profile assassination of a Hamas leader since a cease-fire came into force two months ago.
• Deadly Attack in Syria on U.S. Troops Exposes Growing Challenges for Country’s Leader. The attack further complicates President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s efforts to unify the country and rebuild relationships with the international community, analysts say.
• Floods, Mud and Cold Add to Gazans’ Misery. The rainstorm that battered the enclave this week has left many shivering in tent camps. Despite a cease-fire, rebuilding is still a long way off.
• Israel Says It Killed Senior Hamas Commander, Despite Cease-Fire. Hamas said the attack on Saturday was a breach of the truce. The militant group did not comment on Israel’s claim to have killed one of its members.
• Can Trump’s Grand Plans for Gaza Get Off the Drawing Board? The next steps for the president’s 20-point Gaza peace plan have been mired in uncertainty and a lack of detail, but that may be set to change. Here’s what to know.

New York

• Hochul Repeals Rule Allowing New Customers Free Gas Hookups. Gov. Kathy Hochul struck down a decades-old provision that raised gas bills for millions of New Yorkers. The move could help curb the use of fossil fuels.
• Hochul Reaches Deal on A.I. Regulation in New York. The bill, which lawmakers passed in June, will be modified to more closely match a similar law in California, at Big Tech’s urging.
• Immigration Officials Deport Queens 6-Year-Old and Father Who Fled China. Hundreds of people had rallied for the family in New York City after they were separated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in November.
• ICE Detainee Dies After Being Held at a Troubled Jailhouse in Newark. Jean Wilson Brutus, 41, was one of four migrants to die in the past week after medical emergencies in detention centers in New Jersey, Michigan, Mississippi and Pennsylvania.
• Mamdani Revamps Hiring After Old Antisemitic Remarks Prompt Aide to Quit. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he did not know about the antisemitic posts and would not have hired the woman who made them if he had.
• Hochul Expected to Veto Bill Requiring 2-Person Crews on Subway Trains. The bill, which would ensure that every train has a conductor and a driver, as most now do, was supported by the transit workers’ union and opposed by many transit advocates.
• Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress. Ms. Stefanik, a Republican congresswoman and staunch ally of President Trump, abruptly ended her bid to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul and said she would not seek another House term.
• Federal Judge Overturns Conviction in Killing of D.J. Jam Master Jay. Karl Jordan Jr., godson of the musician, was convicted last year of murder in the service of a drug deal. The judge found that the government had not proved the motive.
• Brooklyn Man Accused of Stealing $16 Million in Crypto From Victims. From a house in Sheepshead Bay, Ronald Spektor bilked about 100 people across the United States, prosecutors say. Then, he went online to brag.
• New York Commuters to Be Fined for ‘Repeatedly’ Activating Tickets Late. Passengers on Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road trains could face $8 fines if they keep waiting until after the train leaves to activate their mobile tickets.
• N.Y. Governor to Sign Prison Reform Bill After Beatings and Deaths. Prison guards have been accused of more than 120 acts of brutality that amounted to torture in the past decade in New York, a Times investigation found.
• Bumpy Rollout for New Gates Meant to Stop Subway Fare Evasion. At a demonstration of devices designed to replace turnstiles, one rider got hit in the neck, and another sneaked through without paying.
• He Said He Was Not Close With Epstein. His Emails Suggest Otherwise. Andrew Farkas, a New York City real estate mogul, had assured investors that his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was for business only.
• ICE Allows Democratic Lawmakers Inside Migrant Cells in New York City. The immigration agency had barred elected officials from the holding facilities. A federal judge this week said they must be given access.
• Mamdani Names Deputy Mayors for Housing and Economic Justice. Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s mayor-elect, tapped Leila Bozorg, a longtime public official and development advocate, and Julie Su, who served as acting secretary of labor in the Biden administration.
• The MetroCard Cookie. The Pizza. The Carvel Treat. The M.T.A. has worked with six food vendors to say goodbye to the MetroCard, memorialized in various treats.
• Trump-Appointed Judge Flays ICE Over Conditions in Long Island Lockup. A detainee and eight others were held in a tiny room with an open toilet in freezing, filthy conditions.
• Falling Enrollment, Money Woes: The New School Seeks a Path to Survival. The New York City university has embarked on an overhaul that some professors and students say imperils its standing as a bastion of the liberal arts.
• Coming Soon to a TV Near Trump: A G.O.P. Ad in N.Y. Governor’s Race. Bruce Blakeman, an ally of President Trump, is buying ad time on Fox News in the West Palm Beach, Fla., market, where Mr. Trump may be watching.
• Mamdani Appointee Resigns After Decade-Old Antisemitic Posts Re-emerge. Catherine Almonte Da Costa resigned from her just-announced post as Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s director of appointments after the Anti-Defamation League resurfaced the comments.
• Man Accused of Dismembering Woman Had Surgical Skills. The remains of a woman and her child were found near Gilgo Beach on Long Island. Prosecutors accused Andrew Dykes, the father of the child, who had worked in Army clinics, in the woman’s murder.
• Atlantic City’s Mayor Is Found Not Guilty of Assaulting His Daughter. A jury on Thursday acquitted Marty Small Sr. of all four crimes he was charged with, including aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of his teenage daughter.
• N.Y.C. Subway Crime Is Down, Hochul Says, Rebutting Trump Officials. Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state would spend another $77 million on police patrols in the subway, acknowledging that felony assaults remain stubbornly high.
• Inside the Fight to Keep Mamdani’s Promise of 200,000 Affordable Homes. As Zohran Mamdani prepares to take over as mayor of New York, his team and allies have been pushing back against proposals that could make it more difficult to build new homes in the city.
• Mamdani Names Budget Director as He Prepares to Enact Costly Agenda. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani chose Sherif Soliman, a veteran of municipal government and the chief financial officer of the City University of New York, to lead the Office of Management and Budget.
• They Thought They Had ‘Made It.’ Now They Can’t Afford Food. New Yorkers in the so-called “missing middle,” who may make too much for food benefits, say it’s still hard to find enough money for groceries.
• The Sketch That Reveals the History of ‘American Gothic’ The famous painting by Grant Wood shows a farmer holding a pitchfork and a woman standing next to him. The earlier sketch is a bit different.
• City Council Introduces Bill to Create Mamdani’s Community Safety Agency. The proposed Department of Community Safety would send mental health teams to respond to 911 calls, rather than the police, according to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s plans.
• New York City Set to Raise the Cap on Permits for Street Vendors. The legislation is part of a package of City Council bills aimed at helping the city’s thousands of vendors get on the right side of the law.
• Where ‘Seinfeld,’ a $120,000 Chandelier and a Mysterious Church Converge. Olde Good Things, an antiques giant with stores in New York and Los Angeles, is operated by a group called the Church of Bible Understanding.
• Ghislaine Maxwell Asks a Judge to Throw Out Her Sex-Abuse Conviction. Ms. Maxwell, who conspired with Jeffrey Epstein in a sex-trafficking scheme, argued that she had been denied a fair trial.
• Twelve Men Saturated East Harlem Housing Project With Drugs, U.S. Says. For more than three and a half years, officials said, the men used the Johnson Houses as “an open drug market” to sell crack cocaine and fentanyl.
• Stabbing Near Chabad Headquarters Investigated as a Possible Hate Crime. A dispute on a Brooklyn street appeared to explode after the perpetrator made antisemitic statements, the police said.
• N.Y. Governor Will Sign Right-to-Die Bill for the Terminally Ill. Gov. Kathy Hochul cast the measure in unusually personal terms, saying she had felt “the pain of seeing someone you love suffer and feeling powerless to stop it.”
• How Do You Afford Life in New York City? The New York Times is looking to talk to New Yorkers about how they budget, splurge and save in one of the most expensive cities in the world.
• What Can Iowa City Teach New York About Free Buses? The Midwestern city went fare-free two years ago, mainly to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
• Eric Adams Pledged to Help Dyslexic Students. Many Say He Fell Short. Mayor Adams took notable steps toward improving reading instruction in New York. But families and advocates say many students with dyslexia are still struggling.
• Widow of Officer Slain in Park Ave. Attack Sues Landlord Over Security. Didarul Islam and three others were killed when a gunman came to a Midtown skyscraper. The suit says the building had few physical barriers and lax surveillance.
• Mayor Adams’s Farewell To-Do List: Praise Himself, Undermine Mamdani. Before jetting off to Mexico, Mayor Eric Adams held an unusual news conference that included a time capsule, a new theme song and a defense of his one-term tenure.
• New Yorkers Back Mamdani’s Push for Free Child Care, Poll Shows. A Siena University poll showed that voters support having wealthy New Yorkers pay more in taxes to fund child care statewide, and favored Gov. Kathy Hochul in next year’s election.
• Subways Are for Shopping? A Tough Sell for New Yorkers. The Turnstyle Underground Market in the 59th Street-Columbus Circle station faces some retail challenges.
• Flu Cases Skyrocket in New York City, Earlier Than Expected. The city and surrounding region have some of the highest levels of flu-like illness in the United States.
• Uber and DoorDash Try to Halt N.Y.C. Law That Encourages Tipping. The two food-delivery app companies filed a lawsuit against new rules, starting in January, that require food-delivery apps to provide a tipping option at checkout.
• At a Dark Moment, Jews in New York Celebrate the Festival of Lights. After the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia, Jewish New Yorkers said they felt the need to stand up for their community.
• Why New York Has Backed Off on Addressing Climate Change. With affordability and energy costs looming large as political issues, Gov. Kathy Hochul is less focused on going green.
• With Prices Soaring, Can New York Survive as a Mecca for the Arts? The number of artists living in the city has declined after growing sharply between 2004 and 2019. Almost 50 arts venues have closed in the past five years.
• His Job Is to Make the Subway Accessible. His Own Life Fuels His Work. Quemuel Arroyo, the New York transit system’s chief accessibility officer, has used a wheelchair for half his life. He understands how difficult it is to navigate the subway.
• ‘Watching the Twinkling Subway Cars Chug By’ Hooked on Broadway at a young age, an unlikely dog walker and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
• Officials Target Youth Immigration Program, Speeding Up Deportations. The Trump administration is dissolving long-established protections meant to help undocumented children stay in the country.
• Up All Night in New York, Selling Christmas Trees. Before Santa comes to town, the tree sellers do, packing themselves into trailers and vans across New York City to claim a slice of the competitive tree market.
• Eric Adams Doesn’t Care What His Critics Say: ‘I Lived Up to My Promise’ Interviewed as he prepares to leave City Hall, Mayor Eric Adams said that he hadn’t gotten the credit he deserved and that certain forces had always been arrayed against him.
• How the ‘Pasta Heiress’ Spends Her Day. Sarah Raffetto, the fourth-generation owner of Raffetto’s, spends her days cutting pasta and her nights singing her heart out.

Business

• Elon Musk’s 2018 Tesla Pay Deal Is Restored by Delaware Supreme Court. A state judge had invalidated the package, saying shareholders were not properly informed about it. Friday’s ruling cleared the plan, now worth $139 billion.
• N.B.A. Tweaks Its Rules to Thwart Sports Betting Cheats. The basketball league will require teams to submit injury reports closer to tipoff, an attempt to close one source of inside information.
• Real or Fake? There’s a War Over Christmas … Trees. Tree farmers and the marketing group that supports them want more Americans to buy live-cut trees. A new Home Depot ad gave them holiday hope.
• Rail Giants Aim to Prove Benefits of Coast-to-Coast Network. Regulators will decide whether a merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern would improve shipment times or stifle competition. A decision is expected in 2027.
• When Did Everything Become ‘K-Shaped’? What started as a term to describe the pandemic recovery has become a catchall in these anxious economic times.
• Want to Know Where the Market Is Going? Don’t Trust This, or Any, Forecast. Wall Street stock gurus are making predictions again. Our columnist got into the game with a number he doesn’t believe.
• Japan Raises Interest Rates to Highest Level in 30 Years. The Bank of Japan moved to slow inflation as the prime minister is borrowing more to fund an ambitious effort to build up industry and support households.
• Nike’s Struggles Continue, but Turnaround Plan May Be Working. Quarterly sales rose slightly for the world’s largest footwear company despite weak results in China and with its Converse brand.
• Trump Administration Tries to Stop Some Immigrants From Driving Trucks. The Transportation Department said the new rules were intended to make roads safer, but there’s no data to suggest that immigrants cause more truck accidents.
• Truth Social Parent to Merge With Nuclear Fusion Firm in $6 Billion Deal. Trump Media & Technology Group, the social media and crypto company part owned by President Trump, said it would help develop a “utility-scale fusion power plant.”
• Interest Rate Cut and Slower Inflation Offer Britons a Reprieve. Britain’s central bank reduced interest rates to 3.75 percent, a move that was welcomed by the government, which has been looking to lower the high cost of living.
• BP Names New Boss After Its C.E.O. Steps Down. Meg O’Neill of Australia’s Woodside Energy will lead the London energy giant, replacing Murray Auchincloss, who will exit after less than two years in the role.
• China Is Feeling Strong and Senses an American Retreat. Beijing is using its messaging tools to show off its prowess at building infrastructure and project power, taking advantage of what it says is “deep anxiety” in U.S. policies.
• Executives at Subprime Auto Lender Are Charged With Fraud. Federal prosecutors filed criminal fraud charges against two top executives at Tricolor Auto, and two other executives have already pleaded guilty to related charges.
• Does China Have a Robot Bubble? The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet.
• On British Roads, Chinese Cars Are Racing Ahead. BYD, Chery and other Chinese automakers are winning over drivers in Britain, where tariffs are low and buyers are open to new brands.
• Jared Kushner’s Firm Pulls Out of Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. Affinity Partners, Mr. Kushner’s private equity firm, played a small financial role in Paramount’s $108 billion offer, but it had attracted political attention to the deal.
• New York Accuses UPS of Seasonal Worker Wage Theft. In a lawsuit, the state’s attorney general, Letitia James, said UPS had “repeatedly and persistently” failed to pay seasonal workers for all of the time they spent on the job.
• Jobs Data Is Finally Back. But the Economic Picture Is Still Blurry. November’s job report may be distorted as a result of the government shutdown, limiting how much it will influence the Federal Reserve’s next interest rate decision in January.
• Volkswagen to End Production at German Plant, a First in Company History. The auto giant stopped making cars at the plant in Dresden, which opened in 2001, as it faces weaker demand and steep U.S. tariffs.
• Ford Will Take $19.5 Billion Hit as It Rolls Back E.V. Plans. Ford Motor said the costs came from its decision to make fewer electric vehicles than it had planned and more hybrids that use both gasoline engines and batteries.
• Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control. Founded in 1990 by three M.I.T. researchers, iRobot introduced its vacuum in 2002. Its restructuring will turn the company over to its largest creditor.
• Trump’s Cuts to U.S. Labor Board Leave Festering Disputes and a Power Struggle. Advocates fear damage to labor protections if the Supreme Court upholds the president’s move to control federal agency staffing.
• China Nears First Investment Decline in 3 Decades After Sharp Monthly Drop. A broad measure of investment fell more than 10 percent in November, continuing a recent reversal and signaling the depth of China’s property crisis.
• He’s the Godfather of Modern Robotics. He Says the Field Has Lost Its Way. Rodney Brooks, famous for the Roomba, argues the humanoid robot craze in Silicon Valley is doomed to fail.
• My Boss Got Way Too Drunk at the Christmas Party. And now I’m dealing with the consequences.
• Social Security Disability, a Protection for Some Workers, Is at a Crossroads. The benefits provide important economic support for older people who cannot work. The White House recently halted changes to the program that had worried some experts.

DealBook

• What Trump’s Push Into Nuclear Means for the Sector (and His Net Worth). The president’s paper wealth soared on news that the company behind Truth Social has agreed to merge with a fusion start-up. But China is way ahead in the funding race to commercialize the technology.
• Why the Affordability Crisis Is Likely to Stalk Trump. The president promoted his economic accomplishments in a defiant address. But some voters are feeling the pinch of stubborn inflation and a cooling labor market.
• Lovable, a Start-Up That Makes Anyone a Coder, Raises $330 Million. The Swedish company is now valued at $6.6 billion, more than triple its $1.8 billion valuation set by investors in July.
• A New Stage in the Fight for Warner Bros. Discovery. The media company formally rejected a hostile takeover bid by Paramount and questioned the purported political advantages held by its unwanted suitor.
• Why a Flood of New Data Is Unlikely to Settle Debate on Rates. A backlog of government economic data is set to ease, but disagreement on the country’s economic outlook could linger.
• SpaceX’s Next Big Launch Could Be an I.P.O. Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite giant is already planning a stock sale at an $800 billion valuation. Going public could put it in the trillion-dollar club.

Economy

• ‘A Singularly Turbulent Time’: Deeper Uncertainty in Store for Global Economy. A reordering of the rules of trade, set on top of transformational change in technology, demographics and climate, is remaking jobs, politics and lives.
• What to know about the report. The Federal Reserve will get an updated read on U.S. inflation on Thursday with the release of last month’s Consumer Price Index.
• U.S. Threatens Penalties Against European Tech Firms Amid Regulatory Fight. The Trump administration singled out European tech firms by name and promised economic consequences Tuesday unless the E.U. rolls back tech regulation and lawsuits.
• Europe May Roll Back Combustion Engine Ban. A proposal to revise an E.U. law requiring carmakers to stop producing combustion engines by 2035 would offer some relief to automakers, but it sets back the region’s climate goals.
• Jobs Report Could Provide Overdue Clarity on Uncertain Economy. Hiring and unemployment data for November will offer a snapshot of a cooling job market buffeted by President Trump’s policies.
• U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal Hits Stumbling Block. The U.S. government has paused a tech-focused trade pledge with Britain over broader disagreements about Britain’s digital regulations and food safety rules.

Energy & Environment

• Another Trump Financial Conflict, This Time With Nuclear Power. Trump Media plans to merge with a company developing nuclear fusion technology, putting the president’s financial interests in competition with other energy companies over which his administration holds sway.
• Massachusetts Battery Start-Up to List on Stock Exchange. Factorial, the start-up, said the listing would provide money that would help it bring new solid-state batteries to market as soon as 2027.
• Heating Costs Expected to Rise 9.2% This Winter. Colder weather and rising electricity and fuel costs will lead to a big jump in costs for individuals, according to estimates from a group representing state energy officials.
• Senators Investigate Role of A.I. Data Centers in Rising Electricity Costs. Three Democrats are seeking information from tech firms about the growing energy use of data centers and the utility bills of individuals and other businesses.

Media

• TikTok Signs Agreements With Investors in Step Toward Avoiding a U.S. Ban. The Chinese-owned video app formalized commitments from the software giant Oracle and two investment firms as part of a deal to keep TikTok operating in the United States.
• The Oscars Will Be Streamed. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said that it had reached a deal with YouTube for exclusive rights to the show starting in 2029.
• Warner Bros. Says Ellisons ‘Misled’ Shareholders in Takeover Bid. The claim was made as part of Warner Bros. Discovery’s dismissal of Paramount’s hostile takeover offer.
• Netflix Adds Podcasts in Deal With iHeartMedia. The streaming service now has about 30 video podcasts lined up for 2026, including the influential radio show “The Breakfast Club.”
• Boston Globe’s Former Top Editor Returns. Brian McGrory led the news organization for a decade until he departed in early 2023.

Your Money

• How Early Decision at Colleges Is (and Is Not) About Your Money. Early decision isn’t just for the rich, as long as people with lower incomes can get accurate price quotes before agreeing to attend if they get in.

Technology

• Why Do A.I. Chatbots Use ‘I’? A.I. chatbots have been designed to behave in a humanlike way. Some experts think that’s a terrible idea.
• Sleep Cots and Graham Crackers at Elon Musk’s Child Care Program. Mr. Musk has ambitions to remake education, but his latest effort to open an elementary school in Texas appears to have faltered.
• F.C.C. Chair Says Agency ‘Isn’t Independent,’ Breaking From Tradition. The comment from Brendan Carr, a Republican, raised concerns from lawmakers about how President Trump might use the agency.
• What Trump’s Embrace of Crypto Has Unleashed. A boundary-pushing array of new crypto ventures have reached the stock market, enticing investors and leading to more risk taking.
• How Tech’s Biggest Companies Are Offloading the Risks of the A.I. Boom. The data centers used for work on artificial intelligence can cost tens of billions to build. Tech giants are finding ways to avoid being on the hook for some of those costs.
• In A.I. Boom, Venture Capital Firms Are Raising Loads More Money. Lightspeed Venture Partners, a Silicon Valley venture firm, has amassed more than $9 billion to invest in artificial intelligence. That is its biggest haul.
• Elon Musk’s SpaceX Valued at $800 Billion, as It Prepares to Go Public. A sale of insider shares at $421 a share would make Mr. Musk’s rocket company the most valuable private company in the world, as it readies for a possible initial public offering next year.

Obituaries

• Allan Ludwig, ‘Founding Father’ of Gravestone Studies, Dies at 92. His Pulitzer-nominated book “Graven Images” inspired a reassessment of Puritan art, challenging the belief that imagery carved on headstones was meaningless.
• Emily Korzenik, 96, Dies; Rabbi Took a Bar Mitzvah to Poland. Part of the first generation of women ordained in America, she presided over the first bar mitzvah in Krakow, still scarred by the Holocaust, in decades. It did not go smoothly.
• Theodor Pistek, Oscar-Winning ‘Amadeus’ Costume Designer, Dies at 93. A busy designer who worked on over 100 films, he was also a racecar driver and a painter of photorealistic works, many depicting cars and their operators.
• Sue Bender, Who Wrote About Living With the Amish, Dies at 91. “Plain and Simple,” her best-selling 1989 book, was a go-to text of the anti-materialist movement known as voluntary simplicity.
• John E. Olson, Analyst Fired for Enron Skepticism, Dies at 83. An adviser at Merrill Lynch, he refused to recommend the energy trading company. His employer pushed him out, but his stand made him a hero.
• Peter Arnett, Pulitzer-Winning War Correspondent, Dies at 91. He won the prestigious award for his daring coverage of the Vietnam War for The Associated Press, and went on to cover conflicts for CNN for nearly two decades.
• Christine Choy, Documentarian of Asian American Life, Dies at 76. Her film “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” earned an Oscar nomination in 1988 and was inducted into the National Film Registry for its cultural significance.
• Ceal Floyer, Incisive Conceptual Artist, Dies at 57. Her work had a clean, minimal aesthetic at odds with the ambiguities it suggested. It was also unusually accessible.
• Gil Gerard, Star of ‘Buck Rogers,’ Dies at 82. He was best known for playing the title character in “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century,” which ran on NBC from 1979 to 1981.
• Joe Ely, Texas-Born Troubadour of the Open Road, Dies at 78. Thanks to his eclectic style and tireless touring, he was among the most influential artists in the early days of Americana and alt-country music.
• Jeanette Winter, Who Told Children About Artists’ Lives, Dies at 86. Her picture books found models of perseverance and imagination in figures like Emily Dickinson, Georgia O’Keeffe and Benny Goodman.
• Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; Braved Mobs in Integrating a School. She was one of the Clinton 12, Black students who broke a race barrier by entering a Tennessee high school in 1956 in the face of harassment by white segregationists.

College Football

• Roy Kramer, Transformational Executive in College Sports, Dies at 96. Leading the Southeastern Conference for 12 years, he masterminded its rise as a national power, lifted by a flood of money from TV rights, bowl games and other sources.

Cultura

• Abraham Quintanilla Jr., productor musical y padre de Selena, muere a los 86 años. De adolescente, esperaba triunfar en el mundo de la música tejana. Realizó ese sueño a través de su hija.

Dance

• Hans van Manen, Celebrated Dutch Choreographer, Is Dead at 93. He rose from poverty to become one of the Netherlands’ most revered dance makers, creating more than 150 avant-garde works in a career spanning eight decades.

Environment

• Ruth Kiew Dies at 79; Botanist Made Discoveries in Remote Forests. Trekking across Malaysia, her adopted country, she found more than 150 unrecorded plant species. “She’s one of the greatest botanists who ever lived,” a colleague said.

Media

• Robert Samuelson, Award-Winning Economics Columnist, Dies at 79. He was a familiar byline in Newsweek and The Washington Post for decades, explaining the intricacies of economic policy in reader-friendly vernacular.

Music

• Rafael Ithier, Ambassador of Puerto Rican Music, Dies at 99. Leading the acclaimed salsa group El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, he brought the music of his native island to a worldwide audience for more than 60 years.
• Abraham Quintanilla Jr., Music Producer and Father of Selena, Dies at 86. As a teenager, he hoped to make it big in the Tejano music world. He realized that dream through his daughter.

Politics

• James B. Hunt Jr., N.C. Governor Who Kept State Blue, Dies at 88. During his 16 years in office, he earned national acclaim for his focus on education. But losing his bid for the Senate in 1984 cost him a shot at the presidency.
• Norman Podhoretz, Influential Editor and Neoconservative Force, Dies at 95. A New York intellectual and onetime liberal stalwart, his Commentary magazine became his platform as his political and social view turned sharply rightward.

Television

• Anthony Geary, Luke on ‘General Hospital,’ Dies at 78. Portraying Luke Spencer, he was one of the best-known soap opera stars in American television. His onscreen romance with Laura Webber, played by Genie Francis, changed the landscape of daytime television.

Women's Runway

• Marina Yee, Elusive Avant-Garde Designer, Dies at 67. She was one of the Antwerp Six, young Belgians who upended the fashion industry with their innovative designs and turned their country into an unlikely style hub.

Briefing

• The Justice Dept. Released a Trove of Epstein Files. Also, investigators seek a motive in killings at Brown and M.I.T. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
• The Brown Manhunt Ends. We tell the story of the search for the suspect in not one but two killings.
• The New York Times News Quiz, Dec. 18, 2025. Did you follow the news this week? Take our quiz to see how well you stack up with other Times readers.
• The U.S. Moves to End Gender-Related Care for Minors. Also, authorities search for a person of interest in the Brown shooting. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
• 2025 Faces Quiz. See how well you know the defining personalities of 2025 with The New York Times Faces Quiz.
• 2025 Faces Quiz: Culture. See how well you know the television, movie, music and literary figures of 2025 with The New York Times Faces Quiz.
• 2025 Faces Quiz: Sports. See how well you know the athletes of 2025 with The New York Times Faces Quiz.
• 2025 Faces Quiz: Politics. See how well you know the politicians of 2025 with The New York Times Faces Quiz.
• Is It About the Oil? We look at what President Trump is trying to achieve in Venezuela.
• The U.S. Seeks to Increase Denaturalizations. Also, New York will allow the terminally ill to end their lives. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
• Mr. Robot Will See You Now. We look at the promise and peril of robots that look like humans.
• Reiners’ Son to Be Charged With Murder. Also, the unemployment rate rose. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
• A Look at Australia’s Gun Laws. We examine how the country responds to mass shootings.
• Rob Reiner’s Son Arrested After Fatal Stabbing. Also, police search for Brown University shooter. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
• What You Hope for in 2026. America is cynical — about its institutions, politics and future. We want to know what makes you believe the future can improve.
• An Update on Two Shootings. We have the latest from Brown University and Bondi Beach.
• A Moral Reckoning on Immigration. How we do we treat a stranger, to whom we are obligated and what constitutes human dignity? The debates are dividing Christian denominations.
• A Hanukkah Attack. We cover shootings at Bondi Beach, in Australia, and at Brown University.
• Baby Steps. The antidote to our increasingly disembodied lives may lie in letting go of our inhibitions and dancing like kids do.

Podcasts

• Bachata Is Still Underrated. Romeo Santos and Prince Royce, the leading stars of Dominican bachata music, explain why the genre deserves respect and to be platformed.
• Why Roomba Died + Tech Predictions for 2026 + A Hard Forkin’ Xmas Song. “We were roadkill,” says Colin Angle, former chief executive of iRobot, maker of the robot vacuum.
• Rob Reiner Made Your Favorite Movie. He made mine. You know the scene.
• Wesley Morris Remembers Rob Reiner’s Movies. This week, Wesley reflects on the impact Rob Reiner had on his life, specifically the 1990 film “Misery,” and how Reiner brought humanity to his characters in unexpected ways.
• Tina Smith Wants to Reform the Filibuster. “The Interview” invited three politicians who decided to leave the Senate to discuss the problems facing Congress. In this clip, Tina Smith, a Democrat from Minnesota who is not running for re-election, critiqued the filibuster.
• Jeff Flake on Venezuela: Republicans Can’t Speak Truth to Power. Is the Senate is abandoning its constitutionally prescribed role? On the “The Interview,” three senators who decided to leave Congress during the Trump era discussed the state of the Senate and how we got here.
• Why Are A.I. Hits So Sad? Jon Caramanica, a pop music critic at the New York Times, discusses the emotional emptiness of hits generated by artificial intelligence.
• I Cashed Out My 401(k) to Build a Women-Only Retirement Community. The Bird’s Nest is experimenting with a different way to age.
• Sample Our Best Books of the Year. Audiobook excerpts from our picks for the top fiction and nonfiction of 2025.
• Are A.I. Data Centers Really Ruining Our Water Supply? Andy Masley, a blogger who has written extensively about A.I. water use, joined “Hard Fork” to separate fact from fiction on the topic. Is it a distraction from other more pressing environmental concerns?
• Why Won’t Senators Stand Up to Trump? We Asked 3 Who Called It Quits. Three current and former lawmakers talk with Lulu Garcia-Navarro about bipartisan politics, party leadership and the state of the Senate.

The Daily

• Trump Says the Economy Is Good. Is It? President Trump defended the economy in an 18-minute address, despite the public’s consistent concerns about prices.
• Congress Failed to Extend the Health Care Subsidies. Now What? Millions of Americans are confronting the highest health insurance costs in years.
• The Tragic Death and Enduring Legacy of Rob Reiner. The director made classic films, including “When Harry Met Sally …” and “The Princess Bride.”
• Inside the Tech Company Powering Trump’s Most Controversial Policies. Alex Karp, the chief executive of the tech company Palantir, has become a defender of President Trump and has secured heavyweight contracts with the government.
• How Biden Lost Americans’ Faith in Immigration. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his top advisers rejected recommendations that could have eased the border crisis that helped return Donald J. Trump to the White House.
• Sunday Special: The Best Music of 2025. Bad Bunny, PinkPantheress and more picks from our pop music desk.
• Journalism, Interrupted: 7 Podcast Hosts on the State of the Media. A conversation with seven of the most influential hosts in podcasts and TV news.

The Headlines

• Brown University Shooting Suspect Found Dead, and Trump Eases Marijuana Restrictions. Plus, your Friday news quiz.
• Trump’s Combative Prime Time Speech, and the Growing Right-to-Die Movement. Plus, don’t blame the dogs in strollers.
• Mike Johnson Shuts Door on Key Health Care Vote, and a Dangerous New Drug Hits U.S. Cities. Plus, the subway stop that’s also a museum.
• ISIS ‘Ideology’ Is Linked to Australia Killings, and Trump Files New $10 Billion Lawsuit. Plus, how foreign patients are paying for U.S. organs.
• A Massacre in Australia, and Rob Reiner Is Found Dead in ‘Apparent Homicide’ Plus, the hunt for the gunman in a shooting at Brown University.

Science

• The Meek Really Did Inherit the Earth, at Least Among Ants. How did ants take over the world? The answer may be skin deep.
• An Engine of Fossil Discovery Fights Its Own Extinction. A funding crisis at the Museum of the Earth and the Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, N.Y., could scatter priceless specimens and end nearly a century of pioneering research.
• Lemon-Shaped World Is the Most Stretched-Out Planet Ever Seen. An unusual object orbiting a rapidly spinning star might be a new phenomenon in the universe.
• Trump’s NASA Pick Is Confirmed to Lead Space Program in Peril. Jared Isaacman, the billionaire nominated twice to lead the agency, may draw some lessons from the tenure of another NASA leader in the 1990s.
• More Than 2,000 Dinosaur Footprints Are Found in the Italian Alps. Two hundred million years ago, prosauropods walked the earth. They left something behind.
• Penguins Become Prey for the Pumas of Patagonia. In Argentina, the return of pumas brought top predators back to the landscape — much to penguins’ dismay.
• When the Bones Were Good, These Bees Buried Their Babies. A cave in the Dominican Republic concealed thousands of years worth of animal bones that had been turned into nests by prehistoric bees.
• How the Pandemic Lockdowns Changed a Songbird’s Beak. For ecologists, the Covid-19 pandemic has presented a remarkable natural experiment in what can happen to wild animals when humans stay home.

Climate

• Controversial Dakota Pipeline Gets a Big, Belated Government Boost. A delayed environmental review cleared the Dakota Access Pipeline to continue operating. Separately, a North Dakota judge expressed unusual exasperation over the tangled legal battles.
• A Somber Mood at Science Meeting as Trump Budget Cuts Continue. News of the breakup of a leading science institution rippled through an annual gathering of Earth, ocean and space scientists. Many say American science is suffering under the Trump administration.
• Europe Begins to Tiptoe Away From Key Climate Policies. Europe has some of the world’s most ambitious climate goals, but in recent months it has backtracked on rules governing automobile emissions and deforestation.
• She Tracked the Health of Fish That Coastal Communities Depend On. Ana Vaz monitored crucial fish stocks in the Southeast and the Gulf of Mexico until she lost her job at NOAA.
• Flying Taxis? China Has Them. And Drone Lunch Deliveries, Too. China’s experiments in clean energy can feel like living in the future. Even when things don’t quite work.
• Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center. Russell Vought, the White House budget director, called the laboratory a source of “climate alarmism.”
• Greenpeace’s Fight With Pipeline Giant Exposes a Legal Loophole. A court filing by a group with deep ties to the pipeline company Energy Transfer raises questions about the growing use of amicus briefs in litigation.
• Research Flights Over the Atlantic Could Help Improve Atmospheric River Forecasting. A global effort to better understand moisture-laden rivers in the sky, like those currently battering the West Coast, will take flight in January.
• Commercializing the Arctic. Trump has shifted the U.S. approach to the Arctic, promoting oil and gas even as scientists have issued more dire warnings about the region.
• U.S. Is Seeking Exemption From a European Climate Law, Officials Say. Diplomats told E.U. officials that the bloc’s law on methane, a potent greenhouse gas, would hurt American oil and gas companies.
• Arctic Warming Is Turning Alaska’s Rivers Red With Toxic Runoff. A yearly checkup on the region documents a warmer, rainier Arctic and 200 Alaskan rivers “rusting” as melting tundra leaches minerals from the soil into waterways.
• MAHA Moms Are Angry at the E.P.A. Lee Zeldin Is Trying to Win Them Back. A split is emerging within Trump’s base as health activists accuse Mr. Zeldin of leading the agency to prioritize chemical industry interests over public health.
• Clean, Limitless Energy Exists. China Is Going Big in the Race to Harness It. Beijing is pouring vast resources into fusion research, while the U.S. wants private industry to lead the way. The winner could reshape civilization.

The Upshot

• Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, Dec. 20, 2025. Can you sort 8 historical events?
• The Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words of 2025. A quick look at the attainability of getting the top 10 toughest words. No reason to dillydally.
• Reader Mailbag: A Pause on Gerrymanders, and a Risk in Primaries. Indiana Republicans reject redrawn maps, and battle lines have been drawn among Democrats in Texas.

Opinion

• Weighing Politics and Morality in the Israel Debate. Readers respond to an essay criticizing U.S. Democrats’ failure to resolve the conflict in Gaza. Also: Trump’s Kennedy Center rebrand; blaming immigrants after the Brown shooting.
• We’re in the Age of American Pessimism. America is in its pessimism era and Trump is playing on it, argues the columnist David Brooks in this episode of “The Conversation.”
• Is Trump Finished? “A lot of people are seeing some things that are really bad for Donald Trump,” David Brooks says in this episode of “The Conversation.”
• A Lesson From the Abrego Garcia Saga. Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s release from immigration detention last week offers a useful model for how Democrats can successfully challenge the Trump administration, the Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie argues.
• Trump’s Drone Strikes Are Wrong. Obama’s Were, Too. Readers respond to a guest essay on why the recent boat strikes by the Trump administration are unjustified.
• ‘Miraculous,’ ‘Amazing,’ ‘Disappointing’: 14 Voters on Their Experiences with GLP-1 Drugs and Health in America. The participants discuss their experiences with taking GLP 1s for weight loss and diabetes.
• When Judges Are Attacked, You Suffer. The rise in judicial threats is being fueled by the political rhetoric of the Trump administration, argues the judge Esther Salas.
• When Patients Lose Faith in Medicine. Readers react to Daniela Lamas’s essay on the moral dilemma posed by a patient who refused her advice, then died. Also: Managing methane on farms.
• How to Do a Little More Good in the World. As part of Times Opinion’s Giving Guide, the columnist Ezra Klein spoke with Elie Hassenfeld, GiveWell’s co-founder and chief executive.
• GiveWell’s Lightbulb Moment. Elie Hassenfeld was inspired to start GiveWell when he couldn’t find answers to his questions about charitable donations. He shares the organization’s origin story on “The Ezra Klein Show.”
• Rob Reiner’s Legacy Will Outlast Trump’s Toxic Talk. Readers mourn Rob Reiner and take offense at the president’s crude response. Also: America snubs its allies; phone scams; former President Joe Biden’s library.
• Selling Young Men on the Blame Game. It’s not a coincidence that more young men are blaming women for their problems, Jamelle Bouie says.
• The G.O.P.’s ‘Women Problem’ This started long before President Trump was in office, Michelle Cottle says.
• After Two Mass Shootings, Grief and Resilience. Readers react to the shootings at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, and at Brown University. Also: Defining old; the East Wing teardown.
• No Quick Fix for Our Housing Crisis. Sampling the many responses to a column by Ezra Klein.
• Trump’s Nvidia Deal Undermines National Security. This week, Donald Trump announced that he would allow Nvidia to sell chips to China. The Times Opinion editor, Kathleen Kingsbury, argues that the move undermines national security.

Contributors

• 13 Gifts that Cost (Almost) Nothing. We asked readers to tell us about the most memorable presents they’ve received.

Editorials

• A Free World Needs a Strong America. Preventing a world where dictators can attack at will requires a military that has the right tools, the right tactics and the right culture.
• To Outbuild China, America Needs Friends. For the sake of global security and freedom, the world’s democracies must collaborate better.

Op-Ed

• Trump’s New Marijuana Policy Offers an Opportunity. Marijuana has been tied to psychosis and other health problems. I still think it’s safer than alcohol.
• Yes, Nancy Pelosi Says, the Country Is Ready for a Woman to Be President. The speaker emerita is disappointed and a little surprised that the presidential glass ceiling remains intact, but confident that it will change.
• College Is Still Worthwhile. This Organization Proves It. Monica-Grace Mukendi’s career demonstrates the lasting impact of OneGoal, a nonprofit that helps low-income students attend college.
• Mitt Romney: Tax the Rich, Like Me. There’s no getting around this if we want to avoid the deficit cliff ahead.
• We Owe It to College Students to Create Tech-Free Spaces. Adults need to set up rules for students so that it’s not on them to self-regulate when it comes to going tech-free.
• Why I Keep Returning to Middle-Earth. How providence and loss helped shape “The Lord of the Rings.”
• How Did a City of 10 Million People Nearly Run Out of Water? Restricting Tehran’s growth and water use — however politically difficult — would be more prudent than trying to engineer ever more elaborate workarounds.
• What Katy Perry Gets About Justin Trudeau. As a politician, Justin Trudeau was an excellent celebrity. And the rest of the world could learn a useful lesson from how he wielded his star power.
• What Courage Does for Us. Bravery and cowardice are both exemplary teachers.
• David Brooks, E.J. Dionne and Robert Siegel Take Stock of 2025. Trump is giving himself an A-plus-plus-plus, but the rest of America is anxious.
• What Happens When You Send a Girl to School. Joyce Arthur says she is a living testimony to the benefit of investing in African girls’ education.
• Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Do. Why Don’t Democrats? Liberals should reconcile with America’s oil and gas industry.
• Threats Against Judges Could Lead to a Judicial System Crisis. The rise in judicial threats is being fueled by the political rhetoric of the Trump administration, a judge argues.
• Let’s Go Beyond Trump’s Vile Words About Rob Reiner. We must do far more to address the national crisis of addiction that leaves so many households in despair as well as danger.
• Trump Is Doubling Down on His Disastrous A.I. Chip Policy. National security shouldn’t ever have a price.
• Anti-Vaccine Influencers Are Only Getting Stronger. I was wrong about how to push back.
• The Man Who Rules the Country Presides Over Nothing. Why are the Supreme Court and Congress conspiring to give him more power?
• What Rob Reiner Told Me the Last Time We Spoke. In life and art, he was the successor to Norman Lear.
• The Movie I Was Afraid to See. It all comes down to coordination.
• A Vibrant Community for New York’s Seniors. For people like Ms. Otts, an online community can be lifesaving.
• What Is an American? If the post-Trump G.O.P. makes the same mistake the Democrats did with their identitarian fringe, Republicans will meet a similar fate.
• Chile Is Swerving to the Right — and Into the Past. Chile’s new leader wants to rewrite its past and recast its future.
• There’s a Simpler Explanation for the Rightward Shift of Young Men. Does discrimination drive alienation?
• Australia Can’t Recover From This. The victims were let down by a government whose role it is to do what individuals cannot: keep our nation safe from terrorism and mass shootings.
• Our Petty, Hollow, Squalid Ogre in Chief. The White House has never had a more loathsome occupant.
• Donald Trump May Be About to Pick the Least Important Fed Chair in Decades. Consensus may be a thing of the past. And that’s good.
• The Trump Mind-Set Is Not Complex. Gimme, gimme, gimme. Gimme some more.
• ‘Reiner’s Career Shows What We’ve Lost’: Three Opinion Writers on His Legacy. Jamelle Bouie, Michelle Cottle and Ross Douthat chat with Stephen Stromberg about Rob Reiner’s legacy.
• What Does It Mean to Give Well? Elie Hassenfeld, the chief executive of the nonprofit GiveWell, makes the case for a more rigorous, transparent and accountable approach to charitable giving.
• Olivia Nuzzi, Karine Jean-Pierre and Eric Trump Have All Written the Same Book. A recent spate of books highlights the presence of a new category, one well suited to our time: the grievance memoir.
• A Family Transformed by a Special-Needs Preschool. For the mother of a son and a daughter with autism, the Kennedy Children’s Center has “opened up a whole world.”
• Why Both Republicans and Democrats Are Wrong About Health Care. The real issue is how to address overall cost. Haggling over Obamacare subsidies or what might replace them isn’t the solution.
• Will Creative Work Survive A.I.? What A.I. imperils is not human creativity itself but the ability to make a living from creative endeavor.
• Europe Is in Decline. Good. Demotion need not be traumatic.
• This Hanukkah, We Need the Light of Hope. We must not succumb to the darkness of hate and fear.
• Trump’s Superlatives Are Bigger Than Yours. The president is getting a lesson in the limits of grade inflation.
• Bret Stephens on the Fight for the Future of the Right. The columnist believes America’s real political contest is in the center.
• Trump Wants to Carve Up the World. It’s a Blueprint for Disaster. We are headed for more confrontation, more brinkmanship, more war.
• A Gift That Gets Children Reading. Early access to high-quality books can transform lives, improve educational outcomes and help create the next generation of curious and informed citizens.
• Donald Trump’s Cowboy Diplomacy. Sometimes Trump’s unconventional foreign policy just works.
• Trump Said Freeing Jimmy Lai Would Be Easy. He Should Prove It. The Hong Kong publisher’s fate will reveal whether democracies still have the resolve to defend their own values.
• Bondi Beach Is What ‘Globalize the Intifada’ Looks Like. When a slogan’s real meaning comes true.
• What Happens if You Refuse to Recognize That We Are in a Death Spiral. Remind me never to listen to what they are saying online about me.
• The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV. The first rule of dark money is to quit blabbing about it. Did they think people would thank them for it?
• Home-Schooled Kids Are Not All Right. Not once, in the four and a half years I learned at home, did anyone from the state come to assess what sort of education I was receiving, or even just check on me.
• The Reasonable Majority Is No Longer Silent. Donald Trump is confronting a backlash of the reasonable.
• Republican Women vs. the G.O.P. Trump didn’t invent misogyny, but he’s leaning into it.
• The Closing of the MAGA Mind. To really understand what is happening today, we must understand the ideology and thinkers behind the MAGA New Right.
• Teachers Became Activists, and Censorship Followed. Gaza has turned California classrooms into political battlegrounds.

Opinion | Culture

• Stephen King: What Rob Reiner Saw in Me. In Rob’s hands, “Stand by Me,” my most autobiographical novel, rang true.

Arts

• The Filthy Word That Filmmakers Swear By. How directors and writers striving for a PG-13 rating have learned to ration the use of a four-letter obscenity.
• ‘Oh, Mary!’ Came to London. It’s the Raciest Show in Town. Some had wondered how the show about Abraham Lincoln’s wife would fare after its creator left the Broadway cast. But mirth is abundant as it opens on the West End.
• The Flop That Proved Rob Reiner Could Take Criticism With Humor. Roger Ebert said he “hated, hated, hated, hated, hated” Reiner’s 1994 film “North.” The director took it in stride.
• PEN America Elects New President at Fraught Time for Free Speech. The novelist Dinaw Mengestu will lead the literary group at a time of escalating threats to free expression at home and abroad.
• He’s Only 4 Feet Tall, but Paddington Is London’s Biggest New Musical Star. Audiences are falling in love with the title character in “Paddington: The Musical.” Bringing such a beloved bear to the stage was “a huge responsibility,” the show’s director said.
• Dutch Return ‘Java Man’ Bones, With 40,000 Fossils Set to Follow. The items were taken in the late 19th century from what was then called the Dutch East Indies. Indonesia had been trying to get them back for decades.
• ‘The BFG’ Enchants With Puppets and Pantomime Spirit. There is plenty of stimulation for young theatergoers in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s beloved book.
• True Crime to Stream: The Best of 2025 (Part 2). Here are four highlights across TV, film and podcasting from the second half of the year.
• The Breakout Stars of 2025. Across the arts, these 10 performers took a leap of faith this year and stuck the landing in a big way.
• 41 Things That Stuck With Us in 2025. Aunt Gladys. Tyler, the Creator. That sex scene in “The Naked Gun.” These are the things Culture staffers couldn’t stop thinking about this year.

Art & Design

• After the Louvre Heist, Museums Look for Lessons to Help Stop Thieves. Museums and the consultants who advise them have been busy reviewing their own precautions in the aftermath of the brazen daylight break-in at the Louvre.
• Surrealism at 100, Sprawls and Seduces in Philadelphia. How a movement went from dreamworld to vanguard to establishment of its own.
• Art on the Wall That Echoes Protests From the Streets. Nicole Eisenman’s latest exhibition builds on a long tradition of artists using their work to speak out against fascism and oppression.
• Tuan Andrew Nguyen Wins High Line Commission. On the High Line Plinth next spring, the Vietnam-based artist will resurrect an ancient Buddha, destroyed by the Taliban, as a vision of resilience.
• Whitney Biennial Names 56 Artists to Unwind These ‘Weird Times’ The 2026 exhibition focuses on how artists measure American influence and their relationship to a country whose role in the world is changing.
• Surveillance Never Looked So Good. Charisse Pearlina Weston turns nefarious materials developed to monitor people into precarious, undulating forms.

Dance

• He Smeared Dog Feces on a Critic. Now, He’s Back in the Spotlight. Two years after the assault, Marco Goecke is staging a nontraditional “Nutcracker.” Ballet Basel hopes the focus will stay on his choreography.
• Out From Russia’s Shadow: Lithuania’s National Ballet at 100. The national company has a new leader, Jurgita Dronina, and a desire to raise its profile to a troupe that can rank among Europe’s best.

Music

• Romeo Santos and Prince Royce Want Bachata to Share in Latin Music’s Boom. Despite huge collaborations, top-selling albums and sellout tours, the leading stars of the Dominican genre still feel like they haven’t received their due.
• The Met’s ‘Magic Flute’ Courts Young Hearts (With a ‘6-7’ to Boot). Julie Taymor’s abridged production of Mozart’s opera has been trimmed down to 90 minutes as the Metropolitan Opera bids to recruit a new generation.
• Jelly Roll Is Pardoned for Previous Robbery and Drug Convictions. The clemency decision by Gov. Bill Lee of Tennessee could make it easier for the country star to travel internationally.
• Best Classical Music Albums of 2025. Listen to recordings by Maria Dueñas and Daniil Trifonov, works by Thomas Adès and Tania León, and more.
• Gen Z’s Pop Breakouts Danced in Britney Spears’s Footsteps in 2025. Sabrina Carpenter, Tate McRae and Addison Rae’s music is influenced by the superstar who shot to fame before they were born. They’ve learned lessons from her hard times, too.
• An Infamous Australian Prison Held the Unexpected: A Record Collection. Pentridge Prison’s radio station played donated albums for its inmates. Twenty-six years after the site’s sale, a local shop has landed its vinyl.
• The Most Magical, Moving Four Minutes in Music. Ravel’s depiction of an enchanted garden is so simple and wistful, I never want it to end.
• How Your Favorite Musician’s Favorite Game Show Took Over Social Media. “Track Star” is the YouTube series that brings out the music lover in celebrities and civilians alike.
• Hear the Best Albums and Songs of 2025. 90 tracks! Five hours! Remix the year in pop however you wish.
• It Wasn’t Easy Being a Founding Father of the American Symphony. George Frederick Bristow, born 200 years ago this month, struggled to find American champions of his music as orchestras favored European tradition.
• A Pipe Organist Invites You to Bliss Out to Her Dreamy Colors. Ellen Arkbro makes music that shifts and churns with no regard for harmony’s rules. She’s one of the most interesting composers for her instrument working today.
• 11 New Holiday Albums That Will Make You Gasp, Laugh and Sway. Fresh entries into the tradition include releases by Luke Bryan, Tyra Banks and Old Crow Medicine Show.
• After 100 Years, an Operatic Masterpiece Keeps Shocking Us. Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck,” which premiered in the shadow of World War I, will break your heart with a score that captures the essence of opera.
• Hanukkah Concerts With Israeli Military Cantor Raise Outcry in Amsterdam. A concert hall canceled the performance several months ago but then reached a compromise in which three concerts will be held. The bargain hasn’t satisfied critics of the events.
• Slick Rick Likes His Tea ‘Strong and British’ “It’s the English side of me that never dies,” said the pioneering wordsmith who is celebrating 40 years of hip-hop classics like “La-Di-Da-Di.”

Television

• On the Ropes, Boxing Seeks a Jolt From Streaming. A sport once synonymous with cable now finds its biggest matches on Netflix, Prime Video and DAZN, a European-based sports platform.
• Jimmy Kimmel Wishes Trump Wouldn’t Yell at Us on Live TV. As the president addressed the nation about the economy, it was “hard to tell if he was giving a speech or having a seizure on TV,” Kimmel said.
• The Best TV of 2025. There was a lot of forgettable TV in 2025, but some shows stood out above the rest. James Poniewozik, Chief TV Critic for The New York Times, talks through some of his favorites.
• Minnie Driver Still Believes She Can Do the Impossible. An unlikely movie star in the 1990s, she has weathered ups and downs to find herself, at 55, as busy as ever. Next is a role in “Emily in Paris.”
• The Best TV Episodes of 2025. Our critics picked their favorite moments, not necessarily from their favorite shows of the year — a certain “South Park” episode, for example.
• Late Night Shades Trump’s Impromptu ‘Liar-Side Chat’ Jimmy Kimmel called the president’s last-minute speech “a surprise prime-time episode of ‘The Worst Wing’ tonight on every channel.”
• How the ‘Fallout’ Writers Gave Sex Appeal to a Ghoul With No Nose. Just ahead of the Season 2 premiere, the co-creator Geneva Robertson-Dworet talked about the challenge of finding fun in a nuclear apocalypse.
• Late Night Thanks the White House for a ‘Doozy of an Interview’ Jimmy Kimmel was grateful that Susie Wiles, the president’s “future former chief of staff,” spilled the beans on her boss in a Vanity Fair article.
• A Second Doctor Is Sentenced in Matthew Perry Ketamine Case. The doctor, Mark Chavez, who had used fraudulent prescriptions to acquire the drug and conspired to sell it to Mr. Perry at inflated prices, was sentenced to three years of supervised release.
• Late Night Pays Tribute to Rob Reiner. Seth Meyers also scorned President Trump’s Truth Social post about the celebrated filmmaker’s death.
• As Archie Bunker’s Foil, Rob Reiner Brought Politics Home. Reiner’s “All in the Family” role didn’t just capture the arguments of its time. It gave us a preview of our own.
• What We’d Lose if We Didn’t Have the HBO Comedy Special. The potential Warner Bros. Discovery sale might jeopardize a lively outlet for artier stand-up shows like those of Sarah Sherman and Adam Pally.
• What Can I Watch With My Kids? A reader with a 9- and 11-year-old wants to branch out from “Traitors” and “The Amazing Race” when the family is together in front of the TV.
• ‘Emily in Paris,’ Plus 10 Things to Watch on TV This Week. The Netflix rom-com series is back for a fifth season, and David Letterman’s interview show returns.
• ‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Season 1 Finale Recap: The Mist. A strange fog envelops the town, sowing fear and chaos. The monster is loose.
• On ‘Saturday Night Live,’ President Trump Blows Up a Familiar Sleigh. Josh O’Connor hosted this week’s episode, which satirized an airborne news conference and also featured a pair of very sensitive male strippers.

Theater

• Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts Want to Get Under Your Skin. The couple are gearing up for the Broadway opening of “Bug,” about a descent into paranoia and psychosis in a squalid motel room.
• How the ‘Wicked’ Movies Turbocharged a Broadway Juggernaut. The musical was already one of theater’s biggest success stories. Then came Hollywood.
• Broadway Shows Closing Soon: ‘The Queen of Versailles,’ ‘Waiting for Godot’ and More. Catch Kristin Chenoweth basking in the excess, and Bill and Ted having a Beckettian adventure, before the curtain comes down on their productions and others.
• ‘Tartuffe’ Review: Casting Keeps a Deluxe Molière Revival on Its Toes. Matthew Broderick plays Tartuffe and David Cross his naïve prey in this Lucas Hnath adaptation of a 17th-century French comedy classic.
• Watching ‘Liberation’ With a Women’s Movement Pioneer, My Mom. In researching her new Broadway play, Bess Wohl interviewed my mother. After a performance, we all discussed the play and its themes.
• ‘Beaches,’ a Novel and a Film, Will Spread Its Wings on Broadway. A musical adaptation of the story will open at the Majestic Theater next spring. And yes, the score includes “Wind Beneath My Wings.”
• ‘Titaníque,’ Singing and Spoofing Celine Dion, Sets Sail for Broadway. This zany musical made it from the basement of a Manhattan grocery to London’s West End, and now hopes to become Broadway’s next hit comedy.
• ‘A Christmas Carol’, ‘Dead Outlaw’ and More Theater to Stream. Other picks include a family production of “The Snow Queen,” the Broadway-bound “Every Brilliant Thing” and the acclaimed comedy “Sorry for Your Loss.”
• As Regional Theaters Struggle, Some Defy the Odds. Naples, Fla., and Milwaukee are quite different, but have one thing in common: They are home to regional theaters that are thriving.
• ‘Anna Christie’ Review: Michelle Williams on the Waterfront. The actress stars in Thomas Kail’s luminous revival of Eugene O’Neill’s play about a woman whose past threatens her future.
• Tom Hanks on the Electrifying (and Terrifying) Experience of Writing a Play. The actor also stars in the Off Broadway production of “This World of Tomorrow,” a yearslong project at the Shed through Dec. 21.

Books

• She Put the Heat in ‘Heated Rivalry’ Thanks to a steamy television adaptation, Rachel Reid’s romance novels about closeted hockey players have become mainstream best-sellers.
• Joan Didion and Kurt Vonnegut Had Something to Say. We Have It on Tape. Rare recordings of E.E. Cummings, Mary Oliver and more offer a tour through literary history led by authors in their own words — and voices. Take a listen.
• 250 Years of Jane Austen, in Objects. To capture Jane Austen’s brief life and enormous impact, editors at The New York Times Book Review assembled a sampling of the wealth, wonder and weirdness she has brought to our lives.
• The Books Times Readers Were Most Excited About This Year. Thrillers, literary fiction, history, memoirs and more: Here are the most popular books you saved to your reading lists.
• Who Is the Ultimate Mr. Darcy? Welcome to our Regency Thunderdome, where we will endeavor to answer this question once and for all.
• 250 Years of Jane Austen, in 25 Things. To capture the writer’s brief life and enormous impact, we assembled a sampling of the wealth, wonder and weirdness she has brought to our lives.

Book Review

• How Was 2025 in the World of Books? “Some of us feel exhausted, some of us feel energized.” The Book Review looks back on the year’s biggest stories and trends in the publishing industry.
• The Best Middle Grade Mysteries for Kids. The author of the City Spies series chooses 7 crime novels that invite young readers to discover the culprit before the characters do.
• Once a Year the French Literary Scene Goes to the Dogs (Cats, Too). It’s the day the “Animal Goncourt” is awarded. “Who better,” a judge says, “to talk about the fabulous relationship between animals and men than writers and philosophers?”
• John Darnielle: ‘Polish Literature Is a Whole Wondrous World!’ The novelist and musician is a voracious reader of books in translation. In “This Year,” he annotates the literary lyrics to 365 of his own songs.
• Can Poetry Heal the Divided Nation? Tracy K. Smith, a former U.S. poet laureate, makes the case in a new book of criticism.
• The Intellectuals Fueling the MAGA Movement. “Furious Minds,” by Laura K. Field, traces the ascendancy of hard-right thinkers whose contempt for liberal democracy is shaping American politics.
• The Pamphlet That Has Roused Americans to Action for 250 Years. Thomas Paine published “Common Sense” in 1776 as an argument for independence. Americans across the political spectrum have been citing it ever since.
• Can You Ace This Jane Austen 250th Birthday Trivia Quiz? This 12-question challenge will test your knowledge of all things Austen.
• What Happened to the American Dream? Will It Ever Come Back? As costs are rising and wallets are hurting, these books explore the promises and pitfalls of the U.S. economy.
• The Best Book Covers of 2025. A Book Review art director selects the book jackets that surprised him, delighted him and stayed with him this year.
• The Best Children’s Books of 2025. Here are the year’s most notable picture and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor.

Movies

• What We Know About Rob Reiner’s Final Projects. The release of a “Spinal Tap” concert film that was filmed at Stonehenge has been delayed.
• Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now. In this month’s picks, torrents, trolls and time travel.
• Five Free Movies to Stream. The final column of the year looks at the end of things — the end of the world, the end of youth — along with an underrated holiday gem.
• ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’: What to Remember Before Seeing the New Movie. The newest chapter in the saga of the Na’vi people continues to build their highly detailed world. Here’s a guide to catch you up on the developments.
• 6 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.
• ‘Sorry, Baby,’ ‘Lurker’ and the Year’s Great Under-the-Radar Streaming Films. Here are just a few of the year’s finest indies, documentaries and international selections, available to stream at this very minute.
• ‘Breakdown: 1975’ Remembers the Distinctive Cinematic Voices of an Era. This documentary could be better, but it offers a helpful lesson for film fans new to the movies of that decade.
• ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Review: By Land, by Water, by Air! For the franchise’s third movie, James Cameron throws in new creatures, new landscapes, melodramatic plot lines and big battle sequences. It’s a lot.
• ‘Cover-Up’ Review: Seymour Hersh, Scoops and Power. In their documentary, Laura Poitras (“Citzenfour”) and Mark Obenhaus trace the career highs and lows of the famed investigative journalist.
• ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants’ Review: Underwater Adventure. The latest installment to this entertainment juggernaut relies on a cheap, rote formula and easy gags to keep children engaged.
• ‘Is This Thing On?’ Review: When a Punchline Becomes a Lifeline. Will Arnett and Laura Dern add emotional heft to Bradley Cooper’s intimate comedy about a separated spouse who finds solace in stand-up.
• ‘The Housemaid’ Review: Dusty Counters, Dirty Secrets. Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried star in a thriller that is best seen with a full house.
• ‘David’ Review: Preaching to the Choir. The story of David and Goliath is presented as a feel-good family epic in this animated musical released by the popular religious media company Angel Studios.
• ‘Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately?’ Review: Becoming Big Stars. The band became a major success in 1993 with the hit “Mr. Jones.” Since then, the group has done its best to keep rock music alive.
• ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Review: When Help Won’t Arrive. Kaouther Ben Hania’s dramatized feature about a Palestinian girl who is killed in Gaza City is both powerfully direct and purposefully removed.
• How Rob Reiner Created His Comedy Legacy. These moments from his movies brought the laughs, in many different ways.
• Will the Oscars Make Room for ‘Difficult’ Women? Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence and Amanda Seyfried give great performances as women who buck convention. But some voters prize ‘likability’ above all else.
• ‘Who Killed Santa Claus?’: The Night Before Christmas in Occupied France. This 1941 comic murder mystery is back for a week in a sparkling restoration at Film Forum.
• The 25 Most Notable Movies of 2025. We polled film fans in the newsroom. These are the titles that stuck with us this year.
• Nick Reiner, Charged in Deaths of His Parents: What We Know. The son of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, who has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, has long struggled with drug addiction.
• The Best Movies of 2025: You Decide. The critics have had their say. Now it’s your turn. What movies released in 2025 do you consider the best?
• ‘Sinners’ and ‘Wicked: For Good’ Lead the Way on the Oscar Shortlists. The lineups, which Oscar voters will choose from next month, include the new casting category, which was largely a dress rehearsal for best picture.
• Rob Reiner Gave Us Great Reasons to Go to the Movies. “This Is Spinal Tap,” “When Harry Met Sally …,” “Misery”: Reiner delivered an incredible number of accessible, original and adult movies that we still cherish.
• Nick Reiner’s Struggles With Drugs Left His Parents ‘Desperate’ Mr. Reiner, who was arrested in connection with the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner, once estimated he had been in drug treatment 18 times as a teenager.
• Rob Reiner Made Clear What He Believed In, Onscreen and Off. In films like “A Few Good Men,” the director’s ideas of honor and morality were stated as plainly as could be.
• Rob Reiner: A Life in Pictures. The actor-turned-director spent decades at the forefront of the entertainment world.
• Rob Reiner: 14 Movies and Shows to Stream. He played one of the most memorable sitcom roles of the ’70s before going on to direct a string of enduring movie classics. Here are some of his career highlights.
• ‘The Emperor’s New Groove’ at 25: Kronk’s Enduring Appeal. This millennial favorite wouldn’t be the same without a certain sidekick.
• Rob Reiner, Actor Who Went on to Direct Classic Films, Dies at 78. Mr. Reiner, who was in “All in the Family,” directed films including “This Is Spinal Tap,” “When Harry Met Sally …,” “The Princess Bride” and “A Few Good Men.”
• Peter Greene, ‘Pulp Fiction’ and ‘The Mask’ Actor, Dies at 60. Mr. Greene, who built a four-decade career uncannily portraying villains, was found dead in his apartment in Manhattan on Friday, his manager said.
• The Year Hollywood Finally Confronted Our Political Moment. In movies like “Eddington,” “Sinners,” “Wake Up Dead Man” and others, filmmakers have at last wrapped their heads around how to explain this period.

Movies Update

• The Most Notable Movies of 2025. Across the newsroom, journalists picked their most notable movies from 2025.

Food

• Restaurant Review: Bánh Anh Em in Manhattan. Bánh Anh Em, in Manhattan’s East Village, sizzles with scrappy, ad-hoc cooking that shows off the full fervor of Vietnamese cuisine.
• Dubai Chocolate Cake. Dubai chocolate has become a worldwide phenomenon for good reason: Few can resist the combination of rich chocolate and creamy pistachios punctuated by crispy bits of toasted kataifi. This cake transforms those flavors into a showstopping dessert with stunning layers.
• Marry Me Salmon. A take on Marry Me Chicken, this dish is the weeknight fish you cook for your future life partner. Perfectly seared salmon bathed in a creamy sun-dried tomato gravy is anchored by the familiar one-two punch of dried oregano and crushed red pepper.
• Giant Mont Blanc. Mont Blanc is a truly classic dessert, and since its creation in France in the 19th century, it has undergone various transformations. In its simplest form, sweetened chestnut “noodles” or “vermicelli” meet a mound of whipped cream, piled high to evoke an Alpine snow-covered mountain.
• 6 Cookie Tips in 60 Seconds from NYT Cooking. Remember these tips from Genevieve Ko, a senior editor for NYT Cooking, when you make your next batch of holiday cookies.
• Make-Ahead French Toast With Maple Apples. With reader (and staff) favorites from this week.
• Mapping an Ever-Evolving Cuisine. In her latest book, Diane Kochilas looks at the evolution of Greek cooking and restaurants in Athens and beyond.
• Vegan Cacio e Pepe. This speedy vegan take on cacio e pepe utilizes a classic technique: Cook the pasta just short of al dente, reserve some of the starchy pasta water to add body to the sauce, then simmer the pasta in its sauce with a splash of pasta water, stirring vigorously until the sauce is emulsified.
• 3 Make-Ahead Holiday Brunch Recipes for a Crowd. Turn Genevieve Ko’s cinnamon roll Bundt cake, breakfast enchiladas or sesame scallion buns into a new holiday tradition.
• The Second Annual Where to Eaties. Our off-the-rails restaurant awards ceremony is back.
• Make-Ahead, Easy-to-Transport Christmas Casseroles. Wild rice and mushroom casserole, slow-baked beans with kale and other festive showstoppers for the holiday feast.
• How Many Ski Chalets Does a Mountainless City Need? Restaurants, bars and hotels have gone full après-ski, hold the skiing.
• Sticky Coconut Chicken and Rice, One-Pot and Pretty Perfect. Plump pieces of chicken thigh cook on top of gingery coconut rice studded with cashews, while cilantro and hot sauce add freshness and heat.
• A $600 Suckling Pig? Wagyu for All? On Menus, It’s a New Gilded Age. In Manhattan and across the country, restaurants are trotting out ever-pricier dishes and luxury upgrades to meet the demand from affluent diners.
• No-Churn Olive Oil Ice Cream With Hot Fudge. At Ecco restaurant in Atlanta, one dessert stands above the rest: a salted olive oil gelato. Inspired by that dish in flavor but not in method, this frozen treat doesn’t require an ice-cream maker.
• This Dance Party Has Everything. (It’s at a Supermarket.). Noche Buena brings together Filipino communities over rich dishes and great music. This year, the celebration started early.
• Dip for Dinner, Holiday Edition. Make this hot honey whipped ricotta for that party you’re going to, or make it for dinner with your favorite crackers and cut up vegetables.
• Chicken Stroganoff. This Brazilian stroganoff is a riff on the classic Russian-American beef, mushroom and sour cream stew that was considered peak haute cuisine in the United States during the 1950s.
• Amanda Seyfried Is Still Getting Used to Salting Her Food. The star of “The Housemaid” and “The Testament of Ann Lee” met up with Melissa Clark in the New York Times kitchen studio for a lesson in soup.
• Kashi Offers Indian Supper Club Fare in Downtown Brooklyn. A calorie-conscious bowl restaurant in SoHo, Iberian nibbles in Chelsea and more restaurant news.
• Beef Biryani, Green Chile Bean Bake and Sheet-Pan Lemon Turmeric Chicken. Five weeknight recipes that are as simple as they are supremely nourishing and delicious.
• This Restaurant Gem Is the Answer to Our Fast Casual Fatigue. In the age of boring bowls, Ope Amosu’s ChòpnBlok brings a welcome jolt of flavor, energy and joy.
• The Food Stories That Consumed Us in 2025. From restaurant coverage to the death of a Food Network star, these are our most read articles of the year.
• A Richly Spiced Chickpea Stew to Linger Over. Thickened with yogurt and meditative to prepare, this saland-e nakhod is a perfect warming winter dinner.
• Dreamy Chai Gingerbread Cookies for Real Life. These easy cookies come together in just an hour and will wow your co-workers (speaking from experience).
• This Is My Go-To Fancy Winter Chicken. Genevieve Ko’s roasted orange chicken is so impressive and beautiful for how easy and simple it is.
• That ’70s Dessert. This holiday, I’m leaning into retro charm with cherry yum-yum, one-day fruitcake and sock-it-to-me-cake.

Style

• The Ultimate Party for the Ultimate Party-Dress Designer. Oscar de la Renta holds a blowout 60th-anniversary bash. Everyone dressed to the nines.
• Lessons From Decades of Marriage. Couples married for decades reflect on how love, patience and resilience helped them weather life’s challenges and sustain lasting, meaningful unions.
• The 2025 Vibe Scooch. In a year of big headlines, these small shifts, mini trends and under-the-radar developments reflected a new cultural atmosphere.
• The ‘Stranger Things’ Cast Says Goodbye to the Netflix Series. Nearly a decade after the hit sci-fi horror series debuted, cast members including Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo and Maya Hawke gathered in New York City.
• Emily Has Remade Paris in Her Image. “Emily in Paris” may have moved to Rome, but a prestigious award and a new book show the series has left a stylish mark on the City of Light. Plus, a fashion innovator on A.I.
• Sparks Flew in Their ‘Rave Crew’ Group Chat. Prakhar Gupta, a podcaster from India, was intrigued when Claudia Robles-Gil, an artist from Mexico City, joined his friend group.
• Learning About Her Culture Until it Was No Longer Greek to Him. Irene Zahariadis was moments from deleting Hinge when she matched with Kevin Walker. It wasn’t long before he was helping roast a goat.
• She Traded Her Beach Vibes for Chickens and Chestnuts. Michael Craver and Simone Gaillard knew instantly they wanted to be together. Less certain was whether she’d be interested in his farmhouse.
• When a Performer Met a Playwright. Like the characters in “When Harry Met Sally …” a film Grace Aki loves, she and F Haynie had a tepid start, and eventually, a romance.
• The Revenge of the People Pleaser. After being assaulted, I worked for years to make myself invisible. Ryan saw me anyway.
• The Meaning of Luigi Mangione’s New Suits. In court before his trial for killing the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, Mr. Mangione tried out a different look.
• The Ritual Shaming of the Woman at the Coldplay Concert. Kristin Cabot was caught on camera with her boss at a concert. The video went viral. Soon she was drowning in the vitriol of strangers.
• Love, or at Least Marriage, Is in the Air in Trump’s Washington. Several prominent conservative figures have announced that they are engaged this week, news often celebrated by President Trump.
• Tiny Love Stories: ‘Good Riddance, Christmas’ Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
• Timothée Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow and Zohran Mamdani Toast ‘Marty Supreme’ With orange beanies, a roast pig and a mayor-elect, the New York premiere of A24’s buzzy Ping-Pong film was its own kind of flick.
• Your Holiday Dilemmas, Solved! Our columnist offers guidance on holiday travel, gift exchanges and seasonal hospitality. (Must it extend to electric vehicle charging?)
• A Fiery Coat and Socks to Match. Red outerwear (and like-colored socks) cheered up an ensemble spotted in Tokyo.
• Neckties Don’t Need to Be Cool. Bizarre attempts to revive the necktie are leaving us cold.
• She Was Discovered on the Subway. Then She Walked a Chanel Runway. After Bhavitha Mandava appeared in the luxury house’s latest show, she became the most talked about model of the season. She’s as surprised about it as everyone else.
• Fighting for Femininity, Not Feminism. A group of young conservatives feel that the pressures they face as 20-something women have been made worse by the liberal feminism that defined their youth.
• The Former Yeezy Designer Remaking Crocs. Steven Smith created some of the most famous sneakers of all time. His new gig is all about foam.
• How Do I Choose the Right Winter Boots? Stay snug and stylish with our critic’s advice for finding a boot that can handle the elements as well as an evening out.
• The 52 Best Breakup Lines(Said in Real Life). To mark the winter holidays — an especially popular time to break up — we asked people around the world for their most striking parting words to each other.
• James Cameron Tempers His Temper and Channels His Inner Na’vi. Years after his Titanic tantrums, the “Avatar” director has “mellowed,” says Sigourney Weaver. He calls it “marinating.”
• Confirm or Deny: James Cameron Edition. The box office king sits for a lightning-round interview.
• Remember Snow Days? Few things are as magical as waking up to a city wrapped in snow.
• The Young People Fixated on Who Gets to Work in America. For some Gen Z conservatives, H-1B visas are a hot new topic.
• Woody Allen Is Not Sorry About His Friendship With Jeffrey Epstein. The nonagenarian director is taking a slightly different tack than many of the other powerful people associated with the disgraced former financier.

Magazine

• Can You Let Your Dog Run Off-Leash Wherever You Want? A ruling on a dispute over the use of shared spaces.
• How ‘Affordability’ Became a New Magic Word for Politicians. A rallying cry for Democrats taps into frustration over the inaccessibility of a modestly nice American existence — even for those with a decent income.
• Why Can’t Congress Get Big Things Done? Jeff Flake, Joe Manchin and Tina Smith all decided to leave the Senate during the Trump era. On “The Interview,” the current and former lawmakers open up about why they think the Senate is broken and what it would take to fix it.
• My Ex-Lover Lied About His Marriage Being Over. Should I Tell His Wife? I started feeling I wasn’t getting the full story. My instincts were correct.
• Let Us Eat Cake. A boozy, celebratory centerpiece, baba au rhum savarin is the best kind of dessert experience.
• Why Do Movies Keep Repeating the Same Joke About the Afterlife? From the recent ‘Eternity’ to classics like ‘Defending Your Life’ and ‘Beetlejuice,’ the gag remains the same: What if the next world worked just like this one?
• Beloved Objects Left Behind by Val Kilmer, Ozzy Osbourne and Others We Lost This Year. Metal crosses, a recliner, a blue wedding suit: the most cherished belongings of Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, Kitty Dukakis and others.
• A Revelation Tore Apart Her Fairy-Tale Marriage, and Shocked the Nation. Rhinelander v. Rhinelander was one of the most scandalous trials of the Jazz Age. 100 years later, it reads as a tragedy about the country’s original sin.
• Where Did Jeffrey Epstein Get His Money? For years, rumors swirled about where Jeffrey Epstein’s wealth came from. A Times investigation reveals the truth of how a college dropout clawed his way to the pinnacle of American finance and society.
• D’Wayne Wiggins’s Songs Were Embraced by Everyone From Church Ladies to Biggie. With Tony! Toni! Toné!, his songs captured the mood of how people lived and died in Oakland.
• There Was No Villain Michelle Trachtenberg Couldn’t Play. The actress seemed to channel her childhood bullies when playing deliciously vindictive characters.
• The Activist Who Became Radicalized by Working on ‘Our Bodies, Our Selves’ Norma Swenson exposed the systematic sexism within the medical establishment.
• The Hip-Hop Trailblazer Who Demanded Recognition — and Pay — for Her Work. Angie Stone always knew she had what it took to make it, even if the music industry did not.
• The Track and Field Star Who Casually Shattered Race and Gender Barriers. Mabel Landry Staton was one of the first Black, female long-jumpers in the history of the Olympics.
• When Terence Stamp, Bad Boy of ‘60s Cinema, Left Acting for an Ashram. After a decade away from the movies, he had a remarkable second act.
• Jill Sobule’s Fans Always Made Sure She Had a Place to Perform — and to Stay. After her label dropped her, supporters showed her she could still make it in music.
• Assata Shakur’s Freedom Came With Shattering Costs for Her and Her Family. The F.B.I. made her the first woman on their list of most-wanted terrorists.
• The Psychoanalyst Who Believed Holocaust Survivors Were More Than Just Victims. Anna Ornstein, an Auschwitz survivor, wanted to change the way her field thought about those who endured the concentration camps.
• Her Art Was Ignored for Decades. She Kept Painting Anyway. Marcia Marcus never wavered, whether she was being celebrated or overlooked.
• David Lynch Seduced Audiences by Exploring Their Secret Desires. The director lived a disciplined life to make space for his wild, surrealist visions.
• Talking to the Survivors of Hiroshima Changed Robert Jay Lifton Forever. The psychiatrist spent much of his career peering into the darkest corners of humanity.
• The Bumpy Flight That Led Diane Keaton to Adopt a Child at 50. She worried that she was inadequate at love, until she became a mother.
• The Bonobo Who Had a Lot to Say. They tried to teach his adoptive mother to communicate. Kanzi learned instead.
• He Pioneered the Right to Die Movement. He Thought It Didn’t Go Far Enough. Derek Humphry wanted patients to die with dignity, if only politicians and doctors would allow it.
• The Secret Service Agent Haunted by His Failure to Save J.F.K. He rarely spoke of the assassination he could not prevent. That changed in the final years of his life.
• She Sold a Painting for $165 Million and Gave It All Away. Agnes Gund owned the beloved artwork for 41 years. Its proceeds helped her fund criminal justice reform.
• Jane Goodall Approached Chimps as She Did People, On Their Own Terms. The world’s leading expert on chimpanzees saw them as distinct and dignified.
• The Refugee Who Became the Executive Editor of The Times. As a child, Max Frankel was an outsider. As an editor, he couldn’t resist a good human story.
• Before George Foreman Was a Lovable Pitchman, He Was Just Plain Mean. After losing his title to Muhammad Ali, the boxer sank into a depression that ended only after he was born again.
• ‘Ranger Doug’ Witnessed America’s Glaciers Melting in Real Time. Over his six-decade tenure as a ranger, Douglas Follett explained the wonders of nature to park visitors.
• Roberta Flack Dreamed of Being a Classical Pianist, Then Made Pop History. She defied trends and ended up making some of the most memorable hits of the ‘70s.
• The Poet Who Captured the Rhythms of His Communities. After attending James Baldwin’s funeral, Thomas Sayers Ellis was inspired to create a collective for Black artists.
• The Lives They Lived. Remembering some of the artists, innovators and thinkers we lost in the past year.
• The Diary of a Jeffrey Epstein Girlfriend Shows How He Used Women. A Bear Stearns executive introduced a 23-year-old employee to Epstein. She shared her diary with us.
• What to Know About the Origins of Jeffrey Epstein’s Wealth. The sources of Epstein’s fortune have long been a source of speculation. Here are six takeaways from a Times investigation that found that he built it through scams, theft and lies.
• Birthdays Can Be Disappointing. But Not if You Bake Your Own Cake. A birthday can happen to you, or you can make it happen yourself.
• Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich. For years, rumors swirled about where his wealth came from. A Times investigation reveals the truth of how a college dropout clawed his way to the pinnacle of American finance and society.
• He Tried to Protect His Son From Bullies. He Didn’t Know How Far They Would Go. After his son was repeatedly attacked, Rick Kuehner reached out to his suburban school, to the police and to other parents. The violence only got worse.
• ‘They Don’t See Us as Human’: The Dark Side of the Global Fertility Industry. Eve was one of dozens of Thai women who traveled 4,000 miles to become surrogates, on the promise of generous fees. It turned into a nightmare.
• Can I Insist That My Dysfunctional Son Get a Vasectomy? I’ve told him that I won’t continue supporting him unless he agrees.

T Magazine

• It’s Cold Out There. Here’s How to Nourish Your Skin. Tips from three people working in chilly climates: a fashion designer, an aesthetician and a chef.
• A Designer of Maximalist Fine Jewelry Embraces Warm Minimalism at Home. With clean lines and a pared-down palette, Joe Spiro’s London apartment is a refuge from his glittery day job.
• A Hot Pink Carousel Touches Down in Switzerland. Plus: Norwegian ski sweaters, an antique-filled hotel in Jakarta and more recommendations from T Magazine.
• James Barnor Has Photographed Ghana Since the 1940s. He Remembers Everything. The 96-year-old on postcolonial history, his first camera and the importance of talking to younger artists.

Travel

• After Airport Pat-Down, Sean Duffy’s Daughter Calls T.S.A. ‘Unconstitutional’ Evita Duffy-Alfonso suggested that her father, the transportation secretary, would try to eliminate the security agency if he were in charge of it.
• 52 Places to Go, So Little Time: Where We Went in 2025. Our writers and photographers were on the ground to find out what makes the destinations on our annual list rise above the rest.
• How Much More Can the U.S. Travel Industry Take? Politics and border hassles have chased away foreign visitors, costing businesses billions. Some fear next year’s World Cup won’t be enough to bring tourists back.
• 36 Hours in San Luis Obispo County. Wineries and boutique hotels have sprouted along the backroads and once-sleepy main streets of this Central Coast county.
• Chasing Spice and Street Food in India’s Pink City. On a mission to understand how Jaipur balances tradition and innovation, a writer and chef explores its street food stands and palatial dining spots.
• Saving Money and Getting Close to Nature on Hawaii’s Big Island. Rural stays booked on the Hipcamp platform allow budget visitors to save money while reveling in the outdoors.
• Exploring Bayous and Beaches on the Reborn Gulf Train. The new Mardi Gras Service runs from New Orleans to Mobile, Ala., and lets visitors explore the Gulf Coast’s pleasantly walkable waterfront towns without a car.
• Grand Canyon Hotels to Reopen After Unexpected 11-Day Closure. The National Park Service said hotels on the South Rim could again welcome guests starting on Wednesday after repairs to a broken water pipeline.
• 5 Glittering Getaways, Just in Time for the Holidays. From Colorado Springs to Vienna, here’s where you can indulge in a festive winter break.
• How to Avoid an Airbnb Fail. Sometimes, a short-term rental doesn’t live up to its billing. Here’s how to recognize red flags before you turn up at the front door.

Real Estate

• $1.3 Million Homes in Italy. In the mountains of northeast Italy, buyers can find a city duplex penthouse, an amenity-packed designer apartment, and a renovated mountain chalet.
• Would You Let A.I. Design Your Living Room? A growing number of home renovation and interior design platforms are rolling out A.I.-enabled imaging tools, capable of redesigning rooms in an instant.
• And Now, Please Welcome Back: Wall-to-Wall Carpeting. Some interior designers have convinced their wealthiest clients that this artifact from the ’70s is worth another look.
• Outside Dallas, a Young Family Just Wanted Some Space. Here’s Where They Found It. After a long stint in Europe, a Texas couple brought their two young daughters home and searched for a house in a good school district with room for grandparents and friends.
• Leanne Ford’s Cozy Sunroom Has an Old Soul. The interior designer keeps things casual in her 1900s cottage, with a corduroy sofa, oversize TV cabinet and Art Deco-inspired molding.
• Homes for Sale in Manhattan and the Bronx. This week’s properties are in Beekman, Turtle Bay and Mott Haven.
• Homes for Sale in New Jersey and New York. This week’s properties are four-bedroom houses in Monroe and Yonkers.
• Is Downsizing Worth It? In some cities, trading down can save hundreds of thousands of dollars. But in others, it could actually cost you money.
• $685,000 Homes in Michigan, North Carolina and New York. A Queen Anne Revival in Detroit, a Craftsman in Durham and a Cape Cod in Pearl River.
• Is Your Apartment Nice Enough for This Home-Swapping App? Kindred is picky about the houses in the app in part to solve one of the biggest challenges in home swapping: convincing people to let strangers sleep in their bed.
• ‘Weird’ Townhouse Gave Couple Chance at Realizing Brooklyn Dream. Absent the detail of neighboring homes and only 12 feet wide, an 1899 building in need of renovations gave an architect and a designer an opportunity to buy in Cobble Hill.
• A Race-Car Driver Cruises Manhattan for His First Apartment. Jaden Lander didn’t want to leave the Upper East Side, where he grew up, but he found what he was looking for in the Financial District.
• $2.4 Million Homes in California. A Streamline Moderne house in Los Angeles, a contemporary home in Berkeley and a wood-shingled house in Redondo Beach
• What Is a ‘Zombie Mortgage,’ and How Can You Avoid It? After the housing crash in 2008, thousands of second mortgages became worthless. But they never really died.

Health

• R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s. The shift would mean fewer shots recommended for children. But a Danish health official found the idea baffling, saying the United States was getting “crazier and crazier in public health.”
• Trump Announces Pricing Deals With Nine Drugmakers. The companies agreed to sell most of their drugs to Medicaid at the prices they charge in European countries and to sell drugs directly to consumers through a planned TrumpRx website.
• Why the New Cannabis Classification Matters. Moving cannabis to a category of drugs that includes some common medicines will have implications for research, businesses and patients.
• F.D.A. Turmoil Keeps Spotlight on Its Commissioner. The agency’s high-level turnover and conflicting policy decisions on drug oversight have fueled concerns about the leadership of Dr. Marty Makary.
• Trump Moves to End Gender-Related Care for Minors, Threatening Hospitals That Offer It. Proposed new rules would punish the hospitals by pulling all federal financing. Advocates say lawsuits will follow.
• Heart Association Revives Theory That Light Drinking May Be Good for You. The American Heart Association report runs contrary to recent studies — and the group’s own guidelines — that found any amount of alcohol to be harmful.
• A Powerful New Drug Is Creating a ‘Withdrawal Crisis’ in Philadelphia. Medetomidine, a veterinary sedative, mixed into fentanyl has sent thousands to hospitals, not only for overdose but for life-threatening withdrawal. It is spreading to other cities.

Well

• The Downside of Being a Child Prodigy? Late Bloomers May Win in the End. A new study suggests that the people who reach the pinnacle of their fields typically dabbled in multiple disciplines when they were young.
• The Small Gestures That Help Us Navigate Grief. Readers share the small, practical acts of kindness that made a difference.
• Can Science Win on Social Media? Ask Dr. Noc. Morgan McSweeney’s TikTok crusade against White House health policies has made him a star. It’s not a job he ever wanted.
• What to Know About the New Flu Variant. Scientists have expressed alarm about the dominant version of the virus that’s circulating now.
• In New Dementia Trials, Ozempic’s ‘Miracle Drug’ Image Takes a Hit. The drug failed to slow the progression of early Alzheimer’s. Experts are trying to understand why.
• My Face Gets Flushed and Red. Why Is It Worsening as I Age? Scientists aren’t entirely sure what causes rosacea, or why it intensifies as you get older, but they have some theories.
• Controlling Blood Sugar Cut Heart Disease Risk in Half, Study Says. People who brought their blood glucose down to a normal level had a lower risk of death from heart disease or hospitalization for heart failure after 20 years.

Eat

• A Study Linked Cheese to Lower Dementia Risk. Is That Too Good to Be True? Dairy fat has been making the headlines. Here’s what to know.

Family

• Caught in the Middle of a Family Estrangement? Here’s How to Cope. Familial feuds have ripple effects, experts say.
• With Rights and Resources Uncertain, They’re Seeking Sterilization. More young, child-free women are pursuing the permanent form of contraception.

Live

• What Is Gout, and Why Is it on the Rise? The condition is increasingly common, but stigma often prevents sufferers from obtaining treatment.

Mind

• What Worries You Lately? We Want to Know. A recent survey found significant increases in worry and stress worldwide. Share what’s on your mind.
• My Mom Lays on the Guilt Over the Holidays. What Can I Do? Our Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, advises a reader who tries to balance the needs of her divorced parents — but often ends up in tears.
• Want a Healthier Brain in 2026? Sign Up for Well’s 5-Day Challenge. We’ll show you how to keep your mind sharp and resilient for years to come. Signing up with a partner may bring even bigger benefits.

Move

• 6 Mobility Exercises for Runners. This routine can help you avoid injury and move more easily.

Times Insider

• Scouring the Country for 50 Standout Clothing Stores. In today’s click-and-ship era, a team of Styles journalists set out to identify the best of the brick-and-mortar shops.
• The View From My Seat at an Ultraluxurious Dinner. A reporter traveled to Las Vegas to learn how one of the world’s most over-the-top dining experiences comes together.
• They Read Hundreds of Books a Year. How Do They Pick the Top 10? Crafting The New York Times Book Review’s annual list involves arguments, politicking and, every once in a while, a rare consensus.

Corrections

• Corrections: Dec. 19, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: The One Boat Strike Hegseth Isn’t Sharing. Quotation of the Day for Friday, December 19, 2025.
• Corrections: Dec. 18, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: A Coach Pokes and Prods at Every Weakness to Hone Schwarber’s Bat. Quotation of the Day for Thursday, December 18, 2025.
• Corrections: Dec. 17, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: Brown’s Tradition of Openness Is Now Fractured. Quotation of the Day for Wednesday, December 17, 2025.
• Corrections: Dec. 16, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: How tech’s biggest powerhouses are investing in building out infrastructure while offloading risk. Quotation of the Day for Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
• No Corrections: Dec. 15, 2025. No corrections appeared in print on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: Phil Upchurch, Jazz and Blues Guitarist And Sideman to Constellation of Stars, 84. Quotation of the Day for Monday, December 15, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: Biden Has Raised Little of What He Needs to Build a Typical Presidential Library. Quotation of the Day for Sunday, December 14, 2025.
• Corrections: Dec. 14, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025.
• Corrections: Dec. 13, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: For Ukrainians, U.S. Talks Are Just Background Din to Blackouts. Quotation of the Day for Saturday, December 13, 2025.

The Learning Network

• What’s the Best Gift You’ve Ever Received? The Times Opinion team writes that the gifts that cost the least are often the ones that we remember the most. Do you agree?
• Snow Day. Tell us a story, real or made up, that is inspired by these images.
• Word of the Day: indefatigable. This word has appeared in 111 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• How Should Parents Talk to Their Children About Wealth Inequality? Parents sometimes struggle when they try to explain why some people have more or less money than others. What’s your advice?
• Flowers and Candlelight. Why was this image in the news this week? What is your reaction?
• Word of the Day: nominate. This word has appeared in 262 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• What Are Your Favorite Holiday Traditions? Share some of your most cherished rituals for any holiday you celebrate.
• ‘Good-Bad’ Movies. What are your favorite films that are so bad, they’re good?
• Word of the Day: commensurate. This word has appeared in 117 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• Are You Too Judgmental? If so, would you like to find ways to ways to change that? The Well newsletter gives some useful tips.
• Jane Austen’s Birthday Party. The author’s fans are celebrating her 250th birthday. What fandoms are you in? How would you want to celebrate them?
• Word of the Day: unimpeachable. This word has appeared in 53 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• Bests, Worsts and Mosts: What Are Your 2025 Superlatives? Get inspiration from year-end roundups by Times critics and readers. Then, make your own lists of recommendations and reflections for the end of the year.
• Word of the Day: anachronism. This word has appeared in 33 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

Lesson Plans

• Ask a Journalist: Reporting on Youth Trends With Data and Graphics. The Times Upshot reporter Claire Cain Miller joins us in January to chat with teenagers about using data and visuals to help explain the world. Post your comments and questions for her by Jan. 16.
• To Learn How to Live, My Students Studied the Dead. A social studies teacher explores what writing obituaries of “overlooked” relatives can teach students about contributing meaningfully to society.

En español

• Palabra del día: ‘ indefatigable’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en 111 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• Palabra del día: ‘nominate’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en 262 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• Palabra del día: ‘commensurate’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en 117 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• ¿Por qué la rosácea empeora con el paso del tiempo? Los científicos no están del todo seguros de qué causa el enrojecimiento facial ni de por qué se intensifica con la edad, pero tienen algunas teorías.
• Palabra del día: ‘unimpeachable’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en 53 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• El desafío de Well: 5 días para tener un cerebro más sano en 2026. Te mostramos cómo mantener tu mente ágil y resistente durante años. Hacer el desafío con otra persona puede aportar beneficios aún mayores.
• Palabra del día: ‘anachronism’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en 33 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• ¿Cómo altera la menopausia el cuerpo? Una guía de pies a cabeza sobre los muchos síntomas inesperados de la transición a la mediana edad.

América Latina

• ¿Este es el hombre que podrá derrotar a los cárteles mexicanos? Según los analistas, García Harfuch ha consolidado el control de la estrategia de seguridad de México como ninguno de sus predecesores. Esto ha contribuido a congraciarlo con Washington.
• El secretario de Seguridad de México habla de su lucha contra los cárteles. Omar García Harfuch habló con The New York Times sobre la agresiva ofensiva de los cárteles del país y de su relación con la Casa Blanca.
• Trump afirma que Venezuela ‘robó’ campos petroleros de EE. UU. y desata una reacción nacionalista. Las declaraciones de Trump juegan a favor de un principio básico del movimiento revolucionario bolivariano de Hugo Chávez: que Estados Unidos conspira para apoderarse del petróleo de Venezuela.
• Los ataques marítimos de EE. UU. en el Pacífico ponen a Colombia en alerta. Los recientes ataques del ejército estadounidense sugieren un cambio de enfoque geográfico tras las embestidas iniciales en el Caribe e intensifican las rencillas entre Bogotá y Washington.
• Trinidad y Tobago permite la instalación de un radar estadounidense en su territorio. Mientras Estados Unidos aumenta la presión contra Nicolás Maduro, los expertos dicen que Trinidad y Tobago, el país más cercano a la costa norte de Venezuela, ya ha tomado partido.
• La victoria de José Antonio Kast en Chile es otro triunfo de la derecha global. El presidente electo pertenece a un movimiento global de derecha que ha ascendido al poder en todo el mundo al dar prioridad al orden público estricto y al cierre de las fronteras.
• Segunda vuelta en Chile: lo que hay que saber. Jeannette Jara y José Antonio Kast se enfrentan este domingo en unas elecciones profundamente polarizadas, marcadas por la preocupación por la seguridad y la migración.
• La ola delictiva que reconfigura la política de América Latina. La seguridad se ha convertido en una importante preocupación para los votantes de la región, que piden medidas de mano dura. Para Chile ha significado una inclinación hacia la derecha.
• La incautación del petrolero venezolano revela lo que Cuba hace con el crudo. En los últimos años solo una parte del petróleo venezolano destinado a Cuba ha llegado realmente a la isla, según los documentos de Pdvsa y los datos de seguimiento de los buques.

Ciencia y Tecnología

• Abejas prehistóricas convirtieron huesos milenarios en su colmenar. Los restos óseos de perezosos, tortugas y cocodrilos fueron el refugio perfecto para la reproducción de estas abejas.
• Pumas vs. pingüinos: una batalla ecológica en la Patagonia. En Argentina, el regreso de los pumas trajo de vuelta al paisaje a los principales depredadores, para gran consternación de los pingüinos.

Cultura

• Las 25 películas más destacadas de 2025. Encuestamos a los expertos en cine de la redacción. Estos son los títulos que se nos quedaron grabados este año.
• ‘Las locuras del emperador’ cumple 25 años y los milénials aún aman a Kronk. Este secuaz bonachón empezó como un personaje secundario, pero ahora es el favorito de muchos.
• Lo mejor del arte en 2025. Museos y galerías en Nueva York y Washington abrieron sus puertas al arte disruptivo de creadores diversos, algo que posiblemente cese ante la actual situación política en EE. UU.
• Nick Reiner es acusado de matar a sus padres: esto es lo que sabemos. El hijo de Rob Reiner y Michele Singer Reiner, quien fue imputado con dos cargos de asesinato en primer grado, ha luchado durante años con su adicción a las drogas.
• Así fue la larga lucha de Nick Reiner con las drogas. Por años, Reiner, quien fue detenido en relación con las muertes de Rob y Michele Reiner, osciló entre la rehabilitación y la indigencia, los esfuerzos por alcanzar la sobriedad y las recaídas.
• 2025, en lecturas. Nuestros críticos literarios repasan los títulos más memorables que leyeron y reseñaron durante el 2025.
• Tiroteo en Bondi Beach: un video muestra cómo un transeúnte desarma a uno de los atacantes. En el video, verificado por The New York Times, se ve cómo el hombre se acerca sigilosamente a uno de los atacantes por entre dos coches y le arrebata un arma larga.
• Rob Reiner, actor y director de clásicos del cine, muere a los 78 años. Saltó a la fama con su actuación en ‘All in the Family’ y dirigió ‘This Is Spinal Tap’, ‘Cuando Harry conoció a Sally…’, ‘La princesa prometida’ y ‘Cuestión de honor’.
• Lo que sabemos sobre Rob Reiner y su muerte. La familia del director dijo que él y su esposa habían muerto el domingo. La policía dijo que había encontrado dos cuerpos en la casa de la pareja en Los Ángeles.
• Michele Singer Reiner: una fotógrafa que cambió la historia del cine. Enamorarse de ella inspiró al director Rob Reiner para dar a ‘Cuando Harry conoció a Sally’ un nuevo final. Los Reiner siguieron trabajando juntos en películas y causas políticas.
• Los mejores álbumes de jazz de 2025. La tendencia de este año fue un indicador de la forma en que el jazz se renueva constantemente a través de una conversación continua entre las generaciones.
• 5 conclusiones de ‘The End of an Era’ de Taylor Swift. La gira Eras de Taylor Swift concluyó hace un año, pero la superestrella del pop aún no se despide de su espectáculo. Una nueva serie de Disney+ explora la planeación de la gira, y sus dificultades.
• 20 películas románticas para esta Navidad. Desde clásicos hasta melosas cenicientas modernas, pasando por amores lésbicos, hemos seleccionado los mejores romances disponibles en plataformas de transmisión en directo.

Estados Unidos

• EE. UU. ataca otras 2 embarcaciones que presume traficaban drogas. En el ataque murieron 5 personas. Esta es la operación letal número 27 desde que el presidente Trump autorizó la acción militar contra los cárteles de la droga.
• Insultos, gritos y ataques: el desinhibido segundo mandato de Trump. A muchos de los seguidores de Donald Trump les encanta su estilo de liderazgo de lucha libre profesional. Pero algunos de sus recientes ataques han provocado repulsión incluso en sus propios aliados.
• Una publicación de Reddit dio una pista crucial en la investigación del tiroteo de Brown. Un usuario proporcionó información que conduciría a un gran avance no solo en la búsqueda del atacante del campus, sino también del sospechoso del asesinato de un profesor del MIT.
• Lo que sabemos sobre el sospechoso de los asesinatos de Brown y el MIT. Las autoridades identificaron a un hombre portugués como sospechoso del tiroteo en la Universidad Brown y del asesinato de un profesor del MIT. La policía dijo que murió de un disparo autoinfligido.
• Trump se basa en distorsiones para argumentar su campaña contra Venezuela. El presidente tiene un largo historial de declaraciones falsas o engañosas. Pero la cantidad de estas en los ataques de su gobierno a embarcaciones y en la campaña de presión sobre Venezuela es excepcional.
• Un Trump belicoso señala culpables al defender su historial económico. En un discurso combativo, el presidente Trump aseguró que la “edad de oro” que prometió en su campaña presidencial del año pasado estaba cobrando fuerza.
• EE. UU. anuncia el más reciente ataque a una embarcación. El Comando Sur dijo que el ataque tuvo como objetivo una lancha que navegaba por una “conocida ruta del narcotráfico” y que en ella habían muerto cuatro hombres “narcoterroristas”.
• Melania Trump toma el control de su propia historia en una nueva película. La primera dama impulsa un proyecto que, según ha dicho, permitirá entender mejor cómo fue para ella mudarse a la Casa Blanca por segunda vez.
• Trump quiere aumentar las desnaturalizaciones en EE. UU. Un funcionario de los Servicios de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de Estados Unidos dijo que daría prioridad a “quienes hayan obtenido ilegalmente la ciudadanía estadounidense”.
• Bongino dejará su cargo en el FBI. La salida de Dan Bongino parecía inevitable desde agosto, cuando la Casa Blanca contrató al fiscal general de Misuri, Andrew Bailey, para que compartiera el cargo de subdirector con él.
• La Armada venezolana escolta buques tras la amenaza de bloqueo de Trump. El gobierno de Venezuela habría ordenado la medida, según dos personas familiarizadas con el asunto. No estaba claro si los buques estaban sujetos a sanciones estadounidenses.
• Esto es lo que hay que saber sobre los orígenes de la fortuna de Epstein. Una investigación del Times revela cómo el depredador sexual buscaba la compañía y protección de los poderosos para escalar socialmente y hacerse de dinero ajeno.
• Trump amplía la prohibición de entrada y las restricciones a otros 20 países. Las personas procedentes de Siria, Sudán del Sur y las que tienen documentos expedidos por la Autoridad Palestina se unen a las restricciones de ingreso a Estados Unidos, que ahora abarcan más de 35 países.
• Surgen nuevos detalles sobre cómo encontraron a Rob y Michele Reiner. Una persona allegada a la familia brindó un relato detallado de lo ocurrido en la casa de los Reiner después de que no abrieran la puerta para una cita de masaje.
• EE. UU. envía a cubanos a la base naval de Guantánamo. El traslado de más de una veintena de hombres esta semana reanudó una operación de deportación del gobierno de Trump en la base después de una pausa de dos meses.
• Susie Wiles, mano derecha de Trump, revela cómo es trabajar en la Casa Blanca. En entrevistas a Vanity Fair, la jefa de gabinete de Trump dijo que el presidente “tiene la personalidad de un alcohólico”, calificó a Vance de “teórico de la conspiración” y concluyó que Bondi “se equivocó” en la gestión del caso Epstein.
• Rob Reiner habría discutido con su hijo en una fiesta navideña. El director de cine y su hijo, Nick, discutieron en una velada organizada por el comediante Conan O’Brien una noche antes de que él y su esposa fueran encontrados muertos.
• La campaña de Trump contra Maduro también está enfocada en el petróleo. En público, la Casa Blanca dice que se enfrenta a Venezuela para frenar el narcotráfico, pero el presidente de EE. UU. ha hecho patente su interés por el acceso a las reservas del país.
• EE. UU. ataca en el Pacífico oriental a 3 embarcaciones y mata a 8 personas. Con estos ataques, el número de muertos desde que el gobierno de Trump inició los ataques contra presuntos narcotraficantes asciende al menos a 95.
• Trump aprovecha la muerte de Rob Reiner para atacar al director de Hollywood. Menos de un día después de que se informara del asesinato de Rob Reiner y su esposa, Michele Singer Reiner, el presidente Trump sugirió que las críticas que Reiner le hacía podrían haber provocado su homicidio.
• Los Clinton y su lucha para no declarar sobre Epstein ante el Congreso. El representante James Comer ha amenazado con iniciar un procedimiento de desacato al Congreso contra Bill y Hillary Clinton si no comparecen en persona.
• Nick Reiner ha hablado abiertamente de sus ‘años oscuros’ Reiner fue detenido a última hora del domingo, luego de que sus padres, el director Rob Reiner y su esposa Michele, fueron hallados muertos en su casa de California.
• Esto es lo que sabemos sobre el tiroteo en la Universidad Brown. Un hombre armado irrumpió el sábado en un aula del campus de Rhode Island. Dos personas murieron y otras nueve resultaron heridas.
• Esta es la verdadera historia del oso cocainómano. Casi 40 años después de que un oso negro de 79 kilos encontrara e ingiriera cocaína en un bosque de Georgia, el atracón de droga inspiró una película.
• Para Marco Rubio, la estrategia para Cuba pasa por Venezuela. El secretario de Estado y asesor de seguridad nacional del presidente Trump lleva mucho tiempo intentando socavar o derrocar al gobierno de Cuba, que mantiene estrechos vínculos económicos y de seguridad con Venezuela.
• Los recortes de impuestos de Trump benefician a las empresas. La recaudación fiscal a empresas se ha desplomado desde que los republicanos aprobaron modificaciones en el verano. Algunos economistas creen que estos cambios podrían valer la pena.
• Los ataques a embarcaciones en el Caribe podrían resultar en ‘daños morales’ para los militares. Los soldados que participan en misiones que consideran equivocadas o injustificadas pueden sufrir un profundo daño psicológico, según investigaciones.
• Por tierra, mar y aire. Así fue el osado escape de María Corina Machado a Oslo. Veteranos de guerra extrajeron a la política de Venezuela, evadiendo oleajes y mares altamente peligrosos bajo vigilancia estadounidense.
• Las autoridades de migración de EE. UU. usan datos de vuelos para las deportaciones. La Administración de Seguridad en el Transporte ahora comparte listas de pasajeros con el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas para identificar y detener a los viajeros sujetos a órdenes de deportación.
• El oficial que supervisó los ataques de EE. UU. frente a Venezuela se retira. El almirante Alvin Halsey había anunciado abruptamente que dejaría su cargo de jefe del Mando Sur. Su salida deja sin respuesta varias cuestiones sobre las ofensivas.

Estilos de Vida

• ¿Es resfriado, influenza o covid? Lo que hay que saber sobre los síntomas y las pruebas. Con síntomas similares, puede ser difícil saber qué enfermedad es cuál. Esto es lo que hay que tener en cuenta.
• Cómo elegir un restaurante cuando estás de viaje. No desperdicies tiempo en una trampa para turistas. Cuatro escritores de gastronomía comparten consejos para comer como alguien que conoce bien la ciudad, incluso cuando es tu primera visita.
• La mujer del video en el concierto de Coldplay está lista para hablar. Kristin Cabot fue grabada con su jefe en un concierto. El video se hizo viral. Pronto se vio ahogada en el veneno de desconocidos.
• La nueva variante de la gripe podría propagarse mucho este año. Esto hay que saber. Los investigadores se están preparando para una temporada brutal.
• ¿Qué es la gota y por qué va en aumento? Esta enfermedad es cada vez más frecuente, pero a menudo el estigma impide que los enfermos reciban tratamiento.
• 5 reglas de las aerolíneas que te convendría conocer. Las normas que rigen los viajes aéreos pueden ser complejas y a veces disparatadas. Descubre algunas que hicieron tropezar a los lectores en 2025.
• Guía para caminar sin riesgos cuando hay hielo. Con algunas estrategias simples, los expertos dicen que es posible caminar con mayor seguridad durante el invierno.
• Cómo mantener la paz con tu familia política. Los expertos comparten consejos para gestionar las dinámicas familiares complicadas en estas fiestas.
• Judi Jupiter, una estrella de las redes sociales de 76 años, es generación Z de corazón. Le pellizcó el trasero a Superman, tuvo una cita con Keith Richards y hacía reír a Andy Warhol. Hoy, celular en mano, busca estilo y alma entre los jóvenes.
• Las tres veces que me casé con mi esposa. Pronunciar tus votos matrimoniales es una cosa. Vivir a la altura de ellos es otra.

Mundo

• El canciller alemán que quiere pisar fuerte en Europa. Friedrich Merz cree que el mundo necesita una Alemania más fuerte. Todavía está buscando la forma de hacerlo.
• Un rugido de motocicletas y la aterradora noche de un secuestro masivo. Unos hombres armados irrumpieron en una escuela católica en Nigeria y raptaron a 253 niños. Sus padres hablan sobre la aterradora experiencia y la falta de interés de las autoridades locales.
• ¿Quién puede resolver los problemas de Irán? Yo no, dice el presidente. Masoud Pezeshkian, el mandatario iraní, ha dicho que el país enfrenta retos insuperables como una inflación desorbitada y que se ha quedado sin ideas.
• De aliado de Al Qaeda a presidente de Siria. Ahmed al Sharaa, antiguo aliado de Al Qaeda, es ahora presidente de Siria. Analizamos su transformación y si podrá transformar también su país.
• Era el rey de la comedia nocturna en Rusia. Ahora trabaja en cumpleaños y bodas. Ivan Urgant era una megaestrella rusa imparable hasta que expresó su oposición a la invasión de Putin en Ucrania.
• Las nuevas estaciones del metro de Roma también son museos. Mientras esperan el metro, los pasajeros podrán ver reliquias de la ciudad, casi todos descubiertas al excavar las estaciones.
• El Estado Islámico y el ataque en Bondi Beach. Las autoridades australianas afirman que los sospechosos estaban motivados por el grupo militante, lo que sugiere que aún tendría la capacidad de inspirar actos de terrorismo.
• ‘No alimentes al cerdo’: la consigna anticorrupción que ayudó a derrocar al gobierno en Bulgaria. ​​Aunque el país ha vivido manifestaciones populares desde la caída del comunismo, esta vez los búlgaros dijeron que la indignación, ocasionada por la corrupción y el aumento de impuestos, se había desbordado.
• Europa y EE. UU. dicen avanzar en un plan para blindar a Ucrania. Aunque los funcionarios europeos dijeron que estaban trabajando bien con los negociadores estadounidenses, a algunos les preocupa que el trabajo diplomático sea irrelevante si no se resuelven las disputas fundamentales entre Rusia y Ucrania.
• ¿Qué sigue para Gaza? El alto al fuego se mantiene en su mayor parte, pero quedan aspectos difíciles, como el destino de las armas de Hamás.
• De festejo a horror: una noche de Janucá bajo fuego en Bondi Beach. La violencia estalló en plena celebración de Janucá en Bondi Beach, un punto central para la comunidad judía de Sídney, cuando dos hombres armados abrieron fuego contra los asistentes.
• El plan de Trump para Gaza, entre la ambición y la indefinición. La hoja de ruta de 20 puntos para Gaza sigue sin avances claros, con dudas sobre su implementación y actores clave, pero nuevas señales sugieren que el proceso podría activarse.
• El héroe de Bondi: un australiano de origen sirio que desarmó a uno de los atacantes. El video de Ahmed el Ahmed desarmando a uno de los atacantes se ha vuelto viral, y autoridades de todo el mundo han elogiado su valentía.
• Huelga de un día en el Louvre; los turistas se quedan fuera. Alrededor de una quinta parte de los 2100 empleados del museo votaron a favor de pasar el día en huelga para pedir salarios más altos, una plantilla más numerosa, una mejor asignación de los recursos y una dirección que los escuche.
• Atentado en Sídney durante Janucá. Unos hombres armados mataron a más de una decena de personas que asistían a una celebración judía en Bondi Beach.
• Kenia apuesta su economía a mujeres dispuestas a arriesgarlo todo. Una investigación reveló que la explotación de las trabajadoras enviadas a Arabia Saudita empieza en su país de origen.
• Lo que sabemos sobre el tiroteo en Bondi Beach. Dos atacantes abrieron fuego contra decenas de personas que se encontraban en un acto relacionado con una festividad judía. Al menos 11 personas murieron en el ataque, y también uno de los tiradores, dijo la policía.
• Andrew Tate estaba acusado de violación y trata de personas. No importó. La estrella de la llamada manosfera estaba bajo investigación penal en Rumania. Cuando una orden extraordinaria le permitió irse, surgieron sospechas de que la Casa Blanca podría haber intervenido.

Negocios

• La economía global se enfrenta a un futuro próximo lleno de incertidumbres y tensiones. Una reordenación de las reglas del comercio, sumada a un cambio transformador en la tecnología, la demografía y el clima, está rehaciendo el empleo, la política y la vida.
• Hollywood pierde relevancia, incluso en sus estudios. Cuando los estudios dejaron de producir películas, los tours comenzaron a sentirse vacíos.

Opinión

• La película que temía ver. Todo se reduce a la coordinación.
• 600 lectores nos contaron sobre sus regalos más memorables. Estos son los 13 mejores. Le pedimos a nuestros lectores que nos hablen sobre los obsequios más entrañables que les han dado. Prepárate para conmoverte.
• Stephen King: Por qué abracé a Rob Reiner tras ver ‘Stand by Me’ En manos de Rob, mi novela más autobiográfica sonó auténtica.
• La estrategia de Trump nos encamina a otra guerra mundial. Vamos hacia más confrontación, al filo de una guerra.
• Los multimillonarios se comportan cada vez más como Luis XV. Ser dueñas del mundo no es suficiente para estas personas; ahora también buscan el estímulo fácil de la celebridad en internet.
• Compra mejor, compra menos y siéntete bien con ello. En búsqueda de moda, la calidad surge como un emblema de sofisticación.

The Athletic

• Is Tennis’ ‘Battle-of-the-Sexes’ a Lose-Lose Situation? The women’s world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka will play the men’s world No. 652 Nick Kyrgios in a match labeled as the fourth Battle of the Sexes in the sport’s history. The Athletic’s Sarah Shepherd reports on why it’s a lose-lose situation for women in tennis.

Weather

• High Winds Amid Fire Warning Force Utility Company to Cut Off Power Around Denver. Thousands of people were without power in Colorado early Friday, and forecasters said some of the most extreme conditions were expected later in the day.
• Winter Weather Kicks Into High Gear Just in Time for Christmas Travel. If you’re planning to hit the road in the next few days, here’s where storms may snarl your plans.
• Strong Winds Cause Major Power Outage Across the Pacific Northwest. More than 200,000 customers lost power due to the strong gusts of wind that toppled trees and power lines on Wednesday. The wind speed in North Bend, Wash., reached 112 miles per hour.
• California’s ‘Twilight Zone’ of Endless Fog Is Finally Clearing. An unrelenting gloom has blanketed much of the state’s Central Valley since late November.
• Storm Knocks Out Power for Hundreds of Thousands in the Pacific Northwest. The region has faced significant flooding in the last week. Powerful winds from another storm have compounded the misery.
• More Rain Is Forecast for Washington, Still Flooded From Last Week. After more rain moved into the area on Monday, rivers began to swell and cause some flooding.
• New York City Gets Its First Big Snowfall of the Season. The city has not seen this much snow this early in the season since 2019, the National Weather Service said.
• New York Could See Its First Big Snow of the Season This Weekend. Up to three inches of snow is forecast in the city and across the region from late Saturday into Sunday morning.

Gameplay

• Connections Companion No. 923. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1,645. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 657. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025.
• Pitch Catcher. Hemant Mehta opens our solving weekend.
• Connections Companion No. 922. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, Dec. 19, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1,644. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, Dec. 19, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 656. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, Dec. 19, 2025.
• Spelling Bee Forum. Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
• The Time of One’s Life. Joseph Gangi asks us to mind our Q’s.
• Wordle Review No. 1,643. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 655. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025.
• Connections Companion No. 921. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025.
• Like Barked Orders. Gary Larson and Doug Peterson have outmaneuvered us.
• Wordle Review No. 1,642. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 654. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025.
• Connections Companion No. 920. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025.
• Words Before a Date. You’ll have to complete Jason Reich’s crossword from start to finish.
• Wordle Review No. 1,641. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025.
• Connections Companion No. 919. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 653. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025.
• The Slow Decline of Urban Dictionary. As slang finds its way into lexical institutions, experts ponder its place on the internet.
• Lift on the Slopes. Jeff Jerome and Andrea Carla Michaels make their debut as collaborators in The New York Times.
• Connections Companion No. 918. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Monday, Dec. 15, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1,640. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Monday, Dec. 15, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 652. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Monday, Dec. 15, 2025.
• Change Locations. Zachary Edward-Brown and John Kugelman’s puzzle makes moving fun.
• Connections Companion No. 917. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 651. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1,639. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025.
• Board of Creatives? Gene Louise De Vera’s puzzle sets a record!

中文

• 飞行汽车、天降午餐：中国清洁能源技术背后的雄心与挑战. 中国对清洁能源技术的运用热潮催生了飞行汽车、送餐无人机等颇具科幻感的尝试。时报记者前往合肥和武汉体验了这些未来愿景，感受到中国的科技雄心及其带来的挑战。