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U.S.

• Parts of New York and New England Brace for Ice Storm. Several states were under weather warnings or advisories early Monday. The same winter storm battered the Midwest over the weekend.
• From A.I. to Immigration, These New State Laws Will Take Effect in 2026. States across the country have also passed new rules around cellphone usage for minors, medically assisted death and gender-related care.
• How Did This Family End Up Back in a Toxic House? A Times investigation has found that insurers are driving families into homes contaminated by smoke. Lab results show how one family was exposed to neurotoxins and carcinogens.
• Winter Storms Batter the Midwest With Blizzard Conditions. In Minnesota, forecasters warned of “potentially life-threatening travel conditions” as whiteout conditions reduced visibility. Heavy snow was expected over the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes.
• Man Charged in Fatal Shooting During Backyard Target Practice. The Oklahoma man had bought himself a Glock .45 handgun for Christmas and was shooting at an energy drink can when a woman nearby was fatally struck, officials said.
• New College of Florida Was Progressive. Then Gov. DeSantis Overhauled It. At the state school, gender studies is out. ‘The Odyssey’ is required reading. A Charlie Kirk statue is coming. Has one ideological bubble replaced another?
• Slopes Are Empty as a Labor Dispute Shuts Down a Colorado Ski Town. Now, vacationers looking to ski are wondering what to do and merchants are hoping it doesn’t last.
• Joseph Hartzler Dies at 75; Led Prosecution of Oklahoma City Bomber. He and his team secured the conviction of Timothy McVeigh, who in 1995 committed the deadliest domestic terror attack in American history.
• Dallas Considers Moving From ‘Iconic’ City Hall. Could It Be Torn Down? Discussion of leaving the building, designed by the architect I.M. Pei, has sparked developer interest and prompted debate over the merits of its distinctive design.
• How One Father Created an Organ Empire. The National Kidney Registry has matched thousands of kidney donors with recipients. It has also paid millions of dollars to a company owned by its founder.
• California Drops Lawsuit Over $4 Billion Federal Cut to High-Speed Rail Project. California sued after the Trump administration cut grants for the long-planned project. The state says it will seek private investors instead.
• Kennedy Center Chief Threatens Legal Action Over Canceled Christmas Concert. The musician Chuck Redd called off the annual Christmas Eve performances after the Kennedy Center board added President Trump’s name to the performing arts center.
• Karoline Leavitt Says She’s Expecting Her Second Child. The White House press secretary announced on Instagram that she was pregnant with a daughter who is due in May. She and her husband have a 1-year-old son.
• Grand Jury Declines to Indict Parent Who Fatally Shot Kentucky Student. The grand jury received testimony that the man had acted to defend his son, who had faced bullying before the shooting, a local prosecutor said.
• Driver Livestreaming on TikTok Is Charged After Fatally Striking Pedestrian, Police Say. The driver, who is known to her followers as Tea Tyme, was charged with two felonies in connection with the crash last month, the police in Illinois said.
• At Least 1 Injured in Shooting at an Idaho Sheriff’s Office. The shooting happened at the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office in Wallace, Idaho, and the shooter had been “neutralized,” the authorities said.
• Trump Invited White South Africans to America. One Ended Up in Detention. An Afrikaner flew to the United States expecting protection. Instead, he has spent months locked up in Georgia alongside hundreds of other immigrants.
• A College Freshman Is the Unlikely Source of Alabama’s New Political Maps. Daniel DiDonato, 19, has loved elections since he was in fourth grade. He also loves maps.
• Death Toll in UPS Plane Crash Rises to 15. Alain Rodriguez Colina, who was injured when a cargo plane crashed into his Kentucky workplace more than a month ago, died on Christmas Day.
• Trump Says ‘Housing First’ Failed the Homeless. Here’s What the Evidence Says. The Trump administration has sought to move away from the model, which supporters call “evidence based” but opponents consider overly permissive.
• Winner in Arkansas Takes $1.817 Billion Powerball Jackpot. A single ticket drawn Wednesday night won the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever.
• Kennedy Center’s Christmas Eve Jazz Show Canceled After Trump Name Added to Building. Chuck Redd, a jazz musician, said he canceled his annual concert after President Trump’s name was affixed to the Washington building’s facade.
• Former Broadway Child Actress, 25, Killed in New Jersey Stabbing. Imani Dia Smith, who appeared in “The Lion King,” died after she was stabbed at a home in Edison, the authorities said. A man faces murder charges related to the incident.
• Man Shot in ICE Confrontation in Maryland, Officials Say. Federal and local officials said the man, an immigrant from Portugal, tried to flee and harm agents. He and another man were hospitalized after a vehicle they were in crashed.
• After a Plane Crashed in the Texas Fog, 2 Stories of Rescue. A plane from Mexico was on a medical mission on Monday when it crashed into Galveston Bay, and two men on the water that day helped save two lives.
• Prominent Farmer in California Arrested in Killing of His Wife. Michael Abatti was charged with fatally shooting Kerri Ann Abatti, who had filed for divorce and was living apart from him in Arizona.
• Texas A&M Will Not Reinstate Lecturer Fired Over Gender Lesson. The decision seemed likely to provoke a court battle in a state where Republican politicians have sought to influence public universities.
• In Private Letters, Harvard and Trump Administration Escalate Duel. It is the latest twist in the marquee battle of the administration’s campaign to rein in colleges and universities it views as too liberal.
• Here’s the latest on the fires.
• ICE Sweeps Into Ohio, Stirring Fear Among Somalis and Other Immigrants. After Mayor Andrew Ginther of Columbus said that its policy prohibited local cooperation on immigration enforcement, Elon Musk called him a “traitor.”
• 19 States Sue to Block White House Plan to End Gender-Related Care for Minors. The coalition of states seeks to stop a Trump administration effort to cut off federal funding to hospitals that provide such care.
• Man Accused in Brown Shooting Worked in Portugal After Leaving University. One friend said Claudio Neves Valente appeared to live a detached life, upset that “he couldn’t be the genius he thought he should be.”
• Trooper Killed at Motor Vehicle Office in Delaware. Deputies responded to a report of an active shooter shortly after 2 p.m. at the Division of Motor Vehicles office in Wilmington, Del., the authorities said. The shooter has also died, the governor said.
• Multiple People Injured in Explosion at Pennsylvania Nursing Home. The explosion at the Bristol Health and Rehab Center in Bristol, Pa., caused a fire and partial collapse of the building, the authorities said.
• ‘He’s a Maximalist’: Inside Trump’s Gilded Oval Office. Take a 3-D tour of the president’s office, where he covered more than a third of wall space with gold.
• Oklahoma Instructor Is Fired Over Student’s Gender Essay That Cited Bible. The instructor, a graduate student at the University of Oklahoma, gave a zero to a student who wrote an essay arguing in favor of traditional gender definitions based on biblical teachings.
• Read the Essay on Gender by a University of Oklahoma Student. The paper by Samantha Fulnecky, an undergraduate, received a zero by the instructor and has stirred a debate about academic freedom.
• They Were Part of the Biggest Measles Outbreak in a Generation. The measles outbreak in the United States is now in its 11th month, with almost 2,000 cases. The Timmons family were some of the first people to get sick.

Politics

• U.S. Kills 2 in Strike in Pacific, as Trump Pressures Venezuela. The attack was the 30th announced by the U.S. military since early September. It came days after President Trump said the U.S. had struck a coastal site related to drugs and Venezuela.
• Despite Differences, Trump and Netanyahu Present United Front. The American and Israeli leaders showed few signs of disagreement after meeting in Florida, giving no public indication of their growing strains over Gaza, Syria and other issues.
• Democrats Aim to Spotlight Republican Efforts to Rewrite the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot. On the fifth anniversary of the attack, which falls next Tuesday, Democrats plan to hold an informal hearing to review President Trump’s clemency for the rioters and G.O.P. attempts to sanitize the event.
• Trump and Netanyahu Present United Front During Meeting. President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel lavished each other with praise during their meeting on Monday. The two discussed Gaza’s reconstruction. Mr. Netanyahu also gave Mr. Trump the Israel Prize, the country’s highest cultural honor.
• Trump, Pressing Ahead on Ukraine-Russia Talks, Confronts Difficult Realities. The U.S.-led negotiations have made some progress, but still face fundamental challenges, including over security guarantees to counter future Russian aggression.
• 11 Voters on Trump’s First Year. There is avid support, deep anger and for one person, regret over his choice last year.
• Families of Murder Victims in Washington Say Trump Is Ignoring Them. President Trump insists there are no more murders in Washington, D.C. “I wish that was true,” said Jamia Vaden, whose sister was gunned down in November.
• How Kevin Hassett Became a Trump Loyalist and Fed Chair Contender. Mr. Hassett’s evolution from conservative economist to defender of the president’s economic agenda has raised questions about how he would lead the central bank.
• Trump Says the U.S. Struck a ‘Big Facility’ in Campaign Against Venezuela. The administration provided no details of what the president said was an attack last week linked to U.S. efforts to disrupt drug trafficking from Latin America.
• Suspect Confessed to Planting Pipe Bombs Near the Capitol Before Jan. 6. A Virginia man was charged with planting the bombs outside Democratic and Republican headquarters. Court documents show he believed that the 2020 election had been “tampered with.”
• Trump and Zelensky Meet to Iron Out Peace Plan, but Deal Remains Elusive. The U.S. president said after a meeting at Mar-a-Lago that a deal was “maybe very close.” But a joint U.S.-Ukraine proposal appeared unfinished, as Russia rejected several ideas.
• How a Left-Right Social Media Tiff Pushed Texas to Fund Parks. An unusual partnership between an environmentalist and a Republican megadonor began with a fight on Twitter. It ended up in the creation of a $1 billion state fund to expand Texas park land.
• How Oil, Drugs and Immigration Fueled Trump’s Venezuela Campaign. New details of deliberations show how aides with overlapping agendas drove the United States toward a militarized confrontation with Venezuela.
• Trump Remakes America as Leader of the Brand. In attaching his name to buildings and programs while still president, Donald Trump is walking a path paved by conquerors and autocrats.
• Trump Promised Radical Change in His Second Term. Here’s What He’s Done So Far. President Trump has driven illegal crossings at the border to record lows, helped bring about an uneasy cease-fire in Gaza and upended the global trading system.
• Some G.O.P. Senators Join Democrats in Urging Trump to Adopt Hard Line With Putin. The president is planning to meet with the leader of Ukraine in Florida just as the lawmakers are applying some pressure.
• When the Democratic Door-Knocker Has Something Unscripted to Say. Zohran Mamdani’s campaign encouraged canvassers to ditch their scripts in pursuit of genuine, off-the-cuff-conversation. It’s a strategy that some Democratic strategists want to see more of.
• They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead. The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
• U.S. Strikes ISIS in Nigeria After Trump Warned of Attacks on Christians. The attack comes after President Trump ordered the Defense Department last month to prepare to intervene militarily in Nigeria to protect Christians from Islamic militants.
• Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate. Imran Ahmed, who runs an organization that chronicles disinformation, was among five Europeans the State Department had barred, claiming they promote censorship.
• One Relentless Year. Here are some of the most consequential, illuminating or just plain remarkable moments from Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House.
• Trump Has a New Auto Loan Tax Break. Here’s Who Could Benefit. Many Americans can take advantage of President Trump’s deduction on auto loan interest, but the tax break will provide only modest savings.
• Estonia’s Man on Capitol Hill Is on a Charm Offensive. The Baltic nation’s congressional liaison is using candy, an American flag outfit and “Die Hard” jokes to make friends in Congress as the Trump administration turns against Europe.
• Can Democrats Reinvent Themselves as Washington Disrupters? Since President Trump’s rise, Democrats have served as defenders of a political system many Americans believe is broken. Now the party is trying a new approach.
• Republicans Who Backed Afghan Visas Are Mum as Trump Halts Them. After a fatal shooting, the Trump administration froze a visa program for Afghans that Republicans in Congress had championed. The G.O.P. has not objected.
• Palau Agrees to Take Up to 75 Migrants From the U.S. The Pacific nation, with a population of 18,000, overcame the resistance of governmental leaders and advisers, to sign a memorandum of understanding with the U.S., and will get additional aid in return.
• A Million More Epstein Documents Have Been Found, Justice Dept. Says. Democratic lawmakers, who had criticized the Justice Department’s release of the material, accused the Trump administration of violating the law mandating the release of the files.
• An Immigrant Nurse Is Among the Dead From Blasts at a Troubled Nursing Home. Muthoni Nduthu was one of two killed by explosions at an eastern Pennsylvania facility that was plagued by poor ratings, citations and fines from the federal government.
• New Charges Could Carry Death Penalty in Attack on National Guard Members in D.C. The case against Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan refugee accused of killing one Guard member and seriously injuring another, was transferred to D.C. District Court, where new firearms charges could bring capital punishment.
• How a Scholar Nudged the Supreme Court Toward Its Troop Deployment Ruling. Accepting an argument from a law professor that no party to the case had made, the Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a stinging loss that could lead to more aggressive tactics.
• Long Carrier Deployment Projects U.S. Strength, and Carries Costs. The U.S.S. Ford has been deployed for six months, now in the Caribbean as part of President Trump’s pressure campaign on Venezuela. Maintenance woes and strains on sailors will likely mount.
• Chasing an Economic Boom, White House Dismisses Risks of A.I. The administration has downplayed concerns — from mass job losses, to a potential financial bubble — as President Trump cheers soaring stock prices and faster growth.
• Judge Blocks Conditions Imposed on States Seeking FEMA Grants. The Trump administration had sought to require states to account for population losses tied to deportations in order to receive emergency preparedness grants.
• Redacted Material in Some Epstein Files Is Easily Recovered. The ease of recovering information that was not properly redacted digitally suggests that at least some of the documents released by the Justice Department were hastily censored.
• U.S. Is Adding to Its Military Buildup in the Caribbean. Over the past week, C-17 heavy-lift cargo planes, which usually transport troops and equipment, flew to Puerto Rico at least 16 times, according to flight tracking data reviewed by The New York Times.
• National Guard Troops to Arrive in New Orleans. The troops will join an existing wave of Border Patrol agents, months after Gov. Jeff Landry first suggested that the National Guard could help tamp down on crime in Louisiana.
• Supreme Court Refuses to Allow Trump to Deploy National Guard in Chicago. President Trump ordered state-based troops to Portland, Ore.; Los Angeles; Washington; and Chicago over the objections of state and local officials.
• Pro-Trump Influencers Stay Conspicuously Quiet About Epstein Files. Their silence contrasted with the uproar made over the weekend when the Justice Department’s first release focused on former President Bill Clinton.
• Document Hinted at Further Prosecutions in Epstein Investigation. The 2020 email laid out the criminal charges and investigative steps that prosecutors were mulling at the time.
• Did DOGE Really Cut Government Spending? Did DOGE really cut government spending? A New York Times analysis found that the group’s biggest claims were largely incorrect, and that its many smaller cuts added up to few savings. Our reporters David Fahrenthold and Margot Sanger-Katz explain.
• Email From ‘A’ at ‘Balmoral’ Asks Maxwell About ‘Inappropriate Friends’ In an email sent to Ghislaine Maxwell in 2001, a sender writes about being at Balmoral, the British royal family’s summer residence in Scotland.
• Stephen Miller Cites Children of Immigrants as a Problem. As it seeks to end birthright citizenship, the Trump administration is arguing that immigrants bring problems that extend for generations. The data shows otherwise.
• In Epstein Files, Administration Officials Point to Clinton, and Away From Trump. The Justice Department initially removed, then restored, a photograph that included an image of President Trump, and issued a statement calling mentions of him “untrue and sensationalist claims.”
• The Confederacy Goes on Trial, Along With Schools Named Jackson and Lee. In an unusual trial, the N.A.A.C.P. has sought to show a school board’s “racist intent” by proving that the names of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson can’t be separated from white supremacy.
• Federal Agents Tried to Contact ‘Co-Conspirators’ in Epstein Case, Emails Show. The list of co-conspirators included Leslie Wexner, the retail magnate behind The Limited and Victoria’s Secret stores.
• Trump Administration Delays Tariffs on Chinese Semiconductors. An investigation ruled that China’s inroads into the chip industry had hurt the United States. The administration delayed tariffs until 2027 amid a fragile truce between the countries.
• The Trump administration delayed tariffs on Chinese semiconductors. An investigation ruled that China’s inroads into the chip industry had hurt the United States. The administration delayed tariffs until 2027 amid a fragile truce between the countries.
• Ben Sasse Says He Has Terminal Pancreatic Cancer. Mr. Sasse, a former senator from Nebraska, announced that he had received a diagnosis last week for Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
• Federal Prosecutor Was Surprised by Trump’s Flights on Epstein’s Jet. A 2020 email noted that Donald Trump was listed as a passenger on Jeffrey Epstein’s jet at least eight times from 1993 to 1996.
• Rotating Cast of Wall Street Figures Were Listed as Executors of Epstein’s Will. Copies of Jeffrey Epstein’s last will and testament show that the convicted sex offender and disgraced financier provide a real-time glimpse of the power players who were part of his life.
• How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little? The group’s biggest claims were largely incorrect, a New York Times analysis found. And its many smaller cuts added up to few savings.
• More Epstein Files Are Released and Include Some References to Trump. The Justice Department released another batch of documents from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation — a wide mix of emails, tips and records from his death.
• Here’s the latest on the newest Epstein files.
• To Slobber and Protect: Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Kept an Election Safe. For their heroics after a wave of bomb threats in New Jersey on Election Day, more than two dozen dogs were presented with an award from the state attorney general.
• Justice Dept. Sues Illinois Over Law Limiting Immigration Enforcement. The Justice Department said the law illegally regulates federal law enforcement by barring courthouse arrests and allowing residents to sue immigration agents.
• Trump Announces Construction of New Warships. President Trump announced on Monday the construction of new warships for the U.S. Navy he called a “golden fleet.” Navy officials said the vessels would notionally have the ability to launch hypersonic and nuclear-armed cruise missiles.

World

• The Year in Pictures. We look back on 2025 with some of the best New York Times photographs.
• Trump and Zelensky Meet to Finalize Peace Plan. President Trump said a peace deal was “maybe very close” after meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. A joint U.S.-Ukraine proposal appeared to remain a work in progress as Russia rejected several ideas.
• The Best of Culture. Our culture and lifestyle editor looks back at the year’s top pop culture moments.
• Remembering Those Who Died This Year. We look back at the lives of some of the artists, innovators and thinkers we lost in 2025.
• Dating ChatGPT. The bot has been marketed as a general-purpose tool that can write code, summarize documents and give advice. But can it be a good boyfriend?

Africa

• In Guinea Elections, Ruling Junta Seeks Legitimacy While Barring Rivals. Whoever wins faces the daunting task of feeding the West African country’s poor and navigating the interests of global powers seeking critical minerals, analysts say.
• Trump’s Claims About Nigeria Strike Belie a Complex Situation on the Ground. President Trump said the targets of airstrikes in Nigeria were Islamic State terrorists responsible for killing Christians, but experts question his framing.
• 6 Killed in Syria Mosque Blast, Government Says. No group has claimed responsibility for the explosion, which happened on a day when many worshipers attend mosque for Friday Prayer.
• Lagos’s Month of Partying Is Getting Pricier. Detty December means a month of “back to back to back” partying in Nigeria’s megacity. Ruth Maclean, the West Africa bureau chief for The New York Times, attends for the first time.
• Helicopter Crash Kills 5 on Kilimanjaro, Africa’s Highest Peak. The aircraft was on its descent from the mountain when it crashed around the Barafu Camp area in Kilimanjaro National Park, officials said.

Americas

• Grim Evidence of Trump’s Airstrikes Washes Ashore on a Colombian Peninsula. First came the scorched boat. Then the mangled bodies. Then the packets with traces of marijuana. Now, fishermen fear the ocean that feeds them.
• Train Derailment in Mexico Leaves Several Dead. More than a dozen people were killed when a passenger train derailed on Sunday in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, according to the authorities. An investigation into the cause has been opened.
• Train Derailment Kills 13 in Mexico. The train was carrying around 250 passengers and crew members on a cross-country route linking the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico. Nearly 100 people were injured.
• Trump Calls Petro a ‘Drug Leader.’ What’s the Colombian Leader’s Record? President Gustavo Petro is locked in a war of words with President Trump over Colombia’s major role in the global drug trade. The issue is complicated.
• A Dancing Dictator and Bankers in Chains: The Other Venezuela Blockade. A crisis more than a century ago involved U.S. aims to assert military supremacy, a hard-partying dictator and frictions among the great powers.
• Honduran Candidate Claims Fraud After Trump-Backed Opponent Is Declared Victor. After officials called the presidential race for Nasry Asfura, his rival, Salvador Nasralla, disputed the result and expressed ire over the U.S. role.
• With Airspace Closed, a Lonely Christmas for Many Venezuelans. The holidays usually bring home huge numbers from the Venezuelan diaspora. But this year, after international airlines halted almost all service, many people are spending Christmas alone and on edge.
• They Are Brazil’s Favorite Flip-Flops. Now, the Right Is Boycotting Them. For decades, Havaianas flip-flops have been a beloved global symbol of Brazilian culture, worn by millions of people each day. They are now ensnared in a political fight.
• Honduras Declares Trump-Backed Candidate Winner of Presidential Election. Nasry Asfura was endorsed by President Trump in a contentious election. His opponent, Salvador Nasralla, said he would not accept the results.
• Trump’s Tanker Crackdown Paralyzes Venezuelan Oil Exports. Oil exports, the country’s financial lifeblood, have plummeted after the United States took action against three ships that have been used to carry its crude.

Asia Pacific

• Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s First Female Prime Minister, Dies. A leader for three terms, she traded the country’s leadership with Sheikh Hasina, the head of another political dynasty, over decades. She was believed to be 80.
• China Will Hold Live-Fire Military Exercises Around Taiwan. The exercises end months of relative calm across the Taiwan Strait and come after the Trump administration announced arms sales to the island.
• The World Wants More Ube. Philippine Farmers Are Struggling to Keep Up. Soaring demand and extreme weather worsened by climate change have wiped out harvests of the popular purple yam.
• The Lure of a Rising Asian Metropolis? No Traffic. Indonesia is building a new, green city in the jungle. Its future is far from certain, but new residents like living there.
• Families Demand Answers a Year After Deadliest Plane Crash in South Korea. Many details of the Jeju Air disaster that killed 179 people remain unclear despite multiple investigations by officials and protests by the victims’ families.
• As Some Boycott Myanmar’s Flawed Election, Others Hope for Change. The voting for Parliament is almost sure to favor the ruling military junta, which is stage-managing the polls. Still, some see them as the most pragmatic way to try to improve conditions.
• Map: 6.6-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Taiwan. View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
• Myanmar’s Election Is Derided as Fake, but the Nation’s Suffering Is All Too Real. A coup set off a brutal civil war and made a poor country poorer. Now its military rulers are seeking a veneer of legitimacy by holding elections.
• What to Know About the Vote in Myanmar. Amid a ruinous civil war, the military government is holding elections that are widely seen as a sham, as the main opposition remains barred or jailed.
• Thailand and Cambodia Reach Cease-Fire in Brutal Border War. The 72-hour cease-fire could pave the way for an end to the fighting, which has killed dozens and displaced thousands over nearly three weeks.
• What Went Wrong Before Hong Kong’s Apartment Inferno. Records show how government departments played down residents’ warnings about corrupt practices and substandard materials that fueled the deadly blaze.
• New Jail Term and Enormous Fine for Ex-Malaysian Leader in Graft Scandal. Najib Razak, the former prime minister already serving a sentence linked to the looting of the 1MDB fund, was found guilty of corruption in a related case.
• Myanmar’s Civil War Pushes Infectious Disease Over Its Borders. Fighting has caused the spread of illnesses like malaria and cholera. In a worst-case scenario, the situation could threaten regional health security, experts say.
• The Hindu Right’s 100-Year Quest to Reshape India. The far right juggernaut known as the R.S.S. and its most prominent member, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are remaking secular India as a Hindu-first society, pushing aside minorities.
• 5 Key Moments in the Rise of India’s Hindu-First Powerhouse. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, known as the R.S.S., has survived bans and vilification to emerge as the force reshaping India’s secular republic into a Hindu nation.
• On Christmas, Pope Leo Tells World’s Leaders to Talk Rather Than Make War. Leo XIV’s Christmas address was his first since being elected pontiff and was scrutinized for comparisons with those of his predecessor, Francis.
• Prospect for Premier Returns to Bangladesh After 17 Years in Exile. Tarique Rahman, who had managed his party’s political affairs from Britain, is back in his country to campaign in elections.
• ​North Korea Unveils the Completed Hull of What It Calls a Nuclear Submarine. The debut followed the North’s first test of a new surface-to-air missile and the arrival of a U.S. nuclear-powered attack sub for a port call in South Korea.
• Why China, a One-Party State, Is Backing Elections in This Country. The vote in Myanmar, widely seen as a sham, is a bid for legitimacy by the military government. It is also a way for Beijing to exert its influence there.
• What Parents in China See in A.I. Toys. A video of a child crying over her broken A.I. chatbot stirred up conversation in China, with some viewers questioning whether the gadgets are good for children. But the girl’s father says it’s more than a toy; it’s a family member.
• China Is Shifting Its Nuclear Forces to Swifter Footing, Pentagon Says. The country’s production of nuclear warheads has slowed, but its missiles may be poised to strike back fast in case of an attack, an annual assessment found.
• Thailand, Attacking Cambodia, Says Its Target Is the Scam Industry. Thai warplanes have bombed compounds where people are forced to defraud others online. Rights activists say trafficking victims’ lives are at risk.
• A Vintage Kabul Cinema Finally Falls to Taliban Bulldozers. Built during a cosmopolitan era in the 1960s, the Ariana closed when the Taliban took power, but it was still standing. Now it’s making way for a shopping mall.

Australia

• Worn Down by Worry, Parents Look Longingly at Australia’s Social Media Ban. After the country barred children under 16 from using social media, many parents have been asking whether similarly tough action is needed in their own countries.
• Australian State Passes ‘Extraordinary’ Gun and Protest Laws After Bondi Attack. While the new restrictions on firearms have broad support, new police powers to crack down on some protests were criticized as limits on civil liberties.
• After Bondi Massacre, a Moment of Unity. Then, Bitter Partisanship. The political point scoring that has erupted after the terror attack last week is unusual in Australia, where leaders tend to unite after catastrophes.

Canada

• A Sweeping Look at One Thing That Unites Canada: Winter. The National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa has a major exhibition of 164 works from around the world depicting winter and the place of people and animals within it.
• From an Olympic Snowboarder to an Accused Drug Kingpin and Killer. Ryan Wedding rose to fame as a Canadian Olympic athlete, but the authorities say he became one of the world’s biggest drug lords, who ordered an informant executed.
• Tariffs and a Christmas Reckoning for Canadian Shop Owners. Small businesses across Canada have lost out on sales because of the trade war, and many worry about their future.

Europe

• Idris Elba and Cynthia Erivo Make King Charles’s New Year Honors List. Mr. Elba received a knighthood and Ms. Erivo was also honored in an annual British tradition celebrating professional excellence and community service.
• U.S. Pledges $2 Billion for U.N. Aid but Tells Agencies to ‘Adapt, Shrink, or Die’ The announcement will likely keep the United States as the biggest international aid donor next year, even as the Trump administration slashes funding for foreign assistance programs.
• Russia Threatens to Toughen Its Stance on Ending the War in Ukraine. Moscow said a Ukrainian drone attack targeted a residence of President Vladimir V. Putin, which Ukraine denied, accusing the Kremlin of fabricating an excuse not to make peace.
• Police Raid on Suspected ISIS Safe House in Turkey Turns Deadly. Three police officers and six militants were killed in clashes during a police raid on a suspected Islamic State safe house in Turkey on Monday, the authorities said.
• For Zelensky, Just Keeping Trump Talking Counts as a Win. Though discussions produced little tangible progress, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at least avoided the type of setbacks that have blighted earlier meetings.
• Experts Question Denmark’s Vaccine Program as a Model for the U.S. The United States is expected to adopt the vaccine schedule used by Denmark, a much smaller country with universal health care.
• Zelensky to Meet With Trump at Mar-a-Lago About Plan to End War With Russia. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine brings a revised 20-point peace proposal, as well as doubts about whether Russia is serious about pursuing peace.
• ‘Counting Every Day’: The Soldier Who Spent More Than a Year on the Front Line. Serhii Tyschenko, a Ukrainian combat medic, spent 472 days in a bunker. His case appears to be an extreme example of a problem that has long plagued Kyiv’s military.
• Russia Attacks Kyiv Ahead of Trump-Zelensky Meeting. The assault began at around 1:30 a.m. local time and was continuing into the morning.
• Before This Physicist Studied the Stars, He Was One. Brian Cox once toured as a keyboardist in major rock and pop bands. Now he’s a particle physicist on a new world tour with a dazzling show he designed in an era of science disinformation and denial.
• Zelensky Says He’ll Meet With Trump in the ‘Near Future’ There was no immediate confirmation from the White House about a meeting, which President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has sought since the latest U.S.-.led push for peace got underway.
• Kimmel Tells U.K. Viewers ‘Tyranny Is Booming’ in America. Chosen by a British TV station to give an “alternative” to the king’s speech, Jimmy Kimmel said it had been a great year for the U.S. “from a fascism perspective.”
• No Power, No Heat, No Water: Odesa’s Days of Hell Under Russian Fire. The toll on older people and those with disabilities is especially severe as Moscow’s forces repeatedly attack the port city’s infrastructure.
• King Charles Urges ‘Compassion’ and Finding Strength in Diversity. His annual Christmas message was more outward-looking than last year’s, when he focused on the medical workers who had helped him and his daughter-in-law after their cancer diagnoses.
• ‘Carol of the Bells’ Once Filled the Air Here. Now It’s Only Bombs. Mykola Leontovych, the Ukrainian composer of the famed festive song, lived in the eastern city of Pokrovsk. Months of Russian assaults have erased most tributes to his life there.
• Why Russia Is Likely to Reject the New U.S.-Ukrainian Peace Plan. The first draft essentially called for Ukraine’s surrender. The revised version includes the security guarantees Kyiv wants to prevent future Russian aggression.
• Here’s What Is in the 20-Point Peace Plan for Ukraine. The blueprint covers a broad range of issues, including territory, security guarantees and postwar reconstruction. But Russia has indicated little willingness to end the war.
• Blast Kills Three in Moscow Near Site of General’s Car Bombing. Two police officers died in the explosion, the authorities said. Earlier this week a car bomb killed a military commander in the same area of Russia’s capital.
• Zelensky Opens Way to Demilitarized Zone in Eastern Ukraine to Reach Peace. The offer was the closest Mr. Zelensky has come to addressing the thorny territorial disputes in Donetsk that have repeatedly derailed peace talks.
• Zelensky Calls Peace Plan ‘Quite Solid,’ Russia Then Launches Missiles. Tuesday morning, hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that the latest American-backed proposals for a peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow looked “quite solid,” Russia launched a series of drone and missiles strikes against Ukraine.
• France Fails to Adopt a Budget by Year’s End. Again. French lawmakers passed a special law on Tuesday to avoid a shutdown until a budget is adopted. Negotiations will resume in January.
• Thunberg Arrested at U.K. Protest Supporting Palestine Action Prisoners. The Swedish activist Greta Thunberg was arrested after holding a sign that the police said showed support for the group Palestine Action, which Britain banned this year.
• Russia Bombards Ukraine Hours After Zelensky Calls Peace Plan ‘Quite Solid’ The Ukrainian leader cited progress on security guarantees, even as Russia bombed Ukraine overnight, indicating that it is prepared to continue fighting.
• Wise Man? King? In Naples, Trump Joins Jesus in Nativity Displays. For generations, Italian craftspeople have built scenes depicting Jesus’ birth, sometimes including figures of celebrities. This year, some are adding statuettes of President Trump.
• The Strange Case of the Russian Snickers in U.K. Convenience Shops. The Russian-labeled candy bars are a reminder of how difficult it is to completely disconnect a major economy from the global flow of goods.
• German Leaders, Undercutting the Far Right, Are Leaning on the Far Left. Germany’s centrist establishment has long scorned the far left, but it is increasingly reliant on leftists to outmaneuver the far right in crucial votes in Parliament.

Middle East

• Israel Strips U.N. Agency for Palestinian Refugees of Diplomatic Immunity. The legislation was the latest blow to the agency, known as UNRWA. Israel has accused it of being extensively infiltrated by Hamas.
• Surge of Economic Pain Pushes Iranians to the Streets. High inflation and a currency collapse have squeezed Iranians’ budgets, challenging the country’s leaders.
• ISIS Militants Kill 3 Police Officers in Turkey. A raid on a suspected safe house for the terrorist group Islamic State set off a clash that killed the police officers as well as six Turkish militants.
• With Critical Decisions Ahead, Netanyahu Faces Mounting Pressure. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has a series of vexing choices to make in the year ahead on issues including Gaza, conscription and a judicial overhaul, with elections looming.
• Syrian Protests Over Lack of Security Leave 2 Dead. Days after a bombing at a mosque in a predominantly Alawite area, members of the religious minority in Syria demonstrated for better protections.
• Zero Hour for the Middle East. After more than a decade of wars, from Syria to Gaza, the Middle East is exhausted by conflict. Is it ready to find another way?
• Saudi-Led Group in Yemen Tells Separatists to Withdraw, or Be ‘Dealt With’ The Saudis ramped up their rhetoric against a faction that has seized parts of Yemen in recent weeks.
• Israel Becomes the First Nation to Recognize Somaliland. The development carries potential benefits for both sides but still faces stiff international opposition, 34 years after the region broke away from Somalia.
• 2 Killed in Car Ramming and Stabbing in Israel, Authorities Say. The attack comes amid heightened tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
• One Gazan Girl’s Fight to Survive Extreme Hunger. After Israel sealed Gaza’s borders, Hoda Abu al-Naja, 12, who suffered from celiac disease, spent months seeking the food and care she needed to combat malnutrition.
• A 12-Year-Old Girl’s Battle With Malnutrition in Gaza. Hoda Abu al-Naja, 12, was diagnosed with celiac disease and struggled with severe malnutrition for months. Amid an Israeli siege that blocked aid into the strip, she was unable to maintain a gluten-free diet.
• Christmas Celebrated Around the World. The holiday spirit is bringing people together, with celebrations of lights, dance and Santa.
• After Suffering in Israeli Prison, a Gaza Detainee Comes Home to More Pain. Haitham Salem spent 11 months held by Israel without charge and said he endured beatings and abuse. He was released as part of the cease-fire deal, longing to return to his family.
• Ousted and in Exile, Generals Secretly Plot Insurgency in Syria. Hacked communications and a social media analysis reveal how former regime leaders are trying to arm fighters and exert influence as far away as Washington.
• The Truce Is 2 Months Old. So Why Have Hundreds of Gazans Been Killed? Since the cease-fire took effect, Israel says it has targeted only militants. But death can come for Gazans while on a family outing or sleeping in a tent.
• Libyan Military Leaders Are Killed in Plane Crash in Turkey. The internationally recognized government of Libya confirmed the deaths of Lt. Gen. Mohamed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, the army chief of general staff, and other officers flying home after a meeting in Turkey.
• Yemen’s Warring Sides Agree to Largest Prisoner Swap in a Decade of Fighting. The Houthi rebels and the internationally recognized government plan to exchange about 2,900 detainees, a rare humanitarian win at a time of deepening political stalemate.

New York

• New York City Takes Over Brooklyn Health System With Shaky Finances. Maimonides Health is a community fixture that will become part of NYC Health + Hospitals. Many of its patients are on government medical plans.
• Mamdani Will Be Sworn In at Abandoned Subway Station Beneath City Hall. Hours before Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani holds an inauguration block party outside City Hall, he will officially become mayor in a small private ceremony.
• The Stuff That New Yorkers Cast Aside. A closer look at litter in Manhattan provides surprising insight into how people in the city live.
• As Mamdani Leaves Queens for the Upper East Side, a Cool Welcome Awaits. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani loves his Astoria, Queens, neighborhood, and the feeling is mutual. But voters who live near Gracie Mansion, his new home, really wanted his opponent to win.
• 15-Year-Old Is Fatally Shot in Stairwell of Bronx Building. A 14-year-old boy was also wounded in the shooting, which happened at a New York City Housing Authority building. The police said they were looking for six people involved in the violence.
• Pilot Is Dead After Helicopters Crash in New Jersey. Another pilot was in critical condition, according to the fire chief in Hammonton, N.J., where the crash took place.
• To See Mamdani Sworn In, Some Out-of-Towners Confront N.Y.C. Prices. Zohran Mamdani campaigned for mayor on a platform of taming the high cost of living for New Yorkers. Visitors will get a crash course in the affordability crisis.
• The Best of Metropolitan Diary 2025: The Readers Speak. An anecdote about a questionable bagel order claims the top spot this year, outpolling four other favorites. All five are presented here.
• New York City Hit With Heaviest Snowfall in Years. A winter storm blanketed the Greater New York area, leading to more than 400 flight cancellations across the region’s major airports. Parts of Long Island saw up to nine inches of snow.
• Girl, 4, Dies After Being Found Unconscious in the Bronx. An autopsy is being conducted to find the cause of death of the girl, whose name has not been released. The police have made no arrests.
• New Yorkers Wake Up to Snow, Though Not as Much as Forecast. Predictions were revised down on Friday. Central Park still saw more than two inches of snow, with higher totals outside of New York City.
• How a ‘Hamilton’ Star Spends a Day at His Brooklyn Bar. Anthony Ramos loves hanging out with customers during busy days that may find him writing a new musical, catching a friend in a show or performing in his own.
• Another Front in the Trump Immigration Crackdown: Import Warehouses. Workers at facilities that stock shipped goods say customs officers who inspect merchandise are helping immigration agents arrest migrants.
• How New York Is Preparing for Its First Major Snowstorm in Years. Streets were brined, plows were ready and flights were canceled as the metropolitan region braced for up to 10 inches of snow.
• CVS Worker Fatally Stabbed on Christmas Day on Long Island. A 23-year-old CVS employee was killed on Thursday in Lindenhurst, the authorities said. Police were searching for a suspect in his 40s who fled on foot.
• What Can Hundreds of Pieces of Litter Tell Us About Manhattan? Shoes. A phone. Receipts. A comb. Traces of wild nights and hurried days are all around us.
• Flu Cases Climb to Highest Levels in New York City in a Decade. The number of patients going to hospital emergency rooms with flulike symptoms has soared.
• With Help of Lina Khan, Mamdani Looks to Quickly Cut Costs for New Yorkers. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s signature plans for New York City will take time. Lina Khan, the former chair of the Federal Trade Commission, has ideas for making a swift impact.
• New York City Braces for Several Inches of Snow. The region could see accumulations of up to 5 to 7 inches from late Friday into Saturday.
• A Man Who Shunned Cheap Sentiment Left a Gift for Others: Life. Brendan Costello was a cleareyed writer who might have found this article a bit treacly. Such is the cost of being a good guy.
• Will Mamdani Be the 111th or the 112th Mayor of New York? It Depends. An arcane numbering system and the misplacement of an official record have caused confusion on where Zohran Mamdani falls in history.
• That Old Classic Film in the Theater? It Might Be From This Man’s House. The artifacts of 20th-century cinema are being preserved in museums, and in the care of private film collectors like Brian Darwas, who has hundreds of movie prints at his home.
• They Were Supposed to Protect Young Workers. Instead, They Cashed In. Profit-seekers co-opted America’s premier cultural exchange program, the J-1 visa, which brought young people to work in the United States. Some sponsors charged thousands in fees.
• Lewis Berman, Veterinarian to the Stars, Is Dead at 90. He served a New York clientele with names like Kennedy, Kissinger, Fonda, Bacall and Trump by making sure Chappy, Buzzy, Spike and other cherished pets stayed healthy.
• Made in New York: The Magic of Holiday Windows in Stores. The windows date back decades and gave work to some famous artists. Today they are high tech but still aim to delight.
• Coquito Was Once a Puerto Rican Secret. Now Everybody Knows. The Puerto Rican rum and coconut drink used to be passed down within families, but now it has become a holiday party staple beyond the community.
• He Was Locked Up in a Psych Ward. It Helped Him Get His Life Together. Lamar Brown went through a rigorous program at a New York State psychiatric hospital aimed at stopping the “revolving door” for homeless people with mental illness.
• $100 for a Cab to the Airport? It May Soon Get Worse. The Port Authority is preparing to increase the charge for drivers to pick up and drop off passengers at the airports.
• Mamdani Names Fire Commissioner, but Comments From the Former One Linger. Zohran Mamdani chose Lillian Bonsignore to be fire commissioner, weeks after the former commissioner, Robert S. Tucker, resigned, citing Mr. Mamdani’s views on Israel.
• A Democrat, a Republican and a Supermarket Baron Go to ‘Marty Supreme’ A “Marty Supreme” showing took a political turn when John Catsimatidis, who has a small role in the movie, invited both Gov. Kathy Hochul and her Republican rival, Bruce Blakeman.
• New Jersey Lawmaker Returns to Migrant Center Where She Was Arrested. Representative LaMonica McIver, a Democrat, called on immigration officials to close Delaney Hall in Newark, calling detainees’ food and medical care inadequate.
• Mamdani Named His Fire Commissioner. Then Adams Did Too. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani chose Lillian Bonsignore, the former chief of New York’s E.M.S., as the first openly gay person to lead the Fire Department.
• Officers Who Failed N.Y.P.D. Mental Health Exams Can Stay. The city and the union agreed to a 12-month probation for 30 officers. The department had moved to fire them after they failed psychological exams or background checks.
• Woman Dies in East Harlem When Scaffolding Collapses After Truck Crash. A garbage truck hit a parked vehicle, pushing it into the scaffolding, the police said.
• Man Charged With Hate Crime in Attack Near Chabad Headquarters. Authorities say that Armani Charles, 23, accosted a man on the street before a running argument devolved into a stabbing.
• Who Started New Year’s Eve in Times Square? That’s the Hint. It was more than 100 years ago, and there was no ball to drop. But, a report said, the crowd was “hysterical.”
• The Complicated Legacy of Eric Adams. Mr. Adams will be remembered for the drumbeat of scandals that derailed his mayoralty in New York City, a growing affordability crisis and progress on public safety and housing.
• N.Y.C. Housing Isn’t Being Built Fast Enough, Report Says. Housing experts and politicians agree that New York City needs to add hundreds of thousands of new homes. The Real Estate Board of New York is keeping tally.
• Did Mayor Eric Adams ‘Get Stuff Done’? A Look at His Record on 7 Issues. The mayor has kept his vow to lower crime in New York City, but the city’s economic recovery has stalled and homelessness has risen.

N.Y. / Region

• In One Year, Trump’s War on Immigration Alters the Face of America. The crackdown and detentions swept from one coast to the other: day laborers in Los Angeles, a flower seller in Chicago, immigrants in New York courtrooms.

Business

• Flagged for Sexual Misconduct, Many Uber Drivers Stay on the Road. The company monitors passenger feedback for risky driver behavior. Some accused of serious sexual assault had prior records of complaints.
• As Youth Sports Professionalize, Kids Are Burning Out Fast. A growing body of research shows how pressure from overbearing coaches and parents is stunting children’s emotional well-being and leading to injuries.
• What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration. The Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the foreign-born population are being felt in hospitals and soccer leagues and on Main Streets across the country, with hints of what’s to come.
• Can You Reboot a Lamp Like a Superhero Franchise? Riding an endless wave of nostalgia, one company is exhuming the intellectual property of midcentury designers to create new audiences for forgotten work.
• Hundreds of Flights Canceled at New York Airports, Even With a Few Inches of Snow. To avoid the ripple effects of real-time adjustments to what was predicted to be up to nine inches of snow, the major airlines said they pre-emptively canceled flights.
• More Student Loan Borrowers Are Shedding Debts in Bankruptcy. A new study suggests that distressed borrowers using a simpler bankruptcy process are succeeding — and that more people like them should try.
• Before Electric Vehicles Became Political, There Was the Toyota Prius. The political polarization of battery-powered cars may have started when Toyota released its first hybrid model 25 years ago.
• My Job Is Making Me Sick. Plus, the long-lost art of the direct confrontation.
• Why Sears’s Last Great Hope Was a Promise That Never Materialized. Only five Sears stores remain in the country, with the end likely near for what was once the mightiest American retailer.
• As A.I. Companies Borrow Billions, Debt Investors Grow Wary. Artificial intelligence companies looking to raise funds are being made to pay lofty interest rates, as debt investors become cautious.
• Data Center Surge Reaches India as American Tech Giants Invest Billions. Megacities in southern India are attracting enormous investments to help build artificial intelligence infrastructure to serve the world’s most data-hungry country.
• Despite Crackdown on Activism, Tech Employees Are Still Picking Fights. They increasingly see themselves as rank-and-file workers who have traditional gripes with their companies.
• Tesla Robotaxis Are Big on Wall St. but Lagging on Roads. Shares of Tesla have hit new highs on optimism about the company’s self-driving taxis. But experts say Tesla is far behind Waymo, which has a big head start.
• Nvidia Strikes a Deal With Groq, an A.I. Chip Start-Up. Nvidia will license Groq’s technology and hire its top executives, adding to the Silicon Valley giant’s heft in artificial intelligence chips.
• Trump’s Seizures of Oil Tankers Challenge Maritime Rules and Customs. Recent U.S. actions against ships near Venezuela may embolden other countries to seize or detain ships, legal experts said.
• Crypto for Christmas? Gen Z-ers Are Cautiously Open to the Idea. Despite recent volatility in the crypto market, younger generations are still open to receiving digital currencies as gifts.
• They Seek to Curb Online Hate. The U.S. Accuses Them of Censorship. The Trump administration said five regulators and researchers who work to tackle disinformation and abuse on the internet had been barred from entering the United States.
• Investors Warn of ‘Rot in Private Equity’ as Funds Strike Circular Deals. Buyout firms have struggled to sell companies they own and have instead found a workaround to get cash back to clients: Selling the companies to themselves.
• Student Loan Borrowers in Default Could See Wages Garnished in Early 2026. Starting the week of Jan. 7, the Dept. of Education will begin sending notices about paycheck deductions to about 1,000 of five million borrowers in default.
• U.S. Economic Growth Surged in Third Quarter of 2025. Gross domestic product grew at a 4.3 percent annual rate, faster than the previous three months.
• Shoppers Spent Big This Holiday Season, Despite Economic Pressures. Consumers spent 3.9 percent more from Nov. 1 to Dec. 21 this year compared with last year, according to a Mastercard report on holiday spending.
• Once Wall Street’s High Flyer, Private Equity Loses Its Luster. As funds deliver mediocre returns and sheds investors, the industry is struggling to unload 31,000 investments, an increase over this time last year.
• China Delays Plans for Mass Production of Self-Driving Cars After Accident. After years of planning for cars that would let drivers take their hands off the wheel and eyes off the road, China’s regulators have become more cautious.

DealBook

• The Photos That Defined Business and the Economy in 2025. Our photojournalists and others have captured images of how major changes from Washington and elsewhere rippled across the world.
• Why the A.I. Rally (and the Bubble Talk) Could Continue Next Year. Big Tech’s huge investment in artificial intelligence is making investors nervous. But the technology continues to advance, buoying the bulls.

Energy & Environment

• Meet a U.S. Start-Up Trying to Break China’s Rare-Earth Monopoly. Companies like Phoenix Tailings, which recently began producing metal in New Hampshire, are using new processing methods to compete with Chinese suppliers.

Media

• The Class Where ‘Screenagers’ Train to Navigate Social Media and A.I. New technologies are complicating efforts to teach the scrolling generation to think critically and defensively online.
• A Father, a Son and Their $108 Billion Push for Media Moguldom. Larry and David Ellison didn’t always have a close relationship. Now they’re one of the most intriguing partnerships in business.
• ‘60 Minutes’ Report Was Pulled Off the Air. Now It’s on the Internet. At the last minute, CBS News held a segment about Venezuelan men who were deported by the Trump administration to a prison in El Salvador. It surfaced online anyway.
• YouTube Has a Firm Grip on Daytime TV. YouTube’s big streaming lead over Netflix and other competitors stems in large part to its dominance during daylight hours.

Technology

• The New Billionaires of the A.I. Boom. Just like past tech booms, the latest frenzy has produced a group of billionaires — at least on paper — from smaller start-ups.
• Gmail to Let Users Change Their Addresses While Keeping Data. Under the shift, which Google said would eventually be rolled out to all users, old addresses would remain active. Messages and services would not be lost.
• From A.I. to Chips, Big Tech Is Getting What It Wants From Trump. The president has backed policies that allow the industry to grow unfettered. The mutually beneficial alliance is causing concern among some conservatives.
• A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving. It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
• Government Officials Once Stopped False Accusations After Violence. Now, Some Join In. Prominent business and government figures spread rumors about the attack on Brown University’s campus this month, reigniting questions about accountability in online discourse.
• Judge Blocks Texas Age-Verification Law for App Stores. A preliminary injunction in federal court cited the First Amendment, handing a win to tech companies like Apple and Google.
• U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers. The Trump administration, citing “foreign censorship,” imposed travel bans on experts involved in monitoring major tech platforms.
• How Much Water Does the A.I. Industry Use? Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of “Hard Fork” at The New York Times, spoke with Andrew Marley, executive director for Effective Altruism DC, about how much water A.I. data centers use.
• Is Australia’s Social Media Ban for Kids a Good Idea? On the “Hard Fork” podcast, the hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton discuss a new law in Australia barring kids under 16 from social media.
• It’s a Hard Forkin’ Christmas! The “Hard Fork” co-hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton sing an original, tech-inspired rendition of “The Twelve Days of Christmas.”
• Former Roomba C.E.O. Reminisces on 2008’s Viral ‘Shark Cat’ Meme. In conversation with Kevin Roose and Casey Newton on the “Hard Fork” podcast, the former Roomba C.E.O. Colin Angle shares how YouTube’s viral shark cat brought him joy in 2008.

Personal Tech

• Save Holiday Time With These Handy Smartphone Features. Try these useful shortcuts for sharing your Wi-Fi with guests, wrangling your to-do list or deciding what to do with family and friends.

Sports

Sailing

• The Skipper of Palm Beach XI Has High Hopes. The record-setting boat, previously known as Wild Oats XI, is returning after a major overhaul.

Obituaries

• Deaths in 2025: A Yearlong Procession of Giants. Marquee names all, they found international fame in the arts, politics, the sciences and beyond.
• Notable Deaths of 2025. As the year winds to a close, we’re recalling those we’ve lost who forged consequential lives.
• Louis V. Gerstner, Who Revived a Faltering IBM in the ’90s, Dies at 83. Installed as an outsider, he engineered a comeback, shifting the company’s focus from a waning mainframe computer business toward consulting and services.
• Don Bryant, 83, Dies; Co-Wrote ‘I Can’t Stand the Rain’ for His Wife. He and Ann Peebles made up one of Southern soul’s most accomplished partnerships. He finally broke through as a solo act at 75.
• Brigitte Bardot, Movie Icon Who Renounced Stardom, Dies at 91. “And God Created Woman” made her a world-famous sex symbol in the 1950s. She later gave up acting to devote her life to animal welfare.
• John Carey, Literary Eminence Who Excoriated Snobbery, Dies at 91. An Oxford professor and renowned critic, he was pugnacious, fearless and disdainful of the received wisdom of his intellectual milieu.
• Robert Lindsey, Times Reporter and Reagan Ghostwriter, Dies at 90. The nonfiction spy thriller “The Falcon and the Snowman,” which became a film, grew out of his work as a journalist covering the West Coast for The Times.
• Phyllis Lee Levin, Times Fashion Reporter and Biographer, Dies at 104. Her 1960 essay about the frustrations of educated women prefigured Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique.” She later wrote books on John Quincy Adams and others.
• Robert Nakamura, ‘Godfather’ of Asian American Film, Dies at 88. In his work, he often returned to Manzanar, the camp in which he and his family, along with thousands of other people of Japanese descent, were interned during World War II.

Asia Pacific

• Peng Peiyun, 95, Dies; Official Renounced China’s One-Child Policy. She was given the “hardest job under heaven”: upholding birth limits enforced by often brutal local officials. She came to support softening the policy, then abolishing it.

Canada

• Annette Dionne, Last of the Celebrated Quintuplets, Dies at 91. She was the first to crawl, the first to cut a tooth, the first to recognize her name, and the last to die. And, like her sisters, she resented being exploited as part of a global sensation.

Cultura

• Brigitte Bardot, ídolo del cine que renunció al estrellato, muere a los 91 años. En la década de 1950, “Y Dios creó a la mujer” la convirtió en un símbolo sexual mundialmente conocido. Más tarde abandonó la actuación para dedicar su vida a la protección de los animales.

Music

• Gary Graffman, Piano Virtuoso and Renowned Teacher, Dies at 97. Mr. Graffman was a onetime child prodigy whose career was curtailed by a neurological condition that restricted him to his left hand.
• Perry Bamonte, Guitarist and Keyboardist in the Cure, Dies at 65. A former roadie, Mr. Bamonte joined the band in 1990. He played on five albums and in hundreds of shows and was “a vital part of the Cure story,” the band said.
• Michal Urbaniak, Pioneering Jazz Fusion Violinist, Dies at 82. One of the first jazz musicians from Poland to gain an international following, he recorded more than 60 albums and played with stars like Miles Davis.

Briefing

• Russia Threatens to Harden Its Stance on Ukraine. Plus, food trends for 2026. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
• Our Visual Journalism. We look at the best graphics from The Times in 2025.
• Make-Ahead Breakfast Ideas. The host of our Cooking newsletter offers a few suggestions for New Year’s Day breakfasts.
• God as Black. During Kwanzaa, we look at the history of Black religious iconography.
• Good Calls. This week, we close out the year with your best advice of 2025.
• The Year in Pictures. We have a look back at the most powerful photographs that Times journalists captured in 2025.
• The Year in News. We look back at 2025.
• Inside the Oval Office. Today we take a look at President Trump’s interior design.
• Justices Block National Guard Deployment in Chicago. Also, economic growth surged through the summer. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
• Why Doesn’t Trump Like Wind Farms? We examine the Trump administration’s approach to the wind industry.

Podcasts

• The Evolution of the Women in ‘The Great Gatsby’ In the final week of the 100th anniversary of “The Great Gatsby,” Wesley Morris, the host of ‘Cannonball,’ talks to the novelist Min Jin Lee and Gilbert Cruz, editor of The New York Times Book Review, about why all three of them have found themselves in a decades-long relationship with this book.
• How ‘The Great Gatsby’ Captures the American Dream. In the final week of the 100th anniversary of “The Great Gatsby,” Wesley Morris, the host of ‘Cannonball,’ talks to the novelist Min Jin Lee and Gilbert Cruz, editor of The New York Times Book Review, about why all three of them have found themselves in a decades-long relationship with this book.
• Why ‘The Great Gatsby’ is Worth Re-reading. In the final week of the 100th anniversary of “The Great Gatsby,” Wesley Morris, the host of ‘Cannonball,’ talks to the novelist Min Jin Lee and Gilbert Cruz, editor of The New York Times Book Review, about why all three of them have found themselves in a decades-long relationship with this book.
• Where Is All the A.I.-Driven Scientific Progress? A tech C.E.O. explains why A.I. probably won’t cure diseases anytime soon. Hint: You still need humans.
• Our Last Chance to Talk ‘Gatsby’ There’s been a lot said on the book’s 100th anniversary. But there’s a lot to say.
• The Best Songs of 2025, Part 2. Jon Caramanica, host of The Times’s “Popcast,” reveals his top five songs of the year in a crowded and fragmented year in pop.
• Andrew Garfield Wants to Crack Open Your Heart (Encore). The actor knows life is fleeting, but he wants to hold on to every moment.
• The Best Songs of 2025, Part 1. Jon Caramanica, host of The Times’s “Popcast,” counts down Nos. 10 through 6, from Tate McRae to the XXL Freshman Freestyle, ahead of his top five.

The Daily

• Why One Lawyer Resigned When His Firm Caved to Trump: An Update. When his employer struck a deal to avert an executive order, Thomas Sipp decided to make a stand.
• Sunday Special: The Best Movies of 2025. “One Battle After Another,” “Sinners” and other movies we loved this year.
• Marriage and Sex in the Age of Ozempic: An Update. Doctors warn about the physical side effects of weight-loss drugs, but they can also have unexpected effects on intimacy.
• Trump Goes After Venezuela’s Oil. President Trump’s campaign against tankers carrying Venezuelan crude has thrown the country’s oil industry into disarray.
• The Origins of Jeffrey Epstein. A Times investigation revealed the truth of how Mr. Epstein, a college dropout, clawed his way to the pinnacle of American finance and society.

The Headlines

• Zelensky and Netanyahu Go to Mar-a-Lago, and Student Loan Borrowers Face New Reality. Plus, food trends coming in 2026.
• Trump’s Greenland Strategy, and the New Promise of Weight-Loss Pills. Plus, the biggest lottery jackpots ever.

Science

• Twins’ Peaks: The Gilbertson Brothers Want to Rewrite Your Country’s Map. Two brothers, both mechanical engineers, are climbing many of the world’s tall peaks to prove they have been measured incorrectly.
• She Studied the Health Effects of Wildfires. Marina Vance had an E.P.A. grant to help homeowners counter the impact of wildfire smoke, until the agency deemed the research “no longer consistent” with its priorities.
• Feral Dogs on the Roof of the World. As many as 25,000 free-ranging dogs roam the cold, high-altitude desert of Ladakh, India. That’s a problem for wildlife and people alike.
• Who’s the Parasite Now? This Newly Discovered ‘Fairy Lantern’ Flower. Found in a forest outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the plant steals nutrients from subterranean fungi.
• In Pursuit of the Monarch’s Magnetic Sense. The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals. For some scientists, the monarch butterfly is leading the way.

Environment

• Why Scientists Are Performing Brain Surgery on Monarchs. Scientists in Texas are studying monarch butterflies to understand how they navigate thousands of miles, possibly by sensing Earth’s magnetic field. Alexa Robles-Gil explains how researchers are examining the butterflies’ brains to find answers.

Climate

• Why This Glacier Worries Scientists the Most. Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong describes how the fast-melting Thwaites Glacier of Antarctica, which we’re visiting, is like a cork in a bottle: If it starts to really disintegrate, many more glaciers around it could do the same, with major consequences for sea levels.
• Our two journalists compare their packing lists.
• What We’re Bringing to Antarctica. What do a New York Times reporter and photographer pack for a two-month expedition to the fastest-melting glacier in Antarctica? Raymond Zhong and Chang W. Lee compare the must-have gear that they’re bringing for the journey.
• Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? The clocks aboard our icebreaker will be changed several times en route to Antarctica. It’s one of many things that make the expedition feel otherworldly.
• We Asked for Environmental Fixes in Your State. You Sent In Thousands. Readers submitted more than 3,200 ideas for our 50 States, 50 Fixes series. Before the year ends, we wanted to share just a few more of them.
• Setting Off for Antarctica. Our journalists are joining scientists on a research ship sailing to the continent’s fast-melting glaciers.
• Antarctic bound on a search for clues to Earth’s future. As vast, wild and beyond our comprehending as Antarctica may seem, its melting ice could decide the fates of coastal communities for centuries to come
• Bound for Antarctica: A Voyage to Earth’s End Is Underway. The continent’s ice is melting and raising sea levels worldwide. Our journalists will be sending regular dispatches as they head there with scientists trying gauge the dangers.
• What’s this trip about? Here’s an overview.
• Why We Are Going to the Fastest-Melting Glacier. How much time does the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica have left? Our reporter Raymond Zhong and our photographer Chang W. Lee are joining scientists and engineers who measure how much sea levels could rise as a result of melting ice.
• What to pack for a trip to the bottom of the world.
• They’re Trying to Find a Mate for This Very Lonely Caterpillar. The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly is critically endangered, with the last known larva living in a lab in New Mexico.
• A Top Source of Lead Pollution Faced Tighter Rules. Then Trump Intervened. The president exempted a copper smelter in Arizona from air-quality rules. An E.P.A. official guided the company that sought the exemption, emails show.
• Journey to Antarctica Part 3. What do you pack for a two-month expedition to Antarctica? Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong shows us what he is bringing along for his journey.
• Preparing for a risk that’s small, but real.
• Journey to Antarctica Part 2. To get to the fastest-melting glacier in Antarctica, flying on a helicopter over icy seas is mandatory. Our science reporter Raymond Zhong learns what to do in case of a helicopter crash.
• Trump Tosses Lifelines to the Struggling Coal Industry. The Energy Department ordered two coal-burning power plants to remain open, and the Environmental Protection Agency gave utilities more time to tackle toxic coal ash.
• How do you train for Antarctica? Go jump in a pool.
• Journey to Antarctica Part 1. Abandoning ship, negotiating fires or hitting an iceberg are all risks when traveling to one of the fastest-melting glaciers on the continent. Our science reporter Raymond Zhong shares a glimpse into the survival training for his upcoming Antarctic trip.
• About This Voyage. A Times reporter and photographer are joining scientists on a research expedition by sea to Antarctica.
• Democratic Governors Are Fighting Trump’s War on Wind Energy. Leaders in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island are racing to save offshore wind farms targeted by the president.
• Looking Back at a Historic Year of Dismantling Climate Policies. The Trump administration has aggressively pulled America away from its global role in climate and environmental research, diplomacy, regulation and investment.
• U.S. Takes a Step Toward Approving Seabed Mining in International Waters. The federal government said it would hold hearings next month on controversial applications to mine the ocean floor.
• Trump May Give 775 Acres of a Federal Wildlife Refuge to SpaceX. In exchange for the land in Texas, the rocket and satellite company would give the government some of its own property nearby, documents show.
• The Pentagon and A.I. Giants Have a Weakness. Both Need China’s Batteries, Badly. As warfare is reinvented in Ukraine, and Silicon Valley races to maintain its A.I. lead, China’s battery dominance is raising alarms far beyond the auto industry.

The Upshot

• Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, Dec. 27, 2025. Can you sort 8 historical events?

Opinion

• Romney’s Pitch to Tax the Rich Is ‘Not Punishment’ Readers react to Mitt Romney’s call to raise taxes on the wealthy. Also: the moral bankruptcy revealed by the Epstein files.
• The Democratic Party Avoids a Reckoning. Readers fault Democrats for stalling a report on their 2024 failures. Also: A lawyer’s faith in freedom; a rabbi responds to JD Vance’s claim of a Christian nation.
• Trump’s First Year Back, in 10 Charts. Steven Rattner recaps the year of Trump in charts.
• At Protests, Lots of Boomers,Few Young People. Why? A guest essay offered several possible explanations. Young and older readers offer their own.
• Should Colleges End Early Decision? Readers respond to a guest essay arguing that it is an unfair “racket. Also: An attack on climate research and safety; the value of immigrants to America.
• An Undocumented Father’s Fears of Family Separation. He was once separated from his family. ICE could do it again.
• The Risks and Rewards of Christian Faith. Readers reflect on a column by David French on religious belief. Also, A Trump order bullies states on A.I.
• ‘A Hard Time We Had of It’ Ross Douthat reads the poem “The Journey of the Magi” by T.S. Eliot as a reflection of this year’s themes.
• Hopes for Mamdani’s Vision for Child Care. Readers respond to a guest essay on the incoming mayor’s universal child care plan. Also: A gift that never grows old.
• A.I.’s ‘Circular Money Machine’ Nvidia, OpenAI and other major artificial intelligence companies all invest in one another. This carries some risks, as Bloomberg’s Joe Weisenthal explains on “The Ezra Klein Show.”
• Is A.I. Actually a Bubble? Tracy Alloway of Bloomberg News walks through the signs to watch for if an A.I. bubble is coming.

Contributors

• Not Your Last Trump Quiz. Test your knowledge of current events with the latest — though not the last — Gail Collins quiz.

Letters

• Mixed Grades for Home-Schooling. Readers offer personal stories in response to a guest essay critical of home-schooling.

Op-Ed

• An Anti-A.I. Movement Is Coming. Which Party Will Lead It? The technology Is ruining much of what makes life worth living.
• Au Revoir, Brigitte Bardot. In Brigitte Bardot’s death I see the passing of a generation: the Frenchwomen who tried to find a path to autonomy in the 1950s and ’60s.
• A Love Letter to My Dutch Oven. How a piece of kitchen equipment watched me grow up.
• The Best Sentences of 2025. Savor the words that made sense of our world.
• One of America’s Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt. Amid an astonishing wave of anti-Indian animus, Indian Americans are questioning their place in the country.
• Harvard’s New Campus Orthodoxy Is Even More Stifling Than the Old. Wasn’t this supposed to be the golden era of free expression on college campuses?
• What Happens When Your Therapist Dies? People don’t like to think about their own mortality, but therapists owe it to their patients to make plans.
• Why We Fall for Narcissistic Leaders, Starting in Grade School. We should know better.
• Behold the ‘God of Generous Out-Flowing Love’ A Q & A with N.T. Wright about why Jesus entered into human history.
• We Don’t Seem to be Making America Healthy Again. So much in public health has changed.
• Willpower Doesn’t Work. This Does. Rather than try to resist temptation in the moment, many successful people arrange their lives to minimize the need for willpower in the first place.
• Before You Toss That Book …. Consider that every book you have is a story of who you are.
• When A.I. Took My Job, I Bought a Chain Saw. I was now facing the same reality my working-class neighbors knew well: the world had changed, my work had all but disappeared, and still, the bills wouldn’t stop coming.
• The Year in Lists. As the year drew to a close, we reached out to Opinion columnists and contributors for personal lists.
• Would You Kill for a Job? A Korean film resonates in a moment when America has its highest unemployment rate since 2021.
• In Which I Try Valiantly to Cheer You Up. OK, 2025 wasn’t the best year ever. But we’re arguably still in the best decade in the history of humanity.
• I Love My Naturally Aging Face. But when I see Demi Moore, 63, looking far younger than me at 48, I wonder if I should be figuring out a way to keep up.
• The 1 Percent Solution to the Looming A.I. Job Crisis. Companies benefiting from A.I. should donate a small percentage of their profits to retrain the workers the tech will displace.
• Climate Goals Are Becoming More Realistic. That’s Good News. Policymakers and investors are pursuing what’s feasible rather than promising the impossible.
• Win a Reporting Trip With Me in 2026. Every year, I choose a university student to accompany me on a reporting trip.
• Sick of Trump News? I’m Here for You. Here are the best nonfiction essays of the year, according to me.
• It Matters Who Owns the National Debt. And a Big Shift Is Occurring. The size of the national debt matters. But so does who America’s lenders are — and that is changing.
• The Unpardonable Year in Presidential Pardons. Anyone who wants to live in a safe, fair and free country should be alarmed.
• Trump Is Getting Weaker, and the Resistance Is Getting Stronger. It’s become easier to imagine the moment when Trump’s mystique finally evaporates.
• This May Be Our Last Chance to Get It Right in Venezuela. For the past decade, every administration in Washington has said Venezuela represents an extraordinary threat to the United States.
• The Kingdom of God Is Ruled by the Humblest of Men. One reason Jesus was born human.
• What Hollywood Has That TikTok, Video Games and YouTube Don’t. Hollywood is Hollywood because of its gift for mythmaking.
• I Killed Color on My Phone. The Result Shocked Me. Julia Angwin turns her iPhone screen to gray and learns a lot about her relationship with her phone.
• I’ve Been the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees for a Decade. This Is the Crisis I See. Populist rhetoric is numbing us to the plight of others.
• Christmas Dinner With Family Can Feel Endless. Embrace It. A long-neglected one-act from a theatrical master offers the key to enjoying your family gatherings.
• The Epstein Files Should Not Have Been Released This Way. The fight was supposed to be about releasing them. But the way it’s being done seems designed to obscure the truth.
• This Is What the Murder of a Whole City Looks Like. A militia accused of genocide has seized a city of a quarter-million people, and it now appears from satellites to be a ghost town.
• The Strange Death of Make America Great Again. Trump has begun to recede from the movement he created.
• Luigi Mangione and Tyler Robinson Are a Worrying New Archetype. They complicate the narrative about political violence as well as our hopes for safety and justice.
• Americans Say They Want One Thing, Then Vote a Different Way. Here’s Why. Voters keep resolving to change our country and yet we are increasingly disappointed in those we elect.
• The Year America Blew Up the Process. The 2025 revolt against process signaled the final collapse of a powerful idea that once promised to hold the country together.
• A Christmas Argument That Ended in Harmony. Standing together on behalf of those who flee oppression is a very Christmas thing to do.
• Stephen Colbert Is Finally Free. After winning an Emmy, Stephen Colbert spoke about creating a “show about love.” In its homestretch, “The Late Show” is fulfilling that promise.
• I Teach College Students How to Argue With Their Families. Few things can calm a savage heart like being genuinely listened to.
• A Practical Guide to Living Together and Not Losing Your Mind. Three lessons from a London commune.
• Youth Hostels, Blood Banks, Yoga: How One Far-Right Network Spread Across the World. Far-right mobilization is not an inevitable consequence of the precariousness of our times.
• 3 Theories of What’s Going On With the Contradictory Economic Data. There are some possible explanations for what’s happening with seemingly conflicting macroeconomic data.
• Trump’s War on Public Health Is a Battle to the Death. The MAHA pipe dream is going to hurt MAGA the most.
• Trump’s TikTok Deal Won’t Protect National Security. Trump’s deal preserves many of the ties to China that the law was designed to sever.
• The Three Forces Deranging the Economy in 2025. Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway, the hosts of the economics podcast “Odd Lots,” walk through how Trump’s tariffs, A.I. and the vibecession are making for a strange close to the year.
• When Dementia Has a Seat at the Holiday Table. When Dementia Has a Seat at Your Holiday Table
• What We Get Wrong About Christian Nationalism. The irony of our secular age is that theology is more powerful than ever.
• Israel Needs to Get Out of Trump’s Way. President Trump should press Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ease military pressure on Gaza, Lebanon and Syria for the sake of his own policy.

Opinion | Culture

• This is Why ‘Hamnet’ Made Me Cry. A mother’s grief is well depicted in “Hamnet” and “The Correspondent.”
• Martin Scorsese: Rob Reiner Had Me in the Palm of His Hand. “We had a natural affinity for each other,” Martin Scorsese writes of Rob Reiner.
• What the Real-Life Marty Supreme Taught Me. When I first moved to New York City, Marty Reisman befriended me.

Arts

• More Kennedy Center Performances Are Canceled After Trump’s Renaming. A dance company withdrew from two performances next year, and the arts center’s website says two New Year’s Eve jazz concerts have been canceled.
• Melanie Watson Bernhardt, ‘Diff’rent Strokes’ Actress, Dies at 57. Her four episodes on the sitcom marked a rarity: a disabled actress onscreen.
• London’s 2025 Theater Highlights. Critics look back on a year when the balcony scene in “Evita” became a social media phenomenon and audiences swooned for the bear in “Paddington: The Musical.”
• A Competitive Coin Flip League’s Satisfying Payoff. Q-UP, the spiritual successor of the video game Universal Paperclips, is a savage critique and a loving appreciation of esports culture.
• From Sex Appeal to the Far Right, Brigitte Bardot Symbolized a Changing France. In the decades after becoming a megastar, the French actress became as known for her politics as she once had been for her acting career.
• 8 Ways A.I. Affected Pop Culture in 2025. No longer something off in the distance, the new technology was all over our screens this past year.
• A Second Lawsuit Accuses Tyler Perry of Sexual Assault. Mario Rodriguez, who had a role in one of Mr. Perry’s films, sued him on Thursday, months after another actor filed a similar lawsuit.
• 7 Podcasts for Bookworms. In a world filled with digital distractions, these shows will help you indulge, develop or rekindle a love for reading.
• The Nazi Plunder of Church Bells Changed the Sound of Europe. As church bells chime and peal the New Year, historians say the looting of more than 150,000 bells during World War II left “a sonic gap” in the landscape.
• The 40 Best Illustrations of 2025. The most memorable illustrations of the year, chosen by art directors at The New York Times.
• 6 Comedy Specials to Get You Through the Holidays. For very different reasons, new hours from Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Kathleen Madigan, George Civeris and Jay Jurden are worth your time.
• 64 Visuals That Defined the Year in Arts. Bad Bunny, Addison Rae, Audra McDonald, a cotillion class, Bing the dog and many more were subjects of the photographs commissioned by our photo editors this year.
• From One Apartment, a Window Into Generations. The Berlin Apartment, which owes a debt to What Remains of Edith Finch, lets you relive the challenges its many tenants faced.
• The Defining Culture Visuals of 2025. Three photo editors from the Culture desk share their favorite images from 2025.
• 43 Things to Do on New Year’s Eve in N.Y.C. What are you doing to greet 2026? Our suggestions include fancy parties, all-night dance-a-thons, choose-your-own movie double features and a pasta-making class.
• An Ecological Tale Gives Life to Metroid Prime 4. A slow start is overcome while learning about an extinct alien race that welcomed a savior.
• Russell Brand Is Charged With Additional Counts of Rape and Sexual Assault. The actor, comedian and YouTuber now faces seven counts of rape and sexual assault in Britain.
• In 2025, They Asked What Racial Solidarity Really Looks Like. Across film (“Sinners,” “One Battle After Another”), theater (“Ragtime”) and TV (“The Lowdown”), four works suggested what achieving racial equality in America would take.

Art & Design

• Want to Build a Better World? The São Paulo Bienal Has Some Tips. “Not All Travelers Walk Roads,” the 36th edition of the exhibition, sees art as a guide for connecting with each other and with the earth.
• Sleeping Bags (and Ear Plugs) for a Night at the Museum. Roaming the American Museum of Natural History in pajamas made for a night to remember for hundreds of children and their brave parents.
• Turn On, Tune In … Cop Out? ‘Sixties Surreal’ Teases at the Whitney. A spotty but thrilling tour of American art from Eisenhower to Nixon shows just how unhinged the ’60s were, and how hard it is to summarize the era.
• 9 Art Shows to See Before They Close This Winter. Catch a lush Monet blockbuster, gorgeous Egyptian goddesses and the history of Black Broadway before they’re gone.

Dance

• A Story of Hip-Hop Rehabilitation With the Body as Battleground. Dahlak Brathwaite’s “Try/Step/Trip,” part of the Under the Radar festival, uses the language of step to express the liberating and restricting power of groups.
• In Ontario, the Uplifting Case of the Stolen ‘Nutcracker’ Sets. Ballet Jörgen’s holiday scare reaffirmed its mission: taking the art form to remote towns and outposts where most people have never seen a pas de deux.

Music

• A Bold Alliance Ends as Innovative Opera Director Bows Out in Detroit. Yuval Sharon will leave the financially strained Detroit Opera after this season. In March, he brings his unorthodox vision to Wagner at the Metropolitan Opera.
• 5 Operas You Can Watch at Home Now. Recent stagings of classics like “La Traviata” and rarities like “Intermezzo” are among the highlights.
• Who Says Rock Is Dead? In 2025, rock was still hanging in. As artificial intelligence infiltrates music, the genre’s handmade imperfections are more crucial than ever.
• In 2025, K-Pop Battled Its Demons. The genre peaked in terms of global awareness with “KPop Demon Hunters,” while the industry’s most promising new act was mired in a legal morass.
• Sean Combs’s Lawyers File Appeal, Arguing His Sentence Was Unjust. The mogul’s lawyers say that a judge issued an excessively steep sentence for prostitution offenses after Mr. Combs was acquitted of more serious charges.
• 10 Songs That Explain My Year. From Gustav Mahler to Lady Gaga, a peek into Lindsay’s past 12 months in music.
• British Police Drop Case Against Band That Chanted ‘Death, Death to the I.D.F.’ Bob Vylan, a punk-rap duo, caused international outrage by chanting the message at the Glastonbury music festival this year.
• What Song Did You Discover, or Rediscover, in 2025? We want to know why it resonated with you.
• Taylor Swift Caps Her Eras Tour Era. Seven takeaways from the final episodes of “The End of an Era,” the Disney+ series exploring her globe-trotting concert extravaganza.
• Miracle on 64th Street: Options for Holiday Opera. Usually, holiday opera is scarce on major stages in New York. But this year, there are two at Lincoln Center alone.
• Influencers Get Their Night at the Opera as the Met Courts New Fans. The Metropolitan Opera has invited 70 influencers to help convince a younger, online audience that opera isn’t scary or even unaffordable.
• 9 Artists to Watch. A gifted Queens rapper (Lexa Gates), a noisy British band (Maruja), a Drake-approved emo songwriter (Julia Wolf), a lo-fi power-pop project (Sharp Pins) and more.

Television

• New Year’s Eve Specials, Plus 4 Things to Watch on TV This Week. CNN, CBS and ABC ring in 2026, and a new reality show set in Palm Beach begins.
• Mickey Lee, a Contestant on ‘Big Brother,’ Dies at 35. Ms. Lee, a party host in Atlanta, died from multiple cardiac arrests brought on by the flu, according to a social media post.
• Marcello Hernández Can Handle the Haters. He once thought his comedy career was over before it even began. Now he’s an “S.N.L.” star with a Netflix special coming in January.
• Lucien Laviscount on His ‘Emily in Paris’ Game. “You get to see a bit more of someone than they’d probably like to let you see,” said the actor, who plays Emily’s ex Alfie on the Netflix series.
• ‘Stranger Things’ Creators Break Down Their Latest Influences. With a new batch of episodes arriving on Christmas Day, Matt and Ross Duffer discuss the sometimes obscure movie and video game references in the final season so far.
• The Best Animated Shows and Movies of 2025. Yes, “KPop Demon Hunters” makes the list. But that was just one of the standouts in a great year.
• ‘Heated Rivalry’ Scores Big With Hockey and Sex. Adapted from romance novels, this Canadian series has been a surprise hit for HBO Max.

Theater

• A Behind-the-Scenes Player of a Transformed Broadway Takes a Bow. The nonprofit organization New 42, which earned a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theater this year, continues to pave the way for a revitalized Times Square.
• ‘Tartuffe’ Gets a Colorfully Modern Makeover. With its profanity-laced script, Lucas Hnath’s Molière adaptation, starring Matthew Broderick, is a mischievous clash of the old and the new.
• ‘The Queen of Versailles’ Bombed on Broadway. What Went Wrong? The show reunited Kristin Chenoweth and Stephen Schwartz for the first time since “Wicked.” It wasn’t enough to counter poor word of mouth and other challenges.

Books

• From ‘Mona’s Eyes’ to ‘Theo of Golden’: This Year’s Surprise Hit Novels. These days, most best sellers are written by authors with household names. Not these five breakout books.

Book Review

• Do You Know These Romantic Adventures of Page and Screen? Need something to read (or watch) this New Year’s week? This quiz brings the love.
• On the Road, With Baggage. A middle-age man fighting illness and marital woe heads west in Ben Markovits’s poignant new novel, a Booker Prize finalist.
• Books to Help You Make — and Keep — Those Pesky New Year’s Resolutions. Our columnist has recommendations.
• Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘What We Can Know’ Ian McEwan’s latest novel, one of the Book Review’s 100 Notable Books of 2025, is a literary mystery about a scholar’s search for a long-lost poem.
• Book Club: Read ‘The Hounding,’ by Xenobe Purvis, With the Book Review. In January, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Xenobe Purvis’s debut novel, about a small English village grappling with a dangerous rumor.
• In These Tales of Bravery and Rebellion, Heroes Come in All Sizes. Two books center on small acts of grit and valor, from a bold little onion to an orphaned boy carrying messages for the French Resistance.
• Clever, Twisty New Thrillers. Our columnist on three novels worth your time.
• Jeff Kinney, Patricia Lockwood and More on What They Learned From a Book in 2025. Such as: A shrewd move by George Washington. Why Gauguin wore a 10-gallon hat. And the benefits of breathing through your nose
• Classic Crime Novels, Newly Reissued and as Thrilling as Ever. Our columnist on seven terrific mysteries deservedly back in print.
• How Should We View the Middle East’s Legacy of Slavery? In “Captives and Companions,” Justin Marozzi traces the stories of the eunuchs, harem women and forced laborers who underwrote empires in Asia and North Africa.

Movies

• The Year Anime Came Out on Top. The medium has been bigger than niche for a long time. That became apparent to everyone in 2025.
• Three Great Documentaries to Stream. In this month’s picks, Sydney Pollack on Frank Gehry, Rob Reiner on Albert Brooks and Mike Figgis on Francis Ford Coppola.
• Five Brigitte Bardot Movies to Stream. The actress, who died at 91, had what can’t be taught: charisma and attitude onscreen. Here are some highlights.
• Brigitte Bardot: A Life in Pictures. The movies made the French actress a star, but photography sealed her stardom.
• How ‘Marty Supreme’ Got Table Tennis Right. The director Josh Safdie had a personal connection to 1950s players, but he also enlisted professionals to choreograph the action and employed a visual trick.
• Park Chan-wook and the Funny Thing About Stomach-Churning Horror. When American studios wouldn’t back his film about a laid-off manager committing gruesome murders, the director returned to Korea. Now he has a hit on his hands.
• Five Action Movies to Stream Now. This month’s picks include a World War I revenge tale, a vampire superhero and female assassins.
• How a Deadly Bond Develops in ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ James Cameron narrates a sequence from his film, featuring Oona Chaplin and Stephen Lang.
• ‘Marty Supreme’ Has Some Surprising Cameos. Here’s a Guide. A “Shark Tank” investor, a supermarket magnate and even N.B.A. All-Stars make appearances in the table tennis comedy.
• ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash' | Anatomy of a Scene. James Cameron narrates a sequence from his film.
• 9 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.
• ‘No Other Choice’ Review: A Company Man Cut Loose. Park Chan-wook, the director of “Oldboy” and “The Handmaiden,” brings comedic flair to the cruel tale of an employee pushed to the brink.
• ‘Marty Supreme’ Review: Timothée Chalamet Sprints to the Top. The actor stars as a magnetic, striving table-tennis champ in Josh Safdie’s new movie, one of the most exciting movies of the year.
• The Ping-Pong Hustler Who Inspired ‘Marty Supreme’ Volleying questions with the table tennis champ Marty Reisman, an inspiration for Timothée Chalamet’s new film, showed that he was a character in his own right.
• ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Review: A Woman Clothed With the Sun. In an extraordinary performance, Amanda Seyfried plays the founder of the Shakers in a singular film.
• ‘The Choral’ Review: Singing to Keep the Fear at Bay. As England goes to war, a provincial choir master played by Ralph Fiennes is challenged to find available voices in this poignant drama set in 1916.
• ‘Song Sung Blue’ Review: A Christmas ‘Caroline’ Craig Brewer’s toe-tapping weepie about the triumphs and tragedies of a Neil Diamond tribute band is exactly the movie we need right now.
• ‘Anaconda’ Review: Back in the Jungle. The movie gets at least one thing right: Rebooting the shlocky, widely-panned creature-feature, starring Jack Black and Paul Rudd, is a goofy idea.
• ‘The Plague’ Review: Pool of the Flies. A stunner of a debut film follows a group of boys at a water polo camp, where an outsider is just trying to fit in.
• ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ Review: Families, Untied. Jim Jarmusch’s uneven triptych, a prizewinner at Venice, saves its best segment for last.
• ‘Goodbye June’ Review: Terms of Endearment, and Estrangement. Kate Winslet directs a formulaic script by her son, Joe Anders, about a dying matriarch and her quarreling adult children.
• Did We Underestimate Kate Hudson? For years she was pigeonholed as a rom-com star. Her turn as a blue-collar mom with a love of Neil Diamond just might vault her back to the Oscars.
• The Year’s Best Fight Scenes Had One Thing in Common. Everywhere you looked this year, men were feuding. In movies like “Splitsville,” “Eddington” and “Friendship,” it was gloriously pathetic.
• ‘Jingle All the Way,’ and the Super Bad Dad Superhero. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman and Rita Wilson served a platter of high-octane holiday high jinks in this unhinged 1996 comedy.
• Kate Winslet’s Unhappy Family Christmas. The British actress’s directorial debut, “Goodbye June,” is based on a script written by her son and follows a fractured family reuniting in the hospital over the holidays.

Food

• 7 Easy Ways to Make the Most Satisfying Tofu of Your Life. These easy upgrade will make that healthy vegetarian staple all the more special.
• Dan Dan Noodle Salad for Delicious Lounging. These (hopefully) lazy days between Christmas and the new year call for spicy, nutty noodles tangled around snappy green vegetables.
• How We’ll Eat in 2026: More Caution, More Crunch. Food forecasters see a year of quieter tastes: little bursts of pleasure, less-jangling restaurants and healthy foods worthy of the ideal Grandma.
• This Mushroom Stroganoff Is Quick Comfort. I’m too exhausted to pull off anything big, but I still crave a meal that feels like a holiday. Enter Hetty Lui McKinnon’s 30-minute vegetarian wonder.
• Got an Air Fryer? We Have Recipes. Salmon fillets, chicken wings, green beans and broccoli all cook to quick perfection with these trusted air-fryer recipes.
• Sesame Scallion Buns, and More Savory Bakes. Because I’m sugared out, but I still want the warmth and aroma of golden dough baking in the oven.
• Ham Yesterday Means Ham and Bean Soup Today. This classic, comforting, stick-to-your-ribs soup makes the most of your holiday ham leftovers (especially if you have a ham bone or hock).
• Eating Like Zohran Mamdani for a Week. Take a tour through the Zohran Mamdani mayoral foodieverse with New York Times Food contributor, Luke Fortney.
• Where to Eat Like You’re on ‘30 Rock’ and More Reader Questions. Becky Hughes’ monthly advice column is back with hyper-specific answers to your hyper-specific queries.
• The 10 Most Popular Meatless Recipes of 2025. Porcini ragù. Roasted broccoli with whipped tofu. French lentil salad. Here’s what readers loved the most.
• Berry Jam Buns. A filling made from berry preserves and fresh berries replaces the buttery cinnamon sugar you might expect in a cinnamon roll, for a colorful twist on a favorite.
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas (and a Handful of Snacks).
• Rice Krispies Treats. These classic treats are salty-sweet and the perfect balance of crispy, gooey, soft and chewy. This version, inspired by the one Julia Moskin adapted from the chef Colin Alevras for The Times in 2007, is also enhanced by deeply browned butter.
• Classic Shrimp Scampi. Scampi are tiny, lobster-like crustaceans with pale pink shells (also called langoustines). Italian cooks in the United States swapped shrimp for scampi, but kept both names. This classic recipe makes a simple garlic, white wine and butter sauce that goes well with a pile of pasta or with a hunk of crusty bread.
• Nonalcoholic Smoky Citrus Punch. Historically, punch is an alcoholic drink, made with a spirit, sugar, citrus and spice, but this variation drops the spirit and doubles down on its other central components.
• Cinnamon Rolls, but Make Them a Cake. No yeast, no proofing, just a big Bundt cake — cloaked in cream cheese frosting, of course — from Genevieve Ko.
• Warming Black-Eyed Peas to Welcome New Year’s Fortunes. David Tanis pairs his rich recipe with a bright cabbage salad and finishes it with some unforgettable spiced apple fritters.
• Lalyn Takes a Modern Approach to Thai Home Cooking. Bar Manje takes over the nights at Good Enough to Eat, the White Horse Tavern team open Dandelion and more restaurant news.
• Fancy Mains Without the Time Commitment. Chile crisp and honey roasted salmon, garlicky beef tenderloin and butter paneer for your holiday table.
• Where Do Aprons Go to Retire? A Tiny Museum in Mississippi. For nearly two decades, Carolyn and Henry Terry have amassed the world’s largest collection of domestic armor.

Wine, Beer & Cocktails

• Toast the New Year With These Sparkling Wines. Champagne will always be there, but prices are rising. The quality of American sparklers has soared and even the best are relatively affordable.

Style

• When the Best New Year’s Plans Are No New Year’s Plans. Many opt out of the revelry, either as their own time-honored tradition or because of a different outlook this year.
• Clothes With Stories to Tell. See all the outfits from around the world that were featured this year in our Look of the Week column.
• We’re All Unique. Or Are We? Two artists spent 30 years cataloging how people dress and learned a lot about humanity in the process.
• Dressing a New Generation of Party Girls. For many young women, famous and not, the brand Mirror Palais has become a go-to source of flirty frocks to wear on the town or for special occasions.
• From Designing Clothes for Children to a Wedding of Bows and Tinsel. Susanna Treacy and Nicholas Wiegand, who were both designers at babyGap, saw their casual elevator chats at work slowly turn into more after an unexpected night out in Brooklyn.
• From Cuddling to Cold Shoulder and Back Again (and Again). We talked about our ideal wedding on our third date. That was probably too soon.
• He Asked for Five More Dates Before the First One Ended. A long-distance start and a fateful coincidence led Brandon Begin, a BMX rider, and Sara Crisman to wedding celebrations in Paris and New York.
• They Matched Twice. The Second Time Changed Everything. Rich Ferraro wasn’t sure that marriage was for him until he matched with David Mansur — and rediscovered a screenshot from their first match two years earlier.
• Her Drawings Poke Fun at Online Attention Seekers. Daniya Stambekova has won fans by finding the Beavis or Butt-Head within the most attractive influencers.
• When Joy and Grief Collide on Your Wedding Day. Even the happiest milestones can carry feelings of loss and magnify the absence of loved ones. Here’s how some navigate happiness and heartbreak all at once.
• Murray Hill Knows How to Put on a Show. This One Doubled as a Wedding. The actor and drag king hosts “A Murray Little Christmas” each year. At this year’s Lincoln Center performance, he married Michelle Cathey-Casino.
• Tiny Love Stories: ‘It’s Not Easy to Please a Woman’ To celebrate the season, we gathered five of our favorite holiday-themed Tiny Love Stories.
• There Are Children in My House Who Don’t Speak English. Help! A reader faults her husband’s relatives for not teaching their young children any English, which she worries may make for an awkward holiday visit.
• Mail Carriers Keep Making the Rounds, Despite a Murky Future. As the much-derided agency loses billions, postal workers quietly, and sometimes heroically, serve their communities.
• Palm Beach Rallies Behind a Restaurant Manager Held at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ After nearly two weeks in detention, José Gonzalez, the popular host of an upscale restaurant, returns home.
• Spouses Wearing Complementary Patterns. For a couple from Los Angeles, choosing clothes is often a joint activity.
• Quiz: Do You Speak 2025? An assortment of absurd, useful and funny words and phrases entered the vernacular this year. How well do you know them?

Love

• 10 Standout Marriage Proposals. Here are some of the most creative, amusing and memorable ways that couples who married in 2025 popped the question.

Magazine

• Five Takeaways From the New York Times Profile of Marjorie Taylor Greene. The congresswoman discussed her break with President Trump and her journey from MAGA zealot to political isolation.
• ‘I Was Just So Naïve’: Inside Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Break With Trump. How the Georgia congresswoman went from the president’s loudest cheerleader to his loudest Republican critic.
• He Was a Supreme Court Lawyer. Then His Double Life Caught Up With Him. Thomas Goldstein was a superstar in the legal world. He was also a secret high-stakes gambler, whose wild 10-year run may now land him in prison.
• What It’s Like When Your Wife Goes on Testosterone. She went on testosterone to help with her menopausal symptoms. The effects had unexpected consequences for their marriage.
• Shelters Won’t Let My Mother Adopt a Dog. Can I Pretend It’s for Me? Which is the more ethical course: honoring the system’s ageist rules, or bending those rules in service of compassion?
• The ‘Masculinity Crisis’ Is Real. This Book Explains Why. Why do men find it so hard to connect with other people, and their own emotions?

T Magazine

• T Magazine’s Essential 2025 Travel Guides. Recommendations for where to go and how to get there, from the ultimate Japan itinerary to the best small cruise ships.
• The Small Parisian Shop That’s Become a Retail Phenomenon. With her six-month-old store, Rubirosa’s, the designer Lauren Rubinski offers a colorful take on old-world charm.
• T Magazine’s Favorite Food Stories of 2025. From a debate about the best seafood in Tokyo to a recipe for red velvet babka, these are some of the most intriguing and appetizing features we published this year.
• It Isn’t Swedish Christmas Without Three Kinds of Herring. On the island of Djurgarden, the sisters behind the clothing line House of Dagmar hosted a traditional feast to celebrate the holiday and their friends.

Travel

• 24 Hours in Jeddah With an Airline Pilot. On a stopover in Saudi Arabia, the writer strolls along the corniche, lingers over coffee and explores the historic heart of this city on the Red Sea.
• Can Apple’s AirPod Translation Get You Through Tokyo? We Tested It. A non-Japanese-speaking first-time visitor used Apple’s new in-ear translation feature to connect with locals at bars, sushi classes and even a fire ritual.
• 36 Hours in Park City, Utah. More than 2,000 acres of new ski area add to the allure of this sporty mecca with a thriving cultural scene.
• ‘Emily in Paris’ Star Ashley Park’s 5 Favorite Places in Rome. Playing Emily’s spontaneous best friend, the actress discovered where to find good pasta and more when the popular Netflix series moved to Rome this season.
• In Norway, Skiing Through a Winter Wonderland. A 100-mile journey along the country’s Troll Trail includes stunning vistas, snowbound mountain hotels and waffles.

Real Estate

• $3.25 Million Homes in California. This week’s properties include a midcentury modern house in Los Angeles, a full-floor condo in San Francisco and a cottage in Carmel.
• I Broke the Lease on an Illegal Rental. Can I Get My Security Deposit Back? Absent a certificate of occupancy, the landlord is generally prohibited from recovering rent — but the specifics of your case matter.
• The New Stealth Recliners. Once living room eyesores, furniture designers have given the functional recliner a sleek makeover.
• $750,000 Homes in New Brunswick, Canada. A cliffside home overlooking Lake Utopia, a waterfront home on Shediac Bay and a five-acre property near trails.
• Today’s Stripes Are Bolder, Wider and Used in Excess. How to shop and style the design trend brightening walls, couches and tissue boxes across America.
• Homes for Sale in New York and New Jersey. This week’s properties are four-bedroom homes, including a contemporary house Cutchogue and a modern farmhouse in Stockton.
• Homes for Sale in Manhattan and Queens. This week’s properties are in Gramercy, Harlem and Bayside.
• Our Favorite Home-Buying Stories of 2025. This year, the Hunt followed home buyers in 17 states and three countries outside the United States, with a median home price of $596,000.
• Who Recycles the Most Cardboard in N.Y.C.? The amount of cardboard put out by New Yorkers tends to spike during the holidays.
• $2 Million Homes in Georgia, Los Angeles and the District of Columbia. An 1850 rowhouse in Savannah, a 1970s house in Topanga, and a home in a converted stable in Washington.
• Richmond, Va.: A City Transforming. A neighborhood-focused culture, a sophisticated dining scene and a distancing from its Confederate past define the city today.
• Tuck Yourself In at Night. Then Tuck Your Bed In for the Day. With only 215 square feet to use, the designers of a Milan apartment left space for living and dining areas by creating a bed that rolls under the kitchen cabinets.

Health

• Hundreds Sue Virginia Hospital and Executives Over Unneeded Surgeries. More than 500 women claimed that they had received unnecessary operations. Hospital leaders said they were not aware of a doctor’s misconduct.
• Claire Brosseau Wants to Die. Will Canada Let Her? Ms. Brosseau says mental illness has made her life unbearable. She wants a medically assisted death. Even her psychiatrists are split over whether she should have one.
• How Cameroon Fought to Save Its Malaria Program After the U.S. Cut Critical Funding. When the Trump administration slashed foreign aid, it gutted a program that had reduced malaria deaths world wide. In northern Cameroon, health workers scrambled to protect children in one last rainy season.
• Doctors Think Ovaries, Not Just Eggs, Are Factors in Fertility and Aging. Recent research highlights that the egg may be the leading lady, but she needs her supporting cast.

Well

• The Service Dogs Helping Veterans With PTSD. There’s research suggesting that these four-legged “battle buddies” can reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. But shortages and long wait times pose barriers.
• Weight-Loss Drugs Ended Their Sex Life. Could It Bounce Back? She expected her body to change when she started taking Zepbound. But nobody told her what might happen to her marriage.
• Your Top Health Questions of 2025. Is there a “least bad” alcohol? Is Benadryl harming your health? Here are the answers you wanted most this year.
• Do Parents Have Favorite Children? Of Course They Do. And research shows the less favored children suffer for it.

Family

• 7 Questions to Ask Yourself for a Happier New Year. It’s time to look back — and forward.

Mind

• What Is a Grief Attack? Sudden surges of anguish can accompany intense mourning. That’s not unusual, experts say, and sometimes even helpful.

Move

• 10 Fitness Tips to Help You Get Moving in 2026. Turn your walk into a better workout, build strength without weights and more exercise advice for the year ahead.

Times Insider

• Looking Back at Nancy Pelosi’s Career, Through The Times. Images of the congresswoman have appeared in The New York Times throughout the decades. Here are a few noteworthy examples and others from our archives.
• A Special Delivery From The New York Times: 1,000 Cookies. A newspaper truck had a festive makeover to celebrate the Cooking team’s annual Cookie Week.
• Untangling a Year of Upheaval Inside the Justice Department. Two Times journalists interviewed more than 60 attorneys to understand the department’s tumultuous transformation, and the sweeping implications.

Corrections

• No Corrections: Dec. 26, 2025. No corrections appeared in print on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025.
• No Corrections: Dec. 29, 2025. No corrections appeared in print on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: Brigitte Bardot, 91, French Actress Who Renounced Stardom, Dies. Quotation of the Day for Monday, December 29, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: Social Media Causing Worry For Parents Around Globe. Quotation of the Day for Sunday, December 27, 2025.
• No Corrections: Dec. 28, 2025. No corrections appeared in print on Sunday, Dec. 28., 2025.
• Corrections: December 27, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Saturday, December 27, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: It Was Lighter Than a Token. Now It’s Litter. Quotation of the Day for Saturday, December 27, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: Estonia’s Star-Spangled Courting of Capitol Hill. Quotation of the Day for Thursday, December 26, 2025.
• Corrections: Dec. 25, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: ESCAPE FROM THE ABYSS. Quotation of the Day for Thursday, December 25, 2025.
• Corrections: Dec. 24, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: YouTube Dominates the Daytime, And Rivals Are Trying to Respond. Quotation of the Day for Wednesday, December 24, 2025.
• Corrections: Dec. 23, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: To New Middle Class, Nothing Seems Affordable. Quotation of the Day for Tuesday, December 23, 2025.

The Learning Network

• Word of the Day: decorum. This word has appeared in 90 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

Gameplay

• Floating Marker. Geoffrey Schorkopf and Will Eisenberg have their first crossword collaboration in The New York Times.
• Connections Companion No. 933. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1,655. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 667. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025.
• What 2025’s New Crossword Entries Tell Us About Ourselves. From “Ayo Edebiri” to “this is fine,” puzzles reveal a portrait of the people who make and solve them.
• 2025’s Crossword Constructor Debuts. Through adversity, this year’s constructors showed resilience in their puzzles.
• Spelling Bee Forum. Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
• Admired Figures. Chase Dittrich brings us a first-class puzzle.
• Connections Companion No. 932. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Monday, Dec. 29, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1,654. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Monday, Dec. 29, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 666. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Monday, Dec. 29, 2025.
• Off Broadway Musicals. An Alex Eaton-Salners puzzle on a Sunday? Jazz hands!
• Connections Companion No. 931. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 665. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1,653. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025.
• What Many Wine Corks Do. Katie Hoody sweeps up solvers in a buoyant themeless puzzle
• Connections Companion No. 930. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 664. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1,652. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025.
• Stick by a Fireplace. Andrew Spooner makes his New York Times Crossword debut.
• Connections Companion No. 929. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, Dec. 26, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 663. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, Dec. 26, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1,651. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, Dec. 26, 2025.
• Right-eous Path. Sam Ezersky will have you cracking up.
• Connections Companion No. 928. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 662. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1,650. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025.
• Sharp Quality. Ella Dershowitz forges ahead.
• Connections Companion No. 927. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1,649. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 661. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025.

En español

• El descarrilamiento de un tren mata a 13 personas en México. El tren y sus tripulantes transportaban a unos 250 pasajeros en una ruta que atraviesa el país y une el Pacífico y el golfo de México. Cerca de 100 personas resultaron heridas.
• 7 preguntas que debes hacerte para ser más feliz en 2026. Es hora de mirar hacia atrás… y hacia delante.
• ¿Qué es el ‘congelamiento funcional’? El término, popularizado en redes sociales, describe un estado de entumecimiento emocional y baja motivación. Psicólogos ofrecen claves para entenderlo y afrontarlo.
• Con medicamentos, perdió peso. También su libido. ¿Sobreviviría su matrimonio? Ningún médico les advirtió sobre los cambios drásticos que pueden producirse en las relaciones cuando el cuerpo y la imagen de uno mismo experimentan una transformación radical.
• Sácale partido a la caminadora. La velocidad, la inclinación y el enfoque importan. Estas cuatro rutinas ayudan a evitar estancamientos y a entrenar mejor, tanto si caminas como si corres.
• Estaba lista para tener a su decimoquinto hijo. Entonces le presentaron cargos. Esta es la historia de MaryBeth Lewis, quien procreó 13 hijos y peleó en tribunales por dos gemelos más gestados a través de un vientre de alquiler.
• Palabra del día: ‘decorum’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en 90 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?

América Latina

• El mar arrastra a Colombia pruebas de los ataques aéreos de Trump. Primero fue la embarcación calcinada. Luego los cuerpos destrozados y los paquetes con restos de marihuana. Ahora, los pescadores temen zarpar al océano que los alimenta.
• ¿Cuál es el papel de Colombia en el narcotráfico mundial? El presidente Gustavo Petro está enzarzado en una guerra de palabras con el presidente Donald Trump sobre el papel de Colombia en el tráfico mundial de drogas. El asunto es complicado.
• En Venezuela, la historia de un bloqueo parece repetirse. Una crisis de hace más de un siglo involucró a un dictador aficionado a la fiesta, los objetivos estadounidenses de afirmar su supremacía militar, y fricciones entre las grandes potencias.
• El coquito solía ser un secreto puertorriqueño. Ahora todo el mundo lo conoce. Esta bebida de ron y coco solía compartirse entre las familias puertorriqueñas, pero ahora que existe un mayor interés por la cultura de la isla su popularidad ha aumentado.
• Elecciones en Honduras: un candidato presidencial alega fraude. Luego de que las autoridades declararan ganador de la contienda a Nasry Asfura, su rival respaldado por Trump, Salvador Nasralla cuestionó el resultado y expresó fastidio por el papel desempeñado de Estados Unidos.
• El espacio aéreo cerrado trajo una Navidad solitaria para muchos en Venezuela. Durante las festividades, un gran número de venezolanos de la diáspora suele regresar a casa. Pero este año, después de que las líneas aéreas internacionales interrumpieran casi todos sus servicios, muchas personas están solas y con los nervios de punta.
• Son las sandalias favoritas de Brasil. Ahora, la derecha las boicotea. Las sandalias más populares de Brasil pasaron de ser un símbolo compartido a convertirse en objeto de confrontación ideológica.
• Honduras declara ganador de las elecciones presidenciales a un candidato respaldado por Trump. Nasry Asfura, exalcalde de Tegucigalpa, fue declarado el presidente electo del país centroamericano tras un recuento de votos prolongado después de una contienda reñida.
• Las incautaciones de buques realizadas por EE. UU. estancan la industria petrolera venezolana. Los puertos de Venezuela se están llenando de petroleros, ya que las autoridades temen sacarlos en aguas internacionales y ponerlos en el punto de mira de Estados Unidos.

Ciencia y Tecnología

• En busca del sentido magnético de la mariposa monarca. La brújula magnética es el último misterio por entender de los animales migratorios. Para algunos científicos, la mariposa monarca puede dar pistas clave.
• ¿Notaste ese desfase de 5 millonésimas de segundo en tu reloj? Te explicamos qué pasó. Algunos de los relojes atómicos más precisos de EE. UU. sufrieron una leve interrupción luego de que fuertes vientos en Colorado provocaran la falla de un generador.
• Esta droga es letal no solo por la sobredosis, también por la abstinencia. La medetomidina, un sedante veterinario, mezclada con fentanilo ha enviado a miles de personas a los hospitales por un síndrome de abstinencia potencialmente mortal en Filadelfia. Se está extendiendo a otras ciudades de EE. UU.
• Un planeta con forma de limón y el tamaño de Júpiter sorprende a científicos. Nunca antes se había descubierto un objeto como el PSR J2322-2650b: está hecho de gas, tiene corazón de diamante y orbita alrededor de un pulsar.

Cultura

• Brigitte Bardot: una vida en imágenes. El cine convirtió a la actriz francesa en una estrella, pero la fotografía cimentó su estatus de icono.
• En 2025, el k-pop luchó contra sus demonios. El género alcanzó su punto álgido en términos de fama mundial con ‘Las guerreras k-pop’, mientras que el nuevo grupo más prometedor de la industria estuvo sumido en un marasmo legal.
• James Cameron deja atrás los estallidos en la nueva película de ‘Avatar’ El director de la exitosa saga reflexiona sobre el paso del tiempo, el liderazgo y el autocontrol. “Ya no grito”, dijo.
• Reseña de ‘Marty Supremo’: la lucha de Timothée Chalamet. El actor interpreta a un magnético y afanoso campeón de tenis de mesa en la nueva película de Josh Safdie, una de las más emocionantes del año.
• Los mejores programas y películas de animación de 2025. Sí, ‘Las guerreras k-pop’ está en la lista. Pero fue solo una de las más destacadas de un gran año.
• Estas son las influencias para la última temporada de ‘Stranger Things’, según sus creadores. Con la llegada de una nueva tanda de episodios en Navidad, Matt y Ross Duffer hablan de las referencias, a veces oscuras, a películas y videojuegos de lo que va de la última temporada.
• La triste Navidad familiar de Kate Winslet. ‘Adiós, June’, el debut como directora de la actriz británica, se basa en un guion escrito por su hijo y sigue a una familia fracturada que visita a la matriarca moribunda en el hospital durante las fiestas.
• Artistas que perdimos en 2025, en sus propias palabras. Robert Redford, Roberta Flack, Diane Keaton y Brian Wilson son algunas de las luminarias culturales que nos dejaron este año.
• El legado de Britney Spears resuena en el pop emergente de la generación Z. La música de Sabrina Carpenter, Tate McRae y Addison Rae está marcada por la superestrella que alcanzó la fama antes de que ellas nacieran. También han aprendido de sus momentos más difíciles.

Estados Unidos

• Trump dice que EE. UU. destruyó una ‘gran instalación’ en la campaña contra Venezuela. Funcionarios estadounidenses afirmaron que el presidente se refería a una instalación dedicada al narcotráfico que fue destruida en Venezuela, pero no dieron más detalles.
• Cómo el petróleo, las drogas y la inmigración impulsaron la campaña de EE. UU. contra Venezuela. Nuevos detalles revelan cómo agendas cruzadas dentro del gobierno de Trump condujeron a una confrontación cada vez más militarizada.
• Trump prometió un cambio radical en su segundo mandato. Esto es lo que ha hecho hasta ahora. El presidente Trump ha llevado los cruces ilegales en la frontera a mínimos históricos, ha contribuido a lograr un precario alto al fuego en Gaza y ha trastocado el sistema de comercio mundial.
• ¿Cómo hizo el DOGE para perturbar tanto y ahorrar tan poco? El grupo de Elon Musk no cumplió su promesa: reducir el gasto federal en 1 billón de dólares antes de octubre. Bajo la supervisión del departamento, el gasto federal de EE. UU. no se redujo.
• Para Stephen Miller, los migrantes son un problema, y su descendencia también. Mientras busca poner fin a la ciudadanía por derecho de nacimiento, el gobierno de Trump sostiene que los migrantes traen problemas que se prolongan durante generaciones. Los datos muestran lo contrario.
• El despliegue prolongado de portaaviones en el Caribe proyecta la fuerza de EE. UU., y acarrea costos. El USS Ford lleva seis meses desplegado, ahora en el Caribe, como parte de la campaña de presión del presidente Trump sobre Venezuela.
• El material censurado de algunos archivos del caso Epstein se puede recuperar fácilmente. Algunas partes de los archivos publicados sobre el caso no estaban editadas digitalmente de forma adecuada y pueden ser reveladas con facilidad.
• Al menos 5 personas mueren al estrellarse un avión de la Marina mexicana en Texas. La nave de la Marina mexicana, con cuatro miembros de tripulación a bordo, transportaba a cuatro civiles desde Mérida, en la península de Yucatán. Las autoridades investigan las causas del desplome.

Estilos de Vida

• La testosterona puede aumentar la libido de algunas mujeres. Ella tomó testosterona para aliviar los síntomas de la menopausia. Los efectos tuvieron consecuencias inesperadas para su matrimonio.
• Los usuarios de apps de citas se toman en serio eso de evaluar a sus ligues. Hoy en día, las verificaciones de antecedentes, las videollamadas y el trabajo de detective son parte del romance.
• ¿Qué es un ‘ataque de duelo’? Oleadas repentinas de angustia pueden acompañar a un duelo intenso. No es algo inusual, dicen los expertos, y a veces incluso puede resultar útil.
• La venganza de la complaciente. Después de vivir una agresión sexual, trabajé durante años para hacerme invisible. Pero Ryan me vio de todos modos.
• ¿Los padres tienen hijos favoritos? Claro que sí. Y las investigaciones demuestran que la salud mental de los niños menos favorecidos sufre por eso.
• Amar a largo plazo: aprendizajes de matrimonios duraderos. Historias de parejas con décadas de matrimonio revelan cómo el amor, la paciencia y la capacidad de resistir juntos han sido clave para construir relaciones sólidas y perdurables.
• ¿Estás pensando en rellenarte los labios? Esto es lo que tienes que saber. Es fundamental conocer los riesgos potenciales y tener expectativas realistas.
• 5 libros para atravesar una ruptura amorosa. Expertos en salud mental comparten los títulos que más sugieren a quienes atraviesan el final de una relación.
• La dificultad de mantener una amistad entre hombres. A los hombres les cuesta trabajo reavivar vínculos afectivos con viejos amigos. Es hora de cambiar eso.
• ¿Cuándo está listo el pavo? Todo lo que siempre quisiste saber (y no te atreviste a preguntar). Te explicamos lo necesario para que el pavo quede en su punto: tiempos, técnicas y consejos clave.

Mundo

• China moviliza fuerzas por tierra, mar y aire para un ejercicio cerca de Taiwán. Las maniobras pusieron fin a meses de relativa calma en el estrecho de Taiwán y se produjeron después de que el gobierno de Trump anunció la venta de armas a la isla.
• Lo mejor de la cultura. Nuestra editora de cultura y estilo de vida repasa los mejores momentos de la cultura pop del año.
• Un emblemático cine de Kabul es demolido por los talibanes. El Cine Ariana, en la capital de Afganistán, había permanecido cerrado desde 2021, cuando los talibanes volvieron al poder. Sin embargo, seguía siendo un punto de referencia en el centro de la ciudad, un recuerdo de arte, cultura y placer para muchos afganos.
• Trump dice que los ataques aéreos en Nigeria fueron contra el Estado Islámico. Los expertos advierten una situación compleja. Aunque las autoridades nigerianas han rebatido las afirmaciones de Trump sobre un “genocidio” cristiano, han optado por responder a sus amenazas cooperando con su gobierno.
• Zelenski dice que se reunirá con Trump el fin de semana. La reunión sería probablemente este domingo en Florida, según el presidente ucraniano Volodímir Zelenski. La Casa Blanca no ha dado una confirmación inmediata sobre la reunión.
• Recordando a quienes murieron este año. Repasamos la vida de algunos de los artistas, figuras innovadoras y pensadores que perdimos en 2025.
• En su discurso de Navidad, el papa León exhorta a los líderes mundiales al diálogo. El discurso de Navidad de León XIV es el primero desde su elección como pontífice, y fue objeto de escrutinio en busca de comparaciones con los de su predecesor, Francisco.
• Artesanos italianos añaden figuras de Trump a los nacimientos. En Nápoles, los artesanos llevan generaciones construyendo escenas del nacimiento de Jesús, y a veces incluyen figuras de celebridades. Este año, Trump es una de las más populares.
• Esto es lo que contiene el plan de paz de 20 puntos para Ucrania. El proyecto abarca una amplia gama de cuestiones, como el territorio, las garantías de seguridad y la reconstrucción de posguerra. Pero Rusia ha mostrado poca disposición a poner fin al conflicto.
• La mujer que se enamoró de ChatGPT. El chatbot se ha comercializado como una herramienta de uso general que puede escribir código, resumir documentos y dar consejos. ¿Pero puede ser un buen novio?
• ¿A dónde se han ido las amistades entre hombres? A los hombres les cuesta más tener amistades cercanas en la edad adulta, según estudios.
• La familia Al Asad vive un exilio de lujo e impunidad fuera de Siria. El largo y brutal reinado de Bashar al Asad cayó drásticamente, pero él y su círculo cercano han tenido un aterrizaje suave en Rusia.

Negocios

• Google cede: al fin podrás cambiar tu dirección de Gmail sin perder información. Los usuarios se sentían atrapados ante la imposibilidad de realizar el cambio sin perder todos los datos y servicios asociados.
• Cómo luciría un Estados Unidos sin migrantes. Los esfuerzos del gobierno de Trump por reducir la población nacida en el extranjero se notan en hospitales, ligas de fútbol y las calles principales de todo el país, y muestran indicios de lo que está por venir.
• Muchos chatbots pretenden ser humanos, y eso no siempre es bueno. La IA puede tener efectos muy extremos en las personas que establecen vínculos intensos con ella.
• ¿Hemos subestimado a Kate Hudson? Por años, los estudios han empujado a Hudson a la senda de las comedias románticas. Su papel como una madre trabajadora enamorada de Neil Diamond podría llevarla de nuevo a los Oscar.
• Uber permitió que delincuentes se unieran a su plataforma. Luego, llegaron acusaciones de violación. Según encontró una investigación de The New York Times, la empresa usa un proceso de verificación de antecedentes con limitaciones, para acelerar la incorporación de conductores y mantener los costos bajos.
• Un reportaje de ‘60 Minutes’ fue retirado del aire. Ahora circula en internet. A último momento, CBS News detuvo un segmento sobre hombres venezolanos deportados por el gobierno de Donald Trump a una prisión en El Salvador. Aun así, el reportaje terminó apareciendo en línea.
• Se enamoró de ChatGPT. Y luego lo eliminó. La mujer de 29 años que creó la comunidad “MyBoyfriendIsAI” en Reddit ya no pasa tiempo (ni intercambia mensajes) con su novio creado con inteligencia artificial. Ha encontrado algo más satisfactorio.

Opinión

• Martin Scorsese: ‘Rob Reiner era mi amigo’ “Teníamos una afinidad natural el uno por el otro”, escribe Martin Scorsese sobre Rob Reiner.
• Esta puede ser la última oportunidad de EE. UU. de tener un buen resultado en Venezuela. Maduro está más aislado que nunca. Pero es poco probable que las demostraciones de fuerza por sí solas lo convenzan del inevitable fin de su régimen ilegítimo.
• Quitar el color en mi celular me hizo apreciarlo más en la vida real. Julia Angwin cambió la pantalla de su iPhone a gris y aprendió mucho sobre su relación con su teléfono.
• Lo que perciben tus seres queridos con demencia. Cuando la cognición de las personas está fragmentada o ausente, absorben las emociones que las rodean sin ningún filtro que las proteja.
• Este es el año en que los milénials oficialmente se hicieron viejos. La generación del yo, yo, yo enfrenta la dura realidad de la madurez.
• Por qué ‘El señor de los anillos’ perdura. Tanto por intención como por providencia, Tolkien escribió un mundo que es bello porque está tan roto como el nuestro.

Tiempo y clima

• El punto débil del Pentágono y los titanes de la IA: necesitan las baterías chinas. Mientras la guerra se reinventa en Ucrania y Silicon Valley se afana por mantener su liderazgo en IA, el dominio chino de las baterías causa inquietud mucho más allá de la industria automovilística.

Weather

• More Rain Heading for Southern California, Heightening Flood Risk. More rain was forecast for the Los Angeles Area on Friday, adding to wet weather that prompted emergency declarations across the state.
• Heavy Rains and Floods Threaten California on Christmas Day. Much of Southern California remained at risk of potentially deadly floods on Thursday, as heavy rains showed little sign of easing through the week.
• Flood Warnings Issued in Southern California as Intense Storm Sweeps In. A flash flood warning was in effect for parts of the Los Angeles area early Wednesday as a severe storm began deluging the region.
• Heavy Rain Expected to Douse Los Angeles on Christmas Eve. Waves of atmospheric moisture could cause urban flooding and mudslides across California this week, according to the National Weather Service.

Admin

• Trump Administration Emphasizes Religion in Official Christmas Messages. Government officials have traditionally steered clear of such overtly religious language, as the Constitution prohibits the establishment of an official state religion.

Watching

• How Late Night Shows Evolved in 2025. Our critic Jason Zinoman describes how the late-night talk show, whose death had been declared by many observers, came back to life this year.