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U.S.

• Waymo Was on a Roll in San Francisco. Then One of Its Driverless Cars Killed a Cat. The self-driving taxis have become ubiquitous in the city, but an uproar ensued when one ran over a beloved feline.
• Sleepovers With Dinosaur Bones Are Back in N.Y.C. After a five-year hiatus, children were invited to spend the night at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City in October. They roamed the galleries, played games and slept under the blue whale.
• Mystery Fuels Unease in Maine Woods: Who Bought Burnt Jacket Mountain? An anonymous new owner fenced off beloved trails and put up surveillance cameras in a region with a long tradition of allowing public access on private land.
• Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding. An extraordinary rebuke to the federal government’s campaign against elite schools, the ruling could upend settlement talks with the university system.
• San Francisco Mayor Has First Major Error With Embarrassing Appointment. Mayor Daniel Lurie has enjoyed strong approval ratings this year, but residents were dismayed after he appointed a city supervisor who quickly resigned after revelations emerged.
• Indiana Senate Says It Won’t Vote on Redistricting That Trump Sought. The pushback from Senate Republicans follows the governor’s call for a special session to consider a new congressional map that President Trump wanted.
• A Tiny West Wing Office Is Big on Trump Messaging. The Oval Office study has become a room for Trump merchandise.
• She Was Deported in Error. Her Child Was Left Behind. Maribel Lopez was hastily deported to Guatemala despite a pending asylum appeal, leaving behind a toddler. Her case highlights a growing pattern of speedy deportations.
• Dog Accidentally Shoots and Injures a Pennsylvania Man, Police Say. The man had been cleaning a shotgun and placed it on the bed shortly before it was fired. He received treatment at an area hospital.
• Boston University Student Faces Backlash After He Called ICE on Workers. The student, the president of the school’s College Republicans club, said he reported immigrant carwash workers. Now he is facing online attacks after nine of the workers were detained.
• Georgia Official, a Veteran Prosecutor, Appoints Self to Oversee Trump Case. The official, Pete Skandalakis, had been tasked by law with finding a new prosecutor for the election interference case after Fani T. Willis was removed from it.
• In a Brutal Mississippi Jail, Inmates Say They Were Enlisted as Enforcers. High-ranking inmates known as trusties were ordered to do guards’ bidding, former inmates and guards said, and the culture of violence in the jail went straight to the top.
• Holiday Décor Uproar at Air Force Base Housing Complex. A routine reminder about holiday lights touched off a spirited debate about rules, joy and what it means to make a home when life is always in motion.
• The Shutdown Is Over. For Many SNAP Recipients, the Scars Remain. Some recipients have seen their benefits return but are worried they could still be taken away. Others wonder whether the funding could be stopped again at some point.
• Fast-Growing Fire in Mono County, California, Forces Evacuations. The Pack fire has grown to 1,000 acres amid high winds, but a coming winter storm might help firefighters control the blaze.
• After 3 Whale Deaths Off British Columbia, Researchers Fear a Pattern. A humpback whale known to locals since 2004 was found dead on Nov. 8. Vessel collisions have become a major threat to humpback whales in the region.
• Football Coach Who Was Focus of Netflix’s ‘Last Chance U’ Is Shot. The coaching fixture John Beam was gravely wounded in a shooting at Laney College in Oakland, Calif., a commuter school where he is athletic director, according to a city councilman.
• Justice Department Joins Suit Challenging New California Congressional Districts. The agency intervened in a lawsuit brought by the California Republican Party seeking to throw out a map, approved last week by the state’s voters, that would redraw House districts to favor Democrats.
• America’s Oldest Coin in Circulation Is Dead. After 232 years, the final pennies were minted in Philadelphia. The Treasury Department said the move was due to irrelevance of the coin and the expense to produce it.
• Oklahoma Governor Commutes Inmate’s Death Sentence Just Before Execution. The death-row inmate, Tremane Wood, 46, had already had his last meal. It was only the second time Gov. Kevin Stitt has stepped in to stop an execution.
• Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes. The university system will ban advocacy of “race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity” without approval.
• Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson. The professor will no longer be able to teach a class on diversity after she showed students a diagram that included the “Make America Great Again” slogan as an example of white supremacy.
• Map: 3.5-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes the San Francisco Bay Area. View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
• Dozens Are Hospitalized After Ammonia Leak in Oklahoma. Authorities said a tanker truck parked outside a hotel in Weatherford, Okla., was leaking ammonia on Wednesday night, prompting evacuations.
• Canadian Travel to the U.S. Declines for 10th Straight Month. The drop has been reflected in air and car travel, according to Canadian statistics. Tensions over tariffs placed by the Trump administration spurred calls for Canadians to spend their money at home.
• He Was a Self-Taught Legal Expert in Prison. Now, He’s Running for Court Clerk. Calvin Duncan was cleared of murder after he became a legal authority in prison. In New Orleans, his campaign for clerk of criminal court has struck a nerve.
• After Trump Split, Epstein Said He Could ‘Take Him Down’ Jeffrey Epstein cast himself as a Trump insider and wanted to leverage potentially damaging information about the president and his business dealings, according to emails with associates.
• How Every House Member Voted on the Bill to Reopen the Government. The House voted mostly along party lines to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
• Former Aide to Gavin Newsom Charged With Corruption. Dana Williamson, a top Democratic consultant in California, was accused of conspiring to skim over $200,000 in campaign funds that belonged to a Biden administration official.
• Federal Judge Plans to Release Some Immigrants Arrested in Chicago Area. The judge raised concerns that federal agents may have violated terms of a consent decree during their immigration enforcement crackdown in Illinois.
• Catholic Bishops Rebuke U.S. ‘Mass Deportation’ of Immigrants. In a rare statement, the bishops framed the immigration crisis in starkly moral terms. “We feel compelled now in this environment to raise our voices in defense of God-given human dignity,” they said.
• The Shutdown Is Near an End. When Will Things Get Back to Normal? Some programs like SNAP could be restored within hours, while other effects could take longer to unravel.
• Michael Wolff, Chronicler of Elites, Advised Epstein About Trump. Mr. Wolff, it turns out, was enough of an insider to provide advice to Jeffrey Epstein on how to handle his dealings with Donald J. Trump.
• Michael Wolff, chronicler of elites, provided Epstein with advice on Trump. Mr. Wolff, it turns out, was enough of an insider to provide advice to Jeffrey Epstein on how to handle his dealings with Donald J. Trump.
• Wednesday’s release of files related to Epstein is only a subset of the documents on him. The emails are the latest disclosure in a sex-trafficking scandal that still occupies a central role in American politics six years after the disgraced financier was found dead in a Manhattan prison cell.
• Grijalva Signs Epstein Petition, Starting Clock Toward a Vote. Representative Adelita Grijalva, the Arizona Democrat who had waited weeks to be sworn in, provided the 218th and final signature needed to force action.
• Former Chess Champion Faces Ethics Complaint After a Grandmaster’s Death. The International Chess Federation filed the complaint against Vladimir Kramnik, a former world champion who had insinuated that Daniel Naroditsky cheated.
• Virginia’s Governor-Elect Wants a Say Over Leadership at U.Va. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, told the university’s board that the choice of a new president, to replace one pushed out by Republicans over the summer, should be delayed until she is in office.
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• Read the Jeffrey Epstein Emails That Mention Trump. House Democrats on Wednesday released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein sent messages to his longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell and the author Michael Wolff suggesting that Donald J. Trump knew more about the convicted sex offender’s abuse than he had acknowledged.
• How to Capture the Northern Lights With Just Your Smartphone. Modern cellphone cameras make it easy to capture the famously fickle Aurora Borealis.
• He Died at a School for Disabled People. Decades Later, His Brother Sought Answers. John Scott was rarely spoken of in his family after he was placed in an institution. After a half-century, his youngest brother set out to learn who he was and what had happened to him.
• 3 Bob Ross Paintings Sell for $600,000 to Support Public Broadcasters. The landscapes by the television host were sold as part of a campaign to help public television stations weather federal funding cuts.
• Kansas County Agrees to Pay $3 Million Over Police Raid of Newspaper. The search of The Marion County Record’s office in 2023 touched off a national conversation about press freedom.
• Duffy Won’t Give Timeline to Restore Flights as Shutdown Appears Near End. The transportation secretary said data would guide the decision. He also stepped up his warnings of potential chaos, saying some airlines could ground their fleets if the shutdown continued.
• Trump Administration Plans to Send Border Patrol to Charlotte and New Orleans. Plans for the operations were still being finalized, according to a federal official with knowledge of them.
• Justice Department to Investigate Protests at Turning Point Event at Berkeley. The announcement came a day after protesters confronted attendees of a campus event hosted by Turning Point USA, the conservative group founded by Charlie Kirk.
• U.S. Bishops Elect New Leader as Concerns Mount Over Treatment of Migrants. “We face a growing worldview that is so often at odds with the Gospel mandate to love thy neighbor,” the group said in a letter to Pope Leo.
• Kansas Redistricting Was on the Fast Track. Then Some Republicans Said No. The state’s top Republicans wanted to join President Trump’s push to redraw congressional maps. But plans for a special session fell apart when some lawmakers resisted.
• Judge Rejects Utah’s Republican-Drawn Redistricting Map. The judge instead adopted a map drawn by a centrist coalition. Democrats celebrated the ruling ahead of the 2026 midterms, but Republicans vowed to fight it.
• Senate Passes Bill to End Government Shutdown. The Senate passed legislation to reopen the government after eight senators in the Democratic caucus broke with the party and supplied critical backing. The measure now heads to the House.
• Police Chase Driver Across Southern California Until She Escapes Into Mexico. The woman stole a minivan, police said, beginning a dramatic pursuit that spanned four counties and reached speeds of 90 miles per hour.
• The Demographic Trends That Shaped Mamdani’s Win. Moderate Black voters and young progressives favored Zohran Mamdani for mayor, while Andrew Cuomo won many wealthy New Yorkers and those who voted for Donald Trump.
• How Every Senator Voted on Passing the Bill to End the Shutdown. A bipartisan group of senators agreed on a deal to reopen the government.
• Airport Transporter Crashes at Dulles, Causing Injuries and Damage. More than a dozen people were hospitalized after a bus-like vehicle for passengers crashed into a dock at the Washington airport.
• Marriage Ruling Relieves Gay Americans and Leaves Conservatives Pledging New Challenges. The Supreme Court chose not to revisit a case involving same-sex marriage. The number of married same-sex couples has doubled in the last 10 years.
• Suits Accuse Camp Mystic of Gross Negligence in Children’s Deaths. Parents of campers and counselors who died in the July 4 Texas floods said the camp leadership did little before mounting “a hopeless ‘rescue’ effort from its self-created disaster.”
• 3 San Antonio Officers Acquitted in Fatal Shooting of Woman in 2023. Melissa Perez, 46, swung a hammer in their direction and appeared to be in distress in her home when the officers arrived, officials said.
• ‘What Was the Point?’ Travelers Battle Airport Disruptions Amid Shutdown Talks. The travel turmoil led some fliers to embark on time-consuming detours as they monitored talks in Washington to end the government shutdown.
• Christine Pelosi Will Not Run for Her Mother’s House Seat. Christine Pelosi, a Democratic activist, announced that she will run instead for a California State Senate seat, ending speculation that she would try to succeed Nancy Pelosi in the U.S. House.
• Fired Director of Philadelphia Art Museum’s Complaint Against the Institution. Read the complaint filed against the Philadelphia Art Museum.
• How Each Senator Voted on a Deal to Advance Toward Ending the Shutdown. On Sunday the Senate took a crucial step toward reopening the government when a small group of Democrats joined Republicans to advance a bill.
• Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election. The pardons of former Trump aides, which would only apply in federal court, are largely symbolic and cannot shield them from ongoing state-level prosecutions.
• Prison Guards Shaved His Dreadlocks. The Supreme Court Will Decide if He Can Sue. Lower courts condemned the treatment of Damon Landor, a Rastafarian, but found that a federal law protecting religious rights barred him from suing prison officials for money.
• In Alaska and Hawaii, Higher Food Prices Intensified SNAP Anxiety. Some residents are receiving benefits, but the uncertainty over the past weeks has burdened many in the two states, where the cost of food is the highest in the nation.
• Small Earthquakes Strike San Francisco Bay Area. View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
• A Two-Headed Coin That Always Comes Up ‘Trump’ Would a proposed coin featuring the president on both sides commemorate America’s founding, or undercut its founding principles?
• The Celebrated Chef Who Robbed Banks. Valentino Luchin, 62, once owned an acclaimed Italian restaurant. Now he sits in a Bay Area jail.
• A San Francisco Clinic Shows Promise in Treating Drug-Fueled Public Breakdowns. A former Goodwill thrift store now houses an urgent care clinic for people experiencing mental health breakdowns in public.
• Medical Helicopter Crashes in Tennessee, Killing One Crew Member. Two other crew members were critically injured when the helicopter crashed about 30 miles from Nashville. No patients were on board.
• Former Prison Psychologist Awarded $16.8 Million Over Ignored Inmate’s Threat. A California jury found that Beth Fischgrund was wrongfully terminated and defamed after she reported an inmate’s violent threat at Salinas Valley State Prison in California.
• Shots Fired at Border Patrol Agents in Chicago, Federal Officials Say. No Border Patrol agents were injured in the incident on Saturday as an immigration enforcement campaign continues in the city.
• Worries Mount as Air Traffic Delays Stretch to Second Day. Disruptions to air travel on Saturday were modest, but officials and passengers were bracing for worse as the government shutdown continued.
• Man Dies After Slipping and Falling in Grand Canyon West. The body of a 65-year-old man, who fell 130 feet, was recovered on Thursday, officials said.
• For a Distinctive Black Culture, a Rerouted Parade Feels Like Erasure. The annual Penn Center Heritage Day Parade in South Carolina draws hundreds to celebrate the Gullah Geechee people. But a new route has Black residents feeling as if their legacy is vanishing.
• At Least 4 Dead After Driver Slams Into Crowd Outside a Tampa Bar, Police Say. The crash left 11 people injured. The police said they chased the vehicle after trying to pull over a reckless driver, who sped off and then lost control.

Elections

• Mamdani Announces His Deputy Mayor and Chief of Staff. New York City’s mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani, named Dean Fuleihan, a government veteran, to be his first deputy mayor, while Elle Bisgaard-Church will serve as his chief of staff.

Politics

• Once He Was ‘Just Asking Questions.’ Now Tucker Carlson Is the Question. The conservative commentator has further fractured the right with his anti-Israel rhetoric and sympathy for a white nationalist. He’s not in the mood to apologize.
• Maps Show How Latinos Who Shifted Right in 2024 Snapped Back Left in 2025. The New Jersey governor’s race was the first significant sign that President Trump’s success with Hispanic voters in 2024 may have been only a temporary shift.
• Trump Cuts Ties With Marjorie Taylor Greene, Calling Her ‘Wacky’ The rupture exposed the divides within President Trump’s MAGA base over the Epstein files and more.
• Officers were hurt in a crash while protecting Vance’s motorcade in Tennessee. A police officer who was on a motorcyc
• Trump Says He No Longer Supports Marjorie Taylor Greene. The president accused the Georgia congresswoman of turning on him and being disloyal.
• Trump Escalates Pressure on Venezuela, but Endgame Is Unclear. President Trump’s aides have provided conflicting accounts of what, exactly, they are seeking to achieve, as America’s largest aircraft carrier heads toward the Caribbean region.
• Why Matt Gaetz Is Still Around. The former congressman has remained a fixture in Washington.
• As Trump Targets Antifa in U.S., Rubio Labels European Groups as Terrorists. The State Department’s search for leftist groups to designate as terrorist organizations appears rooted in President Trump’s executive order on domestic groups that he calls antifa.
• Flight Cuts Imposed During Shutdown Will Be Reduced by Half. The leaders of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation said they would continue monitoring air traffic controller staffing, which has been improving since the shutdown ended.
• Trump Pulls Nominee for Top I.R.S. Lawyer. President Trump’s announcement came after the nominee, Donald L. Korb, came under fire from the far-right activist Laura Loomer on social media.
• Trump Plan Could Limit Green Cards for Immigrants From Travel Ban Countries. The policy change is a major expansion of the administration’s push to crack down on immigration from countries that it says lack sufficient screening and vetting abilities.
• Former U.Va. President Details Justice Department Pressure That Led to Ouster. In an extraordinary 12-page letter, James E. Ryan described the pressure campaign leading to his resignation as akin to a “hostage situation.”
• Trump Demands Inquiry Into Epstein’s Ties to Prominent Democrats. The move appeared to be retaliation after Democrats released emails suggesting the president knew about Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation.
• Trump Turns to Affordability Message Amid Economic Frustration. The Trump administration is facing backlash from American consumers as higher costs from tariffs blunt wage gains.
• America First? Some Trump Supporters Worry That’s No Longer the Case. President Trump has been dining with billionaires and has taken a keen interest in crises overseas, leading to fears that he is drifting away from his more populist stances.
• Swalwell Denies Allegations of Fraud and Says Trump is Targeting Him. Representative Eric Swalwell, a Democrat, said he would not back down from his criticism of President Trump, and denied wrongdoing.
• Kristi Noem Hands $10,000 Bonuses to Some T.S.A. Agents. The secretary for Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, awarded $10,000 checks to Transportation Security Administration workers who “went above and beyond” during the shutdown.
• N.I.H. Worker Who Criticized Trump Health Policies Says She Is on Administrative Leave. The employee, Dr. Jenna Norton, was a key organizer of “The Bethesda Declaration,” a scathing public letter issued in June to Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the N.I.H. director.
• Republicans Tried to Squelch the Epstein Furor. Instead, They Fed It. A House investigation that the G.O.P. has tried to use to deflect calls for more transparency has yielded striking revelations that have only fueled the Epstein saga.
• Far Right’s Fixation on Jan. 6 Pipe Bomb Suspect Reaches F.B.I.’s Top Ranks. For all his bluster, the F.B.I.’s deputy director Dan Bongino played a central role in stoking expectations that the bureau would quickly find the suspects who planted pipe bombs.
• Memo Blessing Boat Strikes Is Said to Rely on Trump’s Claims About Cartels. Accounts of a secret Justice Department memo offer a window into how administration lawyers approved the president’s desired course of action.
• Trump Administration Prepares Tariff Exemptions in Bid to Lower Food Prices. If the proposal goes into effect, it would be the latest rollback of one of President Trump’s key economic policies over concerns about affordability.
• Some T.S.A. Workers to Get $10,000 Bonuses for Shutdown Work. Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, began handing out $10,000 checks to T.S.A. workers who “went above and beyond” during the shutdown, after the president recommended similar bonuses for some air traffic controllers.
• Food Stamps Are Resuming As Government Reopens. Several states have restarted food stamp payments, but millions of Americans are still awaiting the November deposits that the Trump administration resisted paying out in full.
• U.S. Strike Kills 4 on Boat Trump Says Was Smuggling Drugs. The strike in the Caribbean brings the death toll in the Trump administration’s lethal campaign to 80 since early September.
• U.S. Officials Raise Concerns About Saudi Arabia’s Bid for F-35 Jets. A Pentagon intelligence report says China could try to acquire advanced F-35 technology in Saudi Arabia if the Trump administration sells jets to the kingdom.
• Fetterman, Senator Who Survived Stroke, Hospitalized After Fall. Senator John Fetterman, the hoodie-wearing Pennsylvanian who nearly died during his campaign and was later hospitalized for clinical depression, had minor injuries, according to his office.
• Seattle Elects a Left-Wing Mayor With a Light Résumé but Mamdani Appeal. Katie Wilson, who narrowly defeated the incumbent, Bruce Harrell, emerged from the city’s left-wing activist class and brings with her little experience in governing.
• Katie Wilson, a Political Newcomer, Is Elected Mayor in Seattle. Ms. Wilson, a self-described socialist, joined the race after Mayor Bruce Harrell opposed taxing high-income residents to finance construction of new housing.
• Federal Workers Return After Longest Shutdown in History. Government employees were expecting to see paychecks again as early as Nov. 20 after six weeks in limbo.
• In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation. A 17-year-old with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men. She wants the public to have a fuller understanding of how she was victimized.
• Epstein’s Emails About Trump. Our investigative reporter Steve Eder provides context about Jeffrey Epstein’s relationship with President Donald Trump based on information from over 20,000 pages of documents from Epstein’s estate released by the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday.
• Some South Korean Workers Return to Georgia Factory After U.S. Reissues Visas. The State Department has reissued visas for many workers detained in a September raid, lawyers said, as the Trump administration tries to undo damage from the operation.
• What’s Behind the Coming House Vote on Releasing the Epstein Files. Proponents of fuller transparency used an arcane rule to prod their leaders to act. When it became clear they had succeeded, the speaker agreed to hold a vote.
• In Explaining His Gaffe, Heritage Foundation Leader Pleads Ignorance. Kevin Roberts, under fire for defending Tucker Carlson’s interview with a white nationalist, said that he did not keep up with the news and that he had simply read an aide’s script.
• How D.C. Area Businesses Aided Furloughed Workers, One Gesture at a Time. The region was already unsettled by sweeping government layoffs and funding cuts when the shutdown started.
• Comey and James Challenge Appointment of Trump Loyalist Prosecuting Them. The outcome could have serious consequences for the cases against two of President Trump’s opponents, James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, and Letitia James, the New York attorney general.
• Will People Trust Voting by Phone? Alaska Is Going to Find Out. Anchorage will experiment with internet voting in local elections, betting that its ease and security will win over voters even in an era of election conspiracy theories.
• The Shutdown Is Over. But for Federal Workers, the Anxiety Persists. After being sidelined for more than a month, they are bracing for the backlog that awaits them and struggling with the financial burden of going without pay.
• Trump Signs Bill to End Government Shutdown. President Trump signed a funding bill to end the longest shutdown in U.S. history shortly after the House of Representatives passed the spending package in a 222-209 vote.
• The D.N.C. Ordered Workers Back to the Office. Its Union Isn’t Pleased. Thumbs-down emojis flowed onscreen as Washington-area employees learned they would have to show up five days a week. Their union called the move “callous.”
• Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants. In a major shift, HUD’s plan would direct most of the $3.5 billion in homelessness funds away from Housing First to programs that prioritize work and drug treatment.
• Government Reopens as Trump Signs Bill to End Nation’s Longest Shutdown. President Trump signed the bill ending the shutdown after 43 days, after the House approved it, largely on party lines.
• Agencies Tell Federal Workers to Prepare for Return as Shutdown Vote Nears. Health and Human Services directed its employees to plan to report to work on Thursday morning if legislation to fund the government passes.
• Lines at the Food Pantry, Billionaires at the White House. What the government shutdown revealed about Trump’s America.
• Signs Suggest Air Traffic Crisis is Easing, but Restrictions Remain. It was unclear when the Trump administration planned to reverse mandated cuts at major airports, though transportation officials and industry groups said it would take a week after the shutdown ended for air travel to return to normal.
• Epstein Bantered Regularly With Larry Summers. The former Treasury secretary corresponded routinely with Jeffrey Epstein. In one series of exchanges, he sought Mr. Epstein’s advice on how to handle a female acquaintance.
• What We Know About Epstein’s Emails Alleging That Trump Knew of His Conduct. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released emails suggesting that President Trump knew more about Jeffrey Epstein’s activities than he has acknowledged.
• Trump Ramps Up Pressure on G.O.P. to Thwart Epstein Vote. Representative Lauren Boebert, one of the Republicans pressing for more Epstein disclosures, was summoned for a meeting in the White House Situation Room.
• 5 Democratic Voters Weigh In on the Deal to End the Government Shutdown. They are as divided as the party. Some wanted to continue to fight. Others were worried about jobs or people depending on SNAP food relief.
• By Not Funding Food Stamps, Trump Risks Lasting Damage to Safety Net. For the poorest Americans, the expected end to the longest shutdown in history has left doubt and anxiety around the benefits known as SNAP.
• 42 Million People Are Enrolled in SNAP. Who Are They? The shutdown brought the scale of the federal food aid program into focus and raised questions about how such a rich country could have so many people on nutrition assistance.
• Israel’s president says Trump asked him to pardon Netanyahu, who has not been convicted.
• Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct. In a message obtained by Congress, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald J. Trump spent hours at his house with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims.
• House Returns After Long Recess to Take Up Bill to End Shutdown. After a 54-day break, the House is expected to vote on the Senate-passed spending deal. Approval would clear it for President Trump’s signature.
• Democrats’ Latest Long-Shot Senate Recruit: A Kentucky Horse Trainer. Dale Romans, pitching himself as an independent-minded Democrat in the mold of Joe Manchin, will try to win a seat for the party in the deep-red state.
• A Look Into the Early Days of Migrant Detentions at Guantánamo. Government employees distributed Bibles and prepared materials “commonly used in Hinduism, Sikhism and Rastafarianism,” according to emails.
• The I.R.S. Tried to Stop This Tax Dodge. Scott Bessent Used It Anyway. Like many on Wall Street, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent used a limited partnership to avoid Medicare taxes. Unlike the others, he’s now overseeing the I.R.S.
• House Members Return to D.C. to Vote on Shutdown. U.S. representatives traveled by plane, train and motorcycle to Washington in order to vote on a bill that would end the government shutdown.
• Johnson to Seat Grijalva, Seven Weeks After She Was Elected. Speaker Mike Johnson had refused to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, a Democrat of Arizona, claiming he lacked the power to do so.
• Supreme Court Extends Order Allowing Limits on Food Stamp Payments. The justices allowed the Trump administration to withhold full benefits for two more days while Congress worked to advance a government funding bill.
• Senator Criticizes Rubio for Paying $7.5 Million to Equatorial Guinea to Take Deportees. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat of New Hampshire, said the African country has a long history of corruption. The amount paid is far more than recent annual assistance given to it.
• What if Democrats’ Big Shutdown Loss Turns Out to Be a Win? Despite considerable hand-wringing in the party about caving to Republicans in the government closure, some Democrats see potential upsides in the outcome.
• Justice Dept. Says It Will Investigate U.C. Berkeley Protest. Demonstrators protested on Monday outside a Turning Point USA event at the University of California, Berkeley. University officials said a “single violent incident” took place. The Justice Department said it would investigate what had happened, citing security concerns.
• Trump Lauds ‘Very Big’ Shutdown Victory for G.O.P. in Veterans Day Speech. The address mixed the traditional solemnity of the day with political arguments, as the president celebrated his efforts to remake the armed services into a “Department of War.”
• As Shutdown Nears End, Trump Still Confronts Soaring Health Costs. The central issue of the government closure remains unresolved, leaving Republicans under political pressure ahead of the midterms.
• Aircraft Carrier Moves Into the Caribbean as U.S. Confronts Venezuela. The arrival of the carrier bolsters the already extensive deployment of American forces in the region. Britain will cease sharing some intelligence with the U.S. because of concerns over boat strikes.
• How a Shutdown Deal Was Reached. Our reporter Karoun Demirjian in Washington describes the Senate deal to end the shutdown and why it happened now.
• How the Heavy-Metal Fall of a Dictator Shapes Trump’s Venezuela Policy. Seizing Panama’s leader was relatively easy. But the similarities between Panama and Venezuela are dangerously misleading, some analysts warn.
• Dismantled by DOGE, a Foreign Policy Center Finds New Life. The Kennan Institute, which researches Russia and the surrounding region, has re-emerged in a form that is smaller but more impervious to government control.
• For Trump, Nothing Was Off-Limits During the Shutdown. President Trump pressured Democrats by taking punishing actions no previous administration ever took during a shutdown.
• Shutdown Deal Revives Democratic Infighting. The agreement prompted a backlash within the party, not only against the Democratic defectors who supported it, but against Senator Chuck Schumer, the leader who did not.
• Trump Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Verdict in E. Jean Carroll Case. The president said the assertions behind a judgment that he sexually abused and defamed the writer were “implausible” and “unsubstantiated.”
• Trump Pardons the Husband of a Republican Congressional Ally. Robert Harshbarger Jr. pleaded guilty in 2013 to health care fraud and distributing a misbranded drug. His wife, Diana Harshbarger, is a member of Congress.
• Age Is the Issue That Democrats Can’t Shut Down. A restless Democratic base is seething at older leaders in Washington.
• Groups Sue to Reverse Trump’s Cuts to Energy Projects in Democratic States. A lawsuit filed on Monday argued that the president has discriminated against blue states by slashing federal funds for political leverage during the shutdown.
• Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches. Republicans have voiced outrage that Jack Smith looked at G.O.P. lawmakers’ phone records surrounding the Jan. 6 attack. Legislation to reopen the government would allow them to sue for $500,000 each.
• Democrats Are So Angry, One Senator Faces Blowback From Her Daughter. Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire voted to move to end the shutdown. But her daughter Stefany Shaheen, a congressional candidate in their state, sharply criticized the deal.
• Supreme Court to Hear Major Challenge to Mail-In Ballot Laws. The justices agreed to hear a challenge to Mississippi’s law, a case that could upend similar measures in dozens of states before the 2026 election.
• Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision. Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses, had asked the court to reconsider its landmark 2015 opinion.
• Sanders Looks to Flex the Left’s Power With Senate Endorsement in Minnesota. Senator Bernie Sanders is backing Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan in her state’s Democratic primary race for Senate, his latest attempt to pull the party to the left.
• U.S. Military Kills 6 in Strikes on Suspected Drug Boats, Hegseth Says. The latest strikes raised the death toll in the campaign to 76 people in 19 attacks in the Pacific and the Caribbean Sea since early September.
• 8 Senators Break Ranks With Democrats and Advance G.O.P. Plan to End Shutdown. Two of them are retiring, and none of the others face re-election in 2026.
• Trump Tries to Seize ‘Affordability’ Message. The issue has buoyed Democrats and is resonating with an American electorate that is souring on the president’s economic agenda.
• Emboldened, Kennedy Allies Embrace a Label They Once Rejected: ‘Anti-Vax’ A weekend gathering in Texas drew activists, homeopaths, doctors, lawyers, parents and a Republican senator who asked, “Why isn’t Tony Fauci in prison?”
• Democrat’s Win May Upend a Conservative Push in Virginia Universities. Supporters of Abigail Spanberger, Virginia’s governor-elect, say they expect her to reverse efforts to impose conservative priorities on the state’s prestigious public university system.
• Federal Cuts, Immigration Raids and a Slowing Economy Hit Rural Libraries. Like many rural small towns, Tieton, Wash., is facing a confluence of circumstances that has made keeping its one-room library, a “civic symbol” for the town, untenable.
• Senate Moves Closer to Ending Shutdown. Eight senators broke from the Democratic caucus and agreed to a deal giving Republicans the 60 votes they needed to end the government shutdown. The measure still needs to be voted on in both chambers of Congress.
• Six Takeaways From the Senate Deal to End the Shutdown. For 40 days, Senator Chuck Schumer kept his caucus unified. But an end approached without Democrats achieving an extension of expiring health insurance subsidies.
• Safety Officer or Administration Messenger? Sean Duffy Juggles Roles in Shutdown. With near-daily TV appearances, the transportation secretary has emerged as the face of the Trump administration amid the shutdown.
• Thune Says Deal to Reopen Government Is ‘Coming Together’ The top Senate Republican sounded hopeful on Sunday that enough Democrats could be brought on board to move forward quickly. The top House Democrat expressed outrage at the prospect.
• Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns. Judge Mark L. Wolf, writing in The Atlantic, said he was stepping down to speak out against the “assault on the rule of law” by President Trump, whom he accused of “targeting his adversaries.”
• Michelle Obama Criticizes Trump’s East Wing Demolition. The president’s ballroom project will transform one of the most recognizable buildings in the world and could nearly double its size.
• White House Discussed Naming New Washington Commanders Stadium After Trump. President Trump made the “rebuilding of the new stadium possible,” according to Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary. But it was unclear what role he has had in the project.
• Trump Renews Attacks on Obamacare in New Push Over Government Shutdown. The president claimed that the Affordable Care Act benefited insurance companies over people, saying he would work with both parties on the issue “once the Government is open.”
• Where Democrats Will Duel Next for the Party’s Future. In Michigan, Maine and many other states, primary candidates will decide the party’s direction on a host of policy issues, and ultimately whether it has a center-left or left-wing vision.
• Trump Loyalists Push ‘Grand Conspiracy’ as New Subpoenas Land. The Justice Department moved an inquiry that appeared initially focused on John O. Brennan to South Florida and is beginning to recruit line prosecutors.
• The MAHA-Fueled Rise of Natural Family Planning. A growing coalition of conservatives are speaking out against hormonal birth control, while promoting a more “natural” alternative.
• A Timeline of the Legal Saga Surrounding SNAP Payments. Weeks of uncertainty during the longest government shutdown in American history have left some states struggling to issue payments to food stamp recipients.
• Newsom, Eyeing 2028, Tries to Mess With Texas: ‘Don’t Poke the Bear’ Celebrating his recent redistricting victory, the California governor swooped into a state led by a Republican rival and sent the latest signal about his presidential ambitions.
• Trump Gives Hungary a Reprieve on Sanctions After Meeting With Orban. The United States has imposed sanctions on nations buying Russian oil, but President Viktor Orban successfully argued that Hungary had few other options.
• Families in Limbo After Supreme Court Order Interrupts Food Stamp Payments. In many states, it remained unclear how the Supreme Court’s Friday night order might immediately affect low-income residents.

World

• What the U.S. Absence at COP30 Tells Us. World leaders are meeting at the COP30 this week to discuss climate. The U.S. was not part of this meeting. Somini Sengupta, our international climate reporter, discusses what this absence means.
• Of Books and Men. My colleague, the book critic Dwight Garner, tells us about “Flesh” by David Szalay, this year’s Booker Prize winner.
• South Asia on Edge. There are no known links between two bomb attacks in India and Pakistan, but they come as tensions between the countries are already high.
• Women in Power, and on the Right. Two G7 countries now have female leaders, and they have something in common.
• The BBC Under Fire. President Trump is threatening to sue, and that’s just one of the broadcaster’s problems.
• Tackling Climate Change Without the U.S. This year’s U.N. climate talks are being held in Brazil and, so far, they’ve been noteworthy for who isn’t attending.
• What Questions Do You Have About Climate Change? “Ask a Correspondent” will take your questions to Somini Sengupta, our international climate reporter.

Africa

• Trump Officials Are Policing Words and Foiling Deals at G20 Summit. At the annual meeting of the world’s major economic powers, U.S. objections are blocking the usual policy statements, highlighting the president’s distaste for multilateralism — and compromise.
• Atrocities Against Civilians in Sudan Require World’s Attention, U.N. Says. The United Nations’ top human rights body ordered an inquiry into mass killings and sexual violence during the country’s worsening civil war.
• Kenya’s Key Export Used to Be Coffee. Now It’s Cheap Labor. There’s big money in sending poor workers abroad. Here’s how the economics work.
• Algeria Pardons Imprisoned Writer at Germany’s Request. Boualem Sansal, an Algerian-French writer, was arrested on accusations of undermining national security during a visit to his homeland a year ago and sentenced to five years in prison.
• Many Displaced Sudanese Feared Dead After Shipwreck Near Libya. Forty-two migrants were presumed dead after a rubber boat capsized off the Libyan coast this month. Many of the presumed victims were fleeing a raging conflict in Sudan.
• Explosion in Pakistan’s Capital Kills at Least 12. A military official accused the Pakistani Taliban of staging the attack, which took place near a courthouse in Islamabad.

Americas

• He Was the Young, Bearded Hope for the Latin American Left. What Now? When he was elected four years ago, President Gabriel Boric of Chile carried ambitious promises and new energy. Then reality kicked in.
• Hurricane Melissa Leaves Behind a Staggering Homelessness Toll. Two weeks after Hurricane Melissa wrecked western Jamaica, officials are beginning to grapple with the challenge of trying to find housing for thousands of families.
• Mexico City Loves Street Food. Its Sewer System Does Not. The worst rainy season in decades, caused flooding around much of the city. Fat from its many taco shops, restaurants and markets was a major reason for blocked drains, officials say.
• Family of Fisherman Killed in U.S. Military Strike Says It Wants Justice. Colombia was a top U.S. ally in Latin America until the Trump administration began deadly strikes in international waters. Now, one family wants justice.
• Rubio Shrugs Off Allies’ Concerns Over U.S. Drug Strikes. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said no one raised the Caribbean military operation in closed-door meetings at a G7 summit. But ministers from France and the European Union publicly called them unlawful.
• Indigenous Protesters Clash With Guards at U.N. Climate Summit. Dozens of Indigenous protesters burst into the COP30 summit in Brazil on Tuesday, demanding preservation of their lands. Other Indigenous leaders who took part in the summit said the protesters did not represent the broader movement.
• The Rebel Turned President Willing to Take On Trump. From his guerrilla roots, Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, has long embraced a confrontational style. Now, he has incurred President Trump’s wrath and is facing political fallout at home.
• Northern Lights Illuminate Skies Above North America. The northern lights could be seen in skies as far south as Texas late Tuesday and early Wednesday after the sun emitted masses of charged particles that disrupted the Earth’s magnetic field — and created a dazzling display.
• Trump Pardons Runner Who Took Prohibited Shortcut on Grand Teton. Michelino Sunseri broke a speed record for running up and down the Wyoming peak, but was convicted of using a restricted path.
• Mike Smith, Bubbles on ‘Trailer Park Boys,’ Is Charged With Sexual Assault. The Canadian cult comedy series announced that Mr. Smith, 53, had “stepped away” from his role on the show.
• Before Bad Bunny, the World Had Juan Gabriel. The transgressive icon of Mexican music, who died in 2016, still has millions of fans. On Saturday, more than 170,000 filled Mexico City’s central plaza to watch footage of a landmark concert.
• Second Migrant Child Dies on ‘Reverse Migration’ Boat Route. A 3-year-old from Colombia died when a boat carrying migrants back to South America capsized off Panama’s Caribbean Coast, an official said. Another child drowned on the same migrant route in February.
• Powerful Tornado Leaves Trail of Destruction in Southern Brazil. The Brazilian authorities said several towns in the state of Paraná were struck by the tornado, which killed at least five people.
• Gay Russians Find a Haven on the Other Side of the World. Argentina has emerged as a surprisingly prominent destination for L.G.B.T.Q. Russians escaping President Vladimir V. Putin’s escalating anti-gay repression.
• A Quebec Writer Confronts His ‘Little Darkness’ as a Class Defector. Jean-Philippe Pleau’s book and play about moving up socially became a cultural reckoning in Quebec, but created a gulf with his family.

Asia Pacific

• Nine Dead After Accidental Blast at Police Station in Kashmir. The explosion in the city of Srinagar happened as officials were inspecting bomb-making material seized as part of an investigation into a broad terror network allegedly involving medical doctors.
• Modi’s Coalition Leads Indian State Election Scrutinized Over Voter Rolls. Early results suggested a sweep for the ruling coalition in a state where the opposition claimed foul play over an exercise that deleted millions of voters.
• While Asian Immigrants Work, Burglars Target Their Homes. Some law enforcement officials say they think organized crime rings from South America, in particular from Colombia, are responsible for the crime sprees.
• A.I. Cheating Rattles Top Universities in South Korea. As many elite colleges struggle to adapt to the technology, the nation’s most prestigious universities said dozens of students used artificial intelligence tools to cheat.
• How Pakistan’s Spending Blitz Helped Win Over Trump and Flip U.S. Policy. As Pakistan has hired lobbyists with close ties to President Trump, it has also received favorable tariff treatment and unique access in Washington.
• Fake Bomb Threats Baffle the Police Across Asia. The threatening emails and faxes bear the signature of a man who says he is being impersonated. The police in five nations have failed to stem them.
• Man Accused of Running Southeast Asia Scam Compound Is Extradited to China. China and the United States say She Zhijiang, a Chinese-born businessman, ran a major scam compound in Myanmar. He was arrested in Bangkok in 2022.
• China’s ‘Wolf Warrior’ Diplomacy Returns With Threat Against Japan’s Leader. A Chinese diplomat’s call to cut off the prime minister’s “filthy head” signaled a revival of a combative style Beijing had tried to dial back.
• Pakistan’s Army Chief Gets Expanded Powers and Lifelong Immunity. A constitutional amendment in the nuclear-armed country extends the chief’s power over all the military and brings Pakistan’s highest court under tighter political control.
• Deadly Blasts in India and Pakistan Set Region on Edge. The rare explosions in the country’s capitals have not been directly linked, but there are fears the governments will blame each other after their previous military conflict alarmed the world.
• Japan’s Leader Started a Meeting at 3 A.M. Then Came the Backlash. Sanae Takaichi drew criticism for requiring staff to work in the wee hours in a country scarred by “death from overwork.”
• Video Shows the Moment Part of a New Bridge in China Fell. A section of the tall bridge in mountainous Sichuan Province fell, apparently after a landslide. No casualties were reported.
• Xi’s Military Purges Show Unease About China’s Nuclear Forces. The shake-up in China’s armed forces comes as both Beijing and Washington are pushing through major changes in their country’s militaries, in different ways.
• What It Takes to Move a Factory From China to Vietnam. Tariffs have forced Chinese companies to move their operations to Vietnam. Alexandra Stevenson, our Shanghai bureau chief, visits a factory in Ho Chi Minh City to see how one of the biggest challenges isn’t relocating machinery and tools, but overcoming language barriers.
• Bridge in China Partially Collapses. A section of the Shuangjiangkou Hongqi Bridge in Sichuan Province, China, collapsed and sent huge plumes of dust into the air on Tuesday.
• India Investigates Car Blast in New Delhi as Terrorism. The National Investigation Agency, India’s lead agency for investigating terrorist attacks, has taken charge in the probe of a car explosion that killed at least eight people in a historic part of New Delhi.
• Iraqis Head to the Polls. Iraq’s parliamentary election is being closely watched by the Trump administration, which is pressing the government to curb the influence of neighboring Iran.
• Deadly Blast in Pakistan Outside Courthouse. At least 12 people died when an attacker detonated a bomb in Pakistan’s capital on Tuesday after he failed to enter a courthouse, according to the country’s interior minister.
• Police Investigate Deadly New Delhi Blast as Possible Terrorist Attack. India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, said the “conspirators” behind an explosion that killed at least eight people would be brought to justice.
• How China Reached Into New York to Stop a Tiny Film Festival. A showcase for independent Chinese films was scrapped after the Chinese authorities pressured directors, moderators and even a volunteer to pull out.
• India Is Investigating a Deadly Car Explosion. Here’s What to Know. The car exploded near a metro station in a historic part of New Delhi on Monday night. Officials are investigating and security is tight around the region.
• Car Explodes in Crowded New Delhi Neighborhood. The authorities in India said they were investigating the cause of a blast near a busy metro station in the country’s capital that killed at least eight people and left several others injured.
• Rescuers Search for Missing Migrants Off Malaysia’s Coast. Rescuers recovered several bodies near the site of a capsized boat carrying members of the Rohingya ethnic minority, which faces persecution in Myanmar. Another boat carrying hundreds more people was missing, too.
• Filipinos Reel From Destruction Left by Super Typhoon Fung-wong. Super Typhoon Fung-wong made landfall in the north of the Philippines on Sunday evening, killing at least two people and destroying about a thousand houses. The authorities had preemptively evacuated 1.3 million people.
• Deadly Explosion Reported in Crowded Delhi Neighborhood. The police confirmed there were fatalities from a car explosion, but it did not give exact numbers or say what caused the blast.
• Thailand Suspends Trump-Backed Peace Talks With Cambodia. The move, which came after two Thai soldiers were injured by a land mine, imperiled a pledge by the two countries to resolve their longstanding differences at the behest of President Trump.
• China Tightens Controls on Fentanyl Precursors After Summit. China will require licenses for export of 13 chemicals used to make the deadly drug, another indicator of thawing tensions between the world’s two largest economies
• Drones Over North Korea Were Part of Martial Law Bid in South, Special Counsel Says. South Korea’s ousted leader, Yoon Suk Yeol, was accused of trying to stoke military tensions to justify his short-lived martial law last December.
• He Was Known for Kleptocratic Rule and Bloodshed. Now He’s a National Hero. Indonesia’s president bestowed the honor on the dictator Suharto, who died in 2008, in what many said was a stunning move of revisionist history.
• ‘Like It Was the End of the World’: A Million Flee From Typhoon in the Philippines. Grabbing children and leaving their homes behind, residents evacuated before Typhoon Fung-wong hit.
• ‘Gandalf’ the Medical Marijuana Grower: Folk Hero or Criminal? A police raid and criminal case against a longtime cultivator of cannabis in New Zealand’s Northland region has stirred up debates about medicinal marijuana.
• Hundreds of Migrants Missing Off Malaysia’s Coast. A boat said to be carrying people from the Rohingya ethnic minority capsized, and another was missing. At least seven bodies were recovered.
• Typhoon Strikes Philippines, Days After a Storm Killed 200 People. Super Typhoon Fung-wong made landfall in the Philippines on Sunday. At least two deaths have been reported and over a million people were pre-emptively evacuated from their homes.
• Japan Issues Tsunami Advisory After Strong Earthquake Off Its Coast. A tsunami was expected to come ashore with a maximum height of about three feet after a 6.7-magnitude quake struck off Japan’s coast early Sunday evening.
• Philippines Braces for Massive Typhoon, Still Reeling From the Last. Typhoon Fung-wong is heading for the main island of Luzon, causing tens of thousands to be evacuated after another storm killed more than 200 last week.

Canada

• A Challenge to Canada’s Official Policy That the U.S. Is Safe for Migrants. A former Liberal immigration minister said that Canada should drop an agreement that allows it to return asylum seekers who enter from the U.S.
• Canada Reaches for Its Economic Past to Find a Future Less Reliant on the U.S. Prime Minister Mark Carney fast-tracked mines and other natural resource projects to the dismay of some Indigenous groups and many environmentalists.
• A Man Took a Bus for a Joyride. Turns Out, He’s Not a Bad Driver. The incident in Hamilton, Ontario, ended safely with an arrest and no injuries (and all fares paid).
• How Canada Lost Decades of Progress in Fighting Measles. The disease was once considered eliminated in Canada, but not any more — there have been more than 5,000 cases in the last 12 months as vaccination rates have fallen.

Europe

• Seven Days of Paralysis: Inside the BBC Crisis Over a Trump Documentary. With board members and executives deadlocked over how to respond, the news organization kept silent for days, allowing a controversy to snowball.
• Russia Tried to Cut Ukraine’s Lights. Now It’s Aiming for the Heat. Moscow’s attacks on gas supplies, the main source of warmth for most Ukrainian households, could plunge millions into the cold.
• Napoleon’s Brooch, Lost as He Fled Waterloo, Sells for $4.4 Million. The diamond-encrusted jewel, which the 19th-century French emperor wore on his hat, was lost along with other valuables as he retreated from his final battle.
• Deadly Russian Drone and Missile Barrage Pummels Kyiv. Russia fired hundreds of drones and more than a dozen missiles at Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, killing several people and damaging neighborhoods across the city.
• Rapist Believed to Be One of Britain’s Worst Sex Offenders Gets Life Sentence. Xu Chao admitted to multiple attacks against female Chinese students over a three-year period, confessing to drugging, assaulting and filming his victims.
• Russia Pummels Kyiv as It Torments Ukrainian Civilians. A strike that killed six was the latest in a series of aerial assaults, many of which have targeted the power grid in an effort to deprive Ukrainians of energy as winter looms.
• Zelensky’s Image Is Stained as Corruption Inquiry Shakes His Inner Circle. The revelations are a remarkable reversal for the Ukrainian president, who once presented himself as a leader who would clean up the country’s politics.
• Zelensky Ousted a Heavyweight Mayor. Was It a Power Grab? President Volodymyr Zelensky removed Odesa’s mayor, raising fears he might be using his wartime powers to tighten control over opposition-run cities.
• Kenyan Workers Get Abused Abroad. The President’s Family and Allies Profit. President William Ruto’s government acts as an arm of an industry whose leaders compare women to dogs and blame them for their own abuse, a Times investigation found.
• BBC Apologizes to Trump but Refuses to Pay Compensation. The BBC said it would not rebroadcast a misleadingly edited documentary but added, “We strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim.”
• The Two Prominent Britons Who Come Up in the Epstein Emails. Newly released files from Jeffrey Epstein include correspondence with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson, the former British ambassador to Washington.
• France Commemorates 10th Anniversary of Paris Terror Attacks. Several memorials were held in honor of the more than 130 people who were killed by Islamic State militants in coordinated attacks in and around Paris in 2015.
• Ukraine’s Dilemma as Pokrovsk Teeters: Save Lives or Keep Holding On. Military analysts and some Ukrainian commanders worry that Kyiv may be repeating the mistake of staying in an embattled city longer than it should, aiming to inflict far more casualties than it suffers.
• This Scrappy Soccer Team Has a Cinderella Chance at Making the World Cup. The Faroe Islands, rugged green specks in the North Atlantic, are an underdog. Most of the guys on the team have day jobs.
• I Watched This Haven From War Turn Into a Besieged Wasteland. The Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk is on the verge of becoming another shattered trophy for the Russian Army.
• How France Remembers the November 2015 Terrorist Attacks in Paris. A decade ago, Islamic State militants killed 130 people in an assault that shocked France. Some survivors are still struggling, but for many of their compatriots, memories of the attacks are growing more distant.
• War Crimes Indictment Reveals a Hard Road to Justice for Syria. Prosecutors say a Syrian security official accused of torture hid in plain sight in Europe for years, protected by Israeli and Austrian intelligence agents.
• Reveal of Russian A.I. Humanoid Robot Goes Awry. AIDOL, Russia’s first artificial intelligence-powered humanoid robot, collapsed onstage moments after it was revealed at a technology event in Moscow on Tuesday.
• As Belgium Races to Save U.S.A.I.D. Contraception, Some Supplies Are Reported Ruined. The Belgian government is in talks with the Trump administration to save birth control stranded in a warehouse, but another shipment has been incorrectly stored.
• Labour Party’s Internal Fight Goes Public, as Starmer’s Trouble Grows. An attempt by Keir Starmer’s allies to undercut a rival has forced into the open a party debate over whether to replace the prime minister.
• This Diamond Sold for the Bargain Price of $25.6 Million. A 9.51-carat blue stone that once belonged to the heiress Bunny Mellon sold for $7 million less than at its last auction, a sign of profound shifts in the diamond industry.
• Blood and Tears as Spain’s Troubled Bullfighting Star Hangs Up His Cape. José Antonio Morante Camacho says he has fought his last bull. Fans appreciated his artistry but also his honesty about his struggles with mental illness.
• A Trump Lawsuit Against the BBC Would Face Serious Hurdles. Legal experts say President Trump’s litigation track record offers both hope and warning to the British public broadcaster, which he has threatened with a $1 billion suit.
• The Mysterious ‘Louvre Detective’ Was a 15-Year-Old Passer-by. The photo of a dapper man in a fedora sparked many questions: Was the person real? A Sherlock Holmes-inspired detective on the case? Or just being very French?
• Ban a Pro-Palestinian Group? The U.K. Government Thought Few Would Care. Official advice provided to the government before its ban on Palestine Action underestimated the significant public protests that followed, records show.
• Why the BBC Is Facing Its Gravest Crisis in Decades. The British public service broadcaster apologized on Monday for a misleadingly edited documentary about President Trump. But the scandal had already claimed two of its top executives.
• BBC Chair Apologizes After Bias Accusations. The chair of the BBC board, Samir Shah, apologized on Monday after two top executives resigned over claims of misleading editing of a speech by President Trump.
• Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary. A lawyer for the president said the BBC’s editing of a speech Mr. Trump gave on Jan. 6 was “defamatory.” The broadcaster on Monday apologized for an “error in judgment.”
• Anti-Corruption Agencies Double Down Despite Pressure From Zelensky. Months after Ukraine’s president tried to cripple them, the agencies said they had uncovered a major scheme involving the state-owned nuclear energy company.
• What to Know About the Turmoil at the BBC. After days of pressure, two top executives quit after a memo by a former adviser said that the public broadcaster had misleadingly edited a speech by President Trump.
• French Former President Is Released From Prison, Pending Appeal. Nicolas Sarkozy served about three weeks of a five-year prison sentence for his conviction in a campaign finance scandal.
• F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It. The episode has contributed to concerns among intelligence allies that Kash Patel, brash and partisan, is also unpredictable and even unreliable.
• A Town With Men in Hiding, in a Nation Desperate for Soldiers. Ukraine faces a major draft evasion problem, but no place is quite like Vylkove, a Danube River town where men of draft age have all but vanished, many of them trying to avoid military service.
• BBC’s Director General and Chief Executive Quit Their Posts. The abrupt moves followed controversy over claims that a documentary had been edited to suggest that President Trump had encouraged the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
• Spain’s True-Crime Capital Is Fed Up. A decades-old killing in a tiny village in a northern mountain town has turned the village into a destination for true-crime enthusiasts, creating a headache for remaining residents.
• Russian Bombardment Causes Large Outages in Ukraine’s Big Cities. The attack by Russian missiles and drones targeted the capital, Kyiv, and the large cities of Dnipro and Kharkiv, as well as several smaller municipalities.

Middle East

• Displaced Gazans Face More Misery as Torrential Rain Lashes Enclave. Heavy rainfall and chilling winds have added to the challenges facing people still forced to live in tents in the devastated territory.
• A Mideast Development Firm Has Set Up Shop in Trump Tower. Dar Global bet big on the Trump name. It is now an essential foreign partner for the Trump Organization.
• Trump Organization Is Said to Be in Talks on a Saudi Government Real Estate Deal. The chief executive of a Saudi firm says a Trump-branded project is “just a matter of time.” The Trump Organization’s major foreign partner is also signaling new Saudi deals.
• Fuel Tanker Diverted in Strait of Hormuz, Raising Fears of Iranian Seizure. The ship, which was flying a Marshall Islands flag, was bound for Singapore when it lost contact with its managers and appeared headed toward Iran.
• Russia Counters U.S. Plan for Gaza With Its Own Proposal at U.N. Security Council. The Trump administration wants the Security Council to adopt a resolution that has the 20-point U.S. plan annexed, effectively making it international law.
• U.S. Envoy Said to Be Planning to Meet With Senior Hamas Official. An in-person encounter between Steve Witkoff and Khalil al-Hayya would signal the Trump administration’s interest in keeping a direct line of communication with the group.
• A Bloody Month in the West Bank Olive Harvest Leads to the Death of a Boy. Palestinians see the violence, and its tolerance by right-wing Israeli officialdom, as part of a broader campaign to harass them and make life so unbearable that they will abandon their villages.
• Settlers Torch West Bank Mosque. Jewish settlers vandalized a mosque in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Thursday. The attack was part of a surge of settler violence that has exposed frustrations in the Israeli military.
• West Bank Mosque Is Burned as Israeli Settler Violence Surges. Since the 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas, growing settler violence and Israeli attacks on Palestinian militants have thrown the West Bank into turmoil and displaced tens of thousands.
• Iraq’s Prime Minister Leads in Elections, but May Struggle to Form Government. Mohammed al-Sudani pitches himself as someone who can keep Iranian influence in check, but his vote share may not be big enough to ensure a clear political victory.
• «حس میکنم دارم کابوس میبینم»: جزئیات اولین پرواز مهاجران اخراجی به ایران. چندین دهه است که ایرانیان در خطر تعقیب قانونی در ایران به ایالات متحده آمریکا پناه برده اند. اما پاییز امسال، دولت آقای ترامپ پس از توافق با تهران یک هواپیمای پر ایرانی را به ایران بازگرداند.
• Military Plane Crash in Georgia Kills 20 Turkish Air Force Members. A C-130 cargo plane returning to Turkey from Azerbaijan crashed in Georgia, killing 20 members of Turkey’s Air Force.
• Israel Reopens Crossing Into Northern Gaza for Aid. The cease-fire with Hamas has blunted the hunger faced by Gazans during the war. But aid agencies say Israeli restrictions are still hobbling their work.
• Syria’s Leaders Pledge to Join Fight Against Islamic State. Large parts of Syria were once overrun by the terrorist group Islamic State. The country’s new government has just committed to a global effort to fight the group.
• Turkish Military Plane Crashes in Georgia, Killing 20 Troops. The Turkish defense minister said that 20 Air Force servicemen died when their military cargo plane crashed after taking off from Azerbaijan on Tuesday.
• Key Netanyahu Minister Steps Down From Israel’s Government. Ron Dermer, a longtime ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and an influential figure in the Israeli government throughout the war in Gaza, resigned as minister of strategic affairs.
• Israel Arrests 4 After Jewish Extremist Attack in Occupied West Bank. Dozens of masked Israelis attacked an industrial zone, torching vehicles and wounding Palestinians, according to Palestinian officials.
• Turkey Seeks 2,000-Year Jail Sentence for Erdogan’s Top Political Rival. Prosecutors accused Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul, of leading a criminal organization. The opposition called the case politically motivated.
• Roman-Era Treasures Stolen From Syria’s National Museum. The Damascus museum theft set off an official investigation in what may be one of Syria’s largest losses of antiquities in recent years.
• ‘It Feels Like I’m in a Nightmare’: Inside the First Deportation Flight to Iran. For decades, Iranians fleeing persecution have found protection in the United States. But this fall, the Trump administration deported a planeload of people to Iran after making a deal with Tehran.
• Iraqis Are Voting for a New Parliament. Here’s What to Know. Iraq is caught in the conflict between Washington and Tehran, with the Trump administration insisting that the next government disarm powerful Iran-backed militias.
• As Iraqis Vote for a Parliament, U.S. Presses to Rid Country of Iran’s Influence. After a U.S. occupation, years of sectarian violence and a jihadist insurgency, Iraq has become an improbable haven of calm in the Middle East.
• How Syria’s President Transformed His Image. Syrian President Ahmed al-Shara’s meeting with President Trump in Washington signifies a new turn for al-Shara, a former Islamist rebel leader who was once designated by the United States as a terrorist with a $10 million bounty on his head. Our reporter Christina Goldbaum describes the meeting.
• Syria’s President to Meet Trump at White House for First Time. The visit by President Ahmed al-Shara is another step in the transformation of the former rebel leader once wanted by the United States as a terrorist.
• A Syrian Village and the Long Road to the White House. In 2019, President Trump sent U.S. commandos to to a small village in Syria to kill the leader of the terror group Islamic State. On Monday, Syria’s president, a former associate of that leader, will meet Mr. Trump in the White House.
• Mothers Trapped in Saudi Arabia Told Us Their Stories. We pieced together the details, from Riyadh to Nairobi.
• Born to Unwed Mothers, These Children Are Trapped in Saudi Arabia. A Times investigation found that children are routinely deprived of birth certificates, medical care and education. Diplomats and police officers turned the mothers away.
• Hamas Hands Over Body of Israeli Soldier Held Since 2014. Hamas returned to Israel the remains of Lt. Hadar Goldin, who was killed in a 2014 war in Gaza.
• As Aquifers Dry Up, Tehran Rations Water and Calls for Rain Prayers. Facing Iran’s worst drought in 60 years, the country’s president warned that the capital might need to be evacuated, and some locals promoted cloud-theft conspiracy theories.
• The Dangerous Stalemate Over Iran’s Nuclear Program. With no negotiations, no oversight and no clarity about Iran’s stock of nuclear material, many in the region fear another war with Israel is inevitable.
• Israeli Academics Find Themselves Isolated Despite Gaza Cease-Fire. Boycotts of Israeli universities, largely imposed in Europe, have multiplied since the start of the war and reflect Israel’s international isolation over its conduct in Gaza.

New York

• ‘Never Forgot Me’: How a Monk’s Supporters Helped Him Survive Prison. U Pyinya Zawta fled political persecution in Myanmar and has settled in Buffalo.
• U.S. Attorney Under Pressure After Order to Investigate Democrats. Jay Clayton, who heads the Southern District of New York, has so far managed to keep clear of President Trump’s most politically charged directives. Now, come the hard choices.
• How an ‘X-Men’ and James Bond Movie Star Gets Creative Away From the Set. Famke Janssen surrounds herself with her paintings in her Manhattan apartment, then heads to the garment district and Pilates. But don’t forget time for chocolate.
• Inside a Chaotic Week for New York’s Food Stamp Program. The government shutdown halted the program’s funding, and left many hungry New Yorkers with little or nothing to eat.
• Seneca Soldier and Statesman Can Finally Add Lawyer to His Legacy. Ely Samuel Parker, a Native American who served as an aide to Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War, was kept from practicing law during his lifetime.
• ICE Scouted Site to Hold Immigrant Detainees in New York City. Federal officials explored the possibility of using a Coast Guard facility on Staten Island. The effort appears to be part of a plan to expand President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
• A.I.G. Parts Ways With Incoming President Before He Assumes Role. John Neal’s withdrawal from the insurer comes as the company grapples with another high-profile departure.
• Police Shoot Man They Say Menaced Bystanders on the Upper East Side. Elijah Brown, 20, was killed on Madison Avenue. The police said he had been brandishing a gun and acting erratically.
• The Strategic Uncoupling of Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander. Mr. Lander, the New York City comptroller, campaigned with Mr. Mamdani and once hoped to join him in City Hall. Now he is eyeing a congressional seat.
• Why a Bill on the Governor’s Desk Is a Tough Call. The measure would require the M.T.A. to keep using two-person subway crews as other systems around the world are cutting back on train staffing.
• PATH Train Fare to Rise to $4 by 2029. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on Thursday announced the increase and a timetable for restoring daily service on all its lines for the first time in 25 years.
• Mamdani and Hochul Discuss Their Challenges: Trump and Child Care. Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, and Gov. Kathy Hochul met to talk about how to prepare for threats from President Trump.
• Mystery Man Known as ‘John Doe’ Gets Up to 9 Years for Stealing 3 Homes. The man, whose identity is still unknown, pleaded guilty to deed fraud in Queens. “I just want to get it over with,” he told the judge as one of his victims wept.
• Hochul Approved Permits That Could Help Clients of Her Husband’s Firm. Opponents of a natural gas pipeline approved by Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York noted that the project would benefit a client of the prominent law firm where her husband works.
• New Jersey Accuses Mob-Led Ring of Running Illegal Sports Gambling. The accusations follow recent federal charges filed against figures from Mafia families accused of running illegal poker games that involved former N.B.A. players.
• U.S. Seeks Man Who Appeared at Alina Habba’s Office With Baseball Bat. The man showed up outside the office of the U.S. attorney in New Jersey on Wednesday evening and was later allowed to enter without the bat. Law enforcement authorities are seeking his arrest.
• Assault Case Against a Democratic House Member Can Proceed, Judge Rules. The judge concluded that Representative LaMonica McIver did not have legislative immunity from charges that grew out of a congressional oversight visit to a migrant jail in Newark.
• Justice Dept. Struggled to Find Lawyers to Handle Maurene Comey Suit. Ms. Comey sued the Trump administration after she was abruptly fired over the summer, saying the action was retaliation. Federal attorneys in New York City and a Justice Department branch in Washington have declined to handle the case.
• Following a Kennedy, N.Y. Councilman Joins Packed Race to Succeed Nadler. Erik Bottcher, a Democrat from Chelsea, began his career as an L.G.B.T.Q. rights activist. He faces a growing field of rivals vying for a Manhattan House seat.
• Why the Grand Central Subway Passageway Smells Woodsy. A holiday-themed promotion in “Grand Scentral” is perfuming the passage that connects the shuttle train and the 4, 5 and 6 trains. Revenue goes to the M.T.A.
• Does the Subway Still Need Train Conductors? Gov. Kathy Hochul must decide by year’s end whether to sign a law that would mandate two-person crews on all trains, a practice critics say is costly and outdated.
• Hochul Vetoed 7 of His Bills in a Single Day. Could It Be Personal? State Senator James Skoufis of New York has been a steady critic of Gov. Kathy Hochul, a fellow Democrat. Her vetoes of his bills seemed intended to send a message.
• Why Can’t We Fix Penn Station? The biggest thing holding Penn Station back from a much-needed rehaul is what’s on top of it: Madison Square Garden.
• Why Can’t New York Fix Penn Station? The nation’s busiest transit hub stands as a symbol of a condition that afflicts so many attempts to get big things done in America: inertia.
• 3 Charged With Stuffed Animal Heist at Amusement Park Seen in ‘Big’ They arrived at Rye Playland in the darkness, in a boat they had taken without the owner’s permission, then hopped a fence into the park, where the spree began, officials said.
• Adams Makes It Harder for Mamdani to Build Over Elizabeth Street Garden. Mayor Eric Adams’s administration is designating the garden as parkland, which could stymie Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in his vow to revive the fight to put affordable housing there.
• City Council Approves Plan That Could Bring 14,700 Homes to Queens. The New York plan would open up 54 blocks of Long Island City, which are mostly warehouses and parking lots, to housing.
• Can N.Y.C. Casino Bids Deliver an Economic Boost? Contenders for full-scale casino licenses in New York City predict an economic boom fueled by gambling. Experts say that’s not what has happened elsewhere.
• Jack Schlossberg, Kennedy Heir, to Seek Nadler’s N.Y. Congressional Seat. Mr. Schlossberg, the son of Caroline Kennedy, said the Democratic Party needed someone who could stand up to President Trump and his allies.
• Head of N.Y.P.D. Oversight Board Resigns, Citing Pressure From Union. Dr. Mohammad Khalid, the interim chairman of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, said a “campaign of lies” about him by the head of the police union had forced him to quit.
• Accused of Desecration, a Doctor Faces the End of His Life’s Work. Dr. Masahide Kanayama has devoted his life in Manhattan to medicine and God. He could face five years of hard labor in Japan.
• Can N.Y.C. Casino Bids Make Good on Their Billion-Dollar Promises? As the number of gambling houses has grown across the United States, they are no longer the tourism magnets that they used to be, experts say.
• How Do You Judge Whether a Police Officer Is Mentally Fit for the Job? The New York Police Department has tried to fire 30 officers who failed a psychological exam or a background check. Some say the test is the problem.
• Against Mamdani’s Wishes, Gen Z Councilman Plans to Challenge Jeffries. Chi Ossé, a New York City councilman, has told allies he is preparing to challenge Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader of the House.
• M.L.B. Limits Bets on Individual Pitches After Gambling Charges. Two Cleveland pitchers were accused of colluding with bettors. The league and its gambling company partners have put a $200 limit on wagers on individual pitches.
• Microbets, Parlays and Prop Bets: A Guide to the M.L.B. Gambling Scandal. Federal prosecutors say two pitchers for the Cleveland Guardians tipped off bettors about what pitches they would throw, setting up rigged “microbets.”
• Bonnie Watson Coleman, a Democratic Trailblazer, to Retire From Congress. Ms. Watson Coleman, 80, the first Black woman to represent New Jersey in Congress, said she would not run for a seventh term in the state’s 12th Congressional District, near Trenton.
• Mamdani Fills 2 Top Posts With Government Veteran and Trusted Aide. The mayor-elect named Dean Fuleihan, a government veteran, to be his first deputy mayor. Elle Bisgaard-Church will serve as his chief of staff.
• Remembering Veterans, and Some of the Vehicles They Drove. Dragon Wagons, rare World War II trucks, are a part of military history, and there’s one parked on Long Island.
• Who Will Be Mamdani’s City Council Partner? Get Ready for a Battle. The heated contest to become City Council speaker took shape in Puerto Rico, where the leading contenders jockeyed for votes at a beachside political gathering.
• Prosecutor Who Quit Over Adams Case Joins a Firm Known for Independence. Danielle Sassoon resigned as an interim U.S. attorney rather than halt the prosecution of Mayor Eric Adams. Her new firm’s conservative principles have at times put it at odds with President Trump.
• Felon Freed by Trump Is Set to Be Sentenced Again in Brooklyn. A judge found that Jonathan Braun had violated the rules of his release by sexually assaulting a nanny, swinging an IV pole at a nurse and dodging tolls in his Lamborghini and Ferrari.
• Unpacking Mamdani’s Viral Victory Speech. A close annotation of the references, applause lines and barbs in Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s address to his supporters.
• Hochul Raises Doubts About Mamdani’s Free Bus Proposal. Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York said she had concerns about Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s plan to make New York City buses free. She supports his proposal for universal child care.
• 2 Major League Baseball Pitchers Are Charged in Gambling Investigation. Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, pitchers for the Cleveland Guardians, were charged with sharing inside information about their pitches with bettors. Mr. Ortiz was arrested Sunday.
• Firefighter Dies of Heart Attack While Fighting Brooklyn Blaze. Patrick D. Brady, 42, died while responding to a fire at an apartment building in the Brownsville neighborhood.
• Mamdani, Mofongo and Rum: Democratic Squabbles Fade Away, for Now. At an annual gathering in Puerto Rico for New York’s political class, former foes of Zohran Mamdani put aside their differences and tried to get information about his inner circle.
• With a Mayor From Queens, the Borough Is Having a Moment. When Zohran Mamdani is sworn in as New York City’s 111th mayor, he will be the first with such an intimate connection to Queens.
• ‘He Didn’t Know My Name, and I Didn’t Know His’ An uncanny long-range shooter, a conversation observed on the 6 and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

Business

• What’s the Most Elegant Way to Lie to My Co-workers? Plus, how to say “no, chef.”
• Is Your College Football Team Short of Cash? Sports Betting Can Help. Louisiana lawmakers tried a novel strategy for raising revenue, a model that proponents say might work more broadly.
• Disney and YouTube TV End Blackout. After a 15-day standoff, a deal cleared the way for YouTube TV to resume carrying ESPN, ABC and other Disney-owned channels.
• Government Reopens Without Data That Guides Markets and the Fed. Jobs and inflation data will be released late and with caveats, complicating the Federal Reserve’s interest rate deliberations.
• She Took JPMorgan for $175 Million. That Doesn’t Include Her Restaurant Bills. When prosecutors accused Charlie Javice of fraud, JPMorgan was forced to pay for her defense. The bank is not happy about her “shocking” spending.
• Switzerland Reaches Agreement With U.S. to Cut Tariff to 15%. The deal would reduce an extraordinarily high tariff rate that had threatened to cripple Swiss exports.
• Stock Market Rally Is Dented as Signs of Worry Emerge. A recent dip in trading shows how investors are balancing a “fear of missing out at the same time as real fear.”
• The Most Valuable Military Contractor Doesn’t Make Bombs or Guns. Palantir is a software company, and its national security work has driven its stock price to remarkable heights.
• Walmart C.E.O. Doug McMillon to Step Down. The chief of the company’s U.S. business, John Furner, will take over on Feb. 1.
• Trump Housing Official Invokes Family Legacy, to Some Relatives’ Dismay. Bill Pulte has called out prominent Democrats for issues with their mortgage documents. But he has a history of carefully choosing facts about his family and businesses to enhance his reputation.
• Anthropic Says Chinese Hackers Used Its A.I. in Online Attack. The company claimed that A.I. did most of the hacking with limited human input and said it was a rapid escalation of the technology’s use in cybercrime.
• An Escape From India’s Air Pollution for Those Who Can Afford It. Companies are offering much-needed, but expensive, air purification systems to shelter from the smog in one of the world’s most polluted cities.
• ‘No Closure, No Transparency’: Harassment Victims Seek Resolution. Fewer women in South Korea are reporting workplace harassment, but those who do say their claims are often not taken seriously or handled sensitively.
• Boeing Defense Workers Approve New Contract. More than 3,000 workers who make fighter jets and weapons in the St. Louis area have been on strike for over three months.
• Starbucks Workers Strike at Dozens of U.S. Stores on ‘Red Cup Day’ More than 1,000 workers at 65 stores across the United States joined the labor action, the union representing baristas said.
• The Luxury Electric Vehicle Is in Trouble. Sales of expensive battery-powered cars like the Ford F-150 Lightning have stalled, forcing automakers to slow production and offer more affordable vehicles.
• Britain Gives Go-Ahead to Smaller Nuclear Reactor in Wales. The government pledged 2.5 billion pounds for initial site work, but the decision to build a small, modular design may disappoint others, including the U.S. nuclear industry.
• As Consumer Bureau’s Cash Dwindles, Trump Administration Declares Its Funding Illegal. The Justice Department embraced a novel conservative legal theory that it said blocked the Federal Reserve from funding the agency.
• Massachusetts Offered a Solution to Housing Shortages. Is It Working? The Affordable Housing Act designated Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, the Berkshires and other resort towns as “seasonal communities,” making it easier to build homes there for workers.
• The Penny Dies at 232. A long decline into irrelevance ended on Wednesday in Philadelphia.
• Europe’s Biggest Rare Earths Producer Forges U.S. Deals. The contracts are the latest sign of how Europe is lagging the United States in the race to break China’s chokehold on rare earths.
• Atlanta Fed President to Step Down in February. The departure of Raphael W. Bostic, who has served in the role since 2017, would create a new vacancy at the central bank.
• Missing at U.N.’s Climate Meeting: American Executives. Many business leaders are skipping the annual United Nations climate summit in Belém, Brazil, or are attending events in other cities.
• Why Factories Will Keep Looking for Alternatives to China. A trade truce between the United States and China has calmed nerves, but it won’t stop the broader movement of companies to countries like Vietnam.
• Mariners Wanted: Six-Figure Salaries and Months at Sea. Few American are becoming mariners today, but demand could soon rise because President Trump and a bipartisan group of legislators in Congress want to revitalize the American shipbuilding industry.
• Halt in Fees on Chinese Vessels Endangers U.S. Shipbuilding Efforts. The two countries agreed to suspend the fees for a year as part of their recent trade pact, but America still aims to build more commercial ships.
• Airline Problems Will Linger Even if Government Shutdown Ends. There is hope the Thanksgiving holiday will be spared, but carriers will need some time to deal with the disruptions that the shutdown has caused for air travel.
• Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Farewell: ‘I’m Going Quiet’ In one of his final missives as the company’s leader, Mr. Buffett said he would accelerate his plans to disburse his fortune to his children’s foundations.
• As Low-Income Shoppers Tighten Belts Further, Businesses Worry. A delay in SNAP benefits mixed with a decline in foot traffic has many stores, restaurants and food producers concerned about sales.
• The 20-Somethings Who Raised $121 Million to Build Military Drones. Neros, a company founded in 2023 by former teenage drone racers, won a coveted Army contract and is gaining popularity in the defense sector.
• More Flight Troubles Expected Before the Shutdown Ends. Airlines brace for further chaos, even as eight Democratic senators broke ranks with their party to back a deal that could end the shutdown.
• Appeals Court Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Halt Full Food Stamp Funding. A late night ruling on Sunday offered a possible reprieve for people on the program known as SNAP.
• Glass Skin and Snail Mucin: South Korea’s Journey to Global Beauty Power. Propelled by interest in all things South Korea, Amorepacific, the cosmetics giant, is expanding its reach into the United States. But so are many of its competitors.
• Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps. In late-night guidance, the Agriculture Department also threatened financial penalties against states.
• Airport Disruptions May Get Worse This Week. The fact that planes are generally less full in early November helped airlines limit the impact. That will change as Thanksgiving nears.
• With Mortgage Rates Declining, Should You Refinance? More than four million borrowers could potentially benefit from locking in a lower rate. Here’s what to consider.
• A MAGA Senator Promised Hope for a Dying Ohio Mill. Then Reality Set In. The town’s unionized workers wanted to believe that there was something better than what private equity owners had offered.
• China Suspends Export Controls on More Critical Minerals. The changes would make it easier for American firms to obtain key minerals, delivering on what the White House said the two countries had agreed to at last month’s summit.
• As Beef Prices Remain High, Trump Calls for Inquiry Into Meatpackers. The Justice Department has opened an investigation into possible collusion among the big meatpackers. The effort may mollify ranchers, but it’s unclear how far it will go.

DealBook

• U.S. Investor Withdraws Takeover Bid for U.K.’s Telegraph. The exit by RedBird Capital Partners comes months after it agreed to buy control of the media company in a deal that valued it at $658 million.
• A.I. Agents Usher in a New Era of Cyberespionage. Anthropic, the artificial intelligence start-up, said that Chinese state-sponsored hackers used its tools in a widespread attack.
• A War on Top Investor Advisers Is Growing. The Trump administration is said to be investigating two top shareholder advisory firms. It’s part of a growing change in how corporate America is run.
• Kim Kardashian’s Skims Is Worth an Extra Billion Dollars. The apparel giant is now valued at $5 billion after a new fund-raising round, as it continues to grow its business.
• SoftBank Sells $5.8 Billion Stake in Nvidia to Pay for OpenAI Deals. The move has further stoked concerns among some investors that the rally in artificial intelligence stocks was overdone.
• What a Government Shutdown Solution Hasn’t Solved. Even with a legislative breakthrough looking imminent, air travel faces ongoing delays, and health insurance costs are still set to jump.
• David Ellison, Scott Bessent, Erika Kirk and More at the DealBook Summit. The conference on Dec. 3 will bring together the biggest names in business, politics and culture.
• Gamma, a PowerPoint for the A.I. Era, Raises $68 Million. The five-year-old start-up, which has just 52 employees and is profitable, is now valued at $2.1 billion by investors including Andreessen Horowitz.

Economy

• Trump Administration Lifts Some Food Tariffs in Effort to Ease Prices. It is walking back levies on imports including beef and coffee in what critics say is an admission that tariffs raised prices in the first place.
• How Private Equity’s Vision for a Roofing Conglomerate Went Bust. Investment firms are buying and bundling contractors, leaving some workers and customers worse off.
• Where the Taste of Home Comes With a Tariff Charge. For immigrant communities from countries with especially high duties, food costs have risen sharply courtesy of President Trump.

Media

• Conservative Media Picks an Epstein Story Line and Sticks to It. Right-wing outlets have focused on a single redacted name in the 23,000 pages of correspondence related to Jeffrey Epstein that were released on Wednesday.
• 25 Movies, Many Stars, 0 Hits: Hollywood Falls to New Lows. It has been a brutal three months for dramas and comedies.
• Jim Avila, Former ABC News Correspondent, Dies at 70. He spent almost two decades at the network, covering a wide range of court cases and the White House. He was also at the center of a defamation lawsuit over “pink slime.”
• Netflix Tries Bringing Family Game Night to Your TV. The company is shifting its video game strategy to focus more on popular games you already know, such as Pictionary and Boggle.
• Who Pays When A.I. Is Wrong? New court cases seek to define content created by artificial intelligence as defamatory — a novel concept that has captivated some legal experts.
• Holes Grow in Hollywood’s Safety Net When It Is Needed Most. Commercial production has long been crucial to sustaining entertainment workers in the Los Angeles area. But it continues to plummet.

Your Money

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

Technology

• How a Seattle Alt-Weekly Newspaper Became a Progressive Kingmaker. Endorsements from The Stranger have become a must-have for some politicians, who know to bring snacks to their meetings with the paper’s writers.
• Russian Humanoid Robot Falls on Its Face in Hyped Debut. The robot, known as AIDOL, staggered onstage during a technology showcase in Moscow. Organizers blamed the mishap on calibration and lighting issues.
• Why Debt Funding Is Ratcheting Up the Risks of the A.I. Boom. While the tech giants have plenty of money to build data centers, smaller outfits are taking on debt and taking big chances to work with them.

Obituaries

• Yvonne Brewster, Godmother of Black British Theater, Dies at 87. When she studied acting in London in the 1950s, she was told she was unlikely to find work. She ended up starting one of the country’s foremost Black theaters.
• Elizabeth Franz, Versatile Tony-Winning Actress, Is Dead at 84. She won the award for her performance as Linda Loman in a 1999 Broadway revival of “Death of a Salesman” and played the matriarch Kate Jerome in two Neil Simon comedies.
• Frank Chuman, Pioneering Lawyer for Japanese American Rights, Is Dead at 105. He was sent to the Manzanar internment camp during World War II, an experience that inspired a long career in civil rights activism.
• Overlooked No More: Sabina Spielrein, Visionary Lost Between Freud and Jung. She maintained a triangular correspondence with the two men, who overshadowed the significant contributions she made to the field of psychoanalysis.
• William Rataczak, Co-Pilot of Flight Hijacked by D.B. Cooper, Dies at 86. He was a witness to one of the most riveting unsolved crimes in American history, which inspired scores of conspiracy theories and obsessed amateur sleuths.
• Sally Kirkland, Scene-Stealing Actress, Dies at 84. She received an Oscar nomination for the 1987 film “Anna” but spent much of her prolific career as a go-to supporting actress in movies like “The Sting” and “JFK.”
• Lorinda de Roulet, Who Briefly Led the New York Mets, Dies at 95. A daughter of Joan Whitney Payson, the team’s exuberant first owner, she took over as chairwoman in 1978 during a lackluster time for the franchise.
• Arline Bronzaft, Who Campaigned for a Quieter City, Dies at 89. She studied the impact of noise on health and classroom learning and helped impose stricter regulations in New York City.
• Hal Sirowitz, Poet Who Mined His Mother’s Worry With Wit, Dies at 76. He wrote of his suffocating relationship with his mother to create mordant reminiscences and became a standout at poetry slams in New York.
• Cleto Escobedo III, Jimmy Kimmel’s Bandleader, Dies at 59. Mr. Kimmel said that he and Mr. Escobedo, who led Cleto and the Cletones on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” had been “inseparable since I was 9 years old.”
• Nolan Williams, Who Stimulated the Brain to Treat Depression, Dies at 43. A neuroscientist, he employed a battery of high-tech tools in devising a fast-acting therapy that targets the area of the brain where depression originates.
• Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese Star Known for ‘Ran’ and Other Classics, Dies at 92. He was a fixture of postwar Japanese cinema and starred in films by Akira Kurosawa and other directors of that era.
• Lenny Wilkens, N.B.A. Hall of Famer as Both Player and Coach, Dies at 88. A perennial All Star, he was cited as one of the league’s 50 greatest players and one of its top 10 coaches, winning 1,332 games and leading Seattle to a championship.
• Richie Adubato, Coach of Men’s and Women’s Pro Basketball, Dies at 87. He had a losing record in the N.B.A., but gained acclaim coaching a Liberty team that featured stars like Teresa Weatherspoon and Becky Hammon.
• Paul Tagliabue, Who Led the N.F.L. for 17 Prosperous Years, Dies at 84. He helped achieve labor peace, pushed for minority hiring and oversaw the league’s expansion. But he minimized the risks of concussions.
• Peter Watkins, Provocateur With a Movie Camera, Dies at 90. His Oscar-winning 1965 film “The War Game” depicted a post-nuclear-attack England, one of his many fictionalized docudramas against war and repression.
• Nabil Shaban, Acclaimed Actor and Advocate for the Disabled, Dies at 72. Born without the use of his legs, he appeared memorably on television on “Doctor Who” and onstage as, among many other roles, Hamlet.
• Robert H. Bartlett, Father of Innovative Life-Support System, Dies at 86. He developed extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, a treatment that can sustain patients whose hearts and lungs are failing — for days or weeks or longer.
• Pauline Collins, 85, Dies; Stage and Screen Star of ‘Shirley Valentine’ She often played a particularly British character: a bubbly yet resilient woman facing down the corrosive effects of everyday modern life.

Asia Pacific

• Juan Ponce Enrile, a Political Power in the Philippines, Dies at 101. A protégé of Ferdinand Marcos, he helped administer martial law for eight years before turning on his patron in the “People Power” uprising of 1986.
• Anthony Grey, Journalist Held Hostage by China for Two Years, Dies at 87. A correspondent for Reuters, he became a global symbol of China’s isolation and of the anti-foreigner hysteria spawned by its Cultural Revolution.

Basketball

• Michael Ray Richardson, N.B.A. Star Derailed by Cocaine, Dies at 70. A four-time All-Star, he dazzled fans, and fellow players, with his intense play for the New York Knicks, only to become the league’s first player to be barred for drug use.

Cultura

• Cleto Escobedo III, director de la banda de Jimmy Kimmel, muere a los 59 años. Kimmel dijo que él y Escobedo, quien dirigía la banda Cleto and the Cletones en ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’, habían sido “inseparables desde que tenía 9 años”.

Money & Policy

• Sharon Camp, Mother of the ‘Plan B’ Contraceptive Pill, Dies at 81. An advocate for women’s reproductive health, she started one of the world’s smallest pharmaceutical companies to bring an emergency birth-control method to market.

Music

• Ken Parker, Who Sought to Reinvent the Guitar, Dies at 73. He built groundbreaking guitars that were displayed in art galleries and played by Joni Mitchell, Trent Reznor and many others.

Briefing

• Tuning In. Sometimes we assume the people and things around us are neutral or hostile to our existence. What if the opposite could be true?
• Trump Orders Investigation Into Epstein’s Ties to Democrats. Also, melting ice is a growing menace in the Himalayas. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
• The Effects of the Boat Strikes. We go to meet one family in Colombia.
• The New York Times News Quiz, Nov. 14, 2025. Did you follow the news this week? Take our quiz to see how well you stack up with other Times readers.
• The Government Reopened. Also, Ukraine is facing a dilemma in Pokrovsk. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
• Epstein’s Emails. Congress released new files from the Epstein investigation. We explain what they mean.
• Jeffrey Epstein Discussed Trump in Emails Released by Congress. Also, the penny was officially retired. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
• China’s Green Triumph. China is equipping other countries to fight climate change. It’s a role reversal.
• The Road to Reopening. The Senate passed legislation to end the government shutdown. We explain what’s happening.
• Congress Moves Closer to Ending the Shutdown. Also, the Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to same-sex marriage. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
• Democrats Defect on the Shutdown. Congress moved closer to ending the government shutdown. We explain what’s happening.
• Banning Social Media. More schools and governments are turning to tech bans to try to keep kids off screens. Do they work?
• What Does Spirituality Look Like? In his work, the photographer Abelardo Morell captures how flashes of transcendence feel.

Podcasts

• What Makes a Good Cover? What makes a good cover song? On this week’s episode of the “Cannonball” podcast, host Wesley Morris is joined by singer Cecile McLorin Salvant to discuss the delicate art of performing or recording other people’s music.
• Will Humanoid Robots Soon Be Common in Homes? Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of “Hard Fork” at The New York Times, ask Bernt Bornich, chief executive of 1X, how soon we can expect humanoid robots to have a presence in American homes.
• Elon Musk’s xAI Trained Racy Chatbot With Employee Biometric Data. Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of “Hard Fork” at The New York Times, discuss a recent story in The Wall Street Journal revealing that Elon Musk personally oversaw a project at his company, xAI, that compelled employees to turn over their biometric data to train a racy chatbot.
• Data Centers in Space + A.I. Policy on the Right + A Gemini History Mystery. “As you may have noticed, it is not easy to build data centers here on Earth.”
• From YouTube Pranks to Melodic Rage Music. The critic Jon Caramanica’s latest Song of the Week is “Pixelated Kisses” by the viral figure Joji, an unlikely source of such beauty.
• Rosalía on Her Relationship With Björk. Rosalía spoke about her endless admiration for Björk and working together on the new single “Berghain” during her recent “Popcast” interview on all things related to her new album “Lux.”
• Could Rap Actually Win Big at the Grammys? The Grammys just nominated three rap albums — “Let God Sort Em Out” by Clipse, “GNX” by Kendrick Lamar and “Chromakopia” by Tyler, The Creator — for album of the year at the show in February. What does it all mean? Popcast hosts Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli discuss and react to the full slate of nominees.
• Yung Lean on Kanye West and Being Creative on Medication. The musician and actor Yung Lean discussed his mental health and journey to sobriety with hosts Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli on the latest episode of “Popcast.”
• Rosalía’s ‘Lux’ Is Complex and Introspective — and Also Pop. Rosalía’s fourth album, which was released on Nov. 7, demands your attention. The avant-garde pop superstar promises it’s worth it.
• Rosalía’s New Album Made Her ‘Euphoria’ Collaborators Cry. Pop superstar Rosalía spoke with Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, the hosts of “Popcast,” about her mysterious role in the highly anticipated third season of the HBO show “Euphoria.”
• How Erykah Badu Practices Radical Empathy Now. Erykah Badu tells “Popcast” about her journey of radical empathy, which has led to her public embrace of controversial figures such as Bill Cosby, R. Kelly and Louis Farrakhan, and what she learned from public reception to her ideas.
• How Yung Lean Escaped His Lowest Lows. The musician and actor Yung Lean discussed his mental health and journey to sobriety with hosts Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli on the latest episode of “Popcast.”
• Where Have All the Covers Gone? Beyoncé did “Jolene.” But pop music has mostly abandoned the art of covering other people’s music.
• Rosalía on Pop Stars Who Embody the Spirit of ‘Duende’ Rosalía’s new album, “Lux,” is out now. Activate your duende and check out her recent interview on “Popcast.”
• On Our Third Date, I Asked for a Joint Bank Account. Splitting the bill felt awkward. Paying it herself was getting expensive. Janene Lin had a different idea.
• Hard Fork’s First Robot Guest. NEO, a new humanoid robot that can do housekeeping, has the internet buzzing. The catch? The robot is still mostly teleoperated by a human wearing a VR headset. The “Hard Fork” hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton met with Bernt Bornich, the chief executive of the company 1X, which created the robot, and got to put NEO to the test.
• Fox News Host Greg Gutfeld on R.F.K. Jr. and the MAHA Movement. At Fox News, the host Greg Gutfeld earns big ratings with an insult-heavy, pro-conservative approach. On “The Interview,” host David Marchese asks Gutfeld about the Make America Healthy Again movement, anti-vaxxers and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
• Fox News Host Greg Gutfeld on Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel. On “The Interview,” the Fox News host Greg Gutfeld spoke with The Times’s David Marchese about how his insult-heavy, relentlessly pro-conservative show has become so dominant — and what he thinks about late-night hosts like Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel.
• Fox News Wanted Greg Gutfeld to Do This Interview. He Wasn’t So Sure. Greg Gutfeld, the pugnacious conservative late-night host, talks to David Marchese about his “hierarchy of smears” and the risks of being a scold.
• Yung Lean Has Love For All SoundCloud Rappers. The Swedish rapper Yung Lean emerged more than a decade ago as a teenage internet sensation who found viral and then global fame. After struggling with mental illness and drugs, he’s back now and bigger than ever, with new music, a new film and welcome clarity.

The Daily

• Ozempic for All? How a series of corporate mistakes led to drugs used for weight loss becoming more affordable for Americans.
• ‘He Knew’: What Epstein Said About Trump in New Emails. More than 20,000 pages of documents were released from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate.
• An Interview With the Man Behind Trump’s Current Immigration Crackdown. The Times spoke with Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official who has orchestrated arrests with confrontational tactics that have made him a MAGA star and a source of criticism.
• The Messy Politics of the Democratic Shutdown Deal. A Senate vote to reopen the government came after a splinter group of Democrats backed a deal without the main concession their party had urged.
• The Gold Rush Behind a Civil War. Conflict has shattered Sudan. Yet the gold trade is booming.
• Our Restaurant Critics Dish. Tejal Rao and Ligaya Mishan, the new food critics at The New York Times, answer your questions.

The Headlines

• A Major New Experiment in Voting, and the World’s Most Polluted Air. Plus, your Friday news quiz.
• How the Government Will Reopen, and What’s in the Epstein Emails. Plus, the penny’s last day.
• The Governor in the Spotlight at Climate Talks, and Escalating Violence in the West Bank. Plus, why private air travel is booming.
• Democrats Denounce Shutdown Vote, and Trump Issues Flurry of Pardons. Plus, a new gambling scandal in pro sports.
• A Breakthrough Government Shutdown Vote, and New Tax Cuts for the Ultrarich. Plus, a house-size spider web.

Science

• Hochul Urged to Ban Horseshoe Crab Fishing. Supporters of the legislation argue it would protect a declining horseshoe crab population, while opponents warn it will harm the commercial fishing industry.
• How to Watch the Leonids Meteor Shower Reach Its Peak. The moon is far from full this weekend, which could mean good fireball viewing for night sky watchers.
• Almost Everything About NASA’s Latest Mission to Mars Is Unusual. The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science missions typically come together.
• The Dogs of 8,000 B.C. Were Amazingly Diverse. The staggering array of modern dog breeds is typically traced to the Victorian era. But half of all canine variation was in place roughly 10,000 years ago, a new study suggests.
• Blue Origin to Launch NASA’s ESCAPADE Mission to Mars: How to Watch. This will be the second flight of the orbital rocket from Jeff Bezos’ space company and will include a key test of whether it can land a booster stage for later reuse.
• Bird Flu Ravaged the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population, Study Finds. After the H5N1 virus hit the remote island of South Georgia in 2023, more than 50,000 breeding females may have disappeared.
• Northern Lights Are Beautiful, but They’re Risky for Satellites. At least one space launch has been put on hold, as satellite operators and rocket companies manage the effects of the current geomagnetic storm hitting Earth.
• Missed the Northern Lights on Tuesday? Here’s How to Catch Wednesday’s Show. A geomagnetic storm that made the aurora borealis visible farther south than normal is expected to continue for another night. But clouds may obscure your view.
• Let the Mind-Control Games Begin! Every four years at the Cybathlon, teams of researchers and technology “pilots” compete to see whose brain-computer interface holds the most promise.
• The ‘Lost Sisters’ of the Pleiades Fill the Entire Night Sky. Astronomers identified more than 3,000 stars associated with the cluster, and there might be even more.
• F.D.A. Names Agency Veteran to Run Drug Division. Dr. Richard Pazdur, who has been the F.D.A.’s top cancer drug regulator, represents a stabilizing choice for an agency reeling under staff cuts and low morale.
• How a Sea Creature’s Fossils Show All the Colors of the Rainbow. The brilliant iridescent hues found in ammolite come from tiny air gaps in the fossils’ layers, a new study finds.
• How Inventors Find Inspiration in Evolution. Soft batteries and water-walking robots are among the many creations made possible by studying animals and plants.
• Blue Origin Launches NASA’s ESCAPADE Mission to Mars: How to Watch. This will be the second flight of the orbital rocket from Jeff Bezos’s space company and will include a key test of whether it can land a booster stage for later reuse.

Space & Cosmos

• Northern Lights Dazzle U.S. Skies as Far South as Alabama. The night skies across the United States lit up as fast-moving charged particles from the sun slammed into the Earth’s atmosphere.

Climate

• Indigenous People, Long Sidelined at Climate Talks, Take the Stage in Brazil. This summit is unlike any of its predecessors in at least one significant way: The Indigenous presence is palpable and strong.
• A Dead Glacier Is a Loss. A Dying One Is a Threat. Melting ice from the Himalayas is creating thousands of unstable lakes, a growing menace to towns and cities below.
• Trump Administration Revokes Biden Ban on Drilling and Mining in Alaska Wilderness. The decision to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s ecologically sensitive North Slope has the support of the state’s governor and senators.
• The Global Climate Leadership Vacuum. The United States is largely absent from the United Nations climate negations in Brazil. So who is stepping up?
• He Helped Cities Anticipate Damage From Storms. Austin Becker developed an early warning system to protect critical infrastructure from storms. His project’s funding was eliminated in April.
• Carbon Dioxide Emissions Head for Another Record in 2025. But there are signs that greenhouse gas pollution in China might be slowing, according to a new analysis.
• There’s a New Forecast for Peak Oil Demand. It’s Increasingly Cloudy. The International Energy Agency once projected that oil and gas demand could level off by 2030. Now it’s backing off, sort of.
• States That Rely on the Colorado River Miss Deadline to Agree on Cuts. A plan to sustainably manage the shrinking waterway could soon be up to the Trump administration — or eventually the Supreme Court.
• Newsom Wows the Climate Conference That Trump Decided to Skip. The California governor painted the president as a threat to American competitiveness by letting China dominate the renewable energy industry.
• Trump Is Said to Propose Opening California Coast to Oil Drilling. Gov. Gavin Newsom, a chief critic of the president and an opponent of oil exploration in the Pacific, called the proposal “dead on arrival.”
• A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics. At this year’s climate summit, the United States is out and Europe is struggling. But emerging countries are embracing renewable energy thanks to a glut of cheap equipment.
• Why Everyone Wants to Meet the ‘World’s Most Boring Man’ Politicians, oil giants and climate activists hang on his every word. The Trump administration has blasted him. How did Fatih Birol get so big?

The Upshot

• Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, Nov. 15, 2025. Can you sort 8 historical events?
• Kindergartners With Chromebooks: 350 Teachers on How Screens Took Over School. Even as schools have banned phones, the pandemic-era practice of giving students their own laptops and tablets has remained.

Opinion

• Did the Right Find Success With an Old Playbook? Readers respond to David Brooks’s theory that the Trump administration has co-opted the tactics of the radical left.
• How Epstein Could Divide Republicans. “There’s not going to be a flood of Republicans fleeing Trump,” argues the Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie in this episode of “The Opinions.” Instead, he predicts “small calculations here and there” from Republicans who might start to vote against Trump.
• Trump’s Worst Enemy? Himself. After this week’s release of Jeffrey Epstein’s emails and Trump’s questionable behavior, it seems that the president’s public standing is declining. “It makes it look like you have published a book titled ‘If I Did It,’” Jamelle Bouie says. Ultimately, Trump can’t help himself — and neither can MAGA.
• Could the Antichrist Be a Machine? Technology is killing us physically and spiritually, the author Paul Kingsnorth argues on “Interesting Times.”
• The Spiritual Darkness Driving Silicon Valley. Is technology killing us? The author Paul Kingsnorth argues that it is, both physically and spiritually.
• The Antisemitic Coalition Emerging in the G.O.P. The MAGA coalition has been fighting over Tucker Carlson’s interview with the white nationalist influencer Nick Fuentes and where to draw the line on antisemitism. On “The Ezra Klein Show,” the political writer John Ganz argues that the interview represented the intersection of two archetypes of antisemitism and what he calls “the creation of an actual antisemitic politics.”
• The Double Standard of Right-Wing Antisemitism. Tucker Carlson’s interview with the white nationalist influencer Nick Fuentes has provoked a conversation within the Republican Party about antisemitism and anti-Zionism, with prominent right-wing figures like Ben Shapiro and Steve Bannon weighing in. The political writer John Ganz explains why the commentary is ultimately “self-defeating” in a conversation on “The Ezra Klein Show.”
• Have C-Sections Become Too Common? Readers respond to a front-page article about fetal heart monitoring and C-sections. Also: When Shirley MacLaine was the understudy.
• Trump Has Snatched the Power of the Purse. Congress Should Take It Back. Trump’s actions should alarm anybody who shares the American founders’ suspicion of centralized power.
• Zohran Mamdani and the Future of New York. Readers discuss Zohran Mamdani’s election as mayor of New York, and have plenty of advice for him. Also: Thoughts about exercise.
• Trump and the Rising Cost of Health Care. Readers respond to news analysis articles about health care and the shutdown. Also: Art in new spaces; what A.I. isn’t.
• Most Women Can Still Get Abortion Pills. That May Soon Change. American women need the freedom to determine the course of their own lives.
• Teaching History in the Trump Era. Readers respond to an article about how the teaching of U.S. history is changing. Also: Democratic pragmatism; emergency care at risk.
• Iraq War Veterans, 20 Years Later. “I don’t know how to explain the war to myself,” says a veteran of the Iraq war. In 2003, they were sent to Iraq. Two decades later, veterans from the same unit grapple with their younger selves and try to make sense of the war. Watch the full Op-Docs film, “The Army We Had,” at nytimes.com/column/op-docs.
• What Were Democrats Thinking? Democrats weren’t winning the shutdown. But they weren’t losing it, either.
• Democrats Didn’t Compromise on the Shutdown. They Collapsed. Readers respond to the Democratic defection that may help end the shutdown. Also: The proposed Trump coin; seniors who downsize.
• The New Democratic Brand. “The caricature of a national Democrat is weak, woke and whiny,” Michelle Cottle says on “The Opinions.” But last week’s election proved that Democrats are flipping that narrative — at least in places like Virginia, New Jersey and New York City.
• When Addiction Treatment Is Involuntary. Readers respond to a proposal in Utah to forcibly remove homeless people. Also: Stolen treasures; America’s gambling problem; why retire?
• Josh Shapiro Believes the Center Can Hold. The Democratic Party will not return to the White House, nor reclaim Congress, until it learns to embrace centrist politicians like Pennsylvania’s governor.

Op-Ed

• The Questions the Epstein Emails Haven’t Answered. What unrevealed details have made Trump so intent on preventing further disclosure?
• What ‘A House of Dynamite’ Didn’t Show. Hollywood refuses to show the brutal reality of nuclear war.
• In the Epstein Saga, Trump Is His Own Worst Enemy. Is this the beginning of the end for Trump and his MAGA base?
• The BBC Is Inept, Imperiled and Absolutely Essential. The question of how to be a public broadcaster for everyone isn’t going to get easier, but the British broadcaster can do better in the attempt.
• America’s Formula for Greatness Is Under Threat. Education, open markets, trade and immigration transformed the United States into the world’s dominant power, but each is now being weakened.
• Our Deadly Fentanyl Delusion. Everything the Trump administration is doing to stop the flow of drugs is just making the problem worse.
• The Machine Wants to Kill Us. Paul Kingsnorth on technology’s war against human nature.
• Hakeem Jeffries Needs to Be a Bit of a Jerk. The House Democratic leader’s fatal flaw may be that he is too unobjectionable for a Democratic Party spoiling for a fight with President Trump.
• Why Is Ghislaine Maxwell Being Pampered in Prison? Maybe there’s an innocent explanation for all the privileges she’s being accorded, but I can’t think of one.
• Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes and the Right’s ‘Groyper’ Problem. The political writer John Ganz dissects the Republican Party’s internal battle over antisemitism.
• Chris Christie: Keep Sports Betting Legal. Chris Christie argues that regulated betting can strengthen the integrity of sports.
• How to Replace Christian Nationalism. Once you put people into categorical boxes, you are inviting them to see history as a zero-sum conflict between this group and that one.
• One Horror of Slavery That Until Recently Could Not Be Told. The evil of human bondage was more complex than many historians care to reckon with.
• Pardon Me. I Am Not Done Committing Crimes. One of the founders’ worst fears has been realized.
• Welcome to the Washington Demolition Derby. And yet, a little, precious seedling of hope is emerging.
• Trump v. James and Maurene Comey. The legal precedent established by Maurene Comey’s case may turn out to be far more consequential than the finding in her father’s.
• Voters View Republicans as ‘Strong’ and a Party of Action. Democrats Need Some of That. Though G.O.P. members are more likely to be viewed as “extreme,” they trounce their opponents on who is more effective.
• China Looks Strong. Life Here Tells a Different Story. Despair about dimming economic and personal prospects has created an outwardly strong, inwardly brittle nation.
• What the Movies Need From Sydney Sweeney. Only stardom can save Hollywood.
• The Haves and Have-Nots Are, Once Again, at War. The central dynamic of American politics, underground for a decade, is back.
• Tim Kaine: Why I Voted to End the Shutdown. Extending the government shutdown would not have worked.
• If We Want More Kids, We Need Affordable Cities. Young people want a positive, urban vision of family.
• Democrats Are Teaching Trump the Wrong Lesson. They need to fortify the American political system against future attempts to play dictator and lay out a project of genuine democratic renewal.
• The Business Elite Needs Mamdani. They Just Don’t Know It Yet. The threat from Washington is going to require teamwork.
• Africa Is Rising. The World Shouldn’t Turn Its Back. Lydia Polgreen speaks to the former New York Times bureau chief Howard W. French about the cost of not engaging with Africa.
• You’re a Computer Science Major. Don’t Panic. We taught a generation how to write code. Now we need to teach future generations how to edit code.
• I Worked All Over Silicon Valley. This Is How It Lost Its Spine. The revolutionaries in Silicon Valley are no longer storming the gates. They’re inside the castle, polishing the silverware.
• Meet the New Antisemites, Same as the Old Antisemites. A bigotry for morons will always be political gold in a world of morons.
• Chuck Schumer Is a Convenient Punching Bag. There Was No Happy Outcome for the Shutdown. The shutdown still may be a net gain for Democrats.
• Young Voters Are the Holy Grail. Zohran Mamdani Just Showed Democrats How to Win Them. Key elements of the mayor-elect’s campaign have enormous potential for a party that was badly beaten in 2024.
• You Want to Throw Your Phone Into the Sea. Here’s a Better Way. We’ve lost the capacity to feel the grief technology brings.
• There Is No Cease-Fire in the West Bank. Violence in the occupied territories continues even if hostilities in Gaza have cooled.
• I Understand MAHA’s Appeal, but It Threatens My Life. The Trump administration has undermined the once bipartisan war on cancer and declined to approve a promising melanoma therapy.
• This Is No Way to Rule a Country. Governments shouldn’t hand over decision-making to A.I.
• ‘Thanks, U.S.A.’ To imagine the cost of an “America First” policy, walk through World War II cemeteries in Europe.
• Alex Karp Went From Biden Donor to Trump Enabler. Why? A tech billionaire professes to hate identity politics, but they seem in some ways to consume him.
• Democrats Were on a Roll. Why Stop Now? This is how the shutdown ends?
• Now We Know Trump’s Kryptonite. Democratic election victories should kill the myth that Trumpism is invincible.
• ‘We Have a Border for a Reason’ Cecilia Muñoz on how to solve America’s biggest political challenge.
• What Is Kennedy’s Problem With Medication? Shaming people for being on medication is dangerous.
• Doctors, Lawyers and Priests Keep Secrets. Why Not Your Chatbot? The case for “A.I. Interaction Privilege.”
• This Is What a Good Job Looks Like. It starts with abandoning the fetish over manufacturing.
• We’re In a New Everything-Is-Connected Epoch. But What to Call It? We have arrived at a “Polycene” moment where binary systems are giving way to multiple interconnected ones.
• Make Medical School Three Years. Medicine shouldn’t be a career for the wealthy alone.
• Do you take a GLP-1 for alternative uses? Tell us about it. Some semaglutide users experience benefits beyond weight loss. Are you one of them?
• The Aesthetic That Won New York City. Zohran Mamdani made the city glow, bringing a beauty to the everyday fixtures we ceased to register.
• Cruelty, Bigotry and Rage. What’s Not to Like? This is what happens when the fringe becomes the mainstream (and vice versa).
• The Promise of the Bronx River Parkway. A pioneering road shows what highways were and what they can be as it turns 100.
• America Is Losing the Fight for the Teenagers of the World. Pop culture exports have long been a potent source of American soft power. What happens when the U.S. is no longer the global capital of cool?
• We Can’t Pretend to Know the Future of the Democratic Party. There is no one-size-fits-all template for winning elections.

Arts

• At the Broadway Flea, Playbills, Props and Rip-Away Underwear. Theaters lovers came in search of souvenirs at the Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction this fall, all for a good cause.
• Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H. Some Democrats and supporters of the National Endowment for the Humanities are questioning what they see as gutted procedures and a tilt toward handpicked projects.
• The Kids Are Up All Night, With Jewels and Bones. After a five-year hiatus, the much-loved tradition of sleepovers at the American Museum of Natural History has returned.
• Robots, Raiders and Riches in a Gripping Prisoner’s Dilemma. The extraction shooter ARC Raiders has become an unlikely word-of-mouth hit because of its high-stakes gameplay.
• William Kennedy, Albany’s Bard, Reads a Story With Legs. The author, 97, raised money for the food pantry at his old church by reading from “Legs,” the gangster novel he began his celebrated Albany cycle with half a century ago.
• What the Look of Your Favorite Podcast Is Trying to Tell You. Modern online chat shows look less fussy and polished than TV. That’s by design.
• Does This $1 Billion Art Collection Paint Too Rosy a Picture? “No art investing experience? No problem,” the website of Masterworks announces. Zachary Small, a New York Times reporter covering the art world, explains why some experts see a problem.
• Charting the History of New York’s Middle Eastern Community. A New York Public Library exhibition features nearly two centuries of cultural, social and political artifacts on Middle Easterners and North Africans in the city.

Art & Design

• Discovering 5 Treasures of Photography. Some of the most impressive photographs on display at the Paris Photo Fair were made many decades ago but are now being seen anew or, in some cases, for the first time.
• ‘Now I’m on the Stage’: 7 Artists on Their Museum Residencies in Harlem. The Studio Museum in Harlem’s longtime residency program has been pivotal to artists of color. Here, alumni look back on why it was so crucial to them.
• Pioneering U.S. Street Photography, With Vienna in the Background. Lisette Model’s candid and cruel portraits spawned an American genre. But the key to understanding her might lie in Europe, where she was born.
• 5 Apps That Will Make You Love Art Galleries. Craving an art fix but don’t know where to start? These new art influencers can help newbies and players navigate openings, events and listings.
• Wifredo Lam: Artist-Poet of Tropical Dreams and Sorrows. The great Cuban modernist, whose politics and Afro-Asian roots shaped his paintings and inspired generations of artists, gets a revelatory survey at MoMA.
• Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles Sets 2026 Opening Date. The 300,000-square-foot building will open Sept. 22 and showcase comic art, illustrations and more across 35 galleries. It began construction in 2018 but faced multiple delays.
• A Company Sold Investors $1 Billion in Art. Did it Paint Too Rosy a Picture? Masterworks offers average investors a chance to buy individual shares in paintings often only owned by the rich, but critics say its marketing can overstate the upside of investing in its art.
• Trump Cuts and Orders Have Broad Impact on American Museums, Report Finds. A survey of museum directors reveals the impact of federal cutbacks: reduced arts programs for rural areas, students and people who are elderly or disabled.
• Recently Ousted Director of Philadelphia Art Museum Sues Over Her Dismissal. Sasha Suda claims the museum did not have a valid reason for abruptly firing her last week from one of the most prominent jobs in the art world.
• Robert A.M. Stern Is Still Dreaming of a Fresh New York. The sharp-tongued architect and professor built Manhattan’s most luxurious towers, but his new book shuttles from Billionaire’s Row to the Bronx. (Plus, what he thinks of Rem and Zaha.)
• For the Children of Performa, the Sound of Art Is a Buzz and a Growl. An arts festival taps third- and fourth-graders to teach adults a thing or two about authenticity.

Dance

• Premieres at the Paul Taylor Dance Company Lose the Taylor Thread. As part of its Lincoln Center season, the company presented works by Lauren Lovette, Robert Battle and Hope Boykin.
• Review: Rennie Harris’s Jam Session of American Street Dance. At the Joyce Theater, “American Street Dancer” offers a history lesson in the form of a family’s house party.
• A Choreographer Steps Out of a Giant Shadow (Her Aunt’s). Ruth Childs, the niece of the renowned choreographer Lucinda Childs, got over being intimidated by her aunt’s achievements. Now, she debuts her own work in New York.
• The Subtle Superpower of Movement Directors. The way an actor physically inhabits a character? A model’s distinctive runway walk? Credit a movement director, who can make an ad, movie scene or fashion show feel intensely alive.

Music

• NBA YoungBoy, Rap’s Defining 2025 Superstar, Is Hiding in Plain Sight. Following three years of house arrest and a pardon from President Trump, the Baton Rouge, La., rapper recently completed one of the biggest tours in rap history.
• Bad Bunny Tops the Latin Grammys: 8 Key Moments From the Show. The multicultural awards ceremony hinted at rediscovered roots and ways forward as Karol G, Paloma Morphy and Liniker also earned big wins.
• 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now. Meredith Monk’s “Cellular Songs,” a Kurt Weill rarity and a new take on Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavier” are among the highlights.
• Coming to the Metropolitan Opera: Sting. After his musical “The Last Ship” failed on Broadway, Sting is bringing a revised version to the Met as the house looks for new sources of revenue.
• Hollywood Bowl Names Its Stage for John Williams. The celebrated venue dedicated its stage to the composer for “Star Wars,” “Jurassic Park” and other blockbusters, a first in the bowl’s 103 years.
• A Latin Grammys Primer in 11 Songs. Prepare for the big show on Thursday with tracks by nominated artists: Karol G, Sued Nunes, Ivan Cornejo and more.
• In This Rarely Seen Tchaikovsky Opera, Joan of Arc Speaks for Herself. The composer had grand hopes that “The Maid of Orleans,” with its battle scenes, rousing choruses and fiery finale, would be the making of him. It didn’t work out that way.
• A Shape-Shifting Hero for a ‘Third Culture’ Opera. Huang Ruo’s “The Monkey King” at San Francisco Opera transforms a classic Chinese tale into a reflection on identity, enlightenment and the creativity sparked when cultures entwine.
• The Volunteer Buglers Giving 24-Note Salutes. Thousands of musicians — civilians, veterans, teenagers, retirees — are playing taps at military funerals in a rebuke of technology.
• Rehab Program Could Trim Sean Combs’s Prison Sentence by a Year. A spokesman for the fallen music mogul, who is serving a four-year sentence for prostitution-related offenses at the Fort Dix prison complex in New Jersey, said he has been accepted to the program.
• Review: Hildegard of Bingen’s Extraordinary Life, on Operatic Scale. Sarah Kirkland Snider’s gorgeously mesmerizing first opera has both focus and a thematically expansive view of a moment in medieval history.
• How ‘The Disintegration Loops’ Saved William Basinski’s Life. The composer’s ambient masterwork, created from disintegrating magnetic tape, became synonymous with 9/11. When he made it, his own life was falling apart.
• 5 Takeaways From This Year’s Grammy Nominations. Breaking down the story lines to watch for the 2026 awards show, including big nominations for Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga.
• Rod Wave, Hip-Hop Artist, Arrested on Drug and Weapons Charges. The rapper, whose real name is Rodarius Green, was released on an $8,000 bond. His lawyers said he had been “unjustly profiled.”
• Outkast, the White Stripes and Cyndi Lauper Join the Rock Hall. Gen X celebrated its heroes at the ceremony, where Soundgarden and Salt-N-Pepa were honored alongside Chubby Checker, Bad Company, Joe Cocker and Warren Zevon.
• Review: A Conductor’s Twist on a Classic Speaks to Freedom Today. Raphaël Pichon led the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in a take on Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony that, with an added prelude, unfurled as a barrage of ideas.

Television

• Niecy Nash-Betts Saves It for the ‘All’s Fair’ Group Chat. “It’ll make you laugh, it’ll give you support, it’ll give you the tea, because sometimes you got to spill it,” the actress said.
• ‘Being Eddie’ Gives Murphy the Final Word on His Feud with ‘S.N.L.’ The comedian’s long-running feud with the late-night sketch show is a topic in the new Netflix documentary “Being Eddie.”
• What ‘The American Revolution’ Says About Our Cultural Battles. In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its timing feels urgent.
• Late Night Sifts Through 20,000 Emails of ‘Trump/Epstein Lore’ “The Daily Show” host Josh Johnson said the G.O.P.’s document release was no help to Trump: “They basically saw his grease fire and said, ‘Let us add some water.’”
• ‘The Beast in Me’ Review: On the Edge, Again, With Claire Danes. In a Netflix thriller, the “Homeland” star plays a writer with issues and an obnoxious, possibly sociopathic new neighbor.
• In ‘The Seduction,’ a ‘Dangerous Liaisons’ for This Moment. The French-language series from HBO Max focuses on the young Marquise de Merteuil — and on love, broken promises and manipulation.
• Claire Danes Is TV’s Avatar of Anxiety. From the teen angst of “My So-Called Life” to the midlife crisis of her new series, “The Beast in Me,” the actor has embodied the stresses of each stage of life.
• Josh Johnson Isn’t Sold on Trump’s 50-Year Mortgage Plan. “This seems like a bad idea. And if Black people could get loans, I’d be worried,” Johnson said on “The Daily Show.”
• Veterans Day TV: Divergent Stories From Forever Wars. “The Warfighters: Battle Stories” and “In Waves and Wars” explore veterans’ experiences from radically different points of view.
• ‘Squid Game’ Actor’s Sexual Misconduct Conviction Is Overturned. Oh Young-soo played a contestant in the first season of the Netflix drama. Prosecutors have a week to appeal to the country’s Supreme Court.
• Late Night Is Disappointed in Democrats Over Shutdown Deal. “Our long national nightmare is different,” Stephen Colbert said after some Democratic senators voted with Republicans to end the government shutdown.
• ‘The Beast in Me,’ Plus 5 Things to Watch on TV This Week. The new Netflix series starring Claire Danes airs, and ‘The Golden Bachelor’ wraps up.
• ‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap: Into the Woods. Hallorann has a terrifying vision. Gen. Shaw reconnects with an old friend.
• On ‘S.N.L.,’ Trump Sidesteps Calamities and Unconscious Visitor. Nikki Glaser hosted this “Saturday Night Live” episode, while Pete Davidson returned to update viewers on the boat he bought with Colin Jost.

Theater

• Lupita Nyong’o in ‘Twelfth Night,’ and More Theater to Stream. This month’s picks include a ravishing Nyong’o in the return of Shakespeare in the Park, and an audio play starring Liev Schreiber and Maggie Siff.
• ‘The Seat of Our Pants’ Review: Songs for the World’s End. Ruthie Ann Miles, Shuler Hensley and Micaela Diamond lead a dream-team cast in Ethan Lipton’s musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s “The Skin of Our Teeth.”
• ‘Oedipus’ Review: An Election-Night Thriller, Suffused With Dread. Mark Strong and Lesley Manville are superb as a doomed political power couple in Robert Icke’s adaptation of the Sophocles tragedy.
• ‘Archduke’ Review: Impressionable Young Men. Rajiv Joseph’s farcical play follows the nationalists who carried out the assassination that ignited World War I.
• Getting Into the Arena as ‘The Hunger Games’ Goes Live. At a specially built theater, the hit book and movie franchise has been transformed into a theatrical experience, with real fire and flying arrows.
• ‘The Baker’s Wife’ Review: Ariana DeBose Returns to New York Stage. The Oscar winner takes on a lovely yet tricky role in a Stephen Schwartz musical that never made it to Broadway back in 1976.
• The Stars of ‘Chess’ Know the Score. Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher took a break from navigating their onstage rivalries to engage in some (mostly) friendly competition.
• ‘Richard II’ Review: Michael Urie Is a Cynical, Comic Monarch. The inventive comic actor delivers a commanding performance in Shakespeare’s portrait of feckless leadership in a sleek Off Broadway adaptation.
• ‘The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire’ Review: The Pyre’s Afterglow. In Anne Washburn’s darkly enigmatic play, a countercultural community hides the death of one of its own. But why?
• In ‘The Queen of Versailles,’ Kristin Chenoweth Can’t Get Enough. Material excess can never be too excessive for the central character of this gilded Broadway musical, based on the 2012 film.

Books

• Feeling the Angst? These Nuns Have You Covered. (Not Like That.). The unlikely collaboration of two academics, “Convent Wisdom” provides unholy guidance by intertwining religious history with popular culture.
• Let Us Help You Find Your Next Book: Historical Fiction. Whether you're looking for a classic or the latest and greatest, start here.
• These Campus Romance Novels Will Make You Swoon. The explosive potential of those years makes every emotion more intense — and a perfect combo for rich storytelling.
• To Help SNAP Recipients, Bookstores Set Up as Food Banks. During the government shutdown, booksellers are collecting food for Americans who receive federal aid to buy groceries.
• Sarah Jessica Parker’s Year of Judging the Booker Prize. The actor had to read so many books (153) she bowed out of most family activities. Still, she said, collaborating to pick a winner was worth the sacrifice.
• ‘Flesh’ by David Szalay Wins 2025 Booker Prize. David Szalay became the first British Hungarian to win the prestigious Booker Prize for his novel “Flesh.”
• David Szalay’s ‘Flesh’ Wins 2025 Booker Prize. The rags-to-riches tale had already made fans of Zadie Smith and Dua Lipa. Roddy Doyle, who chaired the judging panel, called the book “singular” and “extraordinary.”

Book Review

• Around the World, From the Trenches to the Club, Youth Are in Revolt. In “The Fire,” the reporter Cecilia Sala travels to Iran, Ukraine and Afghanistan and follows her generation into the fray.
• James Baldwin’s Biographer on the Meaning of Love. In “Baldwin: A Love Story,” Nicholas Boggs focuses on the writer’s romantic relationships. In this episode he explains their importance to Baldwin’s life and work.
• The Building Blocks of Life Were Just the Beginning. In “Crick: A Mind in Motion,” the British biologist Matthew Cobb provides a biography both vivid and authoritative.
• The Loneliness of the Larger-Than-Life Black Athlete. In Derrick Barnes’s fantastical tale, a 13-year-old Black football star is idolized by his town’s mostly white inhabitants, until they turn on him.
• 8 Books We Love This Week. Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
• A Moving, Urgent Novel About … the Wind? Yes, the Wind. Sarah Hall’s inventive new novel spans centuries, showing how Britain’s famed Helm shaped people and how people are shaping it.
• No Lovers on These Covers: A New Look in Romance Publishing. Thanks to distinct design, fresh approaches to the genre and the if-you-know-you-know factor, 831 Stories is catching the eye of readers and investors.
• Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas. Our columnist on four new mysteries.
• Don’t Recommend a Book to Bryan Washington (Unless You’re a Bookseller). His new novel, “Palaver,” observes how an expat in Japan and his visiting mother find “a new language and way of being that’s amenable for them both.”
• A Cold Case and a Bold New Voice Fuel This Potent Novel. “The Slip,” by Lucas Schaefer, involves a missing teenager and a boxing gym full of Texans of all stripes.
• This Club Kid Knows How to Survive. The Better Question Is: How to Live? Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore’s new novel, “Terry Dactyl,” follows a young trans woman figuring out who she is throughout the AIDS crisis and Covid pandemic.
• Notes From a Young Mother, to the Daughter She Left Behind. In her vivid epistolary novel “The White Hot,” the Pulitzer-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes explores the long-tail legacy of maternal rage and regret.
• What Could Have Stopped Hitler — and Didn’t. In “Fateful Hours,” the road map to authoritarian disaster is laid out in gleamingly sinister detail by the German historian Volker Ullrich.
• What Happens When an Empire Falls? This Novel Has Some Ideas. George Packer, the author of multiple works on a divided America, tries his hand at dystopian allegory.
• She Was a Victim. She Became a Headline. Here, She’s a Person. In “Without Consent,” Sarah Weinman looks at a shocking 1978 case — and women’s ongoing struggle for justice.
• John Fetterman’s Memoir Is Unlike Any Politician’s Book You’ve Read. The senator from Pennsylvania chronicles his stroke, unlikely election victory and battle with depression. Just don’t expect him to try to win you over.
• Do You Know Where in the World These Books Are Set? Hitting the road for the holiday season is a tradition for many families. Try this short quiz on literary journeys and geography to test your memory — and maybe discover a new book to travel with along the way.
• American Literature Owes a Great Debt to This 20th-Century ‘Insider’ By championing now-essential writers like William Faulkner, Malcolm Cowley helped remake the U.S. literary canon.
• She Wanted a Good Death — Without Her Beloved Husband by Her Side. Ann Packer’s latest novel, “Some Bright Nowhere,” explores the unexpected rupture that a terminal cancer diagnosis causes in a long and happy marriage.
• Sylvia Plath Was Reading This Novel Before She Died. It’s Brilliant. Now unjustly overlooked, “The Ha-Ha” is the prizewinning first novel by Jennifer Dawson, an accomplished mid-20th-century chronicler of women and madness.
• Ken Burns Brings the War of Independence to the Unruly Present. In “The American Revolution,” an illustrated companion to a new documentary series, the conflict is global, gruesome and tearing us apart.
• Making Sense of Dollars and Cents. Learned, lively and often irreverent, David McWilliams’s “The History of Money” is rich with surprising details about currency, then and now.
• A Tale of Two Couples, and a Nation, Emerging From a Deep Freeze. Andrew Miller’s novel “The Land in Winter,” a finalist for the Booker Prize, observes a world on the brink of cultural change.

Movies

• Want to See ‘The Running Man’? Colman Domingo Is Hosting. While the Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated actor loves to put on a show, his role as Bobby T in this Stephen King adaptation is the first time he has played a showman in the movies.
• ‘Nouvelle Vague’: All the References Explained. The Netflix film about the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s French New Wave classic “Breathless” is chock-full of names with key roles in cinema history.
• Five International Movies to Stream Now. In this month’s picks, parents and children in India, Germany, Korea, Italy and Sudan grapple with the joys and perils of familial bonds.
• 11 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week. Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
• Today’s Top Directors Have Some Issues With Gen Z. “Eddington,” “One Battle After Another” and “After the Hunt” focus on young characters navigating the current political climate. The depictions aren’t always flattering.
• In Death, Poet Andrea Gibson Gets a Film That Celebrates Life. “Come See Me in the Good Light” follows the writer and their wife as they experienced the pain of cancer and also the joy of living.
• ‘Come See Me in the Good Light’: The Sweetness After a Terminal Diagnosis. The film chronicles the poet Andrea Gibson’s final year of living with cancer and trying to make every second count.
• ‘A Very Jonas Christmas Movie’ Review: O Come, All Ye Faithful. In their fan-oriented and self-mocking holiday comedy, the millennial boy band delivers pure festive sugar rush.
• ‘The Running Man’ Review: Glen Powell Plays for His Life. The actor stars as an Everyman battling it out in a near-future but familiarly dystopian America in the director Edgar Wright’s new version of the Stephen King novel.
• ‘Nouvelle Vague’ Review: Richard Linklater’s Ode to ‘Breathless’ The American director moves his sights to Paris in 1959, when a young, cocky Jean-Luc Godard is hustling to make his first (now legendary) movie.
• ‘Viridiana’ Was Luis Buñuel’s Revenge. The 1961 film, which was banned in Spain, has been restored and revived in a limited run at Film Forum.
• ‘The Things You Kill’ Review: A Tragedy Turns Surreal. A slippery Turkish-language feature takes its time revealing its mysteries.
• ‘Rebuilding’ Review: When Life Bucks You Off. In this gentle western, Josh O’Connor plays a cowboy who’s lost his ranch and sense of self to a wildfire.
• ‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ Review: Magic, the Gathering. The Horsemen return, with some new additions, and are off to right the world’s wrongs once more.
• ‘Keeper’ Review: You Can Get In, but You Can’t Get Out. This entertainingly loopy horror movie from Osgood Perkins is a cabin-in-the-woods chiller with a girl power spin.
• ‘King Ivory’ Review: Oklahoma Turns Gangland. A starry action-thriller with noble intentions fumbles the fentanyl epidemic.
• ‘The Carpenter’s Son’ Review: The First Temptation of Christ? In this horror movie drawn from the Apocrypha, a teen Jesus is both troubled and troubling to his parents. Then along comes a stranger with a serpent.
• ‘Bunny’ Review: Doing the Right Thing. Ben Jacobson’s caper set in an East Village tenement hinges on the camaraderie of neighbors and teems with energy.
• ‘Arco’ Review: A Technicolor Apocalypse. A boy empowered by a time-traveling cape crash-lands in 2075 in this inventive animated film that wrestles with the effects of climate change and technology.
• ‘Being Eddie’ Review: A King of Comedy Looks Back. A self-aware and soft-spoken Eddie Murphy plays docent to his own career in a new documentary.
• Pope Leo Shares His Favorite Movies Ahead of Vatican Event. The list leans heavily on uplifting classics.
• How Brawling Dramas Take the Fight to the Oscars. With their slow-mo punch sequences and actors’ body transformations, pugilistic films from “Rocky” to “Christy” have aimed for the academy’s approval.
• 65 Movies to See This Winter. An obsessed table-tennis player (“Marty Supreme”) and musicians in a Neil Diamond tribute band (“Song Sung Blue”) are among the season’s screen gifts.

Food

• Cacio e Pepe Green Beans. This cheesy, pleasantly piquant side takes a cue from the classic Roman pasta. Built for ease, this one-pan recipe calls to first sauté the green beans in a pan until glossy and coated in black pepper-infused olive oil.
• Cranberry Pudding. Think of this dessert as a more colorful, autumnal version of banana pudding. This pudding uses cranberries in place of bananas as its main flavor component. With layers of tart, silky cranberry curd, dollops of sweetened whipped cream and soft vanilla wafers tucked between, it’s a dessert to remember.
• Gnocchi Gratin. Gnocchi Parisienne is what the French call this speedy take on potato gratin, which uses store-bought potato gnocchi instead of sliced potatoes.
• How Should I Store Potatoes? They’re an anchor of the Thanksgiving table — here’s how to buy them, then keep them for as long as possible.
• These Spiced Cookies Are an Autumnal Twist on Malawian Flavors. Mbatata, a creamy variety of sweet potato, provides a comforting base for these perfectly dunkable treats.
• Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili, Hasselback Potato Gratin and a Lemony Kale Salad. Some reader (and staff) favorites from this week.
• These Tiramisù Are the Best Make-Ahead Thanksgiving Desserts. Cranberry, pumpkin and apple give the creamy no-bake classic a fall makeover with festive flavors.
• 18 Easy and Cheap Ground Beef Recipes That You’ll Make On Repeat. And you can substitute practically any ground meat.
• A First Look at the Fall’s Biggest Restaurant Openings. Scoring the season’s hardest reservations at Wild Cherry, Babbo and the Eighty Six.
• Experts Say SNAP’s Food Budget Doesn’t Match How People Actually Eat. The government shutdown caused a panic among recipients, but the monthly budgeting issues go back 50 years and may get worse.
• In Defense of Tofusgiving. A new vegan pie recipe and plenty of tofu-packed dishes for Thanksgiving.
• Restaurant Review: Korai Kitchen. Ligaya Mishan, a New York Times chief restaurant critic, visits Korai Kitchen in Jersey City. A restaurant where a mother-daughter duo roll out an incomparable Bangladeshi menu.
• Shrimp Aguachile. Aguachile, the bright and punchy seafood dish from coastal Sinaloa, Mexico, gets its name (which translates to “chile water”) from the vibrant blend of chiles, lime juice and salt that transform the sweet flesh of raw shrimp into tender, tart flavor bombs.
• A Simple Fish Dish to Ease You Into Winter. The fresh dill in the glaze adds a lifting dose of green, while the maple syrup nods to November.
• 26 Healthy, Delicious Thanksgiving Recipes That’ll Make You Feel Great. Olive oil mashed potatoes, baked apples and more lighter and brighter dishes for a balanced and vibrant feast.
• Nonalcoholic Negroni. It can be difficult to find a nonalcoholic version of the classic Negroni that captures the complex flavor notes without involving the use of pricy nonalcoholic spirits.
• Marshmallows Belong on Sweet Potato Casseroles. And I won’t hear otherwise.
• Stir and Shovel and Feel Utterly Satisfied. My new recipe for dan dan noodles is exactly what a cold weeknight needs.
• Crispy Coconut Tempeh. This plant-based spin on coconut shrimp uses crumbled tempeh instead of shrimp.
• New York City Councilman Chi Ossé Hates a ‘Surprise Egg’ The native New Yorker and representative for Bedford-Stuyvesant and northern Crown Heights takes on the Where to Eat Questionnaire.
• A New Jewel Box for Vegetarian Kaiseki. Rei opens in Soho with a vegetable-centered set menu, family friendly Italian in Dumbo, Brooklyn, and more restaurant news.
• Helpful Hamburger Soup. Ground beef joins forces with frozen vegetables and kitchen staples (celery, potatoes and that half-can of tomato paste) to make an easy and economical dinner.
• Creamy Butternut Squash Noodle Soup; Shrimp and Bacon Burritas. This week’s batch of fast weeknight dinners is hearty, not heavy.
• In the East Village, a Vietnamese Newcomer With Street-Food Fireworks. Bánh Anh Em, in the East Village, sizzles with scrappy, ad-hoc cooking that shows off the full fervor of the cuisine.
• These Dan Dan Noodles Are the Weeknight Meal of Your Dreams. This warming bowl of saucy noodles is as easy to pull together as any quick pasta dish.
• Za’atar and Labneh Spaghetti. In this spaghetti with za’atar, creamy labneh produces a pasta dish with the texture of an Alfredo, but with a bright tang that brings levity.
• 24 Thanksgiving Potato Recipes Our Readers Love. Mashed potatoes, potato gratin, roasted potatoes: The potato, in all its forms, is the real M.V.P. of your holiday table.
• A Sheet-Pan Supper to Take You Places. Yewande Komolafe’s harissa shrimp with greens and feta is full of color, texture and tang, ready to brighten the dullest weeknight.
• In Padma Lakshmi’s Kitchen, the Key Ingredient Is Immigration. The TV chef discusses her new cookbook, “Padma’s All American,” which sees immigrants at the heart of the nation’s cuisine.
• Old-Fashioned Beef Stew Never Gets Old. Five stars and over 27,000 reviews later, Molly O’Neill’s classic recipe still soothes, charms and comforts.
• How to Get Your Greens All Season Long. Our five-ingredient lemon-garlic kale salad complements almost any main (and, with five stars and over 9,000 reviews, is sure to get you compliments).
• Thanksgiving dessert for all! Pumpkin spice honeycomb cake, cranberry curd tart and more of my favorite gluten-free and vegan bakes.

Wine, Beer & Cocktails

• 20 Wines for the Thanksgiving Table. Picking beverages is the easy part. These bottles, from $16 to $40, are all versatile, lively and will pair easily with whatever is on the menu.
• Cognac Struggles to Make a Lasting Impression. For years, producers have turned to celebrity endorsements to make inroads in the American market. But as sales lag, it’s not enough.

Style

• ‘Dystopian’: Skin Care for 4-Year-Olds Gets an Icy Reception. Nearly two years after “Sephora tweens” made headlines, some companies are eyeing an even younger demographic.
• ‘Buy Nothing’ Was Their Everything. Then Came the Trademark Troubles. For years, the freewheeling virtual community — where neighbors share free goods — has been roiled by battles over the use of its name. A government shutdown made things worse.
• Want a Drone Show for Your Wedding? Here’s What it Really Takes. Sally French, a longtime observer of the drone industry, shares some advice for couples looking for a dramatic and eco-friendly send-off.
• The Mystery Behind Zosia Mamet’s Ring. Before the actress and writer’s grandmother passed away, she wanted to find her canary diamond ring.
• Like Goop, but for Dogs. A line of upscale pet products from Lil Luv Dog is marketed like a beauty and lifestyle brand, is human-grade in quality, and is priced to match.
• Olivia Nuzzi Did It All for Love. The former political journalist has written a combustive portrait of America, President Trump and the scandal with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that upended her career.
• Confused by the iPhone Pocket? That’s by Design. Decades after their founders connected, Apple and Issey Miyake released a collection of phone pouches that have some people baffled. They hope it will inspire creativity.
• The Designer Winning Over the Fashion Elite. Winning back-to-back awards, Ashlynn Park might be the buzziest rising star in American fashion. Plus, new winter coats, pajamas and stores.
• For Two Homebodies, Marriage is Cozy and Safe. Danielle Duseau and Casey Lyons like feeling secure, so ten months into dating, inspired by a favorite singer, they decided to lock it down.
• They Almost Gave Up on Love — Until a Matchmaker Stepped In. When Emily Rothstein and Daniel Loeterman first met four years ago, their attraction was instant.
• Switching Gears to Slow and Steady. Matthew Maggiacomo attracted many fans with his high-energy Peloton classes, but preferred a slower-paced relationship after meeting Evan Feeley.
• The Sexting Seniors of Assisted Living. My mother was 83. Her boyfriend was 87. They were having the time of their lives.
• For Some, ‘the New American Dream Is to Leave’ An online debate began when a European man lampooned the concept of American culture. Then a lot of Americans began agreeing with him.
• Inside an After-Hours Film Bash for Sofia Coppola. The Museum of Modern Art’s annual film gala honored the writer and director, attracting a crowd that included Olivia Wilde, Bill Murray and David Letterman.
• Tiny Love Stories: ‘Ted and I Are Implausible Friends’ Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
• The Acne Evangelists. A new clinic aims to make skin-care treatments as easy as getting a Drybar blowout.
• Can I Tell My Father That I’m Too Grief-Stricken to Attend His Wedding? Still mourning the deaths of her mother and stepmother, a reader is unsure whether she would be able to maintain composure during her father’s third wedding ceremony.
• Michelle Obama’s New Book Is a Historical Document Dressed Up as a Coffee-Table Tome. “The Look” should be studied by generations to come, not because of what it reveals about fashion, but politics.
• Jack Schlossberg, Social Media Provocateur, Gives Politics a Try. As he prepares a Congressional run, J.F.K.’s grandson admits, “I’m not for everybody.”
• Wrapped in Hermès and a Houndstooth Jacket. Channeling British style and that of ladies who lunch.
• Cracking Down on What Can Be Called Kente Cloth. As the vibrantly patterned kente travels out of Africa, a new designation aims to protect its ties to Ghana, where the cloth originated.
• These Sheep Have a Statement to Make. How fashion connected a designer, a farmer, Grindr and a herd of male-oriented rams.
• Farmer Rescues ‘Gay Sheep,’ Creates Rainbow Wool. A German sheep farmer and a Los Angeles fashion designer have collaborated to produce a knitwear collection made from the wool of sheep that have been saved from the slaughterhouse.
• A Political Litmus Test: Can You Hang With the Boys? Zohran Mamdani navigated a media landscape similar to the one that helped Trump win over young men.
• A ‘Missing Piece’ of Harlem Returns, With a Bash. The Studio Museum welcomed artists from all of its eras to celebrate its new space on West 125th Street.
• What’s With All the Retro Sneakers? Brands like Adidas and Nike are rereleasing and reimagining vintage silhouettes. Our critic tracks the trend and predicts what’s next.
• A Force Behind Megastars of the Moment. Timothée Chalamet, Charli XCX and Billie Eilish are among those who trust Aidan Zamiri, a director and photographer, with their images.
• She’s a Millennial Baroness, but There’s More to Her Story. Leonie von Ungern-Sternberg built a social media following by talking about her family’s history — both good and bad. Now she’s ready to talk about the rest of her life.
• Does Your House Need a Name? An increasing number of homeowners are naming their homes as a show of pride — or to make their guests feel as if they’re at a hotel.
• Winter Is Coming … and So Are Medieval-Inspired Weddings. From flowing capes and chainmail tunics to banquet-style dining and moody, medieval tablescapes, couples are embracing a regal, “Game of Thrones”-inspired aesthetic for their winter nuptials

Love

• Where Does One Go on a First Date With the Mayor? Matched by a “modern day yenta,” Melissa Blaustein, who is now a member of Sausalito’s City Council, quickly connected with David Saxe, a real estate investor who became “the Doug Emhoff of Sausalito.”

Magazine

• Tina Brown Thinks the Über-Rich Have It Coming. The longtime editor and chronicler of the elite says she’s liberated and is letting it rip.
• Can You Use Holiday Tea Towels for Normal Towel Stuff? A ruling on a kitchen-décor dispute.
• The Next Privacy Battleground Is Inside Your Brain. As neural implant technology and A.I. advance at breakneck speeds, do we need a new set of rights to protect our most intimate data — our minds?
• These Pumpkin Mini Muffins Are the Perfect Fall Breakfast. Adapted from a school kitchen, they’re all comfort.
• What to Know About Teen Sexual Development and S.S.R.I.s. There is basically no research that looks at the impact of antidepressants on emerging sexuality. Here are the key things we do know.
• The N.B.A.’s TV Broadcasts Have Lost Their Spark. Can We Learn to Love Them Again? Pro basketball has returned to NBC, its home during the glory days of the 1990s. But the sport and its audience have changed.
• More Teens Are Taking Antidepressants. It Could Disrupt Their Sex Lives for Years. Research on adults who take S.S.R.I.s shows they tamp down sexual desire. Why aren’t we studying what that could mean for adolescents who take them?
• Dying Shopping Malls Are the Roman Ruins of Our Civilization. Big-box stores are beautiful once they have nothing to sell.
• Why Screaming Is All the Rage. It’s a practice with roots in Greek tragedy, which has a lot to teach us about the power — and limits — of raised voices.

Magazine Newsletter

• An Acquaintance Might Be a Racist. Do I Need to Drop Him? I included him in an Instagram story before I knew. Should I have deleted it?
• My Kids Are Becoming Adults. Can I Stop Hiding What I Think About Their Father? This man has financially abused me and done everything in his power to undermine my career and my well-being.

T Magazine

• Want to Buy a Work of Art at Auction? Here’s What to Know. A step-by-step guide to navigating this oft-misunderstood part of the market, with tips on getting what you want without experiencing buyer’s remorse.
• How to Treat Hyperpigmentation. Expert advice from a dermatologist, an aesthetician and a beauty influencer.
• You Can Put Soy Sauce on Everything — Even Dessert. Plus: sparkly botanical brooches, a new look for an iconic Tokyo hotel and more from T Magazine’s cultural compendium.
• A Watch That Uses a Rediscovered Motif. This Vacheron Constantin moon phase watch reflects the brand’s astronomical history.
• What Do Artists Bring to a Potluck? In her SoHo loft, Joan Jonas hosted a dinner celebrating the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ turn to public programming.
• An Upstate Home Designed to House Artistic Obsessions. In renovating his Sullivan County, N.Y., retreat — once a dilapidated boardinghouse — a stylist’s goal was to reveal rather than remake.
• A Set Designer’s Essential Gear. Stefan Beckman unpacks the tools of his trade, including a staple gun, a 1970s-style tape dispenser and a Pantone-esque color fan.
• Watch Lesley Manville and Mark Strong of Broadway’s ‘Oedipus’ Go Head-to-Head. As the show opens in New York, its stars took their places amid the desks of T Magazine to deliver a pivotal scene.
• Live From the 10th Floor | A Scene From “Oedipus” The actors Lesley Manville and Mark Strong perform a scene from the Broadway production of “Oedipus” in T Magazine’s office.
• What Do You Get the Person Who Hates Gifts? We asked readers for their toughest holiday quandaries. Here are our suggestions.
• Fashion to Wear on Your Boldest Adventures. Clothes with extreme proportions and surreal silhouettes can’t help but make a statement.
• We Could All Use a Little Vanity (Case). Whether designed for travel or everyday wear, structured, vintage-style handle top bags look new again.
• Magazine Covers Good Enough to Eat. For this month’s feature on pastries, T commissioned three artists to make original works. Here, they share their inspirations.
• Four Bakery-Worthy Desserts to Make at Home. To accompany our feature on pastries, we asked chefs to share their recipes for favorite treats that, together, amount to a culinary trip around the world.
• We’ve Entered a New Era of Vietnamese Baking. The country’s signature desserts meld Southeast Asian flavors with French colonial influences. Now the next generation of diasporic chefs is adding its imprint.
• For Some Nuns, Baking Is an Act of Devotion. In convents across Spain, the tradition of selling sweets is alive and well.
• The Apples Are Not What They Seem. A French tradition since at least the 14th century, trompe l’oeil sweets are especially well suited to our social media age.
• The Infinite Varieties of Baklava. A favorite of 16th-century sultans, the syrup-soaked and oft-reinvented sweet is still beloved by Turkish diners today.
• A Crescent-Shaped Dessert That’s a Symbol of Hospitality. Kaab el ghazal, which are stuffed with almond paste, are one of Morocco’s most iconic pastries.
• In Mexico, Nothing Says ‘Good Morning’ Like a Concha. Chefs are elevating what’s long been a basic street cart breakfast with novel flavors and updated ingredients.
• With Their Egg Tarts, Hong Kong’s Cha Chaan Tengs Offer Nostalgic Joy. The much-loved treat has become synonymous with the city’s vanishing all-day diners.
• The Frankenpastry Lives! Surrounded by a wealth of global cuisines, New York bakers are dreaming up ever-wilder confectionary combinations.
• What Makes Danish Baking So Special? How a Viennese layering technique, combined with a New Nordic approach to ingredients, came to define the country’s pastries.
• Why Eating a Pastry Is One of Our First True Loves. The sheer pleasure of baked goods is always transportive.

Travel

• White House Scraps Cash Payments for Delayed or Canceled Flights. A Biden-era rule, now halted, would have forced airlines to pay passengers up to $775 in cash for significant flight disruptions.
• What’s a Digital Passport and How Does It Work? Apple joined Google this week in allowing travelers to add their passports to their cellphone “wallets.” As the holiday travel season nears, here’s what you need to know.
• 36 Hours on Cozumel, Mexico. Swim above car-size spotted eagle rays, stroll a wild coast and explore milleniums-old Mayan ruins.
• The Thai Island Escape That’s an Antidote to ‘White Lotus’ Frenzy. While crowds flock to Koh Samui with its five-star resorts and thong-thronged beaches, Koh Lan, within two hours of Bangkok, offers an alternative.
• All the Canals and Charm of Amsterdam. None of the Crowds. Leiden, a city whose university is often called the Oxford of the Netherlands, features museums, gardens, murals and plenty of ways to stretch your mind.
• Who Didn’t Suffer During the Shutdown? People Flying Private. As the government’s closure drags on, commercial airline passengers are suffering. But private aviation is doing banner business.
• 4 Luxurious New Zealand Lodges Where the Scenery Is the Star. Spread out along the road between Christchurch and Queenstown, lodge hotels, many in remote spots, offer luxury with a sense of place.
• Dear Sonder Guest, Your Hotel Is Closed. Sonder, a short-term rental and boutique hotel company that had a licensing deal with Marriott, abruptly went out of business, stranding guests worldwide.
• 6 Floating Hotels Where Gentle Waves Will Rock You to Sleep. Leave your worries on the shore at resorts in places like an azure Caribbean bay, a crystal-clear Cambodian river and a pristine Thai lake.

Real Estate

• My Landlord Is Trying to Cheat Me on a Lease Renewal. Owners of rent-stabilized units must follow the law when offering lease renewals.
• $1.3 Million Homes in Spain’s Basque Country. Buyers can find a classic apartment in Vitoria-Gasteiz, a San Sebastián unit in a belle epoque building, and a contemporary house on the city outskirts.
• Bishop Arts District, an Eclectic Dallas Enclave. Ten minutes from downtown Dallas, this walkable, picture-postcard neighborhood is in the midst of a development boom.
• New York Lacked an Affordable Housing Portal. So These Teenagers Made One. Two “children of the pandemic” did something the grown-ups who run the city have never managed to do.
• Brooklyn Investor Who Stole Homes Faces Years Behind Bars. Sanford Solny was sentenced to up to seven years in prison for a deed-theft scheme that preyed on distressed homeowners from minority communities.
• For Their Retirement Home, a South Florida Couple Tried to Upsize Rather Than Downsize . Craving a larger home that could accommodate their blended family, a couple toured a popular condo community in Boca Raton, Fla., in search of a three-bedroom.
• Homes for Sale in Manhattan and Brooklyn. This week’s properties are in Hell’s Kitchen, Lenox Hill and Park Slope.
• Homes for Sale in New York and New Jersey. This week’s properties are a three-bedroom in Jericho and a five-bedroom in River Vale.
• Here’s Where You Can Spend Less Than $1,000 on Rent. Rent increases have outpaced wage growth, but there are pockets of affordability among the largest U.S. metro areas.
• $1.2 Million Homes in New York, Rhode Island and Idaho. A Queen Anne Revival in Balmville, an 1890 house in Newport and a colonial revival in Boise
• French Chateau Moves In Next to English Tudors. Kevin and Leigh Misso, owners of a design and construction company, built a home in Alabama inspired by their travels.
• Bars, Restaurants and Buildings Take Karaoke Rooms to the Next Level. Karaoke spaces aim to lure people away from social media with crystal-embellished stages and, for the tone-deaf among us, auto-tune.
• $1.4 Million Homes in California. A Craftsman house in San Rafael, a midcentury modern home in Rancho Mirage and a Spanish-style house in Los Angeles.
• Can Soccer Stadiums Revitalize American Cities? A wave of small and midsize cities are betting on stadiums anchoring mixed-use development as engines of growth. But those ambitions often fade once the games start.

Health

• F.D.A. Sharply Limits Use of Drug Linked to Two Teen Deaths. A gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy caused complications to the liver, prompting a review of its use for younger patients.
• Judge to Approve Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy, Releasing Billions for Opioid Plaintiffs. Under the plan, the company will dissolve and its owners, members of the Sackler family, will pay as much as $7 billion of their personal fortune to states, localities, tribes and others harmed in the opioid crisis.
• Kennedy Walks a Tightrope on Trump Deal for Obesity Drugs. The weight loss medicines are proving to be a test case for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, in straddling divisions between his supporters and the president.
• Infant Formula Company Tied to Botulism Outbreak Had Known Problems. A Pennsylvania plant run by the company, ByHeart, was shut down this year after inspectors found mold, a leaking roof and more than 2,500 dead insects in a food production area.
• Scientists Grow More Hopeful About Ending a Global Organ Shortage. At an international conference, researchers at the forefront of animal-human transplantation compared notes and allowed themselves the first real optimism in decades.
• Infant Formula Recall Expands as Botulism Outbreak Grows. Federal health officials said caregivers should stop using all ByHeart powdered formula products after 15 infants in 12 states were hospitalized.
• The Young Women Grappling With an ‘Old Man’s Disease’ Diagnosed with A.L.S., they traded stories, drank tequila and made grim jokes at a unique annual gathering on Cape Cod.
• F.D.A. Will Remove Black Box Warnings From Hormone Treatments for Menopause. The benefits of hormone replacement have been underappreciated, Dr. Marty Makary, the agency’s commissioner, said on Monday. Critics described evidence for the change as insufficient.
• Infant Formula Recalled Amid Botulism Investigation. Health agencies asked caregivers to stop using two batches of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula after they found an increase in cases of infant botulism.
• New Pill From Merck Could Slash Cholesterol Levels, Trials Show. The drug targets the PCSK9 protein, and could give millions of people a more affordable option to reduce their heart disease risk.

Well

• The Best Foods and Drinks for Constipation. It’s go time.
• What Are Clinical Trials, and How Do They Work? A New York Times health reporter explains what clinical trials are, why they are important and how they can help inform us.
• 4 Ways to Cut Back on Salt. About 90 percent of Americans eat too much. We asked experts how to consume less.
• Why the F.D.A.’s Latest Fluoride Move Has Doctors Worried. The agency announced new recommendations on fluoride supplements, a crucial tool for protecting children’s dental health.
• In West Virginia’s Maternity Deserts, a Midwife Fills a Void. Staysha Quentrill is part of a small group trying to revive Appalachia’s tradition of at-home midwifery — in a state where women drive hours for obstetric care.

Eat

• Ultraprocessed Foods Linked to Colorectal Cancer Risk in Women Under 50. The study’s findings track with recent research on the alarming rise of the cancer in younger adults.
• How Healthy Are Potatoes? Are they “empty carbs” to be avoided? Nutrition experts set the record straight.

Mind

• How to Protect Your Mental Health After a Job Loss. The emotional impact of unemployment can be profound, experts say — but speaking up about it and building a support system can help.

Move

• Do You Really Need to ‘Refuel’ During Exercise? Here’s what to consider about mid-workout energy gels and sports drinks.
• Is It a Bad Idea to Exercise Before Bed? Here’s how a nighttime workout can affect your sleep.

Times Insider

• For Parents of Children With Autism, There Are No Easy Answers. Two reporters wanted to witness firsthand how doctors and families navigate mixed messages and unproven claims.
• Lose Something? The Times Is at Your Service. The newspaper once helped people recover valuable possessions that had gone missing.
• Can You Stare at a Work of Art for 10 Minutes? A year and a half ago, a team of Times journalists had a simple ask: Look — really look — at a work of art for 10 minutes. The response has blown them away.

Corrections

• Corrections: Nov. 15, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: E. Lockhart Returns To Familiar Ground. Quotation of the Day for Saturday, November 15, 2025.
• Corrections: Nov. 14, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: Alaska Is on the Frontier With Voting by Phone. Quotation of the Day for Friday, November 14, 2025.
• Corrections: Nov. 13, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: Fighter of Bulls, and Mental Illness, Leaves Ring. Quotation of the Day for Thursday, November 13, 2025.
• Corrections: Nov. 12, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: Comet’s Close Encounter Takes Strange Turn to Alien Speculation. Quotation of the Day for Wednesday, November 12, 2025.
• Corrections: Nov. 11, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: The Volunteer Buglers Giving 24-Note Salutes. Quotation of the Day for Tuesday, November 11, 2025.
• Corrections: Nov. 8, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: New Chatbots, Forged in Bias, Tangle What Is Fact or Fiction. Quotation of the Day for November 10, 2025.
• No Corrections: Nov. 10, 2025. No corrections appeared in print on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: U.S. Is Accused of Bully Tactics on Climate Rule. Quotation of the Day for Sunday, November 8, 2025.
• Corrections: Nov. 9, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025.

The Learning Network

• Photo Essay Inspiration: How to Take Engaging Pictures of Your Hometown. If you’re thinking about entering our Local Lens teen photo essay contest, here’s what we’re looking for, and a few simple steps for how to do it yourself.
• Local Lens: A Photo Essay Contest for Exploring the Place Where You Live. Take six to eight photos that spotlight something interesting about your hometown — a group of people, an event, a place or a visual theme. Enter from Dec. 3, 2025, to Jan. 14, 2026.
• Could You Spend Three Hours Looking at Just One Work of Art? That’s an assignment a Harvard professor gives her students. Would you try it? If so, what artwork would you choose?
• Artificially Generated Slop. What do you think this image is communicating?
• Word of the Day: exalt. This word has appeared in 14 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• What’s Going On in This Graph? | Nov. 19, 2025. What do you notice about the most-watched nonsports entertainment programs on TV between 2013 and 2023?
• What’s Going On in This Picture? | Nov. 17, 2025. Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see.
• What Teenagers Are Saying About Their Fall Rituals and Traditions. Students react to articles about how we honor and celebrate the changing of the seasons.
• Science Practice | A Study on Color Perception. Is your red the same as my red? A study unveils what our brains knows about color.
• Would You Clone Your Pet? The former N.F.L. superstar Tom Brady recently announced that his dog Junie is a clone of his dead pit bull mix, Lua. What’s your reaction?
• Looking at a Watch. Tell us a story, real or made up, that is inspired by this image.
• Word of the Day: prudent. This word has appeared in 328 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• Do Technology Bans Work for Teenagers? More schools and governments are turning to bans of cellphones and social media to try to keep kids off screens. Do you think they help?
• Word of the Day: ascertain. This word has appeared in 100 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• Hairstyles. What do you think your hair says about you?
• Making Connections: ‘Fahrenheit 451’ and Today. How does the dystopian world of Ray Bradbury’s novel “Fahrenheit 451” compare with society today? Eighth graders use The New York Times to investigate.
• Weekly Student News Quiz: Elections, Shutdown, Slang. Have you been paying attention to current events recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right.
• Would You Ever Want to Run for Office? A teenager defeated his former high school government teacher in a Virginia county election last week. He wanted to help improve his community, especially for young people.
• Word of the Day: forensic. This word has appeared in 322 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

Gameplay

• Connections Companion No. 889. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1611. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 623. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025.
• Spelling Bee Forum. Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
• Twist Targets, Informally. Kyle Dolan goes for the gold with a challenging Saturday puzzle.
• Connections Companion No. 888. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 622. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1610. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025.
• Liner Notes. Malaika Handa’s grid is packed with lively entries.
• Wordle Review No. 1609. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, Nov. 14, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 621. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, Nov. 14, 2025.
• Connections Companion No. 887. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, Nov. 14, 2025.
• Two-Cent Pieces. Kyle Perkins makes his New York Times Crossword debut, and a love letter to readers.
• Wordle Review No. 1608. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025.
• Connections Companion No. 886. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 620. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025.
• Energize. Brad and Nicole Wiegmann offer us a wonderful Wednesday.
• Strands Sidekick No. 619. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1607. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025.
• Connections Companion No. 885. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025.
• Track Shape. Christina Iverson and Scott Hogan are especially articulate in this crossword puzzle.
• Puzzle Mania 2025: F.A.Q. Everything you need to know about this year’s special print puzzle section.
• Strands Sidekick No. 618. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1606. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025.
• Connections Companion No. 884. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025.
• Form a Clump. Zhouqin Burnikel takes a layered approach.
• Strands Sidekick No. 617. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Monday, Nov. 10, 2025.
• Wordle Review No. 1605. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Monday, Nov. 10, 2025.
• Connections Companion No. 883. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Monday, Nov. 10, 2025.
• Swing States. Amie Walker makes a Sunday debut puzzle for the left coast (the best coast?).

En español

• Palabra del día: ‘exalt’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en 14 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• Las variedades infinitas del baklava. Favorito de los sultanes del siglo XVI, este dulce empapado en almíbar aún tiene un lugar especial para los comensales turcos contemporáneos.
• Asia del sur en vilo. No se conocen vínculos entre dos atentados con bomba en India y Pakistán, pero se producen en un momento en el que las tensiones entre los países ya son elevadas.
• ¿Es malo hacer ejercicio antes de dormir? La ciencia dice que una rutina nocturna puede ayudarte a descansar si eliges bien la intensidad y el momento.
• Palabra del día: ‘prudent’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en 328 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• El trayecto de Corea del Sur hacia el poderío mundial de la belleza. Los productos de belleza coreanos, que antes eran un segmento de nicho, se han convertido en la corriente dominante en todo el mundo.
• Las mujeres poderosas de la derecha. Dos países del G7 ahora son dirigidos por mujeres, y ellas tienen algo en común.
• Estimado huésped de Sonder, su hotel ha cerrado. La empresa de hoteles boutique y alquileres a corto plazo con presencia en 40 ciudades del mundo y acuerdo con Marriot cerró operaciones. Los huéspedes se quejaron del abrupto final de sus vacaciones.
• Palabra del día: ‘ascertain’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en 100 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• ¿Por qué tanta tecnología parece inspirada en películas distópicas de ciencia ficción? La industria imita ideas de sátiras sombrías y relatos ‘cyberpunk’ como si fueran posibilidades emocionantes y no advertencias perturbadoras.
• ¿Qué tan saludables son las papas? No es el tubérculo; es cómo lo prepares.
• Palabra del día: ‘forensic’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en 322 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• Caminar podría reducir el riesgo de alzhéimer. Un nuevo estudio sugiere que el ejercicio puede ser especialmente beneficioso para las personas mayores con un riesgo más alto de padecer la enfermedad.
• 3 maneras fáciles de organizar tu casa antes de las fiestas. Ahora no es el momento de limpiar todos tus armarios, pero sí puedes aprovechar para despejar un poco de espacio en tu casa.

América Latina

• Ciudad de México ama la comida callejera. Sus alcantarillas sufren. La peor temporada de lluvias en décadas provocó inundaciones en gran parte de la ciudad. La grasa de sus numerosas taquerías, restaurantes y tianguis fue uno de los principales culpables.
• Gustavo Petro, el presidente rebelde dispuesto a confrontar a Trump. Para los admiradores del presidente de Colombia, su enfrentamiento con el presidente de EE. UU. es la mayor batalla de una cruzada añeja contra los poderosos. Para sus detractores, es una exhibición temeraria de ego.
• Un diseñador honra a una santa carpintera. Rodolfo Agrella fue encargado de honrar con su trabajo a la primera santa venezolana, la madre Carmen Rendiles, quien además de haber dedicado su vida a los pobres y los enfermos, fue una habilidosa carpintera.
• Una segunda niña muere en la ruta marítima de la ‘migración inversa’ Una colombiana de 3 años murió al naufragar una embarcación que transportaba migrantes de regreso a Sudamérica frente a la costa caribeña de Panamá, dijo un funcionario.
• Antes de Bad Bunny, el mundo tuvo a Juan Gabriel. El Divo de Juárez murió hace casi una década. Este fin de semana reunió a más de 170.000 admiradores en el Zócalo de Ciudad de México.
• Los rusos de la comunidad LGBTQ encuentran un refugio en Argentina. Argentina ha surgido como un refugio importante, aunque distante, para los rusos LGBTQ que huyen de la creciente represión antigay del presidente Vladimir Putin.
• ‘Ustedes son terroristas’: así pasaron 4 meses en una prisión de El Salvador algunos venezolanos. El Times entrevistó a decenas de migrantes enviados a una prisión de El Salvador por el gobierno de Trump. Describieron haber sido golpeados, agredidos sexualmente y llevados al borde del suicidio.

Ciencia y Tecnología

• El científico de Harvard, Kim Kardashian y el cometa que quizá no sea una nave extraterrestre. Los científicos que estudian los cometas están luchando por mantenerse al día con la especulación popular de que el objeto interestelar 3I/ATLAS fue enviado a nuestro sistema solar por una inteligencia extraterrestre.
• La misión más reciente de la NASA a Marte es inusual en varios aspectos. ESCAPADE, que se lanzó al espacio el jueves en un cohete de Blue Origin, rompe el molde de cómo suelen desarrollarse las misiones de ciencia planetaria.

Cultura

• Reseña de ‘The Carpenter’s Son’: el mito religioso convertido en terror de caricatura. Esta película de terror, con Nicolas Cage como José y FKA Twigs como María, no puede librarse de la tensión entre lo brutal e inquietante de la vida temprana de Jesús y lo blasfemo y un poco tonto de llevarla a una película de género.
• Grammy Latinos: 8 momentos clave del espectáculo. La ceremonia de entrega de los premios dejó ver el redescubrimiento de las raíces propias y el camino a seguir. Bad Bunny, Karol G y Liniker obtuvieron grandes victorias.
• Reseña del libro ‘Flesh’, de David Szalay: un hombre alienado e irresistible. En su nueva novela, el ganador del Premio Booker 2025 ofrece escenas descarnadas de una vida solitaria de ascenso social.
• El año de Sarah Jessica Parker como jurado del Premio Booker. La actriz tuvo que leer tantos libros (153) que se ausentó de casi todas sus actividades familiares. Aun así, dijo, valió la pena el sacrificio para ayudar en la elección del ganador.
• ‘Flesh’, de David Szalay, gana el Premio Booker 2025. La novela, un relato de superación de la pobreza a la riqueza, ya había ganado admiradores como Zadie Smith y Dua Lipa. Roddy Doyle, presidente del jurado, la definió como una obra “singular” y “extraordinaria”.
• En busca de la receta secreta de la mezcla de especias de mi familia. ¿Qué tan difícil podía ser? Una reportera descubrió la respuesta después de un año de pesquisas.
• ‘Lux’, de Rosalía, es operístico. ¿Pero es ópera? El nuevo álbum de esta estrella del pop español se anuncia como sinfónico y operístico. Su música toma prestado de ambas, sin comprometerse con ninguna.
• Cómo los memes de ‘The Office’ se convirtieron en el lenguaje de internet. Desde las personas que publican en las redes sociales hasta el presidente de la FCC, todos vivimos en el mundo de Michael Scott.
• ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ se vuelve a posponer: esto es lo que sabemos. El nuevo título de esta franquicia de acción, ambientado en una versión ficticia de Florida, ahora tiene programado salir a la venta en noviembre de 2026.
• La transformación de la Casa Blanca en Mar-a-Lago trastoca un ideal estadounidense. El presidente de EE. UU. aún no ha trazado un plan de diseño claro para la capital. Pero la demolición del ala este reveló su desdén por las tradiciones.
• Reseña de ‘Mátate, amor’: Jennifer Lawrence rompe los límites en su nuevo papel. La actriz ofrece una interpretación que define su carrera junto a Robert Pattinson en la nueva película de Lynne Ramsay.
• El Gran Museo de Egipto por fin está abre sus puertas. La exposición más esperada del museo son los 5500 objetos completos de la tumba del rey Tutankamón. Los egipcios dicen que ha llegado el momento de disfrutar de sus antigüedades más preciadas en casa.

Estados Unidos

• ¿Trump se está olvidando de ‘Estados Unidos primero’? El presidente Trump ha estado cenando con multimillonarios y se ha interesado mucho por las crisis en el mundo, lo que ha generado la percepción de que se está alejando de sus posturas más populistas.
• Los republicanos intentaron parar el escándalo Epstein. Pero lo avivaron. Una investigación de la Cámara de Representantes que el Partido Republicano ha intentado utilizar a favor del gobierno ha arrojado revelaciones que solo han avivado el escándalo sobre Epstein.
• El memorando que aprueba los ataques a embarcaciones estaría basado en afirmaciones de Trump. Los dichos sobre un memorando secreto del Departamento de Justicia ofrecen un atisbo a cómo los abogados del gobierno aprobaron el curso de acción deseado por el presidente.
• Después del distanciamiento de Trump, Epstein dijo que podría ‘acabar con él’ Por años, Jeffrey Epstein siguió los pasos del presidente en busca de información potencialmente perjudicial sobre él y sus negocios, según revela la correspondencia con sus asociados.
• Los obispos católicos censuran la ‘deportación masiva’ de migrantes en EE. UU. En un inusual comunicado, los clérigos enmarcaron la crisis migratoria en términos principalmente morales.
• Epstein y Trump: esto es lo que nos dicen los emails recién difundidos. Los demócratas del Comité de Supervisión de la Cámara difundieron mensajes que sugieren que Donald Trump sabía más sobre las actividades de Jeffrey Epstein de lo que ha admitido.
• El ‘penny’, la moneda de 1 centavo de dólar, muere a los 232 años. El largo declive del “penny” hacia la irrelevancia terminó el miércoles en Filadelfia, cuando se acuñaron los últimos ejemplares.
• 42 millones de personas están inscritas en el programa SNAP. ¿Quiénes son? Uno de cada ocho estadounidenses utilizan el programa SNAP para comprar alimentos. Con el cierre del gobierno surgieron preguntas sobre su funcionamiento.
• Epstein alegó en correos electrónicos que Trump ‘sabía lo de las chicas’ En un mensaje obtenido por el Congreso, el delincuente sexual convicto Jeffrey Epstein escribió que Donald Trump pasó horas en su casa con una de sus víctimas.
• ¿Y si la gran derrota de los demócratas en el cierre resulta ser una victoria? A pesar de que el partido se ha lamentado mucho de haber cedido ante los republicanos en el cierre del gobierno, algunos demócratas ven posibles ventajas en el resultado.
• Un portaaviones se desplaza al Caribe y EE. UU. aumenta su presencia militar cerca de Venezuela. Con el traslado del portaaviones estadounidense a aguas latinoamericanas se suman más de 15.000 efectivos militares, la mayor acumulación militar estadounidense en la región en décadas.
• Monitoreo de las temperaturas bajo cero en EE. UU. Consulta mapas detallados con el último pronóstico de temperaturas bajo cero en Estados Unidos.
• Cómo la caída de un dictador panameño influye en la política de Trump hacia Venezuela. Los paralelismos entre Manuel Noriega y Nicolás Maduro son cada vez más significativos y algunos funcionarios de Trump esperan que el presidente venezolano corra una suerte similar.
• Trump no ha tenido límites durante el cierre del gobierno. El presidente de EE. UU. presionó a los demócratas tomando medidas punitivas que ningún gobierno anterior había tomado nunca durante un cierre.
• Tras la victoria de Zohran Mandami, las rencillas democráticas se desvanecen, por ahora. En una reunión anual en San Juan, para la clase política de Nueva York, exenemigos del alcalde electo dejaron de lado sus diferencias.
• El acuerdo del Senado para poner fin al cierre del gobierno de EE. UU. en 6 puntos clave. Tras 40 días, un pequeño grupo de senadores demócratas se separó de su partido y votó con los republicanos a favor de una ley que pondría fin al cierre gubernamental más largo de la historia.
• Ha sido acusado de decenas de delitos. ¿Pero cómo se llama? Usó muchos nombres mientras entraba y salía de prisión. Será sentenciado en Queens por fraude de escrituras. Sin embargo, los investigadores aún desconocen su verdadera identidad.

Estilos de Vida

• Mi primer amor desapareció y luego volvió a aparecer. No es lo que crees. Había perdido la fe en el universo, hasta que apareció el fantasma de mi sonriente exnovio, que había fallecido.
• Cómo proteger tu salud mental después de quedarte sin trabajo. El impacto emocional del desempleo puede ser profundo, dicen los expertos, pero hablar de ello y crear un sistema de apoyo puede ayudar.
• 4 consejos para consumir menos sal. El exceso de sodio aumenta el riesgo de cardiopatías, problemas renales y muerte. La buena noticia es que puedes reeducar tu paladar para que pida menos sal.
• Guía de ciclismo en interiores para principiantes. Cuando hace demasiado frío para salir a la calle, puedes hacer un buen ejercicio cardiovascular en una bicicleta estática. Pero tienes que hacerlo correctamente.
• Michelle Obama escribió un documento histórico y lo disfrazó de libro decorativo. ‘The Look’ debería ser estudiado por las generaciones venideras, no por lo que dice sobre la moda, sino por lo que revela sobre la política.
• ¿Por qué están de moda las zapatillas retro? Marcas como Adidas y Nike están reeditando y reimaginando modelos vintage. Nuestra crítica sigue la tendencia y predice qué pasará después.
• 8 ejercicios para mejorar tu fuerza de agarre. Esta sencilla rutina puede facilitarte las tareas cotidianas, y puedes hacerla en tu escritorio.
• Las alergias otoñales están empeorando. El goteo nasal, la nariz tapada, la picazón de ojos y los estornudos no solo aparecen en primavera.
• Una nueva generación de ludópatas busca ayuda. El auge de las apuestas deportivas atrae a millones de hombres jóvenes. ¿Van los esfuerzos de recuperación un paso atrás?
• ¿Qué significa ‘6-7’? Los adolescentes no te lo van a decir. Es el truco más viejo del manual de un joven: di algo tonto, confunde a los adultos, repite.
• Los secretos de un ‘snack’ saludable. Estos consejos de expertos y recetas caseras (dulces incluidos) te ayudarán a satisfacer cualquier antojo.
• Un adolescente enamorado de un chatbot se suicidó. ¿Es posible responsabilizar a esta tecnología? Una mujer de Florida presentó una demanda contra una empresa de inteligencia artificial, alegando que su producto provocó la muerte de su hijo.

Mundo

• Jamaica se enfrenta a la falta de vivienda tras la destrucción del huracán Melissa. Dos semanas después del paso del huracán Melissa, las autoridades temen el enorme reto que les espera: qué ocurrirá con las miles de familias que el ciclón ha dejado sin hogar.
• De libros y hombres. Mi colega, el crítico literario Dwight Garner, nos habla de “Flesh”, la novela de David Szalay galardonada con el Premio Booker de este año.
• Una mezquita arde en Cisjordania en medio del auge de la violencia de colonos. Tras el ataque de 2023 contra Israel, la escalada de agresiones de colonos y las operaciones israelíes han desestabilizado la región y forzado el desplazamiento masivo de palestinos.
• Esta modesta selección de fútbol busca un sueño casi imposible: clasificar al Mundial. El equipo de las islas Feroe, un diminuto archipiélago en el Atlántico norte, no es la favorita. La mayoría de los jugadores se dedican a otra cosa. Y el año próximo, quieren jugar con los mejores del mundo.
• Un pescador colombiano murió en un ataque de EE. UU. Su familia quiere justicia. El caso ha generado una disputa en torno al despliegue militar estadounidense en el Caribe y la legalidad de los ataques realizados en aguas internacionales.
• Una serie de contratos millonarios ayudó a Pakistán a ganarse el favor de Trump. Como Pakistán ha contratado a grupos de cabildeo con estrechos vínculos con el presidente Trump, también ha recibido un trato arancelario favorable y un acceso único en Washington.
• Una reunión de la primera ministra a las 3 a. m. desata críticas en Japón. Sanae Takaichi suscitó reacciones negativas por obligar a su personal a laborar de madrugada en un país marcado por los estragos mortales del exceso de trabajo.
• Un robot humanoide ruso se cae de bruces en su publicitado debut. El robot, conocido como AIDOL, se tambaleó en el escenario durante una exhibición tecnológica en Moscú. Los organizadores achacaron el percance a problemas de calibración e iluminación.
• ‘Gandalf’, el agricultor de marihuana medicinal: ¿héroe o criminal? El proceso penal contra Paul Smith, en Nueva Zelanda, lo ha convertido en una figura emblemática entre los defensores del cannabis y los cientos de personas cuyo dolor se alivió gracias a su cultivo.
• Las explosiones en India y Pakistán ponen en vilo a la región. Las explosiones en las capitales de los dos países sucedieron solo con un día de diferencia y fueron casi idénticas en daños y repercusiones. En la región hay preocupación de que haya un intercambio de culpas que eleven las tensiones.
• Las purgas militares de Xi muestran la inquietud sobre las fuerzas nucleares de China. La reorganización del ejército chino se produce en un momento en que tanto Pekín como Washington están impulsando cambios importantes en las fuerzas militares de sus países, de diferentes maneras.
• Morante de la Puebla, afamado torero español, cuelga su capote. La atribulada estrella de la tauromaquia afirma que ha enfrentado a su último toro. Los aficionados apreciaron su talento, pero también su honestidad al abordar su lucha contra sus problemas de salud mental.
• ‘Me siento como en una pesadilla’: a bordo del primer vuelo de deportación de EE. UU. a Irán. Durante décadas, los iraníes que huían de la persecución hallaron protección en Estados Unidos. Eso cambió este otoño, cuando el gobierno de Trump llegó a un acuerdo con Teherán.
• Apestosa, esponjosa, enorme: así es la telaraña más grande del mundo. Una cueva oscura en los Balcanes alberga lo que, según los investigadores, es una singular obra de cooperación entre dos especies de araña habitualmente hostiles.
• Explosión en Nueva Delhi: la policía sospecha de terrorismo. El primer ministro indio, Narendra Modi, aseguró que “no se perdonará” a los responsables de la explosión en la que murieron al menos ocho personas cerca de una estación de metro.
• Los iraquíes votan por un nuevo Parlamento. Esto es lo que hay que saber. Irak está atrapado en el conflicto entre Washington y Teherán, ya que el gobierno de Trump insiste en que el gobierno iraquí desarme a las poderosas milicias respaldadas por Irán.
• La BBC bajo presión. El presidente Trump amenaza con demandar, y ése es solo uno de los problemas de la cadena.
• En los refugios antiaéreos de Helsinki, la gente juega, hace deporte y se divierte. Finlandia ha pasado décadas excavando cuevas en su lecho rocoso. Ahora, mientras Rusia se muestra amenazante, los finlandeses nerviosos quieren saber: “¿Dónde está mi refugio?”.
• El director del FBI habría hecho una promesa al jefe del MI5 que no cumplió. El episodio ha contribuido a aumentar la preocupación entre los aliados de los servicios de inteligencia de que Kash Patel, impetuoso y partidista, sea también impredecible e incluso poco fiable.
• Crisis en la BBC: esto es lo que hay que saber. La BBC está viviendo un momento de agitación tras la renuncia de dos altos ejecutivos a raíz de la filtración de un memorándum donde se insinuaba que la emisora editó de forma engañosa un discurso del presidente Trump.
• La búsqueda de China de conquistar el envejecimiento. Los laboratorios de longevidad, las “islas de la inmortalidad” y pastillas de semillas de uva forman parte del proyecto chino para vencer al envejecimiento.
• 2 altos cargos de la BBC dimiten por la edición de un documental sobre Trump. Las salidas se dieron tras un informe que sugería que la emisora había editado de forma engañosa un discurso que el presidente Trump dio antes de los disturbios del 6 de enero en el Capitolio.
• El mundo debate el clima… sin EE. UU. La cumbre climática anual de la ONU se realiza este año en Brasil y se distingue, sobre todo, por las ausencias en la lista de invitados.
• El supertifón Fung-wong golpea Filipinas días después del ciclón más reciente. Más de un millón de personas de 12 regiones fueron evacuadas preventivamente antes de que el ciclón Fung-wong tocara tierra el domingo. Se informó de al menos dos muertes.
• El turismo de las historias de crímenes reales llega a un pueblo en España. La atención mediática a un asesinato ocurrido hace décadas ha traído visitantes, y dolores de cabeza, a un pequeño pueblo en España que se volvió el destino preferido de los aficionados a los relatos de sucesos criminales.

Negocios

• Si la IA difama a alguien, ¿quién es el responsable? Nuevos casos judiciales tratan de definir el contenido creado por la inteligencia artificial como difamatorio, un concepto novedoso que ha intrigado a algunos expertos.
• Las restricciones aeroportuarias en EE. UU. pueden empeorar en los próximos días. El hecho de que los aviones vayan generalmente menos llenos a principios de noviembre ha contribuido a aliviar el impacto. Eso cambiará a medida que se acerque Acción de Gracias.

Opinión

• ¿Por qué Ghislaine Maxwell recibe tan buen trato en la cárcel? Quizá haya una explicación inocente para todos los privilegios que se le conceden, pero no se me ocurre ninguna.
• China parece fuerte, pero la vida en el país cuenta otra historia. La desesperación ante la disminución de las perspectivas económicas y personales ha creado una nación exteriormente fuerte, interiormente frágil.
• Los nuevos antisemitas son iguales a los de antes. El movimiento MAGA no es antisemita, pero muchas de sus convicciones básicas conducen hacia esa dirección.
• Soy psicoanalista. Esto es lo que nos está haciendo la tecnología. Nuestra adopción de la tecnología ha sido tan rápida que estamos perdiendo la capacidad de darnos cuenta qué se siente vivir de esta manera.
• Los demócratas tenían la ventaja con el cierre del gobierno ¿Por qué se rindieron? Si yo estuviera en el Senado, no habría votado a favor de este acuerdo. Los cierres son una oportunidad para argumentar, y el país estaba empezando a prestar atención.
• La IA se dirige hacia algo más sorprendente que la inteligencia. Al igual que nuestro concepto de inteligencia ha cambiado, a medida que interactuemos con una IA cada vez más sofisticada desarrollaremos una idea más inclusiva de la consciencia.

Tiempo y clima

• ¿Qué es el índice de sensación térmica? Es verdad que está frío afuera. ¿Pero cómo miden los meteorólogos el frío que hace?
• Después de la tormenta, Jamaica recurre a la energía solar. Las personas con paneles solares en su tejado recuperaron el suministro eléctrico casi de inmediato. “Todo mi barrio se beneficia”, dijo un residente.
• El dominio de China en tecnología verde trastorna la política climática mundial. En la cumbre del clima de este año, Estados Unidos está ausente y Europa tiene dificultades. Pero los países emergentes están adoptando las energías renovables gracias a un exceso de equipamiento barato.

Weather

• The Heaviest Rain Is Yet to Come for Southern Californians Facing a Very Wet Storm. An unusually powerful storm has prompted some evacuation orders before heavy rain on Saturday.
• Southern California Is Going to Get Heavy Rain. Just How Much Is Still Uncertain. Parts of Los Angeles County will be under evacuation warnings starting Thursday evening as a complex storm system moves in.
• ‘A Lot of Uncertainty’ Suddenly Surrounds a Storm Hitting California. The storm is expected to move quickly through Northern California by Thursday morning, but forecasters are concerned that it will stall in the southern part of the state.
• Heavy Dose of Wet Weather Expected to Soak California. Forecasters expect the rain to kick off in the north on Wednesday before moving south by Thursday. It brings a risk of flash flooding and landslides.
• Early Winter Storm Blasts the Midwest With Snow and Wind. More than 10 inches of snow was expected to fall in some areas south and west of Lake Michigan. The cold system was expected to move further east on Tuesday.
• Arctic Blast Is Sweeping East, Bringing First Snow of the Season. Temperatures 10 to 20 degrees below normal are expected to reach as deep as the South, forecasters said. Snow is likely in the Great Lakes, parts of the Northeast and the Appalachians.
• Heavy Rain Is Expected in California After Spell of Unusually Warm Weather. Areas across the state could record anywhere from one to five or more inches of rain. The Sierra will get some snow.