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  1. China Is Getting Much of What It Wants From the U.S., Including Chips

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 05:01:06 -0000

    For China, President Trump’s moves to loosen chip controls, soften U.S. rhetoric and stay silent on tensions with Japan amount to a rare string of strategic gains.
  2. Historic Shift Underway in China’s Economy as Investment Slump Deepens

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:02:27 -0000

    Investment in manufacturing, infrastructure and property is expected to fall this year, a remarkable turn for an economy whose growth reshaped the world.
  3. Republicans Defy Trump in Indiana, and Hundreds Quarantined in Measles Outbreak

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:00:08 -0000

    Plus, the Friday news quiz.
  4. Indiana Senate Republicans Reject Trump’s Redistricting Effort

    Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:40:18 -0000

    Republicans hold an overwhelming majority in the Indiana Senate, but more than a dozen of them defied the president’s wishes, voting against a map aimed at adding Republicans in Congress.
  5. Key Takeaways After Indiana Lawmakers Defy Trump’s Redistricting Push

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 03:01:11 -0000

    President Trump’s failure to ram through a Republican-friendly House map was a new sign that his iron grip on the party has slipped, and was likely to reverberate nationally.
  6. Republicans Undercut Johnson, Circumventing Him to Force Votes

    Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:24:19 -0000

    The speaker has repeatedly lost his grip on the House floor thanks to a once rare parliamentary maneuver that G.O.P. members are increasingly using to force action on legislation.
  7. U.S. Issues New Sanctions Targeting Maduro’s Family and the Oil Sector

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:38:33 -0000

    The United States is escalating its pressure campaign on Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, after seizing an oil tanker off the coast.
  8. Troops Involved in Boat Strikes Face a ‘Moral Injury’ Risk, Experts Say

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:02:01 -0000

    Troops who play a part in deadly missions that they see as wrong or unjustified may suffer deep psychological harm as a result, research has shown.
  9. What to Know About Trump’s Seizure of an Oil Tanker Near Venezuela

    Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:35:16 -0000

    The tanker was headed eastward and had recently carried Iranian oil. The seizure is an escalation in President Trump’s military pressure campaign against Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro.
  10. Trump Moves to Stop States From Regulating AI With a New Executive Order

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 04:56:05 -0000

    The order would create one federal regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
  11. Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class.

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:00:17 -0000

    When teachers do assign whole books, they often choose from a stagnant list of classics.
  12. Ukrainians, Worrying More About Power Cuts, See U.S. Peace Push as Just Noise

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:02:03 -0000

    Many understand the dance their leaders must perform to appease President Trump. But that doesn’t make them any less weary of the rounds and rounds of talks.
  13. How Power Cuts Are Affecting Ukrainians

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:01:44 -0000

    Russia has been targeting energy infrastructure in Ukraine, leaving multiple cities without electricity. Kim Barker, who’s been covering the war, gives us a glimpse into the daily life of Ukrainians living with power cuts.
  14. How Ukraine Has Responded to Trump’s Peace Plan and Russia’s Demands for Territory

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:22:08 -0000

    A Ukrainian peace plan, sent this week to Washington, pushes back against President Trump’s proposal that Ukraine give up more land for peace.
  15. Paramount Says Money Is No Object. Warner Bros. Isn’t Convinced.

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:19:49 -0000

    Larry Ellison is backstopping Paramount’s bid for Warner Brothers, but Warner Brothers is concerned that the billionaire has not provided a personal guarantee to pay.
  16. 100,000 in Washington State Ordered to Evacuate as Rivers Rise

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:37:07 -0000

    Days of heavy rain pushed waterways to record flood levels in a mountainous region north of Seattle. “Do not wait,” local officials warned residents, urging them to seek higher ground.
  17. Harold Hamm, Oklahoma Oil Tycoon, Allies With Trump to Reshape U.S. Energy

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:00:19 -0000

    Harold Hamm, an Oklahoma oil tycoon, has played a central role in reshaping energy policy by allying himself with President Trump.
  18. Soon He’ll Be Mayor Mamdani. To His Soccer Teammates, He Was Just Z.

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:24:33 -0000

    Zohran Mamdani isn’t just a superfan. Until recently, he was a key player on the Talking Headers, a rec-league team in Brooklyn.
  19. Thailand Says Trump Call About Cambodia Conflict Is Set for Friday

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:30:55 -0000

    President Trump’s planned intervention comes as the hostilities entered their fifth day and appeared to escalate, and while Thailand moves toward early elections.
  20. Review of Medical Cannabis Use Finds Little Evidence of Benefit

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:01:42 -0000

    Researchers found a chasm between the health reasons for which the public seeks out cannabis and what gold-standard science actually shows about its effectiveness.
  21. Our Book Critics on Their Year in Reading

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:00:23 -0000

    Alexandra Jacobs, Jennifer Szalai and Dwight Garner look back at the books that, as Jacobs writes, “bonked me on the head this year.”
  22. Does Paramount’s David Ellison Know What He’s Doing?

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:02:09 -0000

    David Ellison is cozying up to Trump in his effort to save Hollywood. It’s a risky strategy for our democracy.
  23. Why Is It So Hard to Build Big Things?

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:14:23 -0000

    Today we look at the state of American inertia.
  24. Jimmy Kimmel Takes a Swipe at Trump’s ‘Gold Card’

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 07:39:01 -0000

    The new visa for rich foreigners had Kimmel rethinking the Statue of Liberty’s inscription: “Never mind your poor and tired. Give us a million bucks — you’re in.”
  25. Reddit Sues Australian Government to Block Social Media Ban

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 07:15:23 -0000

    The company said the new law, which makes it illegal for children under 16 to have social media accounts, infringes on children’s rights.
  26. King Charles to Speak About His Cancer in Televised Message

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:38:15 -0000

    A video of the king discussing his “recovery journey” will air on Channel 4 on Friday as part of a national cancer awareness campaign in the U.K.
  27. D.L. Coburn, Playwright With a Solo Hit, ‘The Gin Game,’ Dies at 87

    Thu, 11 Dec 2025 22:03:04 -0000

    His two-character work won a Pulitzer Prize and had a long Broadway run, but he never replicated its success and struggled to get his later work staged.
  28. America’s Betting Craze Has Spread to Its News Networks

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    CNN and CNBC have partnered with Kalshi, a prediction market, encouraging their viewers to wager on current events in real time.
  29. Konrad Kay and Mickey Down, the Finance Bros Behind HBO’s “Industry”

    Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    Konrad Kay and Mickey Down failed as financiers—but they’re making a killing by depicting the profession on HBO.
  30. And Your Little Dog, Too, by David Sedaris

    Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    Two small dogs, both unleashed, rushed toward me, snarling, and one of them bit me on my left leg, just below the knee. It all happened within a second.
  31. How to Leave the U.S.A.

    Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    In the wake of President Trump’s reëlection, the number of aggrieved Americans seeking a new life abroad appears to be rising. The Netherlands offers one way out.
  32. Oliver Sacks Put Himself Into His Case Studies. What Was the Cost?

    Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    The scientist was famous for linking healing with storytelling. Sometimes that meant reshaping patients’ reality.
  33. Will Trump Torpedo North American Trade?

    Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    As a crucial negotiating deadline looms, envoys from three countries are scrambling to preserve a continent-wide economy.
  34. Is the Supreme Court Unsure About Birthright Citizenship?

    Mon, 08 Dec 2025 22:24:27 -0000

    Maybe the Justices simply want to reiterate what the Court has already said—or maybe not.
  35. The Trump Administration’s Chaos in the Caribbean

    Sun, 07 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    Pete Hegseth’s conduct is a case study in how the government’s growing sense of heedlessness and unaccountability is shaping disastrous policy.
  36. Mikie Sherrill Intends to Move Fast

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    Sherrill, the governor-elect of New Jersey, argues that if Democrats don’t learn to work at Donald Trump’s pace, “we’re going to get played.”
  37. The Legal Consequences of Pete Hegseth’s “Kill Them All” Order

    Mon, 01 Dec 2025 20:57:57 -0000

    A former military judge on the Trump Administration’s contradictory—and likely unlawful—justifications for its Caribbean bombing campaign.
  38. How M.B.S. Won Back Washington

    Tue, 18 Nov 2025 21:43:55 -0000

    After the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi leader became a pariah. He’s been slowly rehabilitated, and is now being celebrated in the Oval Office.
  39. How the Conflict in Sudan Became a Humanitarian Catastrophe

    Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    After a coup devolved into open warfare, countries across the region have pursued their own policy and commercial interests by backing one side or the other.
  40. What the Democrats’ Good Night Means for 2026 and Beyond

    Wed, 05 Nov 2025 19:05:20 -0000

    The senior elections analyst at RealClearPolitics on what the Party might’ve learned, and how the electorate is changing.
  41. Chris Paul Was Sent Home for Being Himself

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:26:11 -0000

    How the Clippers ruined the Hall of Fame point guard’s final season.
  42. If You Quit Social Media, Will You Read More Books?

    Tue, 09 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    Books are inefficient, and the internet is training us to expect optimized experiences.
  43. What Happens When an “Infinite-Money Machine” Unravels

    Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    After Michael Saylor’s software company Strategy stockpiled hundreds of thousands of bitcoins, he was hailed as an alchemist. Then things went awry.
  44. The Weird Spectacle of the World Cup Draw

    Sun, 07 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    At the event, the matchups seemed beside the point, eclipsed by FIFA’s bizarre Peace Prize ceremony for Donald Trump and other cringey moments.
  45. Going Nuclear Without Blowing Up

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    How Rafael Grossi risks his life tracking the world’s most dangerous material.
  46. The Curse of Trump 2.0

    Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:54:19 -0000

    What does it say that the President doesn’t even feel he needs to hide his most profane and radical views anymore?
  47. Building a State of Fear in “Extremist”

    Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    Alexander Molochnikov’s short film reinterprets an act of protest that called attention to the invasion of Ukraine, and led to the imprisonment of Sasha Skochilenko, a young Russian artist, in 2023.
  48. War Is Peace, the Dozing Don Edition

    Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:37:11 -0000

    The outcry grows over Trump’s undeclared war in the Caribbean.
  49. What America Can Learn from Its Largest Wildfire of the Year

    Wed, 03 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    When Dragon Bravo ignited, in Grand Canyon National Park, officials decided to let it burn. Then the fire spread out of control.
  50. The Dishonorable Strikes on Venezuelan Boats

    Tue, 02 Dec 2025 01:08:32 -0000

    New reporting suggests that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated multiple rules of war.
  51. What Can Economists Agree on These Days?

    Mon, 01 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    A new book, “The London Consensus,” offers a framework for rethinking economic policy in a fractured age of inequality, populism, and political crisis.
  52. The Undermining of the C.D.C.

    Sun, 30 Nov 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    The Department of Health and Human Services maintains that it is hewing to “gold standard, evidence-based science”—doublespeak that might unsettle Orwell.