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  1. These Inmates Died After Beatings by New York Prison Guards. No One Raised an Alarm.

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:00:11 -0000

    Two brutal killings, less than three months apart, in New York State’s prison system raised troubling questions: Had other inmates met similar fates?
  2. How Russia Is Brutalizing Its Own Soldiers, and More Than 5 Million Pages of Epstein Files

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 11:00:10 -0000

    Plus, the viral video that got the White House’s attention.
  3. 6 Takeaways on the Unwinding U.S.-Ukraine Alliance

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:16:56 -0000

    A Times investigation reveals the inside story of the Trump administration’s chaotic push for a peace deal and its erratic role in the war.
  4. Justice Dept. Is Now Said to Be Reviewing 5.2 Million Pages of Epstein Files

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:47:36 -0000

    The number represents a more precise, and potentially much larger, figure than earlier estimates. The department is seeking to enlist about 400 lawyers to help in the review.
  5. Even as Trump Targets Boats in Strikes, Coast Guard Continues Anti-Drug Operations

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:29:50 -0000

    Cutters are still stopping smugglers and seizing drugs, but the prosecutions of go-fast boat crews are dwindling in a realignment of federal resources.
  6. Justice Dept. Leaders Pushed to Charge Abrego Garcia, Emails Show

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:09:52 -0000

    The release of the emails raised serious questions about whether the Justice Department had misled a judge in telling him that local prosecutors had acted alone in charging Mr. Abrego Garcia.
  7. Will the A.I. Boom Continue to Drive Up Stocks in 2026?

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:05:56 -0000

    The boom in artificial intelligence was the biggest driver of gains in the stock market. That could pose a risk in 2026.
  8. The Top Movies of 2025, According to Times Readers: ‘Marty Supreme’ and More

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:02:07 -0000

    We asked you to vote on the best films of the year. The results ranged from big box office hits to small art-house indies.
  9. For Zohran Mamdani, a Crowning Moment, With Challenges Looming

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:00:38 -0000

    Mr. Mamdani will become mayor of New York City on Thursday, carrying the hopes of the left, Muslims and younger voters as he looks to improve affordability.
  10. Mamdani Chooses a Veteran N.Y.C. Education Leader as Schools Chancellor

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 03:00:09 -0000

    The selection of Kamar Samuels, who leads schools on the West Side of Manhattan, could help Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani craft his schools agenda.
  11. Mamdani Nominates Top City Lawyer and Deputy Mayor of Health

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 02:33:35 -0000

    The mayor-elect said the selections indicate his administration’s commitment to help New York City’s vulnerable residents.
  12. When the Best New Year’s Plans Are No New Year’s Plans

    Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:47:20 -0000

    Many opt out of the revelry, either as their own time-honored tradition or because of a different outlook this year.
  13. Tonight’s Ball Drop Is a Celebration of Both the New Year and Times History

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:00:38 -0000

    The New York Times started the tradition in 1907, and this year’s ball drop will be a reminder that The Times played a role in making New Year’s Eve what it is.
  14. New Year’s Eve Forecast Is Very Cold Across the U.S.

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:06:43 -0000

    Some of the season’s most frigid temperatures are expected this week.
  15. An Intense White House Response From a Single Viral Video

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:02:39 -0000

    A video purporting to expose extensive fraud at child care centers in Minnesota shows the relationship between the Trump administration and self-described citizen journalists.
  16. Health Dept. Pauses Child Care Funding to Minnesota, Citing State’s Fraud Scandal

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 01:59:19 -0000

    The pause affects a funding stream that provides $185 million in annual aid to the state’s day care centers, as federal investigations into fraud in Minnesota’s social services programs continue.
  17. Tatiana Schlossberg, Kennedy Daughter Who Wrote of Her Cancer, Dies at 35

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 05:20:55 -0000

    An environmental journalist and child of Caroline Kennedy, she wrote of her struggle with leukemia in The New Yorker in November, drawing worldwide sympathy.
  18. Tatiana Schlossberg Was a Kennedy, and a Rookie Reporter

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:06:50 -0000

    Tatiana Schlossberg, who died on Tuesday, was the granddaughter of John F. Kennedy. But as a journalist, her first editor remembers, she insisted on putting in the work.
  19. Iowa Democrat Wins State Senate Seat, Fending Off G.O.P. Supermajority

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 03:39:50 -0000

    By holding a left-leaning seat in suburban Des Moines, Democrats ensured that Republicans would not have a supermajority in the State Senate.
  20. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Former Colorado Senator, Dies at 92

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 03:52:36 -0000

    A Democrat turned Republican, he was the only Native American during three terms in the House of Representatives and in 12 years in the Senate. He was also a judo expert and an Olympian.
  21. The 2025 Politics Yearbook: Most Likely to Be Extreme and Chaotic

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:00:55 -0000

    How much more chaotic could a second Trump term be? 2025 did not disappoint.
  22. Trump Spent the Past Year Trying to Crush Dissent

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:57:49 -0000

    The next three years will require a vigilant defense of free speech and open debate.
  23. He Is Being Sued in the U.S. for Human Rights Abuses. He Could be Deported First.

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 13:42:25 -0000

    Rafael Quero Silva faces a lawsuit brought by five people who say he oversaw their abuse and mistreatment as a military officer in Venezuela. But he could be deported before the case is heard.
  24. From A.I. to Immigration, These New State Laws Will Take Effect in 2026

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:44:05 -0000

    States across the country have also passed new rules around cellphone usage for minors, medically assisted death and gender-related care.
  25. Jon Kyl, Former Arizona Senator, Says He Has Dementia

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 06:40:21 -0000

    The Republican served for almost three decades in Congress. He said he was withdrawing from public life after the diagnosis.
  26. Isiah Whitlock Jr., Scene-Stealing Character Actor in ‘The Wire,’ Dies at 71

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 03:26:52 -0000

    In one of his most enduring roles, he played a corrupt state senator known for his ability to fashion an expletive into an outstretched catchphrase.
  27. Donald Trump’s Golden Age of Awful

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:14:17 -0000

    A damage assessment of the President’s first year back in the White House.
  28. A Mexican Couple in California Plans to Self-Deport—and Leave Their Kids Behind

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    Can undocumented parents elude ICE capture for one more year, until their youngest turns eighteen?
  29. How Willie Nelson Sees America

    Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    On the road with the musician, his band, and his family.
  30. Dyslexia and the Reading Wars

    Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    Proven methods for teaching the readers who struggle most have been known for decades. Why do we often fail to use them?
  31. Why Millennials Love Prenups

    Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    Long the province of the ultra-wealthy, prenuptial agreements are being embraced by young people—including many who don’t have all that much to divvy up.
  32. A Reckoning for the Stalled Gaza Peace Plan

    Mon, 29 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    A meeting between Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump may determine whether the agreement advances—or hardens into a permanent order.
  33. Trump, Epstein, and the Women

    Tue, 23 Dec 2025 23:38:29 -0000

    The Epstein files are a vast trove of documents and will take time to absorb, but Trump made his attitude about women clear long ago.
  34. The Right Wing Rises in Latin America

    Tue, 23 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    The new President of Chile joins a new class of leaders trying to seize the future by rewriting the past.
  35. What Zohran Mamdani Is Up Against

    Sun, 21 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    When the thirty-four-year-old socialist is sworn in as mayor, he will have to navigate ICE raids, intransigent city power players, and twists of fate and nature.
  36. In the Wake of Australia’s Hanukkah Beach Massacre

    Mon, 15 Dec 2025 01:17:00 -0000

    A conversation about the country’s unique Jewish community and rising levels of antisemitism.
  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. Americans Won’t Ban Kids from Social Media. What Can We Do Instead?

    Tue, 23 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    Free-speech norms and powerful tech companies make legal restrictions unlikely—but social changes are already taking place.
  41. The Biggest Threat to the 2026 Economy Is Still Donald Trump

    Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    Many analysts are predicting an election-year upturn, but they aren’t accounting for the President’s ability to cause more chaos.
  42. Watching Philip Rivers Play Football Makes Me Feel Old

    Sun, 21 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    He and I are the same age, but only one of us is an N.F.L. quarterback.
  43. Bill Belichick’s Carolina Train Wreck

    Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    The legendary N.F.L. coach promised to turn U.N.C. into a football powerhouse. What went wrong?
  44. How Peter Navarro, Trump’s Tariff Cheerleader, Became the Ultimate Yes-Man

    Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    The tariff cheerleader established the template of sycophancy for Trump Administration officials.
  45. Trump Dishonors the Kennedy Center

    Sat, 20 Dec 2025 17:35:51 -0000

    A memorial to John F. Kennedy and his respect for the freedom of the arts has been renamed for a man with authoritarian instincts.
  46. Merry Christmas, America! The Checks Are in the Mail!

    Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:47:36 -0000

    On Donald Trump’s insaaaane holiday message to the nation.
  47. How America Gave China an Edge in Nuclear Power

    Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:26:06 -0000

    Though the two countries are now in a race to develop atomic technology, China’s most advanced reactor was the result of collaboration with American scientists.
  48. The Entire New Yorker Archive Is Now Fully Digitized

    Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    For the first time, every cover, article, and issue in the magazine’s hundred-year history can be enjoyed on newyorker.com.
  49. The Party Politics of Sovereign House

    Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:06:30 -0000

    Nick Allen’s venue in Dimes Square was a popular gathering spot for right-wing Zoomers. Now he’s opening a new club called Reign, an attempt to build a lasting cultural institution.
  50. Donald Trump’s Remarks on the Death of Rob Reiner Are Next-Level Degradation

    Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:28:21 -0000

    On a weekend of terrible violent events, you would not expect a President of the United States to make matters even worse. But, of course, he did.
  51. Five Things That Changed the Media in 2025

    Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    A.I., of course—but there were also other, less obvious stories and trends that are going to shape how we understand the news.