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  1. C.I.A. Conducted Drone Strike on Port in Venezuela

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 04:10:07 -0000

    The attack last week, on a dock purportedly used for shipping narcotics, did not kill anyone, people briefed on the operation said. But it was the first known U.S. operation inside Venezuela.
  2. U.S. Kills 2 in Strike in Pacific, as Trump Pressures Venezuela

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 07:00:54 -0000

    The attack was the 30th announced by the U.S. military since early September. It came days after President Trump said the U.S. had struck a coastal site related to drugs and Venezuela.
  3. C.I.A. Strikes Inside Venezuela, and U.S. Tells U.N. Agencies to ‘Adapt, Shrink or Die’

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:00:08 -0000

    Plus, the mountain climbing brothers trying to rewrite the world’s maps.
  4. New Year’s Eve Concerts at Kennedy Center Are Canceled

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 04:30:46 -0000

    The jazz drummer Billy Hart said the decision was “evidently” connected to President Trump’s name being added to the arts center.
  5. Trump, Pressing Ahead on Ukraine-Russia Talks, Confronts Difficult Realities

    Mon, 29 Dec 2025 20:46:37 -0000

    The U.S.-led negotiations have made some progress, but still face fundamental challenges, including over security guarantees to counter future Russian aggression.
  6. With Artillery and Warships, China Practices Blockading Taiwan

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 07:45:31 -0000

    China flew bombers and fired long-range artillery during a second day of exercises designed to show its ability to claim the island-democracy by force.
  7. Yonaguni, the Japanese Island on the Front Lines of China’s Feud with Japan

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 05:00:11 -0000

    Yonaguni, a tiny Japanese island near Taiwan, is getting soldiers, radar and missiles. As China’s dispute with Tokyo escalates, some residents are worried.
  8. The Cover-Up: Inside the Plot to Conceal Assad’s Crimes

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:03:44 -0000

    Thousands of documents and interviews with Assad-era officials reveal how the regime worked to conceal evidence of its atrocities during the Syrian civil war.
  9. How the Assad Regime Covered Up Its Crimes: Key Takeaways

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:02:59 -0000

    We documented how the dictator Bashar al-Assad and his henchmen conspired to hide evidence of torture and deaths of detainees during Syria’s long civil war.
  10. Gone in 2025: A Yearlong Procession of Giants

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 07:17:00 -0000

    Marquee names all, they found international fame in the arts, politics, the sciences and beyond.
  11. George and Amal Clooney Become French Citizens

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:08:13 -0000

    Mr. Clooney, who owns a farmhouse in France, has said that living there enabled him and his wife, a human rights lawyer, to pursue a quieter existence with their children.
  12. Trump and Netanyahu Praise Each Other After Meeting, Despite Differences Over Gaza

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 03:54:21 -0000

    The American and Israeli leaders showed few signs of disagreement after meeting in Florida, giving no public indication of their growing strains over Gaza, Syria and other issues.
  13. Saudis Say Airstrike in Yemen Targeted Arms From U.A.E.

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:23:20 -0000

    The Saudi-led coalition said a strike on a port in southern Yemen was targeting weapons bound for a separatist group that is backed by the United Arab Emirates.
  14. Katherine Maher of NPR Has Come Out on Top Despite Battles With Trump and the CPB

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 10:00:09 -0000

    Katherine Maher has taken an unyielding approach to NPR’s biggest battles — which has sometimes put her at odds with her colleagues in public media.
  15. Mamdani Promised Universal Child Care. How Long Could It Take?

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:00:11 -0000

    Here is what to expect if you’re expecting relief from the soaring cost of day care in New York City.
  16. Mamdani Will Be Sworn In at Abandoned Subway Station Beneath City Hall

    Mon, 29 Dec 2025 21:29:56 -0000

    Hours before Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani holds an inauguration block party outside City Hall, he will officially become mayor in a small private ceremony.
  17. How a Research Trip to Antarctica Deals With Time Zones

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 03:20:17 -0000

    The clocks aboard our icebreaker will be changed several times en route to Antarctica. It’s one of many things that make the expedition feel otherworldly.
  18. Can a Corporation Be Complicit in War Crimes? Sweden Is Trying to Find Out.

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 10:02:10 -0000

    It’s Sweden’s longest criminal trial. I was there because of a different historic distinction.
  19. Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s First Female Prime Minister, Dies

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:11:54 -0000

    In office for three terms, she traded the country’s leadership with Sheikh Hasina, the head of another political dynasty, over decades. She was believed to be 80.
  20. K-Pop Group NewJeans Faces New Uncertainty After Member Is Dropped

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 10:29:35 -0000

    The band’s label said it had dropped one of the girl group’s five members. NewJeans’s legal battle has drawn public scrutiny of the K-pop industry.
  21. Did Starmer Impose a Curfew in the U.K.? No, It’s a Fake TikTok Video.

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 10:00:59 -0000

    A.I. has made it easy to put words in people’s mouths, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain has become a favorite target. The motive, experts say, is not political but financial.
  22. Hundreds Sue Virginia Hospital and Executives Over Unneeded Surgeries

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 02:48:48 -0000

    More than 500 women claimed that they had received unnecessary operations. Hospital leaders said they were not aware of a doctor’s misconduct.
  23. 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?
  24. How Willie Nelson Sees America

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

    On the road with the musician, his band, and his family.
  25. 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?
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. 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.
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. 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.
  33. 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.
  34. 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.
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. 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.
  38. 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.
  39. 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?
  40. 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.
  41. 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.
  42. 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.
  43. 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.
  44. 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.
  45. 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.
  46. 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.
  47. Want to Talk to Zohran Mamdani? Get in Line

    Mon, 15 Dec 2025 21:17:25 -0000

    The Mayor-elect dabbles in performance art at the Museum of the Moving Image, talking with everyday New Yorkers one on one.