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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.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesSharon Camp, Mother of the ‘Plan B’ Contraceptive Pill, Dies at 83
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.
New York Times Top StoriesA.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.
New York Times Top StoriesThe 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.
New York Times Top StoriesThe 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.
New York Times Top StoriesAn 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.
New York Times Top Stories‘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.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump 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.
New York Times Top StoriesRepublicans 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.
New York Times Top StoriesJohn Beam, 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.
New York Times Top StoriesFar 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.
New York Times Top StoriesJustice Dept. 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.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat 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.
New York Times Top StoriesCarney Accelerates Economic Plan for Canada to Rely Less on U.S. Amid Trade War
Prime Minister Mark Carney fast-tracked mines and other natural resource projects to the dismay of some Indigenous groups and many environmentalists.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Government Reopened
Also, Ukraine is facing a dilemma in Pokrovsk. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
New York Times Top StoriesJustice Dept. Joins Lawsuit to Challenge California’s New Redistricting Maps
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.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Officials Prepare Tariff Exemptions, Seeking 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.
New York Times Top StoriesMamdani 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.
New York Times Top StoriesSouthern California Is Forecast to Get Heavy Rain
Parts of Los Angeles County will be under evacuation warnings starting Thursday evening as a complex storm system moves in.
New York Times Top StoriesSome TSA Workers to Get $10,000 Bonus Checks 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.
New York Times Top StoriesOklahoma 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.
New York Times Top StoriesAn Alternative to 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.
New York Times Top StoriesBBC Apologizes to Trump Over Film Edit but Declines 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.”
New York Times Top StoriesTexas 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.
New York Times Top StoriesJim 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.”
New York Times Top StoriesHochul 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 York Times Top StoriesSNAP Benefits Are Resuming as Government Reopens After Shutdown
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.
New York Times Top StoriesInfant 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.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Strike Kills 4 on Boat Trump Says Was Smuggling Drugs
The strike in the Caribbean Sea brings the death toll in the Trump administration’s lethal campaign to 80 since early September.
New York Times Top StoriesIndiana 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.