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Israel’s Plan to Back Gaza Militias Proves a Risky Gamble
Officials said Israel helped arm and back Yasser Abu Shabab’s Popular Forces, part of a strategy against Hamas, before a local clan killed him this week.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesThe Supreme Court Is Failing at Its Most Important Job
Until the court imposes limits, the administration will keep acting as if there are none.
New York Times Top StoriesPete Hegseth Is Ordering Executions at Sea
Did Pete Hegseth break the law after authorizing Venezuelan boat strikes? The Times Opinion editor, Kathleen Kingsbury, argues that there are multiple reasons the strikes were legally dubious.
New York Times Top StoriesRepublicans Are Quietly Pushing Back Against Trump
Will the president soon wish he hadn’t run for a second term?
New York Times Top StoriesDonate This Holiday Season: Hungry Kids Need Your Help
Share Our Strength takes on what both parties leave behind.
New York Times Top StoriesChina’s National Security Office in Hong Kong Summons Foreign Journalists
The authorities accused “some foreign media” of smearing the government’s response to a fire at a high-rise complex, saying: “Do not say you have not been warned.”
New York Times Top StoriesSweet Season
Rejoice: NYT Cooking’s holiday cookie extravaganza has returned.
New York Times Top StoriesBattlefield Picture Worsening for Ukraine as Trump Pushes Peace Plan
Russian forces have advanced on several fronts recently. President Vladimir V. Putin signaled after talks with U.S. officials that he was not budging from demands.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Know About Netflix’s $83 Billion Deal for Warner Bros. Discovery
The cash-and-stock deal would give the world’s largest paid streaming service expansive power over theater owners and entertainment-industry unions.
New York Times Top StoriesAngst Turns to Anger in Hollywood as Netflix Hooks Warner Bros.
Much of the entertainment capital fears that Netflix’s deal will lead to more job losses and theater closings and fewer boundary-pushing movies.
New York Times Top StoriesFrank Gehry’s Buildings Sound as Marvelous as They Look
Gehry, who died on Friday at 96, made an invaluable contribution to classical music by designing spaces with stunning acoustics.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Mayor-Elect of New Orleans Is Already Awash in Challenges
A month before taking office, Helena Moreno is steering the city through a budget crisis and a Border Patrol enforcement operation that has immigrants in hiding.
New York Times Top StoriesOne Step From Citizenship, Some Find It Alludes Their Grasp
Sweeping immigration changes by the Trump administration have resulted in the cancellation of naturalization ceremonies, the last step in the process of becoming a citizen.
New York Times Top StoriesAfrikaner Access Soars Amid Trump’s Policy Shift
The white descendants of Europeans who colonized the country are getting greater access to American officials this year, both in Washington and in Pretoria.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Accounts, Baby Bonds: Giving Directly to Kids Is an Idea Right and Left Could Love
Michael and Susan Dell’s $6.25 billion donation to child savings accounts fits a trend: giving with no strings attached. In some ways, it’s a bipartisan philosophy.
New York Times Top StoriesHave Trump’s Tariffs Gone as High as They Can Go? Business Hope So
A wave of companies are petitioning for exemptions from the Trump administration’s high levies on foreign-made goods, saying they are hurting business and raising prices.
New York Times Top StoriesInside the Yearslong Push to Bring the World Cup Final to New Jersey
Winning the right to host the world’s most popular sporting event took years of planning, countless Zoom calls and a bit of luck with a broken-down bus.
New York Times Top StoriesSurvivors of the Deadly Hong Kong Fire Are in Limbo
Hong Kong, with some of the world’s highest housing costs and inequality, must now figure out how to help thousands of residents who lost friends, family and homes.
New York Times Top StoriesChina’s Mad at Japan, and Pop Stars Are Paying for It
Beijing is curbing Japanese movies, music and art as it seeks to punish Tokyo for its support of Taiwan.
New York Times Top StoriesMan Accused of Setting Subway Rider on Fire Is Charged With Arson
The victim was sleeping on a train at Penn Station in Manhattan around 3 a.m. Monday when an 18-year-old man set him on fire, the police said.
New York Times Top StoriesHere’s How Trump Has Made It Harder for Migrants Seeking Asylum and Citizenship
In the wake of the National Guard shooting, the Trump administration has temporarily frozen major pathways for many migrants to obtain legal status in the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesSan Diego Agrees to Pay $30 Million to Family of Konoa Wilson, Teen Killed by Police
Konoa Wilson was 16 when he was fatally shot. The settlement, one of the largest in a police killing, surpasses the $27 million paid to the family of George Floyd.
New York Times Top StoriesBiden Says Republicans Aim to Turn L.G.B.T.Q. Identity Into ‘Something Scary’
The former president defended his support for transgender rights, a stance that has provoked second-guessing among some Democrats.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Has Congestion Pricing Changed Your Year?
The tolling program, decades in the making, has shown signs of being effective after a rocky rollout.
New York Times Top StoriesRunning Out of Time, Republicans in Congress Still Lack a Health Plan
Top Republicans have said they want to produce a proposal in short order to counter Democrats pressing for an extension of health care subsidies. They have not gotten far.
New York Times Top StoriesJustices to Review Trump’s Order Restricting Birthright Citizenship
Also, the celebrated architect Frank Gehry dies at 96. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
New York Times Top StoriesActually, the Supreme Court Has a Plan
We are seeing an intentional effort from justices to rebalance the separation of powers in the federal government.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Security Strategy Focuses on Profit, Not Spreading Democracy
President Trump’s new National Security Strategy describes a country that is focused on doing business and reducing migration while avoiding passing judgment on authoritarians.
New York Times Top StoriesFrank Gehry, the Disrupter, Opened Their Imaginations
Architects, artists, clients and partners assess his life and impact over eight decades.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Supreme Court, Once Wary of Partisan Gerrymandering, Goes All In
The court’s conservative majority said that Texas’ asserted political motives justified letting the state use voting maps meant to disadvantage Democrats in the midterms.