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Turning Point’s Annual Gathering Turns Into a Gripefest
At AmericaFest, conservative leaders insulted one another, revealing serious rifts over conspiracy theories, antisemitism and who belongs in America.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesEpstein Files Photos Disappear From Government Website, Including One of Trump
A total of 16 photos were taken down at some point on Saturday from the website that the Justice Department created. One featured an open drawer containing other photos, including at least one of President Trump.
New York Times Top StoriesEpstein and Maxwell Grand Jury Records Are Released
The transcripts and photos were part of Department of Justice files arising from investigations into the disgraced financier and his former girlfriend.
New York Times Top StoriesHow to Watch the Ursids Winter Solstice Meteor Shower
The Ursids this weekend are a winter solstice light show.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Coast Guard Boards Tanker Carrying Venezuelan Oil
The vessel, which was flying a Panamanian flag, was not on a list of tankers under U.S. sanctions.
New York Times Top StoriesBill Clinton Photos in Epstein Files Show He Can’t Escape Scandal
The Republican-led Justice Department’s release of photos of the former president with Jeffrey Epstein will introduce yet another generation to his flaws and controversies.
New York Times Top StoriesCynthia Lummis, a One-Term G.O.P. Senator, Will Not Seek Re-election
A conservative who has served in the Senate since 2021, Ms. Lummis attributed the decision to the “difficult, exhausting session” this fall on Capitol Hill.
New York Times Top StoriesWith Attacks on Oil Tankers, Ukraine Takes Aim at Russia’s War Financing
Strikes on four vessels signal that Kyiv is willing to expand the maritime theater of the conflict in an effort to crimp Moscow’s military funding.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy I Gave Up Holiday Hosting
I spent years dreaming of giving up, but figuring out how, when the role of host had calcified around me like plaster, seemed impossible.
New York Times Top StoriesMarco Rubio Is Winning the Trump Era
The secretary of state has somehow avoided becoming either a media fixation or a major player in the right’s unfolding psychodrama.
New York Times Top StoriesBowen Yang Is Leaving ‘S.N.L.’ After This Weekend’s Episode
Yang has been part of the NBC sketch show since 2018, earning five Emmy nominations.
New York Times Top StoriesConservative Leaders Can’t Ignore Candace Owens
The right mastered influencer politics. Now they’re tearing the movement apart.
New York Times Top StoriesFrom A.I. to Tariffs, 14 Charts That Explain 2025
President Trump’s trade policy, inflation and climbing stock prices shaped business and the economy this year.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Strikes on Syria Underscore Scale of Challenge for Its President
The Syrian government did not comment directly on the extensive American strikes targeting the Islamic State on Friday, but said it was intensifying its own efforts to fight the group.
New York Times Top StoriesClosing Arguments
Today, your highly personal, delightfully specific bests of 2025.
New York Times Top StoriesWas 2025 the End of ‘Teflon Trump’?
Jamelle Bouie, Michelle Cottle and David French convene to discuss the year that was.
New York Times Top StoriesThe A.I. Models Are Competing for Your Affection
Major A.I. companies are competing to give their models the most appealing personality.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Would Surprise Jesus About Christmas 2025?
An eminent New Testament scholar recounts what he says was the message of Jesus that transformed the West.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Pushes Asylum Seekers to Apply in Other Countries
In immigration courts, U.S. lawyers have filed thousands of requests to dismiss asylum cases and force people to pursue asylum elsewhere.
New York Times Top StoriesNuno Loureiro, Slain MIT Professor, Was a ‘Brilliant Scientist’
Nuno Loureiro, 47, was killed by an old classmate who was on the run from a shooting at Brown University, the authorities said.
New York Times Top StoriesKoch Political Operation Spent Nearly $550 Million During 2024 Cycle
The huge sum shows that while the Koch network may not hold significant power at high levels of the Republican Party, it remains a financial juggernaut.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Democrats Used One Word to Turn the Tide Against Trump
Both parties are now preparing for “affordability” to play a major role in the midterm elections next year. How did it emerge so quickly?
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Middle-Class Americans Say Life Is Unaffordable
Economists say that a typical middle-class family today is richer than one in the 1960s. Americans in their 20s and 30s don’t believe it.
New York Times Top StoriesDanica Troy’s Killing Rattles the Florida Panhandle
A body in the woods. A girl who had a crush on a boy. And a confession that led to the arrest of two teenagers on murder charges.
New York Times Top StoriesHow to Stop Supporting Your Adult Kids When You’re Retired
In trying to help grown children, parents can hurt their own retirement security. Here’s how to stop the flow of money.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. and Venezuela Jam Caribbean GPS Signals to Thwart Attacks, Raising Flight Hazard
Military brinkmanship between President Trump and Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has led to an increase in electronic warfare in the region.
New York Times Top StoriesHezbollah Is Down, but Not Out, as Lebanon Faces Pressure to Disarm It
The Lebanese militant group has resisted calls to lay down all its arms, risking a return to war with Israel.
New York Times Top Stories‘Where’s the Humanity?’ Bondi Attack Leaves Suspects’ Neighborhood Stunned.
The alleged gunmen in the shooting, Sajid Akram, 50, and his son, Naveed Akram, 24, were from Bonnyrigg, a diverse, multilingual suburb miles from Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
New York Times Top StoriesA ‘Timeout Box’ in an Elementary School Draws Outrage: ‘This is Not OK’
An upstate New York district, where most students are Native American, placed its superintendent on leave after images of a wooden box in a classroom spread on social media.
New York Times Top StoriesTaiwan’s Subway Stabber Planned His Deadly Spree, Police Say
Investigators said they were unsure of the attacker’s motives. But clues pointed to an isolated and increasingly troubled life, and no accomplices.