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Make-Ahead Breakfast Ideas
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New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesForget Willpower. If You Want to Resist Temptation, You’ll Need Something Else.
Rather than try to resist temptation in the moment, many successful people arrange their lives to minimize the need for willpower in the first place.
New York Times Top StoriesA Book Is Never Finished With Us
Consider that every book you have is a story of who you are.
New York Times Top StoriesFrom Sex Appeal to the Far Right, Brigitte Bardot Symbolized a Changing France
In the decades after becoming a megastar, the French actress became as known for her politics as she once had been for her acting career.
New York Times Top StoriesBrigitte Bardot, French Movie Icon Who Renounced Stardom, Dies at 91
“And God Created Woman” made her a world-famous sex symbol in the 1950s. She later gave up acting to devote her life to animal welfare.
New York Times Top StoriesZelensky to Meet With Trump at Mar-a-Lago About Plan to End War With Russia
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine brings a revised 20-point peace proposal, as well as doubts about whether Russia is serious about pursuing peace.
New York Times Top StoriesZero Hour for the Middle East
After more than a decade of wars, from Syria to Gaza, the Middle East is exhausted by conflict. Is it ready to find another way?
New York Times Top StoriesFrom A.I. to Chips, Big Tech Is Getting What It Wants From Trump
The president has backed policies that allow the industry to grow unfettered. The mutually beneficial alliance is causing concern among some conservatives.
New York Times Top StoriesTwins’ Peaks: The Gilbertson Brothers Want to Rewrite Your Country’s Map
Two brothers, both mechanical engineers, are climbing many of the world’s tall peaks to prove they have been measured incorrectly.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration
The Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the foreign-born population are being felt in hospitals and soccer leagues and on Main Streets across the country, with hints of what’s to come.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Double Life of Thomas Goldstein, a Supreme Court Lawyer
Thomas Goldstein was a superstar in the legal world. He was also a secret high-stakes gambler, whose wild 10-year run may now land him in prison.
New York Times Top StoriesNew College of Florida Was Progressive. Then Gov. DeSantis Overhauled It.
At the state school, gender studies is out. ‘The Odyssey’ is required reading. A Charlie Kirk statue is coming. Has one ideological bubble replaced another?
New York Times Top StoriesHow a Left-Right Social Media Tiff Pushed Texas to Fund Parks
An unusual partnership between an environmentalist and a Republican megadonor began with a fight on Twitter. It ended up in the creation of a $1 billion state fund to expand Texas park land.
New York Times Top StoriesCan You Reboot a Lamp Like a Superhero Franchise?
Riding an endless wave of nostalgia, one company is exhuming the intellectual property of midcentury designers to create new audiences for forgotten work.
New York Times Top StoriesTo See Mamdani Sworn In, Some Out-of-Towners Confront N.Y.C. Prices
Zohran Mamdani campaigned for mayor on a platform of taming the high cost of living for New Yorkers. Visitors will get a crash course in the affordability crisis.
New York Times Top StoriesFamilies Demand Answers a Year After Deadliest Plane Crash in South Korea
Many details of the Jeju Air disaster that killed 179 people remain unclear despite multiple investigations by officials and protests by the victims’ families.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Some Boycott Myanmar’s Flawed Election, Others Hope for Change
The voting for Parliament is almost sure to favor the ruling military junta, which is stage-managing the polls. Still, some see them as the most pragmatic way to try to improve conditions.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Year in Lists
As the year drew to a close, we reached out to Opinion columnists and contributors for personal lists.
New York Times Top StoriesSki Slopes Are Empty as a Labor Dispute Shuts Down Telluride, Colo.
Now, vacationers looking to ski are wondering what to do and merchants are hoping it doesn’t last.
New York Times Top StoriesGary Graffman, Piano Virtuoso and Renowned Teacher, Dies at 97
Mr. Graffman was a onetime child prodigy whose career was curtailed by a neurological condition that restricted him to his left hand.
New York Times Top StoriesA Second Lawsuit Accuses Tyler Perry of Sexual Assault
Mario Rodriguez, who had a role in one of Mr. Perry’s films, sued him on Thursday, months after another actor filed a similar lawsuit.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Oil, Drugs and Immigration Fueled Trump’s Venezuela Campaign
New details of deliberations show how aides with overlapping agendas drove the United States toward a militarized confrontation with Venezuela.
New York Times Top StoriesHundreds of Flights Canceled at New York Airports, Even With a Few Inches of Snow
To avoid the ripple effects of real-time adjustments to what was predicted to be up to nine inches of snow, the major airlines said they pre-emptively canceled flights.
New York Times Top StoriesSal Khan: A.I. Will Displace Workers at a Scale Many Don’t Realize
Companies benefiting from A.I. should donate a small percentage of their profits to retrain the workers the tech will displace.
New York Times Top StoriesSaudi-Led Group in Yemen Tells Separatists to Withdraw, or Be ‘Dealt With’
The Saudis ramped up their rhetoric against a faction that has seized parts of Yemen in recent weeks.
New York Times Top StoriesIt’s Time to Give the Ovary Some More Respect
Recent research highlights that for fertility and aging, the egg may be the leading lady, but she needs her supporting cast.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Pursues His Legacy One Name at a Time
In attaching his name to buildings and programs while still president, Donald Trump is walking a path paved by conquerors and autocrats.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Which I Try Valiantly to Cheer You Up
OK, 2025 wasn’t the best year ever. But we’re arguably still in the best decade in the history of humanity.
New York Times Top StoriesI Love My Naturally Aging Face
But when I see Demi Moore, 63, looking far younger than me at 48, I wonder if I should be figuring out a way to keep up.
New York Times Top StoriesClimate Goals Are Becoming More Realistic. That’s Good News.
Policymakers and investors are pursuing what’s feasible rather than promising the impossible.