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6 Takeaways From Indiana?s Defiance of Trump by Nick Corasaniti and Mitch Smith

How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed by Megan Twohey and Isabella Kwai

Senate Deadlocks on Health Care, Leaving Subsidies to Expire by Carl Hulse

Trump Signs Executive Order to Neuter State A.I. Laws by Cecilia Kang

Hundreds Quarantined in South Carolina as Measles Spreads by Teddy Rosenbluth

Italian Cooking, Kohl Makeup and Icelandic Pools Are Recognized by UNESCO by Lynsey Chutel

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Plus, the secret to selling 150 million books. 

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Denied Federal Disaster Aid, a Town in Trump Country Feels Forgotten by Campbell Robertson

U.S. Steps Up Campaign Against Maduro in Seizing Tanker Off Venezuela by Tyler Pager, Eric Schmitt and Nicholas Nehamas

Trump Administration Opens Applications for Million-Dollar Visas by Madeleine Ngo

Starting With Formaldehyde, Trump Administration Reassesses Chemical Risks by Hiroko Tabuchi

The Fed Cut Rates Again but Deep Divisions Cloud Path Ahead by Colby Smith

Louvre Heist Was Filmed Live, but the Guards Weren?t Watching by Ségolène Le Stradic

Fern Michaels, Prolific Author of Romance Novels, Dies at 92 by Alex Williams

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Plus, the travel influencers who aren?t actually real. 

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Australia?s Social Media Ban for Children Takes Effect by Victoria Kim

Trump Says Americans Are Doing Great, Even as Views on the Economy Sour by David E. Sanger

Trump Calls Europe ?Decaying? and Suggests ?Size Will Win? in Ukraine War by Amelia Nierenberg

Judge Grants Request to Unseal Grand Jury Records in Maxwell Case by Benjamin Weiser

Cold Case Inquiries Stall After Ancestry.com Revisits Policy for Users by Corey Kilgannon

These Travel Influencers Don?t Want Freebies. They?re A.I. by Julie Weed

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Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ by Ben Casselman

Trump Clears Sale of More Powerful Nvidia A.I. Chips to China by Tripp Mickle and Ana Swanson

Trump Promises Farmers $12 Billion to Blunt Fallout From His Trade War by Alan Rappeport, Kevin Draper and Ana Swanson

A Weakened Hamas Still Dominates Gaza, Building Day by Day by Adam Rasgon

Trump Says Netflix Takeover of Warner Bros. ?Could Be a Problem? by Lauren Hirsch

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Plus, the social changes sweeping Iran. 

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Supreme Court to Hear Major Test of Trump?s Power to Fire Officials by Ann E. Marimow

Conservative Project at Supreme Court Meets Trump?s Push to Oust Officials by Ann E. Marimow

Running Out of Time, Republicans in Congress Still Lack a Health Plan by Sheryl Gay Stolberg

Bipartisan House Group Proposes Long-Shot Health Care Plan by Catie Edmondson

Poll Suggests G.O.P. Will Face More Blame if Obamacare Subsidies Go Away by Reed Abelson

States Are Raking In Billions From Slot Machines on Your Phone by Ben Blatt

Angst Turns to Anger in Hollywood as Netflix Hooks Warner Bros. by Brooks Barnes and Shawn Hubler

Outdoor Concerts? Uncovered Hair? Shimmying in Public? Is This Iran? by Farnaz Fassihi and Sanam Mahoozi

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Most Immigrants Arrested in City Crackdowns Have No Criminal Record by Albert Sun

Obstacles to Trump?s Push to Deport Minnesota Somalis: Reality and the Cold by Ernesto Londoño and Talya Minsberg

Supreme Court Clears the Way for Republican-Friendly Texas Voting Maps by Abbie VanSickle

An Explosion, Then Survivors: Military Officers Show Lawmakers Video of Sept. 2 Boat Attack by Helene Cooper, Megan Mineiro, Julian E. Barnes and Charlie Savage

Suspect Arrested in Inquiry Into Pipe Bombs in D.C. Ahead of Jan. 6 Riot by Alan Feuer, Glenn Thrush and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

Zelensky?s Government Sabotaged Oversight, Allowing Corruption to Fester by Constant Méheut and Kim Barker

After 1,297 Games, LeBron James?s 10-Point Scoring Streak Ends with Lakers? Buzzer-Beater by Dan Woike

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Plus, the race to save music history. 

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Vaccine Committee May Make Significant Changes to Childhood Schedule by Apoorva Mandavilli

U.S. Military?s Boat Strikes Planning Takes On New Significance by Helene Cooper, Julian E. Barnes, Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt

Pentagon Investigator Faults Hegseth for Improper Use of Signal by Robert Jimison, Megan Mineiro and John Ismay

Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden?s Climate Policy by Lisa Friedman, Maxine Joselow and Jack Ewing

People Are Uploading Their Medical Records to A.I. Chatbots by Maggie Astor

The ?Race Against Time? to Save Music Legends? Decaying Tapes by Ben Sisario

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Plus, the 10 best books of the year. 

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Trump Appears to Fight Sleep During Cabinet Meeting by Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Trump Calls Somalis ?Garbage? He Doesn?t Want in the Country by Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Shawn McCreesh

Republican Wins Tennessee House Race After a Trump-Led Rescue Mission by Shane Goldmacher and Emily Cochrane

Michael and Susan Dell to Put $250 in 25 Million Children?s Accounts by Nicholas Kulish

Europe Wants to Get the Word Out: Russia Is to Blame for Sabotage by Lara Jakes

Those Sky-High Bitcoin Prices That Everyone Said Were Here to Stay? They Left by David Yaffe-Bellany and Kailyn Rhone

The 10 Best Books of 2025 by The New York Times Book Review

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Plus, Ozempic for cats?

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Johnson and Trump Try to Avoid an Upset House Loss in Tennessee by Emily Cochrane

D.H.S. Secretary Recommends New Travel Ban in Wake of Shooting by Chris Cameron

As Trump Deepens Immigration Crackdown, Even Long-Held Exceptions Disappear by Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Hamed Aleaziz

College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving by Amanda Holpuch and Annie Correal

Traveling Without a Real ID? That?ll Cost You $45 by Christine Chung

Memo From Trump?s Doctor Cites ?Excellent? Scan but Offers Little Clarity by Gina Kolata

An Intense Monsoon Season Is Battering Parts of Asia. Here?s What We Know by Amelia Nierenberg, Muktita Suhartono and Sachi Kitajima Mulkey

Could Weight Loss Drugs Turn Fat Cats Into Svelte Ozempets? by Emily Anthes

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Plus, how young is too young for a smartphone? 

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Trump Pauses All Asylum Applications and Halts Visas for Afghans by Hamed Aleaziz and Edward Wong

Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime by Michael Gold

In Announcing Pardon of Drug Trafficker While Threatening Venezuela, Trump Displays Contradictions by Tyler Pager

Officials Had Been Warned for Over a Year Before Hong Kong Fire by Selam Gebrekidan, Amy Chang Chien and Joy Dong

A Smartphone Before Age 12 Could Carry Health Risks, Study Says by Catherine Pearson

Get Ready, America: Here Come China?s Food and Drink Chains by Daisuke Wakabayashi and Joy Dong

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Plus, some piping hot Thanksgiving takes.

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Democrats Say F.B.I. Is Investigating Them Over Illegal Orders Video by Greg Jaffe

U.S. Announces Negotiated Prices for 15 Drugs Under Medicare by Rebecca Robbins

A Year Later, Donors to Trump?s Transition Come to Light by Ken Bensinger and David A. Fahrenthold

Trump Administration Will Raise Prices for Foreign Tourists at National Parks by Chris Cameron

U.S. Plans Compounds to House Palestinians in Israeli-Held Half of Gaza by David M. Halbfinger, Adam Rasgon, Natan Odenheimer and Aaron Boxerman

61 Hot Takes to Fight About at Thanksgiving by The New York Times

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Plus, what a social media break can do for your brain.

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Judge Dismisses Cases Against Comey and James, Finding Trump Prosecutor Was Unlawfully Appointed by Alan Feuer and Devlin Barrett

Xi Presses Trump on Taiwan as They Agree to Meet in China in April by Ana Swanson, Alan Rappeport and Edward Wong

Trump Is Considering Push to Extend Obamacare Subsidies by Luke Broadwater, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Study Finds Mental Health Benefit to One-Week Social Media Break by Ellen Barry

?Queen of Versailles? to Close as New Broadway Musicals Struggle by Michael Paulson

A.I. Can Do More of Your Shopping This Holiday Season by Natallie Rocha and Kailyn Rhone

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Plus, a new crash-test dummy.

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U.S. and Ukraine Expected to Press on With Peace Plan Talks by Cassandra Vinograd

Mamdani and Trump Tamp Down Fears Over National Guard in New York City by Emma G. Fitzsimmons

Back Home, Voters Stand by Marjorie Taylor Greene After She Stood Up to Trump by Rick Rojas and Sean Keenan

Denmark Offers Lessons as Europe Toughens Up on Immigration by Jeanna Smialek and Amelia Nierenberg

U.S. Introduces New Female Crash-Test Dummy Standards by Adeel Hassan

Why That Whitney Houston Drumbeat Is So Addictive, Yet Hard to Match by Neil Vigdor

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Trump and Mamdani Are Meeting for the First Time. Will They Play Nice? by Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Jeffery C. Mays

Trump Accuses Democrats of Sedition, ?Punishable by Death,? Over Message to the Military by Shawn McCreesh

Trump Plans to Open More Than a Billion Acres of U.S. Waters to Drilling by Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman

Coast Guard Says Swastika and Noose Displays Are No Longer Hate Incidents by John Ismay and Minho Kim

Zelensky Says Ukraine Ready to ?Honestly? Engage With U.S. Peace Plan by Andrew E. Kramer and Lara Jakes

Netflix, Comcast and Paramount Submit Warner Bros. Discovery Bids by Benjamin Mullin, Lauren Hirsch and Nicole Sperling

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Plus, a surge in meat allergies caused by ticks. 

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Nvidia?s Profit Jumps 65% to $31.9 Billion. Is It Enough for Wall Street? by Tripp Mickle

Holiday Hiring Slows, Frustrating Job Seekers by Kailyn Rhone

Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment by Alan Feuer and Devlin Barrett

Saudi Arabia?s Prince Has Big Plans, but His Giant Fund Is Low on Cash by Rob Copeland and Vivian Nereim

Lawrence Summers Has Come Back From Scandals. Will This Be His Last? by Mark Arsenault

After a Mysterious Death, a Family?s Quest for Answers Leads to a Tick by Joseph Goldstein

Americans Have Lost Billions to Online Scams. How Is That Possible? by Francesca Regalado

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Plus, young men are flocking to the Orthodox Church. 

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Congress Overwhelmingly Approves Releasing Epstein Files by Annie Karni

Trump Lauds Saudi Prince in Lavish Visit, Brushing Off Journalist?s Killing by Katie Rogers

Democratic Lawmakers Tell Military to Refuse Illegal Orders by Greg Jaffe

Judge to Approve Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy, Releasing Billions for Opioid Plaintiffs by Jan Hoffman

Recycling Lead for U.S. Car Batteries Is Poisoning People by Peter S. Goodman, Will Fitzgibbon and Samuel Granados

Orthodox Church Pews Are Overflowing With Converts by Ruth Graham

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Plus, a vote on the Epstein files.

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Too Powerful to Ignore, Saudi Prince Returns to Washington?s Embrace by Vivian Nereim and Ismaeel Naar

Trump Says U.S. Will Sell F-35s to Saudis, Despite Pentagon Concerns by Karoun Demirjian

House Is Expected to Vote on Tuesday to Release Epstein Files by Annie Karni

Trump Has the Power to Release the Epstein Files, With or Without Congress by Luke Broadwater

In Major Breakthrough, U.N. Security Council Adopts U.S. Peace Plan for Gaza by Farnaz Fassihi

Inside the American-Run Base Helping Plan the Future of Gaza by Aaron Boxerman, Adam Rasgon, Natan Odenheimer and David M. Halbfinger

After Hundreds of Gazans Arrive on Mystery Flights, South Africa Asks How by John Eligon and Zimasa Matiwane

We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It?s a Revelation by Dan Fagin

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Plus, Hollywood?s star-studded movies are tanking. 

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Trump Says House Republicans Should Vote to Release Epstein Files by Ashley Ahn

Border Patrol Fans Out Across Charlotte, N.C., Arresting 81 People on First Day by Eduardo Medina and Sonia A. Rao

Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations by Nicholas Nehamas, Michael H. Keller, Alexandra Berzon, Hamed Aleaziz and Zolan Kanno-Youngs

U.S. Airport Restrictions to End Monday by Karoun Demirjian

White House Scraps Cash Payments for Delayed or Canceled Flights by Christine Chung

How Fraudsters Use Cryptocurrency A.T.M.s to Target Victims by Cameron Fozi, Chloe Rosenberg and Reeno Hashimoto

25 Movies, Many Stars, 0 Hits: Hollywood Falls to New Lows by Brooks Barnes

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Federal Agencies Return to Work After Longest Shutdown in History by Eileen Sullivan

U.S. Strike Kills 4 on Boat Trump Says Was Smuggling Drugs by Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt

Memo Blessing Boat Strikes Is Said to Rely on Trump?s Claims About Cartels by Charlie Savage and Julian E. Barnes

Swalwell Denies Allegations of Fraud and Says Trump is Targeting Him by John Yoon

Will People Trust Voting by Phone? Alaska Is Going to Find Out by Nick Corasaniti

An Escape From India?s Air Pollution for Those Who Can Afford It by Alex Travelli

Blue Origin Lands Booster After Rocket Launch and Matches SpaceX?s Feat by Kenneth Chang

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Plus, the penny?s last day.

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Government Reopens as Trump Signs Bill to End Nation?s Longest Shutdown by Catie Edmondson and Zolan Kanno-Youngs

What Newly Released Emails Tell Us About Epstein and Trump by Steve Eder and Nicholas Confessore

Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants by Jason DeParle

The Penny Dies at 232 by Victor Mather

William Rataczak, Co-Pilot of Flight Hijacked by D.B. Cooper, Dies at 86 by Michael S. Rosenwald

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Plus, why private air travel is booming. 

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Newsom in the Spotlight at the Climate Conference That Trump Decided to Skip by Somini Sengupta

A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics by Somini Sengupta and Brad Plumer

Trump Administration Plans to Send Border Patrol to Charlotte and New Orleans by Dana Goldstein and Hamed Aleaziz

Aircraft Carrier Moves Into the Caribbean as U.S. Confronts Venezuela by Eric Schmitt

Senator Criticizes Rubio for Paying $7.5 Million to Equatorial Guinea to Take Deportees by Edward Wong

House Returns After Long Recess to Take Up Bill to End Shutdown by Michael Gold

Who Didn?t Suffer During the Shutdown? People Flying Private by Christine Chung

Israel Arrests 4 After Jewish Extremist Attack in Occupied West Bank by Aaron Boxerman

The Volunteer Buglers Giving 24-Note Salutes by Danny Freedman

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Plus, a new gambling scandal in pro sports. 

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Senate Passes Bill to Reopen Government Amid Democratic Rift by Catie Edmondson

Shutdown Deal Revives Democratic Infighting by Michael Gold

Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches by Devlin Barrett

Trump Pardons the Husband of a Republican Congressional Ally by Kenneth P. Vogel

Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election by Alan Feuer and Glenn Thrush

Felon Freed by Trump Is Sentenced Again, This Time to 27 Months by Santul Nerkar, Michael S. Schmidt and Olivia Bensimon

How Canada Lost Decades of Progress in Fighting Measles by Vjosa Isai

M.L.B. Limits Bets on Individual Pitches After Gambling Charges by Jenny Vrentas

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Plus, a house-size spider web. 

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Senate Moves Toward Ending Shutdown After Democratic Defectors Relent by Catie Edmondson and Michael Gold

Airport Disruptions May Get Worse This Week by Niraj Chokshi

How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy by Jesse Drucker

Two Top BBC Leaders Quit Over Editing of Trump Documentary by Stephen Castle

As Aquifers Dry Up, Tehran Rations Water and Calls for Rain Prayers by Sanam Mahoozi and Erika Solomon

Stinking, Spongy, Dark, Huge: A Spider Web Unlike Any Seen Before by Adeel Hassan

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Judge Orders Trump Administration to Fully Fund Food Stamps This Month by Tony Romm

Down to $1.18: How Families Are Coping With SNAP Cuts by Eric Adelson, Mary Beth Gahan, Lourdes Medrano, Christina Morales, Sonia A. Rao, Dan Simmons and Kevin Williams

The U.S. Is Skipping This Year?s Climate Summit. For Many, That?s OK by Lisa Friedman

Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure by Lisa Friedman, Max Bearak and Jeanna Smialek

Musk Wins $1 Trillion Pay Package, Creating Split Screen on Wealth in America by Rebecca F. Elliott, Jack Ewing and Reid J. Epstein

Egypt?s Grand Museum Is Finally Open. Now, ?We Need Our Stuff Back? by Erika Solomon and Rania Khaled

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Plus, using A.I. to find a date. 

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Key Justices Cast a Skeptical Eye on Trump?s Tariffs by Ann E. Marimow

Trump Officials to Cut Air Traffic at 40 Major Airports if Shutdown Continues by Karoun Demirjian

Federal Judge Imposes Restrictions on ICE Facility at Center of Illinois Protests by Mitch Smith

Mexico?s President Presses Charges Against Man Who Groped Her on the Street by Annie Correal and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega

Global Warming Made Hurricane Melissa More Damaging, Researchers Say by Sachi Kitajima Mulkey

?The Whole Place Is Blown Apart?: 90% of Jamaican Town?s Homes Destroyed by Frances Robles

You Don?t Need to Swipe Right. A.I. Is Transforming Dating Apps by Eli Tan

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Plus, a race to save artifacts from the ocean. 

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7 Takeaways From a Stunning New York City Mayoral Election by Nicholas Fandos and Jeffery C. Mays

The Democrats Just Took a Big Step Toward Getting Their Groove Back by Lisa Lerer

Shutdown Becomes Longest in History, as Trump Officials Threaten Pain Could Worsen by Luke Broadwater

UPS Cargo Plane Crashes in Louisville, Killing at Least 7 by Rylee Kirk, Alexandra E. Petri, Billy Witz and John Yoon

What to Know About the Legal Scandal in Israel Over Accusations of Abuse by Isabel Kershner

A Storm Hit Alaska. Now, a Native Community Is Racing to Save Its History by Sachi Kitajima Mulkey

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Plus, killer whales versus great whites.

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Dick Cheney, Powerful Vice President and Washington Insider, Dies at 84 by Robert D. McFadden

Trump?s Power Faces Pressure Test in Court and at Ballot Box by Erica L. Green

Donors to Trump?s Ballroom Are Asked Why They Chose to Remain Incognito by Kenneth P. Vogel

An Altercation With ICE Prompts a Police Chief to Push Back by Jack Healy

Target Shooting Could Be Causing Brain Injuries. We Measured the Danger. by Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Dave Philipps and Jeremy White

In Mexico, Killer Whales Take Down Great White Sharks by Alexa Robles-Gil

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Plus, squeezing in a marathon before your full-time job.

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Elections on Tuesday Offer Democrats a Chance to Get Off the Mat by Shane Goldmacher

Trump Administration Must Pay SNAP Benefits During Shutdown, Court Rules by Tony Romm

New Weapons Testing Won?t Include Nuclear Explosions, Energy Secretary Says by Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Arrests in Louvre Heist Show Power of DNA Databases in Solving Crimes by Catherine Porter

Ukraine Gamifies the War: 40 Points to Destroy a Tank, 12 to Kill a Soldier by Kim Barker and Oleksandra Mykolyshyn

A Thrilling Finish to N.Y.C. Marathon as Kenyans Dominate Elite Races by Scott Cacciola

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Judge Skeptical Over Trump Administration Decision to Suspend Food Stamps by Tony Romm and Maya Shwayder

Air Controller Shortage Causes Delays in Orlando and at Other Major Airports by Karoun Demirjian

Trump Calls on Republicans to End Filibuster in Shutdown Fight by Timothy R. Williams

In Fight for Control of Congress, Virginia House Takes Step Toward New Map by Campbell Robertson

Executions and Mass Casualties: Videos Show Horror Unfolding in Sudan by Declan Walsh, Sanjana Varghese and Pranav Baskar

Prince Andrew to Be Stripped of His Royal Title by Mark Landler

Study Finds Evidence That Text-Based Therapy Eases Depression by Ellen Barry

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Trump Threatens to Resume Nuclear Weapons Testing, Minutes Before Xi Meeting by David E. Sanger

Trump Says China Will Ease Limits on Rare Earths by Katie Rogers, Erica L. Green, Daisuke Wakabayashi and Lily Kuo

Nvidia Is Now Worth $5 Trillion as It Consolidates Power in A.I. Boom by Tripp Mickle

Prosecutors Who Called Jan. 6 Attackers a ?Mob of Rioters? Are Punished by Alan Feuer

Toll Rises as Hurricane Melissa Begins Passing Through the Bahamas by Nazaneen Ghaffar, Alan Yuhas, André Paultre and Jovan Johnson

Why Did My Favorite Candy Bar Drop ?Milk Chocolate? From the Label? by Claire Brown

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Hurricane Melissa Makes Landfall in Cuba After Lashing Jamaica by Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, Jovan Johnson, Camille Williams and Francesca Regalado

Judge Admonishes Border Patrol Leader for Tactics in Chicago by Julie Bosman

Just Before Trump?s Visit to South Korea, North Test-Fires Missiles by Choe Sang-Hun

U.S. Military Kills 14 More People Accused of Smuggling Drugs on Boats by Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt

Trump Administration Reinstalls Confederate Statue in Washington by Chris Cameron

Netanyahu Orders Strikes in Gaza, as Israel Says Hamas Violated Cease-Fire by Liam Stack, Aric Toler and Arijeta Lajka

The Website Reshaping Live Music, One Set List at a Time by Marc Hogan

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Jamaica Warns Hurricane Melissa Will Bring Catastrophic Winds and Rain by Jovan Johnson, Camille Williams, Judson Jones, Nazaneen Ghaffar, Yan Zhuang and Livia Albeck-Ripka

It?s Unconstitutional, but Trump Keeps Musing About a Third Term by Jess Bidgood

Top Federal Workers? Union Breaks With Democrats on Shutdown by Chris Cameron

In Florida, Obamacare Price Hikes Pose an Outsized Threat by Patricia Mazzei

Russia Aims Drone Attacks at Civilians, a War Crime, U.N. Inquiry Says by Andrew E. Kramer

3 Takeaways From the Blue Jays-Dodgers World Series Game 3 by Fabian Ardaya, Mitch Bannon and Tyler Kepner

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Food Banks Brace for Overwhelming Demand as SNAP Cutoff Looms by Chris Hippensteel

Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune by Tyler Pager

Where Trump Is Headed in Asia, and What Each Country Wants From Him by Sui-Lee Wee, Choe Sang-Hun, Javier C. Hernández and David Pierson

Putin Says Russia Now Has Nuclear-Powered Missile by Valerie Hopkins

Caribbean Braces for Hurricane Melissa by Frances Robles

Demon Hunter or Armadillo? Store-Bought or Homemade? by Sandra E. Garcia

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How the San Francisco Mayor Avoided Trump?s Enforcement Surge by Heather Knight and Kellen Browning

Trump Pardons Founder of the Crypto Exchange Binance by David Yaffe-Bellany and Kenneth P. Vogel

Trump Says He?s Cutting Off Trade Negotiations With Canada by Ana Swanson and Matina Stevis-Gridneff

Democrats Block Federal Worker Pay Bill as Shutdown Drags On by Catie Edmondson

Was a Sports Betting Scandal Inevitable? by Jenny Vrentas

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U.S. Strikes 2nd Boat in Pacific as Antidrug Operation Expands by Eric Schmitt, Charlie Savage and Chris Cameron

Trump Imposes Sanctions on Russian Oil Companies as His Frustration With Putin Mounts by Shawn McCreesh

Federal Agents Plan a Crackdown in the San Francisco Bay Area by Heather Knight, Hamed Aleaziz and Shawn Hubler

Trump Is Wasting No Time in Tearing Down the East Wing by Luke Broadwater

As Johnson Delays, Grijalva Sues to Be Seated in the House by Megan Mineiro

Louvre?s Director Says Key Camera Was Pointing Away From Jewelry Thieves by Aurelien Breeden, Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic

Iceland Announces an Unfortunate First: Mosquitoes by Amelia Nierenberg

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America?s Retreat From Aid Is Devastating Somalia?s Health System by Stephanie Nolen

Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases by Devlin Barrett and Tyler Pager

In a Reversal, Trump Will Not Meet With Putin in Coming Weeks by Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Trump Nominee for Watchdog Role Is Out After Report of Racist Texts by Robert Jimison and Katie Rogers

Bird Flu Is Back by Emily Anthes and Apoorva Mandavilli

Shutdown Brings More BASE Jumpers and Drones to Yosemite Skies by Gabe Castro-Root

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Appeals Court Lifts Block on Trump?s Oregon Troop Deployment by Anna Griffin and Mattathias Schwartz

Federal Judges, Warning of ?Judicial Crisis,? Fault Supreme Court?s Emergency Orders by Mattathias Schwartz and Zach Montague

White House Works to Preserve Gaza Deal Amid Concerns About Netanyahu by Katie Rogers and Luke Broadwater

Air Traffic Controllers Could Soon Be Getting No Pay by Karoun Demirjian

All but 2 Universities Decline a Trump Offer of Preferential Funding by Alan Blinder

Part of White House Is Reduced to Rubble. Trump?s Ballroom Will Rise in Its Place by Shawn McCreesh

Peanut Allergies Have Plummeted in Children, Study Shows by Simar Bajaj

George F. Smoot, Who Showed How the Cosmos Began, Is Dead at 80 by Katrina Miller

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Clashes in Gaza Reveal Cease-Fire?s Fragility, With Rougher Road Ahead by David M. Halbfinger

?No More Trump!?: Protesters Denouncing the President Unite Across the Country by Corina Knoll

George Santos Is Back on TV Two Days After His Release From Prison by Katherine Rosman

Colombia?s Leader Accuses U.S. of Murder, Prompting Trump to Halt Aid by Simon Romero, Genevieve Glatsky and Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Wealthy Americans Are Spending. People With Less Are Struggling by Ben Casselman and Colby Smith

In Just 7 Brazen Minutes, Thieves Grab ?Priceless? Jewels From Louvre by Catherine Porter and Aurelien Breeden

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After ?Productive? Call, Trump Plans Another Meeting With Putin by Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Summit With Zelensky Opens Trump?s New Push for Ukraine Cease-Fire by Constant Méheut and Zolan Kanno-Youngs

John Bolton Indicted Over Handling of Classified Information by Devlin Barrett, Glenn Thrush and Minho Kim

Head of the U.S. Military?s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say by Eric Schmitt and Tyler Pager

Hailing an Era of ?Trump Babies,? White House Unveils I.V.F. Proposals by Caroline Kitchener, Tyler Pager, Rebecca Robbins and Sarah Kliff

Iran Lures Transgender Foreigners for Surgery but Forces Operations on Locals by Pranav Baskar and Leily Nikounazar

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Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela by Julian E. Barnes and Tyler Pager

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People by Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Hamed Aleaziz

How the Pentagon Is Blocking Out News Organizations by Erik Wemple

Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump From Firing Government Workers During Shutdown by Tony Romm

Hamas Says It Has Returned All Hostage Remains It Can Recover by Ephrat Livni

With Truce in Place, Hamas Pursues Bloody Crackdown on Rivals in Gaza by Iyad Abuheweila, Aaron Boxerman and Sanjana Varghese

The Penny?s Demise Is Leaving Some Businesses Shortchanged by Sopan Deb

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ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back by Julie Bosman

Trump Renews Threat to Cut ?Democrat Programs? During Shutdown by Tony Romm and Catie Edmondson

Trump Dangles $20 Billion Lifeline for Argentina, With Strings Attached by Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Alan Rappeport

Trump Awards Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Tyler Pager

Lead Found in Popular Protein Powders and Shakes, Report Says by Maggie Astor

London Became a Global Hub for Phone Theft. Now We Know Why by Lizzie Dearden and Amelia Nierenberg

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Trump Takes a Victory Lap, but Avoids Questions About What?s Next by David E. Sanger and Erika Solomon

Trump Ramps Up Trade War as Tariffs on Lumber and Furniture Kick In by Ana Swanson and Sydney Ember

Several News Outlets Reject Pentagon?s Reporting Restrictions by Erik Wemple

Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ?Cast Aside to Die? Under Trump by Lisa Friedman

California Raises Minimum Payout for Wildfire Victims? Items by Rukmini Callimachi

Shein Chose Paris for Its First Boutique. Paris Isn?t Pleased. by Liz Alderman and Ségolène Le Stradic

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Israel Says All Hostages Have Been Released in Swap: Live Updates by David M. Halbfinger, Aaron Boxerman, Natan Odenheimer, Isabel Kershner and Adam Rasgon

Some Americans Are Starting to Feel the Impact of the Government Shutdown by Eileen Sullivan

Asia Markets Fall After Trump Threatens New Tariffs on China by River Akira Davis

How a Las Vegas Casino Mogul Helped Bring N.B.A. Games Back to China by Tania Ganguli and Mara Hvistendahl

Beheaded and Sent to Watery Graves, Columbus Statues Get New Life by Julia Jacobs

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Aid Groups Prepare to Provide Quick Relief to Gaza Under Cease-Fire by Liam Stack, Rawan Sheikh Ahmad and Farnaz Fassihi

U.S. to Send 200 Troops to Israel in Support Roles by Tyler Pager and Eric Schmitt

A Closer Look at the Counts in the Letitia James Indictment by Jonah E. Bromwich

María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize by Jonathan Wolfe

Curious Reindeer and Hungry Polar Bears: Warming Is Upending an Arctic Island by Sarah Hurtes and Jeffrey Gettleman

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What We Know About the Hostage Deal Between Israel and Hamas by Francesca Regalado

G.O.P. Blocks Bid to Halt Trump?s Attacks in the Caribbean Sea by Robert Jimison

Before Trump Ordered in Troops, Federal Officers Called Portland Protests ?Low Energy? by Hamed Aleaziz, Adam Goldman and Anna Griffin

Appeals Court to Weigh Legality of Deploying Troops to Portland by Mattathias Schwartz

Judge to Hear Arguments on Whether Guard Troops Near Chicago Can Stay by Mitch Smith

Man Fascinated With Fire Imagery Is Arrested in Palisades Blaze, Officials Say by Shawn Hubler and Jill Cowan

?I?m Not Dying?: Dolly Parton Assures Fans Amid Concerns About Her Health by Neil Vigdor

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Comey to Appear in Court in Case That Has Roiled Justice Department by Glenn Thrush

Pressed on Justice Dept. Politicization, Bondi Goes on Attack by Glenn Thrush and Devlin Barrett

Federal Workers Express Uncertainty During Government Shutdown by Ang Li

White House Signals It May Try to Deny Back Pay to Furloughed Federal Workers by Tony Romm

Anxious Investors Push Gold Above $4,000 an Ounce for the First Time by Joe Rennison

Cheer Up, or Else: China Cracks Down on the Haters and Cynics by Lily Kuo

Recruiters Use A.I. to Scan Résumés. Applicants Are Trying to Trick It by Evan Gorelick

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What Is the Insurrection Act That Trump Says He?s Considering? by Chris Cameron

Texas Troops Head to Chicago as Trump Weighs Use of Emergency Powers by Julie Bosman, Shawn Hubler, Anna Griffin and Eric Schmitt

Trump Calls Off Diplomatic Outreach to Venezuela by Julian E. Barnes, Tyler Pager and Maria Abi-Habib

Nearly 20 Percent Fewer International Students Traveled to the U.S. in August by Aatish Bhatia and Amy Fan

Treasury Defends Lawfulness of Minting a $1 Trump Coin by Alan Rappeport

Flight Delays Begin as Air Traffic Staffing Shortages Worsen by Niraj Chokshi

Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Ghislaine Maxwell by Abbie VanSickle

We Finally Have Free Anti-Robocall Tools That Work by Brian X. Chen

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Supreme Court Returns to Face Trump Tests of Presidential Power by Ann E. Marimow and Abbie VanSickle

Judge Again Blocks Guard Deployment as Trump Expands His Targets by Shawn Hubler, Anna Griffin and Eric Schmitt

Pritzker Says Federal Agents Are Trying to Make Chicago a ?War Zone? by Sonia A. Rao

Both Parties Are Resigned to Deadlock as Shutdown Takes Hold by Annie Karni

Rubio Says U.S. Wants Quick Deal to Bring Gaza Hostages Home by Aaron Boxerman

Forget Cowbells. Cows Wear High-Tech Collars Now. by Eli Tan

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Trump ?Determined? the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told by Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt

Deepfakes, Insults and Job Cuts: A Government Shutdown Like No Other by Erica L. Green

F.D.A. Approves Generic Abortion Pill as Opponents Push Trump for New Restrictions by Pam Belluck

Deadly Attack Outside U.K. Synagogue on Yom Kippur Is Declared Terrorism by Michael D. Shear, Lizzie Dearden, Stephen Castle, Emma Bubola and Thomas Fuller

OpenAI?s Sora Makes Disinformation Extremely Easy and Extremely Real by Tiffany Hsu, Stuart A. Thompson and Steven Lee Myers

On ?Showgirl,? Taylor Swift Has a Lust for Love (and Her Foes) by Jon Caramanica

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White House Uses Shutdown to Maximize Pain and Punish Political Foes by Tony Romm

Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ?Compact? to Get Funding Preference by Michael C. Bender

Supreme Court Allows Lisa Cook to Remain at Fed, for Now by Ann E. Marimow and Colby Smith

?Enough Is Enough?: Many Palestinians Say Hamas Must Accept Cease-Fire Plan by Liam Stack

A Run on Canned Mackerel and Emergency Radios. The Reason? Drones. by Jeffrey Gettleman, Maya Tekeli, Amelia Nierenberg and Lynsey Chutel

Jane Goodall, Who Chronicled the Social Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91 by Keith Schneider

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