Holiday Hiring Slows, Frustrating Job Seekers

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:52:13 +0000)

Retailers are adding fewer of the seasonal roles that many Americans rely on to make ends meet.

Investors Turn to Jobs Report After Nvidia Earnings Fuel Rally

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:14:22 +0000)

A day after the chipmaker’s profit surge, Walmart raised its forecast for the year, helping to ease Wall Street’s concerns about the economy’s overall health.

Nvidia’s Eye-Popping Profit, and Where Those Scam Calls Are Coming From

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:05:51 +0000)

Plus, a surge in meat allergies caused by ticks.

Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:00:45 +0000)

Howard Lutnick is helping push data center projects. His family companies are profiting from them.

C.D.C. Website No Longer Rejects Possible Link Between Autism and Vaccines

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:14:05 +0000)

A previous version denied a link between vaccines and autism. It now echoes the doubts about that conclusion voiced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Trump and Mamdani Will Meet at White House on Friday

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 02:48:43 +0000)

The meeting between Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, and President Trump will come after the two men have fiercely attacked one another.

Trump Approves the Epstein Files Release, but Some May Be Withheld

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 06:09:53 +0000)

The president sought to take credit for the legislation, despite months of pressure to kill it. The bill has significant exceptions that could mean many documents would stay confidential.

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

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:09:30 +0000)

The former Harvard president has come back from controversy before, but revelations in new Epstein emails are threatening his omnipresence in public life.

Larry Summers to Stop Teaching at Harvard While It Investigates His Epstein Ties

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 03:12:09 +0000)

The former Harvard president had previously stepped down from other positions following revelations about his longtime connections to Jeffrey Epstein.

California Has a Legal Clause for Housing That Could Put NIMBYs in a Corner

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:00:12 +0000)

For years, the state has been nudging its cities to build housing to address a severe shortage. Maybe what they needed was a shove.

The Grand Ole Opry at 100

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:31:15 +0000)

As the country music institution celebrates a century of its radio broadcast, listen to how the show defined the culture — and was reshaped by it — decade by decade.

Cheney Service to Underscore How Politics Has Changed Since He Was in Office

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:30:58 +0000)

As the former vice president is honored at Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, many eyes will focus on who comes — and who does not.

To Meld A.I. With Supercomputers, National Labs Are Picking Up the Pace

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:03:27 +0000)

A.I. has added urgency to the U.S. national laboratories that have been sites of cutting-edge scientific research, leading to deals with tech giants like Nvidia to speed up.

Did Nvidia Do Enough to Chill A.I. Bubble Fears?

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:58:03 +0000)

The chipmaker at the center of the artificial intelligence boom reported blowout results. But that hasn’t resolved some key questions behind the tech rally.

Move Over, Netflix: Ukraine’s Corruption Investigators Bring the Drama

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:26:31 +0000)

The country’s anti-graft agencies have taken a cinematic approach to revealing a scandal that has touched President Volodymyr Zelensky’s inner circle.

As Sanctions on Russian Oil Loom, India Prepares to End Its Buying Spree

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:04:59 +0000)

India has been snapping up discounted Russian crude for three years, but U.S. sanctions that take effect on Friday are expected to end the lucrative trade.

Trump Meeting With Saudi Prince Showcased Prince’s Makeover — and America’s

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:06:55 +0000)

Prince Mohammed was briefly a global pariah after the killing of a Saudi dissident. But over the years he has rebuilt his image as a deal-maker and influential investor.

Saudi Arabia’s Prince Has Big Plans, but His Giant Fund Is Low on Cash

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:08:10 +0000)

After nearly a decade of expensive, hit-and-miss investments, Mohammed bin Salman is overseeing a behind-the-scenes restructuring of the kingdom’s all-important wealth fund.

After a Mysterious Death, a Family’s Quest for Answers Leads to a Tick

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:00:06 +0000)

A JetBlue pilot’s illness looked like food poisoning, but it was actually an increasingly common tick-borne meat allergy that can be fatal.

Ambassador Huckabee Held Meeting With Jonathan Pollard, Ex-Spy, at U.S. Embassy in Israel

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:02:15 +0000)

Jonathan J. Pollard, who was convicted of espionage, said in an interview that the meeting, which was highly unusual for a U.S. diplomat to attend, had been friendly.

Justice Democrats Re-Emerge in New York to Try to Unseat Espaillat

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:30:05 +0000)

The group, which powered Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s rise in 2018, is backing Darializa Avila Chevalier’s bid to unseat Representative Adriano Espaillat.

Mamdani and Tisch Agreed to Work Together. Here’s Where They Differ.

(Wed, 19 Nov 2025 22:43:01 +0000)

The New York City mayor-to-be, Zohran Mamdani, and the head of the Police Department, Jessica Tisch, have gaps to bridge on crime and policing.

As the World Pursues Clean Power, Millions Still Have No Power at All

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:02:34 +0000)

Just outside Belém, the Amazonian city where the world is meeting to discuss climate change, electricity is a very recent arrival.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Was Not on Our Bingo Card

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:05:03 +0000)

Have we been selling her short? Is she paving the way to the after-Trump?

Power and Wealth in New York

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:15:09 +0000)

We’re looking at two local stories that have national implications.

Jimmy Kimmel Prepares for Hurricane Epstein

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 07:07:54 +0000)

Kimmel wondered if President Trump might “pull a Taylor Swift and give us ‘The Epstein Files: Donnie’s Version.’”

Franco Died 50 Years Ago, but He’s Still Winning New Fans in Spain

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 05:01:11 +0000)

Young Spaniards are increasingly drawn to the dictator Francisco Franco. So the government is designing apps, games and T-shirts to promote democracy.

Top National Book Awards Go to Writing About the Middle East

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 04:52:13 +0000)

Rabih Alameddine’s “The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)” won in fiction, while Omar El Akkad’s reckoning with Gaza took the nonfiction prize.

Robert L. Stirm, Returning P.O.W. in Pulitzer-Winning Photo, Dies at 92

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 05:58:41 +0000)

The image immortalized a Vietnam veteran’s joyous homecoming to his beaming family, but it hid the truth about an unraveling marriage.

Florida Lawmaker Stole FEMA Funds for House Campaign, Prosecutors Say

(Thu, 20 Nov 2025 01:57:57 +0000)

Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick misused $5 million in Covid-related funds during the pandemic in part to finance her campaign, according to the Justice Department.