China’s Trade Surplus Climbs Past $1 Trillion for First Time

(Mon, 08 Dec 2025 04:15:17 +0000)

President Trump’s tariffs weren’t enough to hold back the global export flood by China, which pushed past last year’s record in just 11 months.

China’s Weak Currency Is Powering Its Exports and Drawing Criticism

(Mon, 08 Dec 2025 04:18:52 +0000)

China’s renminbi is lagging the currencies of key trading partners, making Chinese goods and services cheap and helping to drive exports.

Democrats Call for Releasing Video of Deadly Boat Strike in the Caribbean

(Sun, 07 Dec 2025 20:45:41 +0000)

Top Democratic lawmakers who have seen the footage said Sunday that making the video public would provide transparency around the strikes that killed two survivors on Sept. 2.

U.S. Deports Second Planeload of Iranians, Officials Say

(Mon, 08 Dec 2025 03:57:04 +0000)

The plane, carrying about 50 Iranians and other deportees, took off from Arizona on Sunday, under a deal the Trump administration reached with Iran two months ago.

Presidential Power Gets Tested Before Supreme Court After Long Conservative Project to Shrink Agencies

(Sun, 07 Dec 2025 21:28:29 +0000)

President Trump has repeatedly ousted leaders of independent agencies despite federal laws meant to shield those regulators from politics.

For Landmark Test of Executive Power, Echoes of a 1930s Supreme Court Battle

(Sun, 07 Dec 2025 10:02:24 +0000)

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s efforts to oust a Federal Trade Commission leader offer parallels to the current fight over President Trump’s actions.

How Biden Lost Americans’ Faith in Immigration

(Sun, 07 Dec 2025 21:24:32 +0000)

The Democratic president and his top advisers rejected recommendations that could have eased the border crisis that helped return Donald Trump to the White House.

4 Takeaways From The Times’s Reporting on Biden’s Immigration Record

(Sun, 07 Dec 2025 21:27:10 +0000)

A New York Times review of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s actions on immigration showed that they created an opening for a more aggressive Trump administration agenda.

A Small Illinois City at the Center of a Seismic Shift in Abortion Access

(Sun, 07 Dec 2025 10:00:56 +0000)

Carbondale, Ill., a liberal enclave within driving distance of 10 states with abortion bans, has become a hub for the procedure. Last year there were nearly 11,000 abortions in this city of 21,000.

Social Security at 70? Why the Gold Standard Advice Works for Only a Few

(Sun, 07 Dec 2025 10:01:58 +0000)

The standard advice is to hold off, but most retirees claim the benefit as soon as they can, at age 62. Here’s what to know when you’re planning the unplannable.

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

(Sun, 07 Dec 2025 20:46:27 +0000)

The genealogy site’s clarification of its terms and conditions has barred those working on unsolved crimes from access to the company’s vast trove of records.

Australia’s Social Media Ban for Under-16s Is Coming. The Teenagers Are Skeptical.

(Sun, 07 Dec 2025 23:30:08 +0000)

The country is trying to wean children under 16 off the likes of TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube and Instagram with a new law. The teenagers are skeptical.

How Australia’s Social Media Ban for Children Will Work

(Sun, 07 Dec 2025 05:01:09 +0000)

The country is barring children under 16 from social media, with a sweeping federal law that is one of the first attempts at a nationwide regulation.

Not All Targeted Killings Are the Same. Hegseth’s Boat Strikes Are Illegal.

(Mon, 08 Dec 2025 03:04:32 +0000)

A former secretary of homeland security on the illegality of Trump’s boat strikes.

The One Child Policy’s Legacy: A Surplus of Single Men

(Fri, 05 Dec 2025 01:17:23 +0000)

A decade after the end of the one-child policy, China has over 30 million so-called surplus men. Can this dating boot camp help them find love?

Benin Coup Attempt to Oust Talon Has Been Foiled, Interior Minister Says

(Sun, 07 Dec 2025 20:30:14 +0000)

A spokesman said 14 members of the military had been arrested. The West African country’s president, who was not seen for hours, appeared on television Sunday night and said the coup plot would “not go unpunished.”

Hundreds Rally for Boy, 6, Who Was Separated From His Father by ICE

(Mon, 08 Dec 2025 03:19:30 +0000)

“Taking children from their families is not normal,” a speaker told the crowd in Queens, where Yuanxin Zheng attended school until being detained.

Fern Michaels, Prolific Author of Romance Novels, Dies at 92

(Sun, 07 Dec 2025 20:54:56 +0000)

In her 40s, the self-described New Jersey housewife started building a women’s fiction empire, churning out dozens of popular books.

Katy Perry Posts Photos With Justin Trudeau Amid Romance Rumors

(Sun, 07 Dec 2025 20:27:26 +0000)

Ms. Perry and Mr. Trudeau, the former prime minister of Canada, posed together in photos and videos on Instagram, making them “Instagram official.”