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 04:34:14 +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.

Trump Hosts the Kennedy Center Honors, Breaking Tradition

(Mon, 08 Dec 2025 07:03:19 +0000)

Past presidents have attended the marquee event, but on Sunday Mr. Trump was the first to host it, putting his cultural takeover of Washington in sharp relief.

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.

Thailand Launches Airstrikes on Cambodia in New Wave of Violence

(Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:52:17 +0000)

Each side accused the other of firing first. The fighting came weeks after President Trump had cast himself as a peacemaker in the decades-old border dispute.

He Was a Russian Activist in Exile. His Own Wife Accused Him of Spying.

(Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:01:06 +0000)

Poland has charged a little-known Russian opposition figure with espionage and participating in a bomb plot. His friends are perplexed.

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

(Sun, 07 Dec 2025 20:46:28 +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.

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.

Dogs in Kimonos: Japan Reinvents a Children’s Holiday With Pets in Mind

(Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:01:09 +0000)

A traditional Japanese festival is being adapted for poodles and Pomeranians, amid a booming pet industry and a dearth of children.

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?

United Nations Cuts Its 2026 Emergency Aid Budget in Half

(Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:01:12 +0000)

Huge reductions in foreign aid by the United States and Europe have led the U.N.’s emergency relief coordinator to slash its fund-raising targets for next year.

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.”