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

(Sat, 29 Nov 2025 22:09:35 +0000)

President Trump’s statements on social media less than 24 hours apart showed the dissonance in his campaign against drug trafficking.

The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine

(Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:16:05 +0000)

Juan Orlando Hernández, whom Mr. Trump called a victim of persecution, helped orchestrate a decades-long trafficking conspiracy. It ravaged his Central American country.

Trump Declares Venezuelan Airspace Closed

(Sat, 29 Nov 2025 20:58:51 +0000)

President Trump said days earlier that the United States could “very soon” expand its campaign of killing people at sea suspected of drug trafficking to attacking Venezuelan territory.

Several Arrested as Protesters Block ICE Agents From a Potential Raid in NYC

(Sat, 29 Nov 2025 21:27:41 +0000)

The confrontation appeared to foil a possible ICE raid nearby, underscoring the numerous challenges the federal government faces in trying to stage raids in a dense city like New York.

F.D.A. Seeks More Oversight of Vaccine Trials and Approvals

(Sat, 29 Nov 2025 18:50:12 +0000)

The agency’s top vaccine regulator proposed broad changes, claiming that a new review linked 10 children’s deaths to the Covid vaccine. But public health experts questioned the findings, wanting to examine the data.

Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence

(Sun, 30 Nov 2025 02:53:49 +0000)

David Gentile had been found guilty for his role in what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.

Top Trump Aides to Meet With Ukrainians in Florida on Sunday

(Sat, 29 Nov 2025 21:41:33 +0000)

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner plan to discuss peace terms again after an uproar over a 28-point proposal drafted with Russian input.

Inside Trump’s Push to Make the White House Ballroom as Big as Possible

(Sat, 29 Nov 2025 19:20:19 +0000)

President Trump’s ever-growing vision has caused tension with contractors. His architect has taken a step back as the president personally manages the project.

Webster Springs, W.Va. United In Grief Over Death of National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom

(Sun, 30 Nov 2025 02:12:10 +0000)

In Webster Springs, everyone knows one another. When National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom was killed, that connection was even further strengthened.

Afghans Who Assisted U.S. During the War Underwent Rigorous Vetting

(Sun, 30 Nov 2025 02:37:08 +0000)

Former officials said the C.I.A. diligently assessed those who partnered with its forces, like the man accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington.

How Fraud Swamped Minnesota’s Social Services System on Tim Walz’s Watch

(Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:23:10 +0000)

Prosecutors say members of the Somali diaspora, a group with growing political power, were largely responsible. President Trump has drawn national attention to the scandal amid his crackdown on immigration.

Political Confusion as Texas Awaits Supreme Court’s Ruling on Redistricting

(Sat, 29 Nov 2025 18:23:39 +0000)

A decision on the state’s new congressional map will affect five House seats and could help determine control of the chamber next year.

Republicans Flipped South Texas. Can a Moderate Tejano Singer Take It Back?

(Sat, 29 Nov 2025 10:00:59 +0000)

The star power of Latin Grammy Award-winning Bobby Pulido has Democrats dreaming of taking a U.S. House district in South Texas, even though Republicans have redrawn it in their favor.

Ahead of Primary Elections, Time Is Running Out in the Fight Over Congressional Maps

(Sat, 29 Nov 2025 10:01:03 +0000)

As partisan battles rage and courts wrangle proposals, the relentless pace of the calendar will force states to act — or land in murky legal ground.

Fed Up With the Taliban, Pakistan Expels Masses of Afghans

(Sun, 30 Nov 2025 05:01:11 +0000)

Labeling Afghans a national security threat, Pakistan has forced out about a million this year, depriving them of a haven from Afghanistan’s turmoil.

America Has Sidelined Education. You Can Help.

(Sun, 30 Nov 2025 06:00:06 +0000)

The New York Times Communities Fund has partnered with charities that invest in education at critical junctures across people’s life spans.

How We Became ‘Half in Love With Easeful Death’

(Sun, 30 Nov 2025 06:50:44 +0000)

Apocalyptic predictions may actually serve as comforting fantasies, at which point our future freakouts become an excuse for inaction.

4 Dead After Shooting at Banquet Hall in California

(Sun, 30 Nov 2025 08:49:15 +0000)

The shooting in Stockton, a city in California’s Central Valley, left 10 others wounded. The authorities said they were looking for a suspect.

Mourners Honor Victims of Hong Kong Apartment Fire

(Sat, 29 Nov 2025 17:37:10 +0000)

The police said they expected the death toll of 128 to rise as the authorities began combing through the charred apartment towers.

Cory Booker Weds Alexis Lewis in a Private Ceremony

(Sun, 30 Nov 2025 06:16:53 +0000)

The couple legally married at a courthouse in Newark days before hosting an intimate wedding in Washington, D.C. on Saturday. They shared their wedding details exclusively with The New York Times.

Did Pope Leo Pray in Istanbul’s Blue Mosque? Not Visibly, at Least.

(Sat, 29 Nov 2025 14:52:59 +0000)

Leo XIV is being closely watched on an inaugural trip to Turkey and Lebanon to spread a message of peace and outreach.