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Trump Has Made His View of Migrants Clear. Will It Stop Them From Coming?President-elect Trump’s pledge to carry out the largest deportation effort in American history is weighing on migrants deciding whether to trek to the U.S.6 min read

Smile, Flatter and Barter: How the World Is Prepping for Trump Part IIForeign leaders have rushed to ingratiate themselves with Donald Trump in recent days, nervously recalling the insults and feuds of his first presidency.7 min read

Elon Musk Is Positioning X Behind the New Trump Presidency4 min read

Big Tech’s Hotbeds of Employee Activism Are Quiet After Trump’s Victory4 min read

President Biden smiles and waves to attendees during a press briefing outside at the White House.Biden and Trump to Meet at White House on Wednesday2 min read

A migrant parent and a child stand outside the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan with their bags, the girl holding a stuffed animal on her shoulders.Trump’s Deportation Vow Fuels Fear and a Potential Showdown in New York7 min read

Inside the Supreme Court chamber this May.Should Alito and Thomas Be Pushed to Retire? Conservatives Are Divided.5 min read

An aerial view of downtown Washington, including the White House.Inside the Federal Work Force That Trump Has Promised to Eviscerate5 min read

Kamala Harris Had a Wall Street-Approved Economic Pitch. It Fell Flat.The vice president vacillated on how to talk about the economy, and ended up adopting tweaks that corporate and progressive allies said muddled the message.6 min read

Drop-Off in Democratic Votes Ignites Conspiracy Theories on Left and Right3 min read

5 Takeaways From Nancy Pelosi’s Interview With The New York Times3 min read

How Media Outlets on the Right and Left Explained Trump’s Win4 min read

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Violence in Amsterdam

Amsterdam Bans Protests After Antisemitic Attacks on Soccer FansThe violence erupted around a soccer match between Israeli and Dutch teams in Amsterdam on Thursday.4 min read

What to Know About the Attacks on Israeli Soccer Fans in Amsterdam4 min read

Is a ‘Green’ Revolution Poisoning India’s Capital?India promised to safely turn its trash mountains into electricity. But a Times investigation found toxic substances around homes, playgrounds and schools.17 min read

How We Found the Dangers Threatening New Delhi’s ‘Green’ Energy Future4 min read

Middle East Crisis

Gazans Are Living Through a Yearlong BlackoutIsrael cut off electricity in the first days of the war, leaving Palestinians to light the dark with cellphones and to cook over open flames.5 min read

Qatar Tells Hamas Leaders They Are Unwelcome, Officials SayHosting exiled leaders for years, Qatar has been a key mediator. Facing deadlock, it has now sent a warning to those leaders, U.S. and Israeli officials said.3 min read

THE INTERVIEWNancy Pelosi Insists the Election Was Not a Rebuke of the Democrats

IDEASAmerica’s Split Screen on AbortionThe abortion-rights movement won in many states — even some that voted for Donald Trump. Where does it go from here?9 min read

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As Trump’s Term Looms, Hochul Considers Reviving N.Y.C. Congestion PricingGov. Kathy Hochul is said to be exploring options for adopting the contentious tolling plan in some form before President-elect Trump has a chance to kill it.5 min read

A Messy Problem in Orderly Singapore: Keeping Track of CatsThe reversal of a 35-year ban on cats in public housing won’t be a quick fix for cat-related problems. It’s not even clear how many cats live in the city-state.4 min read

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U.S. Wildfires

Brush Fire in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Burns 2 AcresThe fire drew almost 100 firefighters, the commissioner said. The cause was not immediately determined.2 min read

Wildfires Spread Across New Jersey and Connecticut: ‘No End in Sight’Firefighters in the two states have battled hundreds of blazes during an unseasonably dry fall.3 min read

Russia-Ukraine War

How Ukraine’s Widows Are Shouldering Their GriefIt’s unclear how many widows and widowers the war in Ukraine has created. But estimates suggest they number in the tens of thousands.4 min read

Russia Sentences Soldiers Over Killing of Ukrainian Family2 min read

  1. “They say time helps, but it is not true.”Iryna Sharhorodska’s husband was killed days before Russian forces captured the city of Bakhmut.
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  2. “I really started feeling better as I understood that I was useful.”Anastasiia Blyshchyk coped with the death of her fiancé by joining the Ukrainian Army.
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  3. “It feels like a Shahed drone hit me and burned everything inside.” Yulia Zmiyevska miscarried after learning her husband had died.
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  4. “Our friendship is a kind of therapy.”Kateryna Dementiy, front, and Oksana Tymchuk, both lost their husbands last year.
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  5. “I don’t remember that spring very well. I was in some kind of stupor.”Viktoriia Zavhorodnia was pregnant when her husband was killed in March 2023.
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This ‘Wall Street Girly’ Wants to Make Wealth More AccessibleVivian Tu is one of a new wave of female influencers who are using TikTok and Instagram to spread the message of personal finance to millennials and Gen Z.11 min read

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Maureen DowdDemocrats and the Case of Mistaken Identity Politics4 min read

A photo with Joe Biden in profile in the bottom right corner and a red, white and blue background. Josh BarroThis Is All Biden’s Fault5 min read

Thomas FrankThe Elites Had It Coming6 min read

Michelle CottleMike Johnson May Win the House but Lose His Dignity2 min read

Ezra KleinThe Book That Predicted the 2024 Election36 min read

Katherine MillerScenes From America on the Edge, Partying and Despairing2 min readA group of suited young men, some wearing “Make America Great Again” baseball hats, are seated in chairs against a brick wall.

Oren CassTrump Is About to Face the Choice That Dooms Many Presidencies6 min read

Nicholas KristofMaybe Now Democrats Will Address Working-Class Pain5 min read

Jamelle BouieWhat Do Trump Voters Know About the Future He Has Planned for Them?5 min read

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FEMA Fires Employee for Telling Workers to Skip Houses With Trump SignsThe agency said it was investigating the incident in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, a Category 3 storm that hit Florida in October.2 min read

They Were Ashamed About Their Debt. Bankruptcy Gave Them a Second Chance.Many people avoid filing for bankruptcy out of shame or out of fear it could ruin their credit. But it can provide much-needed relief.7 min read

U.S. Moves to Thwart Guilty Plea Proceedings in Sept. 11 CaseProsecutors plan to appeal a judge’s ruling that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had not lawfully rescinded the plea deal with Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.3 min read

Piecing Life Back Together After Helene, One Mud-Splattered Photo at a TimeA detective in North Carolina returned photos to a family who had lost everything during the hurricane, including some of a son who had died as a child.5 min read

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Zita Cobb Runs a $1,780-a-Night Inn. Is She the Most Radical Person in Travel?The innkeeper on Newfoundland’s Fogo Island hopes others might draw inspiration from an economic model in which tourism is in service to the community.6 min read

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