What Tennessee Revealed About the G.O.P.’s Trump Trap in the Midterms

Republican candidates face the problem that President Trump alone gets out the vote that they need. And he alone gets out the vote that Democrats need, too.Supporters gathered at the election night party for Matt Van Epps ahead of his victory in a special election for the House on Tuesday in Tenness

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U.S. Military’s Boat Strikes Planning Takes On New Significance

The details could raise questions about who was responsible for a follow-up strike on Sept. 2 — the commander who ordered it or the defense secretary.On orders from President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the U.S. military has attacked 21 boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Oc

H Helene Cooper, Julian E. Barnes, Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt

Trump Faces Choices on Russia-Ukraine Talks as Peace Deal Deadline Passes

The president wanted Moscow and Kyiv to come to terms by Thanksgiving. Negotiations are now stalled, leaving the White House to decide if an agreement is possible anytime soon.“It does take two to tango,” President Trump said after his envoys left a meeting in Moscow with no major breakthroughs in t

D David E. Sanger and Anton Troianovski

Stakes High, Europe Races to Save Its Financing Plan for Ukraine

The European Union has a proposal for how to turn Russian frozen assets into a giant loan for Ukraine. If it fails, it could further weaken Europe’s global image.Members of the 31st Separate Mechanized Brigade, in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine last year.

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Who is Andrew Farkas, Who Owned a Marina With Jeffrey Epstein?

The billionaire real estate developer’s relationship with Mr. Epstein is in the spotlight, with the release of emails and images of Mr. Epstein’s private home in the Caribbean.Andrew Farkas has built a real estate empire in New York. But he has never publicly addressed his business entanglement with

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Best Movies of 2025

Our film critics rank their 10 favorites of the year.

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Former F.D.A. Commissioners Sound Alarm on Plan to Change Vaccine Policy

Twelve former commissioners, in a New England Journal of Medicine article, said they were “deeply concerned” by a leaked memo from the Trump administration’s chief scientific officer.Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, has repeatedly criticized Covid-19 vaccines as deadly despite the scient

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Afghan Refugees Face Uncertain Future As Trump Tightens Immigration Policy

Afghan immigrants in the United States believed they were safe. A deadly shooting that authorities say was carried out by an Afghan has thrown their futures into doubt.Obaidullah Durani and his daughter, Hela, at the Arizona Refugee Center in Mesa, Ariz. Mr. Durani, a fighter pilot, arrived from Afg

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Trump Administration Begins Immigration Operation in New Orleans

It is unclear how long the effort will last in Louisiana, where the Republican governor has welcomed the agents with open arms even as immigrant communities fear what might come.Gregory Bovino, a senior Border Patrol official who has been in charge of the immigration crackdown in various cities, in

E Eduardo Medina, Hamed Aleaziz and Shannon Sims

Obstacles to Trump’s Push to Deport Minnesota Somalis: Reality and the Cold

Most Somalis in the state are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents, making the pool of people who would be subject to removal small. And the frigid weather may limit agents’ search.Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis, center, in a tie, said he was proud to have the largest Somali community in the

E Ernesto Londoño and Talya Minsberg

Repatriation Flights With Hundreds of Migrants Arrive in Venezuela

The flights with Venezuelans who had been living in the United States arrived at a time of airspace safety concerns as the U.S. military pressures Venezuela’s leader.A plane carrying Venezuelan migrants landing at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, Venezuela, on Wednesday.

S Simon Romero and María Victoria Fermín

5 Takeaways From the 2025 DealBook Summit

President Trump’s economic policies and artificial intelligence were among the central topics at the gathering of business and political leaders.Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, right, speaking to Andrew Ross Sorkin, Dealbook Editor at Large, at the DealBook conference in New York on Wednesday.

K Kailyn Rhone, Brian O’Keefe and Bernhard Warner

Israel Says a Gaza Border Will Reopen, but Only for Palestinians to Leave

Israel had agreed to open the Rafah crossing as part of the October cease-fire deal with Hamas but kept it closed. Egypt denied that the border would reopen soon.The Rafah crossing at the border between southern Gaza and Egypt in 2023. Israel has said it will reopen “in the coming days,” but Egypt d

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Doctor Who Gave Matthew Perry Ketamine Is Sentenced to 30 Months

The doctor, Salvador Plasencia, had asked “I wonder how much this moron will pay” before supplying the drug to Mr. Perry, who became increasingly reliant on it before his death.“I’m just so sorry,” Salvador Plasencia told Matthew Perry’s family during the sentencing hearing on Wednesday.

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A Sidewalk Encounter Between 2 Longtime Neighbors Ends in a Death

Dean Whetzel, 82, had known Dana Escoffier, 79, for decades. When Mr. Whetzel bumped into him near their Village apartments, Mr. Escoffier shoved him, the police said, and he fell to the ground.Dana Escoffier in his apartment in 2000. He is facing criminal charges after he pushed his longtime neighb

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