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Today — 20 November 2025NYT | Top Stories

F.B.I. Hunt Intensifies for Ryan Wedding, Snowboarder Accused of Being a Drug Kingpin

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By: Vjosa Isai
20 November 2025 at 06:59
Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic athlete said to be a major cocaine trafficker, is accused of ordering the murder of a witness who was set to testify against him.

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Ryan Wedding during the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002.

Newly Discovered Bach Pieces Are the Fruits of Decades of Detective Work

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By: Adam Nagourney
20 November 2025 at 07:00
A pair of organ works that scholars believe were written by a teenage Johann Sebastian Bach were premiered in Leipzig this week and added to the composer’s official catalog.

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The two pieces were premiered by Ton Koopman and given their own numbers in the catalog of Bach’s works: BWV 1178 and BWV 1179.

Saudi Arabia’s Prince Has Big Plans, but His Giant Fund Is Low on Cash

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By: Rob Copeland and Vivian Nereim
20 November 2025 at 07:00
After nearly a decade of expensive, hit-and-miss investments, Mohammed bin Salman is overseeing a behind-the-scenes restructuring of the kingdom’s all-important wealth fund.

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President Trump welcomed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia to the White House on Tuesday.

U.S.-Russian Peace Plan Would Force Ukraine to Cede Land and Cut Army

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By: Andrew E. Kramer and Maria Varenikova
20 November 2025 at 06:52
The 28-point proposal, which comes as the Trump administration tries to restart settlement talks, includes demands long rejected by Kyiv as nonstarters.

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A Ukrainian artillery unit firing a howitzer at Russian targets in the Dnipropetrovsk region, last month.

Believe It or Not, That $12 Million Gold Toilet Was Bought by … Ripley’s

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By: Zachary Small
20 November 2025 at 07:07
The entertainment company plans on displaying the toilet, saying its team is exploring “whether visitors may someday be allowed to use it.”

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Ripley’s Believe It or Not, which paid $12.1 million for the toilet on Tuesday, said that “finding the unbelievable is our business.”

Stalled Contempt Inquiry Into Deportation Flights Springs Back to Life

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By: Alan Feuer
20 November 2025 at 06:22
The resurrected inquiry could finally get to the bottom of lingering questions such as: Did top Trump administration officials purposely ignore a court order?

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Judge James E. Boasberg’s initial order laying out the contempt investigation outlined an aggressive process for figuring out what happened inside the administration.

Mexico Is Now the United States’ Top Buyer

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By: James Wagner
20 November 2025 at 06:00
For first time in at least 30 years, the United States has exported more to Mexico than Canada, U.S. government data show, in a sign of how much North American trade has consolidated.

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Trucks moving goods from the United States to Mexico in February. “Mexico is the United States’ main trading partner,” said Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s economy minister.

Nvidia Earnings Show Profit Jumped 65% to $31.9 Billion

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By: Tripp Mickle
20 November 2025 at 05:41
The company, which makes the computer chips essential to the artificial intelligence boom, also said revenue in its recent quarter rose to $57 billion.

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Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, made a bet on chips for artificial intelligence that has turned his company into a Silicon Valley giant.

Alberta Invokes Last-Resort Constitutional Clause to Shield Trans Laws From Challenges

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By: Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Ian Austen
20 November 2025 at 05:12
The western province’s conservative government has invoked a rarely used clause in Canada’s Constitution to shield its bills limiting transgender rights from legal challenges.

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Danielle Smith, Alberta’s conservative premier, has framed the enactment of the bills as a matter of children’s safety.

Driver Who Killed Mother and Daughters Sentenced to 3 to 9 Years

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By: Maia Coleman and Olivia Bensimon
20 November 2025 at 04:50
Miriam Yarimi, a wig maker with a big social media presence, ran a red light in Brooklyn before slamming into the family members. The deaths spurred calls for increased traffic safety.

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Miriam Yarimi drove a blue Audi A3 sedan with the license plate WIGM8KER and had a long history of driving infractions.

Trump Wanted to Abolish FEMA. His Own Advisers Disagree.

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By: Maxine Joselow and Scott Dance
20 November 2025 at 03:57
A panel convened by President Trump is said to have rejected the president’s idea that the agency should “go away.”

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The homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, during a news conference with Texas officials following the catastrophic flooding of the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas, in July.

George Conway, a Vocal Foe of Trump, Eyes Congressional Run

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By: Annie Karni
20 November 2025 at 04:13
The former conservative lawyer built a social media following with his harsh criticism of President Trump, who was the boss of his wife at the time.

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George Conway is moving closer to announcing a run for Congress in one of Manhattan’s wealthiest and bluest districts.

Israeli Strikes Kill at Least 25 in Gaza Amid Cease-Fire, Officials Say

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By: Aaron Boxerman
20 November 2025 at 04:08
Israel’s military said it had launched attacks across Gaza after Palestinian militants shot at its troops. The six-week-old cease-fire has been pierced periodically by bursts of violence.

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Israeli soldiers and tanks gathered near the Gaza border in southern Israel on Monday.

After the Death of Two Titans, Where Are the Next Giant Art Patrons?

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By: Robin Pogrebin
20 November 2025 at 00:06
With the passing of Leonard A. Lauder and Agnes Gund amid financial headwinds, arts organizations worry that the cultural megadonor may be a thing of the past.

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George Clooney, Adam Sandler and Noah Baumbach on Fame and ‘Jay Kelly’

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By: Kyle Buchanan and Chantal Anderson
19 November 2025 at 18:00
The stars and the director look back on their days trying to break into the industry and how failure was part of the equation.

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Noah Baumbach with Sandler and Clooney in Beverly Hills.

Police Officer and Ex-Mayor Is Charged With Sexually Assaulting a Child

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By: Camille Baker
20 November 2025 at 03:36
The attack took place when the child was home alone, prosecutors said. The accused assailant, Sgt. Andrew LaBruno, ran unsuccessfully for the New Jersey State Legislature this year.

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December Rate Cut in Doubt as Fed Fault Lines Deepen, Minutes Show

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By: Colby Smith
20 November 2025 at 03:33
The central bank’s decision to lower interest rates last month was more divisive than it first appeared as officials splintered over how to weigh a weakening labor market against rising inflation.

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Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, said recently that officials at the central bank held “strongly differing views.”

After Shutdown, Labor Department Says Some Data is Gone for Good

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By: Lydia DePillis and Colby Smith
20 November 2025 at 03:43
Surveys were delayed and some cannot be collected at all, officials said, further complicating the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates next month.

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Incomplete data has major implications for central bank officials debating whether to lower interest rates for a third meeting in a row.

Saudi Arabia’s Return to Washington

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By: David E. Sanger， Melanie Bencosme， Leila Medina， James Surdam and Rebecca Suner
20 November 2025 at 02:00
David Sanger, a White House and national security correspondent, describes how the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, a pariah after the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, has become a dealmaker in Washington.

U.K. Vows to Ban Resale of Concert Tickets Above Face Value

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By: Ben Sisario
20 November 2025 at 01:00
The move aims to prevent “touts,” or scalpers, from charging exorbitant prices for sought-after shows.

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An Oasis concert in Wales this summer. British regulators opened an investigation after Oasis fans saw some seats on Ticketmaster more than double in cost from their advertised price.

Saudi Arabia Backs Elon Musk’s xAI With Data Center Deal

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By: Adam Satariano and Paul Mozur
20 November 2025 at 03:07
Mr. Musk’s xAI will work with the Saudi artificial intelligence company Humain on a new data center, part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s effort to diversify his kingdom’s economy.

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On Tuesday, executives from many of the biggest tech companies, including Elon Musk, attended a dinner hosted by President Trump honoring Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia.
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