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New Yorkers Back Mamdani’s Push for Free Child Care, Poll Shows

16 December 2025 at 21:07
A Siena University poll showed that voters support having wealthy New Yorkers pay more in taxes to fund child care statewide, and favored Gov. Kathy Hochul in next year’s election.

© Shuran Huang for The New York Times

The favorability ratings for Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, have risen statewide and in New York City rise since his election last month.

Senators Investigate Role of A.I. Data Centers in Rising Electricity Costs

16 December 2025 at 18:02
Three Democrats are seeking information from tech firms about the growing energy use of data centers and the utility bills of individuals and other businesses.

© Nathan Howard for The New York Times

The energy needs of data centers used for artificial intelligence are forcing utility companies to spend billions of dollars to upgrade the power grid, the lawmakers said.

Susie Wiles Acknowledges Trump’s ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions

16 December 2025 at 20:05
In interviews with Vanity Fair, Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, called JD Vance a “conspiracy theorist” and said Pam Bondi “completely whiffed” the early handling of the Epstein files.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

Over the course of 11 interviews, Ms. Wiles offered pungent assessments of the president and his team.

ISIS ‘Ideology’ Is Linked to Australia Killings, and Trump Files New $10 Billion Lawsuit

16 December 2025 at 19:00
Plus, how foreign patients are paying for U.S. organs.

© Matthew Abbott for The New York Times

Belongings left near the site of a mass shooting in Sydney, Australia, on Monday. The gunmen targeted a Hanukkah party and killed 15 people.

Venezuela’s Oil Is a Focus of Trump’s Campaign Against Maduro

In public, the White House says it is confronting Venezuela to curb drug trafficking. Behind the scenes, gaining access to the country’s vast oil reserves is a priority.

© Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times

Oil drilling equipment in Cabimas, Venezuela. The country has about 17 percent of the world’s known oil reserves, nearly four times the amount in the United States.

The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich

For years, rumors swirled about where his wealth came from. A Times investigation reveals the truth of how a college dropout clawed his way to the pinnacle of American finance and society.

How Jeffrey Epstein Made His Money: Six Takeaways From The Times’ Investigation

The sources of Epstein’s fortune have long been a source of speculation. Here are six takeaways from a Times investigation that found that he built it through scams, theft and lies.

Brown Shooting Tests a Fragile Trust on Campus

16 December 2025 at 18:03
The Ivy League school has faced a series of challenges related to protests and politics. Through it all, it has kept its gates open to the city and tried to heal divisions on campus.

© Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times

Brown University has been open to the city around it. After last weekend’s shooting, some are asking if the school should do more to harden the campus to protect student safety.

Days After Brown University Shooting, a Community Is in a Standstill

16 December 2025 at 18:04
As a manhunt for a gunman who killed two and injured nine at Brown University stretched into a third day, residents and officials alike were growing weary.

© Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times

Federal agents searching for clues near where footage showed a possible suspect walking away from the scene on Saturday.

Jobs Data Is Finally Back. But the Economic Picture Is Still Blurry.

16 December 2025 at 18:03
November’s job report may be distorted as a result of the government shutdown, limiting how much it will influence the Federal Reserve’s next interest rate decision in January.

© Caroline Gutman for The New York Times

Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, warned last week that policymakers would have to take the November data lightly.

Jobs Report Could Provide Overdue Clarity on Uncertain Economy

16 December 2025 at 18:02
Hiring and unemployment data for November will offer a snapshot of a cooling job market buffeted by President Trump’s policies.

© Lexi Parra for The New York Times

A career fair at Texas A&M University at Galveston in October.

U.S. Transplant Hospitals Court Patients Overseas Despite Organ Shortage

International patients can bring a hospital as much as $2 million for a transplant. In recent years, they have typically gotten organs faster than U.S. patients.

© Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times

A Push for More Organ Transplants Is Putting Donors at Risk

People across the United States have endured rushed or premature attempts to remove their organs. Some were gasping, crying or showing other signs of life.

© Wes Frazer for The New York Times

Misty Hawkins’s parents have not touched the bedroom of their daughter, who had a lifelong cognitive disability.

This Week Is Pivotal for Ukraine, and for Europe’s Voice in Its Future

Often left out by the United States in peace negotiations, European countries are working to assert their leadership and bolster Ukraine with an ambitious funding plan. But can they agree?

© Pool photo by Toby Melville

From left: Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and President Emmanuel Macron of France at a meeting in London this month.

Uber and DoorDash Try to Halt N.Y.C. Law That Encourages Tipping

16 December 2025 at 16:00
The two food-delivery app companies filed a lawsuit against new rules, starting in January, that require food-delivery apps to provide a tipping option at checkout.

© Bebeto Matthews/Associated Press

Tips to delivery workers have fallen sharply since the apps removed the option to tip before payment.

Bondi Suspects Were in Southern Philippines, Where ISIS Is Active

It remains unclear what the two men did there last month.

© Ezra Acayan for The New York Times

A bombed-out building in Marawi in 2022, five years after Islamic State-affiliated militants and government forces waged a devastating battle for control of the city.

In Sydney Suburb Where Suspects Lived, Neighbor Saw ‘No Dramas’

16 December 2025 at 14:00
He said the people in the house were relatively new to the area and largely kept to themselves.

© Alasdair Pal/Reuters

Police officers at the house of the suspects’ family in the Bonnyrigg suburb of Sydney on Monday.

U.S. Strikes 3 More Boats in Eastern Pacific, Killing 8

16 December 2025 at 12:52
The attacks brought the number killed since the Trump administration began the strikes on suspected drug smugglers to at least 95.

© U.S. Southern Command

An image taken from video released on Monday by the U.S. Southern Command.

Donald Trump Jr. Is Engaged to Bettina Anderson, a Palm Beach Socialite

16 December 2025 at 12:55
The relationship between the president’s son and Ms. Anderson had been the subject of tabloid speculation during his previous engagement to Kimberly Guilfoyle.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson in Washington in June.

Volkswagen to End Production at German Plant, a First in Company History

16 December 2025 at 13:00
The auto giant stopped making cars at the plant in Dresden, which opened in 2001, as it faces weaker demand and steep U.S. tariffs.

© Jens Schlueter/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Volkswagen’s site in Dresden, known as the “Transparent Factory,” will be converted to a technology research hub.
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