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Today — 10 October 2025NYT | Top Stories

How Jared Kushner, a Self-Described ‘Deal Guy,’ Helped Broker a Gaza Breakthrough

10 October 2025 at 03:39
Trained in New York City real estate, the president’s son-in-law had a singular goal: Get to a yes first, and hash out the details later. “It’s just different being deal guys — just a different sport,” he said.

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Jared Kushner at the White House last month during a news conference with President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.

Oscar S. Wyatt Jr., Wily Texas Oilman, Is Dead at 101

10 October 2025 at 02:23
He made billions selling energy with his Coastal Corporation, courted presidents and dictators, and eventually went to prison for paying kickbacks to the Iraqi government.

Trump Baselessly Claims He ‘Took the Freedom of Speech Away’ From Flag Burners

10 October 2025 at 02:50
The president said he had made flag burning a crime punishable by a year in prison. But such a claim contradicts both Supreme Court precedent and the text of an executive order he signed.

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Protesters at an ICE facility in Portland, Ore., burned a flag on Monday. Commenting on an earlier flag burning in the area, President Trump said on Wednesday that such acts could ‘incite tremendous violence.”

Why Arguments About Free Speech Don’t Apply to the Riyadh Comedy Festival

10 October 2025 at 01:30
Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle and others have framed their participation as a matter of open expression. Yet they’re maddeningly vague about how much dissent is possible in Saudi Arabia.

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The festival has led to a cottage industry of stand-ups defending their involvement.

Democratic Alarm Over an Unbound Trump Fuels Shutdown Standoff

10 October 2025 at 02:07
The threat of rising Obamacare premiums has been Democrats’ main focus in the public debate, but the president’s defiance of laws, norms and congressional constraints has helped hold them together in opposition.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

Underlying the shutdown fight is a deep concern among Democrats about the actions of what they see as a lawless and unchecked president.

Man Charged With Fatally Beating 64-Year-Old at Subway Station

A 25-year-old man attacked the victim on Tuesday at the Jay Street-MetroTech subway station in Brooklyn, according to the police. The two men did not appear to know each other.

© Dakota Santiago for The New York Times

The fatal beating took place in the middle of the afternoon at a busy transit hub in Brooklyn.

A Mystery C.E.O. and Billions in Sales: Is China Buying Banned Nvidia Chips?

An executive of a Singaporean firm called Megaspeed socialized with Nvidia’s Jensen Huang. Now the company is being scrutinized by U.S. officials for its ties to China.

© Amrita Chandradas for The New York Times

Construction workers at Sedenak Tech Park, where U.S. workers found Megaspeed’s orders of Nvidia products still in boxes.

Who Are the Hostages Believed Alive in Gaza?

Israel says 20 living hostages are held by Hamas, set for release in a prisoner exchange together with the remains of those who died. Here’s what we know about them.

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Yellow chairs, some with images of hostages, along a road in southern Israel on Thursday.

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

10 October 2025 at 01:36
Gov. Kevin Stitt, the current chairman of the National Governors Association, broke with Texas, saying, “Oklahomans would lose their mind” if Illinois sent troops to their red state.

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Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma.

Another Guilty Verdict After Appeal in Gisèle Pelicot Rape Case

10 October 2025 at 00:50
One of the dozens of men convicted of raping Gisèle Pelicot appealed his verdict, but a French court again found him guilty.

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Gisèle Pelicot arriving at the courthouse in Nîmes, France, on Thursday.

Who Can Afford Three Kids in New York City?

The number of city households with three or more children has dropped by nearly 17 percent over the past decade as families struggle with the cost of child care and rent.

© Natalie Keyssar for The New York Times

Government Shutdown Scrambles Some Home Sales in Flood Zones

9 October 2025 at 23:38
When the government shut down, so did the federal flood insurance program, forcing some buyers into the costly private market.

© Erin Schaff/The New York Times

Homeowners are required to have flood insurance if their home lies inside a 100-year floodplain.

Number of Children Fleeing Violence in Haiti Soars

9 October 2025 at 22:09
Haitian children face intensifying problems of crime, hunger and homelessness as the country’s humanitarian crisis shows no signs of easing, a report from a U.N. agency found.

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Children playing jump rope at the Lycée Marie Jeanne in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, last September. The school is being used as a shelter for people displaced by violence.

Modi Rosenfeld Is Gay. He’s Religious. His Comedy Career Is Booming.

10 October 2025 at 00:57
Mordechi Rosenfeld, known as Modi, already has the synagogue crowd. Now he wants the “Goyim, gays and theys,” too.

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Yesterday — 9 October 2025NYT | Top Stories

10 Months Later, Russia Admits Deadly Downing of Azerbaijani Plane

10 October 2025 at 01:58
President Vladimir Putin’s rare acknowledgment of a Russian military mistake came as relations have deteriorated between the two former Soviet states.

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The wreckage of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 in Ataku, Kazakhstan, in December of last year.

Netanyahu’s Political Fortunes May Be Transformed by Gaza Deal

9 October 2025 at 22:50
The Israeli prime minister appeared backed into a corner in Gaza diplomacy. But this deal could greatly increase his room for maneuver, analysts said.

© Dave Sanders for The New York Times

At the U.N. General Assembly last month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a Palestinian state would represent “national suicide” for Israel.

Irish Factory Prospered Because of China’s Babies. Then Nestlé Pulled the Plug.

China’s baby boom enriched a small Irish town where a Nestlé factory made formula for Chinese newborns. Then a baby bust unraveled it all. Or so it seemed.

Tim Hanley at his dairy farm in western Ireland, near a Nestlé factory to which he provided milk for infant formula sold in China.

Katie Porter Goes Viral for ‘Unhappy’ TV Interview in California Governor’s Race

9 October 2025 at 09:53
The former Democratic congresswoman, known for her own grilling of executives on Capitol Hill, threatened to abandon an interview after she was asked several follow-up questions.

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Katie Porter, a former congresswoman, went viral on Wednesday after she grew frustrated by a television reporter and threatened to abandon an interview after several follow-up questions.

Joseph Herbert, Who Helped Catch Copycat Zodiac Killer, Dies at 68

9 October 2025 at 21:18
A New York police detective, he used his knowledge of the killer’s handwriting — and a lucky twist — to solve a confounding case.

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Joseph Herbert in 1996, with Detective Thomas Maher, left, at a news conference about the arrest of Heriberto Seda, whose killings mimicked those of the so-called Zodiac killer.

A Tough Job for Jay Powell at the Fed Gets Tougher

Some at the central bank don’t feel the need to cut rates further this year; others are worried about the jobs market. That complicates the job of Jay Powell, its chair.

© Caroline Gutman for The New York Times

Lingering concerns among some Fed policymakers about inflation will add to Jay Powell’s task of forging a consensus on rate cuts.

A Gaza Deal

9 October 2025 at 19:29
The world is waking up to an agreement between Israel and Hamas. We explain what we know about the breakthrough.

© Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

Einav Zangauker, the mother of a hostage, Matan Zangauker, reacts to the news.

Laszlo Krasznahorkai Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

​The prize committee said the Hungarian writer’s work “reaffirms the power of art.”

© Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times

Laszlo Krasznahorkai is known for a prose style that captures confusion and paranoia.
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