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Salesforce Offers Its Services to Boost Trump’s Immigration Force

17 October 2025 at 10:56
The San Francisco-based firm has told ICE that it could use A.I. to help the agency nearly triple its staff. The company’s C.E.O., once a progressive tech titan, has embraced President Trump.

© Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle, via Associated Press

Marc Benioff, Salesforce’s chief executive, surprised many San Franciscans when he said he “fully supports” President Trump and invited the National Guard to San Francisco.

How the Bolton Indictment Compares to Trump’s Classified Documents Case

17 October 2025 at 08:52
Some charges against the onetime national security adviser resemble the dropped case against President Trump, but there are also differences.

© Erin Schaff/The New York Times

John R. Bolton, the former White House national security adviser, in 2019 at the White House.

Eric Adams Considers Endorsing Cuomo

17 October 2025 at 08:24
The New York City mayor said he has been in discussions to back former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, and maintains his opposition to Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner.

© Adam Gray for The New York Times

Mayor Eric Adams suspended his re-election campaign in September to try to consolidate opposition to Zohran Mamdani.

Parties Brace for a Political Future Without the Voting Rights Act

17 October 2025 at 05:54
After the Supreme Court appeared poised to weaken a key provision of the landmark civil rights law, both parties began to reckon with an uncertain future.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Some Democrats expressed alarmed at the new political reality that could be ushered in by the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act.

Mamdani Faces Islamophobic Attacks After Comments About Hamas

17 October 2025 at 05:58
Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner in the race for mayor of New York City, was attacked by lawmakers from both parties over comments he made in a Fox News interview.

© Vincent Alban/The New York Times

“I don’t really have opinions about the future of Hamas and Israel beyond the question of justice and safety and the fact that anything has to abide by international law,” Zohran Mamdani said in a Fox News interview.

Trump Warns Hamas of Strikes if Violence in Gaza Continues

17 October 2025 at 05:22
The president later clarified that the United States would not be involved in such an action.

© Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters

Hamas militants stood guard on Wednesday as the International Committee of the Red Cross transported the bodies of hostages who died in Gaza.

After Racist Texts, New York G.O.P. Is Set to Disband Young Republicans

State party leaders are expected to eliminate the charter of the Young Republicans group, allowing them to reconstitute the organization with new leaders.

© Cindy Schultz for The New York Times

Representative Elise Stefanik called the texts by members of the Young Republicans reprehensible.

Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize Brings Hope and Scrutiny to Venezuela’s Opposition

17 October 2025 at 05:01
Ms. Machado’s efforts to reclaim a stolen election by any available means, including military intervention, has long galvanized her supporters. Her opponents say these hard-line policies have a political cost.

© The New York Times

The opposition leader María Corina Machado in her office last year. She is now in hiding.

Trump Plans to Meet With Putin to Talk About a Cease-Fire in Ukraine

17 October 2025 at 07:21
A day ahead of his meeting with Ukraine’s leader at the White House to discuss an arms package, President Trump suggested that Russia might be open to a diplomatic solution to the war it started.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in August.

Appeals Court Maintains Block on Trump’s Troop Deployment to Illinois

17 October 2025 at 04:46
“Political opposition is not rebellion,” wrote a Seventh Circuit panel, rejecting an attempt by the Trump administration to remove an order by a trial court judge.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Demonstrators near an immigrant processing center in Broadview, Ill., this month.

U.S. B-52s and Helicopters Fly Near Venezuela in Show of Threats

17 October 2025 at 02:23
The Trump administration is sharply increasing U.S. military pressure on the government of Nicolás Maduro.

© Alex Brandon/Associated Press

An Army Black Hawk helicopter with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment at Fort Bragg in North Carolina in June.

A History of the C.I.A.’s Involvement in Latin America, From Bay of Pigs to Chile Coups

17 October 2025 at 04:07
For much of the 20th century, the C.I.A. devised plots to overthrow governments, kill high-profile leaders or arm dissident groups.

© Jack Manning/The New York Times

Fidel Castro, whom the C.I.A. made at least eight plots against, speaking with reporters in 1964 in a car. An assault rifle lies in the seat pocket.

Kanchha Sherpa, Last Member of First Team to Conquer Everest, Dies at 92

17 October 2025 at 04:29
A trip to India to find work led to a career climbing the world’s highest mountain.

© Jason Gulley for The New York Times

Kanchha Sherpa in Nepal in May. He carried 60 pounds of gear, fixed ropes and scouted the trail for the 1953 expedition up Mount Everest.

Trump’s Unilateral Spending Cuts Complicate Shutdown Deal

Democrats want guarantees that President Trump will not continue to claw back spending, ignoring any agreement they strike. But he has promised to keep defying Congress.

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader, and other lawmakers on Wednesday. He called the specter of more unilateral cuts by President Trump “another indication that Republicans are not operating in good faith.”

JB Pritzker Won $1.4 Million Playing Blackjack in Las Vegas

17 October 2025 at 03:06
The Illinois governor reported the winnings on his 2024 tax returns, which his campaign released this week. “I was incredibly lucky,” he said.

© Sophie Park/Reuters

Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois said on Thursday that he won $1.4 million playing blackjack on a single trip to Las Vegas last year with his wife, MK Pritzker, and some friends.

Judge Says Immigration Agents Must Wear Body Cameras in Chicago

The federal judge said she was “profoundly concerned” that federal agents might have violated earlier limits that she had set as the Trump administration has carried out an immigration crackdown.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

A federal agent kicked a tear gas canister toward a group of people in Chicago this week.

Harvard’s Wealth Is Growing, Despite Trump’s Attacks on Its Funds

17 October 2025 at 01:00
In its latest financial report, Harvard said its endowment grew even bigger in the last fiscal year. But it still faces financial problems because of federal cuts.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

Harvard and other elite schools with large endowments have said the money can be difficult to tap to help cover cuts sought by the Trump administration.
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