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Today — 3 November 2025NYT | Top Stories

Indiana Republican Tries Different Approach in Debate on Voting Maps: Listening

3 November 2025 at 06:45
As redistricting efforts spread across the country, an Indiana state senator said he isn’t sure how he will vote on a plan that President Trump supports.

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Greg Goode, a Republican state lawmaker from Indiana, asked constituents to tell him what they think of drawing new political maps to favor Republicans in Congress.

Why Medicare Recipients Should Check Their 2026 Drug Plans Now

1 November 2025 at 17:00
Fall enrollment is on. Some plans are raising premiums for Part D, which covers prescriptions, by $50 or more per month, while others are lowering them.

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Jeff and Holly Kluck learned that their Medicare Part D premiums would rise sharply next year, so they are looking for new Part D plans.

Energy Secretary Says Nuclear Tests Won’t Involve Explosions

3 November 2025 at 06:30
Chris Wright said that tests announced by President Trump last week wouldn’t involve nuclear explosions and would instead focus on other aspects of the weapons.

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“I think the tests we’re talking about right now are systems tests,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Fox News on Sunday. “These are not nuclear explosions.”

F.D.A. Drug Unit Chief Is Placed on Leave, and Cites a ‘Toxic’ Environment

3 November 2025 at 04:56
The official, Dr. George F. Tidmarsh, a top regulator at the agency, said disagreements over a new program to rapidly approve medications had caused tensions with agency officials.

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Defense Lawyers Demand Dismissal of Abuse Case Against Israeli Soldiers

3 November 2025 at 03:27
The chief legal officer of Israel’s military resigned after authorizing the leak of a video in the case involving grave abuse of a Palestinian detainee. That further politicized a fraught case.

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The Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel, where Israeli soldiers were charged with grave abuses of a Palestinian detainee.

5 Die, Including 3 Children, in Halloween Night House Fire

3 November 2025 at 03:14
The cousin of a state assemblyman, his wife and children died in the fire in Paterson, N.J. Seven other relatives survived the blaze.

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Firefighters responding on Emerson Avenue in Paterson, N.J. on Friday night. “People are going to read that there were five fatalities,” the Paterson mayor, André Sayegh, said. “But that’s a family of five.”

OPEC Plus Signals Cautious Approach to Oil Production

3 November 2025 at 02:09
Eight members of the oil cartel agreed on Sunday to a small increase but said they would now pause in adding more oil, reflecting market concerns about an oversupply.

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An oil refinery south of Kuwait City. An analyst said that increased production by OPEC Plus, along with rising output by countries outside the group, could lead to supply outstripping demand.

Maria Riva, Dietrich Daughter Who Demystified the Legend, Dies at 100

3 November 2025 at 02:04
She was her mother’s handmaiden and aide-de-camp. In 1993, her blockbuster biography told of the awful price she paid.

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Maria Riva in an undated photo. The daughter of the movie star Marlene Dietrich, she grew skilled at an early age at caring for her mother’s costumes and props and stamping her autograph on publicity photos.

Kipruto Wins NYC Marathon Men’s Race in One of the Closest Ever Finishes

3 November 2025 at 03:47
Some past New York marathons have been extremely tight. Benson Kipruto’s split-second victory was a photo finish.

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In 2005, Paul Tergat defeated Hendrick Ramaala by a mere one second.
Yesterday — 2 November 2025NYT | Top Stories

Police Arrest Two British Men in Stabbing Rampage on Train

2 November 2025 at 21:06
U.K. officials said they did not believe the attack on a train to London was connected to terrorism. Two of the 11 people wounded in the stabbing spree remain in critical condition, the police said.

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A police officer at Huntingdon Station in England on Sunday, near the train where the attack unfold.

Food Stamp Cuts Expose Trump’s Strategy to Use Shutdown to Advance Agenda

By: Tony Romm
2 November 2025 at 18:01
The president has stretched the limits of his powers to help those at the heart of his agenda, not the many in greatest need.

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Much remains unclear about whether or when poor families may receive their scheduled SNAP benefits.

For SNAP Recipients, Anxiety Over Funding Leads to Hard Choices

2 November 2025 at 23:55
At one grocery store in Massachusetts, shoppers grappled with growing fears and lighter carts.

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Angela Duncan, left, shops for groceries in Springfield, Mass., on Saturday with her daughter and grandson.

Even for Some Mamdani Supporters, His Thin Résumé Is Cause for Concern

Many voters struggle with a fundamental question about Zohran Mamdani’s candidacy: Is a 34-year-old state assemblyman ready to lead the nation’s largest city?

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Zohran Mamdani has won over many New Yorkers with a hopeful message that he has conveyed at atypical times and places, like at midnight in Queens last week.

Trump’s Retribution Campaign Leaves D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office in Crisis

3 November 2025 at 06:11
Few places have felt the effects as palpably as the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, which is deeply enmeshed in the workings of government and has filed criminal cases against President Trump.

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Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, has begun to quietly accelerate a list of “special projects” touching on subjects that have piqued President Trump, including investigations into people and issues he reviles.

Will Trump’s Tariff Deal Tilt the Playing Field Back Toward China?

The president’s trade truce with China has lowered U.S. tariffs to a level that could pause a longer-term effort to reduce America’s dependence on Beijing.

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The U.S.-China trade deal has pared back U.S. tariffs on some Chinese products to levels that are nominally near or below those President Trump has put on products from other countries.

Builders Find Hardship in Trump’s Tariffs And Deportations

2 November 2025 at 18:01
Material costs are rising, workers are scarce and customers are delaying new construction plans.

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Housing being built in Los Angeles. Stiff tariffs on steel, copper, lumber and other materials are lifting construction prices and interrupting some jobs.

She Was Ready to Have Her 15th Child. Then Came the Felony Charges.

3 November 2025 at 05:23
MaryBeth Lewis’s desire to be a new mom again, at 65 years old, led to a custody battle like no other.

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MaryBeth Lewis with three of her children.

In a Dark Year, Los Angeles Basks in the Dodgers’ Glow

Scars of wildfires and immigration raids won’t soon fade, but like the city itself, the Dodgers persevered and gave Southern California residents the rally they needed.

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Dodgers fans celebrating at Good Neighbor Bar in Altadena, Calif.

Canadians Mourn a Loss by Underdogs Who Brought a Nation Together

2 November 2025 at 16:44
The Blue Jays, Canada’s only M.L.B. team, were a salve for a country hit by President Trump’s threats and tariffs. Then the Dodgers ended their thrilling postseason run.

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Blue Jays fans in Toronto reacting after their team lost in Saturday’s Game 7.

Cleaning Bones for Day of the Dead

Practitioners of an annual ritual to clean deceased relatives’ bones are grappling with a new challenge: tourists. Jack Nicas, our Mexico City bureau chief, visits Pomuch, a town in Eastern Mexico that celebrates Día de Muertos unlike any other place.

For Day of the Dead, One Mexican Town Digs Up Its Dead

Pomuch, Mexico, is one of the last places where residents clean their relatives’ bones. Now they are grappling with a new challenge: tourists.

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