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Today — 5 November 2025NYT | Top Stories

Trump Weighs Options, and Risks, for Attacks on Venezuela

President Trump has yet to make a decision, but his advisers are pressing a range of objectives — from attacking drug cartels to seizing oil fields — to try to justify ousting Nicolás Maduro.

© Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times

Asked in an interview whether Nicolás Maduro’s days as president of Venezuela were numbered, President Trump said, “I think so, yeah.”

A Guide to the California Special Election and Prop. 50 Ballot Measure

Voters will decide if California’s voting districts should be redrawn to help Democrats flip up to five House seats.

© Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times

California voters will decide Tuesday whether to adopt gerrymandered House maps that could help Democrats flip five seats next year.

​How Two Times Editors Work on Getting Election Results Right

Accurate, reliable results play a role in free and fair elections. So does explaining the data and helping people understand when and how it will be reported.

© The New York Times

Examples of past Times election results coverage.

The Editor Got a Letter From ‘Dr. B.S.’ So Did a Lot of Other Editors.

5 November 2025 at 01:18
The rise of artificial intelligence has produced serial writers to science and medical journals, most likely using chatbots to boost the number of citations they’ve published.

© Eva Manez/Reuters

A research scientist who published a paper in a scientific journal about controlling mosquito-borne malaria infections was asked to rebut a letter to the editor sent by a scientist who had suddenly become improbably prolific starting in 2025.

A Beloved Vintage Store Closed. A Customer Bought All 4,500 Items.

4 November 2025 at 22:00
Everything in the shop appeared to have been abandoned. A devoted customer took it all home and started selling the items herself.

Vicky Szuflita filled an empty house with thousands of articles of clothing from a closed vintage store in Cordele, Ga.

U.S. Seeks Two-Year U.N. Mandate for Gaza Stabilization Force

A draft Security Council resolution said that an international force would ensure that Gaza be demilitarized, though specifics were unclear.

© Saher Alghorra for The New York Times

Damaged buildings in Gaza City last month.
Yesterday — 4 November 2025NYT | Top Stories

Small Businesses Gear Up for Tariff Fight at Supreme Court

4 November 2025 at 23:35
Companies that sell diamonds, plant sensors and wine all have one thing in common: They are weighing in against tariffs in a consequential case.

© Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters

Diamonds are mined in various countries but are often cut and polished in India. President Trump used emergency powers to impose a 50 percent tariff on Indian exports in August.

Republicans Hold Firm on Filibuster and Prosecutor Veto Power, Despite Trump’s Frustrations

4 November 2025 at 23:10
President Trump is showing mounting frustration at his inability to win confirmation of U.S. attorneys in blue states or break the filibuster's grip on the Senate. The G.O.P. has been uncharacteristically uncooperative.

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota and the majority leader, has made preserving the legislative filibuster a key pledge.

MS … NOW? As MSNBC Rebrands, a $20 Million Effort to Avoid Confusion.

4 November 2025 at 23:04
After three decades, the MSNBC brand will be retired on Nov. 15. The network has called in Rachel Maddow to help viewers make the transition.

© Todd Heisler/The New York Times

The renaming of MSNBC to MS NOW is tied to a goal of its corporate ownership to avoid confusion between it and NBC News.

Bold Assassinations Are ‘Reality Check’ in Mexico’s Cartel Fight

The murder of Mexico’s most vocal anti-crime mayor shows that, despite President Claudia Sheinbaum’s crackdown on drug cartels, the battle is just beginning.

© Eduardo Verdugo/Associated Press

People carrying the coffin of late Mayor Carlos Manzo, who was shot on Sunday in Uruapan, a city of 350,000 in western Mexico.

Dick Cheney: A Vice President’s Life in Photos

5 November 2025 at 00:21
The former vice president helped shaped the role of the United States around the world.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

Dick Cheney in the Oval Office of the White House in 2007.

Ukraine Moves to Revamp Military Service

4 November 2025 at 21:26
The country will introduce fixed-term military contracts to try to attract recruits and ease the strain on soldiers after years of fighting.

© Tyler Hicks/The New York Times

A Ukrainian soldier from an artillery unit of the 59th Assault Brigade in the Dnipropetrovsk region of eastern Ukraine last month. Until now, the country’s troops have served under open-ended contracts.

Bessent Plans to Attend Tariff Arguments at the Supreme Court

4 November 2025 at 20:40
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dismissed the idea that his presence could be seen as an attempt to intimidate the court on a case that President Trump considers vital to his economic policy.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he plans to attend Supreme Court arguments on President Trump’s tariffs.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney Dies at 84

5 November 2025 at 01:30
A former defense secretary and congressman, he held the nation’s No. 2 job under President George W. Bush and was an architect of policies in an era of war and economic change.

© Jose R. Lopez/The New York Times

Dick Cheney at a House committee hearing in 1990, when he was the secretary of defense under President George H. W. Bush. At left is Gen. Colin L. Powell.

New Pentagon Press Crew Is All In on Trump

The Defense Department’s new press policy led to an exodus of traditional journalists. Supporters of the president have stepped in.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

“We’re going to make them proud,” Mike Lindell, the owner of LindellTV, said of the administration. His outlet supports the president and is among those that agreed to the Pentagon’s new press rules.

She Voted for Trump Three Times. Now She Is Leading a Fight Against His Tariffs.

4 November 2025 at 18:02
The Liberty Justice Center led by Sara Albrecht is better known for backing right-leaning causes, but it filed the tariff case that will be heard by the Supreme Court this week.

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

Sara Albrecht, a lifelong Republican whose organization is challenging the president’s tariffs, outside the Supreme Court last month.

In Search of the Simpsonville Massacre

In 1865, two dozen Union soldiers, all formerly enslaved, were ambushed and killed along a road in Kentucky. Archaeologists are still searching for their remains.

© Jon Cherry for The New York Times

Amazon Oil Drilling Undermines Brazil’s Climate Credibility Before COP30

4 November 2025 at 18:00
Brazil, which is hosting the 30th U.N. Climate Change Conference this month, wants to show the world it is a leader in safeguarding the planet. Its record tells a more complicated story.

© Victor Moriyama for The New York Times

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil wants to reduce carbon emissions and deforestation, but has also wants to drill for oil in the Amazon region.

As UK Tries to Curb Immigration, Rural Scotland Looks to Attract Foreign Workers

4 November 2025 at 18:11
Bucking the anti-immigration trend in British politics, remote areas of Scotland would like to attract foreign workers to offset declining local populations.

© Andrew Testa for The New York Times

Workers sorting shellfish at Scot West Seafoods, in Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland, in June.
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