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Today — 8 November 2025NYT | Top Stories

Grammy Nominations 2026: See the Full List of Nominees

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8 November 2025 at 00:27
Artists, albums and songs competing for trophies at the 68th annual ceremony were announced on Friday. The show will take place on Feb. 1, 2026, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

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Lady Gaga is up for six awards for “Mayhem” and one for her “Joker: Folie à Deux” album, “Harlequin.”

How Families Are Coping with SNAP Cuts During the Shutdown

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By: Eric Adelson， Mary Beth Gahan， Sean Keenan， Lourdes Medrano， Christina Morales， Sonia A. Rao， Dan Simmons and Kevin Williams
8 November 2025 at 00:59
For the 42 million people who rely on the country’s largest anti-hunger program, it has been a chaotic, nerve-racking week. Here are some of their stories.

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Many SNAP recipients turned to food pantries, like the Lutheran Settlement House in Philadelphia, Pa.

They Can’t Stand Trump. But His I.V.F. Policy Might Help Them Have Children.

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By: Caroline Kitchener
7 November 2025 at 18:00
Even those opposed to President Trump were encouraged by his announcement of a discount on I.V.F. drugs, a policy that followed months of complex negotiations.

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Kirstyn Cooke hopes to have several children through I.V.F. and has spent roughly $60,000 so far on the procedure.

4 Arrested Over Disruption of Israeli Orchestra’s Concert

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By: Ségolène Le Stradic
7 November 2025 at 23:54
Several audience members shouted or lit flares as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra performed in Paris. After the concert, the ensemble received 10 minutes of applause and played the Israeli national anthem.

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A small fire broke out in the concert hall after an audience member lit a flare during an Israel Philharmonic Orchestra performance in Paris on Thursday night.
Yesterday — 7 November 2025NYT | Top Stories

Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation

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By: Greg Jaffe， Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper
7 November 2025 at 23:34
The moves to fire or sideline generals and admirals are without precedent in recent decades and have rattled the top brass.

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Tony Harrison, British Poet of the Working Class, Dies at 88

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By: Clay Risen
7 November 2025 at 04:01
His work examined the tensions between his country’s social and economic strata, as well as his roots in postindustrial Leeds.

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The poet Tony Harrison in 2008. He was celebrated for writing about the miners, mechanics and shopkeepers of his native Yorkshire, in north-central England.

Serbian Lawmakers Approve Luxury Trump Hotel on Historic Bombing Site

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By: Lara Jakes and Alisa Dogramadzieva
7 November 2025 at 21:04
Despite a fraud investigation into officials who endorsed the project, Parliament used an extraordinary provision in the Constitution to push the plans through.

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The former General Staff military complex in Belgrade, Serbia, was devastated by NATO airstrikes in 1999.

China Suspends Some Export Controls on Critical Minerals but Retains Others

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By: Keith Bradsher
7 November 2025 at 20:32
The Chinese government followed through on promises it made publicly after a recent summit, but has not yet taken other actions sought by the White House.

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President Trump met with Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, in South Korea, last week for trade talks.

Holiday Consumer Spending Could Exceed $1 Trillion, Retailers Project

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By: Kailyn Rhone
7 November 2025 at 05:57
Despite shoppers’ concerns about rising costs, inflation and the government shutdown, retailers predict sales will increase as much as 4.2% over the holidays.

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Shoppers leaving a Walmart in Albany, N.Y., during the season last year.

Japanese Automakers Warn of Billions in Tariff Losses

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By: River Akira Davis
7 November 2025 at 19:51
Toyota, Honda and Nissan forecast big hits to their profits from higher tariffs that they acknowledged were likely ‘here to stay.’

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A Honda dealership in Irvine, Calif. The company blamed lower profits on higher tariffs., calling it “the new normal.”

A Nerve-Racking Week for SNAP Recipients, and Elon Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Deal

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By: Will Jarvis， Ian Stewart， Kate LoPresti and Lisa Friedman
7 November 2025 at 19:01
Plus, the Friday news quiz.

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About 42 million Americans rely on SNAP, with the lapse in federal funding during the government shutdown raising concerns about delays in assistance.

Airlines Rush to Prepare for Federal Reductions in Flights

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By: Niraj Chokshi and Christine Chung
7 November 2025 at 08:55
Airline planning and scheduling teams went into overdrive to identify which flights to cut while minimizing consequences for customers, pilots, flight attendants and the bottom line.

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Affected airports, serving major cities including Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York, will see a 4 percent reduction in air traffic Friday through Monday and a 10 percent reduction a week later.

The Job Market Is Cooling but Not Collapsing, According to Private Data

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By: Ben Casselman
7 November 2025 at 18:02
The federal government shutdown canceled a second straight jobs report, but private data sources suggest the labor market has weakened modestly since summer.

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A job fair in Chicago last month. Historically, when unemployment has begun to rise, it has done so quickly.

The Fed’s Recent Rate Decisions Have Been Divisive. It Is Likely to Get Worse.

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By: Colby Smith
7 November 2025 at 18:02
The last three policy votes have featured some form of dissent, as officials grapple with how to weigh a softening labor market and resurgent inflation.

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Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, center, said recently that policymakers at the central bank held “strongly differing views” about whether to proceed with another interest rate cut.

Mass Layoffs Are Scary, but Probably Not a Sign of the A.I. Apocalypse

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By: Noam Scheiber
7 November 2025 at 18:02
Despite fears that Amazon and other employers are already replacing workers with bots, the A.I. transition is likely to play out differently.

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The Seattle headquarters of Amazon, which said that because of artificial intelligence, “we need to be organized more leanly, with fewer layers.”

Why Germany Is Still Divided When It Comes to Russia

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By: Christopher F. Schuetze
7 November 2025 at 18:09
Many East Germans are more sympathetic toward Moscow than their western compatriots, reflecting decades of Soviet ties and disillusionment since reunification.

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Part of the wall that used to divide West and East Germany before reunification in 1990. Cultural divides, especially over views about Russia, remain.

Russian Jailed for Placing Tiny Antiwar Signs in a Market Says She Would Do it Again

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By: Neil MacFarquhar and Milana Mazaeva
7 November 2025 at 18:00
Freed in a major prisoner swap, Aleksandra Skochilenko said “the values of freedom of speech, of peace, could be more important than spending even 10 years in jail.”

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Aleksandra Skochilenko, during a musical jam session she organized in Berlin in September, has just published a memoir, “My Prison Trip.”

Russian Sanctions Risk Straining Trump’s Chummy Relationship With Hungarian Leader

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By: Lara Jakes
7 November 2025 at 18:24
New U.S. penalties on Russian energy could be a sticking point as President Trump and Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary meet.

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President Trump, right, and Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary at a meeting in the Oval Office in 2019.

The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart.

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By: David A. Fahrenthold and Claire Brown
7 November 2025 at 18:00
The environmental group gave up its singular focus on climate change for a broader agenda. The ensuing internal strife left it weakened as it takes on the Trump administration.

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The Sierra Club’s Washington offices in 2023.

Mamdani Lives in a One-Bedroom. He Could Move to a 226-Year-Old Mansion.

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By: Eliza Shapiro
8 November 2025 at 01:09
Five bedrooms. A ballroom. A full-time chef. The official mayoral residence in New York City could not be more different from Zohran Mamdani’s current home.

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Gracie Mansion sits at the top of Carl Schurz Park, abutting the F.D.R. Drive, and offers sweeping views of the East River from its summertime veranda.

As Saudi Arabia Cracks Down on Drugs, Executions Near a Record High

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By: Ismaeel Naar and Vivian Nereim
7 November 2025 at 18:35
Facing an influx of amphetamines, the kingdom has put hundreds of people to death, many of them foreigners convicted of low-level smuggling.

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A square in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where public executions took place not long ago. The kingdom applies the death penalty for a wide range of offenses.

As Idaho Grows Ever Redder, Boise Worries About Its Isolation

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By: Anna Griffin and Loren Elliott
7 November 2025 at 18:01
Two city councilors won re-election on Tuesday, though their support for a pride flag at City Hall had sparked challenges from the right. Still, Idaho’s deep embrace of President Trump has the city worried.

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The Idaho State Capitol in Boise, where fiercely conservative lawmakers are passing laws that encroach on Boise’s independence.

In N.B.A. Betting Scandal, Internet Touts Played Old Game in a New Form

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By: Santul Nerkar
7 November 2025 at 16:00
A Supreme Court decision created a sports gambling industry now worth $14 billion. Many are angling for a cut.

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Serious gamblers look askance at online touts, and those worried about widespread gambling see the phenomenon as hazardous to consumers.
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