Sarah Mervosh, Michael C. Bender and Dana Goldstein il 15/10/2025

Trump Administration Guts Education Department With More Layoffs

About a fifth of the agency’s remaining staff was affected, including employees working on special education, funding for low-income students and civil rights enforcement.An estimated 466 workers at the Education Department have been fired since Friday, and the breadth and depth of those cuts appear

S Sarah Mervosh, Michael C. Bender and Dana Goldstein
Adam Rasgon, David M. Halbfinger, Natan Odenheimer, Ronen Bergman and Luke Broadwater il 14/10/2025

How the U.S. and the Arab World Teamed Up to Seal the Gaza Deal

The cease-fire talks in Egypt showed that with pressure on Hamas and Israel, seemingly huge impediments could be overcome or set aside.President Trump and other leaders gathered on Monday in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where mediators successfully pushed for a deal between Hamas and Israel the previous

A Adam Rasgon, David M. Halbfinger, Natan Odenheimer, Ronen Bergman and Luke Broadwater
Luke Broadwater and Eric Schmitt il 15/10/2025

Trump Says He May Give Tomahawks to Ukraine. Is He Bluffing?

President Trump’s threats to provide the missiles to Ukraine, whether he follows through on them or not, are a sign of his growing frustration with Moscow.A Tomahawk missile launches from the U.S.S. Barry in 2011.

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Charlie Savage il 14/10/2025

U.S. Military Kills 6 People in Boat Attack Near Venezuela, Trump Says

In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.President Trump aboard Air Force One on Tuesday. The administration has not explained how a boat in the southern Caribbean Sea posed an immin

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Tyler Pager il 15/10/2025

Trump Awards Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom

President Trump presented the medal to Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika, on what would have been his 32nd birthday.President Trump escorted Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, to a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony on Tuesday.

T Tyler Pager
Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Alan Rappeport il 15/10/2025

Trump Dangles $20 Billion Lifeline for Argentina, With Strings Attached

President Trump said the economic support is contingent on whether his political ally, President Javier Milei of Argentina, remains in power.President Trump appearing with President Javier Milei of Argentina outside the White House on Tuesday.

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Jon Pareles il 14/10/2025

D’Angelo: 14 Essential Songs

The soul singer, songwriter and producer, who died on Tuesday at 51, released three studio albums of meticulously constructed, vocally ambitious, genre-crossing music.D’Angelo onstage at Bonnaroo in 2012. He could be a one-man studio band in the mold of Prince and Stevie Wonder, or multitrack himsel

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Lizzie Dearden and Amelia Nierenberg il 15/10/2025

London Became a Global Hub for Phone Theft. Now We Know Why.

About 80,000 phones were stolen in the British capital last year. The police are finally discovering where many of them went.Police officers searching a secondhand phone shop in north London last month.

L Lizzie Dearden and Amelia Nierenberg
Laurel Rosenhall il 15/10/2025

Katie Porter Says She ‘Fell Short’ in Viral Video Moments

Videos surfaced last week showing the former congresswoman belittling a television reporter and berating an aide. Porter, who is running for California governor, pledged to do better.Katie Porter, a Democratic candidate for California governor, was seen cursing at one of her aides in a 2021 video an

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Jack Tamisiea il 15/10/2025

The Chicago Rat Hole Was Not Made by a Rat

A statistical analysis of an infamous indentation in a sidewalk suggested a 99 percent likelihood that another rodent made the mark.To put the rodent-shaped impression into context, a team of scientists measured mammal specimens in museum collections.

J Jack Tamisiea
Pete Wells il 14/10/2025

The Matcha Market Cracks Under Pressure

Once consumed mainly in small, formal tea ceremonies, matcha is now mixed into fruity lattes and preyed on by counterfeiters. Can it survive its own popularity?

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Zachary Small il 15/10/2025

Artists Plan Nationwide Protests Against ‘Authoritarian Forces’

The visual artist Dread Scott, the playwright Lynn Nottage and others have organized a series of actions to unite the arts community against the Trump administration.Participants in the protests will include (from left, first row), Laura Raicovich and Jenny Polak; (second row) Kris Grey, Dread Scott

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Matthew Mpoke Bigg, Declan Walsh and Ravi Mattu il 15/10/2025

Raila Odinga, Former Prime Minister of Kenya, Dies at 80

A pivotal political leader who helped usher in multiparty democracy, he ran unsuccessfully for the presidency five times.Raila Odinga, a former prime minister of Kenya, in 2022.

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Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Nicholas Fandos il 15/10/2025

As Trump Hurls Fresh Threats and Insults, Hochul Has Mamdani’s Back

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner in the New York City mayor’s race, appeared with Gov. Kathy Hochul for the first time since she endorsed him last month.Gov. Kathy Hochul appeared in Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s district for an event on Tuesday, where she vowed to fight President Trump’s

E Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Nicholas Fandos