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Pentagon Defends Restrictions on Media Outlets

The purpose of the new rules is to “stop activity that could compromise national security,” the Defense Department said in response to a New York Times lawsuit. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/J60igZW

Should Any Programs Help Minority Groups? In Lawsuits, Conservatives Say No.

Lawyers have filed a rush of lawsuits against corporations, law firms, health care companies, art groups and nonprofits. And they are mostly winning. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/v9OCr63

Born of a Factory Mistake, This Sad Toy Horse Captures China’s Mood

A manufacturing error turned a Lunar New Year toy into an unlikely emblem of workplace fatigue. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/5zDyo4X

Moscow Airport Sells for Half Off, a Sign of Russia’s Global Isolation

The government opened the sale to cut-rate bidding for Domodedovo Airport after it received no offers at its initial asking price of $1.7 billion. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/g6x1qZ2

Lauryn Hill Will Lead Grammy Tribute to Roberta Flack and D’Angelo

The artist, who dominated the awards in 1999, will return to the Grammy stage to honor an inspiration and a collaborator. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/ENmgpYM

Silver Prices Are Surging Even Faster Than Gold

Silver has risen roughly 60 percent this month alone. What is going on? from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/FigaR9m

Troop Casualties in Ukraine War Near 2 Million, Study Finds

The number of deaths, injuries and missing is approaching a grim milestone after nearly four years of fighting. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/jiBwx6z

Kanye West Apologizes for Antisemitic Behavior in Full-Page Wall Street Journal Ad

The artist formerly known as Kanye West, who first apologized in 2023 before taking it back, said a four-month manic episode in 2025 had led him to embrace swastikas and Hitler. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/tNcwWG7

Public Media Holds Its Apocalypse at Bay, for Now

Though Congress cut $500 million from NPR and PBS stations, vanishingly few have closed their doors. Angst about their long-term future remains. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/B0NQvFR

The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act.

The Trump administration is once again engaged in a perversion of justice. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/SGQqLay

How College Can Tear Us Apart

If illiberalism is the problem, what is the cure? from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/2tyhiUO

Frank Carone, a Brooklyn Power Broker, Is Under Federal Investigation

Federal prosecutors and the F.B.I. are scrutinizing Mr. Carone, who served as chief of staff during Eric Adams’s first year as mayor of New York. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/l0asADj

Washington Post Tears Up Plans to Cover Winter Olympics

The abrupt change in direction came just weeks before the Olympic Games are set to begin in Italy. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/i6cuJk2

For His Next Act, Darren Walker Is Heading to Hollywood

Anonymous Content, a production company whose top investor is Laurene Powell Jobs’s Emerson Collective, has named Darren Walker as president and chief executive. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/gnD4vUQ

Two Ohio Nursing Programs Show What Could Happen as US Limits Student Borrowing

Two different nursing school programs in Ohio offer a glimpse into what may happen when federal student borrowing has limits. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/8ae6Sm4

Hollywood’s Woke Era Is Over. Now It’s Turning the Culture War Into Camp.

The industry seemed penned in by our political debates — until it started channeling them into wild caricatures and frothy drama. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/ZPV1hvN

Forecasters Warn of a Major Storm Brewing for the South

One meteorologist warns that “the main ingredients” are fitting into place for a disruptive winter storm later this week. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/zKB0MTV

Fluoridation Is Not Tied to Birth Weight, New Study Shows

Researchers looked at birth weight, an important predictor of long-term health, in 11 million babies born in the United States. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/fGgpjHL

The Popularity of ‘Heated Rivalry’ Masks a Darker Trend of Anti-Gay Bias

We seem to be in a new era of anti-gay prejudice. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/DhqWrxt

Chile Wildfires Kill 16 and Force Wide Evacuation

One mayor pleaded with the national government for help as flames destroyed entire neighborhoods in the southern region of Biobío. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Vo0qBTt

3 Policy Moves Likely to Change Health Care for Older People

Two regulatory rollbacks, along with a new A.I. experiment in Medicare, raise some worrisome questions. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/alqMDV2

Cold and Snow Forecast Across the East Coast This Weekend

Abnormally blustery temperatures this weekend could usher in snowy weather across the East. Exactly where remains uncertain, but even the Deep South is on alert. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/TVp5QXF

A $12.6 Billion Budget Gap May Complicate Mamdani’s Affordability Plans

The New York City comptroller, Mark Levine, said that poor budgeting practices by the previous mayor, Eric Adams, had left the city with looming deficits. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/g1jxHum

Why Is It So Hard to Set a 9/11 Trial Date? Here’s What to Know.

Prosecutors want jury selection to start in January 2027. That would be a quarter century after the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/l7hLMip

Weather Detours a Scientific Expedition to Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier

Bad weather has postponed attempts to set up camp on the Thwaites Glacier. So researchers got onto the sea ice and met a local. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/vMJZuow

2026 May Be the Year of the Mega I.P.O.

If SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic go public, they will unleash gushers of cash for Silicon Valley and Wall Street. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/ZNb0kXW

Trump Unmasked

Trump claims that the only limits on what he can do are his mind and his morality. What could go wrong? from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/PeEH8i9

University of Michigan Picks Kent D. Syverud, Syracuse Leader, as Its Next President

Kent D. Syverud will become the fifth person to run Michigan since the start of 2022, inheriting a school that also has debated diversity. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/RdXqJle

n Venezuela, Amnesty for Political Prisoners Stokes Hope and Frustration

Venezuela’s new leaders and President Trump have alluded to a major release of political prisoners, but the liberations have been slow to come. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/c7Fsi4T

Once Again, Oldest Mississippi Synagogue is Attacked With Fire

A suspect was in custody and charged with arson for setting the Saturday morning fire. It’s not the first time the Beth Israel house of worship has been attacked. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/YpNKxlo

Guantánamo Prison Enters 25th Year

The prison has outlasted the war in Afghanistan, has employed tens of thousands of temporary troops and holds six men charged but not yet tried in death penalty cases. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/ywidLEa

Trump Is ‘Chest-Beating’ Over a Retreat

The round table convenes to discuss the start to Trump’s 2026, from Greenland to Minnesota and Venezuela. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/AWQGuXh

FBI’s Inquiry Into Minneapolis ICE Shooting Faces Doubts After White House’s Remarks

Ex-law enforcement officials said the administration’s declarations that the killing was justified elicited questions about the F.B.I.’s willingness to scrutinize the agent who fatally shot an unarmed activist. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/XWO7H6Y

The Sins of the Moderates

How are we classical liberals of left, right and center supposed to behave in this new world? from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/oMV9jcv

NASA May Return Early From International Space Station After Medical Issue

NASA said it canceled a spacewalk planned for Thursday after an astronaut had an undisclosed medical issue on the International Space Station. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/xt5W4To

Nick Reiner’s Lawyer, Alan Jackson, Removes Himself From Murder Case

The announcement delayed the arraignment of Mr. Reiner, who is accused of killing his parents last month. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/v8oJLDs

Iran Says It’s Investigating Violence at Weekend Protests

Rights groups accuse security forces of killing protesters and storming a hospital in the province of Ilam. State media claimed that some protesters were armed. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/c5ipoL1

A Jan. 6 Rioter Returned to the Capitol Seeking Forgiveness

Pamela Hemphill, who said she rejected President Trump’s pardon for her role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, apologized to a Capitol Police officer who was assaulted during the mayhem. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/67oMxIE

This Isn’t Regime Change. It’s Extortion.

To understand what’s unfolding in Venezuela, you have to look to the mob, not traditional foreign policy doctrines. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Kac4hzF

Eva Schloss, Anne Frank’s Stepsister and Auschwitz Survivor, Dies at 96

Ms. Schloss, who was sent to Auschwitz as a teenager, dedicated her life to educating people about her experiences and the dangers of prejudice. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/HCrthkz

Want to Have a Better Year? Just Dance.

On a vacation abroad, my family started dancing in public. We haven’t stopped. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/WbTa4eP

The Venezuela I Know

Many are celebrating the ouster of a brutal dictator, but the Maduro regime may survive the loss of Maduro. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/gwdEhlI

Richard Pollak, 91, Dies; Edited Magazine That Criticized the Media

He was a founder of More, which skewered the foibles of the press in the 1970s, and later wrote a critical biography of the psychoanalyst Bruno Bettelheim. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Nux7QgX

Trump Shares an Image of Maduro Blindfolded and Handcuffed

The Venezuelan president and his wife were flown out of Caracas by helicopter to the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, a warship taking them to New York. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Fb1fgZt

To Trump, on Venezuela: You Break It, You Own It

His administration just decapitated the country’s leadership; he’s now responsible for what comes next there. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/LrF2oUg

D.C. Pipe Bomb Suspect Ordered to Remain in Jail Until Trial

A magistrate judge said he was concerned that the defendant, Brian Cole Jr., had continued after Jan. 6, 2021, to purchase components similar to those prosecutors said he had used to make pipe bombs. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/5myqRTl

North Carolina Man Accused of Planning Potential Terrorist Attack

The 18-year-old, radicalized online, was planning a New Year’s Eve attack in a Charlotte suburb, officials said. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/UgnLGqT

How Japanese Scallops Became a Pawn in Diplomatic Tensions With China

Beijing is using a ban on the humble mollusk to punish Japan over its apparent willingness to defend Taiwan. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/tbFpko5

Guinea’s Coup Leader Wins Election After Barring Leading Opponents

Col. Mamady Doumbouya, who seized power more than four years ago, took over 80 percent of the vote, according to a government-controlled agency that he set up. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/2Tmilrf