December 5, 2025, 4:30 a.m. Eastern time
Congress is focusing on two deaths in one strike. But nine other people died in that same attack, and the United States has killed 87 in all. Were any of those killings legal?
Texas officials had asked the court to allow the state to use the new maps in the midterm elections, part of a push by President Trump to gain a partisan advantage.
After a judge dismissed the Trump administration’s first attempt to indict the attorney general of New York State, a new grand jury effort failed, according to people familiar with the matter.
A British woman died from exposure to a nerve agent because of a botched assassination plot that the Russian leader must have authorized, an official report found.
As President Emmanuel Macron of France visited China, its leader, Xi Jinping, said his country would play a constructive role in ending the fighting.
The automaker switched production from Ontario in a bid to please President Trump. But the company defaulted on contracts covering hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance, Canada said.
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In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
The suspect was described as a 30-year-old man from Prince William County, Va. His arrest could ultimately provide an answer to one of the mysteries arising from the Jan. 6. attack.
The president had clashed with the original designer and insisted on increasing the size and scope of the ballroom on a short timeline.
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Redistricting talks in Florida got off to a slow start on Thursday, as state lawmakers grapple with political and legal questions amid internal power struggles.
The inspector general concluded that the defense secretary violated the Pentagon’s instructions on using a private electronic device to share sensitive information.
Hearings that began Wednesday in Washington reflected anxiety over the future of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact and whether the president could end up scrapping it.
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Netflix would acquire Warner television and film studios as well as HBO Max in a deal that would bulk up the world’s biggest paid streaming service.
The lawsuit said the Defense Department’s new set of rules for journalists “violates the Constitution’s guarantees of due process, freedom of speech and freedom of the press.”
Meta plans to direct its investments to focus on wearables like its augmented reality glasses but does not plan to abandon building the metaverse.
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The child and his father fled China earlier this year and the boy had just been enrolled in school. Federal officials have tried and failed to send them back.
Win Rozario, who had called 911 in distress, was holding scissors when two police officers shot him. The New York attorney general said it was unlikely the officers would be convicted.
Antonio Reynoso’s bid to replace Representative Nydia M. Velázquez will most likely be contested by a candidate backed by the Democratic Socialists of America.
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The Netherlands and Slovenia also said they would not take part in next year’s contest, meant to be its celebratory 70th edition.
Many of the year’s best series seemed to be in conversation with one another, including “Severance,” “The Pitt,” “Andor,” “Pluribus,” “The Lowdown” and others.
This week in Newly Reviewed, Martha Schwendener covers Meredith James’s anti-architecture monument, Franz Gertsch’s take on Patti Smith, Ragnar Kjartansson’s postcard ode, Analivia Cordeiro’s merging bodies and Guanyu Xu’s hovering photos.
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A lot of new burgers hit the scene this year. These three are worth the hype.
Eric Kim’s 2025 Cookie Week entry captures the tingly, creamy, chocolaty flavors of the classic ice cream.
