Cassandra Vinograd and Nick Cumming-Bruce il 24/11/2025

Ukraine, U.S. Meet About Trump’s Peace Plan to End War With Russia

President Trump lashed out at Ukraine even as the talks on his peace proposal were still taking place, accusing the country’s leadership of being ungrateful for American support.

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Greg Jaffe and Paul Sonne il 24/11/2025

Why a Man With U.S. Ties Fought for Russia in Ukraine

Col. Andrei Demurenko’s war story began at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., at a moment of hope and peace. It ended with a mortar blast in Ukraine.Mr. Demurenko views President Vladimir V. Putin as a savior who restored Russia’s strength and is leading it in battle against an implacable enemy.

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Cassandra Vinograd il 24/11/2025

U.S. and Ukraine Hail ‘Meaningful Progress’ on Peace Plan

Washington and Kyiv said that “highly productive” discussions over a proposal to end the war with Russia would continue. But details remained unclear.Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukraine’s delegation, left, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio after their talks in Geneva on Sunday.

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Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Ian Stewart, Kate LoPresti, Cassandra Vinograd and Jeanna Smialek il 24/11/2025

Trump’s Deadline for Ukraine, and Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Abrupt Resignation

Plus, a new crash-test dummy.American and Ukrainian officials said that they had made progress on Sunday in Geneva on a contentious plan to end the war with Russia.

T Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Ian Stewart, Kate LoPresti, Cassandra Vinograd and Jeanna Smialek
Ana Swanson and Jeanna Smialek il 24/11/2025

Why Europe and the United States Are Still Haggling on Trade

While the two sides reached a broad agreement months ago, American officials will visit Brussels this week to discuss the details. Europe has a wish list, but so does the United States.The United States is seeking to conclude a binding, written agreement with the European Union, four months after Ur

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Melissa Eddy il 24/11/2025

How One German Toymaker Made Money Despite U.S. Tariffs

A combination of strategic planning, good timing and a long-awaited product helped the maker of electronic story boxes weather the onset of tariffs.A popular audio player, Toniebox. Toy sales in the United States are up, despite new tariffs, which contributed to, on average, a 4 percent increase in

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Nadav Gavrielov il 24/11/2025

Trade Chaos Causes Businesses to Rethink Their Relationship With the U.S.

From Sweden to Brazil, six small companies talk about how they are communicating with their U.S. customers amid uncertainty over Trump’s changing tariffs.Víctor Feliu at his chocolate company in Mexico. The changing rules for sending goods to the United States have forced him to pause his U.S. shipm

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Alan Blinder and Stephanie Saul il 24/11/2025

Billionaires Have a Bigger Role in Higher Education Under President Trump

A new set of billionaires with an interest in higher education has helped oust college presidents and even assisted the Trump administration in its effort to overhaul the industry.Marc Rowan, chief executive of Apollo Global Management, spoke at a panel in Hong Kong in 2023.

A Alan Blinder and Stephanie Saul
Erik Wemple il 24/11/2025

Trump Welcomes A.P.’s Photographers. Its Reporters? Not So Much.

The White House now has conflicting approaches for Associated Press journalists as it fights the news service in court over access to presidential events.While the White House has restored access to Associated Press photographers like Evan Vucci, it continues to exclude A.P. reporters from the presi

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Jan Ransom and Bianca Pallaro il 24/11/2025

Restrained, Beaten, Asphyxiated: New York Prison Guards’ Brutality Grows

As frustrations among corrections officers mount, abusive treatment of inmates is rising and becoming more vicious, records and interviews show.Ten New York State prison guards were charged in a deadly attack on Robert L. Brooks, an inmate at Marcy Correctional Facility.

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Bianca Pallaro and Jan Ransom il 24/11/2025

Why Are Guards Using Force More Often in New York’s Prisons?

State prison guards say they are doing so because their jobs have become more dangerous. A New York Times analysis points to a different reality.The rate at which guards use force inside New York State prisons has risen steadily for years.

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Soumya Karlamangla il 24/11/2025

A Stand Against Coal Could Push Oakland Toward Bankruptcy

After Oakland, Calif., reneged on a contract allowing coal shipments, a Kentucky company went under. Courts say the city must now pay hundreds of millions of dollars.Port activities have long been a driver of Oakland’s economy, but the city ultimately tried to block a plan to ship coal from its term

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Laurel Rosenhall il 24/11/2025

F.B.I. Letters Send Shivers Through California’s Political Inner Circle

The indictment of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff shocked many power players in California. Now, some wonder how far the investigation will spread.A new corruption case has rattled the State Capitol community of lobbyists, government aides and elected officials.

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Jeanna Smialek, Amelia Nierenberg and Charlotte de la Fuente il 23/11/2025

Denmark Offers Lessons as Europe Toughens Up on Immigration

Like other European leaders, British Labour politicians are borrowing from Denmark’s restrictive asylum policy. One of its architects cautions that “balance” is necessary.Voting this past week in Tingbjerg, Denmark. The governing party, which has championed a stricter stance on asylum, performed bad

J Jeanna Smialek, Amelia Nierenberg and Charlotte de la Fuente
Scott Reyburn il 24/11/2025

His Right Foot: One Tiny Drawing for Sale, Maybe by Michelangelo

The Renaissance artist painted more than 100 figures in the Sistine Chapel ceiling, yet studies for only a handful remain. Could this five-inch drawing at Christie’s be one?Various books and research materials at Christie’s in London related to a newly attributed drawing the auction house says is by

S Scott Reyburn
Ephrat Livni il 24/11/2025

Israel Military Commanders Punished Over Hamas Attack Mistakes

About a dozen people were told they face dismissal or discipline for mistakes tied to the deadly Hamas-led attack that set off the war in Gaza.Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir at a ceremony for soldiers and security personnel last month in Jerusalem.

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Maria Abi-Habib il 24/11/2025

Russian Disinformation Comes to Mexico, Seeking to Rupture US Ties

A U.S. government cable said that Kremlin-run outlets had scaled up their efforts across Latin America, seeking to turn people against the United States and garner support for Russia.The RT control room in Moscow in 2018. Kremlin-owned media outlets in Mexico have expanded greatly in recent years.

M Maria Abi-Habib
Ana Ionova il 23/11/2025

How a Sabotaged Ankle Monitor Ended Bolsonaro’s House Arrest

Shortly before he was expected to start serving a 27-year sentence, Brazil’s former president took a soldering iron to his tracking device.The damaged ankle monitor of former President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, in a still image taken from a video released by the Federal District’s Secretariat for Pe

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Paul Vitello il 24/11/2025

Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82

A charismatic orator in the 1960s, he called for armed resistance to white oppression. As a Muslim cleric, he was convicted of murder in 2000 and died in detention.Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, then known as H. Rap Brown, in 1967. At the time, he was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committ

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