U.S. Forces Attacked in Syria, State Media Says
12/13/2025 11:30 AM Open Story
Two soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed while supporting counterterror operations, the Pentagon said. They are the first U.S. casualties in Syria since the fall of the dictator Bashar al-Assad
Israel Says It Killed Senior Hamas Commander, Despite Cease-Fire
12/13/2025 11:41 AM Open Story
Hamas said the attack on Saturday was a breach of the truce. The militant group did not comment on Israel’s claim to have killed one of its members.
Can Trump’s Grand Plans for Gaza Get Off the Drawing Board?
12/13/2025 9:12 AM Open Story
The next steps for the president’s 20-point Gaza peace plan have been mired in uncertainty and a lack of detail, but that may be set to change. Here’s what to know.
MAHA Moms Are Angry at the E.P.A. Lee Zeldin Is Trying to Win Them Back.
12/13/2025 9:14 AM Open Story
A split is emerging within Trump’s base as health activists accuse Mr. Zeldin of leading the agency to prioritize chemical industry interests over public health.
Trump’s ‘Pardon’ of Tina Peters Rejected by Colorado Officials
12/13/2025 8:20 AM Open Story
The president’s stated intention to pardon Tina Peters, jailed for tampering with election machines in 2020, has set off a legal fight over the extent of Mr. Trump’s pardon powers.
The Young Conservatives Fixated on H-1B Visas
12/13/2025 9:00 AM Open Story
For some Gen Z conservatives, H-1B visas are a hot new topic.
Venezuela Oil Tanker Seized by U.S. Was Part of Effort to Finance Cuba
12/13/2025 6:45 AM Open Story
Firms with ties to Cuba are getting a larger share of Venezuelan oil exports, as the island’s security agents boost President Nicolás Maduro’s defenses.
Biden Has Raised Little of What He Needs to Build a Presidential Library
12/13/2025 2:01 AM Open Story
His library foundation has told the I.R.S. that by the end of 2027 it expects to bring in just $11.3 million — not nearly enough for a traditional presidential library.
Russia Bombs Ukraine Port of Odesa Amid Peace Talks
12/13/2025 7:03 AM Open Story
Much of Ukraine’s largest Black Sea port was without power, heat and water on Saturday after strikes from Russia, which has shown little appetite for a deal to end the war.
Ivan Urgant Was Russia’s Late-Night King Until Putin’s War in Ukraine
12/13/2025 2:04 AM Open Story
Ivan Urgant was an unstoppable Russian megastar. Then he expressed opposition to President Vladimir V. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
We Should Teach Our Students How to Think, Not What to Believe
12/13/2025 9:09 AM Open Story
Gaza has turned California classrooms into political battlegrounds.
Baby Steps
12/13/2025 4:16 AM Open Story
The antidote to our increasingly disembodied lives may lie in letting go of our inhibitions and dancing like kids do.
Eric Adams Swaggered Into City Hall, and Now He’s Swaggering Out
12/13/2025 3:52 AM Open Story
Interviewed as he prepares to leave office, Mayor Eric Adams said that he hadn’t gotten the credit he deserved and that certain forces had always been arrayed against him.
DoorDash Deliverer Faces Tampering Charges Tied to Food Order
12/13/2025 10:29 AM Open Story
The authorities said the woman, who was making a delivery for DoorDash, was captured on a doorbell camera spraying an unknown aerosol.
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; Braved Mobs in Integrating a School
12/13/2025 10:47 AM Open Story
She was one of the Clinton 12, Black students who broke a race barrier by entering a Tennessee high school in 1956 in the face of harassment by white segregationists.
A Measles Outbreak Brings With It Echoes of the Pandemic
12/13/2025 2:02 AM Open Story
In South Carolina, parents struggle to deal with infections that have brought quarantines and remote learning. Health care workers are bracing for an increase in cases.