China’s Trade Surplus Climbs Past $1 Trillion for First Time
12/7/2025 8:15 PM Open Story
President Trump’s tariffs weren’t enough to hold back the global export flood by China, which pushed past last year’s record in just 11 months.
China’s Weak Currency Is Powering Its Exports and Drawing Criticism
12/7/2025 8:18 PM Open Story
China’s renminbi is lagging the currencies of key trading partners, making Chinese goods and services cheap and helping to drive exports.
Democrats Call for Releasing Video of Deadly Boat Strike in the Caribbean
12/7/2025 12:45 PM Open Story
Top Democratic lawmakers who have seen the footage said Sunday that making the video public would provide transparency around the strikes that killed two survivors on Sept. 2.
U.S. Deports Second Planeload of Iranians, Officials Say
12/7/2025 8:34 PM Open Story
The plane, carrying about 50 Iranians and other deportees, took off from Arizona on Sunday, under a deal the Trump administration reached with Iran two months ago.
Trump Hosts the Kennedy Center Honors, Breaking Tradition
12/7/2025 11:03 PM Open Story
Past presidents have attended the marquee event, but on Sunday Mr. Trump was the first to host it, putting his cultural takeover of Washington in sharp relief.
Presidential Power Gets Tested Before Supreme Court After Long Conservative Project to Shrink Agencies
12/7/2025 1:28 PM Open Story
President Trump has repeatedly ousted leaders of independent agencies despite federal laws meant to shield those regulators from politics.
For Landmark Test of Executive Power, Echoes of a 1930s Supreme Court Battle
12/7/2025 2:02 AM Open Story
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s efforts to oust a Federal Trade Commission leader offer parallels to the current fight over President Trump’s actions.
How Biden Lost Americans’ Faith in Immigration
12/7/2025 1:24 PM Open Story
The Democratic president and his top advisers rejected recommendations that could have eased the border crisis that helped return Donald Trump to the White House.
4 Takeaways From The Times’s Reporting on Biden’s Immigration Record
12/7/2025 1:27 PM Open Story
A New York Times review of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s actions on immigration showed that they created an opening for a more aggressive Trump administration agenda.
A Small Illinois City at the Center of a Seismic Shift in Abortion Access
12/7/2025 2:00 AM Open Story
Carbondale, Ill., a liberal enclave within driving distance of 10 states with abortion bans, has become a hub for the procedure. Last year there were nearly 11,000 abortions in this city of 21,000.
Thailand Launches Airstrikes on Cambodia in New Wave of Violence
12/8/2025 12:52 AM Open Story
Each side accused the other of firing first. The fighting came weeks after President Trump had cast himself as a peacemaker in the decades-old border dispute.
He Was a Russian Activist in Exile. His Own Wife Accused Him of Spying.
12/7/2025 9:01 PM Open Story
Poland has charged a little-known Russian opposition figure with espionage and participating in a bomb plot. His friends are perplexed.
Cold Case Inquiries Stall After Ancestry.com Revisits Policy for Users
12/7/2025 12:46 PM Open Story
The genealogy site’s clarification of its terms and conditions has barred those working on unsolved crimes from access to the company’s vast trove of records.
Social Security at 70? Why the Gold Standard Advice Works for Only a Few
12/7/2025 2:01 AM Open Story
The standard advice is to hold off, but most retirees claim the benefit as soon as they can, at age 62. Here’s what to know when you’re planning the unplannable.
Dogs in Kimonos: Japan Reinvents a Children’s Holiday With Pets in Mind
12/7/2025 9:01 PM Open Story
A traditional Japanese festival is being adapted for poodles and Pomeranians, amid a booming pet industry and a dearth of children.
Not All Targeted Killings Are the Same. Hegseth’s Boat Strikes Are Illegal.
12/7/2025 7:04 PM Open Story
A former secretary of homeland security on the illegality of Trump’s boat strikes.
The One Child Policy’s Legacy: A Surplus of Single Men
12/4/2025 5:17 PM Open Story
A decade after the end of the one-child policy, China has over 30 million so-called surplus men. Can this dating boot camp help them find love?
United Nations Cuts Its 2026 Emergency Aid Budget in Half
12/7/2025 9:01 PM Open Story
Huge reductions in foreign aid by the United States and Europe have led the U.N.’s emergency relief coordinator to slash its fund-raising targets for next year.
Hundreds Rally for Boy, 6, Who Was Separated From His Father by ICE
12/7/2025 7:19 PM Open Story
“Taking children from their families is not normal,” a speaker told the crowd in Queens, where Yuanxin Zheng attended school until being detained.
Fern Michaels, Prolific Author of Romance Novels, Dies at 92
12/7/2025 12:54 PM Open Story
In her 40s, the self-described New Jersey housewife started building a women’s fiction empire, churning out dozens of popular books.
Katy Perry Posts Photos With Justin Trudeau Amid Romance Rumors
12/7/2025 12:27 PM Open Story
Ms. Perry and Mr. Trudeau, the former prime minister of Canada, posed together in photos and videos on Instagram, making them “Instagram official.”