How Oil, Drugs and Immigration Fueled Trump’s Venezuela Campaign
12/27/2025 2:41 PM Open Story
New details of deliberations show how aides with overlapping agendas drove the United States toward a militarized confrontation with Venezuela.
A Dancing Dictator and Bankers in Chains: The Other Venezuela Blockade
12/27/2025 2:01 AM Open Story
A crisis more than a century ago involved U.S. aims to assert military supremacy, a hard-partying dictator and frictions among the great powers.
Trump’s Second-Term Promises: What He’s Done So Far on Immigration, Trade, DEI and More
12/27/2025 5:47 AM Open Story
President Trump has driven illegal crossings at the border to record lows, helped bring about an uneasy cease-fire in Gaza and upended the global trading system.
Trump Pursues His Legacy One Name at a Time
12/27/2025 1:11 PM Open Story
In attaching his name to buildings and programs while still president, Donald Trump is walking a path paved by conquerors and autocrats.
Another Front in the Trump Immigration Crackdown: Import Warehouses
12/27/2025 12:00 AM Open Story
Workers at facilities that stock shipped goods say customs officers who inspect merchandise are helping immigration agents arrest migrants.
Russia Pummels Kyiv Before Trump-Zelensky Meeting
12/27/2025 12:38 PM Open Story
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that the assault with hundreds of drones and missiles, lasting nearly 10 hours, showed that Moscow was not serious about peace.
This Ukrainian Soldier Spent More Than a Year on the Front Line
12/27/2025 2:00 AM Open Story
Serhii Tyschenko, a Ukrainian combat medic, spent 472 days in a bunker. His case appears to be an extreme example of a problem that has long plagued Kyiv’s military.
How One Father Created an Organ Empire
12/27/2025 2:00 AM Open Story
The National Kidney Registry has matched thousands of kidney donors with recipients. It has also paid millions of dollars to a company owned by its founder.
Park Chan-wook and the Funny Thing About Stomach-Churning Horror
12/27/2025 2:01 AM Open Story
When American studios wouldn’t back his film about a laid-off manager committing gruesome murders, the director returned to Korea. Now he has a hit on his hands.
Sal Khan: A.I. Will Displace Workers at a Scale Many Don’t Realize
12/27/2025 10:19 AM Open Story
Companies benefiting from A.I. should donate a small percentage of their profits to retrain the workers the tech will displace.
Hundreds of Flights Canceled at New York Airports, Even With a Few Inches of Snow
12/27/2025 12:52 PM Open Story
To avoid the ripple effects of real-time adjustments to what was predicted to be up to nine inches of snow, the major airlines said they pre-emptively canceled flights.
More Student Loan Borrowers Are Shedding Debts in Bankruptcy
12/27/2025 2:01 AM Open Story
A new study suggests that distressed borrowers using a simpler bankruptcy process are succeeding — and that more people like them should try.
A Second Lawsuit Accuses Tyler Perry of Sexual Assault
12/27/2025 1:02 PM Open Story
Mario Rodriguez, who had a role in one of Mr. Perry’s films, sued him on Thursday, months after another actor filed a similar lawsuit.
Gary Graffman, Piano Virtuoso and Renowned Teacher, Dies at 97
12/27/2025 1:28 PM Open Story
Mr. Graffman was a onetime child prodigy whose career was curtailed by a neurological condition that restricted him to his left hand.