CPI Report Shows Food Prices Rose Sharply in December

Beef, coffee and produce are among the items that have gotten more expensive recently, inflation data on Tuesday showed.The increase in food prices could frustrate consumers who have been facing higher costs at the grocery store for years.

M Madeleine Ngo

Facing Contempt Threat, Clintons Refuse to Testify in Epstein Inquiry

The couple denounced the efforts by Representative James R. Comer, the chairman of the Oversight Committee, to force them to appear, setting the stage for a legal battle.Representative James R. Comer has repeatedly threatened to hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt if they failed to appear for

A Annie Karni

As Iran’s Government Tries to Quell Protests, Accounts of Brutal Crackdown Emerge

As many as 3,000 feared dead as witnesses describe government forces firing on unarmed protesters.An image taken from social media and verified by The New York Times shows people looking for relatives as bodies piled up outside Tehran’s forensics laboratory on Sunday.

E Erika Solomon, Farnaz Fassihi, Sanam Mahoozi and Sanjana Varghese

Trump Urges Iranians to Keep Up Antigovernment Protests

“HELP IS ON ITS WAY,” President Trump said on social media. He has threatened to intervene militarily on behalf of the protesters if Iran uses lethal force.A burned-out building in Tehran on Saturday.

A Abdi Latif Dahir and Leily Nikounazar

Son of Deposed Shah of Iran Seeks Center Stage Amid Protests

Reza Pahlavi, living in exile in the United States, has long marketed himself as a future leader of Iran. His father’s repressive legacy casts a long shadow.A demonstration in London on Sunday called on the British prime minister to support the Iranian people. Some Iranian protesters have rallied ar

A Aaron Boxerman

Facing Political Pressure, Trump Seeks Answer to Rising Housing Costs

White House officials have explored a vast array of ideas as the president looks to unfurl a housing affordability plan at an economic conference this month.Home prices have soared in recent years, climbing nearly 55 percent from the first quarter of 2020 to the third quarter of 2025.

T Tony Romm

The Quest to ‘Make America Fertile Again’ Stalls Under Trump

Administration officials have been urging Americans to get married and procreate, but some conservatives are frustrated by a lack of action.Some Republican lawmakers and conservative policy groups have pushed unsuccessfully to significantly expand tax credits for families.

C Caroline Kitchener

U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane

Even accepting the Trump administration’s claim that there is an armed conflict with suspected drug runners, the laws of war bar “perfidy.”Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the Capitol last week.

C Charlie Savage, Eric Schmitt, John Ismay, Julian E. Barnes, Riley Mellen and Christiaan Triebert

Venezuela’s Oil Riches Are Years Off, but Winners and Losers Will Emerge

Companies that already have operations in the country stand to benefit, but those that have profited from a standoff between Caracas and Washington could lose out.An oil refinery in Venezuela in 2020. Despite its massive oil reserves, Venezuela produces about 1 percent of the world’s oil.

S Stanley Reed

‘We Need to Be the News’: Inside Bari Weiss’s Bumpy Revamp at CBS

Her reimagining of “CBS Evening News” is under heavy scrutiny, and even became a punchline on her own network on Sunday at the Golden Globes.The Manhattan studios of CBS, where Bari Weiss has been making changes at “CBS Evening News” since becoming editor in chief in October.

M Michael M. Grynbaum and Benjamin Mullin

What High School Seniors Wrote in Their College Admissions Essays

Some students are still mentioning their race or immigrant status as the Trump administration cracks down on diversity efforts. But many are avoiding sensitive aspects of their identity.Zhi McMillan, a senior from Virginia, highlighted in his essay an experience at a historical burial ground for Afr

B Bernard Mokam

At This Office Park, Scamming the World Was the Business

Times journalists got a rare look inside one of the compounds where the online fraud industry makes its billions. Inspirational slogans (“Keep going”) were just the start.The Shunda Park scam complex in Karen State, Myanmar, in December.

H Hannah Beech and Jes Aznar

Inside a Scam Complex’s Detailed Playbook

The scammers at a vast office park in Myanmar wielded deepfake technology, doctored videos and pinpoint conversational ploys that differed by the ages and nationalities of their victims.

H Hannah Beech

Gavin Newsom Vows to Stop Proposed Billionaire Tax in California

Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was working behind the scenes to block a proposed tax on billionaires’ wealth and was committed to defeating the measure if it reached the ballot.“This will be defeated — there’s no question in my mind,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said of the proposal.

L Laurel Rosenhall

A Governor’s Legacy: Fewer Shootings, Free College and Covid Deaths

After eight years as governor of New Jersey, Philip D. Murphy, a former ambassador to Germany and Goldman-Sachs executive, is leaving office. Mikie Sherrill will be sworn in on Jan. 20.In Gov. Philip D. Murphy’s eight years in office, he had many wins, but also several crises that made headlines.

T Tracey Tully

Richard Marx Is No Softy

The singer and songwriter who struck it big in the MTV era has a new take on the Great American Songbook — and a lot of wickedly funny revelations about his life.

R Rob Tannenbaum and Jamie Lee Taete