Trump and Mamdani Strike Optimistic Tone, Sidestepping Past Critiques

The meeting between President Trump and the incoming mayor of New York City was strikingly warm for two men who had expressed deep concerns about each other’s leadership.During an Oval Office meeting on Friday, President Trump said he expected to be “a big help” to Zohran Mamdani, New York’s mayor-e

T Tyler Pager and Emma G. Fitzsimmons

Trump and Mamdani’s News Conference: Read the Transcript

President Trump and Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, spoke to the news media after their first face-to-face meeting.Zohran Mamdani, mayor-elect of New York City, met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

T The New York Times

The Trump-Mamdani Buddy Movie? It’s Getting Mixed Reviews.

Zohran Mamdani and President Trump seemed to cast aside their months of traded insults, a development that seemed good for New York City but odd to some followers.After a private meeting in the Oval Office, Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, and President Trump held a joint news confe

D Dana Rubinstein and Benjamin Oreskes

Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Will Resign in January, After Break From Trump

Ms. Greene, who was elected in 2020, had positioned herself as a die-hard Trump supporter until a series of recent ruptures with the president, who recently unendorsed her.“Loyalty should be a two-way street, and we should be able to vote our conscience and represent our district’s interest,” Ms. Gr

A Annie Karni

Russian Exiles See Europe Visa Rule as Blow Against Them, Not Putin

The European Union said the decision was prompted by sabotage attacks in Europe, but Russians living abroad say Europe is punishing ordinary people.Yulia Navalnaya, widow of the late Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, as she attends the unveiling of a plaque for her late husband, in The Hagu

N Neil MacFarquhar

Lawrence Krauss, Martin Nowak: The Professors Who Stayed Close With Epstein

Even as the disgraced financier’s crimes were revealed, newly released emails show how academics at top universities stuck by Jeffrey Epstein, often seeking his help and offering it in return.Lawrence Krauss asked Jeffrey Epstein for advice when he was facing sexual harassment allegations in late 20

M Mark Arsenault, Chris Hippensteel and Danny Hakim

Vanity Fair Is Reviewing Its Ties to Olivia Nuzzi

The magazine, which recently hired the journalist, said it had been “taken by surprise” by new claims in an essay by her former fiancé, Ryan Lizza.Olivia Nuzzi at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in 2023.

G Ginia Bellafante

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Moves to Restrict Muslims, Leaving Some Concerned

Two decisions by the Texas governor this week, including directing authorities to investigate an Islamic organization, come as the state sees an increase in anti-Muslim rhetoric.Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas in September. This week, he declared that a Muslim advocacy and civil rights group was a terrori

R Ruth Graham

U.S. Defends Decision to Seek Death Penalty for Luigi Mangione

Prosecutors argue that Mr. Mangione can receive a fair trial, despite his lawyers’ concerns about “damaging” statements from the attorney general about the murder case.Luigi Mangione, 27, was charged with second-degree murder in the December 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive. He has

B Benjamin Weiser and Hurubie Meko

At Least 52 Kidnapped From Nigeria School in Second Mass Abduction This Week

Students and teachers were taken captive from a Catholic school in the latest in a wave of such attacks in the country.Police officers outside a school in Kebbi, Nigeria, where children were kidnapped on Monday. An attack early Friday happened in the neighboring state of Niger.

R Ruth Maclean and Ismail Alfa

The Moon Was an Inside Job

New research suggests that Theia, the object whose collision with Earth is theorized to have caused the formation of the moon, came from closer to the sun.Artist’s impression of the collision between the early Earth and Theia, with the sun in the far distance, roughly 100 million years after the for

R Robin George Andrews

Saturn’s Rings Seem as if They’re About to Disappear: Here’s Why

During the weekend, the orbits of Earth and Saturn will combine to create an interplanetary optical illusion for anyone with a good telescope and clear skies.Saturn’s rings, observed by the Cassini spacecraft. They will be all but invisible when viewed from Earth on Sunday.

T Tom Metcalfe