19 States Sue to Block White House Plan to End Gender-Related Care for Minors

The coalition of states seeks to stop a Trump administration effort to cut off federal funding to hospitals that provide such care.Letitia James, left, attorney general of New York, at a conference in May with attorneys general from other states including, from left, Rob Bonta of California, Kwame R

O Orlando Mayorquín and Chris Hippensteel

Student Loan Borrowers in Default Could See Wages Garnished in Early 2026

Starting the week of Jan. 7, the Education Department will begin sending notices about paycheck deductions to about 1,000 of five million borrowers in default.According to the federal government’s student aid website, up to 15 percent of a defaulted borrower’s paycheck can be taken after other deduc

E Emmett Lindner

National Guard Troops to Arrive in New Orleans

The troops will join an existing wave of Border Patrol agents, months after Gov. Jeff Landry first suggested that the National Guard could help tamp down on crime in Louisiana.Members of the National Guard will join Border Patrol agents who have already been in New Orleans since early December as pa

E Emily Cochrane

Stephen Miller Cites Children of Immigrants as a Problem

As it seeks to end birthright citizenship, the Trump administration is arguing that immigrants bring problems that extend for generations. The data shows otherwise.Stephen Miller is stressing an argument that immigrants bring problems to the United States that extend through generations.

H Hamed Aleaziz

Kate Winslet’s Unhappy Family Christmas

The British actress’s directorial debut, “Goodbye June,” is based on a script written by her son and follows a fractured family reuniting in the hospital over the holidays.

E Eleanor Stanford and Thea Traff

Trump’s Tanker Crackdown Paralyzes Venezuelan Oil Exports

Oil exports, the country’s financial lifeblood, have plummeted after the United States took action against three ships that have been used to carry its crude.Since the Skipper, a tanker carrying Venezuelan oil, was seized on Dec. 10, only two tankers carrying crude appear to have tried to sail beyon

A Anatoly Kurmanaev and Rebecca F. Elliott

U.S. Is Adding to Its Military Buildup in the Caribbean

Over the past week, C-17 heavy-lift cargo planes, which usually transport troops and equipment, flew to Puerto Rico at least 16 times, according to flight tracking data reviewed by The New York Times.Ground crews unloaded cargo last week from an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, top, parked n

C Christiaan Triebert and Helene Cooper

The Confederacy Goes on Trial, Along With Schools Named Jackson and Lee

In an unusual trial, the N.A.A.C.P. has sought to show a school board’s “racist intent” by proving that the names of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson can’t be separated from white supremacy.Stonewall Jackson High School was renamed Mountain View High School in 2020. The change was reversed by the

C Clyde McGrady

Pennsylvania Nursing Home Explosion Kills at Least 2

Two explosions at the Bristol Health and Rehab Center in Bristol Township resulted in a large fire and partial collapse of the building, officials said. It was not clear how many were injured.A gas explosion at a nursing home in Bristol, Pa., drew a large emergency response on Tuesday afternoon.

C Chris Hippensteel, Rylee Kirk, Pooja Salhotra and Mark Bonamo

‘The Queen of Versailles’ Bombed on Broadway. What Went Wrong?

The show reunited Kristin Chenoweth and Stephen Schwartz for the first time since “Wicked.” It wasn’t enough to counter poor word of mouth and other challenges.“The Queen of Versailles,” which opened at the St. James Theater on Nov. 9, was adapted from Lauren Greenfield’s 2012 documentary about a co

M Michael Paulson

Libyan Military’s Chief of Staff and 4 Others Are Killed in Plane Crash in Turkey

The internationally recognized government of Libya confirmed the deaths of Lt. Gen. Mohamed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, the army chief of general staff, and other officers flying home after a meeting in Turkey.A photograph released by the Turkish Defense Ministry showing the Libyan Army chief of the genera

E Ephrat Livni, Safak Timur and Islam Al-Atrash

Mamdani Named His Fire Commissioner. Then Adams Did Too.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani chose Lillian Bonsignore, the former chief of New York’s E.M.S., as the first openly gay person to lead the Fire Department.Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced that Lillian Bonsignore, who retired from the New York Fire Department in 2022, was his pick to be the city’s ne

J Jeffery C. Mays