Trump Pressures Broadcasters Over Critical Coverage, Escalating Attack on Speech

The president’s suggestion that broadcasters should lose their licenses because of criticism of him indicated that his assault on critics’ language is driven in part by personal animus.President Trump and Melania Trump boarding Air Force One and departing London on Thursday. “I would think maybe the

Z Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Disney Pulled Jimmy Kimmel as Pressure Built on Multiple Fronts

The abrupt programming decision quickly morphed into a flashpoint for free speech in America under the Trump administration.A temporary suspension of the Jimmy Kimmel show has exposed a little-seen side of the television industry involving the relationship between local affiliate stations and nation

J John Koblin, Brooks Barnes, Benjamin Mullin and Michael M. Grynbaum

RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Committee to Vote on Hepatitis B and Covid Shots

The members voted against the combination shot for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox. Guidelines on vaccines given separately to prevent those infections remain unchanged.Dr. Martin Kulldorff, right, chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, during the meeting in Atlanta on Thu

A Apoorva Mandavilli

Can Trump Actually Designate Antifa a Terrorist Group? Here Are the Facts.

The president made the same declaration in 2020, but nothing came of it. His new declaration came amid broader threats against liberals after the Charlie Kirk killing.Major factual and legal challenges complicate President Trump’s plans to designate the antifa movement a terrorist group.

C Charlie Savage

Why Obesity Is Killing American Men

Men seek weight loss treatment far less often than women. Doctors are concerned.At his heaviest, Eric Reed was 358 pounds and living with Type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol and hypertension. He sought medical help for obesity and began taking GLP-1 drugs only after his wife pushed him. “She basically

S Simar Bajaj

Texas A&M President to Step Down After Controversy Over ‘Gender Ideology’

The university had been roiled after a student filmed herself arguing with the instructor of a children’s literature course that recognized more than two genders.Mark A. Welsh, the president of Texas A&M University, next to his wife, Betty, at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas, last month.

P Pooja Salhotra

How Xi Is Using a TikTok Tradeoff to Court Trump

Agreeing to a deal suggests that the fate of TikTok matters less to Beijing than gaining leverage on issues it cares most about, like tariffs, technology and Taiwan.President Donald Trump reaching out to shake hands with China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, during the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan in 2019.

L Lily Kuo

Trump and Xi Set to Finalize TikTok Deal

The two leaders are expected to speak Friday to discuss a deal to keep the wildly popular app from going dark in the United States.President Trump and President Xi in Beijing in 2017.

E Emmett Lindner

Elon Musk Has Focused on xAI Since Leaving Washington

Mr. Musk spent the summer at his artificial intelligence start-up xAI, trying to match the runaway success of OpenAI. The result was chaos.Since leaving Washington in June, Elon Musk has focused much of his time on his A.I. start-up.

C Cade Metz, Kate Conger and Ryan Mac

A Domestic Violence Case in Rural Pennsylvania Ended in a Deadly Ambush

Three police officers were killed and two others were injured in York County after encountering a man who was suspected of stalking a former girlfriend.Community members gathered for a vigil for the police officers who were killed at the Spring Grove Alliance church in Spring Grove, Pa.

S Sonia A. Rao, Jacey Fortin and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

11 Elected Officials Arrested While Trying to Access Cells at N.Y.C. ICE Facility

Brad Lander, the city comptroller, was arrested again. Jumaane D. Williams, the public advocate, was among protesters detained outside.Jumaane D. Williams, the New York City public advocate, was among the elected officials arrested on Thursday while protesting outside a federal building where migran

L Luis Ferré-Sadurní, Wesley Parnell and Samantha Latson

Takeaways from ‘107 Days,’ Kamala Harris’s New Book

In her book, coming out next week, she revisited her breakneck campaign, explaining her choices and outlining missteps — of hers and others. She hinted at a return to politics.“I didn’t have enough time,” Kamala Harris wrote of her campaign against Donald J. Trump.

K Katie Rogers

Book Review: ‘107 Days,’ by Kamala Harris

The new memoir by the former vice president defends her campaign and allows others to criticize Joe Biden and his team for her failure to win.Former Vice President Kamala Harris speaking in San Francisco in April.

J Jennifer Szalai

The Era of Dark Passions

Leaders across the political spectrum have figured out how easily they can motivate people with anger, fear and domination.

D David Brooks

What to Know About the North American Summit Taking Place Without the U.S.

Looming over the discussions was the desire to preserve the countries’ free-trade agreement with the United States.President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico, left center, receiving Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada at the National Palace in Mexico City on Thursday.

I Ian Austen and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega

The F.J. King, a Ship Lost in 1886, Is Found in Lake Michigan

Long rumored to be on the floor of the lake but never seen, the schooner had eluded divers and taunted storytellers for generations. It was miles off the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin.After more than a century, searchers have found the wreckage of a ship lost during a ferocious storm off the Wisconsin

M Mark Walker