TikTok Refugees Get Wry Welcome on RedNote, Another Chinese App
NYT > Top StoriesIn their mass migration to the Chinese app RedNote, social media users make a gleeful mockery of the American government. Read More
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TikTok Refugees Get Wry Welcome on RedNote, Another Chinese App
NYT > Top StoriesIn their mass migration to the Chinese app RedNote, social media users make a gleeful mockery of the American government. Read More
Republicans in North Carolina Are Treading a Terrifying Path
NYT > Top StoriesThey’re trying to overturn a fair election. Gee, who gave them that idea? Read More
All the Usual Backstabbing and Big Commissions. This Time in Manhattan.
NYT > Top Stories“Selling the City,” the newest offshoot of the “Selling Sunset” franchise, features a team of real estate professionals dedicated to breaking records and to building empires. Read More
A Guide to Living in Yonkers N.Y.
NYT > Top StoriesThe third largest city in New York has new residential projects in the pipeline and is attracting businesses. Read More
Musk Said to Have Intervened to Help Free Italian Jailed in Iran
NYT > Top StoriesThe Italian journalist was released soon after Elon Musk met with an Iranian ambassador, officials in Iran said. So was an Iranian detained in Italy who was wanted by the U.S. Read More
Canada Readies Billions of Dollars in Retaliatory Moves to Trump Tariff Threat
NYT > Top StoriesThe government is preparing for the possibility that the incoming U.S. administration will impose high tariffs on Canadian goods, setting the close allies up for a showdown. Read More
Albania Gives Jared Kushner Hotel Project a Nod as Trump Returns
NYT > Top StoriesThe project is one of several that family members of President-elect Donald J. Trump have with foreign countries that have pending policy matters with the United States. Read More
Chinese Celebrities and Tourists Think Twice About Thailand
NYT > Top StoriesThe brief abduction of a Chinese actor who was trafficked into Myanmar to work in a scam camp has rattled travelers from a country that Thailand relies on for tourism. Read More
United by Disaster, L.A. Mourns, and Hopes, Together
NYT > Top StoriesMore than a week after the wildfires ignited, the hazy numbness described by many looks a lot like grieving. Read More
Biden and Trump Defy Their History of Animosity to Seal Gaza Cease-Fire
NYT > Top StoriesBut the extraordinary collaboration between outgoing and incoming presidents did not stop both sides from claiming credit. Read More
How Biden Surprised Progressives
NYT > Top StoriesTo the departing president, F.D.R. seemed a guiding, if often elusive, star. Read More
One Question for Pam Bondi’s Confirmation Hearing: Will She Stand Up to Trump?
NYT > Top StoriesPam Bondi cast herself as an independent prosecutor who would keep politics out of the Justice Department if confirmed as President Trump’s attorney general. Read More
Gaza Cease-Fire Deal Brings Joy, but Is Shadowed With Uncertainty
NYT > Top StoriesAn agreement offers Gazans at least some respite, and for Israelis it means the release of hostages. But the deal’s ambiguity leaves open the possibility that fighting could resume within weeks. Read More
Biden’s Presidential Legacy: An Era of Change, Forever Marked by Trump
NYT > Top StoriesBiden’s disastrous debate performance highlighted age concerns. Read More
The Design Legacy of Los Angeles That Fell to the Fires
NYT > Top StoriesThe finality of the wildfires’ destruction has taken 10 more cherished buildings — by Richard Neutra, Gregory Ain, Eric Owen Moss and others. Read More
Pete Hegseth Is the Secretary of Defense We Deserve
NYT > Top StoriesIf you thought the former TV host would be asked important questions at the confirmation hearings this week, you must be living under the illusion that we live in a serious country. Read More
Misogynistic Taunts Cost Philadelphia Eagles Fan His Job at D.E.I. Firm
NYT > Top StoriesThe fan, who was caught on video harassing a female Packers fan at Sunday’s playoff game, was also barred from future events at Lincoln Financial Field. Read More
Israel and Hamas Reached a Cease-Fire Deal
NYT > Top StoriesAlso, Biden is set to deliver a farewell address tonight. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday. Read More
FDA Bans Red Dye 3 in Foods, Linking It to Cancer in Rats
NYT > Top StoriesConsumer and food safety groups have long urged the agency to revoke the use of this dye and others. The F.D.A. says studies have shown that it causes cancer in rats, but not in humans. Read More
Sheriff’s Deputies Handcuff Girl, 11, After Mistaking Her for Suspect
NYT > Top StoriesDeputies in Syracuse, N.Y., detained the girl, who is Black, for several minutes after mistakenly identifying her as a suspect in a car theft. Video of the episode drew fierce criticism. Read More
Ramaswamy Has a High-Profile Perch and a Raft of Potential Conflicts
NYT > Top StoriesVivek Ramaswamy, Elon Musk’s partner in an effort to cut government costs, could make decisions that ultimately make him and his investors richer. Read More
The Israeli Right May Soon Be Disenchanted With Trump
NYT > Top StoriesThe president-elect may have the soul of a bully, but he also has the instincts of a dealmaker. Read More
Takeaways From Marco Rubio’s Senate Hearing
NYT > Top StoriesMr. Rubio expressed views aligned with those of most senators who work on foreign policy, while taking care not to break from Donald J. Trump’s unorthodox ideas. Read More
TikTok Says U.S. Employees Will Have Jobs Even if the App Is Banned
NYT > Top StoriesThe company is awaiting a decision over the constitutionality of a new law that aims to force a sale of the app to a non-Chinese owner under the threat of a ban. Read More
How to Download Your Videos From TikTok
NYT > Top StoriesWith a TikTok ban looming in the United States and the app’s future unknown, now might be a good time to save your work while you can. Read More
Zuckerberg Will Host a Party for Trump’s Inauguration
NYT > Top StoriesMark Zuckerberg, the Meta chief executive, is one of several tech leaders expected to play a high-profile role in celebrating the new administration next week. Read More
She Is in Love With ChatGPT
NYT > Top StoriesA 28-year-old woman with a busy social life spends hours on end talking to her A.I. boyfriend for advice and consolation. And yes, they do have sex. Read More
Neil Gaiman Responds to Explosive Report of Sexual Assault
NYT > Top Stories“I have never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with anyone,” said the best-selling author in response to allegations in New York magazine. Read More
Hegseth Earned $6 Million From TV, Books and Paid Speaking Fees
NYT > Top StoriesFinancial reports show the potential defense secretary’s pay from past speaking and writing, some of which provided fodder for senators during his confirmation hearing. Read More
S.E.C. Sues Elon Musk Over Twitter-Related Securities Violations
NYT > Top StoriesRegulators filed a lawsuit in federal court stemming from Mr. Musk’s $44 billion purchase of the social media company now called X. Read More
Takeaways From Pete Hegseth’s Confirmation Hearing
NYT > Top StoriesPresident-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for defense secretary said nothing that would alienate the Republican senators on the Armed Services Committee. Read More