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November 14, 2025, 4:30 a.m. Eastern time

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Memo Blessing Boat Strikes Is Said to Rely on Trump’s Claims About Cartels

Accounts of a secret Justice Department memo offer a window into how administration lawyers approved the president’s desired course of action.

Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes

The university system will ban advocacy of “race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity” without approval.

Trump Administration Revokes Biden Ban on Drilling and Mining in Alaska Wilderness

The decision to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s ecologically sensitive North Slope has the support of the state’s governor and senators.

World

A.I. Cheating Rattles Top Universities in South Korea

As many elite colleges struggle to adapt to the technology, the nation’s most prestigious universities said dozens of students used artificial intelligence tools to cheat.

Canada Reaches for Its Economic Past to Find a Future Less Reliant on the U.S.

Prime Minister Mark Carney fast-tracked mines and other natural resource projects to the dismay of some Indigenous groups and many environmentalists.

BBC Apologizes to Trump but Refuses to Pay Compensation

The BBC said it would not rebroadcast a misleadingly edited documentary but added, “We strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim.”

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U.S.

The Shutdown Is Over. For Many SNAP Recipients, the Scars Remain.

Some recipients have seen their benefits return but are worried they could still be taken away. Others wonder whether the funding could be stopped again at some point.

Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson

The professor will no longer be able to teach a class on diversity after she showed students a diagram that included the “Make America Great Again” slogan as an example of white supremacy.

Fast-Growing Fire in Mono County, California, Forces Evacuations

The Pack fire has grown to 3,400 acres amid high winds, but a coming winter storm might help firefighters control the blaze.

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Politics

Republicans Tried to Squelch the Epstein Furor. Instead, They Fed It.

A House investigation that the G.O.P. has tried to use to deflect calls for more transparency has yielded striking revelations that have only fueled the Epstein saga.

Far Right’s Fixation on Jan. 6 Pipe Bomb Suspect Reaches F.B.I.’s Top Ranks

For all his bluster, the F.B.I.’s deputy director Dan Bongino played a central role in stoking expectations that the bureau would quickly find the suspects who planted pipe bombs.

Trump Administration Prepares Tariff Exemptions in Bid to Lower Food Prices

If the proposal goes into effect, it would be the latest rollback of one of President Trump’s key economic policies over concerns about affordability.

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Business

An Escape From India’s Air Pollution for Those Who Can Afford It

Companies are offering much-needed, but expensive, air purification systems to shelter from the smog in one of the world’s most polluted cities.

‘No Closure, No Transparency’: Harassment Victims Seek Resolution

Fewer women in South Korea are reporting workplace harassment, but those who do say their claims are often not taken seriously or handled sensitively.

Boeing Defense Workers Approve New Contract

More than 3,000 workers who make fighter jets and weapons in the St. Louis area have been on strike for over three months.

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Arts

Wifredo Lam: Artist-Poet of Tropical Dreams and Sorrows

The great Cuban modernist, whose politics and Afro-Asian roots shaped his paintings and inspired generations of artists, gets a revelatory survey at MoMA.

‘Oedipus’ Review: An Election-Night Thriller, Suffused With Dread

Mark Strong and Lesley Manville are superb as a doomed political power couple in Robert Icke’s adaptation of the Sophocles tragedy.

‘Archduke’ Review: Impressionable Young Men

Rajiv Joseph’s farcical play follows the nationalists who carried out the assassination that ignited World War I.

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New York

Mamdani and Hochul Discuss Their Challenges: Trump and Child Care

Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, and Gov. Kathy Hochul met to talk about how to prepare for threats from President Trump.

Hochul Approved Permits That Could Help Clients of Her Husband’s Firm

Opponents of a natural gas pipeline approved by Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York noted that the project would benefit a client of the prominent law firm where her husband works.

PATH Train Fare to Rise to $4 by 2029

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on Thursday announced the increase and a timetable for restoring daily service on all its lines for the first time in 25 years.

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Food

A First Look at the Fall’s Biggest Restaurant Openings

Scoring the season’s hardest reservations at Wild Cherry, Babbo and the Eighty Six.

Experts Say SNAP’s Food Budget Doesn’t Match How People Actually Eat

The government shutdown caused a panic among recipients, but the monthly budgeting issues go back 50 years and may get worse.