Good evening. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
The U.S. moves to end gender-related care for minorsThe Trump administration proposed new rules today that aim to end gender-related care for minors across the nation. The move targets treatments including puberty-blocking drugs, hormone therapies and, in rarer cases, surgeries. Under the proposed rules, the federal government would pull federal funding from any hospital that offered gender-related treatment, most likely forcing it to shut down. Medicare and Medicaid account for nearly 45 percent of spending on hospital care. The A.C.L.U. said it would challenge the rules in court. Several European countries have imposed restrictions on gender-related care, but none have taken the approach of the U.S., where the treatments are now banned in nearly half the country and in some cases criminal charges are threatened against doctors providing them. Most medical groups in the U.S. endorse the treatments. The move reflects President Trump’s opposition to gender treatments for minors, which he has called “a stain on our Nation’s history.” His administration has rejected the existence of people whose gender identity does not align with their sex at birth. “Men can never become women,” the deputy health secretary said today, adding, “Women can never become men.” In other Trump administration news:
A new person of interest is sought in the Brown shootingThe authorities have identified a new person of interest in their search for the gunman who opened fire at Brown University on Saturday, killing two students. The authorities are also investigating whether there is a possible connection to the killing earlier this week of a M.I.T. professor. We’re covering new developments live. They are actively looking for that person and a car that the person is believed to have rented, according to people briefed on the matter. Officials believe that the person of interest’s rented vehicle is the same make and model of a car identified in connection with the fatal shooting of Nuno Loureiro, an M.I.T. professor who was pronounced dead on Tuesday.
New inflation data looked good, but economists are skepticalU.S. inflation unexpectedly eased last month, according to this morning’s consumer prices report. The government found that prices increased 2.7 percent over the year prior — notably slower than the previous rate. Economists have cautioned against reading too much into the data, however, warning that it probably reflected distortions caused by the government shutdown. In related news: Trump said in his speech last night that the economy was booming, despite public concerns. We fact-checked his comments. More top news
This year began with wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles. In the months that followed, a president returned to power, an American pope was chosen, a war raged in Sudan, a cease-fire took hold in Gaza and a young democratic socialist was elected mayor of New York City. Along the way, photographers were there to capture those events and many more. See the images that defined 2025.
China has flying taxis. Drone lunch deliveries, too.China has raced to implement a whole bunch of cutting-edge technologies that sound as if they come from the future. There are flying, remote-controlled taxis; autonomous delivery trucks; electric-vehicle battery-swapping stations; and lunch delivery from the sky. So, my colleague Keith Bradsher, an American who lives in Beijing, decided to test them out. Here’s how it went.
Britney Spears is influencing the young pop stars of todayThere is a rising class of Gen Z pop artists whom our music critic Lindsay Zoladz calls post-post-Britney pop stars. They all cite Britney Spears, now 44, as a formative influence even though they weren’t alive to witness her rise to fame. This group includes Sabrina Carpenter, Tate McRae and Addison Rae, who each have used Spears as an aesthetic touchstone as their own music careers have taken off. They’ve probably learned some lessons from Spears’s hard times, too.
Dinner table topics
Cook: Try this rich and comforting Dijon and cognac beef stew. Watch: Our critics picked their favorite TV episodes of the year. Read: In “Fear Less,” Tracy K. Smith suggests that poetry could heal the divided nation. Move: These mobility exercises can help you avoid injuries while running. Hunt: Which Dallas-area house would you buy with a budget of $1.3 million? Play: Here are today’s Connections, Wordle and Mini Crossword. Find all our games here.
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