A.I. Spending Is Accelerating Among Tech’s Biggest Companies
Despite the risk of a bubble, Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon plan to spend billions more on artificial intelligence than they already do.
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025
Nvidia Uncertain if Return to China Is Closer After Trump-Xi Meeting
Amid skyrocketing demand for artificial intelligence systems, the chip-making giant has been thrust into the economic feud between Beijing and Washington.
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025
Amazon’s Big Spending Reignites an A.I. Stock Rally
Investors cheered the tech giant’s latest results showing that its huge investments in artificial intelligence are beginning to show returns.
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025
Food Stamp Funds Running Out, and Prince Andrew Loses Royal Title Amid Epstein Scandal
Plus, your Friday news quiz.
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025
The Debate Dividing the Supreme Court’s Liberal Justices
Outnumbered and facing vast stakes, Justices Kagan and Jackson are split over the best approach: investing in diplomacy inside the court or sounding the alarm outside.
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025
Trump’s Call to Resume Nuclear Testing After Decades Revives a Cold War Debate
President Trump explained the order by saying other, unnamed nations were testing their own nuclear weapons, even though no country has tested since 2017.
NYTIMES • Oct 30, 2025
How the Trump-Xi Meeting Eased a Major Trade War
President Trump and China’s leader Xi Jinping just had a highly anticipated meeting in South Korea. David Pierson, a New York Times foreign correspondent covering China, breaks down what they accomplished and how they…
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025
In China Truce on Tariffs and Rare Earths, National Security Controls Are Bargaining Chip
Some analysts say Beijing won a major victory in its trade talks: Getting the U.S. to withdraw a national security measure that previously was not under discussion.
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025
What to Know About US Nuclear Weapons as Trump Threatens to Restart Testing
Though the country’s nuclear arsenal has undergone no explosive testing for decades, federal experts say it can reliably obliterate targets halfway around the globe.
NYTIMES • Oct 30, 2025
Executions and Mass Casualties: Videos Show Horror Unfolding in Sudan
Evidence of atrocities emerging from the city of El Fasher stoked fears that the Sudanese region of Darfur is plunging, once again, into a cycle of genocidal violence.
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025
Dissecting Three Stephen King Adaptations
Gilbert Cruz, editor of The New York Times Book Review, breaks down three Stephen King movie adaptations and how they differ from their source material.
NYTIMES • Oct 29, 2025
Trump Officials Move Into Military Residences in D.C. Area
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moved into a home at Fort McNair traditionally reserved for the Army’s vice chief of staff. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and others also now live in military housing.
NYTIMES • Oct 30, 2025
Air Traffic Controller Staff Shortage Causes Delays in Orlando and at Other Airports
The F.A.A. warned that a lack of certified air traffic controllers in Orlando could cause delays throughout the East Coast.
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025
Some of Trump’s Favorite Things on Asia Trip: A Crown and ‘Vicious’ Weapons
President Trump traveled to Asia to be a statesman, a showman and a traveling salesman, depending on the audience.
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025
Carney Plans to Meet With Xi to Try and Reset Relations
The leaders of Canada and China met for the first time in eight years to try to reset relations after years of acrimony.
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025
Xi Delivers Veiled Warning to Nations Not to Take the U.S.’s Side
At an Asia-Pacific summit, the Chinese leader urged countries to “resist unilateral bullying,” an appeal that seemed at odds with his country’s recent actions.
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025
JPMorgan Alerted U.S. to Epstein Transfers Involving Wall St. Figures
After Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 death, the bank reported more than $1 billion in potentially suspicious transactions.
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025
Prince Andrew to Be Stripped of His Royal Title
The extraordinary move caps his fall from grace over his ties to the convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025
Mamdani’s Speech About Being Muslim Resonates Beyond New York City
A video of a recent address by Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral candidate, has been viewed more than 25 million times.
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025
If Elected, How Might Mamdani Use Mayoral Power in Ways That Affect Israel?
Zohran Mamdani’s opposition to Israel’s treatment of Palestinians could influence New York City’s investments, his appointees and city policing tactics.
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025
2 Men Die in Basement Flooding as Sudden Downpour Hits New York Area
Much of the rainfall came in an intense 20-minute period in the afternoon, officials said. A record two inches fell at LaGuardia Airport.
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025
Low Prices Aren’t Stopping Exxon and Chevron From Pumping More Oil
The two biggest U.S. oil companies increased production in the third quarter and reported lower but still robust profits.
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025
A Legal Blizzard in Texas Targets Democrats and Promotes Ken Paxton
The Texas attorney general has escalated the pace of high-profile legal actions, raising concern that his Senate campaign is influencing his law enforcement work.
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025
Ohio Republicans Gain Ground in Push for More Seats in Congress
The map, which is expected to be approved on Friday morning by the state’s redistricting commission, improves Republicans’ odds of picking up two more seats.
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025
Tim Meadows Just Wants to Keep Showing Up to Be Funny
Twenty-five years after he left “S.N.L.,” he is still finding new audiences, most recently with a new CBS sitcom and a role in the DC Comics universe.
NYTIMES • Oct 30, 2025
The Unanswered Question From the Biden Autopen Controversy
What happens when a President’s physical or mental decline makes him unfit to continue to serve?
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025
At the Supreme Court, Liberal Justices Are Split
We go inside their strained relationship.
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025
How Saudi Arabia and Qatar Benefited From Rule Changes to Reach the World Cup
A soccer governing body that both countries have helped bankroll gave them extra rest and home-field advantage to set up World Cup qualification.
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025
Jamaica Prepared a Financial Fortress for Disaster. Hurricane Melissa Will Test It.
All of Jamaica’s financial defenses — insurance, bonds and credit lines — could be deployed to recover from Hurricane Melissa. Will it be enough?
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025
Three Billionaires Walk Into a Fried Chicken Restaurant
Jensen Huang, the Nvidia chief executive, and the leaders of Samsung and Hyundai staged a regular-folks outing in Seoul before announcing a business deal.
NYTIMES • Oct 31, 2025