Authoritarian creep reaches a new phase.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/opinion/ice-masks-immigration.html
Also, National Guard troops assembled near Chicago and Portland. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/briefing/comey-not-guilty-plea-national-guard-chicago.html
Ahead of the holidays, we’re responding to readers’ hardest gifting quandaries.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/t-magazine/holiday-gifts-presents.html
A new state law creates the first legal definition of the foods, and may prompt changes in other states.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/well/eat/gavin-newsom-ultraprocessed-food-ban-california.html
In a video post on social media, the country music superstar, who is 79, played down the recent health challenges that prompted her to delay her Las Vegas residency.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/arts/music/dolly-parton-health.html
John Chell, New York City’s top uniformed police officer, is leaving as Mayor Eric Adams’s term is soon to expire and uncertainty looms at the Police Department.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/nyregion/nypd-john-chell-retires.html
In a rare interview, the justice bemoaned vulgarity in public life, discussed his family’s ties to President Trump and reflected on his own history and legacy.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/justice-kennedy-interview-memoir.html
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A small drop in rates in recent weeks has triggered an outsize response from borrowers.https://www.wsj.com/economy/housing/homeowners-are-pouncing-on-the-tiniest-drop-in-mortgage-rates-2f66f72d?mod=rss_markets_main
Silver prices also rise, nearing longtime recordhttps://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-10-08-2025?mod=rss_markets_main
If the yen slumps toward the key 160 level against the dollar, it could prompt intervention and complicate U.S.-Japan trade relations.https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/yen-tumbles-as-prospect-of-bank-of-japan-rate-hike-fades-244df57c?mod=rss_markets_main
Investors are pouring money into dollar alternatives like bitcoin and precious metals.https://www.wsj.com/finance/commodities-futures/a-new-wall-street-trade-is-powering-gold-and-hitting-currencies-62a61fdb?mod=rss_markets_main
The case against James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, was deemed too thin by a previous federal prosecutor, who quit under pressure from President Trump.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/james-comey-arraignment.html
Plus, how job applicants are tricking A.I.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/podcasts/the-headlines/comey-gold-prices.html
Higher education leaders and public-school superintendents say they depend on skilled foreign workers to fill critical roles.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/trump-h-1b-visa-fee-universities.html
Neil Jacobs was found to have violated NOAA’s code of ethics after an investigation into an incident that centered on an altered hurricane forecast map in 2019.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/us/politics/senate-neil-jacobs-noaa.html
The mayor of Lima, Peru, held a Charlie Kirk memorial — filled with attendees bused in from poor neighborhoods — as he sought help from the Trump administration.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/world/americas/charlie-kirk-peru-porky.html
By embodying President Trump’s brash style, Rafael López Aliaga has become a leading candidate to be Peru’s next president.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/world/americas/porky-lopez-aliaga-lima-mayor-trump.html
The prize was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi for the development of a new type of molecular architecture.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/science/nobel-prize-chemistry.html
The awards are being announced this week.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/world/europe/nobel-prize.html