At a Dark Moment, Jews in New York Celebrate the Festival of Lights

After the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia, Jewish New Yorkers said they felt the need to stand up for their community.Some people at a menorah lighting at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn said the mass shooting in Australia had moved them to attend.

L Liam Stack, Olivia Bensimon and Wesley Parnell

Trump’s Post Attacking Rob Reiner After Stabbing Death Draws Immediate Outrage

The president attributed the killing to “Trump derangement syndrome,” but his disparaging comments drew backlash even from conservative allies who said they were inappropriate.Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, at the Kennedy Center in Washington in 2023. The Reiners’ 32-year-old son wa

L Luke Broadwater

Susie Wiles Acknowledges Trump’s ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions

In interviews with Vanity Fair, Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, called JD Vance a “conspiracy theorist” and said Pam Bondi “completely whiffed” the early handling of the Epstein files.Over the course of 11 interviews, Ms. Wiles offered pungent assessments of the president and his team.

P Peter Baker

Venezuela’s Oil Is a Focus of Trump’s Campaign Against Maduro

In public, the White House says it is confronting Venezuela to curb drug trafficking. Behind the scenes, gaining access to the country’s vast oil reserves is a priority.Oil drilling equipment in Cabimas, Venezuela. The country has about 17 percent of the world’s known oil reserves, nearly four times

E Edward Wong and Julian E. Barnes

The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich

For years, rumors swirled about where his wealth came from. A Times investigation reveals the truth of how a college dropout clawed his way to the pinnacle of American finance and society.

D David Enrich, Steve Eder, Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Matthew Goldstein

Brown Shooting Tests a Fragile Trust on Campus

The Ivy League school has faced a series of challenges related to protests and politics. Through it all, it has kept its gates open to the city and tried to heal divisions on campus.Brown University has been open to the city around it. After last weekend’s shooting, some are asking if the school sho

D Dana Goldstein

Days After Brown University Shooting, a Community Is in a Standstill

As a manhunt for a gunman who killed two and injured nine at Brown University stretched into a third day, residents and officials alike were growing weary.Federal agents searching for clues near where footage showed a possible suspect walking away from the scene on Saturday.

S Shaila Dewan

Jobs Data Is Finally Back. But the Economic Picture Is Still Blurry.

November’s job report may be distorted as a result of the government shutdown, limiting how much it will influence the Federal Reserve’s next interest rate decision in January.Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, warned last week that policymakers would have to take the November data lightly

B Ben Casselman and Colby Smith

A Push for More Organ Transplants Is Putting Donors at Risk

People across the United States have endured rushed or premature attempts to remove their organs. Some were gasping, crying or showing other signs of life.Misty Hawkins’s parents have not touched the bedroom of their daughter, who had a lifelong cognitive disability.

B Brian M. Rosenthal and Julie Tate

This Week Is Pivotal for Ukraine, and for Europe’s Voice in Its Future

Often left out by the United States in peace negotiations, European countries are working to assert their leadership and bolster Ukraine with an ambitious funding plan. But can they agree?From left: Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, President Volodymyr Zel

J Jeanna Smialek and Michael D. Shear

Ukraine Claims First Strike by Underwater Drone on Russian Submarine

As it tries to demonstrate its continuing ability to fight, Ukraine said it had used drones to inflict serious damage on a Russian Kilo-class submarine at a Black Sea port.Ukraine previously targeted another Russian Kilo-class submarine, the Rostov-on-Don, shown sailing through the Bosporus at Istan

M Maria Varenikova

Ukraine and Allies Agree on Security Guarantee for Peace Proposal

Crucial details on the future security of Ukraine remain unsettled as negotiators seek a deal that Russia will approve.President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany, left, and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Berlin on Monday.

D David E. Sanger and Christopher F. Schuetze

Ford Will Take $19.5 Billion Hit as It Rolls Back E.V. Plans

Ford Motor said the costs came from its decision to make fewer electric vehicles than it had planned and more hybrids that use both gasoline engines and batteries.A Ford F-150 Lightning electric truck at the company’s plant in Dearborn, Mich., in 2022. The Lightning will no longer be a pure electric

J Jack Ewing