The New York Catholic Center in Manhattan, Sept. 20, 2018. The Archdiocese of New York said on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, that it had agreed to negotiate a settlement that would benefit roughly 1,300 people who have said they were sexually abused as minors by its priests and lay staff members. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times) By LIAM STACK The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York said earlier this week that it was raising at least $300 million as it moved to negotiate a settle

President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, after their meeting in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025. China, the United States’ main economic and technological competitor, released figures earlier this week showing that it continues to run a record trade surplus with the rest of the world. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times) By DAVID E. SANGER On President Donald Trump’s proclaimed “Liberation Day” in April, when he announced the tariffs that

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) during a television interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 10, 2025. Top Democrats called on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, for the release of classified video of the U.S. military’s first operation targeting a boat in the Caribbean in early September. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times) By MEGAN MINEIRO Top Democrats called earlier this week for the release of classified video of the U.S. military’s first operation targeting a boat in the Caribbean in e

By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER The federal agency that supports the nation’s libraries has restored thousands of grants canceled by the Trump administration, following a federal judge’s ruling that the executive order mandating the cuts was unlawful. The executive order, issued in March, said the Institute for Museum and Library Services, along with six other small agencies, must “be reduced to the maximum extent consistent with the applicable law.” Soon after, the agency put most of

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) at the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 22, 2023. President Donald Trump on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, upbraided Cuellar for not switching parties in his re-election bid after Trump pardoned him and his wife on bribery charges last week, saying Cuellar’s decision displayed a “lack of LOYALTY.” (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By ANUSHKA PATIL President Donald Trump earlier this week upbraided Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, for not switching parties in his

By ANNIE CORREAL On Sunday, immigration agents appeared at the family home of a recently deported college student in Austin, Texas, according to the family and their lawyer. The agents arrived in three unmarked vehicles, and one agent in a green vest marked ERO — Enforcement and Removal Operations — rushed toward the student’s father, Francis López, as he washed his car, López said. He ran into his backyard and closed a latched gate. The agent forced open the gate and proceed

Former FBI Director James Comey is sworn in during a Senate hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 8, 2017. A federal judge on Saturday night threw up a roadblock to the Justice Department’s plans to seek another indictment against Comey as early as this week. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By ALAN FEUER A federal judge on Saturday night threw up a roadblock to the Justice Department’s plans to seek another indictment against former FBI Director James Comey as early as

U.S. Navy Admiral Frank “Mitch” Bradley, left, and U.S. Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrive for a closed door classified meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Thursday came away with starkly different conclusions after top military officers showed them video of an attack on a boat suspected of carrying drugs, including a follow-up strike that killed two sur