Category Archives: Opinion

THE NEW YORK TIMES – TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2025

Senate Passes Bill to Reopen Government Amid Democratic Rift

The vote to end the longest ever U.S. shutdown came after a splinter group of Democrats backed a deal without the main concession their party had urged.

How Each Senator Voted ›

VoteTotalDemocratsDem.RepublicansRep.
Yes 60852
No40391

For Trump, Nothing Was Off-Limits During the Shutdown

President Trump pressured Democrats by taking punishing actions no previous administration ever took during a shutdown.

Shutdown Agreement Revives Democratic Infighting

As Iraqis Vote for a Parliament, U.S. Presses to Minimize Iran’s Influence

After a U.S. occupation, years of sectarian violence and a jihadist insurgency, Iraq has become an improbable haven of calm in the Middle East.

Modi Vows Justice as Police Suspect Terrorism in Deadly New Delhi Blast

Those responsible for the explosion “will not be spared,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India said. The blast killed at least eight people near a subway station at evening rush hour.

THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE – DECEMBER 2025 PREVIEW

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Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake

The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.Jonathan Chait

Pay Attention to the First 10 Minutes of SNL

James Austin Johnson’s catchall monologues have become an ideal format for the recent onslaught of political news.Erik Adams

THE NEW YORK TIMES – MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2025

Government Inches Closer to Reopening After Senate Deal

Eight senators backed a G.O.P. deal to end the longest shutdown ever. The measure still must be approved by Congress and signed by President Trump.

Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision

Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses, had asked the court to reconsider its landmark 2015 opinion.

In Largely Symbolic Move, Trump Pre-Emptively Pardons Rudy Giuliani and Others

Even though the pardons will have little practical effect, they stand as a reminder that President Trump often uses his powers to reward and protect his allies.

U.S. Military Kills 6 in Strikes on Suspected Drug Boats, Hegseth Says

The latest strikes raised the death toll in the campaign to 76 people in 19 attacks in the Pacific and the Caribbean Sea since early September.

THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE – NOV. 9, 2025

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 11.9.25 Issue features Parul Sehgal on Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of ‘Frankenstein’; Emily Baumgaertner Nunn on the trafficked girls of Los Angeles; Jesse Barron on the suicide of a teen who fell in love with an A.I. chatbot; J Wortham on the art exhibition using decommissioned Confederate monuments; and more.

They Fell in Love With A.I. Chatbots — and Found Something Real

Three people on the joys and anxieties of A.I. romances. By Coralie Kraft

A Harrowing Escape From the Drone-Infested Hellscape of Ukraine’s Front Lines

In Ukraine, unmanned weapons hunt the wounded and medics alike. Moving injured soldiers to safety has never been more difficult. By C.J. Chivers

Why Does So Much New Technology Feel Inspired by Dystopian Sci-Fi Movies?

The industry keeps echoing ideas from bleak satires and cyberpunk stories as if they were exciting possibilities, not grim warnings.By Casey Michael HenryCreditPhoto illustration by Michael Houtz

She Was Ready to Have Her 15th Child. Then Came the Felony Charges.

MaryBeth Lewis’s desire to be a new mom again, at 65 years old, led to a custody battle like no other. By David Gauvey Herbert

THE NEW YORK TIMES – SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2025

How the Elections Intensified the Fight Over the Democratic Party

Around the U.S., primary candidates will decide the party’s direction on policy issues, and ultimately whether it has a center-left or left-wing vision.

Trump Loyalists Push ‘Grand Conspiracy’ as New Subpoenas Land

The Justice Department moved an inquiry that appeared initially focused on the former C.I.A. director, John Brennan, to Florida, and is recruiting prosecutors.

Airport Disruptions May Get Worse This Week

The fact that planes are generally less full in early November helped airlines limit the impact. That will change as Thanksgiving nears.

The Dangerous Stalemate Over Iran’s Nuclear Program

With no negotiations, no oversight and no clarity about Iran’s stock of nuclear material, many in the region fear that another war with Israel is inevitable.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES – SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2025

Supreme Court Temporarily Allows Trump to Curtail Food Stamp Funding

The ruling, blocking a lower court order to fully fund the aid, added to the uncertainty around America’s largest anti-hunger program.

How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy

The Treasury Department and the IRS are issuing rules that provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief to big companies and the ultrarich.

Among Mamdani’s Many Challenges: Fixing New York City’s Schools

Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect, will encounter dwindling enrollment, lackluster reading scores and federal officials spoiling for a fight.

‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison

The Times interviewed dozens of migrant men sent to a prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration. Independent forensic analysts called the testimony credible and consistent and said the treatment met the U.N.’s definition of torture.

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – NOVEMBER 8, 2025 PREVIEW

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue featuresThe relationship recession‘.

The rise of singlehood is reshaping the world

In good ways and bad

China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics

The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising

Democrats risk drawing the wrong lessons from one good day

Moderate governors offer a better model than a charming socialist in New York

America should not push other countries to adopt the dollar

More dollarisation would be a double-edged sword

THE NEW YORK TIMES – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2025

Hundreds of Flights are Canceled as Shutdown Hits Air Travel

The Trump administration ordered the cuts as the shutdown left air traffic controllers working without pay. Disruptions at major airports appeared limited for now.

The Jobs Report Is Canceled. Here’s What Private Data Shows.

The government shutdown canceled a second straight jobs report, but private data sources suggested the labor market has weakened modestly since summer.

The Fed’s Recent Rate Decisions Have Been Divisive. More Lie Ahead.

China Suspends Some Export Controls on Critical Minerals but Retains Others

The Chinese government followed through on promises it made publicly after a recent summit, but has not yet taken other actions sought by the White House.

THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE – NOVEMBER 17, 2025

Edel Rodriguez's “Mayor Mamdani” | The New Yorker

THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest cover features Edel Rodriguez’s “Mayor Mamdani”

The Mamdani Era Begins

His opponents tried to smear him for his youth, inexperience, and leftist politics. But New Yorkers didn’t want a hardened political insider to be mayor—they wanted Zohran Mamdani.

Dick Cheney’s Brand of Conservatism

For years before taking office, the former Vice-President appeared less dogmatic than he was.

The Dishy Operatics of Lily Allen’s Breakup Album

On “West End Girl,” all the gritty bits are there: messages with a husband’s mistress, the discovery of a cache of sex toys.

THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY – NOVEMBER 7, 2025 PREVIEW

THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY: The latest issue features ‘A Massacre Foretold’ – The Tragedy of El Fasher’

For some time now, El Fasher in Sudan has been a city beyond the reach of journalists. But the haunting satellite image on our cover this week, of smoke billowing from fires near El Fasher’s airport, told its own story as starkly as anything that could be reported from the ground.

Other satellite images showed clusters of burned-out vehicles, and what appeared to be pools of blood beside piles of bodies on the ground. A massacre was under way that could be seen from space.

The last major city in Darfur to fall to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) was already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, but has “descended into an even darker hell”, senior UN officials warned last week. This key moment in the two-and-a-half-year-long civil war has unfolded in plain sight with minimal intervention from the international community, unless you count the United Arab Emirates, which has been arming the RSF paramilitaries.

Spotlight | The Andrew formerly known as a prince
Stupidity and self-entitlement sank King Charles III’s disgraced younger brother – and the royal reckoning may not be over yet, writes Stephen Bates

Technology | What if the internet just … stopped working?
Could everything suddenly go offline and if so, how? Aisha Down goes inside the fragile system holding the modern world together

Interview | Margaret Atwood puts the world to rights
At 85, she’s a literary seer and saint – and queen of the Canadian resistance. So what does the writer make of our dystopian society? Lisa Allardice finds out

Opinion | World leaders: Cop30 could be your great legacy
With the US backing away from the climate crisis, now is the moment when other nations must step up, says former British prime minister Gordon Brown

Culture | Back to black with Lynne Ramsay
The Scottish film director burst on to the scene with Ratcatcher and terrified audiences with We Need to Talk About Kevin. Her latest film stars Hollywood darling Jennifer Lawrence, but it doesn’t flinch from the dark side of family life, finds Amy Raphael