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Mamdani Is Sworn In After Remarkable Political Rise

Zohran Mamdani officially became New York City’s mayor shortly after midnight, in a private ceremony held at a shuttered relic of the city’s subway.

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An End to Mayoral Control of Schools? Mamdani Changes His Mind.

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Mamdani Names Transportation Chief With Job of Making Buses Fast and Free

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Mamdani Is First New York Mayor to Use the Quran at His Swearing-In

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Hello, 2026! As the Ball Drops, New York Celebrates in Style.

The New Year’s Eve celebration drew spectators from around the world, despite cold and blustery weather.

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How the World Brought in the New Year

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Trump Abandons Effort to Deploy National Guard in Chicago, Portland and L.A.

President Trump’s decision came after the Supreme Court ruled that he could not deploy troops in the Chicago area over the objections of Illinois officials.

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Trump Vetoes 2 Bills, Drawing Accusations of Retaliation

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Veto of Water Project Is Trump’s Latest Targeted Hit on Colorado

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Ukraine Did Not Target Putin’s Home, C.I.A. Finds

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Jack Smith, wearing a blue suit and tie, walks in a hallway among a group of people, including a uniformed law enforcement officer.

In Hearing Transcript, Jack Smith Defends Decision to Indict Trump

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Two uniformed officers with shields. Two people are holding hands in front of them.

Appeals Court Orders End to Trump’s Command of California National Guard

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NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts

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Snow covers the ground at the entrance to a brick building painted green.

An Intense White House Response From a Single Viral Video

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Coast Guard Searches for Survivors After More Boat Strikes

The U.S. military attacked three boats on Tuesday, and two more on Wednesday, as part of the Trump administration’s campaign against “narco-trafficking.”

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Oil Tanker Fleeing the Coast Guard Is Now Listed in Russian Ship Database

The listing could make it more challenging for U.S. forces to board the ship, which an arm of the Kremlin’s maritime authority says is now flying the Russian flag.

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Venezuela Detains Americans Amid Growing U.S. Pressure

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A docked white U.S. Coast Guard ship, with tall buildings in the background. — Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Most of Iran Shuts Down as Government Grapples With Protests and Economy

Businesses, universities and government offices stayed closed on Wednesday across most of the country under a government-ordered shutdown.

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Suicide Bomber in Syria Kills Security Officer in New Year’s Eve Attack

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Tehran, with a highway in the foregroound and a tall tower behind it, and snowy mountains in the background. — Atta Kenare/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

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10 Predictions for Life in 2026

Dumb phones as status symbols, a war on A.I. slop and bets on “The Real Housewives” should make the coming year interesting.

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Richard W. Stevenson, Mohammed Hadi, Nestor Ramos, Nikita Stewart, Michael Mason, Gilad Thaler, David Seekamp, Lauren Pruitt, Luke Piotrowski and Edward Vega

Behind Oklahoma Cannabis Farms, Chinese New Yorkers With Ties to Beijing

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Jay Root

While reporting on China’s influence operations, we found that several leaders of New York-based diaspora groups with ties to Beijing had entered Oklahoma’s lucrative marijuana business →

Bianca Pallaro

In China, marijuana trafficking is punishable by death. A 2018 law in Oklahoma that allowed unlimited marijuana production helped draw thousands of Chinese-born people to the state.

Michael Forsythe

Some of those farms obscured their true ownership, evaded state regulations and employed immigrants who were treated like indentured servants. Many are now under investigation.

Jay Root

Two-thirds of illegal marijuana seizures last year occurred in Oklahoma, and the state’s narcotics bureau says most of the farms it has shut down were run by people of Chinese descent.

Bianca Pallaro

Though weed is legal in many states, selling it across state lines is not. A thriving black market has undercut legitimate sellers, safety testing and tax collection.

A Heartbreaking Essay, Delivered Fully Formed

When Tatiana Schlossberg submitted an essay to The New Yorker, it had not been assigned or even expected. It was accepted immediately and barely edited.

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Tatiana Schlossberg’s essay for The New Yorker, published online in November and in print this month, moved David Remnick, the magazine’s editor, with its “heart and intelligence and honesty,” he said. — Amber De Vos/Getty Images

No. 10 Miami Stuns No. 2 Ohio State to Reach Playoff Semifinals

The Hurricanes defense dominated the Buckeyes early to send the defending national champions home in a 24-14 win at the Cotton Bowl.

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Brigitte Bardot’s Legacy of Racist Rhetoric

The actress, who died this week at 91, was an icon of 1960s cinema. She was also a hero to the French far right.

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More Than a Bombshell, Bardot Became the Face of a Nation

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Brigitte Bardot walks arm in arm with a man in a hallway. A uniformed person wearing glasses stands in the foreground, with others in the background. — Pascal Pavani/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

The Top Movies of 2025, According to Times Readers

We asked you to vote on the best films of the year. The results included a mix of big box-office hits and small art-house indies.

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Claudette Barius/Focus Features, via AP; Neon via AP; Eli Adé/Warner Bros.; Warner Bros. Pictures

Historic Snowstorm Blankets Syracuse Just in Time for the New Year

Syracuse, N.Y., has received nearly twice its usual monthly amount of snow in December.

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A car covered in snow is parked along a snowy street in downtown Syracuse. — Rylee Kirk/The New York Times

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Philip H. Gordon

A Trump Guarantee Is Empty, Mr. Zelensky

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Two photographs of Fiorello La Guardia and Zohran Mamdani. — Photo illustration by The New York Times. Source photographs by Bettmann/Getty Images; Damon Winter/The New York Times.

Kim Phillips-Fein

Welcome to the Mamdani Era, New York

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Michelle Cottle

The 2025 Politics Yearbook: Most Likely to Be Extreme and Chaotic

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Jimmy McIntosh

Last Orders, London?

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