Trump Turns to Affordability Message Amid Economic Frustration

The Trump administration is facing backlash from American consumers as higher costs from tariffs blunt wage gains.With the prices of essential products such as groceries still rising and the cost of certain imports inflated because of President Trump’s tariffs, the White House faces a predicament.

A Alan Rappeport

Switzerland Reaches Agreement With U.S. to Cut Tariff to 15%

The deal would reduce an extraordinarily high tariff rate of 39 percent that had threatened to cripple Swiss exports.Higher U.S. duties have forced Switzerland’s dairy farmers to consider ways to cut back on milk production.

L Liz Alderman and Ana Swanson

Georgia Prosecutor Steps In to Oversee Trump Election Case

The official, Pete Skandalakis, had been tasked by law with finding a new prosecutor for the election interference case after Fani T. Willis was removed from it.Donald J. Trump, who was out of office at the time, after being booked at the Fulton County jail in Atlanta in August 2023.

R Richard Fausset and Danny Hakim

Former U.Va. President Details Justice Department Pressure That Led to Ouster

In an extraordinary 12-page letter, James E. Ryan described the pressure campaign leading to his resignation as akin to a “hostage situation.”“The call for my resignation, right until the end, seemed so outlandish as not to be entirely believable,” James E. Ryan, former president of the University o

M Michael S. Schmidt

Zelensky’s Image Is Stained as Corruption Inquiry Shakes His Inner Circle

The revelations are a remarkable reversal for the Ukrainian president, who once presented himself as a leader who would clean up the country’s politics.President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has said he supports “every investigation carried out by law enforcement and anticorruption officials.”

A Andrew E. Kramer

Olivia Nuzzi on the Scandal With RFK Jr. that Upended Her Career

The former political journalist has written a combustive portrait of America, President Trump and the scandal with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that upended her career.Over a decade, Nuzzi cared less about breaking news than about exposing the foibles and vanity of Trump and the people within his orbit.

J Jacob Bernstein

Conservative Media Picks an Epstein Story Line and Sticks to It

Right-wing outlets have focused on a single redacted name in the 23,000 pages of correspondence related to Jeffrey Epstein that were released on Wednesday.The Manhattan headquarters of Fox News, which reported on new Jeffrey Epstein emails mentioning President Trump hours after their release.

K Ken Bensinger

Israeli Settler Attack During West Bank Olive Harvest Leads to Death of a Boy

Palestinians see the violence, and its tolerance by right-wing Israeli officialdom, as part of a broader campaign to harass them and make life so unbearable that they will abandon their villages.Relatives of Ayssam Ma’ala, who died after being tear gassed by soldiers, visited his grave in the West B

D David M. Halbfinger

U.S. Envoy Said to Be Planning to Meet With Senior Hamas Official

An in-person encounter between Steve Witkoff and Khalil al-Hayya would signal the Trump administration’s interest in keeping a direct line of communication with the group.Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy for peace missions, speaking at a military briefing in Israel last month.

A Adam Rasgon, Natan Odenheimer, Luke Broadwater and Abu Bakr Bashir

The Strategic Uncoupling of Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander

Mr. Lander, the New York City comptroller, campaigned with Mr. Mamdani and once hoped to join him in City Hall. Now he is eyeing a congressional seat.Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander campaigning together in Brooklyn in June, just before the Democratic primary for mayor.

N Nicholas Fandos and Benjamin Oreskes

Trump Housing Official Invokes Family Legacy, to Some Relatives’ Dismay

Bill Pulte has called out prominent Democrats for issues with their mortgage documents. But he has a history of carefully choosing facts about his family and businesses to enhance his reputation.A mobile home park in Lake Worth, Fla., owned by Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance

M Matthew Goldstein, Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Kailyn Rhone

Kenyan Workers Get Abused Abroad. The President’s Family and Allies Profit.

President William Ruto’s government acts as an arm of an industry whose leaders compare women to dogs and blame them for their own abuse, a Times investigation found.Women learning domestic worker skills at a training center in Nairobi, Kenya, this year, in preparation to work abroad.

A Abdi Latif Dahir and Justin Scheck

While Asian Immigrants Work, Burglars Target Their Homes

Some law enforcement officials say they think organized crime rings from South America, in particular from Colombia, are responsible for the crime sprees.Law enforcement officials and prosecutors met with Asian residents in October at a public safety forum in Eugene, Ore.

A Amy Qin and Celeste Noche