Federal Inquiry Traced Matt Gaetz’s Venmo Payments to Women

A document prepared by federal investigators bolsters claims by women who say they were hired for sex by Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for attorney general, who denies wrongdoing.The Justice Department declined to charge former Representative Matt Gaetz with a crime after its

M Michael S. Schmidt

JD Vance Courts Senators With Matt Gaetz, Controversial Cabinet Pick

Vice President-elect JD Vance was on Capitol Hill with Matt Gaetz, the former representative whom President-elect Donald J. Trump wants as his attorney general.JD Vance on election night. On Wednesday, he offered a glimpse of the message he delivered to senators, saying that President-elect Donald J

M Michael C. Bender

Police Report Offers Graphic Details of Sexual Assault Claim Against Hegseth

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for defense secretary was never charged with a crime and vehemently denied to the police that a sexual encounter was coerced.Pete Hegseth during the National Council of Young Israel Gala in New York in 2019. President-elect Donald J. Trump has so far told adv

S Sharon LaFraniere

U.S. Proposes Breakup of Google to Fix Search Monopoly

In a landmark antitrust case, the government asked a judge to force the company to sell its popular Chrome browser.The Department of Justice and a group of states had until the end of Wednesday to propose remedies in an antitrust lawsuit they won in August.

D David McCabe

Ukraine Fires Long-Range Storm Shadow Missiles Into Russia

Britain allowed Ukrainians to use Storm Shadows a week after President Biden authorized the use of American-made missiles inside Russia, a shift from a more cautious military strategy.A British-made Storm Shadow cruise missile on display at a military show in 2018.

H Helene Cooper

Ukraine Strikes Inside Russia With U.S. Missiles

The next two or three months in Ukraine are likely to be exceedingly violent, in a war that has already been the deadliest in Europe in the past 80 years. Marc Santora, who has been reporting from Ukraine since the beginning of the war with Russia, explains why.

M Marc Santora, Nikolay Nikolov, James Surdam and Laura Salaberry

Biden Agrees to Supply Ukraine With Anti-Personnel Mines

The decision is the latest in a series of moves by the U.S. and Russia that have escalated tensions between the two.A Ukrainian soldier outside Toretsk, in October. The Biden administration has approved supplying Ukraine with anti-personnel mines to bolster defenses against Russia’s increasing relia

A Andrew E. Kramer and Helene Cooper

‘Get Somebody Else to Do It’: Trump Resistance Encounters Fatigue

Donald J. Trump’s grass-roots opponents search for a new playbook as they reckon with how little they accomplished during his first term.Bev Pack, right, embraced a demonstrator at a rally organized by Women’s March near the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.

K Katie Benner

North Carolina Republicans Push to Seize Power From Top Democrats

The state’s Republican-controlled legislature passed a sweeping bill that would erode the power of the Democratic governor and attorney general and hand the G.O.P. more control over elections.North Carolina’s legislature has long been controlled by Republicans. For years they have sought to claw pow

N Nick Corasaniti and Eduardo Medina

Begich Defeats Peltola in Alaska, Flipping House Seat for Republicans

The G.O.P. united behind Nick Begich III, the conservative son of a prominent liberal Alaska political family, to beat Representative Mary Peltola, a Democrat.His victory on Tuesday was a comeback of sorts for Nick Begich III, an Anchorage native and businessman who was endorsed by the right-wing Ho

M Maya C. Miller

How to Cook the Best Thanksgiving Turkey

Eric Kim roasted dozens of birds and taste-tested eight different recipes before landing on this clever approach.The spice rub gives the turkey a deeply savory complex flavor.

E Eric Kim

Atmospheric River Brings Rain, Snow and Power Outages to California and West Coast

The first “atmospheric river” storm of the season battered Northern California and the Pacific Northwest, disrupting travel and leaving at least two people dead from falling trees.A tree toppled onto a bus as the storm battered Seattle. Nearly half a million customers in Washington were without powe

S Soumya Karlamangla, Drew Atkins and Judson Jones

Democrats Split as Senate Rejects Bills to Block Weapons Transfers to Israel

The legislation failed resoundingly but highlighted a growing Democratic divide over whether the United States should withhold some weapons to register its disapproval of Israel’s war tactics.People running toward humanitarian aid packages dropped over the northern Gaza Strip in April.

K Karoun Demirjian

U.S. Casts Sole Vote Against Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution

The U.S. veto at the U.N. came as the Biden administration’s envoy in Lebanon reported “additional progress” on cease-fire talks in the war between Israel and Hezbollah.Robert A. Wood, the American ambassador to the U.N., raising his hand to veto a draft resolution calling for a cease fire in Gaza,

F Farnaz Fassihi, Euan Ward and Thomas Fuller

Who’s Laughing Now? Banana-as-Art Sells for $6.2 Million at Sotheby’s

A conceptual artwork by Maurizio Cattelan, “Comedian,” is just a fruit-stand banana taped on the wall. But 7 bidders were biting. It went to a crypto entrepreneur.Maurizio Cattelan’s ‘‘Comedian,’’ a conceptual art piece during a preview at Sotheby’s auction house in New York. It sold for $6.2 millio

Z Zachary Small

US Charges Gautam Adani With Fraud Over Bribery Scheme

Gautam Adani and his associates were accused of paying more than $250 million in bribes to obtain lucrative solar energy contracts.Gautam Adani, one of the world’s richest people, has been charged with multiple counts of fraud and accused of bribing Indian officials and later lying to investors abou

N Nico Grant

Rudy Giuliani’s New Lawyer Takes His Case to the Streets

Mr. Giuliani has not turned over his apartment and other items to two women he defamed. His new counsel, a Staten Island divorce lawyer, held a sidewalk news conference.Rudolph Giuliani has missed several deadlines to turn over property to two former Georgia election workers whom he defamed.

S Stefanos Chen and Eileen Sullivan