1759136420 The Man Behind Trump’s Push for an All-Powerful Presidency: Russell Vought https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/us/politics/russell-vought-trump-budget.html Russell T. Vought spent years drawing up plans to expand presidential power and shrink federal bureaucracy. Now he is moving closer to making that vision a reality, threatening to erode checks and balances. html Coral Davenport 1759136583 The Man Expanding Trump’s Presidential Powers https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010422264/the-man-expanding-trumps-presidential-powers.html
html Coral Davenport, Melanie Bencosme, Stephanie Swart, Laura Bult, June Kim and Ray Whitehouse 1759136581 Trump to Meet With Congressional Leaders as Shutdown Looms https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/us/politics/trump-shutdown-meeting-schumer-jeffries-johnson.html The top four congressional leaders were set to gather with President Trump on Monday, but with both sides dug in, there appeared to be little chance of a breakthrough to avoid a shutdown. html Michael Gold 1759136757 Which Federal Benefits and Services Continue During a Government Shutdown? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/us/politics/government-shutdown-federal-services-mail-parks.html Without a deal in Congress by Tuesday, the government will run out of funding. html Madeleine Ngo 1759135107 Trump and Netanyahu to Discuss Plans for Postwar Gaza https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/world/middleeast/trump-netanyahu-meet-gaza.html The president and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel are set to meet in Washington after a week in which Israel grew more isolated internationally. html Aaron Boxerman 1759138850 New Ideas Emerge to End Gaza Conflict and Govern After War https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/world/middleeast/gaza-peace-plans.html As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Trump head into a meeting on Monday, new proposals are under discussion. html Liam Stack and Adam Rasgon 1759131069 Shooting at Mormon Church in Grand Blanc, Michigan, Leaves Multiple Injured https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/us/grand-blanc-shooting-fire-mormon-church.html The police said they believed the attacker opened fire on the congregation and intentionally set fire to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building near Flint. The shooter died after exchanging fire with police officers, officials said. html Scott Atkinson, Talya Minsberg and Anushka Patil 1759106147 What We Know About the Suspect in the Michigan Church Shooting https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/us/what-we-know-suspect-michigan-church-shooting.html The suspect, a 40-year-old man, was killed during the attack, officials said. html Talya Minsberg and Anushka Patil 1759129212 The Rise and Fall of Eric Adams https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/nyregion/eric-adams-mayor-history.html Mr. Adams has suspended his re-election campaign, becoming the first mayor of New York City to fail to win a second term since David N. Dinkins. html Dana Rubinstein 1759093080 Swaggering, Scandalous, Strange: There Will Never Be Another Eric Adams https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/nyregion/eric-adams-profile-personality.html The quotable, luxury-loving, perpetually mysterious mayor took New Yorkers on a wild and unpredictable ride. html Matt Flegenheimer 1759104130 13 Moments That Have Defined Eric Adams’s Political Career https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/nyregion/eric-adams-resignation-political-career.html Mr. Adams served in the New York State Senate and as Brooklyn borough president before becoming mayor of New York City in 2022. Ethical questions have followed him along the way. html Michael Rothfeld 1759136408 ‘I’m From Here!’: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Dragnet https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/us/im-from-here-us-citizens-are-ending-up-in-trumps-dragnet.html As immigration agents take a more aggressive approach, they have stopped and in some cases detained American citizens. html Jazmine Ulloa, Allison McCann and Jennifer Medina 1759119726 Trump’s $100,000 Visa Upends Lives: ‘My Dreams Were Shattered’ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/business/india-h1b-visa-trump.html A generation of students in India pinned hopes and family savings on careers that once soared on H-1B visas allowing work in the United States. html Alex Travelli and Suhasini Raj 1759119744 High-Skilled Visas Have Problems. Trump’s $100,000 Fee Won’t Fix Them. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/business/economy/h1b-visas-problems.html For years, proposals have circulated to stop abuse of the H-1B program. The Trump administration’s big changes largely ignored them. html Lydia DePillis 1759136529 Trump’s Tariffs Threaten to Break Some Small Businesses https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/business/trump-tariffs-small-businesses.html Import duties are posing a challenge to some smaller companies, which fear that raising prices to cover higher costs will drive away customers. html Sydney Ember 1759136559 She Was Fired for a Comment on Her Private Facebook Account https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/us/charlie-kirk-free-speech.html A look at how one state has turbocharged the crackdown on anyone who has criticized Charlie Kirk after his death. html Sabrina Tavernise 1759120591 Venezuela, America and the Specter of Regime Change https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/world/venezuela-trump-comey-russia-ukraine-drones.html In this first edition of The World newsletter, we explore why a president who campaigned against “foreign wars” is sending warships to Venezuela. html Katrin Bennhold 1759092506 Q&A: Our New Global Newsletter Host on Creating an ‘Antidote to the Overwhelm’ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/world/new-newsletter-host-qanda.html Katrin Bennhold is the host of The World, a New York Times newsletter for readers around the globe. It launches this week. html Jodi Rudoren 1759140027 Pro-Europeans Set to Win Pivotal Election in Moldova Despite Russian Meddling https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/world/europe/moldova-election-russia.html With virtually all the results in, the party of President Maia Sandu was set to keep its majority in Parliament, in a vote widely seen as a showdown between Europe and Russia. html Jeanna Smialek 1759114046 Bad Bunny Will Headline Super Bowl Halftime Show https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/arts/music/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime.html The Latin superstar known for hits including “MIA,” “I Like It” and “Me Porto Bonito” will perform in February in Santa Clara, Calif. html Emmanuel Morgan 1759136468 Fragile N.C. Residents Lose Medicaid Support for Food and Housing https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/health/fragile-nc-residents-lose-medicaid-support-for-food-and-housing.html One year after Hurricane Helene, people in the hard-hit western region of North Carolina can no longer rely on a successful program that helped keep them afloat. html Andrew Jacobs and Allison Joyce 1759050041 Still Cashing In on the ‘Field of Dreams’ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/business/field-of-dreams.html For nearly four decades, the Iowa baseball field used as the set of the beloved Hollywood movie has been trying to find its next act. html Ken Belson 1759136422 Democrats Are in Crisis. Eat-the-Rich Populism Is the Only Answer. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/opinion/democrats-dan-osborne.html A blistering assault on economic elites, a moderate stance on cultural issues and a rejection of politics as usual. That’s how to remake the Democratic Party. html Timothy Shenk 1759136529 Why Is Your Flight Always Delayed? Blame Government Shutdowns https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/opinion/flight-delays-faa-government-shutdown.html The end of a government shutdown doesn’t mean that everything springs back to normal. Some of the damage endures. html Binyamin Appelbaum 1759129208 Welcome to the Jumble: Inside Brooklyn’s Bike Flea Market https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/nyregion/park-slope-bike-jumble.html The community of those who love biking in the city keeps growing. html Dodai Stewart 1759136565 Electric Vehicles Face a ‘Pretty Dreadful Year’ in the U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/business/electric-vehicles-federal-tax-credit.html The end of a federal tax credit is expected to push sales of battery-powered cars down but auto experts believe the market will eventually recover. html Neal E. Boudette 1759118465 Missing From a U.N. Meeting on Helping Refugees? The Refugees. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-refugees-un-general-assembly.html World leaders will discuss how to assist the Rohingya in the world’s largest refugee settlement. But no one living there is attending the conference at the United Nations. html Verena Hölzl