Home builders hoped for a boom in 2025. They didn’t get one.
Home builders thought this year was going to bring a boom. They were wrong. Single-family construction starts — a crucial...
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The 19 predictions that came true in 2025 — and the 4 that didn’t
It’s that time of year again. Every January 1, the Future Perfect team makes forecasts for the events we think...
How D.C. residents mobilized in a year of historic home rule challenges
They were unmissable that day in March at the U.S. Capitol — the loudest voices, the tiniest faces, the most...
The Top Movies of 2025, According to Times Readers
What are the best movies of 2025? After publishing our critics’ Top 10 lists, followed by New York Times experts’...
A.I. Held Up Wall Street in 2025. Will That Continue?
At a glance, stocks are set to end 2025 pretty much where analysts expected they would. But it’s been a...
An Intense White House Response From a Single Viral Video
A 43-minute video posted online in the past week, purporting to expose extensive fraud at Somali-run child care centers in...
D.C. region heads into 2026 with an economy teetering toward recession
Heading into the new year, the nation’s capital is gripped by economic gloom that may permanently alter the shape of...
It’s Going to Be a Cold New Year’s Eve for Much of the U.S.
A blast of Arctic air is pouring into the eastern two-thirds of the United States, driving temperatures as much as...
Kelsey Grammer’s daughter Greer reveals ‘meanest thing’ her father told her after 12-year estrangement: ‘I started sobbing’
Kelsey Grammer’s daughter revealed one of the “meanest things” her father ever told her — a moment that left her...
Even as U.S. Targets Boats, Coast Guard Tries to Capture Drug Suspects at Sea
Long before the U.S. military began blowing up boats it suspected of smuggling drugs in strikes from the sky, the...
Where billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg are spending New Year’s Eve
Billionaires like Jeff Bezos and his wife, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, are flocking toward warm Caribbean waters for New Year's Eve....
Berlin’s wild New Year’s Eve fuels constant debate over banning fireworks
BERLIN — In a country known for its rule-abiding ways — quiet Sundays, meticulous recycling, orderly lines and an aversion...
A tiny U.S. territory in the Pacific doubles down on a giant Chinese casino
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands — The beachfront casino built here by a Chinese mother-and-son duo a decade ago was billed...
The Silicon Valley leaders who have experimented with psychedelics
Steve Jobs, Sam Altman, and Bill Gates spoke publicly about using psychedelic drugs. Google cofounder Sergey Brin has reportedly eaten...
Iranian protests sparked by economic woes quickly spread across country
ISTANBUL — Anti-government demonstrations erupted in Iran this week, with initial protests by shop owners in the capital Tehran over...
