Judge Approves Release of Epstein Grand Jury Documents in Florida Case

A federal judge in Florida ordered the release of previously sealed testimony, after legislation passed last month authorizing the disclosure.The law passed by Congress gave the Justice Department 30 days to release the files related to the Epstein investigation in its possession.

Z Zach Montague

Trump Wants Maduro to Go. Here’s Who Could Replace Him in Venezuela.

Several senior Venezuelan officials and opposition politicians would have a claim to power in a transition, but all would face difficulties.President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela holding a sword during a speech last month. Should he end up losing power, his potential replacement would be largely dete

A Anatoly Kurmanaev

Best Albums of 2025

The rising Korean pop outsider Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics’ lists this year.

J Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz

Netflix to Buy Warner Bros in $83 Billion Deal

The deal to acquire the Hollywood behemoth’s television and film studios as well as HBO Max will bulk up the world’s biggest paid streaming service.Netflix has never tried an acquisition even remotely close to this size.

B Brooks Barnes, Lauren Hirsch and Nicole Sperling

Netflix Changes Course Again With Warner Bros. Deal

The streaming giant has changed its strategy many times over the years. But the decision to get deeply into theatrical releases may be the most startling yet.A billboard for “Stranger Things” on the Netflix offices in Los Angeles. The television series will be screened in over 500 theaters on New Ye

N Nicole Sperling

CNN Is Excluded From Netflix’s Warner Bros. Deal for Now

The prospect of Paramount’s buying Warner Bros. Discovery had led CNN journalists to wonder if the channel may be combined with CBS News. Instead, CNN will remain in a separate corporate entity.A CNN sign outside the network’s studios in Washington.

J John Koblin

Elon Musk Loves What Mario Nawfal Has to Say

Mario Nawfal has a knack for getting Mr. Musk’s attention online, and for turning that into big business.Mario Nawfal in his home in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A Lebanese Australian entrepreneur, he draws engagement from Elon Musk on X like nobody else.

K Ken Bensinger

Mamdani Woos Wealthy Donors Alongside Grassroots Givers for Transition

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has turned to crypto kings, movie stars and an oil heir, among others, to help reach his $4 million goal to fund his transition and Jan. 1 inauguration.Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has set a goal of raising $4 million for his transition, twice as much as his two most recent

D Dana Rubinstein, Jeffery C. Mays and Nicholas Fandos

Post-Trump, What Happens to His War Chest? Utah Offers One Clue.

A Trump-aligned political group is quietly spending millions to help state Republicans have a friendlier House map in 2028 — not in 2026, as with all of his other redistricting efforts.A Trump-aligned nonprofit group has put $4.35 million toward supporting a proposed ballot measure that would repeal

T Theodore Schleifer and Kellen Browning

At the National Archives, a Deep Dive Into the American Story

A new $40-million exhibit, opening nine months after President Trump fired the chief archivist, uses technology to explore the 13 billion-plus items in its vaults.The opening gallery of “The American Story,” which features the 1823 copperplate engraving of the Declaration of Independence in one case

J Jennifer Schuessler

How Batteries Got Cheaper and Made the Electric Grid More Reliable

An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world.Employees working on battery units at the solar project, which is owned by AES, a Virginia company that holds utilities and power plants acr

I Ivan Penn and Ruth Fremson