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View in browser November 17, 2024, 4:00 a.m. Eastern time Top News Under the Chandelier at Mar-a-Lago, Trump Makes Picks at Breakneck Speed President-elect Donald J. Trump is more contemptuous than ever of Washington expertise and determined to hire people based on loyalty. Biden and Xi Meet, Delivering Messages Seemingly Intended for Trump Donald J. Trump has promised a more aggressive approach, after the Biden administration worked to avoid open conflict with Beijing. Young Gazans Reach Global Audiences With Videos of Everyday Life in War Displaced young Palestinians are chronicling their wartime routines on TikTok and Instagram, allowing their followers abroad to see a more personal side of the conflict. Editors' Picks Men? Maybe Not. The election made clear that America's gender divide is stark. What's a heterosexual woman to do? Opinion | Trump Has Put an End to an Era. The Future Is Up for Grabs. The post-Cold War era has ended, and we're not going back. World North Korea Deploys a New Weapon Against the South: Unbearable Noise Relations between the neighbors have sunk to the lowest level in years. Now, Pyongyang is blaring eerie sounds across the border that villagers say is making their lives hell. Bitter Infighting, and Trump's Victory, Cloud Prospects for Anti-Putin Opposition Accusations of betrayal have already tarnished the movement once led by Aleksei Navalny. Now, the election of Donald J. Trump, a Putin admirer, further complicates the opposition efforts. They Cared for New Life. Then Death Came to Their Clinic. It was one horrific day of the war in Ukraine when a missile fell on the Adonis clinic in Kyiv. See more world news U.S. Trump's Cabinet Picks, Panned in Washington, Thrill Many of His Voters Where Donald J. Trump's critics see underqualified nominees with questionable judgment, his voters described them as mavericks recruited to shake up Washington. Liberal Berkeley's Toughened Stance on Homeless Camps Is a Bellwether The progressive stronghold in California plans to target large encampments, relying on a Supreme Court decision handed down by a conservative majority. Becoming Trump Country Two weeks in the life of Pennsylvania's Luzerne County, one of the many places that shifted to the right in this year's election. See more U.S. news Politics Trump Relished, and Rewarded, Kennedy's Endorsement. Did It Matter? In the backing of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald J. Trump found the kind of name-brand validation he covets. But polls suggest Mr. Kennedy's supporters didn't race to the ballot box. The Democrat Picking a Fight With His Party Over Transgender Rights Even as Democrats rebuked Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts for saying he didn't want his daughters "getting run over" by "formerly male" athletes, he defended his remarks. Democrats Draw Up an Entirely New Anti-Trump Battle Plan The party's early preparations to oppose the next Trump administration are heavily focused on legal fights and consolidating state power, rather than marching in the streets. See more political news Business Their Lives Were Bound by a Fraud Case; Their Fates by a Sinking Yacht Mike Lynch and Christopher Morvillo spent 12 years together fighting a legal battle over two continents. Their victory celebration ended in tragedy. Slash First, Fix Later: How Elon Musk Cuts Costs Mr. Musk dug into his companies' budgets, preferring to cut too much rather than too little and to deal with the fallout later. Under Donald Trump, he is set to apply those tactics to the U.S. government. Biden Cements TSMC Grant Before Trump Takes Over The White House is racing to finish grant agreements for chip manufacturers, but some of its biggest successes might be credited to the Trump administration. See more business news Technology Meta Fined $840 Million in Europe for Boosting Marketplace Unfairly Meta said it would appeal the decision by the European Union, which said the company had abused its dominance in social networking to strengthen its shopping and classified ads service. How Tech Created a 'Recipe for Loneliness' Technology and loneliness are interlinked, researchers have found, stoked by the ways we interact with social media, text messaging and binge-watching. See more technology news Arts The Biggest Surprise at the Met's Egypt Show? Live Performance Black artists have long claimed ancient Egypt as their own. Now they're telling their stories in person on the museum's floor. Uncovering Gay and Lesbian History in a 1941 'Sex Variants' Study The Civilians theater group has adapted a study of homosexuality into a work that explores the lives of lesbians and gay men in the early 20th century. Fighting Gentrification With Folk Music Sophie Straat is reviving a style of music once popular in the working-class bars of Amsterdam to protest an increasingly expensive and homogenized city. See more arts news New York Malcolm X's Daughters Sue F.B.I., C.I.A. and Police A suit filed in Manhattan federal court Friday accuses law enforcement of intentionally failing to protect him and stymying efforts to identify his killers. Trump's Victory Could Mean End of Inquiry Into N.Y.P.D. Sex Crimes Unit President-elect Donald J. Trump has vowed to end the sweeping scrutiny of the police that President Biden used to uproot abuse. Why Whoopi Goldberg Is Feuding With a Staten Island Bakery The left-leaning host of "The View" said the business in a Republican stronghold declined to take an order under her name. The bakery said politics had nothing to do with it. See more New York news Real Estate When Your Landlord Raises the Rent, How Much Is Too Much? Landlords of rent-stabilized units are generally not able to increase the rent by more than what is allowed. But there are some exceptions. Searching for a 'Forever Home' in Boston, a Family Played the Long Game A couple with a young son hoped to size up in historic Charlestown, aiming for more space and good light. Here's what they found. Where Are Property Taxes Rising the Most? They're up in nearly every major U.S. metro area, but homeowners in the South have seen especially large increases. See more real estate news Obituaries Sim Van der Ryn, Early Practitioner of Green Architecture, Dies at 89 Credited with designing the first eco-friendly office building, he never forgot the lessons he learned observing communes in the 1960s. Thomas E. Kurtz, a Creator of BASIC Computer Language, Dies at 96 At Dartmouth, long before the days of laptops and smartphones, he worked to give more students access to computers. That work helped propel generations into a new world. Vladimir Shklyarov, Star Russian Ballet Dancer, Dies at 39 The Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, which announced the death, did not say how or where he died. Claire Gaudiani, Embattled Connecticut College President, Dies at 79 Her unusual approach to building bridges between her wealthy campus and its beleaguered hometown led to a Supreme Court case and a faculty revolt. See more Obituaries Opinion Maureen Dowd Trump's New Cologne: Eau de Musk Who's taking Melania's place at Trump's side? Guest Essay When Will Democrats Learn to Say No? Why supermajority thinking is urgently needed on the left. Zeynep Tufekci How Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Could Destroy One of Civilization's Best Achievements Let's not make child mortality great again. Guest Essay I'm 16. On Nov. 5 the Girls Cried, and the Boys Played Minecraft. On the day after the election, it seemed boys and girls woke to a new reality. Jessica Grose Why Women Find Watching True Crime Comforting It's a black and white moral universe where victims get justice. letters The 'Diploma Divide' and the 2024 Election Readers discuss a David Brooks column about how the less educated are being left behind. See more Opinion Need help? Review our newsletter help page or contact us for assistance. You received this email because you signed up for Today's Headlines from The New York Times. To stop receiving Today's Headlines, unsubscribe. To opt out of other promotional emails from The Times, including those regarding The Athletic, manage your email settings. To opt out of updates and offers sent from The Athletic, submit a request. Subscribe to The TimesGet The New York Times app Connect with us on: Change Your EmailPrivacy PolicyContact UsCalifornia Notices The New York Times Company. 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018