By NATALIE RENEAU and WHITNEY HURST from NYT U.S.
https://nyti.ms/2EYtiLF
The Massachusetts senator is the most prominent Democrat to have announced a run against President Trump in 2020. The two already have a long history of trading barbs, and it’s likely to get even nastier.
By SARAH MERVOSH and MATT FLEGENHEIMER from NYT U.S.
https://nyti.ms/2SovnnU
It’s nearly two years until Election Day 2020, but Elizabeth Warren is forming her exploratory committee right on schedule, if recent history is any guide.
By ASTEAD W. HERNDON and ALEXANDER BURNS from NYT U.S.
https://nyti.ms/2AnrSHv
Senator Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, said she was forming a presidential exploratory committee, which allows her to raise money and hire staff before a formal kickoff.
By JILL COWAN from NYT U.S.
https://nyti.ms/2EZzcNu
Monday: A personal tribute to a Californian, conflict in a San Diego Catholic parish, and Millennial Lotería.
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR from NYT Science
https://nyti.ms/2SvN2u6
All year long, Earth passes through streams of cosmic debris. Here’s our list of major meteor showers and how to spot one.
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR from NYT World
https://nyti.ms/2CIEbzD
Russia’s Federal Security Service said that a man identified as Paul Whelan was caught “during an act of espionage,” but it gave no details.
By Unknown Author from NYT Podcasts
https://nyti.ms/2EYPndB
Days before the Democrats take control of the House, we take stock of what we’ve learned so far — and what we still don’t know — about the Trump family’s taxes.
By STEVEN RATTNER from NYT Opinion
https://nyti.ms/2AoSNCK
Economic and other indicators are making it increasingly clear that Trump’s economic dreams are unlikely to come true.
By ALAN STERN from NYT Opinion
https://nyti.ms/2VicOne
Overnight tonight, the New Horizons spacecraft will fly by a small world called Ultima Thule — an auspicious beginning to 2019.
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD from NYT Opinion
https://nyti.ms/2VicMf6
The House Democratic class of ’19 is planning a major push on voting, ethics and campaign finance reform. All that stands in the way is the Senate.
By HILLARY FRANK from NYT Opinion
https://nyti.ms/2Qcr3Gv
Motherhood is the most complex topic I have ever reported on. And yet it has been treated as niche and unimportant.
By AZI PAYBARAH from NYT New York
https://nyti.ms/2R2cudI
How to enjoy New Year’s Eve in Times Square: Arrive early, dress warm and use the restroom before you get there. Also: how to plunge into the Coney Island water.
By MAYUKH SEN from NYT Food
https://nyti.ms/2EWr8vW
Korai Kitchen, which opened in Jersey City in February, celebrates a cuisine that has historically been overshadowed by that of its neighbor, India.
By JULFIKAR ALI MANIK and MARIA ABI-HABIB from NYT World
https://nyti.ms/2CI02qY
In a vote with widespread irregularities and intimidation, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina remains in power, but faces accusations that she’s more autocratic.
By AARON E. CARROLL from NYT The Upshot
https://nyti.ms/2RoLapw
The incentives of grant funding and career advancement, even the potential for fame, can influence researchers.
By KENNETH CHANG from NYT Science
https://nyti.ms/2RqYh9J
The probe that visited Pluto will study a mysterious icy world just after midnight. Ultima Thule will be the most distant object ever visited by a spacecraft.
By RAILLAN BROOKS and ALEXANDRIA SYMONDS from NYT Reader Center
https://nyti.ms/2CGuZvr
It started out as fireworks and dynamite to promote the new New York Times Building, eventually evolving into the famous ball drop.
By JEFFERY C. MAYS from NYT New York
https://nyti.ms/2QcY5Gh
Letitia James has been unusually forthright in her desire to use her office to pursue President Trump and his family.
By BILL KELLER from NYT New York
https://nyti.ms/2QcY5WN
A New York Times editor contrasts the dictator’s first New York visit with a follow-up trip 36 years later.
By ROBERT GOTTLIEB from NYT Books
https://nyti.ms/2Vk7ccd
In “Born to Be Posthumous,” Mark Dery probes the “eccentric life” and “mysterious genius” of the illustrator whose books have proved fiendishly irresistible.
By JOSEPH SCIORRA from NYT Lens
https://nyti.ms/2Qd6cCI
More than 60 years after Paul Strand’s seminal photos of Luzzara, photographer David Maialetti documented the Italian village and its residents.
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR from NYT World
https://nyti.ms/2VkIfxm
A gas leak was believed to be the cause of the early-morning blast that brought down a residential apartment building in central Russia.
By MUJIB MASHAL from NYT World
https://nyti.ms/2EZjOjT
The fighters hold the line in the war’s toughest spots, but officials say their brutal tactics are terrorizing the public and undermining the U.S. mission.
By Unknown Author from NYT New York
https://nyti.ms/2SrN1ar
On the No. 6 home to the Bronx, a strikeout artist in SoHo and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
By J. DAVID GOODMAN from NYT New York
https://nyti.ms/2Tllzvc
Under a quirk of law, Corey Johnson will be both Council speaker and the city’s public advocate until a special election is held to replace Letitia James.
By JASON GUTIERREZ from NYT World
https://nyti.ms/2R55gWI
Officials said the storm known as Usman, which struck the region of Bicol on Saturday, had left at least 61 dead, while 18 others were missing.
By JASON GUTIERREZ from NYT World
https://nyti.ms/2AqsfRv
A spokesman for President Rodgrigo Duterte said later that the remarks were intended as a joke to expose the hypocrisy of the Roman Catholic Church.
By ADAM NAGOURNEY and ROBERT GEBELOFF from NYT U.S.
https://nyti.ms/2F0FQSR
The Democratic sweep in Orange County is the latest sign of a huge political and cultural shift in a former Republican stronghold.
By Por MARINA FRANCO from NYT Universal
https://nyti.ms/2QXpu4p
Empieza el año con propósitos realistas y las mejores recomendaciones sobre dietas, trabajo, relaciones y más.
By SARA ARIDI from NYT Arts
https://nyti.ms/2AmjsAe
Networks ring in 2019 with hourslong celebrations. And a Taylor Swift concert film debuts on Netflix.
By SANDRA E. GARCIA from NYT U.S.
https://nyti.ms/2CH9f2G
The man stopped at a restaurant restroom for 30 minutes before emerging wearing a surgical face mask and gripping a loaded handgun, witnesses and the police said.
By MAGGIE HABERMAN and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG from NYT U.S.
https://nyti.ms/2Qdoeov
The president has repeatedly called allies, reassuring them that he will not yield on his wall demands. But he has not reached out to Democrats, whose votes he needs for a deal.
By SARAH MERVOSH from NYT U.S.
https://nyti.ms/2GQ7rIL
The judge said on Sunday that his ruling would not go into immediate effect because “Americans would otherwise face great uncertainty.”
By MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT U.S.
https://nyti.ms/2GIQ7p0
Mr. Graham, a prominent Republican critic of President Trump’s decision to withdraw, said he felt “a lot better” about the plan after meeting with Mr. Trump.
By BENJAMIN HOFFMAN from NYT Sports
https://nyti.ms/2Als4qM
In final week of the regular season, there was also good news for the Chiefs, Patriots and Rams, but the Vikings and Steelers had their seasons end.
By TARIQ PANJA from NYT Sports
https://nyti.ms/2EYlB9a
Susanna Dinnage was named to the league’s top post just last month but has now reversed course and will not take the highly influential job.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports
https://nyti.ms/2QVaF2l
The Cowboys scored with just over a minute left in the fourth quarter to earn a win that gave them some momentum ahead of their wild-card game next weekend.
By MARC TRACY from NYT Sports
https://nyti.ms/2QXVEgb
For the third time in four seasons, the two schools will meet in college football’s championship game. And the one time they didn’t, they met in the semifinal.