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U.S. Deploys Aircraft Carrier to Latin America, a Major Escalation
The Trump administration has acknowledged 10 strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats from South America, which have killed 43 people.
By Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt
CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times
Trump Says He’s Cutting Off Trade Negotiations With Canada
The president said he was motivated by an ad, paid for by the province of Ontario, that featured Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs in a 1987 radio address.
By Ana Swanson and Matina Stevis-Gridneff
CreditHaiyun Jiang/The New York Times
1. Trump Opens Pristine Alaska Wilderness to Drilling in Long-Running Feud
  The Interior Department also said it would allow a contentious road to be built through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Alaska.
  By Maxine Joselow
  CreditKatie Orlinsky for The New York Times
2. Can ICE Stop People Solely Based on Their Race?
  For decades, federal officers have had to rely on more than race or ethnicity to stop and question someone over citizenship. That is now being tested.
  By Jazmine Ulloa
  CreditJamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

The Front Page

Highlights

U.S. Deploys Aircraft Carrier to Latin America, a Major Escalation

Trump Says He’s Cutting Off Trade Negotiations With Canada

Trump Opens Pristine Alaska Wilderness to Drilling in Long-Running Feud

Can ICE Stop People Solely Based on Their Race?

Tensions Mount as Agents, Including Gregory Bovino, Clash With Chicagoans

Letitia James Case Shows Ruthlessness of Justice Dept. in Trump’s Grip

A Pile of Rubble: After 123 Years, the East Wing Is Gone

Sports Leagues Feared a Betting Scandal Like This. Will Anything Change?

America’s Retreat From Aid Is Devastating Somalia’s Health System

DNA Identifies 2 Bacterial Killers That Stalked Napoleon’s Army

A Curious Collaboration Between Prisoners and the Military at Guantánamo

Europe’s Persistence in Supporting Ukraine Is Bearing Fruit

Iceland Announces an Unfortunate First: Mosquitoes

A Pulse-Revving Motorcycle Journey on Vietnam’s ‘Happiness Road’

Hollywood Weeps as Warner Bros. Hangs a Sale Sign

China’s Consumers Are in a Yearslong Funk. Will Anything Get Them to Spend?

Tom Morello Brings Rage to an Unexpected Genre: the Musical

Rockwells of the White House, Where They Long Resided, Head to Auction

TODAYS FRONT PAGES

International

He’s Never Been to America. But in China, He’s Trump.

South Korea Tries to Curb Anti-China Protests Ahead of Xi Visit

With Power Move on Rare Earths, China Plays Both Victim and Bully

National

Trump Opens Pristine Alaska Wilderness to Drilling in Long-Running Feud

Musk Attacks NASA Leader Over Threat to Reconsider Lunar Contract

New York City’s Mob Families Are Still in Business

Obituaries

Jackie Ferrara, Artist Who Brought Mystery to Minimalism, Dies at 95

Dave Ball of Soft Cell, Band Known for ‘Tainted Love,’ Dies at 66

Ruth A. Lawrence, Doctor Who Championed Breastfeeding, Is Dead at 101

Editorials, Op-Ed and Letters

Chris Hayes: The Democrats’ Main Problem Isn’t Their Message

When My Family Lived in the White House I Resented It. Now I Mourn It.

Taylor Swift’s Latest Reinvention Is Both Coarse and Conservative

The Arts

Tom Morello Brings Rage to an Unexpected Genre: the Musical

William Gibson, Lisa Simpson and More on Their Favorite Pinch of Pynchon

Rockwells of the White House, Where They Long Resided, Head to Auction

Business Day

Inflation Edged Higher in September as Fed Prepares to Cut Rates Again

China’s Consumers Are in a Yearslong Funk. Will Anything Get Them to Spend?

Hollywood Weeps as Warner Bros. Hangs a Sale Sign

Pages A2-A3 and Corrections

Quote of the Day: U.S. Aid Cut, Hunger and Illness Grow in Somalia

Oops, You Broke Something at an Airbnb. What Now?

Corrections: Oct. 25, 2025