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new video loaded: How Radio Traffic Let Us Track U.S. Drones in the CaribbeanThe U.S. military’s buildup near Venezuela has been rapidly growing and changing. Riley Mellen, from Visual Investigations, describes what’s visible, and audible, about the deployment.By Riley Mellen, Coleman Lowndes, David Seekamp, James Surdam and Zach CaldwellNovember 6, 2025

Vanessa Friedman, fashion director and chief fashion critic, shares highlights from the 2025 CFDA Awards.

new video loaded: The Jamaican Families Torn Apart by Hurricane MelissatranscriptBacktranscriptThe Jamaican Families Torn Apart by Hurricane MelissaDays after a powerful hurricane made landfall in Jamaica, thousands of residents are now homeless and trying to make sense of how they narrowly survived. The New York Times traveled to the storm’s center in Black River, and found a community destroyed — without food or clean water — where families are desperate and still traumatized after being cut off from the outside world.“The last thing I said to my sister, I called her and I said, ‘Sister, please be safe. Be safe.’…

new video loaded: Cleaning Bones for Day of the DeadPractitioners of an annual ritual to clean deceased relatives’ bones are grappling with a new challenge: tourists. Jack Nicas, our Mexico City bureau chief, visits Pomuch, a town in Eastern Mexico that celebrates Día de Muertos unlike any other place.By Jack Nicas, Marian Carrasquero, Leila Medina, Rebecca Suner and Stephanie SwartNovember 2, 2025

new video loaded: Who Is Driving U.S. Attacks in the Caribbean?What’s the main goal of the U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean, and who in the Trump administration is behind it? Anatoly Kurmanaev, a New York Times reporter who covered Venezuela, discusses with Katrin Bennhold what we know and don’t know.By Katrin Bennhold, Anatoly Kurmanaev, Leila Medina, Christina Thornell, Jon Hazell and Stephanie SwartOctober 30, 2025

“I’m Kathryn Bigelow, and I’m the Director of “A House of Dynamite. So here we are with Deputy National Security Adviser Jake Baerington, played by Gabriel Basso. And he’s in a hurry because he’s just learned that there is an incoming nuclear ICBM to North America. And he’s getting this information and trying to get to the White House, which is where he works. So he’s in a hurry and he’s trying to communicate with our general from Stratcom, played by Tracy Letts, “By moving to DEFCON 2, sir, we are potentially risking a spiral of alerts.” And what’s interesting…

new video loaded: How the Trump-Xi Meeting Eased a Major Trade WarPresident Trump and China’s leader Xi Jinping just had a highly anticipated meeting in South Korea. David Pierson, a New York Times foreign correspondent covering China, breaks down what they accomplished and how they de-escalated a major trade war.By David Pierson, Christina Thornell, Nikolay Nikolov and Chang W. LeeOctober 31, 2025

new video loaded: How Japan’s New Prime Minister Bonded With TrumpPresident Trump met with Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, on Tuesday. Javier C. Hernández, The Times’s Tokyo bureau chief, looks at their chemistry, given the friendship Mr. Trump had with her mentor, the slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.By Javier C. Hernández, Nailah Morgan, Christina Shaman and Jon HazellOctober 29, 2025

new video loaded: 48 Hours Without A.I.A.J. Jacobs went 48 hours without interacting with artificial intelligence. The experiment revealed just how embedded artificial intelligence already is in our daily lives.By A.J. Jacobs, Edward Vega and Melanie BencosmeOctober 29, 2025

new video loaded: Why Trump’s Asia Visit Is ConsequentialPresident Trump has embarked on a six-day diplomatic tour of Asia, testing his role as a statesman and negotiator as he pursues a trade deal with China. Erica L. Green, the White House correspondent for The New York Times, explains what’s at stake.By Erica L. Green, Christina Thornell, Karen Hanley, Stephanie Swart, Pierre Kattar and David SeekampOctober 27, 2025