Now Is Not the Time to Tune Out

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  The 42 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now (February 2025)

  Parasite, Y Tu Mamá También, and Carry-On are just a few of the movies you should watch on Netflix this month.
  
  Wired - 3h
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  The 43 Best Shows on Netflix Right Now (February 2025)

  The Night Agent, Squid Game, and Asura are just a few of the shows you need to watch on Netflix this month.
  
  Wired - 3h
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  Worn Out by an Extrovert? You Can Go ‘Gray.’

  Don’t engage an overbearing colleague — that is, be boring — and eventually the attention-seeker may give up and go away.
  
  The New York Times - 5h
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  DOGE Is Now Inside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

  DOGE staffers will get read-only access to CFPB data, systems, and equipment, according to an internal email reviewed by WIRED.
  
  Wired - 22h

• Ye explains himself again, and this time the answer is autism

  Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, says he has been properly diagnosed with autism after what he calls a mistaken diagnosis of bipolar disorder.
  
  Los Angeles Times - 1d
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  Now more than ever, AI needs a governance framework

  It is possible to develop a model with the best intentions, and for that model to be misused later on
  
  Financial Times - 10h

• Judge blocks Trump's plan to put thousands of USAID workers on leave for now

  A federal judge has blocked, at least temporarily, drastic cuts at USAID, but the impact of what the Trump administration is doing is already having serious ripple effects. Margaret Brennan explains.
  
  CBS News - 14h
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  ‘Dengue Boy’ Is the Weird, Fleshy Novel You Need Right Now

  Dengue Boy, a book about a humanoid mosquito taking his revenge in the dying years of planet Earth, is unsettling and essential.
  
  Wired - 2d

• Trump fired this independent labor regulator. Now, she’s suing.

  The outcome of the case could determine whether other independent agencies can be insulated from the president’s reach.
  
  Politico - 2d

More from The New York Times

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  Judge Halts DOGE Access to Treasury Payment Systems

  The order came in response to a lawsuit filed by 19 attorneys general accusing the president of failing to faithfully execute the nation’s laws when he let DOGE comb through federal computer systems.
  
  The New York Times - 1h
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  Musk Wields Scythe on Federal Work Force, With Trump’s Full Blessing

  The president defended Elon Musk’s role in seeking to slash budgets and cut payrolls as the young aides burrowing into federal agencies came under scrutiny.
  
  The New York Times - 52m
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  Trump Says He’s Revoking Biden’s Security Clearance

  The president suggested that he was acting in retaliation for his predecessor’s pulling of his security clearance shortly after the Jan. 6 riot.
  
  The New York Times - 11h
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  Trump Says He Will Install Himself as Kennedy Center Chairman

  The move by the president, whose authority to make the changes was not clear, is the latest attempt to bring a Washington institution under his control.
  
  The New York Times - 11h
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  As Ground Shifts, ‘Flailing’ Democrats Struggle to Find Footing in Diversity Fight

  President Trump’s aggressive moves against transgender rights and diversity, equity and inclusion programs have left the Democratic Party casting about for a strategy for how to respond.
  
  The New York Times - 5h

More in Top stories

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  Musk’s Lost Boys and Trump’s Mean Girls

  Lost boys find ways to ransack the capital.
  
  The New York Times - 7m

• Who is favored to win the 2025 Super Bowl between the Chiefs and Eagles?

  The Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs combined for a 73-point shootout in their first Super Bowl meeting in 2023.
  
  CBS News - 19m
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  Hamas releases 3 more Israeli hostages in exchange for 183 Palestinian prisoners

  Hamas militants freed three more Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for Israel releasing another 183 Palestinian prisoners as part of the ceasefire agreement.
  
  ABC News - 24m

• He's in a wheelchair, she's not. Their love story created an extraordinary life

  In the week before Valentine's Day, CBS News is featuring stories about love that blossomed despite unimaginable odds. We call this series Love, Against All Odds.
  
  CBS News - 25m

• He is in a wheelchair and she is not. Their 30-year love has surpassed all the odds

  For Elizabeth Wampler, it was not love or even like at first sight when she met her future husband. Now, 30 years later, she says her unfounded assumptions about his cerebral palsy were "wrong on ...
  
  CBS News - 25m