Cuba is confronting the U.S.’s first effective blockade since the Cuban Missile Crisis and running out of fuel fast, pushing the nation toward a humanitarian crisis and its government to the edge of collapse, according to a New York Times analysis. #cuba #usa #trump

Elon Musk has built a secretive network of more than 90 companies and other legal entities in Texas, which he uses for things like paying nannies and supporting President Trump’s re-election, according to an examination by The New York Times. Our reporter Kirsten Grind explains what her team found while mapping out Musk’s wealth. Video by Kirsten Grind, Melanie Bencosme, James Surdam and Sean Havey/The New York Times #elonmusk #tesla #spacex #texas #trump

The Department of Homeland Security is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose ICE by sending tech companies legal requests for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency. Our tech reporter explains what to know. Video by Sheera Frenkel, Christina Thornell, Valentina Caval, Thomas Vollkommer, Jon Hazell and June Kim/The New York Times #ICE #tech #socialmedia #DHS #trump

After almost a century in wide circulation, the mass market paperback is shuffling toward extinction. Our reporter Elizabeth A. Harris explores their disappearance and talks with Stephen King about what paperbacks have meant to him. Video by Elizabeth A. Harris, Léo Hamelin and Laura Salaberry/The New York Times #books #booktok #StephenKing