New York Times Top Stories
Judge in Fraud Trial Tries to Rein in Trump, Something Few Have Done
Through the first few hours of Donald J. Trump’s time on the witness stand, he and Judge Arthur F. Engoron traded irritated facial expressions.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesImprisoned Nobel Winner and Iranian Rights Activist Begins a Hunger Strike
Narges Mohammadi is protesting the prison’s denial of hospital treatment for her heart condition, her family said.
New York Times Top StoriesIt Is Not Dead Yet! ‘Spamalot’ Returns to Broadway. (Cue the Coconuts.)
The Monty Python-inspired show wants to give audiences a reason “to laugh and enjoy and be taken away by this lunacy, in the best way possible.”
New York Times Top StoriesEnding TB Is Within Reach — So Why Are Millions Still Dying?
Tuberculosis has passed Covid as the top infectious disease killer, despite new medicines and better diagnostic tools.
New York Times Top StoriesCould a Prominent Democrat Really Challenge Biden? It’s Unlikely.
Worried Democrats have thrown out the names of popular governors and senators as possible alternatives to the president. But such a challenge appears improbable for a host of reasons.
New York Times Top StoriesFather Whose Son Is Accused of Parade Shooting Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanors
Robert Crimo Jr., whose son is accused in a shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Illinois, agreed to a plea that will send him to jail for 60 days.
New York Times Top StoriesFive Wounded as Russian Missiles Strike Odesa, Damaging an Art Museum
In another setback, Ukraine said 19 soldiers had been killed in a strike on a medals ceremony last week. Unusually, the ceremony had been held in the open, rather than a protected space.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Election, Poland’s Art World Calls for Change
The Law and Justice party tried to reshape the country via the arts. Now that it appears set to lose office, its critics are split over how to move on.
New York Times Top StoriesBlack Voters’ Shift to Trump Is a Warning Sign for Biden, Strategists Say
A New York Times/Siena College poll painted a worrisome picture of the president’s standing with a crucial constituency. Democratic strategists warned that the erosion could threaten his re-election.
New York Times Top StoriesSupreme Court’s Devotion to Gun Rights Faces a Challenging Test
The justices will hear arguments on Tuesday on whether the government can disarm people subject to restraining orders for domestic abuse.
New York Times Top StoriesTexas Man at Center of Supreme Court Case Says He No Longer Wants Guns
Zackey Rahimi has vowed “to stay away from all firearms and weapons” in a case that could expand gun rights protections, but advocates say he is not an ideal poster boy for the Second Amendment.
New York Times Top StoriesVoters Aren’t Believing in Bidenomics
A new Times/Sienna poll shows the president behind in five of six key states. Voters cite his economic track record, indicators notwithstanding.
New York Times Top StoriesPeter Meijer, a Republican Who Voted to Impeach Trump, Is Running for Senate in Michigan
The one-term representative of Michigan who was defeated by a Trump-backed primary challenger is aiming for a political comeback.
New York Times Top StoriesWarring Billionaires, a Rogue Employee, a Divorce: One Hedge Fund’s Tale of Woe
Two Sigma, the $60 billion quantitative trading firm, has been beset by troubles this year that have tarnished its image and could hurt its future.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael’s ‘Large Attack’ on Gaza, and More
Plus, Trump faces questioning in his fraud trial and a Times poll finds Biden trailing in swing states.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Can Biden Do?
The president’s strategic options for 2024.
New York Times Top StoriesWill the Supreme Court Toss Out a Gun Law Meant to Protect Women?
Even pro-firearms politicians are absent in the briefs supporting a lawsuit to make it harder to keep weapons out of abusers’ hands.
New York Times Top StoriesSwing State Voters Are Souring on Biden
A new Times/Siena poll finds Donald Trump leading President Biden in five of six key battlegrounds.
New York Times Top StoriesJanet Yellen, U.S. Treasury Secretary, Will Meet With Chinese Counterpart
The high-level meetings in San Francisco will lay the groundwork for talks between President Biden and China’s top leader, Xi Jinping.
New York Times Top StoriesArrests Motivated by Politics Face a Supreme Court Test
A 72-year-old city councilwoman in Texas, accused of misplacing a document, says she was the victim of retaliation for exercising her First Amendment rights.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump May Not Need a Coup This Time
The new Times/Siena poll is to Biden’s second-term ambitions what sunlight is to morning fog.
New York Times Top StoriesCalled to Serve, Israeli Reservists Wait to Deploy
Facing a military campaign with no end in sight, tens of thousands of soldiers in Israel find themselves in a holding pattern.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Indictments Haven’t Sunk His Campaign, but a Conviction Might
Polls by The New York Times and Siena College show his strength in key swing states, in part because of concerns about President Biden’s age. But a conviction could be the difference in 2024.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Gaza Hospitals Collapse, Medical Workers Face the Hardest Choices
Doctors say they are performing surgeries without anesthesia after weeks of Israeli bombings and siege left severe shortages of medicine, water, food and fuel. “We choose who gets ventilation by deciding who has the best chance of survival,” one doctor said.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Rebecca Yarros Packed Dragons, Magic and Steamy Sex Into ‘Fourth Wing’
Yarros drew on her experience with chronic illness and life in a military family to write “Fourth Wing,” a huge best seller that spawned a spicy fantasy series.
New York Times Top StoriesChatbots May ‘Hallucinate’ More Often Than Many Realize
When summarizing facts, ChatGPT technology makes things up about 3 percent of the time, according to research from a new start-up. A Google system’s rate was 27 percent.
New York Times Top StoriesAll the Trimmings, None of the Work: Thanksgiving in a Hotel
Turkey trots, holiday-themed spa treatments and multicourse feasts for those who don’t want to lift a finger: Here are five places to spend the holiday.
New York Times Top StoriesFor Bloodied Ukrainian City, River Crossings Offer Small Hope of Relief
The city of Kherson resides in a purgatory between liberation and occupation — free of Russian troops but in range of much of Moscow’s arsenal. Secretive river operations are offering hope of some relief.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat I Read to My Son When the World Is on Fire
Children’s literature, in its simplicity, brevity and empathy, can make it a singularly effective way to understand the chaos of the world.
New York Times Top StoriesA Democratic Governor in Mississippi? He Thinks It’s Possible.
With a promise to expand Medicaid and a focus on turning out Black voters, Brandon Presley is confident he can do what no Democrat has done in 20 years.