New York Times Top Stories
Klobuchar Asks Regulators to Investigate MultiPlan Over Health Care Pricing
A data analytics firm has helped big health insurers cut payments to doctors, raising concerns about possible price fixing.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesTruth Social Co-Founder Says Trump Nearly Derailed Deal That Led to Market Windfall
Andy Litinsky, who helped start the former president’s social media company, revealed Mr. Trump’s last-minute doubts about an agreement that made them all very wealthy.
New York Times Top StoriesUnited Methodist Church Reverses Ban on Gay Clergy
In a meeting on Wednesday, church leaders also voted to allow L.G.B.T.Q. weddings.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Imposes Sanctions on Chinese Companies for Aiding Russia’s War Effort
The penalties came after top Biden administration officials warned China not to help Moscow restock its arsenal to attack Ukraine.
New York Times Top StoriesNASCAR and Its Race Teams Fight Over the Sport’s Future
Team owners said they needed to share in racing’s financial success, putting them at odds with the privately held business that runs the sport.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat the First Amendment Means for Campus Protests
Encampments? Occupying buildings? Demonstrators cite their right to free expression, but the issues are thorny.
New York Times Top StoriesUnitedHealth’s CEO Slammed Over Cyberattack
Several lawmakers questioned whether the company had become so large — with tentacles in every aspect of the nation’s medical care — that the effects of the hack were outsize.
New York Times Top StoriesJob Openings and Hiring Are at a 3-Year Ebb
March data showed a cooling labor market, but layoffs remain low. The overall trend is likely to be welcomed by Federal Reserve policymakers.
New York Times Top StoriesHis Book Was Repeatedly Banned. Fighting For It Shaped His Life.
“The Chocolate War,” published 50 years ago, became one of the country’s most challenged books. Its author, Robert Cormier, spent years fighting attempts to ban it — like many authors today.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Makes a Society More Resilient? Frequent Hardship.
Comparing 30,000 years of human history, researchers found that surviving famine, war or climate change helps groups recover more quickly from future shocks.
New York Times Top StoriesNew Progressive PAC Targets 8 Key House Races in California
The super PAC, Battleground California, said it would drive turnout among voters of color to try to flip seats that are seen as crucial to winning control of the House this fall.
New York Times Top StoriesGreene Says She Will Demand Vote Next Week to Remove Johnson
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, the right-wing Republican from Georgia, excoriated the House speaker for working with Democrats to push through major bills. She said she would move ahead despite all but certain defeat.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Oldest President Is in Big Trouble With the Youngest Voters
The oldest president is in big trouble with the youngest voters, especially men.
New York Times Top StoriesPaul Auster’s Best Books: A Guide
The novelist played with reality and chance in tales of solitary narrators and mutable identities. Here’s an overview of his work.
New York Times Top StoriesWill Hamas Say No?
We explain why a cease-fire hasn’t happened.
New York Times Top StoriesIndia’s Master of Nostalgia Takes His Sweeping Vision to Netflix
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s films are known for splendor, grandiosity and obsessive attention to light and detail. Will that translate to mobile screens?
New York Times Top StoriesFlorida Abortion Ban Takes Effect, and U.C.L.A. Calls in Police
Plus, a possible shift on marijuana policy.
New York Times Top StoriesThe New Abortion Fight Before the Supreme Court
The Biden administration is arguing that Idaho’s near-total abortion ban violates a federal law on emergency treatment.
New York Times Top Stories‘Modern Love Podcast’: Emily Ratajkowski Can Take Care of Herself, but a Little Help Would Be Nice
Why the model and writer wants to blow up gender roles in dating, without chivalry having to die.
New York Times Top StoriesHe Won by a Landslide. Why Is He Fighting for His Political Life?
Ben Houchen, a regional mayor in the north of England, faces a close re-election race, partly thanks to the broader troubles of Britain’s Conservative Party.
New York Times Top StoriesIssa Amro’s Nonviolent Resistance in the West Bank
Issa Amro, who has been arrested and beaten for simple acts of defiance, is trying to pursue nonviolent resistance in the West Bank at a time when violence has become inescapable.
New York Times Top StoriesArizona Legislature Will Consider Repeal of 1864 Abortion Law
Two Republican state senators have said they support scrapping the law, enough to ensure final passage of repeal.
New York Times Top StoriesBiden Is Still Losing. His Campaign Should Stop Acting Like He Isn’t.
It’s good to have a reality check every few months.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Fed Tries to Steer Clear of Politics, But Election Year Is Making It Tough
Economists are wondering whether political developments could play into both the Fed’s near-term decisions and its long-term independence.
New York Times Top StoriesDairy Workers Are the Most Vulnerable Population to Bird Flu
We need to start aggressively testing dairy workers for bird flu to safeguard their health as well as ours — now.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Watch as the Fed Makes Its Interest Rate Decision
Policymakers are expected to leave borrowing costs unchanged, but investors are bracing for signals that rates will stay higher for longer.
New York Times Top StoriesSix-Week Abortion Ban Takes Effect in Florida
The ban, which took effect on Wednesday, was part of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s push into cultural conservatism. But Florida politics is rarely that simple.
New York Times Top Stories2024 Was the Year That Broke College Admissions
Applicants have more anxiety than ever. Elite schools have more power than ever. Something had to give.
New York Times Top StoriesFederal Money Is All Over Milwaukee. Biden Hopes Voters Will Notice.
White House officials have barnstormed Wisconsin to make the connection between big changes and their signature laws.
New York Times Top StoriesNixon, Trump and What Justice for All Means in America
Here we are, watching the narrow, tawdry version of the trial the nation ought to have had 50 years ago.