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Israel’s Mixed Mood Over Cease-Fire
More than 30 hostages are set to be released during the cease-fire in Gaza. But many Israelis have mixed feelings about the deal because they feel it came at a high price.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesIndia’s Economy Slows Down Just When It Was Supposed to Speed Up
Industrial growth, the stock market and the rupee are sinking, and most consumers earn too little to buoy them, stymieing India’s drive to become a developed economy.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Starts Immigration Crackdown, Enlisting the Military and Testing the Law
The president’s Day 1 actions included directives that fly in the face of legal limits on involving the military in domestic operations and the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Grants Sweeping Clemency to All Jan. 6 Rioters
The extraordinary pardons and commutations extended to those who committed both violent and nonviolent crimes on Jan. 6, including assaulting police officers and seditious conspiracy.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Opening Act of Contempt
To open his term with such an act of contempt toward the legal system is audacious, even for Mr. Trump.
New York Times Top StoriesThe King of Gilt Kicks Off the Golden Age
A boast and a warning as the 45th president becomes the 47th.
New York Times Top Stories‘A Quiet Force’: Harris Returns Home After Making History in Washington
The former vice president’s first acts as a nonelected official for the first time in decades could be a sign of what comes next.
New York Times Top StoriesPacked In for Trump’s Indoor Inauguration, Awkwardness Abounds
Tech billionaires, foreign leaders, ex-presidents and political nemeses. How did everyone behave?
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Signs Executive Order in Attempt to Delay TikTok Ban
Shortly after taking office Monday, the president issued the order to delay the app’s ban for 75 days. The law went into effect on Sunday.
New York Times Top StoriesEnrique Tarrio, Pardoned by Trump, Helped Initiate Capitol Riot
Until President Trump’s pardon, Enrique Tarrio was serving a 22-year prison term, the longest sentence handed down to any of the nearly 1,600 people charged in connection with Jan. 6.
New York Times Top StoriesBorder Patrol Shooting Is Under Investigation in Vermont
Officials said the agent was shot “in the line of duty” on Interstate 91, which was closed for several hours near the border with Canada.
New York Times Top StoriesA Day of Triumph, Jubilation and Gloating in Washington
There were Proud Boys, billionaires, stiletto heels, cowboy hats, the Village People, icy cold and happy Canadians at President Trump’s inaugural.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Commutes Sentence of Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keepers Founder
The move, in effect, validated the far-right leader’s defiant claim that his criminal prosecution was a kind of political persecution.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Withdraws U.S. from World Health Organization
Public health experts say U.S. withdrawal from the W.H.O. would undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic.
New York Times Top StoriesA Determined Trump Vows Not to be Thwarted at Home or Abroad
Wiser about the use of power, the newly sworn-in president suggests that this time he will not take no for an answer, whether in enacting an ambitious domestic agenda or in his expansionist worldview.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Dueling Pardons, an Intensified Fight Over the Meaning of Jan. 6
President Trump’s grant of clemency to those who assaulted the Capitol in his name four years ago clashed with his predecessor’s decision to shield from retribution those who had sought to hold him to account.
New York Times Top StoriesNew Jersey’s Governor Asks Trump to Move Swiftly on Congestion Pricing
Gov. Phil Murphy wrote a letter to the president saying that the surcharge on drivers entering Manhattan’s busiest area was a “disaster” for commuters and residents in his state.
New York Times Top StoriesScenes From Across an America Bracing Itself Against Brutal Winter Cold
An intense blast of arctic air blanketed the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast with frigid temperatures, and a rare winter storm was expected along the Gulf Coast.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Is Sworn In as President
Also, Biden issued several final-hour pardons. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
New York Times Top StoriesDo Chimps Who Pee Together Stay Together?
Scientists suspect that contagious urination, a behavior they observed among a troop of apes in Japan, may play an important role in primate social life.
New York Times Top StoriesBiden Ends Presidency With Fears of Trump’s Retribution
“We’re not leaving the fight,” he told supporters and members of his staff as he prepared to leave Washington.
New York Times Top StoriesPardoned Biden Family Members Were Targets of Republicans
The relatives who were granted clemency in the final minutes of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s presidency had not been charged with wrongdoing, but some had drawn scrutiny.
New York Times Top StoriesAt Inauguration, Melania and Barron Trump Greet a Limelight They Once Avoided
The returning first lady and Barron Trump, the son she had once shielded from the public eye, used Monday’s inauguration to reintroduce themselves.
New York Times Top StoriesFact-Checking Trump’s 2025 Inaugural Address
In his Inaugural Address, President Trump delivered a more tempered version of election talking points. But in remarks afterward, he reprised his grievances about the 2020 election.
New York Times Top StoriesGaza Residents Return to Vast Destruction in Old Neighborhoods
Palestinians returning to parts of the enclave have been picking their way through vast piles of rubble and trying to salvage what they can.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Car-Loving L.A. After the Wildfires, the Charred Remains of Vehicles Cut Deep
For many residents, a set of wheels is an extension of their home, a key to their income or a source of priceless memories.
New York Times Top Stories‘American Carnage 2: Ultimate Carnage’: Best and Worst Moments From Trump’s Inaugural Address
Best and Worst Moments From Trump’s Inaugural Address
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Cites His Own Victories as Sign He Will Lift a Country in ‘Decline’
In his second inaugural address, the president reprised dark themes from his first and laid out an expansive policy agenda.
New York Times Top StoriesFor Trump, a Vindication for the Man and His Movement
Donald John Trump took the oath of office again during a ceremony in the Capitol, promising a new “golden age of America” four years after he was evicted by voters.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Line in Trump’s Speech That Will Echo in Time
The niceties of Donald Trump’s first speech as president couldn’t mask the darkness within — or the way he views his mission now.