New York Times Top Stories: Posts

New York Times Top Stories

Supreme Court Seems Ready to Reject Limit on Excessive-Force Suits Against Police Officers

The justices heard arguments over whether courts must limit their scrutiny of challenges to police shootings to “the moment of threat.”

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Here Is How Trump Moved to Seal the Southern Border on Day 1

President Trump issued a raft of executive orders that effectively block migrants from entering the United States and applying for asylum, closing off major legal channels for immigration.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

At the Cloisters, Sor Juana’s Words Ring Out in Song

The opera “Primero Sueño” translates Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s poem about the soul’s journey into a musical promenade around the Cloisters.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Far-Right Leaders Granted Clemency by Trump for Jan. 6 Speak Out

Enrique Tarrio of the Proud Boys and Stewart Rhodes of the Oath Keepers asserted that they wanted President Trump to seek revenge on their behalf for being prosecuted in connection with the Jan. 6 riot.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

‘The Return of the King’: Trump Embraces Trappings of the Throne

Restored to power, President Trump claimed that God put him there and asserted the right to single-handedly redraw the world map as he sees fit.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Trump Seeks to Paralyze Independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Watchdog

The Trump White House has told three Democratic-selected members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to resign or be fired, which would stop the independent agency from functioning.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Houthis Free the Crew of a Cargo Ship They Hijacked 14 Months Ago

The Iranian-backed rebel group in Yemen had earlier said they would scale back attacks given the cease-fire in the conflict in Gaza.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Mel Gibson Returns as a Director with ‘Flight Risk’

For “Flight Risk,” his first outing as a director in nearly a decade, the Oscar winner isn’t quite taking center stage.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Deadly Hotel Fire at Turkish Ski Resort Stirs Grief and Outrage

Some had returned to the hotel year after year. Their deaths have stirred grief and outrage.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

The New Rules of the Trump Era

Ezra Klein and Aaron Retica discuss the oligarchic power dynamics of the second Trump administration.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Israel Keeps Up Raids in West Bank, Arresting 25, Palestinian Reports Say

As many as 600 people were held in a hospital overnight, the mayor of the city of Jenin told a Palestinian news agency. The death toll from the two-day operation rose to 10, officials said.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Single Parents Should Get as Much Paid Leave as Couples, Spanish Court Rules

The decision follows a constitutional court ruling that barred discrimination against babies born into single-parent families.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Trump’s Hint at Deal Making Gives China a Little Breathing Room

Whether it is over TikTok, fentanyl or trade, Beijing might welcome a compromise to buy time to address its ailing economy and bolster its position globally.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Bishop Asks Trump to ‘Have Mercy,’ and Hegseth Faces New Accusations

Plus, snow on Florida’s beaches.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Prince Harry Agrees to Last-Minute Settlement With Murdoch’s U.K. Tabloids

Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers offered Harry a “full and unequivocal apology” for hacking his cellphone and intruding into his personal life and agreed to pay “substantial” damages.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Deadly Winter Storm Barrels Into the Carolinas and Brings Icy Roads

The powerful storm, fueled by a whirling mass of cold air that usually extends across the Arctic, was expected to leave much of the South in the low-teens or single-digit degrees.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Libya Deports 613 Migrants Headed for Europe

Libya deported more than 600 men from Niger last month as North African countries — financed by the European Union to tackle migration — have ramped up expulsions of sub-Saharan Africans.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

From Day 1, Trump Shows He’ll Test Limits of What He Can Get Away With

It is unclear how much is left in Washington to restrain him.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Labeling Mexican Cartels ‘Terrorists’ Could Expose U.S. Companies to Sanctions

Isolating U.S. companies from cartel activities could be almost impossible given that the criminal groups operate in sectors like agriculture and tourism, leaving some American businesses vulnerable to sanctions.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

One Family in Gaza Returned Home. But Home Was Gone.

“It took us a few minutes to accept that this pile of rubble was our home,” said Islam Dahliz, whose family was ordered by Israeli forces to evacuate Rafah in May.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Trump Asserts a Muscular Vision of Presidential Power on First Day Back

In a flurry of unilateral executive actions, Mr. Trump revived disputed claims of broad presidential authority from his first term — and made some new ones. Court battles seem likely.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Bringing Anne Frank’s Secret Annex to New York, and the World

Covered windows, peeling wallpaper: For the first time outside of Amsterdam, an exhibition reconstructs Anne’s hiding place during the devastation of the Holocaust.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Little Red Hen Coffee Shop, a Go-To Diner in Altadena, Left in Ashes by the Eaton Fire

The Little Red Hen Coffee Shop offered grits and community for decades before it was lost in the Eaton fire.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Fighting Alongside Russia, North Koreans Wage Their Own War

Ukrainian forces described a different kind of enemy, fighting with unfamiliar tactics and little option to retreat.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Evacuation Orders Given Late to Altadena Area Where Eaton Fire Deaths Were Concentrated

All 17 people who died in the Eaton fire lived in an area where evacuation orders came hours later than others, even as homes nearby were already burning. Some people never received warnings at all.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Evacuation Orders Given Late to Altadena Area Where Eaton Fire Deaths Were Concentrated

All 17 people who died in the Eaton fire lived in an area where evacuation orders came hours later than others, even as homes nearby were already burning. Some people never received warnings at all.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

How the Debt Could Hamstring Trump’s Agenda

Republicans are hunting for ways to pay for President Trump’s expensive plans while avoiding a freakout on Wall Street.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Why Did Adrian Wojnarowski Take a 99% Pay Cut? To Save the Team He Loves.

Adrian Wojnarowski is trying to help St. Bonaventure’s tiny basketball program thrive in the scary new world of college sports.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Lessons on Authoritarianism From Around the World

Tyranny doesn’t happen overnight. Take it from the people who missed the first signs.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Predicting the Oscar Nominations in a Wild and Wide-Open Season

You can count on films like “Emilia Pérez” and big stars like Timothée Chalamet and Ariana Grande, but this year may hold some surprises, too.

Continue Reading…