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China Uses Public Shaming to Motivate State Workers
Local governments are handing out “snail awards” to underperforming employees. But, for many, doing as little as possible seems like the safest bet.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesDelta Offers $30,000 to Passengers on Plane That Crashed in Toronto
The airline said it told the 76 passengers who had been on the plane, which crashed and flipped over on Monday, that the offer came with “no strings attached.”
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Push to Kill Congestion Pricing Faces Tall Legal Hurdles
The president made his power to shut down the tolling system sound absolute. But legal experts say the law may not be in his favor.
New York Times Top StoriesDonald Shoup, 86, Dies; Scholar Saw the Social Costs of Free Parking
It increases traffic congestion and pollution, monopolizes public land and makes cities less walkable, he found in “The High Cost of Free Parking.”
New York Times Top StoriesA Long Journey Home: After 50 Years, Back on the Reservation
Leonard Peltier, the American Indian Movement activist, returned to North Dakota, where, under home confinement, he will serve the remainder of his life sentence for the murders of two F.B.I. agents.
New York Times Top StoriesHegseth Orders Pentagon to Draw Up Plans for Budget Cuts
The defense secretary has told senior leaders to prepare to trim 8 percent from the budget over each of the next five years, officials said.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Says He Would Have Had a ‘Very Nasty Life’ if He’d Lost the Election
The president’s remarks were a surprisingly public acknowledgment that he had campaigned for his freedom as much as for the White House itself.
New York Times Top StoriesDOGE Cuts 9/11 Survivors’ Fund, and Republicans Join Democrats in Rebuke
After 20 percent of the World Trade Center Health Program staff was terminated last week, Democratic lawmakers were outraged. On Wednesday, Republican lawmakers joined them.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Flips the Script on the Ukraine War, Blaming Zelensky Not Putin
As he seeks to negotiate a peace deal with Moscow, President Trump is rewriting the history of Russia’s invasion of its neighbor.
New York Times Top StoriesMissouri Clinics Resume Abortions
Abortion opponents had tried to block, or severely limit, the procedure, against the will of voters who in November enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution.
New York Times Top StoriesSo, You Want to Get Rid of the Penny. Do You Have a Plan for the Nickel?
President Trump’s plan to eliminate the penny could save the government money, but there’s no guarantee.
New York Times Top StoriesJustice Dept. Official Suggests That Aiding Trump Outweighs Prosecutions
Emil Bove III, the acting deputy attorney general, tried to persuade a judge to let him drop a corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York. He said the mayor was crucial to the president’s agenda.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Escalating Feud Between Trump and Ukraine’s Leader
Also, Microsoft said it created a new state of matter. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
New York Times Top StoriesCongestion Pricing Was Going Well and Trump Is Killing It
For now the only metric that matters is the depth of Donald Trump’s spite.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Orders Mississippi Newspaper to Remove Editorial, Alarming Press Advocates
The owner of The Clarksdale Press Register said he planned to challenge a judge’s order against an editorial that criticized city officials.
New York Times Top StoriesBlake Lively Adds Claims From 2 Other Women to Justin Baldoni Lawsuit
In the amended complaint, Ms. Lively said that Mr. Baldoni, her co-star in “It Ends With Us,” made two other actresses on set uncomfortable and that they were willing to testify.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Team Finds Loophole to Effectively Maintain Spending Freezes
Officials cite other legal authorities — not Mr. Trump’s court-blocked directives — to keep withholding foreign aid and domestic grant money.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Trump Turns Against Ukraine, Republicans in Congress Stay Quiet
Congressional Republicans have mostly tempered their criticism or deferred to the president as he topples what were once their party’s core foreign policy principles.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Republican Senators Have Shifted Tone on Russia and Ukraine
Some of the most vocal critics of Vladimir V. Putin and proponents of the United States’ role as a global defender of democracy have acquiesced to Mr. Trump on Russia.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Likens Himself to Royalty on Truth Social: ‘Long Live the King’
A fondness for regal themes was apparent as the president applauded his administration’s move to kill congestion pricing in New York.
New York Times Top StoriesWith Trump’s Prostration to Putin, Expect a More Dangerous World
This is a humiliating month to be an American.
New York Times Top StoriesOctogenarian Who Shot Teen in Kansas City Dies Days After Pleading Guilty
Andrew D. Lester, 86, was awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty last week to felony assault in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Tourists Swarm Erupting Mount Etna, Italian Authorities Warn Them Away
“A lot of people are trying to get closer to admire this natural phenomenon,” a local mayor warned his community. “But it is extremely dangerous!”
New York Times Top StoriesInterest Rate Cuts on Hold Till Inflation Improves, Fed Meeting Minutes Show
Officials are debating when to restart interest rate cuts, as high prices linger and Trump’s policies add to economic uncertainty.
New York Times Top StoriesRFK Jr. Announces New HHS Guidance Recognizing Only Two Sexes
The new guidance follows President Trump’s demand that the Health and Human Services Department align with his executive order barring transgender athletes from women’s sports.
New York Times Top StoriesUkrainians Say They Feel Betrayed by Trump and U.S.
President Trump’s claim that Ukraine was responsible for its war with Russia has left many Ukrainians disillusioned.
New York Times Top StoriesGerd Stern, Beat Era Poet and Multimedia Artist, Dies at 96
An Aquarian Age savant, he was a founder of the artists’ collective USCO, which helped define the 1960s with psychedelic, sensory-overloading installations and performances.
New York Times Top StoriesIsraeli Military Prosecutor Charges Five Soldiers in Abuse of Palestinian Detainee
Lawyers representing one of the soldiers said they have presented arguments that deny the charges against the reservists.
New York Times Top StoriesApple Unveils Lower-Priced iPhone 16e With A.I. Features
The iPhone 16e is the first update to the company’s most affordable model since 2022, but carries a higher price tag of $599.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Moves to End New York’s Congestion Pricing Tolls
President Trump had raised concerns that the new tolling program, the first of its kind in America, was drawing visitors and businesses away from Manhattan.