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SAG Awards 2025 Red Carpet: See All the Looks
See what film and television stars wore as they arrived for the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesTrump, Again, Chooses Loyalty Over Leadership
The firing of the nation’s top military officer is the latest example of the president prioritizing fealty over sound policy and expertise.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Appointees Fire 2,000 U.S.A.I.D. Employees and Put Others Worldwide on Leave
The announcement, by email, came two days after a judge said the Trump administration could proceed with plans that amount to dismantling the aid agency.
New York Times Top StoriesAt Least 3 Dead After Boat Capsizes Near Staten Island, Officials Say
The U.S. Coast Guard said one person was missing and two people were hospitalized after the boat, with six aboard, overturned on Sunday in the Ambrose Channel.
New York Times Top StoriesFriedrich Merz German elections
Whether he can form a strong coalition remains to be seen, but whatever he does will be an essential part of Europe’s response to President Trump’s reshuffling of alliances.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy the Far-Right AfD Is Unlikely to Join Germany’s Next Government
The collective shunning of the AfD party is part of a longstanding attempt to blunt its move into the mainstream.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Frustration With Generals Resulted in an Unconventional Pick
Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, a retired three-star Air Force officer, quickly moved up the list of candidates to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
New York Times Top StoriesKen Rosenthal, Founder of Panera Bread’s Forerunner, Dies at 81
He built a small chain of bakery cafes, with sourdough bread as its star. A few years after it was sold, it became nationally famous under a new name.
New York Times Top StoriesWho Is Friedrich Merz, the Man Poised to Be Germany’s Next Chancellor?
Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, has vowed to bring stronger leadership in Europe at a time when the new Trump administration has sowed anxiety on the continent.
New York Times Top StoriesExpanding West Bank Campaign, Israel Sends Tanks for First Time in Decades
Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said that 40,000 Palestinian residents displaced from militant hotbeds would not be allowed to return to their homes.
New York Times Top StoriesShakes Sold to Nursing Homes Recalled After Deadly Listeria Outbreak
The frozen supplemental drinks have been linked to an outbreak of listeria that has killed at least 11 people and hospitalized 37.
New York Times Top StoriesThese Books Are Absolutely Unreadable. That’s the Point.
A new exhibition at the Center for Book Arts in New York features a range of items — transistor radios, lanterns, cigarette lighters and more — designed to look like books.
New York Times Top StoriesRepublicans Face Angry Voters at Town Halls, Hinting at Broader Backlash
After a monthlong honeymoon for the G.O.P. at the start of President Trump’s term, lawmakers are confronting a groundswell of fear and disaffection in districts around the country.
New York Times Top StoriesNo Exit
About 300 migrants from all around the world were deported from the United States to Panama. There, they were trapped in a hotel, facing a choice of whether to return to places they had fled.
New York Times Top StoriesAmid Regional Diplomatic Furor, Sudan’s Paramilitaries Forge a Rival Government
The Rapid Support Forces said it was paving the way to an end to the civil war. Critics called it an audacious gambit by a group that the United States has accused of genocide.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael and Hamas Trade Accusations of Violating Fragile Cease-Fire
Hamas criticized Israel’s decision to delay the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, amid growing tensions and concerns for the future of the truce in Gaza.
New York Times Top StoriesCensoring Games
What China’s influence over Marvel Rivals reveals about censorship.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael and Hamas Trade Accusations of Violating Fragile Cease-Fire
Hamas criticized Israel’s decision to delay the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, amid growing tensions and concerns for the future of the truce in Gaza.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Has the Same Idea in Mind for Ukraine and the Department of Justice
What do Ukraine and the Justice Department have in common?
New York Times Top StoriesI Teach at Harvard. Store Managers See Me as a Threat.
Maybe I just wanted to be seen as something other than a threat, a nuisance, because I happen to be Black.
New York Times Top StoriesAs U.S. and Ukraine Haggle Over Minerals, Russia Attacks With Drones
President Trump stepped up pressure on Kyiv to agree to a deal at talks. Russia later launched more than 250 drones at Ukraine, Kyiv said.
New York Times Top StoriesMSNBC Cancels Joy Reid’s Show in Major Shake-Up
Ms. Reid’s 7 p.m. program will be replaced by a panel show co-hosted by Symone Sanders Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele.
New York Times Top StoriesThis Christian Convert Fled Iran, and Ran Into Trump’s Deportation Policy.
Artemis Ghasemzadeh is among a group of migrants being held in a jungle camp in Panama.
New York Times Top StoriesChris Murphy Emerges as a Clear Voice for Democrats Countering Trump
The second-term senator from Connecticut is eschewing caution and throwing out the traditional political playbook as he seeks a broader audience for his critiques of the president and his agenda.
New York Times Top StoriesFrench Doctor Is Accused of Child Rapes
Dr. Joël Le Scouarnec is accused of raping or sexually assaulting 299 people, mostly his patients, mostly children, over 25 years, in the country’s largest-ever pedophilia case.
New York Times Top StoriesHow to Watch the SAG Awards 2025: Date, Time and Streaming
In a wide-open best picture race, the awards, which are streaming on Netflix, could offer some clarity.
New York Times Top StoriesEarth’s 1st Asteroid Mining Prospector Heads to the Launchpad
The dream of mining metals in deep space crashed and burned in the 2010s. AstroForge’s Odin mission to survey a potentially metallic asteroid is packed and ready to lift off.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Death of Competition in American Elections
A vast majority of 2024 races for Congress and state legislatures were decided by low-turnout or meaningless primaries. The trend is making politics more polarized and eroding public trust.
New York Times Top StoriesDebt and Mental Health: How One Couple Found Help
People who find themselves in financial trouble sometimes consider taking drastic measures when their situation appears hopeless. But there is always a way out.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Britain, a Fight Over a Film Studio Becomes a Test for the Economy
The national government has intervened in a local planning squabble, which has become a symbol for how far it will go to use development as a way to revive the British economy.