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China’s Military Puts Pacific on Notice as U.S. Priorities Shift
China is flexing its military muscle in the region to show that it will not wait for the Trump administration to decide how hard it wants to counter Beijing.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesElon Musk Is South African. It Explains a Lot.
His worldview is inseparable from his rearing in apartheid South Africa.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Says Trump Administration Memos Directing Mass Firings Were Illegal
A federal judge in California ordered the retraction of the memos. He suggested, but did not order, that the layoffs be stopped.
New York Times Top StoriesTheater Ceiling Collapses During ‘Captain America’ Screening in Washington State
Only two people were watching “Captain America: Brave New World” when the ceiling fell. Neither person was injured.
New York Times Top StoriesBiodiversity Talks in Rome End
Delegates at global biodiversity talks in Rome agreed on a framework for monitoring environmental commitments and other measures.
New York Times Top StoriesOffice Closures and Relocations Part of Trump’s Plan for Large-Scale Layoffs
The newly released requirements for agencies to move forward with mass cuts to the federal work force have employees even more on edge.
New York Times Top StoriesGene Hackman’s Smile Could Give You Shivers
In “Bonnie and Clyde” and “Unforgiven,” the actor used his charm to great disarming effect, flashing a smile before abruptly shifting to a sneer.
New York Times Top StoriesFormer L.A. Fire Chief Kristin Crowley Appeals Her Dismissal
The appeal came less than a week after Mayor Karen Bass removed the chief from her job. She blamed her for a lack of preparation as a blaze destroyed the Pacific Palisades neighborhood.
New York Times Top Stories‘Epstein Files’ Release, Hyped by Pam Bondi, Falls Short
The release of flight logs and Jeffrey Epstein’s contact list by the attorney general was met with criticism from those who had expected the documents to reveal new information.
New York Times Top StoriesNumber of Trans Troops Far Lower Than Estimated, Pentagon Figures Show
The Defense Department said 4,240 service members, or about 0.2 percent of those in uniform, have a diagnosis of gender dysphoria. Previous estimates had put the number at triple that figure.
New York Times Top StoriesStarmer Offers Trump a Plea and a Promise Over Ukraine
During a visit to the White House by the British prime minister, President Trump refused to to pledge U.S. military support for a peacekeeping force for Ukraine.
New York Times Top StoriesChicago Teen Killed Six People Over Nine Months in 2020, Prosecutors Say
The Cook County prosecutor said Antonio Reyes was 16 when he fatally shot the first of six people, targeting “complete strangers” in all but one of the killings.
New York Times Top StoriesMass Layoffs Begin at NOAA
The cuts came just before a separate wave of departures was expected under the Trump administration’s so-called deferred resignation program.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
New York Times Top StoriesIowa Lawmakers Pass Bill to Eliminate Transgender Civil Rights Protections
If signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds, the Republican-backed measure would eliminate state civil rights protections for transgender Iowans.
New York Times Top StoriesMexico Released Dozens of Cartel Figures Into U.S. Custody
Also, Southeast Asia’s scam centers keep flourishing. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
New York Times Top StoriesAir Traffic Control Trainees to Get Raise of 30 Percent
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the increase to almost $23 an hour is intended to boost recruitment and retention.
New York Times Top StoriesFrancis’ Illness Raises a Hard Question: Who Governs if the Pope Can’t?
The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses uncomfortable, unanswered questions about Vatican decision-making.
New York Times Top StoriesWith Trump, Alliances Come With Strings Attached
President Trump has little use for America’s traditional alliances, and tends to evaluate U.S. relationships according to whether countries are contributing economically to the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesWe Can Achieve Great Things
Progressives, who believe in using government to do good things, have built a system that renders government incompetent.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump’s Cabinet Scrambled to Respond to Musk’s DOGE Email
Behind the scenes, cabinet secretaries compared notes as they tried to figure out how to respond to a directive from President Trump’s most powerful adviser without angering the president.
New York Times Top StoriesTesla Fires a Manager Who Criticized Elon Musk on Social Media
The employee objected to a post on X by Mr. Musk, Tesla’s chief executive and a top adviser to President Trump, that referred to Nazi leaders.
New York Times Top StoriesMeet the Trans Troops the Trump Administration Is Barring
Officers and enlisted. Combat veterans and recent recruits. Transgender service members say their military experience has looked nothing like the portrayal of them in the political arena.
New York Times Top StoriesBoris Spassky, Chess Champion Who Lost ‘Match of the Century,’ Dies at 88
When Mr. Spassky, a Russian, played Bobby Fischer, an American, in Iceland at the height of the Cold War, the media attention reduced them to pawns in a wider drama.
New York Times Top StoriesMexico Begins to Release Dozens of Cartel Operatives Into U.S. Custody
The decision was said to be a signal that President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico planned to cooperate with the Trump administration in cracking down on the cartels.
New York Times Top StoriesOpenAI Unveils GPT-4.5 for More ‘Natural Conversation’
The new technology, called GPT-4.5, signifies the end of an era for OpenAI.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Team Tightens Control Over Government Lawyers Who Might Say ‘No’
At the Justice Department and the Pentagon, the administration is curtailing the ability of lawyers to raise internal objections to the president’s use of power.
New York Times Top StoriesGene Hackman, a Life in Pictures
A Hollywood superstar and two-time Oscar winner who stood out by blending in.
New York Times Top StoriesBetsy Arakawa, a Classical Musician and the Wife of Gene Hackman, Dies at 65
As the spouse of a two-time Oscar winner, she avoided interviews and stayed off social media. But in private, she typed up Mr. Hackman’s novels and helped edit them.
New York Times Top StoriesEarth to Barnard College: Enough
After more than a year of incessant rule-breaking by pro-Palestinian protesters, including this week, the school has to take more decisive action.