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China Says It Will ‘Resolutely Counter’ U.S. Tariff Pressure
China’s top foreign affairs official, Wang Yi, cast his country as a force for peace and order even as Beijing provokes its neighbors and fuels trade tensions.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesThe Right’s Trump Derangement Syndrome
They keep pretending the president is someone he’s not.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Anti-D.E.I. Crusader Who Wants to Dismantle the Department of Education
Christopher Rufo’s mission to make universities feel “existential terror.”
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Policies Have Shaken a Once-Solid Economic Outlook
Economic forecasts have deteriorated in recent weeks, reflecting the upheaval from federal layoffs, tariff moves and immigration roundups.
New York Times Top StoriesRepublican Voters Support Medicaid but Want Work Requirements, Poll Finds
More than 60 percent of all voters — and 47 percent of Democrats — supported a work requirement for Medicaid, the country’s largest health insurance program.
New York Times Top StoriesSouth Carolina Inmate Set to Be Executed by Firing Squad
The last time such an execution took place was in 2010, in Utah. The inmate chose the method because of his concerns about lethal injection, according to his lawyer.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious
President Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Justin Trudeau he didn’t like their shared water agreements.
New York Times Top StoriesFired Federal Workers Face a Sluggish Job Market
Unemployment is low, but there isn’t much room to move around — especially for those with highly government-specific skills.
New York Times Top StoriesJust Before It Was a Cult Film, ‘Rocky Horror Show’ Was a Broadway Flop
Tim Curry and colleagues recall the musical’s misadventure at the Belasco Theater in 1975.
New York Times Top StoriesA Hamas Leader’s Release From Prison Reopens Old Wounds in Israel
A man convicted over his role in a deadly 2002 bombing was released in one of the recent cease-fire exchanges, which have created intense, conflicting emotions for Israelis and Palestinians.
New York Times Top StoriesUnexploded World War II Bomb Found at Gare du Nord in Paris Halts Trains
Trains in France, including the Eurostar, were disrupted for hours as the authorities worked to remove the old device near tracks north of the French capital.
New York Times Top StoriesAt Least 70 Killed as Syria’s Security Forces Clash With Assad Loyalists
The skirmishes along the Mediterranean coast were among the bloodiest since rebels ousted the dictator Bashar al-Assad and installed a transitional government.
New York Times Top StoriesSouth Korean Court Orders Impeached President’s Release From Jail
Yoon Suk Yeol, who is being tried on insurrection charges over his imposition of martial law last year, was not immediately freed, pending a possible appeal by prosecutors.
New York Times Top StoriesBrisbane and Eastern Australia Brace for Powerful Cyclone Alfred
The slow-moving tropical storm, named Alfred, is on track to bring dangerous winds and flooding along the coast of Queensland and New South Wales, including Brisbane.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Foreign Policy May Be Crude, But It’s Realist
The president understands that the liberal international order was possible only because of U.S. might, and Americans don’t want to pay the bill anymore.
New York Times Top StoriesCaravaggio, Baroque’s Bad Boy, Gets a Blockbuster Show in Rome
Two dozen works from museums and private collectors around the world are on display, with some reunited for the first time in centuries.
New York Times Top StoriesAn Australian Wedding So Nice They Celebrated It … Three Times
Ahead of their civil ceremony, Mishti Rahman and Philip Kanis wanted to pay tribute to their Bangladeshi and Greek cultures, as well as their friends.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Ebola Spreads in Uganda, Trump Aid Freeze Hinders Effort to Contain It, U.S. Officials Fear
Two more people are reported dead from the disease, and dozens are in isolation, as the outbreak grows.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Tariffs by Whim Keep Allies and Markets Off Balance
Investors sent stock prices down on Thursday amid the uncertainty over what President Trump’s inconstancy means for the global economy.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Do Republicans Want to Dismantle the Education Department?
President Trump’s fixation reinvigorated the debate over the role of the federal government in education, and created a powerful point of unity between the factions of his party.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Suspends Mexico and Canada Tariffs on USMCA Goods for a Month
Many imports from Canada and Mexico will be exempt from tariffs, as the president quickly reversed a sweeping trade action taken just two days ago after market turmoil.
New York Times Top StoriesBetty Bonney, 100, Dies; Her Song for a Yankee Star Was a Big-Band Hit
“Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio,” which she sang with the Les Brown band, celebrated DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak in 1941. She also sang on Sid Caesar’s “Your Show of Shows.”
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Know About Measles Cases in New York and New Jersey
Experts recommend vaccines as the best defense against the viral illness.
New York Times Top Stories‘I’m Freaking Out’: New Texts Detail Key Minutes of Idaho Murders
Newly released messages reveal that two roommates in the home where four college students were murdered were alarmed by a masked person in the house that night.
New York Times Top StoriesWalgreens to Be Acquired by Sycamore Partners in $10 Billion Deal
Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance have lost about half their value in the past year, as the chain has faced pressure in its retail and pharmacy businesses.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. and Ukrainian Officials to Meet Next Week About Path to End War
The officials plan to meet next week to discuss the first steps of an agreement, after President Trump cast doubt on U.S. support for Ukraine in recent days.
New York Times Top StoriesIntuitive Machines’ Athena Lander Is on the Moon, but Its Fate Is Unclear
After hours of uncertainty, officials from the Houston company said there are clues that the spacecraft is on its side, which could limit the mission’s scientific accomplishments.
New York Times Top StoriesRicardo Scofidio, Boldly Imaginative Architect, Is Dead at 89
With Diller Scofidio + Renfro, he brought a conceptual-art sensibility to cultural landmarks like Lincoln Center and to innovative public spaces like Manhattan’s High Line.
New York Times Top StoriesUnvaccinated New Mexico Resident Dies of Suspected Measles
The patient tested positive for the infection, but state health officials could not confirm that it was the cause of death.
New York Times Top StoriesLive Video: Watch SpaceX Return Starship to the Launchpad for Its 8th Test Flight
The launch was scrubbed during Monday’s countdown. It is a do-over of the seventh flight, which ended in debris coming down over the Caribbean.