New York Times Top Stories
Trump Says He Wrote to Iran to Open Nuclear Talks
The White House did not immediately provide details. The move was a sharp pivot for President Trump, who withdrew the United States from a nuclear deal with Iran in 2018.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesGerman Court Convicts Five Over Plot to Kidnap Health Official and Spread Chaos
The defendants, part of a group known as “United Patriots,” aimed to reinstate a 19th-century Constitution by giving power to an all-powerful Kaiser.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat We Know About the Clashes in Syria
At least 70 people have been killed in clashes between government forces and gunmen loyal to the Assad regime, in a serious challenge to the country’s new rulers.
New York Times Top StoriesHer Father Took Her on a Trip to Pakistan. The Police Say It Was a Trap.
Hira Anwar was pulled out of middle school for what she thought was a vacation. Her death is being investigated as a so-called honor killing.
New York Times Top StoriesMarkets Are Uneasy After a Week of Dizzying Policy Shifts
Investors are worried about economic growth and the effects of tariffs on America’s largest trading partners.
New York Times Top StoriesRussia Hits Ukrainian Power and Gas Facilities in Widespread Attack
The bombardment came just days after the United States said it was suspending intelligence sharing with Ukraine.
New York Times Top StoriesMigrant Boats Capsize Off Yemen and Djibouti, U.N. Says
The missing people were on two boats that capsized off Yemen, which is on a major route for migrants trying to reach Gulf countries for work.
New York Times Top StoriesAs King Urges People Not to Kill Sheep for ‘Big Eid,’ Many Moroccans Feel Relief
With the country facing years of drought and economic strife, King Mohammed VI told people they could skip the traditional slaughter for the holy feast in June.
New York Times Top StoriesWhiplash From the White House, and a SpaceX Explosion
Plus, how to win the lottery.
New York Times Top StoriesWhiplash From the White House, and a SpaceX Explosion
Plus, how to win the lottery.
New York Times Top StoriesEurope’s Security Dilemma Explained
European leaders met in Brussels on Thursday to discuss how to fill the gap in military support for Ukraine created by President Trump’s suspension of aid and intelligence. Jeanna Smialek, the New York Times Brussels bureau chief, breaks down why U.S. military aid has been so vital to Ukraine and so difficult to replicate by European allies looking to revitalize their defense industries.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Wants Europe to Defend Itself. Here’s What It Would Take.
Replacing what the Americans do for the NATO alliance would take money, personnel, time and cooperation. None of those are easy.
New York Times Top StoriesPrivate Prisons Are Ramping Up Detention of Immigrants and Cashing In
The Trump administration is expected to use thousands more beds in these facilities as part of its mass deportation effort.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Catholics Gather for Jubilee, Just One Thing Is Missing: Francis
For the faithful who have descended on Rome for an event that comes every 25 years, the absence of the pope has been especially deeply felt.
New York Times Top StoriesChina 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 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.