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The Sudden Weirdness of TV Presidents
Today’s political dramas have conspiracy, murder and supervolcanoes. But their conventional White House protocols and procedures might be the most disorienting aspects.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesWhy the Fed’s Job May Get a Lot More Difficult
President Trump’s plans risk stoking inflation and denting growth, an undesirable combination that economists warn could lead to much tougher trade-offs for the central bank.
New York Times Top StoriesHamas Fires Rockets at Tel Aviv as Israel Expands Gaza Ground Operations
A two-month cease-fire in Gaza collapsed this week amid a renewed Israeli bombardment. The fighting now looks like it is escalating back to full-scale war.
New York Times Top StoriesOffice Market Poised to Rebound as Work From Home Policies End
Sales of office buildings jumped nearly 21 percent last year, and leasing activity is up, too. Companies are looking for more space as work-from-home policies peter out.
New York Times Top StoriesUkraine Attacks Air Base Deep Inside Russia
The two sides traded strikes overnight as the Trump administration worked to hammer out the details of a partial cease-fire.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Subtext of a Trump Official’s Letter to the M.T.A.
Sean Duffy, secretary of transportation, demanded information about crime in the subway system. But transit watchers saw a different agenda.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Subtext of a Trump Official’s Letter to the M.T.A.
Sean Duffy, secretary of transportation, demanded information about crime in the subway system. But transit watchers saw a different agenda.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Wants to Take Over Ukraine’s Nuclear Plants. What Would That Mean?
The White House said taking ownership of Ukrainian plants would give them the “best protection.” The idea faces legal hurdles and operational challenges, and it’s unclear if Ukraine would agree to it.
New York Times Top StoriesEurope Delays Tariffs on U.S. Whiskey and Other Goods
The European trade commissioner said U.S. officials want to start negotiating only after a fresh set of Trump administration tariffs takes effect on April 2.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Denied Entry to French Scientist Over Views on Trump Policies, France Says
The French authorities said the academic had been traveling to a conference near Houston when border officials blocked his entry because of conversations found on his phone.
New York Times Top StoriesNetanyahu Expected to Fire Shin Bet Chief Despite Protests
Israelis have been demonstrating against the move, which many see as part of an effort to reduce checks on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government.
New York Times Top StoriesInside Musk’s Latest Political Donations, and Greenpeace Takes a Hit
Plus, beef tallow’s unlikely comeback.
New York Times Top StoriesViktor Orban Is a Conservative Lodestar. Now He Wants to Fix the Price of Eggs.
The Hungarian prime minister, who pioneered themes dear to U.S. conservatives, is seeking to tame inflation with methods that remind his critics of communist-era central planning.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Syria, Being Wanted Went From Something to Fear to a Badge of Honor
The ousted Assad dictatorship kept lists of millions of wanted people. Now, Syrians are openly asking whether they “have a name” on any of those lists and are sharing the news proudly.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Syria, Being Wanted Went From Something to Fear to a Badge of Honor
The ousted Assad dictatorship kept lists of millions of wanted people. Now, Syrians are openly asking whether they “have a name” on any of those lists and are sharing the news proudly.
New York Times Top StoriesTom Friedman: Trump Is a ‘Small Man in a Big Time’
Nearly 60 days in, the president is failing to engage in long-term thinking.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump Is Trying to Consolidate Power Over Courts, Congress and More
President Trump’s expansive interpretation of presidential power has become the defining characteristic of his second term.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump Is Trying to Consolidate Power Over Courts, Congress and More
President Trump’s expansive interpretation of presidential power has become the defining characteristic of his second term.
New York Times Top StoriesDoug Ford Defends Canada as He Steps Up to Take On Trump
Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, is reinventing himself as one of Canada’s staunchest defenders against President Trump’s economic and sovereignty threats.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Houston Rodeo Is the Super Bowl of Country Culture
Spending a few days eating turkey legs, watching piglet races and ‘mutton bustin’ at the world’s largest rodeo and livestock show.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Battles With Colleges Could Change American Culture for a Generation
Many in higher education worry Trump’s efforts to bend academia to his will could end American leadership in research and science. Universities are not finding many allies to defend them.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Is Breaking Things. They Can’t All Be Fixed by the Courts.
Trump’s goal isn’t necessarily to win. It’s to break it all.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Carl and Karin Larsson’s Homes Came to Define Scandinavian Style
The houses of two of Sweden’s most influential artists and designers, Carl and Karin Larsson, came to shape the country’s national identity — and now represent an aesthetic ideal.
New York Times Top StoriesMeet Steve Davis, Elon Musk’s Top Lieutenant Who Oversees DOGE
Steve Davis, a longtime Musk loyalist, is effectively the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency. Mr. Musk has likened him to chemotherapy.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Officials Ordered NYC Congestion Pricing to End by March 21. What Happens Now?
As the March 21 deadline looms, the M.T.A. has refused to stop the tolls and sued the transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, and federal officials in federal court in Manhattan.
New York Times Top StoriesMexico Sent Cartel Bosses to U.S. Knowing They Could Face Execution
Rafael Caro Quintero, who faces trial in Brooklyn, and at least four other drug cartel figures are vulnerable to the death penalty because they were expelled from Mexico rather than extradited.
New York Times Top StoriesLate Night Tackles the Attacks on Tesla
Jordan Klepper said no one should be blowing up Elon Musk’s cars, “especially because if you just wait a few minutes, they’ll probably do it by themselves.”
New York Times Top StoriesNASA Astronauts Don’t Receive Overtime Pay for Space Mission But Get $5 a Day
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore do not get overtime for their unexpectedly long stay on the International Space Station, according to NASA rules. But they do get $5 a day for “incidentals.”
New York Times Top StoriesIn Rush to Release Kennedy Files, Personal Information Went Public, Too
Social Security numbers and other personal details were included in the 64,000 pages of documents that the Trump administration declassified this week.
New York Times Top StoriesHow George Lewis Made Comedy Gold Imagining Two Toddlers Chatting
George Lewis’s riffs on the absurdities of millennial parenting — and the inner lives of 2-year-olds — have won him legions of fans online and galvanized his once middling stand-up career.