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How TikTok’s Parent, ByteDance, Became an A.I. Powerhouse
A set of popular apps helped China’s ByteDance develop a key component of advanced artificial intelligence: information on how a billion people use the internet.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesReview: In a Musical Comedy Makeover, ‘Smash’ Lives Up to Its Name
En route to Broadway, the TV series about backstage shenanigans and Marilyn Monroe has been rejiggered, with the same great songs but a whole new plot.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Threatens More Tariffs and Sanctions on Mexico Over Long-Running Water Dispute
President Trump on Thursday cited the growing water debt that Mexico owes the United States under a treaty governing the use of the countries’ shared rivers.
New York Times Top StoriesHelicopter Crashes Into Hudson River, Killing Six
An executive from Spain, his wife and three children died in the crash, along with the helicopter’s pilot, officials said.
New York Times Top StoriesCharter Company in Fatal Helicopter Crash Had Prior Mechanical Failures
At least twice before in the past 12 years, aircraft operated by the firm New York Helicopter Charter failed while in flight.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Cabinet Meeting, Musk Seems to Drastically Lower DOGE’s Savings Goal
Musk said his group was on pace to cut $150 billion from the federal budget in one budget year. That would be a sharp drop from his previous stated goal of $1 trillion.
New York Times Top StoriesStanford Protesters Charged With Felonies for Pro-Palestinian Occupation
Prosecutors filed felony charges on Thursday against 12 protesters, nearly all with ties to Stanford University, for breaking into an administration building and occupying it in 2024.
New York Times Top StoriesMahmoud Khalil’s Lawyers Will Seek Testimony From Marco Rubio
Lawyers for the detained Columbia graduate said that the lack of substantive charges against him requires more information from the secretary of state. They acknowledge they are likely to fail.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Deploys Justice Dept. to Scrutinize Ex-Officials and Perceived Foes
A presidential decree instructing the Justice Department to scrutinize whether a former official broke the law crosses a new line.
New York Times Top StoriesHelicopters Pack N.Y. Skies, Despite Years of Noise and Air Pollution Complaints
Authorities say the industry has a roughly $50 million annual impact on the city, but the number of tourist helicopter flights has halved since 2016.
New York Times Top StoriesSupreme Court Sides With Wrongly Deported Migrant
A trial judge had ordered the Trump administration to take steps to return the migrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, from a notorious prison in El Salvador.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Close to Winning Concessions From More Law Firms
Four or five firms could soon agree to deals that would be unveiled as a package, in an escalation of the president’s crackdown on an industry that has drawn his ire.
New York Times Top StoriesTariff Angst Rises
Also, six died after helicopter crashed in the Hudson River. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump, Offering Few Details, Insists ‘Everybody’ Wants to Make a Deal With the U.S.
The administration says foreign governments are racing to the United States to negotiate, but exactly which countries might strike a deal — and over what — remains unclear.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Stupidity of the Tariffs Are the Achievement of a Lifetime
To do something as stupid as Trump’s tariff plan is the result of a lifetime of incuriosity.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump May Seek Judicial Oversight of Columbia, Potentially for Years
The Trump administration is discussing asking a judge to enforce any deal it reaches with the school, which the White House says has not done enough to address antisemitism.
New York Times Top StoriesPushing ‘Self-Deportation,’ Trump White House Moves to Cut Migrants’ Social Security
By placing migrants in Social Security’s “death master file,” the Trump administration is seeking to cut off their access to credit cards, bank accounts and other financial services.
New York Times Top StoriesHelicopter Crashes Into Hudson River Near Manhattan
Five people have been pulled from the water, according to two people briefed on the rescue efforts. Their condition was not yet known.
New York Times Top StoriesPlane Carrying 6 Members of Congress Is Clipped at Reagan Airport
Two American Airlines jets clipped wings on a taxiway, officials said. Representative Grace Meng said that, in 10 years of flying to and from Washington, “This has never happened to me.”
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Tariff Fight With China Poses New Threat to US Farmers
Soybean producers warn that farms could go under as the Trump administration hits China with new tariffs of 145 percent.
New York Times Top StoriesHouse Votes to Require Proof of Citizenship in Federal Elections
Conservatives have long argued for stronger laws to combat voter fraud, something that election experts say is exceedingly rare.
New York Times Top StoriesIf You See This Creepy Fish, Cut Its Head Off
The invasive northern snakehead, which has recently been appearing in Missouri and other states, must be eradicated, officials say.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Reviving Democrats in a Battleground State, He’s Moving On
Ben Wikler, who supercharged fund-raising as the leader of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, is stepping down — and weighing a run for office.
New York Times Top StoriesNeutrinos Are Shrinking, and That’s a Good Thing for Physics
A new estimate of the ghostly particle’s maximum possible mass brings physicists a tad closer to understanding the universe.
New York Times Top StoriesUnder Trump, Gun Agency Remains Rudderless and Leaderless
The A.T.F. has been hit by the departure of key career officials, the diversion of agents from core duties to immigration enforcement and from what amounts to a campaign of indifference.
New York Times Top StoriesDenisovans Extend Their Range to Asia’s Pacific Coast
A bone discovered in Taiwan turns out to have belonged to a Denisovan, a lineage previously identified only thousands of miles away.
New York Times Top StoriesCabot Creamery Butter Is Recalled Over Fecal Contamination Risk
The company said it was voluntarily recalling 189 cases of its eight-ounce, sea-salted Extra Creamy Premium Butter after it found elevated levels of coliform bacteria.
New York Times Top StoriesNintendo Switch Game Console Release Is Whipsawed by Tariff Threats
The company moved most of its manufacturing to Vietnam from China to avoid tariffs. But the unpredictability of President Trump’s plans have thrown Nintendo for a loop.
New York Times Top StoriesInside Trump’s Plan to ‘Get’ Greenland: Persuasion, Not Invasion
The island’s population might not be easily convinced as the president tries to clinch what he may see as one of history’s greatest real estate deals.
New York Times Top Stories‘The Pitt’ Captures the Real Overcrowding Crisis in Emergency Rooms
From the “chairs” to the hallway medicine, the show’s depiction of an emergency medicine system that is beyond capacity rings true for medical experts.