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Stocks waver on latest escalation in U.S.-China trade war.
Beijing retaliated with higher tariffs on U.S. goods, a tit-for-tat move that intensified investors’ anxiety and rattled already shaky markets.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesChina Raises Tariffs on U.S. Imports to 125%
Beijing’s retaliation came after the White House had raised its tariff on Chinese goods to 125 percent, on top of an existing 20 percent tax.
New York Times Top StoriesA New Luxury-Building Amenity the Whole Neighborhood Can Use: Child Care
New York City is facing a shortage of preschool programs. Real estate developers have discovered that providing day care in their buildings can be good for business.
New York Times Top StoriesA Deadly Earthquake Rocks a Pillar of a Buddhist Nation: Its Monks
The people of Myanmar have often turned to the clergy for aid during natural disasters. But last month’s earthquake was also devastating for monks, many of whom died under the rubble of collapsed monasteries.
New York Times Top StoriesMaine Governor, Staring Down Trump, Says She Is Unfazed by ‘Loud Men’
Observers of her political rise — and some who have sparred with her — say Gov. Janet Mills’s refusal to bow to President Trump is right in character.
New York Times Top StoriesLate Night Taps Into Trump’s Preoccupation With Water Pressure
Jimmy Fallon said the good news is that “more powerful shower heads are on the way. Bad news: They’re all made in China.”
New York Times Top StoriesSenate Confirms Dan Caine as Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lt. Gen. Dan Caine will serve as the senior military adviser to President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Military Removes Commander of Greenland Base
Although the military did not say why the colonel had been dismissed, it said it would not tolerate any subversion of President Trump’s agenda.
New York Times Top StoriesRafael Correa’s Shadow and Why Ecuador Can’t Move On
Rafael Correa’s presence is sustained not only by his supporters but also by his adversaries, who have failed to construct a compelling alternative.
New York Times Top StoriesEric Dane, McSteamy of ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ Says He Has A.L.S.
The actor, who plans to return to his role on the hit show “Euphoria,” told People magazine about his diagnosis.
New York Times Top StoriesFrench Soccer Icon Kylian Mbappe Battles Former Club P.S.G. for Millions
A long-simmering dispute pitting one of the world’s top athletes against France’s biggest soccer club has broken out into legal warfare.
New York Times Top StoriesHegseth to Attend Ukraine Defense Group Only Virtually
His predecessor as defense secretary, Lloyd J. Austin III, started the roughly 50-nation group to support Kyiv after Russia invaded in 2022, but Mr. Hegseth has given up leadership.
New York Times Top StoriesHas Disney+ Changed ‘Doctor Who’? U.S. and U.K. Fans Discuss.
The show has a bigger budget since the streaming behemoth got involved. Has that pleased its devotees?
New York Times Top StoriesEffort to Get Starlink in South Africa Collides With Tension Over Musk
A government official is preparing to ease Black ownership rules that Elon Musk claims are racist and prevent his satellite internet provider from operating in his native country.
New York Times Top StoriesEffort to Get Starlink in South Africa Collides With Tension Over Musk
A government official is preparing to ease Black ownership rules that Elon Musk claims are racist and prevent his satellite internet provider from operating in his native country.
New York Times Top StoriesHow 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 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.