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A Fireball Near Mexico City Lit Up the Sky and the Internet
The glowing object was a bolide, fireballs that explode in a bright flash, according to experts. It streaked across Mexico’s predawn skies on Wednesday.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesTrump-Allied Prosecutor Sends Letters to Medical Journals Alleging Bias
An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry this will have a chilling effect on publications.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Bolsters Putin With Hint of Abandoning Ukraine Talks
President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio both suggested Friday that the United States might wash its hands of the peace effort.
New York Times Top StoriesRiding Paul Revere’s Route 250 Years Later, Here’s What We Saw
We followed the route of Revere’s famous midnight ride. Along the way we spoke to many Americans who felt a sense of wonder about that April night.
New York Times Top StoriesInside El Salvador’s CECOT Prison, Where Abrego Garcia Was Held
A U.S. senator was denied entry to a prison holding Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia and other deportees. The authorities arranged a meeting at a hotel instead. Here’s what to know.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Head of the I.R.S. Was Ousted
Also, Milwaukee is facing a lead crisis in its schools. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Declares Lab Leak as ‘True Origins’ of Covid on New Website
Government websites that once provided basic information about the virus now redirect to a page citing a number of misleading or heavily contested claims.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Universities Became So Dependent on the Federal Government
For decades, universities got billions in federal dollars for research. The relationship was mutually beneficial, until President Trump decided it wasn’t.
New York Times Top StoriesDon Mischer, Master of Live Television, Is Dead at 85
He produced and directed major events like the Oscars, Emmys and Tonys, as well as Super Bowl halftime shows and Olympic opening ceremonies.
New York Times Top StoriesCJR Editor Sewell Chan Is Fired
Sewell Chan, who started as executive editor of the publication in September, said his firing after several staff complaints was “baffling.”
New York Times Top StoriesJustice Dept. Pushes Trump’s Agenda on Religion, Sports and Antisemitism
The head of the division directed its staff to focus on enforcing edicts on transgender women in sports and other issues, shifting from its founding purpose of fighting race-based discrimination.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Claims Harvard Failed to Report Large Foreign Donations
Stepping up its pressure campaign, the Education Department accused the university of failing to report large foreign gifts as required by law. Harvard disputed the claim.
New York Times Top StoriesMan Sinks in Quicksand and Emerges With a Girlfriend
A Michigan man who ended up waist-deep on an unstable beach was rescued, and found himself in a relationship.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Attack of Powell Tempered by Risk of Market Panic
President Trump again attacked the chair of the Federal Reserve this week, but advisers say the president has turned more cautious on policies that could stoke extreme financial volatility again.
New York Times Top StoriesA TikTok Influencer Opens Up About Her Skin Picking Condition
Millions of people compulsively pick their skin or pull their hair. Social media is helping some of them to recover.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Shifted on Tariffs After Bond Holders Got Jittery. He Held Millions Himself.
As of August, the president’s investment portfolio showed significantly more in bonds than in stocks. It is unclear if his personal holdings had any bearing on his decisions regarding tariffs.
New York Times Top StoriesWho Is J. Harvie Wilkinson, the Judge Behind a Scathing Rebuke of the White House?
The judge, a conservative Reagan appointee, wrote a blistering opinion accusing the administration of failing to give a man wrongly deported to El Salvador any semblance of due process.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Trade War With China Puts Bromance With Xi Beyond Reach
President Trump says he wants Xi Jinping, China’s leader, to call him to talk tariffs. Mr. Xi is ghosting Mr. Trump, and markets are plummeting.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Women Who Think the World Needs More Babies
At a convention of the pronatalist movement, the relatively few women in attendance agreed: Motherhood needs a rebrand.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Tariff Threats Chill Italy’s Cheese Makers
Italian food producers worry that tariffs may price them out of the American market amid competition from U.S. goods that look and sound as if they are from Italy.
New York Times Top StoriesTop DOGE Officials Moved From Social Security Administration to Justice Dept.
The Elon Musk operatives were abruptly shifted to the department’s immigration enforcement unit as part of an expanding effort to use personal data in deportation cases, one official said.
New York Times Top StoriesHead of I.R.S. Being Ousted Amid Treasury’s Power Struggle With Elon Musk
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained to President Trump that the acting commissioner had been installed without his knowledge.
New York Times Top StoriesWisconsin Supreme Court Says Governor’s 400-Year Edit Was Within Veto Authority
Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, used his veto power to increase school funding limits for four centuries longer than Republican lawmakers in the state had intended.
New York Times Top StoriesGoogle Makes History With Rapid-Fire Antitrust Losses
Within a year, two federal judges declared the tech giant a monopoly in search and ad technology. The tide may be turning for antitrust.
New York Times Top StoriesRFK Jr. Claimed Autism ‘Destroys’ Lives. Autistic People Disagree.
People in the community called the remarks dehumanizing and warned they could perpetuate harmful stigma.
New York Times Top StoriesAre Easter Baskets Getting Out of Hand?
Social media feeds are awash in images of lavish baskets overflowing with expensive gifts. Some parents are giving their children bikes. Others are pushing back.
New York Times Top StoriesUnder Trump, National Security Guardrails Vanish
America’s adversaries have more room to operate, at least in the disinformation space, cybersecurity experts say.
New York Times Top StoriesBattling ‘Eat and Flee’ Tourists, Venice Brings Its Entrance Fee Back
A measure to limit day tourism on peak days began for the second year on Friday, charging day trippers five euros (or 10 for the spontaneous traveler).
New York Times Top StoriesWhat We Know About the FSU Shooting
Two people were killed and six others were injured when a 20-year-old gunman opened fire near the student union building, the police said.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Blames Boasberg for Escalating Tensions Between Courts and White House
The administration cast the threat by the judge, James E. Boasberg, to open criminal contempt proceedings as another salvo in an increasingly bitter battle between the White House and the courts.