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Musk-Tied Investor Clashes With One of World’s Biggest Asset Managers
A lawsuit accuses Brookfield Asset Management of fraud, attempted bribery and improperly limiting investments in one of Elon Musk’s companies.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesJoseph Nye, Political Scientist Who Extolled ‘Soft Power,’ Dies at 88
He coined the term, arguing that a country’s global influence can’t be built on military might alone. Diplomats around the world paid heed.
New York Times Top StoriesAn American Was Elected Pope
Also, Trump announced a trade deal with Britain. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Revives Push for Higher Taxes on the Rich
The president is said to want to create a new top income bracket for people making more than $2.5 million per year and to tax income above that level at a rate of 39.6 percent.
New York Times Top StoriesAn American Pope? Maybe It Wasn’t So Impossible.
Cardinal Prevost defied the odds. A number of factors point to why.
New York Times Top Stories‘JD Vance Is Wrong’: The Pope Appears Uneasy With Trump Immigration Policies
Before Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost became pope, a social media account under his name shared criticisms of the Trump administration’s positions on immigration.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Pentagon’s Culture Wars Strike West Point
A Jan. 29 order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth led to canceled classes, book bans and an argument about American greatness.
New York Times Top Stories5 Takeaways From the U.S.-U.K. Trade Agreement
The deal still has to be finalized, but it was hailed as a success by both countries for being the first since President Trump announced broad tariffs in April.
New York Times Top StoriesA Year Ago, Columbia Security Was Hands-Off at a Protest. Not This Time.
When demonstrators occupied the university’s main library on Wednesday, campus security forces intervened aggressively. The occupation ended with arrests hours later.
New York Times Top StoriesAmericans Celebrate Pope Leo XIV, the First Pontiff From the U.S.
Across the country, Catholics and non-Catholics alike greeted Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV with reverence and satisfaction.
New York Times Top StoriesAn American Pope? Maybe It Wasn’t So Impossible.
New York Times Top StoriesFormer Model Testifies That Weinstein Molested Her When She Was 16
Kaja Sokola told jurors that she had come to New York seeking stardom. She encountered Harvey Weinstein in a club and met him for lunch. Then, she said, he took advantage of her.
New York Times Top StoriesPope Leo XIV, the First American Pontiff, Took a Global Route to the Top Post
Robert Francis Prevost, who led the Vatican office that selects and manages bishops globally, has spent much of his life outside the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesKenneth Walker, 73, Journalist Who Bared Apartheid’s Brutality
He shared an Emmy for his reporting on “Nightline” about South Africa’s policy of racial segregation. The National Association of Black Journalists named him journalist of the year.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Government to Stop Tracking the Costs of Extreme Weather
It would be harder for insurers and scientists to study wildfires, storms and other “billion dollar disasters,” which are growing more frequent as the planet warms.
New York Times Top StoriesNew Law Requires Priests to Break Seal of Confession to Report Child Abuse
The state law, in Washington, applies to all religions but has outraged Catholics in particular. The Justice Department is investigating.
New York Times Top StoriesPope Leo XIV Grew Up in the Chicago Area
For Chicagoans, the selection of Robert Francis Prevost was thrilling and a little stunning.
New York Times Top StoriesBill Gates Accuses Elon Musk of ‘Killing Children’ by Cutting Foreign Aid
The Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist condemned his fellow billionaire for overseeing deep cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development in the Trump administration.
New York Times Top StoriesFive Pencils for You. Infinite Luxuries for the Trumps.
Americans skimp while their president splurges.
New York Times Top Stories‘Superfine’ Brings Radiant Black Style to the Met
Heritage meets gumption at the Costume Institute’s big spring exhibition, where pathbreaking pieces join anonymous garments to build a moving history.
New York Times Top StoriesWho Is Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, the New Pope? What to Know About Leo XIV
Here’s what to know about Pope Francis’ successor, who was chosen on Thursday. He is the first American pope and will be known as Leo XIV.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Knicks Beat the Celtics (Again), and New York City Loves It
Few experts gave the Knicks a chance to beat the champion Boston Celtics — except for the devoted fans who packed the street outside Madison Square Garden.
New York Times Top StoriesFEMA’s Leader Is Dismissed
The move comes as the Trump administration has considered disbanding the agency.
New York Times Top StoriesHow to Know if Toxic Sewage Sludge Has Been Used in Your Community
Fertilizer containing potentially unsafe levels of “forever chemicals” has been used around the country.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Moment Pope Leo XIV Emerged on the Balcony
Crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square — and around the world — to see who had been elected as Pope Francis’ successor.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York City Predicted Record Tourism. Then Came Trump.
The city’s tourism agency revised its 2025 forecast, with an estimated decline primarily driven by fewer foreign travelers.
New York Times Top StoriesA Kentucky Boy Mistakenly Orders Almost 70,000 Dum-Dums Lollipops
Holly LaFavers said she was eventually refunded $4,200 for her 8-year-old son’s order of Dum-Dums candy.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Withdraws U.S. Attorney Nominee, Whose Extremism Tested Limits for G.O.P. Senators
The means of Ed Martin’s ascent as the leading prosecutor for the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington was his path out of power.
New York Times Top StoriesThe pope’s first words from the balcony will set expectations for his papacy.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Fed Could Be on Hold Until September, Economists Say
Economists have shifted back their forecasts for lower borrowing costs as President Trump’s tariffs raised the risk of higher inflation and slower growth.