New York Times Top Stories
President Trump’s Visit to the Middle East
Mr. Trump has few meetings directly about pressing geopolitical challenges. Instead, he’s in the Persian Gulf to make deals.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesJerome Powell, a Potential Winner from the Trade Reprieve
The markets have come around to the Federal Reserve chairman’s cautious approach to lowering interest rates. President Trump could be a tougher convert.
New York Times Top StoriesKim Kardashian to Testify at Paris Trial for 2016 Robbery
The reality TV star and entrepreneur is expected to describe how she was tied up at gunpoint as jewelry worth millions was stolen in a 2016 attack.
New York Times Top StoriesElon Musk and Sam Altman Among Business Leaders at Trump-Saudi Lunch
Many of the executives — including representatives of four of the 10 biggest U.S. companies by market value — are seeking business from Saudi investors and a chance to lobby top Trump officials.
New York Times Top StoriesTariff Flip-Flops
Despite President Trump’s claims, America seems to need other countries’ trade as much as they need ours.
New York Times Top StoriesA Lavish Welcome for Trump in Saudi Arabia, and a Standoff at the Library of Congress
Plus, California’s crackdown on homelessness.
New York Times Top StoriesSchumer to Slow Trump Justice Dept. Nominees Over Qatari Jet
The Senate Democratic leader plans to demand answers on Qatari influence in the United States and call for testimony from the attorney general.
New York Times Top StoriesIt’s Not Just a Feeling: Data Shows Boys and Young Men Are Falling Behind
Boys’ educational achievement, mental health and transitions to adulthood indicate that many are not thriving.
New York Times Top StoriesGérard Depardieu Found Guilty of Sexual Assault
The French actor was found guilty of sexually assaulting two women on the set of a movie in which he starred in 2021. He was given a suspended sentence of 18 months.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Could Lose $12.5 Billion In International Travel Spending This Year, Tourism Council Says
Border detentions and confusion over visas are deterring international visitors, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council, and the price tag for their hesitancy could be steep.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Augustinian Order, Pope Leo XIV Found Unity, Charity and ‘Eternal Friendship’
The Order of St. Augustine, with fewer than 3,000 members, shaped the man who would become a cardinal, and then pope to the world’s Roman Catholics.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat’s Going On With Boys and Young Men? We Want to Hear From You.
I’m a New York Times reporter writing about the struggles of this group. Whether you’re a young person yourself or a parent or teacher, your insights can help.
New York Times Top StoriesI’m a Russian Scientist in ICE Detention
I was detained at Logan airport after I did not complete a customs declaration for frog embryos.
New York Times Top StoriesWith This ‘Gypsy’ Song, Audra McDonald Makes You Rethink the Broadway Show
Near the end of “Gypsy,” the Tony-nominated actress sings a song that makes you rethink the show you’ve been watching. I talked to her about it.
New York Times Top StoriesAustin Welcomed Elon Musk. Now It’s Weird (in a New Way).
The famously liberal bastion of Austin is grappling uneasily with Elon Musk’s rightward turn, which has begun transforming his adopted home into an unlikely hub of right-of-center thinkers.
New York Times Top StoriesRepublican Budget Bill Aims to End I.R.A. Clean Energy Boom
The party’s signature tax plan would kill most Biden-era incentives, but there’s a sticking point: G.O.P. districts have the most to lose.
New York Times Top StoriesSix Ways Cities Are Trying to Keep Rental Properties and Tenants Safe
In some places with crime-free housing laws, landlords must kick out tenants who have had too much contact with the police.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Illinois, ‘Crime-Free Housing’ Laws May Evict Some for Minor Offenses
In some Illinois cities, shoplifting, calling 911 too many times or even being a victim of a crime can get you kicked out of your home.
New York Times Top StoriesInside a Google Street View Car: A Celebrity on Wheels
Joe McCallen, 62, has mapped 100,000 miles of road for Google’s immersive map. He has no plans to stop.
New York Times Top StoriesLong Effort to Ban Shocks as an Autism Treatment Faces Uncertainty
Regulators seeking to end the use of electric shock devices on people with disabilities have been swept into the government upheaval under President Trump.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Menendez Brothers May Be Resentenced. Here’s What to Know.
Proceedings are underway this week to determine whether Lyle and Erik Menendez could eventually be set free after spending decades in prison for killing their parents.
New York Times Top StoriesXi Woos Latin American Leaders With Promises of Cooperation on Technology
China’s leader Xi Jinping suggests expanding trade ties beyond buying commodities, as he continues to rally nations in the face of Trump’s tariffs.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Lands in Saudi Arabia, Kicking Off Tour of Gulf States
President Trump, who will also go to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, has told advisers that he wants to sign deals worth more than $1 trillion on the trip.
New York Times Top StoriesMan Arrested Over Fire at Starmer’s North London House
The police said a 21-year-old was held in connection with three fires, including one at a property owned by the British prime minister in the Kentish Town neighborhood.
New York Times Top StoriesNew Jersey Is Facing a Possible Transit Strike. Here’s What to Know.
The union that represents the engineers who drive New Jersey Transit’s commuter trains has threatened a walkout as soon as Friday if a contract deal is not reached.
New York Times Top StoriesBehind a Museum Door, These Beetles Are Eating Flesh for Science
The six-legged staffers of the American Museum of Natural History’s Bug Colony do their grisly work under a lid. The result: neatly tidied bones.
New York Times Top StoriesColbert Thinks the Nickname ‘Lady Giuliani’ Suits Jeanine Pirro
Colbert said President Trump’s latest appointment from the Fox News roster “drank a whole bottle of champagne, and then someone told her the news.”
New York Times Top StoriesThis Is Not the Saudi Arabia Trump Visited Before
America’s national security could benefit from a successful Trump visit to Saudi Arabia — and suffer from a bad one.
New York Times Top StoriesThe U.S. Army Is Finally Pivoting Toward Future Threats
A new doctrine will transform the kinds of weapons America uses, how they are purchased and how fast they get into the hands of soldiers.
New York Times Top StoriesGermany Has a Long History of U.S. Investment. That May Be Changing.
German companies invest more than three times as much in the United States as American companies do in Germany, but they are starting to rethink that strategy.