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As Harvard Battles Trump, Its President Will Take a 25% Pay Cut
The university is facing cuts of more than $2.6 billion in federal funding and has already taken other steps to save money.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesLast U.S. Hostage in Gaza Is Reunited With Parents: ‘We Never Lost Hope’
Edan Alexander was 19 when he left New Jersey to serve in the Israel Defense Forces. He was released by Hamas on Monday.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s New Tax Cuts Could Shower Americans With Cash, for Now
Almost all of the cuts that Republicans hope to pass in the coming weeks will last only until President Trump is set to leave office.
New York Times Top StoriesMorris, Alligator of ‘Happy Gilmore’ Fame, Dies at 80 (or More)
The 640-pound, 11-foot gator memorably played a golf-ball-stealing, hand-chomping terror in the 1996 Adam Sandler film.
New York Times Top Stories‘Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning’ Review: Tom Cruise Defies All
For the eighth installment of this stunt-spectacular franchise, the star returns to fight off A.I. planetary domination, the bends, gravity and maybe mortality itself.
New York Times Top StoriesGaza Hospital Strike Draws New Attention to Israel’s Medical Facility Attacks
Aid groups and U.N. investigations have accused Israel of aiming to destroy Gaza’s health infrastructure. Israel says it is forced to strike hospitals it says are used by Hamas for military purposes.
New York Times Top StoriesNewark Airport’s Issues: What to Know
Many flights have been delayed at the busy hub because of radar outages, shortages of air traffic controllers and construction on a runway.
New York Times Top StoriesResearch Study Shows Barbie’s Feet Have Gotten Flatter Over Time
Researchers in Australia found that the doll’s feet have, over time, gone from arched to flat — a shift that correlates with each Barbie’s designated career or hobby.
New York Times Top StoriesStudents Are Setting Chromebooks on Fire for a Social Media Challenge
Some students have been suspended and even criminally charged, as schools work to stop the trend.
New York Times Top StoriesGabbard Seeks to Consolidate Her Control of President’s Daily Brief
President Trump has wondered over time about whether the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which was created after the 9/11 attacks, should continue to exist.
New York Times Top StoriesAt Supreme Court, a Once-Fringe Birthright Citizenship Theory Takes the Spotlight
Before the Trump presidency, there was broad consensus that the 14th Amendment established birthright citizenship for children born in the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat We Know About Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan’s Arrest
Judge Hannah Dugan is accused of directing a migrant out of her courtroom as agents waited to arrest him. She was indicted on federal charges of concealing a person from arrest and obstruction.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Orders Georgetown Academic Released From Immigration Detention
Badar Khan Suri, an Indian citizen teaching on an academic visa, has been held by the government, which has claimed he violated the terms of his academic visa.
New York Times Top StoriesRichard L. Garwin, a Creator of the Hydrogen Bomb, Dies at 97
Many scientists contributed to the final result, but he was the one who, as a young physicist, designed the world’s deadliest weapon. He went on to advise a dozen presidents.
New York Times Top StoriesPepe Mujica, the Former Uruguayan President, Removed the Pomp from Politics
The former Uruguayan president, who died on Tuesday, showed the value in world leaders living like their constituents.
New York Times Top StoriesCartel Family Members Cross Border in Apparent Deal With U.S., Official Says
Mexico’s security secretary confirmed reports that 17 family members of Sinaloa Cartel leaders had entered the United States, likely as part of a deal with the Trump administration.
New York Times Top StoriesCannes Reacts to Gérard Depardieu Verdict With Soul-Searching and Shrugs
The actor, who was found guilty of sexual assault on Tuesday, was a festival stalwart and had brought nearly 30 movies to the event.
New York Times Top StoriesSeven Takes on the Lurid Dance of the Seven Veils in Strauss’s ‘Salome’
In Strauss’s “Salome,” is the Dance of the Seven Veils a seduction? A striptease? A cry for help? Watch some memorable versions from its long history.
New York Times Top StoriesFDA Moves to Take Fluoride Supplements for Children Off the Market
The agency moved this week to ban the products, which are used to prevent cavities.
New York Times Top StoriesTaking Inches in Battle, Russia Demands Miles in Talks
Moscow thinks it’s winning in Ukraine and can play hardball diplomatically. Washington sees costly, incremental gains and an unrealistic negotiating position.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Meets Syria’s President a Day After Promise to Lift U.S. Sanctions
President Trump’s conversation with President Ahmed al-Shara, who once led a branch of Al Qaeda, was the first time in 25 years that the leaders of the United States and Syria had met.
New York Times Top StoriesRFK Jr. to Defend HHS Overhaul as Democrats Denounce ‘War on Science’
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is testifying before Congress for the first time as health secretary on Wednesday.
New York Times Top StoriesHBO’s Streaming Service Becomes ‘HBO Max’ Again
Warner Bros. Discovery executives are reinstating the name HBO Max for the popular streaming service. It’s the fourth name change for the app in the last decade.
New York Times Top Stories3 Are Arrested in Russia-Linked Sabotage Plot, Germany Says
The men, Ukrainian nationals, were arrested in Germany and Switzerland, the state prosecutor in Berlin said. They are suspected of planning to sabotage commercial freight infrastructure.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Vow to Lift Sanctions on Syria Unleashes Hope
The announcement is a boon for the new government as it looks to rebuild an economy wrecked by a decade of civil war.
New York Times Top StoriesRepublican Bill to End E.V. Tax Credit Could Hurt G.M. and Ford
A House Republican bill introduced this week would do away with tax credits that had encouraged Americans to buy electric vehicles and automakers to invest in new factories.
New York Times Top StoriesNewsom Proposes Scaling Back Health Care for Undocumented Immigrants in California
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to charge monthly premiums for undocumented immigrants and prevent new enrollees in the program as soon as January.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Trump, and C.E.O.s, Actually Got in Riyadh
Executives including Elon Musk and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, were in Saudi Arabia for new investments. That, not tariffs, is what they wanted from Trump.
New York Times Top StoriesWho Is Searching for Emmilee Risling?
One of the last places she was seen is an area known as End of Road. More than three years later, she’s the face of a crisis: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People.
New York Times Top StoriesIsraeli Airstrikes Kill Dozens in Northern Gaza Overnight, Hospital Director Says
Israel’s military did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A military spokesman had warned of an impending attack in northern Gaza.