New York Times Top Stories
Late Night Thinks Trump’s ‘White Genocide’ Video Was a Bit Much
“The guy who couldn’t find South Africa on a map of Africa” subjected its leader to an extremely dubious video about his own country, Jimmy Kimmel said.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesKim Jong-un Vents Fury After Botched Launch of North Korean Destroyer
He vows to punish as criminals those responsible for the failure, in which the ship had its hull torn open and ended up on its side in the water.
New York Times Top StoriesIsraelis Shocked and Horrified by Embassy Shooting
Israeli leaders were quick to point fingers at their political opponents, suggesting that they were ultimately responsible for the shooting.
New York Times Top StoriesAs the Soviet Union Fell, Did the K.G.B. Leave Behind a Gift in Brazil?
A forensic analysis of birth certificates used by deep-cover operatives suggests a tantalizing possibility.
New York Times Top StoriesHow ‘Daniel’ Led Our Reporters to an Assembly Line for Russian Spies
For years, Russia used Brazil as a launchpad for its most elite intelligence officers, known as illegals. They started businesses, made friends and had love affairs — events that, over many years, became the building blocks of entirely new identities. Jane Bradley and Michael Schwirtz, investigative reporters for The New York Times, discuss one case.
New York Times Top StoriesSouth Africa Wanted to Talk Trade. Then Trump Turned Down the Lights.
In a bruising Oval Office meeting, the visitors’ plan to keep President Trump from focusing on false accusations of white genocide backfired spectacularly.
New York Times Top StoriesDavid Souter Knew When to Step Down
David Souter set an example more leaders should follow.
New York Times Top StoriesKennedy and Trump to Reveal ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Report
The report is already receiving pushback from some Republicans and the agriculture industry over fears about the health secretary’s longtime crusade against agricultural chemicals.
New York Times Top StoriesWho is Calley Means, Kennedy’s Health Adviser?
Calley Means, a health care entrepreneur, coordinated a presidential commission report on chronic diseases in children.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Biden and Connolly, Some Democrats Wonder: Should Age and Term Limits Exist?
After Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis and Representative Gerry Connolly’s death, some in the party want more elected officials, as one Democrat put it, to seek an earlier “escape hatch from politics.”
New York Times Top StoriesIs There Really a Chronic Disease Epidemic? It’s Complicated.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to return the nation to a time when he believes Americans were healthier. Not so fast, many researchers say.
New York Times Top StoriesAll the Actions the Trump Administration Has Taken Against Harvard
The pressure campaign to try to force the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university to fall in line with President Trump’s agenda has sprawled beyond just one singular task force or agency.
New York Times Top StoriesPope Leo’s Doctoral Dissertation: Thoughts on Power and Authority
“There is no room in Augustine’s concept of authority for one who is self-seeking and in search of power over others,” he wrote in the 167-page text.
New York Times Top Stories4 Summer Books We’re Looking Forward To
Gilbert Cruz, the editor of The New York Times Book Review, previews four books we’re anticipating this summer.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Enduring Appeal of the American Drive-In
Has anything really changed at drive-in theaters across the country? A photographer based in Bozeman, Mont., visited a few to find out.
New York Times Top StoriesDeepfake Laws Bring Prosecution and Penalties, but Also Pushback
Dozens of A.I.-related regulations enacted in the past two years now lead to fines, incarceration and legal challenges from the likes of Elon Musk.
New York Times Top StoriesJeff Goldblum Says Jeff Goldblum is ‘Not a Performance’
In a wide-ranging interview on Popcast, the actor and musician insisted that the immutable Jeff Goldblum persona is “not a performance” — it’s his lifeblood.
New York Times Top StoriesAlberta Separatism Push Roils Canada
The country is just emerging from a period of political turmoil with a new prime minister in place. But now Alberta, a conservative Western province, is planning a referendum to break away.
New York Times Top StoriesNew Novels to Read This Summer
Taylor Jenkins Reid heads to space, Megan Abbott climbs a pyramid (scheme) and Gary Shteyngart channels a 10-year-old. Plus queer vampires, a professor in hell and an actress’s revenge.
New York Times Top StoriesRoof of 14th-Century Drum Tower Partially Collapses in China
The Drum Tower in Fengyang County, which dates to the 14th century, is one of many historical sites that have been renovated as cultural tourism has boomed.
New York Times Top StoriesWhite Afrikaners Are Trump’s Kind of Oppressed Minority
The race-baiting grift is alive and well in South Africa.
New York Times Top StoriesPope Leo Brings More than Linguistic Gifts. He Has Cultural Fluency.
Pope Leo’s fluency in English, Spanish and Italian will help him govern the global church — and the Vatican.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Apple Threat Complicates India’s Tariff Negotiations
Apple and India have invested years and billions of dollars in teaming up against China. India sees it as a strength. To President Trump, it looks like leverage.
New York Times Top StoriesBill Would Give Newborns $1,000 in ‘Trump Accounts’
The money would be invested on children’s behalf in the financial markets for them to use once they had grown up.
New York Times Top StoriesTwo Israeli Embassy Staffers Shot and Killed Outside Event in Washington, Officials Say
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that the shooting occurred near an event held at the Capital Jewish Museum.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Casts Himself as a Protector of Persecuted White People
President Trump publicly dressed down the president of South Africa based on a fringe conspiracy theory, providing a vivid distillation of his views on race.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Claimed a Video Showed ‘Burial Sites’ of White Farmers. It Didn’t.
During a meeting with South Africa’s president, President Trump played the video as evidence of racial persecution. A Times analysis found he misrepresented the contents of the video.
New York Times Top StoriesJim Irsay, Longtime Owner of the Indianapolis Colts, Dies at 65
He took over the business from his father in 1997 and turned the team into one of the best in the league, with a Super Bowl win during the 2006 season.
New York Times Top StoriesInspector Let Recruits Who Failed Psychological Exam Join the N.Y.P.D.
Terrell Anderson, the former head of a unit charged with assessing candidates, has been transferred. He has been praised as an innovative officer.
New York Times Top StoriesEnd of Federal Oversight Plan for Minneapolis Police Draws Criticism Over Timing
The Trump administration announced the withdrawal of the plan just days before the five-year anniversary of George Floyd’s killing.