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Hotel and Ticket Sites Now Show the Full Price, but Hidden Fees Still Lurk
Resort fees, cleaning fees, service fees: Those charges now must be disclosed upfront. But the fight against “junk fees” is far from over.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesDemocrats Still Searching for a Path Forward Months After 2024 Election
The party’s standing is startlingly low after a defeat that felt like a cultural rejection. What comes next?
New York Times Top StoriesMonticello Exhibit Focuses on Frenemies Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
Can the fraught relationship between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams help heal our own hyper-polarized politics? Monticello is betting yes.
New York Times Top StoriesVenezuela Is Holding an Election in Essequibo, a Region of Neighboring Guyana
In Sunday’s election, President Nicolás Maduro has called to elect a governor of Essequibo — a region that actually belongs to neighboring Guyana.
New York Times Top Stories95 Books Have Come Out of This Journalism Professor’s Class
For three decades at Columbia Journalism School, Sam Freedman has encouraged students to try long-form narratives. His brand of tough love has paid dividends.
New York Times Top StoriesWhere Have All My Deep Male Friendships Gone?
I have many guy friends. Why don’t we hang out more?
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Warming Toward Syria Complicates Israel's Military Strategy
Since Mr. Trump’s embrace of the new Syrian leader, Israeli airstrikes on the country have subsided.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Allies Look to Benefit From Pro Bono Promises by Elite Law Firms
Veterans, in particular, are seeking free legal work from firms that cut deals with the White House like Skadden, Kirkland & Ellis and Paul Weiss.
New York Times Top StoriesSelfies From the Front: Inside the ‘V.I.P.’ Brigade for Ambitious Russian Officials
After a stint with a drone unit led by a member of Parliament, Russian officials return to work, and promotions, garlanded as war veterans. Most soldiers are stuck in indefinite deployments.
New York Times Top StoriesNorth Korea Arrests 3 Over Failed Ship Launch That Angered Kim Jong-un
Three shipyard officials were arrested, including the chief engineer, state media said. The North Korean leader was watching as the launch of a navy destroyer went wrong.
New York Times Top StoriesSinkholes, Bane of Today’s Drivers, Offer Peek Into a Lost Mining Past
A part of Interstate 80 in New Jersey passes near and over abandoned iron mines, remnants of a thriving ore-and-mineral industry that began before the American Revolution.
New York Times Top StoriesJustin Brannan’s Punk-Rock Past Also Comes With Unwanted Baggage
Justin Brannan, a city comptroller candidate, expressed remorse for decades-old messages where he appeared to use the Columbine shootings to promote his band.
New York Times Top StoriesQatari Push to Dominate Another Sport, Table Tennis, Draws Scrutiny
A wealthy Qatari businessman’s campaign to lead the sport’s global body is being investigated. One of his critics was detained and interrogated in Doha.
New York Times Top StoriesIn ‘The Last of Us,’ Zombies Make Me Feel Better About the World
When I think about the zombie apocalypse on “The Last of Us,” I am not thinking about the possibly apocalyptic things that are really taking place in 2025.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Vietnam Ignored Its Own Laws to Fast-Track a Trump Family Golf Complex
As President Trump blurs the lines between politics and business — and threatens steep tariffs on trade partners — governments feel compelled to favor Trump-related projects.
New York Times Top StoriesInside a Trump Family Project in Vietnam
As President Trump blurs the lines between politics and business — and threatens steep tariffs on trade partners — governments feel compelled to favor Trump-related projects. Damien Cave, Vietnam bureau chief for The New York Times, and Katrin Bennhold, a senior writer on the international desk, discuss how this dynamic has played out in Vietnam, at the groundbreaking of a fast-tracked $1.5 billion Trump golf complex.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Beaches Are Open in New York City. So Are the Lifeguard Chairs.
Beach season began Saturday with 280 lifeguards, well short of what the city needs, amid a yearslong staffing shortage. But more will come by summer’s peak.
New York Times Top StoriesSusan Brownmiller, Who Reshaped Views About Rape, Dies at 90
Her book “Against Our Will” argued that rape was a crime of power and violence, not passion; it led to laws that made it easier to prosecute rapists.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Man Who Lived Abroad With Family’s Nanny Is Charged in Wife’s Murder
A man who appeared to be a grieving husband after he found his wife fatally shot at their Georgia business in 2006 was arrested this week and charged in her killing, officials said.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Gives Commencement Address at West Point, Stressing a New Era
The president said the graduating cadets would enter a service no longer subject to “absurd ideological experiments” or “nation-building crusades.”
New York Times Top StoriesThe Israeli Connections to a New Gaza Aid Plan Promoted as Independent
Foreign contractors are set to carry out a contentious new food aid system in Gaza, displacing experienced aid agencies like the United Nations. It was conceived and largely developed by Israelis as a way to undermine Hamas.
New York Times Top Stories‘Un Simple Accident’ Wins Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival
The film, “Un Simple Accident,” was directed by Jafar Panahi, a longtime festival favorite. The award capped a contest that was widely seen as the strongest in years.
New York Times Top Stories‘Un Simple Accident’ Wins Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival
The film, “Un Simple Accident,” was directed by Jafar Panahi, a longtime festival favorite. The award capped a contest that was widely seen as the strongest in years.
New York Times Top Stories1 Dead After Explosion on Barge Near Manhattan Sewage Plant
The victim, who worked at the plant, was transporting raw sewage on the boat when part of it exploded on Saturday, the Fire Department said. The cause is under investigation.
New York Times Top StoriesCrypto Investor Charged With Kidnapping and Torturing Man for Weeks
The investor, 37-year-old John Woeltz, was arrested Friday after the man escaped the downtown Manhattan townhouse where the police say he had been held and assaulted.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Dreams Lie Beyond the Carnival?
In “The Sparkle,” a carnival worker dreams of leaving what he knows behind to follow his passion. What is there for him on the other side?
New York Times Top StoriesHow the Right Has Reshaped the Narrative Around George Floyd
After George Floyd was killed, people from the right and left agreed that the act was unconscionable. Now, some conservatives are calling for the police officer responsible to be pardoned.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Is Immensely Vulnerable
If critics focus on his economic failures, corruption and manipulation — and get their own houses in order.
New York Times Top StoriesPower Outage Hits Cannes Area During Film Festival
Organizers said that the festival quickly switched over to backup power and that its closing ceremony on Saturday would not be disrupted. The cause of the outage was not immediately clear.
New York Times Top StoriesDance$ With Emolument$
Trump, selling the presidency to the highest bidders.