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House Bill Takes Aim at Tax Break for Sports Owners
The legislation cuts in half a tax write-off potentially worth hundreds of millions to some professional sports team owners.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesThe NBA’s Age of Dynasties Is Over. Will That Hurt Its Business?
This year’s playoff ratings are excellent. But is a small-market problem looming?
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Says Putin Has ‘Gone Crazy’ After New Russian Attacks on Ukraine
President Trump says that the Russian president has “gone absolutely CRAZY’’ with attacks in Ukraine, but has so far refused to join Europe with its newest sanctions.
New York Times Top StoriesCharles B. Rangel, Longtime Harlem Congressman, Dies at 94
As the dean of New York’s delegation and the first Black chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, he was a powerful political force for decades.
New York Times Top StoriesMacron Plays Down Video of Shove From Wife: ‘It’s Nonsense’
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, was pushed in the face as he left a plane in Vietnam. The bigger issue, he said, was the reaction, part of a string of disinformation by “crazy people.”
New York Times Top StoriesEurope Secured a Tariff Delay From Trump, but Can It Now Make a Deal?
Officials from the European Union and the United States will start a new negotiating push on Monday, after President Trump delayed until July 9 the 50 percent tariffs he imposed on the bloc.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Tariffs: EU, Apple and the Latest on the Trade War
President Trump on Friday threatened, and then paused, steeper tariffs on goods from the European Union. He also targeted Apple.
New York Times Top StoriesHow a Booker Prize-Winning Work From India Redefined Translation
An extraordinary author-translator collaboration produced a book, “Heart Lamp,” that was lauded for enriching the English language.
New York Times Top StoriesManhunt Underway for Former Police Chief Imprisoned for Murder and Rape
Grant Hardin, 56, escaped on Sunday from a high-security prison in Arkansas, where he was serving a decades-long sentence for first-degree murder and rape.
New York Times Top StoriesNoem Visits Israel Amid Tensions Between Trump and Netanyahu
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, expressed continued U.S. support for Israel despite recent disagreements.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Comments on Gaza Reflect Israel’s Growing Isolation
For months, Israel’s strongest allies had been reluctant to join a wave of global censure against the war. Now, even the Trump administration appears to be growing impatient.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Read this Summer
We have a list from an editor of the Book Review.
New York Times Top StoriesRussia Intensifies Attacks on Ukraine as U.S. Steps Back
With diplomatic efforts to reach a cease-fire appearing remote, and President Trump apparently abandoning the process, Russia has been escalating its assaults on Ukrainian cities and on the battlefield.
New York Times Top StoriesTech’s Trump Whisperer, Tim Cook, Goes Quiet as His Influence Fades
Apple’s chief executive has gone from winning President Trump’s praise to drawing his ire, deepening the company’s woes in a very bad year.
New York Times Top StoriesNew Trump Club in D.C., Executive Branch, Clashes With Old Guard
In a Washington rived by political differences, four private clubs reflect the sorting of the city’s establishment into separate corners at a turbulent time.
New York Times Top StoriesFrom the Creator of ‘Succession,’ a Delicious Satire of the Tech Right
Much of the pleasure of “Mountainhead” is the way it reflects our preposterous nightmare world.
New York Times Top StoriesSean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial Draws Long Lines and Limited Seating
Without any livestreaming of the often graphic testimony, securing space inside the federal courtroom has meant long lines and long waits.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Says Retailers Should ‘Eat the Tariffs.’ Good Luck With That.
Companies can’t deny reality.
New York Times Top Stories50 Years After Saigon’s Fall, ‘the Wall’ Reflects and Collects a Nation’s Trauma
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a place of unexplainable power, many visitors say. Volunteer guides often speak of it as “Wall magic.”
New York Times Top StoriesKing Charles III Visits Canada: What to Know
The British monarch, who is Canada’s official head of state, is coming at a moment when President Trump has threatened the country’s sovereignty.
New York Times Top StoriesNATO Wants a Cordial Summit, but Trump or Zelensky Could Disrupt It
NATO’s leader is looking for little drama and a focus on new spending goals, not disagreements over Ukraine.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Tariffs and Tax Bill May Derail U.S. Battery Industry
Domestic factories that make batteries to store power to meet America’s rising energy demand depend on Chinese components and federal subsidies.
New York Times Top Stories50 Million Gallons of Sewage Flow Daily From Mexico Into California Beaches
Large amounts of untreated sewage flow daily from Mexico into Imperial Beach, Calif. That has closed beaches and sickened residents.
New York Times Top StoriesElectric Vehicles Died a Century Ago. Could That Happen Again?
Battery-operated vehicles were a mainstay more than a hundred years ago, but only a few still exist — one happens to be in Jay Leno’s garage.
New York Times Top Stories10 Books Like ‘The Last of Us’ If You Can’t Wait for Next Season
If HBO’s zombie drama has you craving more postapocalyptic action, these books have got you covered.
New York Times Top StoriesHow a Tornado-Damaged Town in Arkansas Became a Test Case for Trump’s FEMA
“On-the-ground reality will show that most small communities don’t have a lot of room in the budget,” the mayor of Cave City, Ark., said after a tornado ripped through town in March.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat’s Trump’s Vision on China, Russia and the World?
President Trump’s recent actions and statements suggest he might want an arrangement where the United States, China and Russia each dominate their sphere of influence.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Sonic Detectives Listen for When Rockets Launch
Physicists who record rocket launches and landings, most often by SpaceX, are learning important facts about the acoustics of spaceflight.
New York Times Top StoriesAs George Lucas’s ‘Starship’ Museum Nears Landing, He Takes the Controls
The ‘Star Wars’ director parted ways with the museum’s top boss and is clearly calling the shots as his Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles approaches completion.
New York Times Top StoriesI Was Obama’s Budget Director. It’s Time to Worry About the National Debt.
In its current form, the budget legislation moving through Congress would exacerbate the fiscal challenges we face.