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Israel’s Aid System for Gaza Isn’t Working. The U.N. Must Step In.
The new plan to get aid into the territory could lead to a catastrophe.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesUK Weighs Sanctions on 2 Israeli Ministers as Gaza Crisis Worsens
Facing rising pressure over the acute suffering of civilians in Gaza, the British government is considering sanctions on two far-right ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Gives Clemency to More Than Two Dozen, Including Political Allies
A blitz of pardons and commutations included those who have expressed political support or echoed the president in claiming they had been unfairly targeted.
New York Times Top StoriesF.B.I. Memo on Sheds Light on Dispute Over Venezuelan Gang
The remaining intelligence agencies disagree with the F.B.I.’s analysis tying the gang, Tren de Aragua, to Venezuela’s government.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Blocks Shutdown of Biden-Era Migrant Entry Programs
The sweeping order applied to hundreds of thousands of people legally in the country through programs put in place for Ukrainians, Afghans and others.
New York Times Top StoriesNgugi wa Thiong’o, Writer Who Condemned Colonists and Elites, Dies at 87
Mr. Ngugi composed the first modern novel in the Gikuyu language on prison toilet paper while being held by Kenyan authorities. He spent many prolific years in exile.
New York Times Top StoriesElon Musk, Distanced From Trump, Says He’s Exiting Washington and DOGE
The billionaire has made clear he is frustrated with the obstacles he encountered as he tried to upend the federal bureaucracy.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Will ‘Aggressively’ Revoke Visas of Many Chinese Students, Rubio Says
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the students who will have their visas canceled include people with ties to the Chinese Communist Party and those studying in “critical fields.”
New York Times Top StoriesLarry Hoover, Former Chicago Gang Leader, Wins Commutation From Trump
Mr. Hoover was accused of directing the Gangster Disciples even after he went to prison in the 1970s. The federal commutation will not change his state prison sentence.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Tariffs Blocked by U.S. Court of International Trade
The U.S. Court of International Trade said the president had overstepped his authority under the federal emergency powers law he invoked.
New York Times Top StoriesHarvard Says Many of Its Foreign Students Are Seeking to Transfer
The Trump administration is trying to block Harvard from enrolling international students. A Harvard official said the move is already creating major disruptions.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Agrees to Return Guatemalan Man to U.S.
A federal judge in Massachusetts had ordered officials to “facilitate” his return. The United States is still holding a group of other deportees at a base in Djibouti.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Commutes Federal Life Sentences of Larry Hoover, Chicago Gang Leader
Mr. Hoover, a drug kingpin who was convicted of leading a vast street gang from inside an Illinois prison, has also been convicted of murder.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Says Harvard Should Cap Number of International Students
The school has so far resisted considerable pressure from the Trump administration to enact other policy changes.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Allies Echo Claims of Political Prosecution to Secure Pardons
The president is increasingly using his clemency powers to undermine Justice Department cases against his supporters.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Pardons Michael Grimm, Former Representative Who Pleaded Guilty to Tax Fraud
Michael G. Grimm, a Republican, represented Staten Island and part of Brooklyn from 2011 until he resigned in 2015.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Says Law Used to Detain Mahmoud Khalil Is Probably Unconstitutional
Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia graduate, was targeted for deportation because the Trump administration said he impeded its foreign policy. He will still be held in Louisiana.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Pauses Exports of Jet Engine Technology and Chip Software to China
President Trump has stopped some critical products and technologies made only in the United States from flowing to China, flexing the government’s power over global supply chains.
New York Times Top StoriesHarvard Fight Illustrates Trump’s Worldview: If He Attacks, It’s Your Fault
Since regaining the White House, President Trump has been fixated on making an example of those who push back against him.
New York Times Top StoriesTom Robbins, Versatile Muckraker for The Village Voice, Dies at 76
He exposed corrupt officials and greedy landlords, and his reporting on prison violence was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Said He Was ‘Not Happy’ With Putin
Also, Haiti hired an American military contractor to fight gangs. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
New York Times Top StoriesLawyer Murdered Client in 2013 to Delay Start of Her Divorce Trial, Prosecutors Say
Prosecutors said the former lawyer, Gregory J. Moore, 51, had also sought to avoid court dates by feigning illnesses, getting into a car crash and calling in bomb threats.
New York Times Top StoriesNvidia’s Revenue Jumps to $44.1 Billion Despite A.I. Chip Controls
The company continued to grow fast in its most recent quarter despite new rules restricting the sale of A.I chips to China.
New York Times Top StoriesRFK Jr. and Dr. Oz Want Canada to Save Ostriches on Farm With Avian Flu
Ostriches on a British Columbia farm have died of the avian flu. Canada ordered hundreds of others to be culled. But two top Trump administration officials have objected.
New York Times Top StoriesMount Everest’s Record-Setting Sherpa Sees a Future of Snowless Mountains and Fewer Guides
Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Mount Everest for the 31st time on Tuesday. We spoke to him about what is next for the mountain.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump to Nominate Emil Bove to Appeals Court
The president tapped his former defense lawyer to join the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which covers Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Countersuit, Smokey Robinson Accuses Housekeepers of Defamation
Four of Mr. Robinson’s former employees had sued the Motown singer, saying he sexually assaulted them for many years. He argues their anonymity is a reason to dismiss their suit.
New York Times Top StoriesChecks on Migrant Children by Homeland Security Agents Stir Fear
Agents are showing up unannounced to interview minors in what the government calls “wellness checks.” Critics see the visits as part of the immigration crackdown.
New York Times Top StoriesHigh-Demand Section of Brooklyn Will Be Redesigned, Adding 4,600 Homes
The plan, approved by the City Council, focuses on boosting residential development and job growth in a 21-block area along Atlantic Avenue in Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant.
New York Times Top StoriesFed ‘Well Positioned’ to Wait on Rate Cuts Even as Economic Risks Rise, Minutes Show
Officials at the Federal Reserve have adopted a wait-and-see approach to policy moves amid extreme uncertainty about the economic outlook.