New York Times Top Stories
Export Controls Are Endangering the Fragile U.S.-China Truce
Just two-and-a-half weeks after agreeing to suspend tariffs, both countries are using export controls to disrupt each other’s key industries.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesProgressives Are Driving Themselves Into Extinction
What would make you want to have more children?
New York Times Top StoriesRussia Appears to Launch New Offensive in Ukraine Amid Peace Talks
Moscow’s dual campaign of intensified frontline attacks and bombardment of Ukrainian cities has further reduced the prospects for an end to the fighting.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Democrats’ 20-Million-Dollar-Man Problem
To reach the manosphere, you have to know the manosphere.
New York Times Top StoriesIf Trump Walks Away From Ukraine Now, Putin Wins
The president is right about wanting to end the war in Ukraine but wrong about threatening to walk away from cease-fire talks.
New York Times Top StoriesHarvard and Trump Lawyers to Face Off in Court in Foreign Student Case
With the future of thousands of students at stake, the two sides will argue in person as the Trump administration pushes Harvard to comply with its demands.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Attacks on Black History Betray America
The president’s attempts to erase Black history hurt all Americans.
New York Times Top StoriesA $335 Million Park at Lincoln Center Would Right Old Wrongs
Tearing down a garage wall to renovate a park at the performing arts complex may help heal a civic wound and transform a neighborhood.
New York Times Top StoriesMormon Women Are Talking About This New Undergarment
“I want them now. I will get them at all costs,” said one influencer based in Hawaii.
New York Times Top StoriesAn Ex-Convict and Cartel Lawyers Are Among Mexico’s Judicial Candidates
People accused of cartel connections and serious crime are on the ballot in Mexico’s first-ever judicial elections on Sunday, fueling fears that organized crime could exert its influence in the vote.
New York Times Top StoriesWill Charleston’s Climate Lawsuit Survive the Week?
The city is suing oil companies over global warming. Trump says lawsuits like these threaten national security. The judge wants to hear what both sides think.
New York Times Top StoriesMexico’s Judicial Election: What to Know
For the first time, Mexicans will vote for thousands of candidates to fill more than 2,600 positions in federal, state and local courts.
New York Times Top StoriesHow to Watch the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee
Nearly 250 contestants from around the nation and the world traveled to Maryland for a chance to win up to $50,000.
New York Times Top StoriesMemorable Moments a Century After the First Spelling Bee
From the first winning word (gladiolus) to the use of fast-paced spell-offs, the Scripps National Spelling Bee has endured for 100 years.
New York Times Top Stories‘They Make People Too Scared’: Chinese Students Reckon With U.S. Visa Bans
Helplessness and frustration are setting in as student applicants in China wait to see how sweeping the new U.S. action might be.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Hiker Who Couldn’t Be Found
Forest rangers rescue almost every hiker who gets lost or injured in the Adirondack Mountains. A 22-year-old college student was the rare exception.
New York Times Top Stories‘Orgasmic Meditation’ Case Raises Question of What Constitutes Coercion
Prosecutors say OneTaste extracted labor from its members. Former employees testified that they worked for the company because they feared spiritual harm.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael’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 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.