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Trump Accuses China of Violating Trade Agreement
President Trump said that Beijing was not honoring the terms of a temporary agreement and warned of further confrontation.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesComplaints Languished as Johnson’s Delays Hobbled House Watchdog
The speaker waited more than four months to constitute the Office of Congressional Conduct, preventing it from investigating lawmakers. He has yet to name enough members to allow it to operate at full strength.
New York Times Top Stories1 Killed and at Least 7 Are Injured in Tornado in Kentucky, Officials Say
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said there was severe damage.
New York Times Top StoriesShare Your Experiences With School Police Officers in Texas
The New York Times wants to hear from students, school employees and community members who have interacted with school police officers in Texas, as well as law enforcement officials who have worked on school campuses.
New York Times Top StoriesTaylor Swift Buys Her Masters From Shamrock Capital, Reclaiming the Rights to Her First 6 Albums
The master recordings to the pop superstar’s earliest work were sold to Scooter Braun in 2019, and acquired a year later by the investing firm Shamrock Capital.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Oil Companies Are ‘Battening Down the Hatches’
The industry is bracing for the OPEC Plus oil cartel’s meeting on Saturday, which is widely expected to further increase oil production despite weak demand.
New York Times Top StoriesIslamic State Says It Targeted Syrian Forces in Bomb Attacks
The extremist group claimed responsibility for two attacks, its first against the new government since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, a war monitoring group said.
New York Times Top StoriesHow ICE Is Seeking to Ramp Up Deportations Through Courthouse Arrests
Officials had largely steered clear of arrests at immigration courts out of concern that they would deter people from showing up for hearings.
New York Times Top StoriesSupreme Court Allows Trump Administration, for Now, to End Biden-Era Migrant Program
The Trump administration had asked the court to allow it to end deportation protections for more than 500,000 people facing dire humanitarian crises in their home countries.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Hears Final Arguments on How to Fix Google’s Search Monopoly
A judge queried lawyers during closing arguments on Friday about how A.I. should factor into his decision, which is expected by August.
New York Times Top StoriesSean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Ex-Assistant Details Her Chaotic Life Working for ‘Puff’
The former employee, testifying under the pseudonym Mia, was the second woman to share an account of sexual abuse at trial. Mr. Combs denies sexually assaulting anyone.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Deportations Haunt Workers in the Fields of Rural New York
Foreign-born workers on New York’s fruit and dairy farms have sequestered themselves to avoid the administration’s deportation net.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Targets a Plane China Sees as a Power Symbol
Beijing has high hopes for its C919 single-aisle jet after years of delay, but the plane depends on engines, avionics and other gear from Western companies.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Skateboarders Helped Rebuild San Francisco’s U.N. Plaza
Made quickly and with minimal fuss, a park for skateboarders revived a downtown site — and offered a few lessons for urban revitalization.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael Orders Evacuation of Much of Northern Gaza, Warning of Dangerous Combat
Many in the area have already been displaced at least once during the war and little humanitarian aid is arriving amid widespread hunger.
New York Times Top StoriesPCE Inflation Stayed Subdued in April Amid Trump’s Tariff Limbo
The Federal Reserve has put interest rate cuts on hold until it has more clarity about President Trump’s policies.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Defaults Say About the Consumer
An increase in deferred pay-later loans has raised alarms, as the Trump administration seeks to gut the agency tasked with policing the sector.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Tariffs and the Courts
We explore tariffs and presidential power.
New York Times Top StoriesUkraine Accuses Russia of Stalling Peace Negotiations
Both Kyiv and Moscow have been maneuvering to set the terms and tempo of any talks to end the fighting.
New York Times Top StoriesMusk’s Drug Use, and Companies Back Off Pride Month
Plus, a Friday news quiz.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy the U.S. Opened Its Doors to Chinese Students, and Why Trump Is Closing Them
The 1970s era of academic exchange began as a form of diplomacy. “People were curious about us, inviting us to their homes,” one former student remembers.
New York Times Top StoriesElon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death
His decimation of U.S.A.I.D. has had fatal consequences.
New York Times Top Stories‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ Remembers When TV Had a Conscience, and a Spine
A TV critic looks at George Clooney’s play about CBS News standing up to political pressure, even as its current ownership might succumb to it.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Gaza’s Emaciated Children, a Hunger Crisis Is Laid Bare
Aid began to trickle into the territory this week. But there is never enough.
New York Times Top StoriesFor Some Recent Graduates, the A.I. Job Apocalypse May Already Be Here
The unemployment rate for recent college graduates has jumped as companies try to replace entry-level workers with artificial intelligence.
New York Times Top StoriesJohn Cornyn Calls Texas Primary Fight Against Ken Paxton a ‘Test of Character’
Down in initial polls of the race, Senator John Cornyn of Texas said he would make charges of corruption against his challenger, the state’s attorney general, stick.
New York Times Top StoriesHow White South Africans Are Convincing the U.S. to Accept Them as Refugees
Thousands of white South Africans are jockeying to get on the next flight to the United States as refugees. They say the backlash against their community is unfair.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump’s Regulatory Rollbacks Are Increasing Costs on Americans
A new DOGE tally claims that erasing rules on credit card fees, appliance standards and health insurance “saves the American people” money. Data show the opposite.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Judge’s Data Dilemma in the Google Search Case
The question is how to fix Google’s monopoly. Is an order to force it to share data the solution?
New York Times Top StoriesA Library on the Canada-U.S.Border Is Ensnared by Trump’s Foreign Policy
A wealthy widow built a library and opera house on the border between Quebec and Vermont, a symbol of binational friendship. Now U.S. officials are restricting access to Canadians.