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The Achingly Simple Lesson That Democrats Seem Determined Not to Learn
Trying to find a lefty Joe Rogan entirely misses the point.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesThe Best Songs of 2025, So Far
Ten tracks that push boundaries, uncork emotions and can get the block party started.
New York Times Top StoriesShould Apple Do a Big Deal to Catch Up on AI?
Its latest software event was light on new artificial intelligence features. Some analysts and investors think the company should pay up to make up ground.
New York Times Top StoriesTroops in Los Angeles
President Trump is sending hundreds of Marines into the area.
New York Times Top StoriesGang Violence Grips Peru as Extortions and Killings Rise
Gangs are preying on local businesses demanding money and unleashing violence if they refuse. A surge in extortions has traumatized many parts of the country.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Sends Marines to L.A. Protests, and Kennedy Fires Vaccine Experts
Plus, remembering a funk legend.
New York Times Top StoriesChina’s Upper Hand: Rare Earth Metals
How did the U.S. become so dependent on China for a resource that is essential for cars, fighter jets and more?
New York Times Top StoriesSeveral Killed in Shooting at Austrian High School, Public Media Reports
The authorities in Graz were trying to clarify the situation on the ground and coordinate a response. The Interior Minister confirmed several deaths, public media reported.
New York Times Top StoriesWith Sirens Screeching and Explosions in the Sky, Kyiv Struggles to Sleep
Moscow has stepped up drone and missile attacks despite U.S. pressure to work toward a cease-fire. The strikes intensified after a wave of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia on June 1.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Long Does It Take to Draw a Picture of Every Pub in London?
That’s the challenge Lydia Wood, 31, has set herself. In the process, she is creating an archive of an important part of the city’s nightlife.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Teacher Seized by Russia Is Located in Prison
For months, the family of Stephen James Hubbard could not find him in the Russian prison system. New text messages cast doubt on his conviction.
New York Times Top StoriesWarner Bros. Discovery Bet on All You Can Eat. Viewers Wanted More à la Carte.
Subscribers to the company’s flagship streaming service, Max, watch HBO content, studio movies and older Warner Bros. series — and little else.
New York Times Top StoriesUS and China Talk Trade as Fight Over Rare Earths Escalates
Officials from the world’s largest economies will try to strike a deal Tuesday to relax painful export restrictions that they have imposed on each other.
New York Times Top StoriesAmid LA Protests, Conspiracy Theories and Fake Images Spread Online
Disinformation spreading on social media platforms has stoked an already tense situation.
New York Times Top StoriesYounger Democratic Candidates Bring New Energy, but Also New Risks
A youth movement in Iowa is aiming to appeal to voters who have abandoned Democrats in the Trump era. There are pitfalls for people who grew up sharing everything online.
New York Times Top StoriesThis Year’s Pride Festivals Are Brought to You by Small Businesses
With corporate sponsors retreating, smaller companies are helping to fill the gaps, not only to support L.G.B.T.Q. people but also their local economies.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Trump’s ‘Patriotic’ Hiring Plan, Experts See a Politicized Federal Work Force
Political appointments inherently take into consideration loyalty to the president or the party. But expanding those types of questions to the career civil service is a significant departure.
New York Times Top StoriesCameras Complicated the Truth in Images. A.I. Will Kill It.
A trust apocalypse is here.
New York Times Top StoriesHow to Find the Best Travel Bargains
The key is to adopt an “off-travel” mind-set and use off-season, off-peak, off-road and other offbeat strategies.
New York Times Top StoriesGang Violence Grips Peru as Extortions and Killings Rise
Gangs are preying on local businesses demanding money and unleashing violence if they refuse. A surge in extortions has traumatized many parts of the country.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Travel Writer’s Dilemma: Share, or Gatekeep?
In today’s overtouristed world, should a professional traveler broadcast his discoveries or hide them away?
New York Times Top StoriesMeta Is Creating a New A.I. Lab to Pursue ‘Superintelligence’
The new lab, set to include Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang, is part of a reorganization of Meta’s artificial intelligence efforts under chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.
New York Times Top StoriesCan Mamdani Persuade New York to Elect Its Youngest Mayor in a Century?
Zohran Mamdani has won over young, left-leaning New Yorkers with his energy and progressive ideas. But is he capable of running the largest city in the country?
New York Times Top StoriesA Killer Within Easy Reach
Pesticides are a leading means of suicide. The tiny nation of Suriname is working to restrict access to one of the most common and dangerous ones.
New York Times Top Stories10 Questions With Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani, a progressive state lawmaker who is running for mayor of New York City, visited The New York Times for an interview.
New York Times Top StoriesJon Stewart to Los Angeles: ‘Is Your City Ever Not on Fire?’
The “Daily Show” host said “a heavy-handed MAGA migrant-trawling operation” had provoked the protests in “our most flammable city.”
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael Plans to Deport Gaza Aid Boat Passengers, Including Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg and other activists who were on the intercepted ship were taken to an airport to be flown home, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
New York Times Top StoriesYoung Israeli Hostage Says Finding Faith Helped Him Survive Hamas Captivity
How Omer Shem Tov, who was 20 years old and not particularly religious when taken hostage, survived 505 days in captivity.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Moves to Allow Terminally Ill People to Die on Their Own Terms
A bill permitting so-called medical aid in dying passed the State Legislature and will now head to Gov. Kathy Hochul for her signature.
New York Times Top StoriesDefying Trump’s Firing, Smithsonian Says It Controls Personnel Decisions
The Smithsonian is challenging the president’s authority to dismiss the leader of the National Portrait Gallery but says it will look into his complaints.