New York Times Top Stories
Record Debt Limit Increase Would Break Republican Precedent
A proposed $5 trillion debt limit increase could make it hard for Republicans to maintain their fiscal hawk credibility.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesCave Explorer Videos Show Decade of Trash in ‘Avatar’ Park in China
Officials ordered a huge cleanup effort after videos of the mountains of garbage spread widely online.
New York Times Top StoriesA Legal Gamble
We explain the Supreme Court’s ruling on medical treatments for transgender kids.
New York Times Top StoriesStudent Who Filmed Himself Raping at Least 10 Women to Be Sentenced in London
Zou Zhenhao, 28, is considered by the police in the British capital to be “one of the most prolific predators” they have encountered. Investigators say there are probably many more victims.
New York Times Top StoriesThis Oregon Native Went to Kyiv as a Volunteer. He Died in a Russian Attack.
Fred Grandy was upset by the United States’ reversal in its support for Ukraine, his family said. This week, he was among the 28 people killed in a drone and missile assault.
New York Times Top StoriesIran Has Its Back Against the Wall
The Iranian regime finds itself in its most difficult position 46 years after the revolution that brought it to power. But does it mean the end?
New York Times Top StoriesWill Israel’s Interceptors Outlast Iran’s Missiles? The Answer May Shape the War.
Israel has a world-leading missile interception system but its bank of interceptors is finite.
New York Times Top StoriesThe MAGA Fight Over Iran, and a Critical Ruling on Transgender Youth Care
Plus, a bidding frenzy over David Lynch’s espresso machine.
New York Times Top StoriesNo Sting, No Mercedes: A Russian Expo Shows Cost of Divorce With the West
The annual economic forum in St. Petersburg used to host multibillion-dollar deals and performances by global music stars. With the war in Ukraine still raging, the mood has shifted.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Heat Wave Forecast: When High Temperatures Will Affect You
Friday is the first day of summer. And boy, will it feel like it.
New York Times Top StoriesAir India Cuts International Flights After Crash Causes Chaos
The move came a day after Indian officials told the airline to improve its operations, and as delays and canceled flights are drawing complaints from passengers.
New York Times Top StoriesBelgian Nonprofit Papy Boom Is Helping Retirement-Home Residents Hit the Clubs
A group of Brussels retirement-home residents grooved to electronic music late one night as part of a program to fight loneliness among seniors.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Progressive Regulator With Trumpist Fans
Lina Khan wants to overthrow “the autocrats of trade.”
New York Times Top StoriesCourt Leaves States to Decide on Trans Treatments for Minors
The Supreme Court decision upholding a Tennessee ban on gender transition care for trans youths means a state-by-state patchwork of policies will remain.
New York Times Top StoriesCourt Leaves States to Decide on Trans Treatments for Minors
The Supreme Court decision upholding a Tennessee ban on gender transition care for trans youths means a state-by-state patchwork of policies will remain.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Crane That Ruined Florence’s Skyline Is Gone
A reviled crane used during the expansion of the Uffizi Galleries was taken down this week after years of protests.
New York Times Top StoriesAmerica Can’t Bomb Iran Out of Making a Nuclear Weapon
Trump should judge the efficacy of any military action in Iran by the same standards against which he previously assessed diplomacy.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Know About United States v. Skrmetti
A Times examination shows how a landmark case about gender-affirming care for minors was built on flawed politics and uncertain science.
New York Times Top StoriesTexas Might Ban Hemp
Gov. Greg Abbott must decide this week whether to sign or veto a bill to ban hemp-derived intoxicants, part of a national debate over the fast-growing industry.
New York Times Top StoriesHow the NBA Finals’ Champagne Celebration Became a Marketing Moment
Brands have seized on the spectacle of the post-championship celebration as a marketing moment.
New York Times Top Stories‘SVU’ Star Mariska Hargitay on Her Mother Jayne Mansfield
In a new documentary made by the “Law & Order: SVU” star, she examines her own clouded origins and the mother she barely knew: Jayne Mansfield.
New York Times Top StoriesTrying to Satisfy Trump, NATO Is Running Into Difficulties
A plan to increase military spending at the level President Trump wants is becoming clearer, as are its shortcomings.
New York Times Top StoriesOn Juneteenth, This Williamsburg Schoolhouse Finds a New Life
Beginning on Juneteenth, a restored Virginia schoolhouse where enslaved and free Black students were taught to read is on view in Colonial Williamsburg.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump’s Trade War Has Whipsawed the Port of L.A.
The nation’s largest ports, in Los Angeles County, are a bellwether for the economy. They are being whipsawed as President Trump reorders global trade.
New York Times Top StoriesChina Is Hacking Russia to Steal War Secrets
Since the war in Ukraine began, analysts have monitored a series of intrusions aimed at stealing information about weaponry and warfighting.
New York Times Top StoriesA Trump Executive Order Could Affect Ukrainian Refugees in Iowa
The Trump administration suspended a temporary humanitarian program for Ukrainians. Now many are losing their ability to work, and fear deportation.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. v. Skrmetti: How the Transgender Rights Movement Bet on the Supreme Court and Lost
The inside story of the case that could set the movement back a generation.
New York Times Top StoriesSpaceX Starship Explodes During Test in Texas
The Starship experienced a “major anomaly” before starting its 10th flight test. Elon Musk’s giant moon and Mars rocket has a mixed record of success.
New York Times Top StoriesHurricane Erick Nears Mexico as a Category 4 Storm
Erick set off flash floods in the states of Oaxaca and Guerrero. A stretch of the Pacific coastline, including Acapulco, was under a hurricane warning.
New York Times Top StoriesSeth Meyers Wishes Tucker Carlson and Ted Cruz Could Both Lose
The clash of conservative titans had Meyers feeling like a Roman emperor: “I just want someone to feed me grapes while I say, ‘Let them fight.’”