New York Times Top Stories
Wildfire on Edge of Marseille Injures More Than 100, Officials Say
Firefighters worked to prevent the blaze from entering France’s second-biggest city, where ash and smoke had spread overnight.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesBibi’s Empty Victory Lap
The 12-day war is over. But there’s no peace in sight.
New York Times Top StoriesWildfires Scar Syria Anew
The country is experiencing its worst drought in decades, which has set the conditions for the blazes to scorch an area the size of Washington, D.C.
New York Times Top StoriesBritain’s Economic Bind: Face Public Disapproval or Investor Wrath
The Labour Party is starting its second year in control of the government with difficult choices over whether to curb spending or raise taxes.
New York Times Top StoriesResearch Suggests Climate Change Added Excess Deaths in European Heat Wave
The rapid analysis by World Weather Attribution calculated that climate change might have tripled the death toll from the event.
New York Times Top StoriesFlash Flooding in Ruidoso, New Mexico, Sweeps Homes Away and Forces Rescues
Rescue efforts were underway after heavy rainfall pounded Ruidoso, N.M.
New York Times Top StoriesL.A. Moves to Join Lawsuit Against Trump Administration’s Immigration Raids
The legal move came the day after federal agents and National Guard troops converged on a Los Angeles park in an extraordinary show of force.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Got the Green Light to Fire Federal Workers. Now, They Wait.
A court-ordered pause in May covered nearly two dozen federal agencies at different stages of executing President Trump’s directive for mass layoffs. The Supreme Court said the administration could proceed.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Texas Flooding, Questions About FEMA’s Role and Fate Under Trump
President Trump wants to shutter the agency and shift responsibility and costs of emergency management to the states. In Texas, that process appears to already be underway.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Frustration With Putin Preceded Resumption of U.S. Weapons to Ukraine
President Trump lashed out at the Russian leader on Tuesday, signaling a change in his posture toward the conflict.
New York Times Top StoriesGrok, Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot, Shares Antisemitic Posts on X
The artificial intelligence chatbot, which has a dedicated account on X, praised Hitler after fielding a query about a user’s comments on the Texas flood.
New York Times Top StoriesAbbott Calls Seeking Blame for Floods ‘the Word Choice of Losers’
As both the death toll and number of questions about official preparedness increased, the Texas governor invoked football metaphors, saying “every team makes mistakes.”
New York Times Top StoriesTrash Overflows in Philadelphia as City Workers’ Strike Enters Second Week
Pungent odors permeate the City of Brotherly Love as a contract impasse between the city and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees continues.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Uses Cabinet Meeting to Vent About Epstein, Putin and Powell
The president held forth in public for 104 minutes, using a cabinet meeting to express much that is on his mind.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump and Bondi, Confronted Over Epstein Files, Tell Supporters to Move On
A small but influential cohort of the president’s far-right political coalition spared him their ire but turned with a vengeance on the attorney general and the top officials at the F.B.I.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Botched a Deal to Swap Venezuelans in El Salvador for American Prisoners
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the U.S. envoy to Venezuela were both working on different deals and ended up at cross purposes.
New York Times Top StoriesAntigovernment Protests Erupt Across Kenya, Killing Dozens
Simmering anger against President William Ruto’s government has boiled over into clashes between protesters and the police, who have deployed live rounds, tear gas and water cannons.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Supreme Court Cleared the Way for Mass Federal Firings
Also, Trump accused Putin of duplicity. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
New York Times Top StoriesShould New York City Ditch Its Party Primaries in Favor of Open Races?
A panel created by Mayor Eric Adams wants to consider using an “open primary” system for elections in New York City. Here’s how the plan would work.
New York Times Top StoriesMayor and Police Chiefs Let Corruption Fester at N.Y.P.D., Suits Charge
The lawsuits, by four former police officers, claim that a culture of cronyism ruled the department. James Essig, who was chief of detectives, said that promotions were sold for $15,000.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Is a Trade Deal? Trump Takes an Expansive View.
The president is deploying the word “deal” liberally, using the term to describe all kinds of trade arrangements, some very limited or one-sided.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Bayeux Tapestry, a British Masterpiece, Returns to England After 900 Years
The embroidered work, depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, is a loan from France. For the first time, it will be on exhibit in London.
New York Times Top StoriesFor Israel, It Pays to Be a Winner
Diplomatic breakthroughs in the Middle East are the result of military victories.
New York Times Top StoriesSupreme Court Clears Way for Trump Administration’s Mass Firings of Federal Workers
The Trump administration had asked the justices to block a lower court’s ruling that paused the largest phase of the president’s efforts to downsize the government.
New York Times Top StoriesRichard Greenberg, Playwright Whose ‘Take Me Out’ Won a Tony, Dies at 67
More than 30 of his plays were produced on Broadway and off. Many of them dealt with the manners and mores of New York’s upper middle class.
New York Times Top StoriesColorado Judge Fines MyPillow Founder’s Lawyers for Error-Filled Court Filing
The judge said the lawyers had not explained how such errors could have been filed “absent the use of generative artificial intelligence or gross carelessness by counsel.”
New York Times Top StoriesSean ‘Diddy’ Combs Will Be Sentenced in October
The music mogul was convicted last week on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, each carrying a maximum of 10 years in prison.
New York Times Top StoriesTwo Found, Two Missing: An Agonizing Search After the Texas Floods
Four friends, all 21, planned to spend the weekend in the Hill Country. Then the rains came.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy the Texas Floods Were So Deadly
Scientists say a hotter planet is driving more intense storms. But experts say the U.S. is also not doing enough to adapt to increasingly intense floods.
New York Times Top StoriesMusk’s Third Party Starts With a Good Idea
Is there a way to elect an independent bloc of senators?