New York Times Top Stories
Scotland’s Unreliable Ferries Leave People on Islands in Outer Hebrides Cut Off
With aging ferries delayed sometimes for days, life goes haywire on an island in the Outer Hebrides.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesBiden Says He Made the Clemency Decisions Recorded With Autopen
Donald J. Trump and his allies have begun investigations to support their claims that Joseph R. Biden Jr. was incapacitated and his staff conspired to take presidential actions in his name.
New York Times Top StoriesExcerpts From The Times’s Interview With Biden on Clemency Decisions
The former president said he “made every single one of those” decisions and that Republicans were questioning them because “they’ve done so badly” and wanted to shift the focus.
New York Times Top StoriesKing Charles III Will Host Trump for U.K. State Visit in September
Buckingham Palace confirmed the dates of President Trump’s trip to Britain, which will be his second state visit.
New York Times Top StoriesTexas Floods Bring Grief and Prayer to Local Churches
At services in the stricken Hill Country and elsewhere, ministers spoke Sunday morning about sorrow and solace, community and hope, as more rain beat down.
New York Times Top StoriesMuhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s Former President, Dies at 82
A former military strongman, he won one democratic election in 2015, and another in 2019, but struggled to make good on promises to tackle corruption and terrorism.
New York Times Top StoriesNoem Defends FEMA Response to Texas Flooding and Says Trump Wants Agency ‘Remade,’ Not Cut
The homeland security secretary said a report that thousands of calls to a disaster hotline went unanswered because of staffing cuts was “false.”
New York Times Top StoriesSamuel Abt, Tour de France Writer for 30 Years, Dies at 91
He wrote about the elite cycling race for The New York Times and The International Herald Tribune. He said he was smitten by the Tour from the first day.
New York Times Top StoriesMacron Increases Military Spending, Saying Freedom Is Threatened
“You have to be feared in this world,” President Emmanuel Macron said, preparing France for an era in which it may no longer be able to count on the U.S.
New York Times Top StoriesEx-Secret Service Director Denies She Failed to Send Agents to Protect Trump
Kimberly A. Cheatle, who resigned after Donald J. Trump was grazed by a bullet as a candidate a year ago, pushed back against findings in a Senate report released on Sunday.
New York Times Top StoriesSouth African President Opens Corruption Inquiry of Police Leader
The police minister was suspended amid allegations that he had protected figures with ties to a criminal syndicate, adding pressure on the country’s embattled government.
New York Times Top StoriesState Trooper Is Among Multiple Victims in Kentucky Shooting, Officials Say
The episode, which left the shooter dead, ended at a church on Sunday in Lexington, Ky., the authorities said.
New York Times Top StoriesThe NATO leader will meet with Trump and other top officials in Washington this week.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump’s Latest Tariff Threat Risks Deeper Damage to Europe’s Economy
Economists had already downgraded growth for the European Union, and the new duties would hit industries there especially hard. Companies are looking for ways to blunt the impact.
New York Times Top Stories‘Nazi Creek’ in Alaska Gets a New Name After More Than 70 Years
German soldiers never stepped foot on the speck of land at the far end of the Aleutian Islands during World War II, but the name persisted.
New York Times Top StoriesWith $217 Million in Ticket Sales, ‘Superman’ Helps Save Warner Bros., Too
The film is the latest part of a startling turnaround for the studio, which has now released five consecutive hits.
New York Times Top StoriesJustice Department Drops Case Against Utah Doctor Over Fake Covid-19 Vaccine Cards
Attorney General Pam Bondi said she had ordered the dismissal of charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of selling bogus vaccination cards for $50 each.
New York Times Top StoriesChildren Among at Least 10 Killed in Israeli Strike in Central Gaza, Officials Say
Israel’s military said a “technical error” had caused munition to land dozens of meters from its target. The victims were gathered near a water distribution point, health workers said.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Poised to Ramp Up Deportations to Distant Countries
Eight men sent by the United States to South Sudan could presage a new approach to Trump-era deportations, even as critics say the practice could amount to “enforced disappearance.”
New York Times Top StoriesShould I Snub My Right-Wing Relatives?
Ostracism might just hurt the ostracizer more than the ostracizee.
New York Times Top StoriesHeavy Rain Pounds Texas Region Devastated by Floods, Bringing New Threat
Several flood warnings and watches were issued across Central Texas on Sunday, including in the areas inundated by deadly flooding last week.
New York Times Top StoriesBob Geldof Reflects on Live Aid, 40 Years Later
The rock star-turned-activist reflects on the 1985 benefit concert and why it could not happen now.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Is a D.O.?
We explain how to pick a doctor.
New York Times Top StoriesMAGA Is Tearing Itself Apart Over Jeffrey Epstein
What happens when Trump becomes the “deep state”?
New York Times Top StoriesAmid Tariff Chaos, U.S. Allies Try to Redraw the Trade Map
Facing growing chaos, the European Union and numerous other countries are seeking to forge a global trading nexus that is less vulnerable to American tariffs.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Know About the Secret Service, a Year After It Failed to Protect Trump
The agency withstood criticism and a reckoning after a lone assassin grazed Donald J. Trump on the campaign trail. Today, recruiting is up.
New York Times Top StoriesTariffs on Brazil Could Leave Coffee Drinkers With a Headache
Trump’s pledge to place a 50 percent tariff on all imports from the South American nation will drive up the prices of coffee — and orange juice.
New York Times Top StoriesTo Sidestep Trump Tariffs, Asian Nations Seek New Trade Partners
Most nations are still negotiating in hopes of avoiding punitive import taxes. At the same time, they’re looking for trading partners as a way around the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Is Gutting Weather Science and Reducing Disaster Response
As a warming planet delivers more extreme weather, experts warn that the Trump administration is dismantling the government’s disaster capabilities.
New York Times Top StoriesDemocrats Lost Voters on Transgender Rights. Winning Them Back Won’t Be Easy.
The party’s vanguard position got ahead of voters in 2024, and the internal debate now underway reveals an uncertainty on how to adapt.