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China’s Aircraft Carriers Push Into Waters Long Dominated by U.S.
Recent drills near Japan reflect China’s ambitions to extend its navy’s reach and exert greater influence, in the Pacific and beyond.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesGermany’s Merz and UK’s Starmer Meet to Cement Ties as U.S. Steps Back
Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s trip to London on Thursday is the latest sign of a new world order, in which European nations are uniting amid growing instability.
New York Times Top StoriesK-Beauty Fans Stock up on Cosmetics After Trump’s Tariff Threat
American consumers of Korean cosmetics and skin-care products are bulk buying, as President Trump threatens 25 percent tariffs on imports.
New York Times Top Stories‘Who Killed Love?’ A Video Game Plays to Male Resentment in China.
A popular and contentious game, Revenge on Gold Diggers, sheds light on misogyny, inequality and the feeling among many men that they are economic victims.
New York Times Top StoriesCanadian Retailer Couche-Tard Abandons Its $47 Billion Bid to Buy 7-Eleven
Alimentation Couche-Tard’s $47 billion bid spurred changes at the chain’s Japanese owner. Now, the question is whether that momentum will carry forward.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Says Coca-Cola Agreed to Use Cane Sugar in Coke Made in U.S.
The company began using corn syrup in Coke in 1980, blending it with sugar to help defray the cost of rising sugar prices.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Grand Canyon Fire Has North Rim Residents Wary of the Future
Fire crews allowed a fire to burn through brush on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim. Then they lost control.
New York Times Top StoriesLightning Kills 1 and Injures 13 on Archery Range in New Jersey, Police Say
The victims range in age from 7 to 61, according to the authorities.
New York Times Top StoriesN.Y.C. Panel Withdraws Proposal to Switch to Open Primaries
The panel, created by Mayor Eric Adams, said it would introduce other ballot initiatives, but not a proposal that would allow all voters to participate in primaries regardless of party.
New York Times Top StoriesBilly Jones, Baby’s All Right Owner and NYC Nightlife Impresario, Dies at 45
He opened Baby’s All Right and three other nightclubs, a restaurant and a record store in a dozen years, helping the city maintain its cultural verve.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Has Promised More Tariffs on Mexico. What Happens Next?
President Trump has threatened to increase Mexico’s tariff rate to 30 percent starting Aug. 1, claiming the country hasn’t sufficiently tackled drug cartels.
New York Times Top StoriesBroadway’s ‘Gypsy’ Revival, Starring Audra McDonald, Will Close
The show is the sixth musical to announce a closing date since last month’s Tony Awards, reflecting financial challenges facing producers.
New York Times Top StoriesManhattan Prosecutor Who Handled Epstein Cases Is Fired
Maurene Comey, who is the daughter of the former F.B.I. director James Comey, worked on the criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
New York Times Top StoriesVance Tries to Sell the Benefits of Trump’s Megabill but Ignores the Costs
In a visit to Pennsylvania, Vice President JD Vance stressed tax cuts and savings accounts for newborns, with no mention of trims to Medicaid and nutritional assistance programs many Trump voters rely on.
New York Times Top StoriesPaulette Jiles, 82, Dies; Novelist Evoked the West in ‘News of the World’
A poet and memoirist as well, she drew a wide readership with her historical fiction, notably with a Civil War-era tale that was adapted for a movie starring Tom Hanks.
New York Times Top StoriesImmigrants File Class-Action Lawsuit to Stop ICE Courthouse Arrests
The detentions have become a relatively easy way for Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to detain immigrants who are appearing for court dates.
New York Times Top StoriesLawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia Question Evidence in Criminal Case
The exchanges unfolded at a hearing in Federal District Court in Nashville intended to determine whether Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia should be freed from criminal custody as he awaits trial.
New York Times Top StoriesAdams Eclipses Mamdani in Recent Fund-Raising, as Cuomo Lags Behind
Mayor Eric Adams reported raising $1.5 million over the last month, but his inability to qualify for matching funds may hamper his re-election bid.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s National Guard Troops Are Questioning Their Mission in L.A.
Thousands of National Guard members have served in the L.A. region since last month. Six soldiers spoke in interviews about low morale over the deployment.
New York Times Top StoriesScandal-Ridden Fyre Festival Is Sold for $245,000 on eBay
Billy McFarland, who served nearly four years in prison for fraud, said in April that he would put the beleaguered brand that he founded up for sale.
New York Times Top StoriesCan Trump Fire Powell? He Likely Lacks Case to Remove Fed Chair, Experts Say.
The Trump administration is toying with removing Jerome H. Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve, accusing him of mismanaging a multibillion-dollar update to its Washington headquarters.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s New Strategy on Epstein Fallout: Blame the Democrats
President Trump said the outrage among his supporters over the Epstein case was just the latest “scam” cooked up by Democrats.
New York Times Top StoriesCeratosaur Fossil Auctioned for $30.5 Million by Sotheby’s
The price paid for the juvenile specimen of the 150-million-year old predatory dinosaur is the third-highest on record.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Chastises U.S. Over Secrecy in Moving to Drop Charges Against MS-13 Leader
The judge on Long Island chided the Trump administration over its effort to “avoid public scrutiny.”
New York Times Top StoriesSenate Democrats Rail at ‘Sloppy, Rushed’ State Dept. Firings
Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said the changes were needed and called the outrage overblown.
New York Times Top StoriesDocumenting L.A.’s Surge in Immigration Arrests
Jennifer Medina, a political reporter at The New York Times who is based in Los Angeles, speaks with a witness who recorded an immigration raid near a Home Depot.
New York Times Top StoriesEswatini Says It Will Repatriate Migrants Deported by the Trump Administration
The Trump administration sent five deportees to Eswatini, an African kingdom, saying that their own countries would not take them. But Eswatini says it will send them home.
New York Times Top StoriesLouisiana Police Chiefs Accused of Fabricating Robberies in Immigrant Visa Scheme
Prosecutors said the chiefs and other officials exploited a program that offers immigrant victims of violent crime a pathway to residency and citizenship.
New York Times Top StoriesCongress Was Supposed to Vote on 3 Crypto Bills This Week
The crypto industry was headed for a landmark moment in the House with three bills that it helped push going to a vote. But a coalition of ultraconservative House Republicans staged a mutiny.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Epstein Story Is Both Conspiracy Theory and Genuine Scandal
More than a client list, MAGA is looking for meaning.