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‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Review: Back on the Green
A Netflix sequel to Adam Sandler’s hit 1996 film briefly recaptures the warm silliness of the original, before devolving into a lazy fever dream of cameos.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesJustice Dept. Officials File Suit, Saying They Were Dismissed Unlawfully
The lawsuit argues that employees who were fired for political reasons have no recourse, after President Trump neutralized a board that handles federal labor disputes.
New York Times Top StoriesCleo Laine, Acclaimed British Jazz Singer, Is Dead at 97
Known for a smoky voice that she could deploy over four octaves, she recorded albums across six decades and also had success as an actress.
New York Times Top StoriesUnder Siege From Trump and Musk, a Top Liberal Group Falls Into Crisis
Scrambling to pay legal fees, Media Matters has dialed back its criticism, trimmed its staff and contemplated closing entirely.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael to Allow to Allow Aid Airdrops Over Gaza During Starvation Crisis
Jordan and the United Arab Emirates were expected to begin airdrops in the coming days, but experts warned that the bulk of necessary aid could come only by land.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Will David Ellison Tackle the Big Problems at Paramount?
The cable business has cratered. The news division is in turmoil. A.I. is coming for movies. And those are just the obvious challenges.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Conducts Rare Raid in Syria, Killing a Senior Islamic State Leader
The military gave few details on the ground operation, but counterterrorism raids have typically involved helicopter-borne Special Operations commandos.
New York Times Top StoriesMacron Recognizes a Palestinian State. But to What End?
The French president, expressing a moral obligation to address suffering in Gaza, made clear he had lost patience with the United States and Israel. The question is what effect he will have.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Consumers Lose Their Appetite, Food Brands Fight to Keep Wall St. Happy
Packaged food companies are struggling to adjust — and profit — as tastes, waistlines and wallets change.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Flies to Scotland, Leaving Chaos Swirling in Washington
The five-day visit will be a mix of personal business and golf with some diplomacy thrown in.
New York Times Top StoriesFirst Deportation Flights Depart From Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Gov. Ron DeSantis said “hundreds” of federal detainees had departed a state-run detention center in the Everglades on planes, but provided few details about them or where they went.
New York Times Top StoriesTexas Democrats to Confer With California and Illinois Governors on Redistricting
Two groups of Democrats left Texas to confer with Govs. Gavin Newsom and JB Pritzker, who have suggested their Democratic-controlled states could counter a Texas Republican gerrymander.
New York Times Top StoriesHulk Hogan Used Clothing As a Key Part of His Brand
His look was jokey, but it was no joke.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Did Trump’s Hard-Hat Tour of the Fed Accomplish?
The president wanted to take Jerome Powell, the Fed chair, to task over the cost of renovations to the central bank’s headquarters, but Mr. Powell was having none of it.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Starvation Spreading in Gaza
Gaza is descending into anarchy.
New York Times Top StoriesWas This Artifact From King Tut’s Tomb? It’s for Sale Anyway.
A London auction house says there is “no documented evidence” that an intricately carved grasshopper is from the boy king’s tomb. Its estimated price is up to $675,000.
New York Times Top StoriesSpat Between Thai and Cambodian Leaders Fuels Deadly Border War
A personal feud between two of Southeast Asia’s political titans is inflaming the worst violence on the border in more than a decade.
New York Times Top StoriesA Contentious Media Merger, and the F.B.I.’s Epstein Scramble
Plus, your Friday news quiz.
New York Times Top StoriesIs Decarbonization Dead?
Trump just shredded America’s most ambitious climate policy. Jane Flegal and Jesse Jenkins discuss what this means for the future of renewable energy in the U.S.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump, Obama and the Question of Treason
President Trump’s history of intemperate remarks has earned him a perverse kind of immunity; the more outrageous his statement, the faster it is often dismissed.
New York Times Top StoriesBoeing Emerges as a Winner in Trump’s Trade Wars
Countries striking agreements with the United States have pledged to buy more Boeing planes, but it’s not clear whether those orders were the result of President Trump’s tactics.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Historical Acquires Bill Cunningham Archive
Tens of thousands of photos, negatives and memorabilia from the New York Times photographer (himself designated a living landmark) will go to the museum and have a permanent home.
New York Times Top StoriesBehind a Maine Coffee Company’s Decision to Raise Prices
Like many companies, Rock City Coffee resisted increasing prices as President Trump’s trade war drove its costs up. Then it ran out of options.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Manmade Clouds That Could Help Save the Great Barrier Reef
Inside a bold — and controversial — effort to cool the water around this beloved ecosystem.
New York Times Top StoriesA Drag Queen Leaves the Stage on Her Own Terms
Kai Lee Mykels often said her goal was to make straight men uneasy, but that was a gag. Her creator had a bigger goal in mind.
New York Times Top StoriesThe First ‘Fantastic Four’: The Superhero Movie That Never Was
The first attempt at making a film about the superheroes was an extremely low-budget affair that was shot, abandoned and mostly forgotten about in the 1990s.
New York Times Top StoriesSaving New York’s Midcentury Signs
The New York Sign Museum in Brooklyn preserves the stories of shuttered local businesses.
New York Times Top StoriesStates Look to Europe to Improve U.S. Prison Conditions
States of all political stripes, including Oklahoma, North Dakota and Massachusetts, have sent officials to tour prisons in Germany in search of ways to improve conditions for American inmates.
New York Times Top StoriesVolkswagen Hit Hard by Trump’s Tariffs
The German automaker said that the U.S. import duties erased about $1.5 billion from its profit in the first half of the year.
New York Times Top StoriesColumbia Walked a Tightrope on Its Way to a $200 Million Settlement With Trump
Talks in Washington. An expert on negotiation. A balancing act. The university chose cooperation over litigation, a strategy both pilloried and praised.