New York Times Top Stories
In Tense Hearing, Texas Republicans Defend Redrawn Political Map
The legislative hearing was part of a rapidly moving redistricting process, pushed by President Trump, that could see the map approved next week.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesFor Some, Return of Presidential Fitness Test Revives Painful Memories
Generations of Americans who struggled to complete a pull-up in front of their classmates winced as President Trump announced that he was reinstating the annual assessment.
New York Times Top StoriesFed Governor Resigns, Giving Trump Opportunity to Shape Central Bank
The resignation comes as President Trump has openly pressured the central bank to lower interest rates and called for Jerome H. Powell, the chair, to step down.
New York Times Top StoriesGaza War Protesters Arrested at Offices of Schumer and Gillibrand
Dozens of demonstrators, calling for a flood of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, were arrested at the Manhattan offices of New York’s two senators.
New York Times Top StoriesStock Market Posts Worst Week in Months on Renewed Economic Fears
Data showing cracks in the U.S. labor market and President Trump’s newest barrage of tariffs shook investors around the world, weighing on stocks, the dollar and more.
New York Times Top StoriesSpaceX, NASA Launch Astronauts to Space Station as Clouds Stay Just Far Enough Away
After a scrubbed launch on Thursday, four astronauts lifted off from Florida and will dock at the International Space Station on Saturday.
New York Times Top StoriesFed Governor Steps Down Early, Giving Trump Opportunity to Appoint New Official
The resignation comes as President Trump has been openly pressuring the central bank to lower interest rates and calling for Jerome H. Powell, the chair, to step down.
New York Times Top StoriesCorporation for Public Broadcasting Will Shut Down
The company is among the first casualties of a vote to strip roughly $500 million in federal funding from NPR, PBS and local stations across the country.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Orders Nuclear Submarines Closer to Russia After Threats From Medvedev
In a social media post, the president described the move as a deterrent prompted by threats by a former Russian leader. It is unclear if any submarines did actually change position.
New York Times Top StoriesJury Says Tesla Was Partly to Blame for Fatal Crash
Lawyers for the family of a woman struck and killed by a Tesla sedan in 2019 argued that the company’s Autopilot software should have avoided the crash.
New York Times Top StoriesIs Trump’s Economy Starting to Crack?
So far, Americans are experiencing costs but not the purported benefits of his attempt to remake the global economy.
New York Times Top StoriesD.C. Inquiry Shows How 3 Lives Intersected Before the Crash
Documents released in the inquiry into the deadly collision of a military helicopter and a passenger jet reveal a smart but shaky pilot, a wary instructor and an overwhelmed air traffic controller.
New York Times Top StoriesFlorida Is Buying Plane Tickets for Unauthorized Immigrants to Self-Deport
Immigrants in custody, with no felony convictions, may be offered direct commercial flights home — and avoid “Alligator Alcatraz.”
New York Times Top StoriesRadioactive Wasps Found at Nuclear Site in South Carolina Could Be a ‘Red Flag,’ Expert Says
Four radioactive wasp nests may indicate previously undetected environmental contamination at the decades-old Savannah River Site. Here’s what to know.
New York Times Top StoriesStates Sue Over Trump Efforts to End Pediatric Transgender Medical Care
The lawsuit comes amid escalating efforts by the U.S. government to restrict the availability of certain services for transgender adolescents.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Turns to Untested Tariffs to Reorder Global Trade
President Trump has long wanted to rework world trade. The tariffs set to go into effect next week will carry out that plan.
New York Times Top StoriesPutin Blames Frustration Over Ukraine Talks on ‘Inflated Expectations’
The Russian president didn’t directly respond to President Trump’s ultimatum that Moscow halt its offensive by the end of next week or face financial penalties.
New York Times Top StoriesMike Donilon Had $4 Million Incentive to Secure a 2024 Biden Win
Mike Donilon was promised a bonus that would have doubled his payment for work on the campaign if the former president had been re-elected.
New York Times Top StoriesHow U.S. Officials Grappled With the Release of a Triple Murderer
The decision to free an American convicted of murder in a prisoner swap with Venezuela threatened to undercut President Trump’s claims of keeping the worst of the worst out of the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat J.M.W. Turner Saw, and What We Still Can See
In the 250 years since the artist was born, the natural world he loved so much has changed. But he still reminds us to look with truth, clarity, and feeling.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Stock Market Is Good, Bad and Ugly, Often in Quick Succession
The market’s best days frequently occur in the midst of misery, our columnist says, so don’t bother trying to figure out where stocks are heading.
New York Times Top StoriesRobert Wilson Expanded Our Sense of Theatrical Possibility
Wilson, who died this week at 83, created works of otherworldly dreaminess that were also deeply human.
New York Times Top StoriesStates Have More Data About You Than the Feds Do. Trump Wants to See It.
Critics fear that personal data might be used to monitor immigrants and political foes, and to spread false tales of fraud.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Publicist on Call for Controversy
Mitchell Jackson was fired from a high-profile journalism job at 25. Now he represents some of the most divisive figures in America, including the right-wing podcaster Candace Owens.
New York Times Top StoriesStocks Drop as Trump’s New Tariffs Weigh on Markets
Signs of cracks in the U.S. labor market and President Trump’s newest barrage of tariffs shook investors around the world, weighing on stocks, the dollar and more.
New York Times Top StoriesEmployers Pulled Back on Hiring, Adding 73,000 Jobs
The labor market showed signs of weakening, as job gains for the previous two months were also revised lower.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Cuts UCLA Funding Over Claims of Antisemitism, Chancellor Says
The university is the latest to be targeted by the federal government over accusations that it has not done enough to fight antisemitism on campus.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Politics of Masks
How masking is a source of both power and protection.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Envoy Witkoff Is Set to Visit Gaza as Aid Crisis Deepens
Steve Witkoff is set to visit the enclave on Friday amid growing pressure on Israel to ease the hunger crisis. Hamas said the trip would be a “propaganda show.”
New York Times Top StoriesMary Gaillard, Who Broke a Ceiling in Subatomic Research, Dies at 86
Overcoming discrimination in a mostly male preserve, she did groundbreaking work that showed experimentalist physicists where and how to look for new particles.