New York Times Top Stories
Laura Loomer Attack on West Point Appointee Reflects Larger Fight Over Trump
Jen Easterly, who had served in Republican and Democratic administrations, was headed to the academy. Then a right-wing activist stepped in.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesSykes-Picot, the 109-Year-Old Pact That Looms Over French and British Moves to Recognize a Palestinian State
The Sykes-Picot Agreement was a secret treaty Britain and France signed more than a century ago. Many consider it to have seeded a legacy of strife in the Middle East.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump Is Transforming the U.S. Government’s Environmental Role
The E.P.A. said this week it would revoke its own ability to fight climate change. It’s the latest move in an extraordinary pivot away from science-based protections.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Battle for House, Democrats Are Calling Up Military Recruits
Aware of its deeply unpopular national brand, the Democratic Party is turning to an unusually large crop of veterans to help it retake the House next year.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Tariffs Are Making Money. That May Make Them Hard to Quit.
The tariffs are a substantial new source of revenue for the federal government. The budget may start to depend on it.
New York Times Top StoriesCapitalists Love This Podcast. So Do Their Critics.
“Odd Lots” goes deep on lentils in Saskatchewan, the global tractor supply and trucking markets. Is it the skeleton key to understanding this strange economic moment?
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Will Slow, but May Not Stop, the Rise of Electric Vehicles
President Trump and Republicans in Congress are eliminating federal incentives to buy electric vehicles, but carmakers need to keep selling and investing in them.
New York Times Top StoriesFood Stamp Cuts Could Deal a Blow to Small Grocers
In addition to the hardship many families could face, the cuts to SNAP could lead to the loss of grocery stores in rural areas that already have few food retailers.
New York Times Top StoriesA City in Kansas Is Suing Over a Planned ICE Detention Center
Leavenworth, Kan., was forged by the corrections industry, but residents are divided over plans for a privately operated immigration detention site in town.
New York Times Top StoriesA Cancer Patient Chose Assisted Death. That Wasn’t the Last Hard Choice.
Tatiana Andia knew Colombia would permit her a medically assisted death. She took her country with her on the journey to dying.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Campus Reform, a Tiny Conservative News Outlet, Pioneered the Attack on Colleges
Campus Reform was founded years ago to expose what it calls leftist bias on college campuses. The online site’s cause has gone from fringe to mainstream.
New York Times Top StoriesWhen Bloodshed and Chaos Arrived at 345 Park Avenue
On a steamy Monday evening, no one inside the Manhattan office building noticed the dark BMW pull up outside. The driver entered the lobby with a rifle in his hand.
New York Times Top StoriesCurtis Sliwa Wants to Be Mayor. He’s Taking Off His Beret to Prove It.
The Guardian Angels founder and Republican nominee for mayor has long been a New York curiosity. Can he become a serious contender?
New York Times Top StoriesA Former American Soldier Finds a Home in Mexican Wrestling
Flip Gordon was uneasy about being a lucha libre wrestler dressed in a U.S. military uniform. Booed at first, he is now a fan favorite.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael Must Open Its Eyes
Defeating Hamas does not require starving a single child.
New York Times Top StoriesNo Passports, No Study Abroad: China Limits Public Employees’ Travel
Even low-level government employees like elementary school teachers and nurses have been ordered to hand in their passports, to enforce “discipline.”
New York Times Top StoriesEarthquake Jolts New Jersey and New York City
The epicenter of the 3.0-magnitude quake, which struck around 10:20 p.m. on Saturday, was near Teterboro Airport in New Jersey.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Law in West Texas Breaks the Law to Protest Weed’s Prohibition
Sarah Stogner, a Republican district attorney in Texas oil country, recorded herself smoking a joint that she bought legally in New Mexico.
New York Times Top StoriesUntil Trump Fired Her, She Was an Economist With Bipartisan Support
Erika McEntarfer led the agency that produced key data on jobs and inflation. Then July’s report showed a weakening economy, and President Trump accused her of “rigging” the numbers.
New York Times Top StoriesProduction Manager Is Killed in Accident at Jacob’s Pillow, Authorities Say
Jacob’s Pillow canceled weekend programming as staff members grieved the death of Kat Sirico, who was moving staging platforms that toppled, the authorities said.
New York Times Top StoriesDragon Bravo Fire Grows to Largest Wildfire in the Continental U.S.
The fire in Grand Canyon National Park has grown to more than 100,000 acres amid dry weather and a weak monsoon season in Arizona.
New York Times Top StoriesDavid Rendall, Tenor Who Suffered 2 Operatic Mishaps, Dies at 76
He appeared regularly at the Metropolitan Opera and sang in major European opera houses, but a stage accident in 2005 nearly ended his career.
New York Times Top StoriesWith a Joyous Festival, the Vatican Aims to Draw In the Digital Generation
In a mass gathering that has been called the “Catholic Woodstock,” the church has embraced influencers on social media as a way to engage young people.
New York Times Top StoriesNew Hostage Videos Sow Fear and Horror in Israel
A “living skeleton, buried alive” in Gaza’s tunnels, was how the family of one hostage described him after seeing a video circulated by Hamas this week.
New York Times Top StoriesA Fish Falls From the Sky and Sparks a Brush Fire in British Columbia
Officials say a flying osprey dropped its catch, which then struck power lines, causing sparks that ignited dry grass.
New York Times Top StoriesGwyneth Paltrow Sells Astronomer Like She Sells Goop
Why do we buy whatever it is that she is selling?
New York Times Top StoriesTexas State House Panel Advances Gerrymandered Congressional Map
The full Texas House will now vote next week on a map drawn to flip five House districts to the G.O.P., but Democrats might walk out to deny Republicans a quorum.
New York Times Top StoriesSearch in Montana Continues for Suspect in Fatal Anaconda Bar Shooting
Authorities were focusing on brushy terrain near the town of Anaconda, where they said the suspect killed four people.
New York Times Top StoriesEric Holder on Why He Reversed Course on Gerrymandering
Mr. Holder, the attorney general in the Obama administration, has long fought to end gerrymandered legislative maps. But a Republican effort in Texas threatens democracy, he said in an interview.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Even Basic Airline Seats Keep Getting More ‘Premium’
As travel demand sinks, both legacy airlines and budget brands have turned to a strategy of ever-expanding upgrades.