New York Times Top Stories: Posts

New York Times Top Stories

Trial Begins Over Trump’s Deployment of National Guard in L.A.

A three-day trial opened Monday in state officials’ challenge of the legality of the deployment, which followed protests over immigration raids.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Trump Wields Tariffs as a Force in Diplomacy, to Questionable Effect

The president has threatened more tariffs on Russia and its trading partners and has imposed harsh ones on India and Brazil to try to sway matters of war and politics.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Footage Shows Medical Volunteer Execution in Southern Syria Amid Sectarian Violence

The images are the latest reflecting the wave of sectarian violence that has recently consumed the country and left more than 1,000 dead.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Israel-Qatar Tensions Escalate After Israel Kills Al Jazeera Journalists

Israel and Qatar, which backs Al Jazeera and has hosted Hamas leaders, have long had a relationship marked by both public hostility and quiet collaboration.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

How Rick Perry Became a Fervent Advocate for the Psychedelic Ibogaine

The former Texas governor and Trump energy secretary has now dedicated his life to promoting the powerful psychedelic ibogaine.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Explosion at U.S. Steel Plant Injures Dozens, Authorities Say

The blast drew multiple emergency crews to a plant in Clairton, Pa., near Pittsburgh, for what officials called a mass casualty incident.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Space Rock That Punched Through Roof Almost Struck Resident

Fragments of a meteorite that fell to Earth as part of a mysterious daytime fireball in late June missed striking a man near Atlanta, a researcher has found.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

America’s Clean Hydrogen Dreams Are Fading, Again

The market for the clean-burning fuel remains nascent, costs are rising, and Congress just put a lucrative tax credit out of reach for many companies.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

As Trump Curbs Wind Farms, Orsted Plans $9.4 Billion Share Offering

Shares of the Danish renewable energy developer tumbled after it said it would issue more stock to raise funds instead of divesting a stake in a wind farm off the U.S. coast.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Judge Will Not Unseal Grand Jury Papers in Epstein and Maxwell Cases

President Trump has tried to subdue criticism and conspiracy theories by pushing to disclose the transcripts from the cases of Jeffrey Epstein, who abused teenage girls, and Ghislaine Maxwell, who assisted him.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Netflix Signs New, Looser Deal With Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

The streaming giant signed a new deal with the production company for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex that is much less extensive than an earlier arrangement.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Finland Charges Ship’s Crew Members in Slashing of Undersea Cables

The tanker, the Eagle S, was detained last December.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Tariffs on China Set to Rise Sharply Tuesday if No Deal Is Reached

President Trump has yet to formally sign off on an agreement to extend an economic cease-fire with China.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Ford Rejigs E.V. Plans After Suffering Billions in Losses

Ford, which once had a lead on other established automakers, said on Monday that it will use new materials and methods to lower the costs of electric vehicles.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Paramount Strikes Seven-Year Deal to Stream UFC Fights

The seven-year $7.7 billion deal is an early win for the company’s new chairman, David Ellison, who took over last week. CBS will also show some marquee fights.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Higher Tariffs Loom as U.S.-China Trade Truce Nears Expiration

President Trump has yet to formally sign off on an agreement to extend an economic cease-fire with China, which expires on Tuesday.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

What the Nvidia Chip Payoff Deal Says About Trump’s Trade War

A deal for Nvidia and AMD to give the Trump administration a cut of chip sales to China raises questions about national security and trade policy goals.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

North Korea’s Next Leader?

Kim Jong-un’s daughter, Kim Ju-ae, is perhaps being primed to take control of the regime one day.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Miguel Uribe, Colombian Senator Shot at Campaign Event, Dies at 39

Mr. Uribe, a presidential hopeful, was shot in June at a campaign rally in Bogotá in an attack that shocked the nation.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

A Sidelined Zelensky Warns That Russia Will Try to Deceive the U.S.

Ukraine fears that the Kremlin will try to convince President Trump at U.S.-Russian talks in Alaska that Ukraine, not Russia, is the obstacle to peace.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Trump Prepares to Meet Putin, and Al Jazeera Says Israel Killed Its Journalists in Gaza

Plus, a Labubu heist.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Israel’s Plan for Gaza City Is Still Unclear

The Israeli government said last week that it wanted to capture Gaza City, but how and when it will proceed has yet to be decided.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Blown Away by Bubble Art

Performers are delighting crowds with bubble blowing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, using a mixture of dish soap, water and lube — and occasional acrobatics.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Mamdani Will Visit 5 Boroughs on Anti-Trump Tour

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate for mayor, will seek to highlight the ways he believes President Trump’s agenda hurts New York City.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

The A.O.C. Deepfake Was Terrible. The Proposed Solution Is Delusional.

Critical thinking is not going to save us.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Small Businesses Brace for the Punishing Side Effects of Trump’s Tariffs

Large firms with big bank balances, workers already in jobs and households near the top of the income ladder will have an easier time navigating the economic waves.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Children Were Sexually Abused in New Hampshire State Care. How Much Are They Owed?

New Hampshire is backing away from a promise to pay victims hundreds of millions of dollars. Other states are also rethinking payouts to those harmed under their care.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

For Lupita and Junior Nyong’o, ‘Twelfth Night’ Is Child’s Play, Revisited

The siblings “really enjoyed make-believe” as kids. Now they are playing Shakespeare under the stars at the newly reopened Delacorte Theater in Central Park.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

The Harvard-Trained Lawyer Behind Trump’s Fight Against Top Universities

May Mailman is credited as an animating force behind a strategy that has intimidated independent institutions and undercut years of medical and scientific research.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

I Never Understood Our Data-Saturated Life Until a Hurricane Shut It Down

When Helene disconnected my part of North Carolina for weeks, my neighbors and I had to relearn old ways of knowing what was happening — and what wasn’t.

Continue Reading…