New York Times Top Stories
Redistricting Push Creates Chaos for Incumbents in Both Parties
Republicans and Democrats in Congress are wary of the potential consequences of President Trump’s drive to redraw districts.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesIn the Hills of Puerto Rico, Feasting on a Very Smelly Fruit
Every summer, superfans of durian converge on a remote farm in western Puerto Rico to devour one of the world’s most polarizing fruits.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Crime Strategy May Work for Now, but Not for Long, Experts Say
The president is looking to add troops to city streets while cutting funds for programs that work, experts and local officials say. But one idea, beautifying neighborhoods, has buy-in.
New York Times Top StoriesChevron’s Boss Says the World Will Need Oil for a ‘Long, Long Time’
Mike Wirth, who has seen many booms and busts over the more than 40 years he has been with the energy giant, said that “when the world stops using oil and gas, we’ll stop looking for it.”
New York Times Top StoriesHow ‘Clanker’ Became an Anti-A.I. Rallying Cry
The term, which was popularized by a “Star Wars” show and is rooted in real frustrations with technology, has become a go-to slur against artificial intelligence and robots.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Builder.ai Collapsed Amid Silicon Valley’s Biggest Boom
Builder.ai went from a value of $1.5 billion to zero in a few months, amid questions over the sales of an A.I. product. Its downfall hints at a broader downturn.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit
President Trump has cut hundreds of thousands of jobs from the federal work force, disproportionately affecting Black employees.
New York Times Top StoriesHistorians See Autocratic Playbook in Trump’s Attacks on Science
Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed science as a rival for social influence. Experts see President Trump as borrowing some of their tactics.
New York Times Top Stories‘There Was a Death’: A Mother Fights for Justice in the Age of Fentanyl
After she lost her son to an overdose, Serena Fallon went on a quest to hold someone accountable for his death.
New York Times Top StoriesProtesters in Indonesia Focus Rage on Politicians, Ransacking Their Homes
After a week of demonstrations, protesters on Sunday directly targeted the people they blamed for economic challenges and police brutality.
New York Times Top StoriesBeaten and Choked at a U.N. Mission, Then Arrested by the N.Y.P.D.
Two brothers went to the Egyptian Mission in Manhattan to protest Egypt’s role in keeping aid from reaching Gaza. Video of the violence, which involved mission security guards, has incited rage.
New York Times Top StoriesJeremy Lin Retires After 15 Years That Included ‘Linsanity’ With the Knicks
The journeyman played for eight N.B.A. teams and won one championship. But he is best known for a brief stretch on the Knicks where he electrified fans and the nation.
New York Times Top StoriesHappiness Is a Big, Ugly Sofa
Buying a new, adult couch in a space of my own felt monumental.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Has Obliterated America’s 30-Year Courtship of India
India must decide whether go all in with a capricious Trump or hedge its bets through a rapprochement with China.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Says He Will Sign Executive Order Mandating Voter I.D.
He also wants to restrict mail-in voting and allow only paper ballots. The Constitution doesn’t give the president explicit authority over election law.
New York Times Top StoriesA City Reinvented: Paris Is Now Greater Paris
The periphery of the French capital is more vital than ever, and its creativity and dynamism have blurred old boundaries.
New York Times Top StoriesAmerica Closed Malls, but China Kept Building Them. Now It Has Too Many.
The first closing of an Apple Store in mainland China hints at broader troubles facing the country’s shopping malls as developers open more of them despite a glut.
New York Times Top StoriesSuspect in Montana Bar Shooting Faces 4 Murder Charges
The man is accused of fatally shooting four people in a bar in Anaconda, Mont. He had led the police on an eight-day manhunt that rattled the community.
New York Times Top Stories‘A Future Filled With Hope’: Minneapolis Community Unites to Process the Tragedy
In the first Mass since an assailant attacked Annunciation Catholic Church, parishioners gathered to grieve and support one another.
New York Times Top StoriesBefore Minnesota Shooting, a Program Aimed at Preventing Attacks Lost Federal Funding
The cut by the Trump administration does not appear to have affected the handling of the church shooting this week, but state leaders say it weakens efforts to identify future threats.
New York Times Top StoriesOver 15 Killed in Gaza City, One Day After Israel Ends Daily Pauses for Aid
One attack was an effort to assassinate Abu Obeida, one of Hamas’s best-known spokesmen, Israeli officials said. It was not immediately clear if that succeeded.
New York Times Top StoriesXi Uses Summit, Parade and History to Flaunt China’s Global Pull
With the leaders of Russia and India visiting, China’s president will show how he can use statecraft, military might and history to push for global influence.
New York Times Top StoriesA Morbid Memory Lingers 20 Years After Hurricane Katrina
Of all the disorder in New Orleans after the storm, a Times reporter remembers the corpse on Union Street most of all.
New York Times Top StoriesHiker Is Found Dead in Wyoming After Being Missing for a Month
Grant Gardner’s body was found by a climbing team on Wednesday in Bighorn National Forest, a week after the authorities called off a search.
New York Times Top StoriesPro-Palestinian Protesters at the Venice Film Festival Raise Gaza War
In the days leading up to the festival, hundreds of film professionals signed an open letter demanding that the star-studded event take a stance against the crisis in Gaza.
New York Times Top StoriesAn Online Group Claims It’s Behind Campus Swatting Wave
Members of the group offered on Telegram to draw armed officers to schools, malls and airports, though their claims are unverified. Such false emergency calls have disrupted campus life in recent days.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Know About Zohran Mamdani and Democratic Socialism
Opponents of the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City have derogatively called him both a socialist and a democratic socialist to make a dent in his lead in the polls.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Austria, Government Health Care Can Look a Bit Like a Spa
A few weeks of hikes and saunas in wine country? Sometimes, that’s literally just what the doctor ordered.
New York Times Top StoriesHouthis Say Prime Minister Is Killed in Israeli Attack
Ahmed al-Rahawi had led the Houthi cabinet in Yemen since 2024. His killing is unlikely to halt the Iranian-backed group’s missile attacks on Israel.
New York Times Top StoriesMexico’s President Struggles to Escape Trump’s Growing Demands
After months of negotiation and concessions, President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico has found herself in a cycle of pressure from the White House.