New York Times Top Stories
U.S. Oil Giant ConocoPhillips Will Lay Off Up to 25% of Its Work Force
ConocoPhillips of Houston on Wednesday announced plans to reduce its global work force by up to 25 percent.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesEpstein Victims Demand Release of More Files as Trump Labels Campaign a ‘Hoax’
The accusers’ demands come as some Congress members push to compel the release of the full investigative file on Jeffrey Epstein.
New York Times Top StoriesAmazon Pares Back Free Shipping Perk on Prime
The e-commerce giant is ending a program that let Prime members share free shipping with a family member who lives somewhere else. Here’s what to know.
New York Times Top StoriesF.D.A. Official Overruled Scientists on Wide Access to Covid Shots
The agency’s staff scientists pointed out how Covid was still unpredictable and posed a threat to toddlers, but the official decided to restrict shots only to children with risk factors.
New York Times Top StoriesSure, Rats Are Everywhere. But Inside a Baby Stroller in Central Park?
City data actually suggest that rat sightings are declining. But horror stories are everywhere, and one rat in a stroller is enough to set off a panic.
New York Times Top StoriesGoogle Search Monopoly Ruling Sends Signal for Big-Tech Antitrust Cases
A federal judge ordered steps in the search monopoly case that will restrain Google but not break it up, signaling a cautious antitrust approach by courts.
New York Times Top StoriesIn a ‘Hot Mic’ Moment, Xi and Putin Muse About Immortality and Organ Transplants
Medical advances and geopolitics collide for two septuagenarian leaders who have suggested that their time in office is far from over.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Advisers Have Discussed a Job for Adams if He Quits Mayor’s Race
The conversations have also involved Curtis Sliwa with the goal of giving Andrew Cuomo a better chance of defeating Zohran Mamdani in November.
New York Times Top StoriesFlorida Says It Plans to End All Vaccine Mandates
The state would be the first to scrap requirements that children be vaccinated to attend school, among other rules.
New York Times Top StoriesFlorida Says It Plans to End All Vaccine Mandates
The state would be the first to scrap requirements that children be vaccinated to attend school, among other rules.
New York Times Top StoriesVenezuela, Drug Boats and Trump’s Latest Claim: What to Know
The Trump administration says Venezuela is sending vast amounts of cocaine to the United States. Venezuela’s role in the drug trade is overstated, experts say.
New York Times Top StoriesN.Y. Attorney General Sues Far-Right Group VDARE for Misusing Funds
The suit says the nonprofit’s leaders — who helped bring anti-immigrant ideas into the G.O.P. mainstream — used donor money to buy a castle-like home.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Team Urges G.O.P. to Rebrand Signature Policy Law
Top campaign officials told House Republicans they should rebrand the measure the president dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” in a nod to its unpopularity with voters.
New York Times Top StoriesWhite House Orders Agencies to Escalate Fight Against Offshore Wind
The effort involves several agencies that typically have little to do with wind power, including the Health and Human Services Department.
New York Times Top StoriesSnubbing RFK Jr., States Announce Plans to Coordinate on Vaccines
Governors in California, Oregon and Washington said their states would work together on vaccine guidance in a time of turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
New York Times Top StoriesPutin Takes His ‘Limo Diplomacy’ to China
Rides in his hulking bulletproof Aurus with the Indian and North Korean leaders offered the Russian leader an ideal setting for deepening ties.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Met Opera Turns to Saudi Arabia to Help Solve Its Financial Woes
The Met, which has withdrawn $120 million from its endowment since the pandemic, reached a lucrative deal to perform in Saudi Arabia for three weeks each winter.
New York Times Top StoriesJohn E. Sununu Is Exploring a Senate Run in New Hampshire
The former senator has been out of office for more than 15 years, but his last name is synonymous with Republican politics in a state where party leaders see a chance to flip a seat.
New York Times Top StoriesHegseth Says Boat Strike Is Start of Campaign Against Venezuelan Cartels
The defense secretary and President Trump said a small boat was carrying drugs but offered little evidence and few details.
New York Times Top StoriesFederal Courts Slow to Fix Vulnerable System After Repeated Hacking
After a 2020 breach thought to be Russia’s work, the courts told Congress that they would harden a system storing sealed documents. Five years later, the system was hacked again.
New York Times Top StoriesSnubbing Kennedy, States Announce Plans to Coordinate on Vaccines
Governors in California, Oregon and Washington said their states would work together on vaccine guidance in a time of turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
New York Times Top Stories‘The Biggest Loser’ and America’s Addiction to Extreme Wellness
Health has become polarized by the Trump administration, which shares a similar ethos to “The Biggest Loser,” including an obsession with personal responsibility.
New York Times Top StoriesDid Google Just Get Spared? Investors Think So.
The nuclear option for addressing the tech giant’s search dominance — a break-up — is off the table. That’s lifting Big Tech stocks.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump to Welcome Poland’s Right-Wing President to White House
The meeting between President Trump and Poland’s largely ceremonial president, Karol Nawrocki, highlights divisions within the biggest economic and military power on the European Union’s eastern fringe.
New York Times Top StoriesFar-right Israeli Minister Calls for West Bank Annexation
Bezalel Smotrich said Israel should take over most of the territory, partly in response to growing international moves to recognize a Palestinian state.
New York Times Top StoriesA Protest in China Doubles as Performance Art
We explore an act of defiance in China. But first, a look at President Trump’s health.
New York Times Top StoriesAn Intensified Push for the Epstein Files, and Google’s Big Monopoly Ruling
Plus, a post-mortem on the summer box office.
New York Times Top StoriesA Timeline of Legal Battles Over Trump’s Use of the Alien Enemies Act
Challenges to the administration’s use of the 18th-century wartime law have gone all the way to the Supreme Court. Here’s where they stand.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Endangered Leopard Frog That Lives Next to an NYC Amazon Warehouse
The Atlantic Coast leopard frog, first identified in an industrial section of Staten Island in 2012, is now on the state’s endangered species list. Conservation groups see an opportunity.
New York Times Top StoriesDan Kleban Joins Maine Democratic Primary, Seeking to Unseat Senator Susan Collins
Dan Kleban enters a crowded Democratic primary as party leaders wait for Maine’s Democratic governor, Janet Mills, who is “seriously considering” a run for Senate.