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New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesC.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself
It is not clear what is behind the move by Michael Ellis, a Trump loyalist. A legal ethics specialist said it could raise conflict-of-interest issues.
New York Times Top StoriesMarine Park in Ontario Warns It May Euthanize Beluga Whales Without Cash Infusion
The government has barred Marineland from shipping its whales to an aquarium in China so the park is threatening to put the whales down.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Poised to Free Abrego Garcia if Officials Can’t Supply Deportation Plans
The judge expressed exasperation at government lawyers’ failure to answer “basic questions” or produce evidence during what she called a “topsy-turvy, inside-out day.”
New York Times Top StoriesSyria Chooses a Parliament of Revolutionaries
In the first elections since the Assad regime was ousted, there was no popular vote and women and minorities won few seats. Still, many Syrians saw it as progress toward ending authoritarian rule.
New York Times Top StoriesA Harvard Professor Is Placed on Leave After Firing a Pellet Gun
The episode initially raised concerns because it happened near a synagogue, but the police say it was unrelated to antisemitism.
New York Times Top StoriesWho is Judge Immergut? Trump Appointee in Oregon Blocks Troop Deployment.
Judge Karin Immergut worked on Ken Starr’s investigation of Bill Clinton. Now she’s ruled against Trump’s attempt to send troops to Portland.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Air Travel May Soon Feel Shutdown’s Impact, Official Warns
The Essential Air Service, which subsidizes flights to small airports, will run out of money on Sunday, and air traffic controllers who have been working without pay have begun calling in sick.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Gave Partisan Speech to Navy Troops, as He Deployed Troops to U.S. Cities
President Trump’s attempts to politicize the military have become more overt as he makes the case for having troops at his disposal in American cities.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Aimed Shutdown Cuts at Democrats, but G.O.P. Districts Are Hit, Too
As the president cancels projects in Democratic-run states, he is cutting money that benefits his own party’s lawmakers in some of the most competitive House districts.
New York Times Top StoriesFire Consumes Home Owned by a South Carolina State Judge
Three people, who had to be rescued by kayak, were injured. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
New York Times Top StoriesWesley Hunt Enters Texas G.O.P. Senate Race, Complicating Path for Cornyn
Mr. Hunt, a U.S. House member, and Senator John Cornyn will be competing for voters who dislike the state’s attorney general, Ken Paxton, who has led in many polls.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Did Walmart Just Buy a Shopping Mall?
Walmart hasn’t said much about its plans for Monroeville Mall in Pennsylvania. But its partner has told some store owners that the mall will be demolished for a mixed-use development.
New York Times Top StoriesElected but Not Seated, Grijalva Waits to Sign Epstein Petition
The Democratic representative-elect won her Arizona seat overwhelmingly. But so far, the Republican speaker will not swear her in.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Is the National Guard, and Who Controls It?
The state-based military force is made up mainly of part-time soldiers and organized by state. It can be activated by the state governor or by the president.
New York Times Top StoriesChris Dreja, a Founding Member of the Yardbirds, Dies at 78
A rhythm guitarist and bassist, he was a “rock” for a band whose fiery lead players, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, had no shortage of ego.
New York Times Top StoriesFrance’s Government Is Gone (Again). What Comes Next?
President Emmanuel Macron could appoint a new prime minister. But he his under increasing pressure to call new parliamentary elections.
New York Times Top StoriesRetrial in 1993 Buffalo Murder Case Ends With a Deadlocked Jury
Brian Scott Lorenz’s conviction in the strangling of Deborah Meindl in a Buffalo suburb was overturned in 2023, but prosecutors had forged ahead with a new trial.
New York Times Top StoriesWorried, Frazzled, Indifferent: Processing the Shutdown in a Divided America
As the government shutdown entered its first full week, emotions across the country ranged from uneasy to unconcerned.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Elon Musk Is Bringing Sexy A.I. Chatbots to the Mainstream
In July, the billionaire’s A.I. company introduced two sexually explicit chatbots, pushing a new version of intimacy.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. v. Google: What Each Side Argued for Fixing Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly
The Justice Department and Google wrapped up a two-week hearing that could have a major effect on online advertising.
New York Times Top StoriesHarvard Has Identified Another Problem: Its Own Students
Many students don’t do the reading and don’t speak up in class, according to a report. Now, professors are trying to change a campus culture they say hurts achievement and stifles speech.
New York Times Top StoriesGreta Thunberg Among Hundreds From Gaza Aid Flotilla Deported by Israel
Israel intercepted the boats at sea and detained the participants for days before expelling them. Some of the activists said they were mistreated, which Israel denied.
New York Times Top StoriesRussia Welcomes Trump’s Blessing of Proposal to Extend Caps on Nuclear Weapons
President Trump said a Russian proposal to extend by one year the limits on long-range nuclear weapons sounded “like a good idea to me.”
New York Times Top StoriesBessent Taps Social Security Chief to Serve as C.E.O. of I.R.S.
Frank Bisignano, who already leads the Social Security Administration, will also take on the day-to-day duties of the tax collector.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Bari Weiss of The Free Press Won the Top Job at CBS News
At The Free Press, she battled “wokeness” and buddied up with billionaires. Now she’s the editor in chief of CBS News.
New York Times Top StoriesGroups Sue E.P.A. Over $7 Billion in ‘Solar for All’ Grants
The lawsuit accused the Environmental Protection Agency of illegally revoking the money without congressional approval.
New York Times Top StoriesIf Your North Star Is Lost, New Techniques Can Point You South
The writer Tristan Gooley describes how a pair of familiar constellations can help a person navigate in darkness when other methods fail.
New York Times Top StoriesSupreme Court Rejects Appeal From Ghislaine Maxwell, Longtime Epstein Associate
The onetime employee and friend of Jeffrey Epstein argued that a secret agreement between prosecutors and the multimillionaire financier invalidated her conviction.
New York Times Top StoriesNobel Prizes 2025: What to Know
The awards are being announced this week.