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New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesJames Indictment Mirrors Her Civil Case Against Trump in Miniature
The president and New York’s attorney general accused each other of real estate fraud. But the sum involved in her case is $18,933, while millions were at stake in his.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump Got Israel and Hamas to a Truce
Israel approved an agreement brokered by President Trump that paves the way for a cease-fire in the war in Gaza and the return of all remaining hostages.
New York Times Top StoriesCurious Reindeer and Charging Polar Bears: The Changing Wildlife at the Top of the Earth
Climate change is transforming ecosystems in the far north. An international team of scientists has made some surprising discoveries.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Courts Have Said in Challenges to Trump’s National Guard Deployments
Federal courts across the country have heard legal challenges to the mobilization of troops in Los Angeles, Washington, Portland, Ore., and Chicago. Here’s how some judges have ruled.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Right-Wing Influencers Are Shaping the Guard Fight in Portland
President Trump and his administration are amplifying the voices of pro-White House podcasters and streamers eager to ratify the president’s description of Oregon’s largest city as a “hellscape.”
New York Times Top StoriesAid Groups Prepare to Provide Quick Relief to Gaza Under Cease-Fire
The new Israel-Hamas deal contains provisions to increase aid to Gaza, and for the reopening of a border crossing from Egypt.
New York Times Top StoriesThe A.I. Prompt That Could End the World
A destructive A.I., like a nuclear bomb, is now a concrete possibility; the question is whether anyone will be reckless enough to build one.
New York Times Top StoriesInside Hegseth’s Effort to Limit Press Access at the Pentagon
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is at odds with the news media to a degree unseen in modern times, former Pentagon officials say.
New York Times Top StoriesMexico’s President Is Popular. So Is Her Professional Lookalike.
Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s first woman president, has recent approval ratings as high as 79 percent. An actress with a startling resemblance, Tamara Henaine, is taking advantage of the moment.
New York Times Top StoriesIran Lures Transgender Foreigners for Surgery but Forces Operations on Locals
Iran became a pioneer in gender transition operations by forcing procedures on L.G.B.T.Q. Iranians. Desperate for cash, the Islamic republic is hoping to attract trans patients from around the world.
New York Times Top StoriesThis Family’s Home Has Stood for a Century — in Four Different Countries
As armies and revolutions came and went, neighbors became foes and families spoke different languages. Here’s how one small town stood at the center of history.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Winter Nears, Russian Strikes on Ukraine’s Energy Grid Cause Blackouts
Every fall since the war started in 2022, Russia has targeted electricity and heating infrastructure in an effort to weaken Ukrainians’ will to continue fighting.
New York Times Top StoriesGermany’s Top Economist Charts a Path Out of Europe’s Crisis
Joachim Nagel, the president of Germany’s central bank, warned against “complacency” in European capitals over tariffs, competition with China and attacks on institutions.
New York Times Top StoriesPeru Ousts President Amid Crime Surge
Growing outrage over crime and political scandals eroded support for President Dina Boluarte, the country’s most unpopular leader in recent history.
New York Times Top StoriesJosh Johnson Can’t Believe He’s Praising Trump for Something
If the Gaza deal holds, then “the guy who couldn’t stop a fight between Gary Busey and Meat Loaf brokered peace in the Middle East,” said the “Daily Show” host.
New York Times Top StoriesTwo Dead After Powerful Earthquake Strikes Southern Philippines
A tsunami warning was issued after the 7.4-magnitude quake struck off the eastern coast of Mindanao island on Friday morning.
New York Times Top StoriesPeru Ousts President Amid Crime Surge
Growing outrage over crime and political scandals eroded support for President Dina Boluarte, the country’s most unpopular leader in recent history.
New York Times Top StoriesSister Jean, Loyola Basketball Superfan and Team Chaplain, Dies at 106
She led the Ramblers’ players in pregame prayers, pointed out opponents’ strengths and weaknesses and supported the team in N.C.A.A. tournaments.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Peace Plan is Tailor-Made for Israel. It Still Might Work.
A deal offers some possibility of a broader solution, but the hurdles are enormous.
New York Times Top StoriesCameroon Is in Thrall to a 92-Year-Old Man
President Paul Biya of Cameroon, in power for 43 years, is not going anywhere.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World’s Highest Plateau
China is using the high-altitude expanse for immense solar panel farms and wind turbines and has begun work on the world’s largest hydroelectric dams.
New York Times Top StoriesSenate Passes Bipartisan $925 Billion Defense Policy Bill
The legislation would provide a 3.8 percent pay raise for American troops, while funding weapons and overhauling military procurement.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Rejects ‘Unprecedented’ Indictment Amid Trump’s D.C. Clampdown
The federal magistrate judge, Zia M. Faruqui, accused prosecutors of relying on a “facially invalid” indictment to charge a man with felony gun possession.
New York Times Top StoriesGive Trump the Nobel for Gaza, if He Does the Harder Parts to Come
It’s a job that will take the rest of his presidency.
New York Times Top StoriesFederal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s National Guard Deployment in Chicago Area
Judge April M. Perry said the Trump administration had not established that sending in troops over the governor’s objection was legally justified. An appeal is likely.
New York Times Top StoriesL.A. County Considers Emergency Declaration Over Immigration Raids
The declaration would allow the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to enact an eviction moratorium and other protections for immigrants.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat a National Guard Deployment Means
John Ismay, who reports on the Pentagon for The New York Times, describes what National Guard troops and civilian law enforcement are doing in cities where President Trump has mobilized them.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. to Send 200 Troops to Israel in Support Roles
The American force will help coordinate the many aspects of the cease-fire deal.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Are the Charges in Letitia James’s Indictment?
New York’s attorney general is accused of falsely listing a rental property in Virginia as her secondary residence to get favorable loan terms. She has called the charges “baseless.”