New York Times Top Stories
For Mamdani and Cuomo, It Was Tie vs. Tie in the New York Mayoral Debate
The small details connected Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa’s presentation to their policies.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesSenators Move to Force Vote to Bar Ground Strikes in Venezuela
The bid comes after the Senate rejected a similar measure to curb President Trump’s attacks against alleged drug runners in the Caribbean Sea.
New York Times Top StoriesRussia Won’t Stop Until NATO Acts
The only way to contain Putin is with a resolute show of strength.
New York Times Top StoriesAt a Fading ‘Island of Misfit Toys,’ Zoo Animals Face a Grim Fate
It went from one of the worst zoos in America to a beloved menagerie filled with disabled and elderly native species. Now the money has just about run out.
New York Times Top StoriesCan the Israel-Hamas Deal Hold?
The veteran Middle East negotiators Hussein Agha and Robert Malley assess the promises and pitfalls of Trump’s peace deal.
New York Times Top StoriesBaek Sehee, South Korean Author of ‘I Want to Die, but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki,’ Dies at 35
The writer turned recorded sessions with her therapist into a best-selling memoir, and helped normalize conversations around mental health in South Korea.
New York Times Top StoriesChina Ousts Senior General on Corruption Charges
With the fall of He Weidong, the No. 3 figure in China’s military hierarchy, Xi Jinping’s purges have reached the top of the People’s Liberation Army.
New York Times Top StoriesPutin’s Trump Strategy: Lots of Flattery, and Talk of Business Deals
After Thursday’s phone call with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, President Trump appeared to express doubts about supplying Ukraine with more powerful weapons.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Growing Blowback Against Marc Benioff
New revelations about efforts by his company, Salesforce, to work with the Trump administration is getting heat from San Francisco officials and now allies.
New York Times Top StoriesDevastating Floods in Mexico Test President Claudia Sheinbaum
Torrential rains last week brought death and widespread damage. President Claudia Sheinbaum has visited affected areas, facing some angry residents.
New York Times Top StoriesA Somali Hospital Closed After U.S. Aid Cuts. Fired Employees Reopened It Without Pay.
After the Trump administration stopped funding a medical center for women and children, a determined group of health care workers refused to let it shutter.
New York Times Top StoriesPsychological Warfare in Venezuela
We examine the Trump administration’s tactics against Venezuela.
New York Times Top StoriesFact-Checking the Debate
Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa traded barbs over the police, prostitution and President Trump.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s 2-Hour Call with Putin, and Why Iran Is Pushing Gender Transition Surgeries
Plus, your Friday news quiz.
New York Times Top StoriesInstagram Unveils Teen Safety Features for A.I. Chatbots
Instagram is introducing parental controls and limits to conversations on topics like self-harm as concerns grow over how A.I. chatbots affect mental health.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Says Louisiana Man Joined Hamas-Led Oct. 7 Attack
A man was in custody in Louisiana after federal prosecutors accused him of joining Hamas militants in attacking Israel in 2023. He was also accused of lying to obtain a U.S. visa.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter ‘Horrors,’ Israeli Hostages Taste Freedom and Savor Family Reunions
Some former captives have been sent home from the hospital. But a doctor said they all had “endured untold adversity,” as details emerge of their time in Gaza’s tunnels.
New York Times Top StoriesNory Doesn’t Go to School Here Anymore
ICE deported 17-year-old Nory Sontay Ramos and her mother. Devastation met them in Guatemala.
New York Times Top StoriesIndiana University Fires Adviser to Student Newspaper and Bars Print Publication
The administration at Indiana University Bloomington fired the adviser to the paper and barred the publication from putting out a print edition.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat We Know About the Latest ‘No Kings’ Protests Amid Government Shutdown
The nationwide protests are playing out as a federal government shutdown lingers and troops are being deployed in cities.
New York Times Top StoriesUniversities Are Standing Up to Trump
A White House proposal for special funding treatment crossed a line for several schools. Some say it feels like a turning point in the federal government’s battle with higher education.
New York Times Top StoriesLady Gaga Was Always Gothic. Now the World Has Caught Up to Her.
At a moment when other pop stars are flirting with dark spectacle, Gaga’s “Mayhem” tour shows that she has perfected it.
New York Times Top Stories‘The Only Candidate With a Coherent Vision’: 3 Opinion Writers on the Mayoral Debate
Who lost the debate may be clearer than who won.
New York Times Top StoriesFor 3 Years, the Bull Market Defied Inflation, Tariffs and Gravity
Born during the Biden administration, the market’s bull run almost ended in April, but stocks got a second wind with the artificial intelligence boom.
New York Times Top Stories‘You Could Treat a Child for a Few Dollars.’ Now Those Clinics Are Gone.
Hunger and the diseases that stalk small children have surged in Somalia after the U.S. slashed its aid to the country.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Baby Boomers Blew Up the American Dream
The postwar generation had a good run. Now we’re all paying for it.
New York Times Top StoriesFor Zelensky’s Fashion Adviser, It’s All About the Suit
Viktor Anisimov, one of Ukraine’s top fashion designers, first met Volodymyr Zelensky about 20 years ago, when the future president was a comedian. He didn’t want to wear a suit then either.
New York Times Top StoriesAn Army of Robot Telescopes in Texas Makes the Stars Feel Closer Than Ever
Starfront Observatories allows amateur astronomers to rent a spot for their telescopes and photograph the cosmos over a high-speed data connection.
New York Times Top StoriesAn Internet Shutdown Cuts Off Iranians From One Another, and the World
Since its brief June war with Israel, Iran has throttled internet traffic and jammed GPS, making day-to-day tasks online almost impossible and prompting Iranians’ fears of greater surveillance.
New York Times Top StoriesApple, Caught Between U.S. and China, Pledges Investment in Both
In Beijing this week, the company’s chief executive, Tim Cook, made promises similar to ones he’d made at the White House. He also got a custom Labubu.