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‘Don’t Touch My Retirement!’ Wins the Day in France
The country’s attachment to an early pension, seen as a fundamental right, forced a major concession by the government, allowing it to survive, for now.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesCuomo Tries to Tie Mamdani to Muslim Leader’s Anti-Gay Stance
Andrew Cuomo, trailing in the New York City mayor’s race, sought to contrast his role in legalizing same-sex marriage with the views of some of Mr. Mamdani’s supporters.
New York Times Top StoriesSocial Media, Pleas From Allies and Prison Essays: How Santos Won His Freedom
On Friday evening, President Trump commuted the sentence of former Representative George Santos. “Good luck George, have a great life!” the president said.
New York Times Top StoriesSea Otters Are Stealing Surfboards in Santa Cruz. Again.
Two years after Otter 841 menaced wave riders near Santa Cruz, there have been new encounters between the furry marine mammals and surfers.
New York Times Top StoriesSantos’s Release Frustrates His Former Colleagues and Constituents
George Santos, the disgraced former Republican congressman, was freed from prison on Friday after President Trump commuted his sentence. On Long Island, in his former district, some people called the decision an outrage.
New York Times Top StoriesJury Awards $19.7 Million to 6 Bystanders in Denver Police Shooting
The bystanders were injured when a Denver police officer fired, while facing a crowd of people, at an armed man outside a bar in 2022.
New York Times Top StoriesDavid Attenborough Becomes Oldest Daytime Emmy Winner at 99
The British documentarian and naturalist beat the record set by Dick Van Dyke, who won a Daytime Emmy last year at 98.
New York Times Top StoriesVenezuela Announces Sweeping Military Exercises as U.S. Escalates Pressure
President Nicolás Maduro this week called on civilians to help the country defend itself, while his defense minister warned citizens to “prepare for the worst.”
New York Times Top StoriesFor Prince Andrew, a Steady Fall From Grace Ends in a Hard Landing
A parade of scandals tarnished the prince’s reputation, long before he gave up using his title as Duke of York on Friday.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. to Repatriate Survivors of Its Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel
The U.S. military rescued the two men in the Caribbean Sea after Special Operations forces fired on a semi-submersible that was assessed to be smuggling drugs.
New York Times Top StoriesAlison Rose, The New Yorker’s Femme Fatale, Dies at 81
She started as the magazine’s glamorous receptionist and became one of its more singular writers. In one of her last articles, she memorialized her time (and lovers) there.
New York Times Top StoriesSantos in His Own Words: Pleading for Mercy and Promising a Comeback
George Santos, the disgraced former congressman who was released from federal prison on Friday, has been a columnist for a Long Island paper, including from behind bars.
New York Times Top StoriesChen Ning Yang, Nobel-Winning Physicist, Is Dead at 103
He and a colleague, Tsung-Dao Lee, created a sensation in 1956 by proposing that one of the four forces of nature might violate a law of physics.
New York Times Top StoriesIsraeli Military Fires On Vehicle, Saying It Crossed Cease-Fire Lines
Gaza’s rescue service said at least nine people were killed in the strike in northern Gaza on Friday, a week after Israeli forces withdrew to agreed-upon lines.
New York Times Top StoriesDemonstrators Across the Country Set to Rally Against Trump
Protesters are expected to gather in more than 2,600 cities and towns to oppose presidential actions they see as authoritarian.
New York Times Top StoriesFraidy-Cat at the Pentagon
Pete Hegseth can’t handle the truth.
New York Times Top StoriesHere’s What Trump Could Unleash by Invoking the Insurrection Act
Why Congress should take up Insurrection Act reform.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Southern Politics Shaped Trumpism
Three Southern Opinion columnists on the region and its outsize role in national politics.
New York Times Top StoriesUkraine Braces for New Talks Without the Leverage of New Missiles
President Trump backed off selling Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv, opting instead for talks with Russia. Still, Ukraine’s negotiating position has strengthened since the summer.
New York Times Top StoriesDown Time
A lazy day during which we do absolutely nothing sounds heavenly, but how much unstructured time can we comfortably abide?
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Will Winter Bring? NOAA Outlook May Offer Some Clues.
Federal forecasters broke down the most likely scenarios around the United States this week.
New York Times Top StoriesPolice Break Up Lego Theft Ring, Recovering Hundreds of Beheaded Figurines
Officials said they had discovered tens of thousands of Lego pieces at a California home and arrested a man who trafficked in the stolen collectibles.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Shutdown is Stretching On. Trump Doesn’t Seem to Mind.
As the shutdown nears a fourth week, President Trump has pushed his political opponents to further dig in.
New York Times Top StoriesThere Are Lessons From the Nixon Era in Trump’s Attempts to Freeze Spending
Half a century ago, Congress protected its power of the purse, and conservatives balked at letting presidents disobey lawmakers’ instructions.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Powers Does the Border Patrol Have Across the Country?
The Trump administration is increasingly relying on the agency for immigration enforcement within the U.S.
New York Times Top StoriesCamp Mystic Security Guard Saved Dozens Amid Deadly Flooding
In interviews with The New York Times, the guard, Glenn Juenke, offered the most detailed firsthand account yet of what staff members did as floodwaters rose at the Texas camp in July.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Border Patrol’s Blueprint for American Cities
The U.S. Border Patrol is expanding its mission to major cities across America, and building a splashy social media campaign to promote it. We joined them in Chicago — hundreds of miles away from the nearest foreign border — to observe how the agency’s mission has changed.
New York Times Top StoriesInside Israel’s Battle Over the Haredi Draft and Who Must Fight in Its Wars
The conflict over compulsory service for the nation’s ultra-Orthodox has become a stand-in for a larger struggle over the country’s right-wing, religious turn — and could determine its future.
New York Times Top StoriesJeffrey Epstein’s Angry Emails to Billionaire Leon Black
New emails show how Mr. Epstein pressured Leon Black, his longtime friend and patron, to fork over millions for financial services.
New York Times Top StoriesCHICAGO
A look inside Barack Obama’s “living, breathing cultural and gathering space” (with an N.B.A.-size basketball court). Not everyone is cheering.