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Oil Price Jumps on Trump’s Russia Sanctions
Traders are pondering whether the United States and its allies are finally getting serious about restricting Russian energy.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesBroadway Averts Strike as Musicians Reach Deal With Producers, Union Says
The tentative agreement, which still requires ratification by union members, comes five days after a similar agreement with actors and stage managers.
New York Times Top StoriesHarvard Records an Increase in Asian Students and a Drop in Black Students
The shift mirrors trends at other elite schools after a ban on affirmative action. The Trump administration has said it wants to scrutinize demographics to ensure schools aren’t using racial preferences.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Democratic Party Is Getting Too Rich to Win
Democrats used to be known as the party of the poor and the working class. Two decades of federal income data show how that changed.
New York Times Top StoriesRussians Awake to Trump’s New Oil Sanctions and Largely Shrug
While oil markets reacted strongly to the sanctions, analysts said the measures were unlikely to significantly change President Vladimir V. Putin’s war calculations.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Expands Boat Strikes to Pacific, and Trump Tears Down East Wing
Plus, the island that just got its first mosquitoes.
New York Times Top StoriesChina’s Consumers Are in a Years-Long Funk. Will Anything Get Them to Spend?
Countries worldwide are buying more than ever from China, but domestic consumption is lagging and government stimulus efforts aren’t working.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. May Seek United Nations Mandate for Gaza Security Force, Rubio Says
Before boarding a plane for Israel, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that U.N. backing was a potential next step to deploying an international stabilization force to the war-torn enclave.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Has a Religion. What Do Democrats Have?
Mamdani might be working in Democrats’ favor. But what about “No Kings”?
New York Times Top StoriesLate Night Responds to Trump’s Justice Department Query
The “Daily Show” host Michael Kosta said the president seeking compensation shouldn’t be a surprise: “Trump sues people more often than Barron gets hit by a sea gull.”
New York Times Top StoriesWe Can Survive an A.I. Bust
We’ve been here before.
New York Times Top StoriesIn “Life, Part 2,” Leslie Jones Wants to Make Everybody Laugh
Though the comedian got a late start to fame, her third special, “Life Part 2,” continues a decade-long streak crafting a career that appeals to the masses.
New York Times Top StoriesSea Otters and Museums Are Feeling Taylor Swift’s Midas Touch
After the release of her latest album, an aquarium in California and a museum in Germany suddenly were thrust into the center of Taylor Swift’s fandom. Just how big is Swift’s cultural reach?
New York Times Top StoriesErykah Badu Says Making Music Is a Sport. It’s Game Time.
The singer and songwriter on her reign as one of music’s most idiosyncratic and spiritual figures and where her creative impulses are headed next.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Happened in Gaza Might Be Even Worse Than We Think
We have a chance to discover the true cost of this war.
New York Times Top StoriesA Girls Basketball Team Gives Up Its Title After Spotting a Scoring Error
The team in Oklahoma City forfeited its district championship earlier this year after the coach verified that a scoring error had incorrectly crowned them as winners.
New York Times Top StoriesFinancial Assistance Options for Federal Employees During the Government Shutdown
Some banks are offering a pause on payments on certain loans, waiving late fees and providing no-interest loans.
New York Times Top StoriesStavros Halkias Wants a Career. Will His Fans Let Him Have One?
The comedian is pivoting from online notoriety to mainstream roles. It’s harder than it looks.
New York Times Top StoriesOz Pearlman Is the Manosphere’s Favorite Magician
Oz Pearlman has revealed Joe Rogan’s A.T.M. code on air and entertained N.F.L. stars. Now he wants more.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Seattle as in New York, a Mayoral Race Turns on Generational Change
Mayor Bruce Harrell of Seattle, 67, is facing a challenge from Katie Wilson, 43, who has a penchant for social media and a focus on cost of living, all reminiscent of Zohran Mamdani.
New York Times Top StoriesDrug With a 30-Year Monopoly Is Target of State-Level Push to Curb Prices
In a first, Colorado will cap the price of Enbrel, an arthritis drug. Using patent tactics, the drugmaker Amgen has aggressively blocked competition for it.
New York Times Top StoriesA Costly Radio System Faltered When Texas Needed It Most
Motorola won a $7 million contract to modernize Kerr County’s emergency radio system. When a devastating flash flood swept through the county, emergency crews had trouble using it.
New York Times Top StoriesE.U. Approves Sweeping Sanctions Targeting Russian Gas and Crypto
European leaders signed off on the new measures just hours after President Trump imposed sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies.
New York Times Top StoriesFear and Anger Fill New York’s Canal Street After Immigration Raid
The famous shopping strip, usually teeming with street vendors, turned quiet a day after federal agents descended.
New York Times Top StoriesCuomo Paints Dire Picture of New York Under Mamdani as Election Nears
Andrew Cuomo is trying to close ground in the New York City mayor’s race by escalating his warnings that “mayhem” would follow a victory by Zohran Mamdani.
New York Times Top StoriesIs It ‘Subsidizing the Rich’ to Make Buses and Child Care Free for All?
Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner in the New York City mayor’s race, would make some public benefits available to everyone. Andrew Cuomo, his top challenger, wants to help the neediest residents.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Know About the Billion-Dollar Scam Center Industry
The U.S., Britain and South Korea have joined a crackdown on groups running frauds from Southeast Asia. They have their work cut out.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Europe Is Trying to Turn Frozen Russian Assets Into Cash for Ukraine
European Union officials could reach a political agreement as soon as Thursday on a plan for a huge loan to Ukraine backed by Kremlin money frozen in a Belgian financial institution.
New York Times Top StoriesChinese Impersonator’s Trump Act Has Won Him Millions of Fans
Ryan Chen has turned an uncanny impersonation of President Trump into a social media career, and a mirror of China’s fascination with America.
New York Times Top StoriesCan a Beach Really Be Evil? Ask the Sun-Seekers in Good Sahel.
The sea looks the same. So does the sand. But in Egypt, two beach communities not far from each other have decidedly different ideas about fun.