New York Times Top Stories
Trump Pardons Founder of the Crypto Exchange Binance
Changpeng Zhao, the richest man in crypto, had admitted to money-laundering violations that allowed terrorists and other criminals to move money on Binance.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top Stories‘Brother Wang,’ Accused of Being Drug Cartel Fixer, Is Arrested in Cuba
Zhi Dong Zhang, who escaped house arrest in Mexico this summer, is accused of supplying cartels with fentanyl from China, smuggling and money laundering millions under the alias “Brother Wang.”
New York Times Top StoriesStaghorn and Elkhorn Coral Are Functionally Extinct Off Florida, Researchers Say
Elkhorn and staghorn coral are now functionally extinct around the state, researchers say, meaning they no longer play any significant role in their ecosystem.
New York Times Top StoriesDemocrats Block Federal Worker Pay Bill as Shutdown Drags On
A Republican measure that would pay essential government employees faltered in the Senate, and the G.O.P. blocked a pair of Democratic bills to pay a broader swath of workers.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Supporters Are Uneasy About Military Actions Against Venezuela
Some conservative policy advisers and commentators, including Laura Loomer and Stephen K. Bannon, are raising questions about the administration’s policy in the region.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. to Investigate China’s Compliance With 2020 Trade Deal
The Trump administration is preparing to file a trade investigation into China’s compliance with a 2020 trade deal, which could raise tensions ahead of a summit between the country’s leaders.
New York Times Top StoriesBay Area Protesters Try to Block Base Entrance Before Immigration Operation
About 200 people stood in an intersection outside the Coast Guard base in Alameda, Calif., where federal agents were said to be arriving to prepare for an immigration enforcement operation.
New York Times Top StoriesCan Ken Burns Win the American Revolution?
Burns’s 12-hour documentary about our national origin story is landing in the middle of a culture war. Yes, it’s complicated. No, he does not want to talk about President Trump.
New York Times Top StoriesVirginia Democrats Plan to Redraw House Maps in Redistricting Push
The surprise move could give Democrats two or three additional House seats and is likely to scramble the last couple weeks of campaigning ahead of the Nov. 4 election.
New York Times Top StoriesShelly Fireman, a Showman Restaurateur for Showgoers, Dies at 93
With considerable pizazz, he ran a string of popular restaurants in Manhattan, many aimed at hooking the crowds from Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and Broadway.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Health Workers Recalled From Shutdown Furlough for Medicare, A.C.A. Enrollments
A federal agency said its employees would return on Monday, with the costs paid by user fees collected from researchers.
New York Times Top StoriesDave Ball, Soft Cell Musician Known for ‘Tainted Love,’ Dies at 66
He was a producer and one half of the pioneering English synth-pop duo.
New York Times Top StoriesEric Adams Will Endorse Andrew Cuomo for NYC Mayor
Mayor Eric Adams will endorse former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo for mayor and plans to campaign with him, in hopes of slowing the momentum of Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Sanctions on Russian Oil Could Push India to Stop Buying It
The sanctions could break a diplomatic deadlock by making it more difficult for India to continue buying from Russia, a point of contention between President Trump and Narendra Modi.
New York Times Top StoriesMusk’s Trillion-Dollar Pitch
Despite a drop in Tesla profit, the billionaire exhorted investors to back his proposed compensation package, or face consequences.
New York Times Top StoriesKing Charles and Pope Leo Pray Together in Groundbreaking Moment
It was the first time in hundreds of years that the leaders of the Catholic and Anglican churches prayed together, offering a public display of unity between Christian faiths.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Abdication of Congress
We explain what elected officials aren’t doing during the government shutdown.
New York Times Top StoriesOil 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 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?