New York Times Top Stories
How Much Sex, Drugs and Violence Can Be in a PG-13 Movie?
The movie ratings board has pulled back the curtain on how it approaches hot-button topics, including nudity, marijuana and guns.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesGreenpeace Faces an Unusual New Legal Attack From a Pipeline Giant
The company that won a huge verdict against Greenpeace earlier this year has asked a North Dakota court to block a countersuit in the Netherlands.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Internet Loves Peptide Therapy. Is It Really a Miracle Cure?
A suite of products promise smoother skin, bigger muscles and longer life. But what are peptides? And do they work?
New York Times Top StoriesShe Has Taken 30 Years to Write a 7-Part Novel About 1 Day. It’s a Sensation.
The Danish author Solvej Balle’s experimental opus reframes the tedium of contemporary life as a source of unexpected wonders.
New York Times Top StoriesA City Is Broke. Can a Billionaire’s Urbanist Dream Offer It a Last Chance?
Suisun City has tried to revive its fortunes for years. The latest idea: Annex land for California Forever, a tech-billionaire-funded new city plan north of San Francisco.
New York Times Top StoriesAnorexia Was My Revolt Against Mother Nature
My sister and I went on a joint diet. She stopped and I didn’t.
New York Times Top StoriesA Voyage Into the Art of Finding One’s Way at Sea
Scientists and Indigenous sailors in the Marshall Islands are studying seafaring and the human brain.
New York Times Top StoriesPoor Countries Got $1 Trillion From China. So Did Rich Ones.
Beijing has used loans to developing nations to expand its influence, but a new study says no country has received more Chinese financing than the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesNothing Succeeds With Trump Quite Like Success
Ukraine understands this. Europe should get on board with it, too.
New York Times Top StoriesTanzania: What to Know About the Post-Election Violence
Post-election violence has tarnished the country’s reputation for stability, and the crackdown may have backfired on the government, as officials in Washington call for a re-examination of U.S. ties.
New York Times Top StoriesWhere Mao’s Peasants Tilled the Soil, Tourists Now Pay for the View
Decades ago, a Chinese village became an official symbol of revolutionary “self-reliance.” The slogan hasn’t changed, but nearly everything else has.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Climate Push, Energy Companies Return to Fossil Fuels in Europe
Recent oil and gas deals in Europe suggest that the growing demand for energy may be leading companies to adopt a more pragmatic approach.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Says America Is in ‘Golden Age,’ Straining to Address Affordability
Speaking at a gathering of McDonald’s franchise owners and operators, the president boasted that he had “normalized” inflation.
New York Times Top StoriesTennessee Judge Temporarily Blocks National Guard Deployment in Memphis
The judge said the case “raises important questions concerning the use of the state’s military forces for domestic law enforcement purposes.”
New York Times Top StoriesLarry Summers to Step Back From Public Commitments Over Epstein Emails
New emails showed that Dr. Summers, a former Harvard president, had stayed in touch with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Mr. Epstein faced sex trafficking charges.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Has the Power to Release the Epstein Files. Why Doesn’t He?
The president has reversed himself and encouraged lawmakers to vote for compelling the Justice Department to turn over investigation documents, but he never really needed their approval.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Gives Mixed Messages About Military Action Against Venezuela
The president said he has not ruled out putting U.S. forces on the ground but signaled for a second day running that he could be open to talking to Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s leader.
New York Times Top StoriesC.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for First Time
If the outbreaks cannot be extinguished by January, the anniversary of the first cases in Texas, the United States will lose what is known as “elimination status” as determined by the World Health Organization.
New York Times Top StoriesFed Governor Lisa Cook Says Housing Official Worked With Trump to Tarnish Her
New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, and a Federal Reserve governor, Lisa Cook, sought to publicize the role of the housing official, Bill Pulte, in executing President Trump’s retribution agenda.
New York Times Top StoriesThe MAGA Crackup Might Finally Be Here
Even if the Epstein files never come out, it’s increasingly clear that a Trump coalition is fragmenting.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Says U.S. Will Sell F-35s to Saudis, Despite Pentagon Concerns
The president told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday that he planned to sell the advanced fighter jets to Riyadh.
New York Times Top StoriesMacKenzie Scott Gives $700 Million to Historically Black Colleges
The donations to over a dozen schools come as the Trump administration is directing more funds to the historically Black institutions, too.
New York Times Top StoriesThe U.N. Security Council Backs Trump’s Gaza Plan
Also, it’s a big week for the art market. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Hundreds of Gazans Arrive on Mystery Flights, South Africa Asks How
A little-known group sold passage to desperate Palestinians who didn’t know their destination, catching the South African government by surprise.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Bows to Reality on Epstein Files Vote, in a Rare Retreat
Faced with a mass defection on a bill to demand the release of the Epstein files, the president rushed to avoid an embarrassing loss, suggesting a slip in his iron grip on the G.O.P.
New York Times Top StoriesU.N. Security Council Adopts Trump’s Peace Plan for Gaza
Russia and China abstained. The vote provides a legal mandate for the Trump administration’s vision of how to move past the cease-fire to rebuild the war-ravaged enclave after two years of war.
New York Times Top StoriesWall Street’s Top Cop Ushers In Lighter-Touch Oversight of Banks
Michelle W. Bowman, the Federal Reserve’s new vice chair for supervision, has advanced regulatory changes that some fear may sow the seeds for the next crisis.
New York Times Top StoriesFrance Steps Up Fight Against Disinformation as U.S. Pulls Back, Official Says
The French government is trying to make the case that governments can call out foreign malign influence campaigns and protect speech.
New York Times Top StoriesDavid Richardson, Acting FEMA Administration, Resigns
David Richardson had been on the job for six months. FEMA employees had questioned his ability to lead the agency.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Britain Is Embracing ‘Negative Nation Branding’
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, trying to get a grip on a feverish immigration debate, is introducing a hard-line, contentious policy on refugees.