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Agriculture Dept. Threatens to Withhold SNAP Funding From Democratic States
The latest threat to SNAP funding came after weeks of confusion over the status of benefits during the government shutdown.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesTrump Calls Affordability a ‘Con Job’ as His Edge on the Economy Slips
President Trump is growing frustrated as Americans struggle with higher prices and pessimism over the state of the economy.
New York Times Top StoriesUkraine Is Still Worth Fighting For
Don’t let Trump sell out its freedom for business deals with Putin.
New York Times Top StoriesSuspect in National Guard Shooting Enters Not Guilty Plea
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who is accused of killing a National Guard member and gravely wounding another, appeared in court remotely from a hospital bed.
New York Times Top StoriesImmigration Officials Target Afghans for Deportation in Wake of D.C. Shooting
The stepped-up enforcement comes as the Trump administration has also moved to reassess the vetting of Afghans who came to the country under the Biden administration.
New York Times Top StoriesHegseth Says He Did Not See Survivors of Boat Strike Clinging to Wreckage
The defense secretary supported the admiral he said called for the second strike on Sept. 2 against a boat the administration says was smuggling drugs.
New York Times Top StoriesBest Movies of 2025
Our film critics rank their 10 favorites of the year.
New York Times Top StoriesInside the Museum-Style Home of Michael Ovitz, an A-List Collector
He is best known as a former Hollywood power broker, but Ovitz has filled his Beverly Hills home with a collection that shows how serious he is about art.
New York Times Top StoriesUniversity of Oklahoma Instructor on Leave After Failing Student’s Gender Essay
The essay, written for a psychology class by a University of Oklahoma student, called the idea of multiple genders “demonic.” The instructor said it did not answer the assignment.
New York Times Top StoriesNew ICE Operation Is Said to Target Somali Migrants in Minneapolis and St. Paul
The move comes as President Trump has attacked Somalis with increasingly inflammatory rhetoric in recent days.
New York Times Top StoriesAyanna Pressley Won’t Challenge Markey for Senate in Massachusetts
Ms. Pressley, a prominent progressive, will instead run for re-election to the House. Her move is expected to help Senator Ed Markey, though he still faces one well-known Democratic primary challenger.
New York Times Top StoriesThe G.O.P. War on Property Taxes Will Lose Them the Suburbs
Suburban professionals want amenities, not austerity.
New York Times Top StoriesEugene Hasenfus, Gunrunner Who Exposed Iran-Contra Plot, Dies at 84
He emerged out of obscurity when his cargo plane was shot down while illegally ferrying arms to Nicaraguan rebels, setting off a scandal that tarnished the Reagan and Bush White Houses.
New York Times Top StoriesThe 85-Year-Old Activist Trying to Block the Trump Presidential Library Plan
After Marvin Dunn sued, the trustees of Miami Dade College voted for a second time to hand over a prime property for President Trump’s future library. He says he’ll keep fighting.
New York Times Top StoriesElon Musk’s Foundation Grows to $14 Billion, but Gives Little to Outsiders
The philanthropy has become one of America’s biggest, but most of its giving went to charities closely tied to the world’s richest man.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Photos and Video: Devastating Floods Swamp South Asia
Images of the destruction caused by storms that have torn through South and Southeast Asia.
New York Times Top StoriesProsecutors Drop Charges in Savage 1993 Murder of Mother Near Buffalo
James Pugh, one of two men originally convicted in the killing, had already spent 25 years in prison. He said all along that he was innocent.
New York Times Top StoriesJuan Orlando Hernández, Former President of Honduras, Is Freed From Prison After Trump Pardon
Juan Orlando Hernández was accused of flooding the United States with cocaine and had been sentenced to 45 years in prison.
New York Times Top StoriesLarge Winter Storm Brings Snow and Ice to Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
The major storm dropped a wintry mix of precipitation across the Midwest overnight, creating a treacherous commute for millions of Americans.
New York Times Top StoriesVenezuela Accepts Migrant Repatriation Flight From U.S. Amid Airspace Tensions
The flight’s approval illustrates how the United States and Venezuela are still communicating, after a declaration from President Trump that Venezuelan airspace was “closed in its entirety.”
New York Times Top StoriesLike Fancy Japanese Toilets? You’ll Love the Sound of This.
Devices that conceal unwanted noises are the next frontier in advanced toilet technology. Would you like some peaceful birdsong, or perhaps a burst of artillery fire?
New York Times Top StoriesThe 10 Best Books of 2025
The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction.
New York Times Top StoriesMaduro Faces His Ultimate Fight as Trump Threatens Military Action in Venezuela
President Trump’s threat of military action has confronted President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela with the gravest challenge of his crisis-ridden reign.
New York Times Top StoriesSan Francisco Will Sue Ultraprocessed Food Companies
The city attorney accuses large manufacturers of causing diseases that have burdened governments with public health costs.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Know About Trump Accounts for Children and Eligibility After Dell Donation
Next year, Michael and Susan Dell plan to move $250 into the new Trump accounts of millions of children under 10. You’ll need to live in the right ZIP code.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Michael Dell’s Blockbuster Donation Means for Philanthropy
Michael Dell and his wife, Susan Dell, plan to give away billions of dollars to fund investment accounts for children in the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesMichael and Susan Dell Pledge $6 Billion for Child Investment Accounts
The tech billionaire and his wife hope other philanthropists follow their $6 billion lead in expanding the reach of soon-to-be-created “Trump accounts.”
New York Times Top StoriesWho Gets a Presidential Pardon?
We examine President Trump’s approach to using his pardon power.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Election That Has Republicans on Edge, and How One College Student Was Deported
Plus, Ozempic for cats?
New York Times Top StoriesMandela Barnes Enters Wisconsin Governor Race, Joining Crowded Field of Democrats
The former lieutenant governor is the best-known candidate in a crowded field, but some state Democrats have cooled on him since he lost a Senate bid in 2022.