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The Furor Over Trump’s Boat Attacks and a Particular Follow-Up Strike, Explained
Bipartisan congressional oversight is underway, but for now is focusing on narrow details about one missile instead of broader legal issues.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesThe Furor Over Trump’s Boat Attacks and a Particular Follow-Up Strike, Explained
Bipartisan congressional oversight is underway, but for now is focusing on narrow details about one missile instead of broader legal issues.
New York Times Top StoriesA Volunteer’s Dire Warnings About the National Guard D.C. Shooting Suspect
More than a year before the Trump administration granted asylum to the Afghan immigrant, the volunteer’s emails raised concerns that he was unraveling.
New York Times Top StoriesWill All Newborns Still Receive Hepatitis B Shots? A Committee’s Vote Will Tell.
The federal vaccine panel appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is likely to decide on Thursday that the shots should be delayed for infants whose mothers test negative for the virus.
New York Times Top StoriesKenya Kept a Diplomat in His Job Despite Years of Sex Abuse Accusations
President William Ruto faces pressure after a Times investigation showed that his government downplayed or ignored the mistreatment of women working in Saudi Arabia.
New York Times Top StoriesKenya Kept a Diplomat in His Job Despite Years of Sex Abuse Accusations
President William Ruto faces pressure after a Times investigation showed that his government downplayed or ignored the mistreatment of women working in Saudi Arabia.
New York Times Top StoriesWhere Does the Transgender Rights Movement Go From Here?
The lawyer and activist Chase Strangio on cultural divisions and common ground.
New York Times Top StoriesBest TV Shows of 2025
Many of the year’s best series seemed to be in conversation with one another, including “Severance,” “The Pitt,” “Andor,” “Pluribus,” “The Lowdown” and others.
New York Times Top StoriesMacron Urges Xi to Help End War in Ukraine
As President Emmanuel Macron of France visited China, its leader, Xi Jinping, said his country would play a constructive role in ending the fighting.
New York Times Top StoriesBut Who Is the Snake in ‘Zootopia 2’?
Gary Goldman, who has battled Disney in court over the franchise, thinks the viper Gary De’Snake is based on him.
New York Times Top StoriesInside Kennedy’s Methodical Quest to Shake Up America’s Vaccine System
The health secretary has walled himself off from government scientists and empowered fellow activists to pursue his vaccine agenda.
New York Times Top StoriesHamas Returns Body of Last Thai Hostage in Gaza
The militant group took more than 250 hostages from Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, including 31 from Thailand. The remains of all but one other hostage, an Israeli, have been recovered.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Hochul Considers an A.I. Bill, Its Sponsor Throws Her a Fund-Raiser
Gov. Kathy Hochul received nearly $250,000 for her re-election campaign from donors eager to have her sign a bill that would regulate the A.I. field in New York.
New York Times Top StoriesLate Night Thinks the War on Drugs Has Gone a Bit Off the Rails
The president who says he’s killing traffickers “pardoned a man who smuggled in enough cocaine to give every American resting Kash Patel face,” Josh Johnson said.
New York Times Top StoriesTaiwan’s Opposition Leader, Once for Independence, Turns Toward China
She says Taiwan must embrace its Chinese heritage to avoid war. Her critics say she wants to steer the island into Beijing’s orbit.
New York Times Top StoriesMel Leipzig, Painter Called the ‘Chekhov of Trenton,’ Dies at 90
He put fellow New Jerseyans at the center of his work, and a critic praised the “mysterious emotional tensions” in his pictures of ordinary people.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself
Workers installed the president’s name on the Washington institute, thrusting it back into the spotlight as it is set to host the signing of a peace deal between Rwanda and Congo.
New York Times Top StoriesFormer F.D.A. Commissioners Sound Alarm on Plan to Change Vaccine Policy
Twelve former commissioners, in a New England Journal of Medicine article, said they were “deeply concerned” by a leaked memo from the agency’s vaccine regulator.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Know About Putin’s Visit to India as Oil Trade Dries Up
The Trump administration, which crippled Russia’s oil sales to India with sanctions, will be watching Mr. Putin’s talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
New York Times Top StoriesPentagon Watchdog Finds Hegseth’s Signal Chat Risked Endangering U.S. Troops
An inspector general report to be released on Thursday examined the defense secretary’s use of a private messaging app to discuss airstrikes in Yemen.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Former Campaign Manager Assisted Honduran Presidential Candidate
Brad Parscale advised the campaign of Nasry Asfura, a right-wing candidate who was endorsed by the U.S. president.
New York Times Top StoriesFormer F.D.A. Commissioners Sound Alarm on Plan to Change Vaccine Policy
Twelve former commissioners, in a New England Journal of Medicine article, said they were “deeply concerned” by a leaked memo from the Trump administration’s chief scientific officer.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat We Know About Trump’s Crime and Immigration Crackdown Across the U.S.
The president has sent federal agents to Democratic-led cities in several states, prompting lawsuits and stirring anger among local leaders.
New York Times Top StoriesAfghan Refugees Face Uncertain Future As Trump Tightens Immigration Policy
Afghan immigrants in the United States believed they were safe. A deadly shooting that authorities say was carried out by an Afghan has thrown their futures into doubt.
New York Times Top Stories5 Takeaways From the 2025 DealBook Summit
President Trump’s economic policies and artificial intelligence were among the central topics at the gathering of business and political leaders.
New York Times Top StoriesSteve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and a Shaper of Memphis Soul Music
As a member of Booker T. & the MG’s and as a producer, he played a pivotal role in the rise of Stax Records, a storied force in R&B in the 1960s and ’70s.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Faces Choices on Russia-Ukraine Talks as Peace Deal Deadline Passes
The president wanted Moscow and Kyiv to come to terms by Thanksgiving. Negotiations are now stalled, leaving the White House to decide if an agreement is possible anytime soon.
New York Times Top StoriesLawsuit Against Hispanic Scholarship Fund Argues It Discriminates Against Non-Hispanic Students
The plaintiffs, white and Asian students, said they would qualify for scholarships given out by the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, but for their race.
New York Times Top StoriesUnpacking Trump’s Immigration Crackdown and Deportation Efforts
As Trump steps up his crackdown, our reporters explain what’s happening.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Plans to Lower Fuel Efficiency Requirements
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