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New York Times Top StoriesA New York Times review of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s actions on immigration showed that they created an opening for a more aggressive Trump administration agenda.
New York Times Top StoriesCarbondale, Ill., a liberal enclave within driving distance of 10 states with abortion bans, has become a hub for the procedure. Last year there were nearly 11,000 abortions in this city of 21,000.
New York Times Top StoriesOver two decades, a minimum-security prison aimed at helping inmates prepare to leave prison was a point of civic pride. Now, state officials have converted it to ICE detention.
New York Times Top StoriesThrough layers of intermediaries, stablecoins can be moved, swapped and mixed into pools of other funds in ways that are difficult to trace, experts say.
New York Times Top StoriesAs wealthier areas are pushing back against huge A.I. data centers, speculators are pitching places like Doña Ana County, N.M., on their vision. Local officials are eager for a deal — even if they don’t quite know the terms.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Democratic president and his top advisers rejected recommendations that could have eased the border crisis that helped return Donald Trump to the White House.
New York Times Top StoriesIn 2020, a Chinese virologist fled to the United States, aided by allies of President Trump who sought to promote her unproven theories about the origins of Covid-19. Her husband still can’t find her.
New York Times Top StoriesA dusty town in the parched northeast has become the nation’s show business destination. But climate change and technology are posing new challenges there.
New York Times Top StoriesThe arrest was part of a crackdown on speech that the authorities say is inciting hatred of the government. Critics say officials are silencing calls for accountability.
New York Times Top StoriesBeing a smart consumer has never been easier. Influencers and the fashion industry are all taking advantage of that.
New York Times Top StoriesThe country is trying to wean children under 16 off the likes of TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube and Instagram with a new law. The teenagers are skeptical.
New York Times Top StoriesThe government is pushing hard to raise turnout in an election overshadowed by a deadly fire and public anger over safety lapses and official accountability.
New York Times Top StoriesThe country is barring children under 16 from social media, with a sweeping federal law that is one of the first attempts at a nationwide regulation.
New York Times Top StoriesOfficials told the Indian news media that the fire tore through a nightclub in the southwestern state of Goa, a popular tourist destination.
New York Times Top StoriesThe judge’s decision prevented the government until at least next Friday from having access to much of the evidence it used to secure its original indictment against Mr. Comey.
New York Times Top StoriesAt an appearance in California, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was noncommittal about releasing the full video of a U.S. military attack on a boat in the Caribbean.
New York Times Top StoriesFrenzied bidding pushed the polarizing F.P. Journe timepiece into near-record territory despite one dealer calling the design “goofy.”
New York Times Top StoriesPresident Trump backed Nasry Asfura days before the Nov. 30 election and denounced his opponents. In a close race, that has potentially tipped the scales.
New York Times Top StoriesTwo people were rescued from a half-sunken boat off the island of Crete on Saturday evening, but 17 others died in the wreck.
New York Times Top StoriesThe woman’s body was found near her 2-year-old’s, and the man who was charged was the child’s father, the authorities said. The case did not appear to be linked to the Long Island serial killings.
New York Times Top StoriesMr. Trump is pushing to approve their production in the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesNot too much religious moralism in the administration, but too little.
New York Times Top StoriesA new White House policy document formalizes President Trump’s long-held contempt for Europe’s leaders. It made clear that the continent now stands at a strategic crossroads.
New York Times Top StoriesOnly four donors have transmitted rabies to organ transplant recipients since 1978, according to federal officials.
New York Times Top StoriesOfficials said Israel helped arm and back Yasser Abu Shabab’s Popular Forces, part of a strategy against Hamas, before a local clan killed him this week.
New York Times Top StoriesUntil the court imposes limits, the administration will keep acting as if there are none.
New York Times Top StoriesDid Pete Hegseth break the law after authorizing Venezuelan boat strikes? The Times Opinion editor, Kathleen Kingsbury, argues that there are multiple reasons the strikes were legally dubious.
New York Times Top StoriesWill the president soon wish he hadn’t run for a second term?
New York Times Top StoriesShare Our Strength takes on what both parties leave behind.