New York Times Top Stories
Ranchers in South Dakota Turn to Prescribed Burns to Treat Their Land
A “green glacier” of trees is steadily taking over native grasslands. Landowners are banding together to treat the problem with fire.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesI.M.F. Prods China, Gently, on Its Weak Currency
Caught between Beijing and the Trump administration, the International Monetary Fund offered mild criticism of China for relying too heavily on exports.
New York Times Top StoriesDemocrats Press to Expand House Map, Targeting 5 New G.O.P. Seats
Four of the additions are for districts where President Trump won handily, but Democrats are feeling emboldened by election outcomes this fall.
New York Times Top StoriesA Million Teenagers Just Got Barred From Social Media, and Trump Calls Affordability a ‘Hoax’
Plus, the travel influencers who aren’t actually real.
New York Times Top StoriesISIS Detention Camps Pose a Dangerous Problem for Syria’s Leaders
The government faces a dilemma over what to do with civil-war-era prisons and detention camps that hold thousands of ISIS fighters and tens of thousands of their family members.
New York Times Top StoriesSupreme Court Hears Death Penalty Case on Intellectual Disability
The case involves an Alabama man who challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results in a series of I.Q. tests.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Contradictions of Gavin Newsom
How the California governor became the 2028 Democratic front-runner.
New York Times Top StoriesRare 15th Century Jewish Prayer Book, Looted by the Nazis, to Be Sold
The illuminated manuscript, confiscated from the Rothschild banking dynasty during the Holocaust, is expected to draw at least $5 million.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Rules Threaten Nobel Prizes Won by Immigrants
As three immigrants claim Nobel Prizes in science for the United States this year, experts warn that immigration crackdowns could undo American innovation.
New York Times Top StoriesDemocrats Make a Fresh Push to Win State Legislatures
The arm of the party that focuses on statehouses is targeting hundreds of seats and more than 40 chambers, according to a strategy memo, reflecting Democrats’ new optimism.
New York Times Top StoriesBrad Lander Will Run for House Seat with Mamdani’s Support
Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller, will run for a House seat in Brooklyn and Manhattan, challenging Representative Daniel Goldman in the Democratic primary.
New York Times Top StoriesFed Divisions Will Cloud Interest Rate Decision at Final 2025 Meeting
The central bank is poised to lower interest rates on Wednesday even as a growing chorus of officials urge caution.
New York Times Top StoriesDoes the Job of C.E.O. or Private Investor Come First? Intel’s Chief Is Juggling That Question.
Lip-Bu Tan, who was appointed chief executive of Intel in March, is also a longtime venture capitalist. His dual roles have caused some consternation.
New York Times Top StoriesA Cinnabon Worker Was Fired for a Racist Slur. Her Supporters Have Raised $130,000.
On a video that went viral, the worker, who is white, can be seen calling two Black customers an epithet. The campaign to give her money echoes the reaction to a similar incident this year.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Challenges to Europe’s Security Go Beyond Trump’s Lack of Support
Europeans find themselves stranded between hostile powers, Russia and the United States, with key decisions looming over the future of Ukraine.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Latest Trump Resistance Is Within the Indiana G.O.P.
Some Republicans in the Indiana Senate have resisted a new congressional map despite lobbying from the White House and threats of political consequences.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Health Care Debate We Really Need
The high cost of health care in America is suppressing wages, driving job losses and fueling inequality.
New York Times Top StoriesRyan Coogler on ‘Sinners,’ Chadwick Boseman and Why He Declined to Join the Academy
The director on what he’s thinking of post-“Sinners,” how the loss of Chadwick Boseman affected him and why he turned down the invitation to join the academy.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Conservative Overhaul of the University of Texas Is Underway
The school has been brought to heel by conservative critics of higher education. It is part of a broader transformation at the state’s universities.
New York Times Top StoriesA New Governor Inherits a Misconduct Investigation Into the State Police
A prolonged slowdown in traffic enforcement by New Jersey troopers coincided with an uptick in fatal crashes. The pattern remains under investigation as Mikie Sherrill prepares to take office.
New York Times Top StoriesMachado Won’t Pick Up Peace Prize in Person, Nobel Director Says
The head of the Norwegian Nobel Institute told the state broadcaster that María Corina Machado would not attend Wednesday’s event in Oslo.
New York Times Top StoriesLate Night Doesn’t Want to Sweat at the Airport
Ronny Chieng dissed new fitness plans from the Trump administration for travelers in American airports: “We can’t even walk to the gate. They had to invent floors that walk for us.”
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Picked This Fight With Maduro. He Can’t Back Down.
If the Trump administration allows Nicolás Maduro to endure, it would signal that a criminal dictatorship masquerading as a state can stare down the United States and win.
New York Times Top StoriesRod Paige, Education Secretary Who Defended ‘No Child Left Behind,’ Dies at 92
He was both the first Black person and the first educator to hold the cabinet position, but resigned amid discord over George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind.
New York Times Top StoriesTaiwan Invokes National Security Law to Protect TSMC Trade Secrets
An executive left TSMC for Intel. Taiwan’s government says that could threaten its national security.
New York Times Top StoriesChip Company Plotted to Send Technology to China, Ex-C.E.O. Says
The former chief executive of Nexperia, a Dutch chipmaker, said Dutch officials had known for years that the company’s Chinese owner sought to move its technology to China.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Speech on Economy Veers Into an Anti-Immigrant Tirade
President Trump vacillated between demonizing immigrants and assuring a crowd of his supporters that life was better than ever under his administration.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Says Americans Are Doing Great, Even as Views on the Economy Sour
President Trump’s speech in Pennsylvania was meant to alleviate concerns about affordability. But he kept wandering off script and dwelling on his favorite targets, like immigration.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Withdraws Plan to Overhaul Homeless Aid
The abrupt decision to revise the plan added new uncertainty and possible delays into the government’s distribution of $3.9 billion in homelessness relief.
New York Times Top StoriesThis Arkansas City Shows How to Slash Emissions and Save Money, Too
In the Ozarks, the growing college town of Fayetteville, Ark., is using clean energy to power city facilities and embracing nature-based solutions to climate threats.