New York Times Top Stories: Posts

New York Times Top Stories

Starting With Formaldehyde, Trump Administration Reassesses Chemical Risks

A draft memo from the E.P.A. assumes a safe threshold exists for formaldehyde, upending earlier findings that there is no safe level of exposure to the carcinogen.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

What Could Thwart the Texas G.O.P. From Picking Up 5 House Seats in Midterm Elections

Republicans redid their voting maps so they could flip those seats to help keep control of the U.S. House. But achieving that goal is far from guaranteed.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Denied Federal Disaster Aid, a Town in Trump Country Feels Forgotten

FEMA rejected requests for federal assistance, twice, after devastating floods in western Maryland, part of a larger pattern of making communities pay for their own disaster recovery.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

As the Price of Beef Soars, Restaurants Are in ‘Code Red’ Mode

Midpriced steakhouses and fine-dining establishments are trying to figure out how to cover their rising costs without scaring away customers.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Yemeni Separatists Set Sights on Houthi-Controlled Capital

The Southern Transitional Council has seized control of parts of Yemen over the past week, with ambitions to create a “south Arabian state.”

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Judi Jupiter, a 76-Year-Old Social Media Star, Is Gen Z at Heart

In the 1970s, she photographed Andy Warhol and Debbie Harry on wild nights at Studio 54. Now she’s chronicling a new generation.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

History Colorado Center Rejects Painting, Citing Campaign Finance Law

A Colorado museum cited state law while rejecting an artwork with unflattering depictions of politicians. Free speech groups called the decision censorship.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

16 Best Theater Moments of 2025

Lea Michele’s star turn in “Chess.” Kara Young as an 8-year-old. A 12-minute monologue delivered from a cloud. These are our favorite scenes from this year.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Trump’s Interest in Warner Bros. Deal Weighs On Justice Department

President Trump’s unusual decision to involve himself in the government’s review of the deal puts his antitrust chief in an awkward position.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Race to Replace Powell at Fed Adds to Cacophony Around Rate Decision

The end of Jerome Powell’s term as Fed chair will give President Trump his biggest opportunity yet to reshape the central bank.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Meta’s New A.I. Superstars Are Chafing Against the Rest of the Company

An us-versus-them mentality has emerged between Meta’s top artificial intelligence team and longtime lieutenants to Mark Zuckerberg.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Judge Grants Request to Unseal Jeffrey Epstein Grand Jury Records

The ruling could lead to the most expansive look yet at the federal investigation of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Tony Dokoupil Is Named Anchor of ‘CBS Evening News’

He replaces John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois in one of the most high-profile decisions of Bari Weiss’s early tenure as the network’s editor in chief.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Sophie Kinsella, ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’ Author, Dies at 55

Writing under a pseudonym, Madeleine Wickham cultivated an international following for her series centered on a young woman addicted to shopping.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Why Markets Are Getting Anxious About the Fed

The central bank is widely expected to lower its benchmark lending rate on Wednesday. But investors are worried about what comes afterward.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

House Democrat Seeks to Impeach RFK Jr. for Undercutting Public Health

The move by Representative Haley Stevens, a Michigan Democrat who is running for Senate, does not have the support of her party’s leaders and is all but certain to fail.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

50 States, 50 Fixes

We look at climate solutions across the country.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

I.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.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Democrats 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.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

A Million Teenagers Just Got Barred From Social Media, and Trump Calls Affordability a ‘Hoax’

Plus, the travel influencers who aren’t actually real.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

ISIS 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.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Supreme 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.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

The Contradictions of Gavin Newsom

How the California governor became the 2028 Democratic front-runner.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Rare 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.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Trump 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.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Democrats 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.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Brad 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.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Fed 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.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Does 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.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

A 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.

Continue Reading…