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How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
The group’s biggest claims were largely incorrect, a New York Times analysis found. And its many smaller cuts added up to few savings.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top Stories3 Theories for Why G.D.P. Is Up but Job Growth Is Slowing
There are some possible explanations for what’s happening with seemingly conflicting macroeconomic data.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Real-Life Marty Supreme Taught Me How to Hustle
When I first moved to New York City, Marty Reisman befriended me.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Economic Growth Surged in Third Quarter of 2025
Gross domestic product grew at a 4.3 percent annual rate, faster than the previous three months.
New York Times Top StoriesMore Epstein Files Are Released and Include Some References to Trump
The Justice Department released another batch of documents from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation — a wide mix of emails, tips and records from his death.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy the A.I. Rally (and the Bubble Talk) Could Continue Next Year
Big Tech’s huge investment in artificial intelligence is making investors nervous. But the technology continues to advance, buoying the bulls.
New York Times Top StoriesShoppers Spent Big This Holiday Season, Despite Economic Pressures
Consumers spent 3.9 percent more from Nov. 1 to Dec. 21 this year compared with last year, according to a Mastercard report on holiday spending.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Doesn’t Trump Like Wind Farms?
We examine the Trump administration’s approach to the wind industry.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Greenland Strategy, and the New Promise of Weight-Loss Pills
Plus, the biggest lottery jackpots ever.
New York Times Top StoriesRussia Bombards Ukraine Hours After Zelensky Calls Peace Plan ‘Quite Solid’
The Ukrainian leader cited progress on security guarantees, even as Russia bombed Ukraine overnight, indicating that it is prepared to continue fighting.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s War on Public Health Is a Battle to the Death
The MAHA pipe dream is going to hurt MAGA the most.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump May Give SpaceX Some Land In A Texas Wildlife Refuge
In exchange for the land in Texas, the rocket and satellite company would give the government some of its own property nearby, documents show.
New York Times Top StoriesNew Jersey Honors Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Who Kept an Election Safe
For their heroics after a wave of bomb threats in New Jersey on Election Day, more than two dozen dogs were presented with an award from the state attorney general.
New York Times Top StoriesYouTube Has a Firm Grip on Daytime TV
YouTube’s big streaming lead over Netflix and other competitors stems in large part to its dominance during daylight hours.
New York Times Top Stories‘Jingle All the Way,’ and the Super Bad Dad Superhero
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman and Rita Wilson served a platter of high-octane holiday high jinks in this unhinged 1996 comedy.
New York Times Top StoriesThis Texas Family Was Part of the Biggest U.S. Measles Outbreak in a Generation
The measles outbreak in the United States is now in its 11th month, with almost 2,000 cases. The Timmons family were some of the first people to get sick.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Strange Case of the Russian Snickers in U.K. Convenience Shops
The Russian-labeled candy bars are a reminder of how difficult it is to completely disconnect a major economy from the global flow of goods.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Tariffs Threaten Canadian Holiday Sales
Small businesses across Canada have lost out on sales because of the trade war, and many worry about their future.
New York Times Top StoriesPrivate Equity, Saddled With Investments It Can’t Sell, Loses Its Luster
As funds deliver mediocre returns and sheds investors, the industry is struggling to unload 31,000 investments, an increase over this time last year.
New York Times Top StoriesAlzheimer’s at the Holiday Table
When Dementia Has a Seat at Your Holiday Table
New York Times Top StoriesDo Parents Have Favorite Children? Of Course They Do.
And research shows the less favored children suffer for it.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat We Get Wrong About Christian Nationalism
The irony of our secular age is that theology is more powerful than ever.
New York Times Top StoriesKate Winslet’s Unhappy Family Christmas
The British actress’s directorial debut, “Goodbye June,” is based on a script written by her son and follows a fractured family reuniting in the hospital over the holidays.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Complicated Legacy of Mayor Eric Adams
Mr. Adams will be remembered for the drumbeat of scandals that derailed his mayoralty in New York City, a growing affordability crisis and progress on public safety and housing.
New York Times Top StoriesN.Y.C. Housing Isn’t Being Built Fast Enough, Report Says
Housing experts and politicians agree that New York City needs to add hundreds of thousands of new homes. The Real Estate Board of New York is keeping tally.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Pursuit of the Monarch’s Magnetic Sense
The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals. For some scientists, the monarch butterfly is leading the way.
New York Times Top StoriesDid Mayor Eric Adams ‘Get Stuff Done’? A Look at His Record on 7 Issues.
The mayor has kept his vow to lower crime in New York City, but the city’s economic recovery has stalled and homelessness has risen.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Needs to Rein in Netanyahu
President Trump should press Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ease military pressure on Gaza, Lebanon and Syria for the sake of his own policy.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Announces New ‘Trump Class’ of Warships
The president said development of the vessels would help maintain military superiority and improve the industrial base, but analysts suggested they were the wrong approach to current threats.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Pentagon and A.I. Giants Have a Weakness. Both Need China’s Batteries, Badly.
As warfare is reinvented in Ukraine, and Silicon Valley races to maintain its A.I. lead, China’s battery dominance is raising alarms far beyond the auto industry.