New York Times Top Stories
$100 for a Cab to the Airport? It May Soon Get Worse.
The Port Authority is preparing to increase the charge for drivers to pick up and drop off passengers at the airports.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesAustralian State Passes ‘Extraordinary’ Gun, Protest Laws After Bondi Attack
While the new restrictions on firearms have broad support, new police powers to crack down on some protests were criticized as limits on civil liberties.
New York Times Top StoriesThailand, Attacking Cambodia, Says Its Target Is the Scam Industry
Thai warplanes have bombed compounds where people are forced to defraud others online. Rights activists say trafficking victims’ lives are at risk.
New York Times Top Stories19 States Sue to Block White House Plan to End Gender-Related Care for Minors
The coalition of states seeks to stop a Trump administration effort to cut off federal funding to hospitals that provide such care.
New York Times Top StoriesLawmaker Returns to Migrant Center Where She Clashed With U.S. Agents
Representative LaMonica McIver, a New Jersey Democrat, called on immigration officials to close Delaney Hall in Newark, calling detainees’ food and medical care inadequate.
New York Times Top StoriesMamdani Names Fire Commissioner, but Comments From the Former One Linger
Zohran Mamdani chose Lillian Bonsignore to be fire commissioner, weeks after the former commissioner, Robert S. Tucker, resigned, citing Mr. Mamdani’s views on Israel.
New York Times Top StoriesRedacted Material in Some Epstein Files Is Easily Recovered
The ease of recovering information that was not properly redacted digitally suggests that at least some of the documents released by the Justice Department were hastily censored.
New York Times Top StoriesA Democrat, a Republican and a Supermarket Baron Go to ‘Marty Supreme’
A “Marty Supreme” showing took a political turn when John Catsimatidis, who has a small role in the movie, invited both Gov. Kathy Hochul and her Republican rival, Bruce Blakeman.
New York Times Top StoriesPalm Beach Rallies Behind a Restaurant Manager Held at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
After nearly two weeks in detention, José Gonzalez, the popular host of an upscale restaurant, returns home.
New York Times Top StoriesMamdani Named His Fire Commissioner. Then Adams Did Too.
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani chose Lillian Bonsignore, the former chief of New York’s E.M.S., as the first openly gay person to lead the Fire Department.
New York Times Top StoriesDOJ Releases Another Batch of Epstein Files: Key Takeaways
The new documents — nearly 30,000 in all — contain hundreds of references to President Trump and include different versions of Jeffrey Epstein’s will.
New York Times Top StoriesYouth Hostels, Blood Banks, Yoga: How One Far-Right Network Spread Across the World
Far-right mobilization is not an inevitable consequence of the precariousness of our times.
New York Times Top StoriesRobert Nakamura, ‘Godfather’ of Asian American Film, Dies at 88
In his work, he often returned to Manzanar, the camp in which he and his family, along with thousands of other people of Japanese descent, were interned during World War II.
New York Times Top StoriesSupreme Court Refuses to Allow Trump to Deploy National Guard in Chicago
President Trump ordered state-based troops to Portland, Ore.; Los Angeles; Washington; and Chicago over the objections of state and local officials.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Tanker Crackdown Paralyzes Venezuelan Oil Exports
Oil exports, the country’s financial lifeblood, have plummeted after the United States took action against three ships that have been used to carry its crude.
New York Times Top StoriesNational Guard Troops to Arrive in New Orleans
The troops will join an existing wave of Border Patrol agents, months after Gov. Jeff Landry first suggested that the National Guard could help tamp down on crime in Louisiana.
New York Times Top StoriesLibyan Military’s Chief of Staff and 4 Others Are Killed in Plane Crash in Turkey
The internationally recognized government of Libya confirmed the deaths of Lt. Gen. Mohamed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, the army chief of general staff, and other officers flying home after a meeting in Turkey.
New York Times Top StoriesJustices Block National Guard Deployment in Chicago
Also, economic growth surged through the summer. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Is Adding to Its Military Buildup in the Caribbean
Over the past week, C-17 heavy-lift cargo planes, which usually transport troops and equipment, flew to Puerto Rico at least 16 times, according to flight tracking data reviewed by The New York Times.
New York Times Top StoriesSuspect in Brown University Shooting Worked in Portugal After Leaving University
One friend said Claudio Neves Valente appeared to live a detached life, upset that “he couldn’t be the genius he thought he should be.”
New York Times Top StoriesMultiple People Injured in Explosion at Pennsylvania Nursing Home
The explosion, at the Bristol Health and Rehab Center in Bristol Township, Pa., caused a fire and partial collapse of the building, the authorities said.
New York Times Top StoriesPro-Trump Influencers Stay Conspicuously Quiet About Epstein Files
Their silence contrasted with the uproar made over the weekend when the Justice Department’s first release focused on former President Bill Clinton.
New York Times Top StoriesPulled ’60 Minutes’ Report, Briefly Streamed in Canada, Is All Over the Internet Now
At the last minute, CBS News held a segment about Venezuelan men who were deported by the Trump administration to a prison in El Salvador. It surfaced online anyway.
New York Times Top StoriesOklahoma Instructor Mel Curth Who Failed Student Samantha Fulnecky’s Gender Essay Is Fired
The instructor, a graduate student at the University of Oklahoma, gave a zero to a student who wrote an essay arguing in favor of traditional gender definitions based on biblical teachings.
New York Times Top Stories‘This Is Something That Traditional Economics Isn’t Prepared to Deal With’
Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway, the hosts of the economics podcast “Odd Lots,” walk through how Trump’s tariffs, A.I. and the vibecession are making for a strange close to the year.
New York Times Top StoriesRussell Brand Is Charged With Additional Counts of Rape and Sexual Assault
The actor, comedian and YouTuber now faces seven counts of rape and sexual assault in Britain.
New York Times Top StoriesStudent Loan Borrowers in Default Could See Wages Garnished in Early 2026
Starting the week of Jan. 7, the Dept. of Education will begin sending notices about paycheck deductions to about 1,000 of five million borrowers in default.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Confederacy Goes on Trial, Along With Schools Named Jackson and Lee
In an unusual trial, the N.A.A.C.P. has sought to show a school board’s “racist intent” by proving that the names of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson can’t be separated from white supremacy.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Delays Tariffs on Chinese Semiconductors
New York Times Top StoriesStephen Miller Cites Children of Immigrants as a Problem
As it seeks to end birthright citizenship, the Trump administration is arguing that immigrants bring problems that extend for generations. The data shows otherwise.