New York Times Top Stories
U.S. Refiners to Profit as Trump Asserts Control Over Venezuelan Oil
The companies that turn oil into gasoline and diesel are likely to benefit more, right away, than the businesses that pump oil out of the ground.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesAs Trump Pushes Housing Affordability, His Mortgage Chief Undermines It
Under Bill Pulte, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have pulled away from efforts to help low-income people buy homes.
New York Times Top StoriesJodie Foster: An American Oscar-Winner in Paris
In “A Private Life,” the actress takes on her first solo lead role in which she speaks fluent French, but her French connection goes all the way back to childhood.
New York Times Top StoriesDramas Keep Showing Us Hapless Men — and Hypercompetent Women
Several of the past year’s films center on confused, bumbling protagonists — surrounded by women who are anything but.
New York Times Top StoriesWhere Did All the American-Born Roofers Go?
The real story of how immigrant labor came to define the construction industry.
New York Times Top StoriesInitial Review Finds No Widespread Illegal Voting by Migrants, Puncturing a Trump Claim
Republican election officials welcome the review, which relies on a federal verification tool, but they say they have not discovered a major problem when it comes to noncitizen voters.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Threats to Greenland Raise Serious Questions for NATO
The treaty that created NATO did not contemplate an attack by one ally on another. A seizure of Greenland by President Trump would test the endurance of the mutual-defense pact.
New York Times Top StoriesTensions Are High as Vance and Rubio Prepare to Meet Danish and Greenlandic Officials
Top officials from the United States, Denmark and Greenland will meet at the White House for the first time since President Trump said he wanted to own Greenland.
New York Times Top StoriesA Week Without Heat in New York City
Some renters are constantly left without heat or hot water during the winter, leading them to bundle up in layers of clothing or risk fires by using space heaters.
New York Times Top StoriesTrial to Begin for N.Y.P.D. Sergeant Who Threw Cooler at Fleeing Man
Erik Duran, who fatally struck the man, Eric Duprey, as he fled on a motorbike in 2023, faces charges of manslaughter, assault and criminally negligent homicide.
New York Times Top StoriesStephen Colbert Accuses Trump of ‘Invading Minnesota’
“Has anyone told him that they don’t have oil?” Colbert said of the president’s plan to send 1,000 more immigration officers to Minnesota.
New York Times Top StoriesSaks Files for Bankruptcy as Department Stores Fight for Survival
The parent company of Saks, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman struggled with debt, designers and customers in recent years.
New York Times Top StoriesCrane Falls on Passenger Train in Thailand, Killing at Least 22
The railway authorities said there were almost 200 people on the train when the accident happened in Nakhon Ratchasima province, northeast of Bangkok. Dozens were injured.
New York Times Top StoriesSomething Bad Is Brewing on Venezuela’s Border
An armed guerrilla group stands emboldened to challenge the authority of the Colombian state — and U.S. ambitions in Venezuela.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat the Bankruptcy of Saks Means for You
Answers to this and other questions about the financial crisis in America’s biggest luxury department store.
New York Times Top StoriesIran’s Leaders May Survive Protests. But Anger Will Likely Persist.
Its security forces have brutally defended the Islamic Republic, but the protests show that many Iranians consider it stagnant and ideologically hollow.
New York Times Top StoriesMark Carney Heads to Beijing to Discuss Canada-China Relations as U.S. Outlook Darkens
The prime minister is seeking new markets for Canadian goods and to mend relations with China after years of deep acrimony between the two nations.
New York Times Top StoriesChina’s Coal Ban Improved Air Quality, but Villagers Are Paying the Price
China banned the burning of coal for heat around Beijing, but natural gas subsidies have run out, leaving many villagers vulnerable in dangerously cold weather.
New York Times Top StoriesChina Announces Record Trade Surplus as Its Exports Flood World’s Markets
China’s surplus reached $1.19 trillion, a 20 percent increase from 2024, according to data released by the country’s General Administration of Customs.
New York Times Top StoriesExtreme Weather Events Hit Around the World in 2025
Last year was Earth’s third hottest globally, but temperature is just one measure of climate change’s influence.
New York Times Top StoriesMayor Mamdani Names Transit Veteran as Taxi Commissioner
Midori Valdivia would head the Taxi and Limousine Commission, overseeing more than 115,000 for-hire vehicles. The mayor said drivers deserved a “forceful champion.”
New York Times Top StoriesKiefer Sutherland Is Arrested After Assaulting Ride-Share Driver, Police Say
The actor also made “criminal threats” toward the driver, according to the Los Angeles police.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Raises Middle Finger at Heckler in Michigan Ford Factory Tour
A White House spokesman said the president “gave an appropriate and unambiguous response.”
New York Times Top StoriesMinneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Who Cussed Out ICE, Is No Stranger to Crisis
Mayor Jacob Frey, a Democrat, has clashed with his party’s activist wing. His response to ICE has won him new respect at home and new foes in Washington.
New York Times Top StoriesSenator Says Prosecutors Are Investigating Her After Video About Illegal Orders
It is unclear what possible crime might involve Senator Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat, who has warned in dire terms about the dissolution of American democracy.
New York Times Top StoriesICE Arrested Dozens of Refugees in Minnesota and Sent Them to Texas, Lawyers Say
The refugees, many of them from Somalia, had passed security screenings before coming to the United States. The Trump administration has vowed to “re-examine thousands of refugee cases.”
New York Times Top StoriesStarlink Users in Iran Get Free Internet Access, Nonprofit Says
Under a near-total communications blackout, users of Elon Musk’s satellite service have gotten online without paying, an organization that works on web access said.
New York Times Top StoriesEric Adams Hawked a Crypto Coin. A Day Later, $1 Million Was Missing.
Officials tied to the venture insisted no money had been stolen, but the withdrawal caused the coin’s value to plunge.
New York Times Top StoriesAnalysis: Trump Supports Protesters in Iran, but Not in Minneapolis
The split-screen television images of mass demonstrations in Minneapolis and Tehran have highlighted the president’s disparate views of democracy and popular dissent.
New York Times Top StoriesLouisiana Indicts a California Doctor Over Abortion Pills
The indictment, followed by a request to extradite the doctor from California, is an escalation of Louisiana’s efforts to counter states that support providing abortions.