New York Times Top Stories
Can the ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Good Be Prosecuted?
The Trump administration is unlikely to bring a federal case, and any criminal case would face high hurdles. But charges are not out of the question.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesCan A.I. Generate New Ideas?
Systems like OpenAI’s GPT-5 are accelerating research in math, biology and chemistry. But there is a debate over whether it can do that work on its own.
New York Times Top Stories2026 May Be the Year of the Mega I.P.O.
If SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic go public, they will unleash gushers of cash for Silicon Valley and Wall Street.
New York Times Top StoriesSupreme Court Sides With Conservative Congressman in Illinois Election Rules Challenge
The question in the case was not a mail-in ballot rule itself but whether political candidates have the right to challenge the rules governing the vote count in their election.
New York Times Top StoriesIran Prepares to Execute a Protester as Trump Threatens ‘Strong Action’
Rights groups and relatives said Iran planned to put an antigovernment protester to death for the first time during the latest wave of unrest in the country.
New York Times Top StoriesMary Peltola Puts Alaska in Play for Democrats
Mary Peltola’s entry into the Alaska Senate race is a building block in an electoral strategy Democrats have been working on for months.
New York Times Top StoriesHarper Lee Expanded on Her View of the South in Letters to a Friend
In decades of correspondence, the author gave her friend, JoBeth McDaniel, a mix of opinions, advice on writing and insight into the impact of the Civil Rights movement.
New York Times Top StoriesLung Cancer Stigma Keeps People From Care
The disease is the rare cancer met with accusations, not sympathy.
New York Times Top StoriesJim McBride Dies at 78; Brought Honky-Tonk Back to Country Music
He was best known for his long-running collaboration with Alan Jackson and their signature hit, “Chattahoochee.”
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Moves Some Personnel From Key Air Base as Tensions Mount With Iran
Nonessential personnel are being removed from Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the main U.S. air operations hub in the region, as President Trump weighs a military response to Iran’s crackdown on protests.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Swedish Start-Up Aiming to Conquer America’s Full-Body-Scan Craze
Neko Health, backed by the Spotify founder Daniel Ek, plans to open in New York this spring.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Greenland Matters for a Warming World
The fate of the world’s largest island has outsize importance for billions of people on the planet, because as the climate warms, Greenland is losing ice. That has consequences.
New York Times Top StoriesTony Dokoupil’s Road Trip on CBS News Hits a Rough Patch
A stretch of big news revealed growing pains for CBS’s new evening anchor and problems with its Bari Weiss-era philosophy.
New York Times Top StoriesWill the U.S. Inherit Venezuela’s Oil Curse?
The country’s biggest problem may not be President Trump.
New York Times Top StoriesF.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Documents
It is exceedingly rare, even in investigations of classified disclosures, for federal agents to search a reporter’s home.
New York Times Top StoriesAn Emboldened Trump Makes Big Bets in Venezuela, Iran and Beyond
President Trump has left himself plenty of room for maximal intervention. But there are a host of potential wild cards, each with risks for the president.
New York Times Top StoriesA Top Fed Official Says the Trump Administration’s Threats Are ‘About Monetary Policy’
Neel T. Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, defended Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, in an interview. He also said interest rates should be held steady this month.
New York Times Top StoriesVenezuela Envoy to Visit U.S. for First Official Trip in Years
Félix Plasencia, an envoy of the interim government, will travel to the United States on the day the opposition leader María Corina Machado is to meet President Trump.
New York Times Top StoriesBanks Ready Battle Plans to Save Their Credit Card Businesses
“Everything’s on the table,” an executive at JPMorgan Chase said, as the industry seeks to head off President Trump’s effort to cap interest rates.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Swedish Start-Up Aiming to Conquer America’s Full-Body-Scan Craze
Neko Health, backed by the Spotify founder Daniel Ek, plans to open in New York this spring.
New York Times Top StoriesMinneapolis’s Limit
We look at how the actions of federal agents in Minneapolis are impacting life in the city.
New York Times Top StoriesPlaying Catch on an L.A. Sidewalk? You May (Technically) Risk Jail Time.
A little-known and rarely enforced law prohibits ball games on some Los Angeles streets and sidewalks. The local council has begun the process of repealing it.
New York Times Top Stories‘We’re Not Stupid’: Greenlanders Fear What a U.S. Takeover Would Mean
A visit to Greenland reveals a swirl of feelings as people nervously await talks with the Trump administration about the island’s future.
New York Times Top StoriesProsecutors Resign Over ICE Investigation, and Israel Is Still Demolishing Gaza
Plus, the battle over taxing billionaires.
New York Times Top StoriesChuck Schumer Calls His Shot
After securing strong recruits on a tough Senate map, the Democratic leader is not only predicting an upset 2026 victory, but also naming the states he thinks his party can flip.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Has Stopped Pretending That This Is All Normal
The president’s assertion of unlimited authority is a total rejection of popular sovereignty and the logic of the Constitution.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Credits ‘Mister Tariff’ for the Country’s Strength. Economists Beg to Differ.
Many indicators appear to suggest that the United States is growing despite tariffs, not because of them.
New York Times Top StoriesVenezuela Announced the Release of Political Prisoners. Families Are Still Waiting.
Hundreds of families are hoping their loved ones will be freed by the Venezuelan government, which has said little about who would be released or when.
New York Times Top StoriesHow ICE Crackdowns Set Off a Resistance in American Cities
In Minneapolis and other cities where federal agents have led immigration crackdowns, residents have formed loose networks to track and protest them.
New York Times Top StoriesCan the American Oboe Sing Again?
Building the instrument is hard enough. Turning a profit is a killer. But Jim Phelan is bent on reviving one of the great names in classical music.