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Why Trump Always Thanks You ‘For Your Attention to This Matter’
How a simple catchphrase sums up the president’s theory of executive power.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesElon Musk’s X Restricts Ability to Create Explicit Images With Grok
Bowing to pressure, the company said it would restrict X users from generating explicit images of real people in jurisdictions where such content is illegal.
New York Times Top Stories‘Squished Between Chairs’ on a Train: How Some Passengers Survived a Crane Collapse
Some travelers were able to squeeze out of mangled cars and others were rescued by residents, after the accident in northeastern Thailand. Dozens did not survive.
New York Times Top StoriesNASA Astronauts Return to Earth After Medical Evacuation From International Space Station
The members of Crew-11 — two American, one Russian and one Japanese — splashed down after one became ill, prompting an early return.
New York Times Top Stories2 Polling Experts on How the ICE Shooting Is More Trouble for Trump
The general sense of the world being chaotic does not necessarily help Trump.
New York Times Top StoriesIran Says It Will Not Execute Protester Amid International Outcry
The judiciary said that Erfan Soltani was not sentenced to death, Iranian state media reported. His case has drawn attention to the fate of the arrested demonstrators.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter an Inconclusive Meeting With Trump Administration Officials Over Greenland’s Future, What’s Next?
A high-powered meeting in Washington on Wednesday ended in an impasse, leaving Greenlanders fearful of what comes next.
New York Times Top StoriesGreenland’s Future
We examine the debate over the Arctic island and what residents are saying.
New York Times Top StoriesFederal Agent Shoots and Injures Man in Minneapolis, and F.B.I. Searches Reporter’s Home
Plus, a space station evacuation.
New York Times Top StoriesRussia Knocks Out the Heat in Ukraine
The Kremlin has tried for years to freeze Ukraine into submission. This winter, its attacks have been the most devastating ever.
New York Times Top StoriesSomething Is Rotten in the State of America
This is the thanks Demark gets?
New York Times Top StoriesThe Gaudy, Nasty Fictions of Donald J. Trump
This is neither law nor order, and the consequences can be deadly.
New York Times Top StoriesCyberattack in Venezuela Demonstrated Precision of U.S. Capabilities
Senators are expected to ask Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, President Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Cyber Command, about the mission in Caracas.
New York Times Top StoriesNobel Committee Takes Heat at Home as Machado Courts Trump in D.C.
The Venezuelan opposition leader’s attempts to share her award with the U.S. president have shaken some Norwegians’ faith in their signature soft-power tool.
New York Times Top StoriesThe U.S. Is Pressing Mexico to Allow U.S. Forces to Fight Cartels
The United States is escalating pressure on the Mexican government to permit the U.S. military to target fentanyl labs, according to American officials.
New York Times Top StoriesOne State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis
Pull up a stool at Ye Olde Pickle Factory and listen to a story about America’s urban-rural divide.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Vows to Make Venezuela Rich. It Will Take More Than U.S. Cash.
History suggests that the price of oil and a wider distribution of wealth are as important as foreign investment.
New York Times Top StoriesLeading Prediction Firms Share a Commonality: Donald Trump Jr.
Traders in companies with ties to the president’s eldest son can bet on the outcome of events the president affects.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Are We Still So Afraid of Using the Grumpy Old Period?
Exclamation marks, ellipses and ‘haha’ can’t fix our growing inability to communicate.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge to Weigh Next Steps in Student Activist Deportations Case
The hearing on Thursday followed up on the court’s sweeping finding in September that noncitizen students had the same free speech rights as citizens.
New York Times Top StoriesVenezuela Strongman and Maduro Ally, Diosdado Cabello, Faces an Uneasy Transition
Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela’s interior minister, is accused by U.S. prosecutors of drug trafficking and is linked to repression at home, yet remains a powerful figure.
New York Times Top StoriesHarvard Slips on a Global Ranking List, as Chinese Schools Surge Ahead
Harvard still dominates, though it fell to No. 3 on a list measuring academic output. Other American universities are falling farther behind their global peers.
New York Times Top StoriesDavid Plouffe: To Win Everywhere, Democrats Must Change Everything
Despite the successes of 2025, the party still needs a radical shake up.
New York Times Top StoriesHow One Company, Neptune Flood, Is Pushing a Private Takeover of Flood Insurance
For half a century, a federal program has covered most at-risk properties. Now, a private company is pitching a plan to shrink the government’s role.
New York Times Top StoriesMany Mayors Have Tried to Help Small Businesses. It’s Mamdani’s Turn.
Small business advocates in New York are excited that Mayor Zohran Mamdani is tackling the issue of excessive fees and fines, but they’ve heard similar promises before.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Judge in the Maduro Case Is 92. All Eyes Will Be on His Stamina.
Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein was seen drifting in and out of sleep in court last year. The case of Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan leader, will test his endurance.
New York Times Top StoriesColbert Jokes That Trump Has Found ‘a New National Bird’
“You got to hand it to that auto worker for getting under Trump’s skin,” Stephen Colbert said after the president appeared to flip off a heckling worker at a Ford plant.
New York Times Top StoriesFrank Dunlop, 98, Dies; Director Who Gave Theater a Free-Spirited Spin
In 1970, he founded London’s Young Vic, an adventurous “people’s theater” (the Who took the stage at one point) before shaking up the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
New York Times Top StoriesCrane Collapses on Expressway Outside Bangkok, Killing at Least 2
The deadly episode came a day after a crane fell on a moving train in northeastern Thailand, killing at least 32 people.
New York Times Top StoriesAu Pair Testifies of Lurid Plot in Virginia Double-Murder Trial
Juliana Peres Magalhães wrapped up testimony on Wednesday in the case against Brendan Banfield, her former lover, who is accused of killing his wife and another man.