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What Americans Really Mean by ‘Affordability’
A few key necessities are driving dissatisfaction, particularly among the young, our poll finds.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesMinneapolis May Be Trump’s Gettysburg
The White House has failed to achieve either its strategic or its tactical goals in Minnesota.
New York Times Top StoriesFive Questions for Jerome Powell, the Fed Chair
Succession drama, legal intrigue and political independence: These are top issues that DealBook would ask of the Federal Reserve chairman.
New York Times Top StoriesPutin, Still Harboring Assad, Welcomes New Syrian Leader to Moscow Again
President Vladimir V. Putin and President Ahmed al-Sharaa are looking to build ties after the fall of the Russia-backed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.
New York Times Top StoriesWelcome to Spain
Today we look into a country that’s handling the issue of undocumented migrants in a starkly different way.
New York Times Top StoriesAmazon to Cut 16,000 Jobs in Latest Round of Layoffs
The e-commerce giant has been cutting costs while pouring resources into building data centers to compete in the race to dominate artificial intelligence.
New York Times Top StoriesIran Killed Thousands of Protesters. Here Are Five of Their Stories.
“He went out for freedom,” said the cousin of one of those who was killed when Iranian authorities mounted a deadly crackdown on protests across the country.
New York Times Top StoriesDemocrats Push to Impeach Kristi Noem, and Ilhan Omar Is Attacked in Minneapolis
Plus, the woman who helped make GPS possible.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Kherson, Ukraine, Every Step Outside Risks Death by Drone
Russian attacks on civilians in Kherson, in southern Ukraine, have forced important aspects of life to go underground, offering a vision of a postapocalyptic future.
New York Times Top StoriesFed Meeting Comes at Pivotal Moment for Central Bank’s Independence
The Trump administration has unleashed a barrage of attacks on the Federal Reserve, including a criminal investigation into its chair, Jerome H. Powell.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Watch as the Federal Reserve Meets
The central bank is expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday after a series of reductions in the latter half of 2025. The big question is how long the pause will last.
New York Times Top StoriesThese Democrats Want Clinton to Answer for Epstein. Good.
As Democrats work to regain the public trust and to shed their image as the party of elites, they cannot be seen as treating elites in their party as above the law.
New York Times Top StoriesSundance Film Festival Says Goodbye to Park City, Utah
“It’s hard not to feel a disturbance in the force,” said Ethan Hawke, whose acting career took off after his early movies appeared at the Utah festival in the 1990s.
New York Times Top StoriesWho Will Win the Best Actor Oscar?
In an exceptionally strong field, Timothée Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ethan Hawke, Michael B. Jordan and Wagner Moura each have a way to triumph.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Naval Drills With Iran, South Africa Faces New U.S. Attacks
The exercises were the second time in six months that President Cyril Ramaphosa appeared to be blindsided by his own military regarding relations with Tehran.
New York Times Top StoriesEsther Perel on Why A.I. Intimacy Feels Safe but Isn’t Real
Perel, a renowned psychotherapist, doesn’t really think society can — or should — fall in love with a machine.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Minneapolis Rages, Legislators Move to Restrict ICE in Their States
Efforts to curtail federal law enforcement tactics began last year, but with the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, Democratic lawmakers are pushing harder.
New York Times Top StoriesHow We Tracked Down Thousands of Police Misconduct Files
Freedom of Information requests led to the discovery of varied offenses by officers around New York State.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Nigeria, a Catholic Bishop Tries to Tone Down the Uproar After U.S. Missile Strikes
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, often called “the conscience of the nation,” has been trying to tone down the uproar after President Trump bombed a region in his diocese.
New York Times Top StoriesA Municipal Debt Boom Is Driving Public Projects and Tax Breaks for Investors
Municipal debt issuance surpassed $500 billion last year, a record that’s found a deep pool of buyers.
New York Times Top StoriesHow the Online SAT May be Vulnerable to Cheating
Sites in China are selling test questions, and online forums offer software that can bypass test protections, according to tutors and testing experts raising alarms.
New York Times Top StoriesLoose Rules Let New York State Police Hand Out Lax Penalties for Serious Misconduct
New York State troopers used the badge to settle personal scores and elicit favors. Still, they remained on the job, an investigation found.
New York Times Top StoriesDid a Luxury Nursing Home Hold a 91-Year-Old Woman Captive?
Her memory was failing, and the $28,000-a-month assisted living facility wouldn’t let her leave. Was it protecting her from an untrustworthy guardian?
New York Times Top StoriesDesi Lydic Says Gregory Bovino Got ‘Iced Out’
“We’re not throwing you under the bus — we’re throwing you onto a bus, and sending it far, far away,” the “Daily Show” host said of the recalled Border Patrol official.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Rise and Fall of South Korean First Lady Kim Keon Hee
Kim Keon Hee was unlike any presidential spouse South Korea had seen. Her downfall, on corruption charges, came after her husband declared martial law.
New York Times Top StoriesMan Rushes Ilhan Omar at Minneapolis Town Hall and Sprays Her
A man who had been sitting in the front row rushed at the Democratic representative and sprayed her with a strong-smelling liquid. He was removed by security and later booked into jail.
New York Times Top StoriesTails of the City: San Francisco’s Latest Animal Sensation Is a Mountain Lion
The 2-year-old male was safely captured after he got stuck between two apartment buildings.
New York Times Top StoriesDozens Arrested After Anti-ICE Protest at a Manhattan Hilton
The demonstration at the TriBeCa hotel followed a similar targeting of a Hilton property in Minneapolis on Sunday.
New York Times Top StoriesRepublicans Shift Tone After Killings, Criticizing Trump’s Immigration Push
With the president signaling a pivot in his crackdown, G.O.P. lawmakers have felt freer to express concern. But it’s not clear what they are willing to do about it.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Did the Trump Administration Silence Bovino on Social Media?
When the border chief got yanked from Minnesota, he lost access to his X account, too.