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Hotel Owners and Workers, Tell Us How You’re Feeling
With hotels increasingly caught between the federal government’s immigration crackdown and protests against ICE, we want to hear how it’s affecting you.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesHow Did This Beloved Rock From Canada End Up in California?
Climbers have used the 70-pound rock, which they call Portable, to practice balancing and gripping. Months after it went missing, it was found 19 hours away.
New York Times Top StoriesChildren Were Arrested in Iran’s Brutal Crackdown on Protests
An Iranian government official said some children had been detained, the first such acknowledgment in weeks of anti-government protests.
New York Times Top StoriesGrids Are Surviving the Storm. But the Next 5 Years Could Be Rough.
A group that monitors the U.S. electricity system warns that grid reliability is “worsening” and blackout risks are rising for millions of people.
New York Times Top StoriesGrids Are Surviving the Storm. But the Next 5 Years Could Be Rough.
A group that monitors the U.S. electricity system warns that grid reliability is “worsening” and blackout risks are rising for millions of people.
New York Times Top StoriesTexas May Be Losing Its Grip as America’s Fastest-Growing State
Long accustomed to rapid growth, Texas saw the overall number of people moving from other states sink to its lowest level in two decades, census estimates show.
New York Times Top StoriesIn a Bid to Kick-Start Growth, Britain Turns to China
Buffeted by tariffs and trade tensions, Prime Minister Keir Starmer took British business leaders to China and emerged with deals on visas and Scotch whisky, as well as pledges to deepen ties.
New York Times Top StoriesCatherine O’Hara, ‘Home Alone’ and ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Actress, Dies at 71
The Emmy-winning comedian was a member of the influential Canadian sketch comedy series “SCTV.”
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Picks Kevin Warsh as Next Fed Chair
If confirmed by the Senate, Kevin M. Warsh, a former governor at the central bank, will replace Jerome H. Powell, whose term as chair ends in May.
New York Times Top StoriesTexas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Hundreds of Classes on Race and Gender
New policies limiting the teaching of race and gender issues led administrators and professors to change hundreds of courses. School leaders say the rules could hurt A&M’s reputation.
New York Times Top StoriesDrilling Through the Thwaites Glacier for Clues to Its Melting
A team hopes to place instruments in the waters beneath the colossal Thwaites Glacier, with the help of a drill that uses hot water to punch through ice.
New York Times Top StoriesLoss, Grief and a World Record Attempt at 81
Facing life on her own for the first time in 60 years, Bonnie Sumner discovered she had a special skill for hanging from a pull-up bar.
New York Times Top StoriesAlgae Growth on Greenland’s Ice Contributes to Melting, Studies Show
New studies show how algae grows on ice and snow, creating “dark zones” that exacerbate melting in the consequential region.
New York Times Top StoriesKevin Warsh, Trump’s Choice for Fed Chair, Could Find It Difficult to Deliver
Kevin M. Warsh, whom Mr. Trump tapped to become the next chair of the Federal Reserve, could face fierce resistance if he tries to pursue substantially lower borrowing costs.
New York Times Top StoriesStock Market Takes Kevin Warsh’s Fed Nomination in Stride
Stock and bond markets were unfazed by Kevin Warsh’s nomination as the next Fed chair, with the S&P 500 nudging slightly lower in early trading on Friday.
New York Times Top StoriesTesla’s Model S, Soon to Be History, Changed the Auto Industry
The company’s chief executive, Elon Musk, said this week that it would stop making the car, an electric pioneer in 2012, as well as the Model X.
New York Times Top StoriesIs the ‘Influencer Right’ at Odds With Trump Over Minnesota?
A vocal group of Trump supporters broke with the president when he appeared to backpedal on his immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. Is it a rift, or just a passing mood?
New York Times Top StoriesFederal Judge Drops Death Penalty Charge Against Luigi Mangione
The judge, Margaret Garnett of Federal District Court, said the case against Luigi Mangione would still proceed to trial on other counts.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Netherlands Is Getting a New Government. Will It Last?
Rob Jetten, a 38-year-old centrist, is poised to be the youngest prime minister in Dutch history. But his government will be in a daunting position.
New York Times Top StoriesYour ‘Safe’ Stock Funds May Be Riskier Than You Think
The U.S. stock market has become so concentrated that even broad index funds are no longer well diversified, our columnist says.
New York Times Top StoriesFederal Agents Arrest Don Lemon Over Minnesota Church Protest
The former CNN anchor has said he was not demonstrating, but reporting as a journalist, during the interruption of a service inside a St. Paul church earlier this month.
New York Times Top StoriesTucker Carlson’s Corrosive Bad Faith
To triumph in the modern Republican Party, you need to be able to wrench your soul into alignment with your ambition.
New York Times Top StoriesCan Food Be Art? Denmark Is Finding Out.
High-level chefs in the country could become eligible for arts funding under a new initiative. Not all in the art and culinary worlds are raising a glass to the idea, though.
New York Times Top StoriesIran Rules Out Talks With U.S. Until Trump’s Threats Stop
Iran’s foreign minister ruled out direct talks unless President Trump stops threatening to attack it. He also said Iran would not discuss its ballistic missiles.
New York Times Top StoriesWill Kevin Warsh Do What Trump Wants?
Some investors are worried that President Trump’s nominee to run the Federal Reserve may not be a guaranteed “yes” on cutting interest rates.
New York Times Top StoriesBorn of a Factory Mistake, This Sad Toy Horse Captures China’s Mood
A manufacturing error turned a Lunar New Year toy into an unlikely emblem of workplace fatigue.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Repeats Claims Against Alex Pretti, Casting Slain Nurse as ‘Agitator’
After videos resurfaced showing a confrontation between Mr. Pretti and federal agents 11 days before officers fatally shot him, President Trump again sought to cast blame on him.
New York Times Top StoriesThe New F.B.I.
We look at changes inside the agency.
New York Times Top StoriesSyrian Government and Kurdish-Led Militia Seal a Deal to Merge Forces
The long-anticipated agreement closes a period of intense uncertainty in northeastern Syria after rebel forces led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, who is now the president, seized power in December 2024.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Push to Rein In ICE, and How the Government Is Echoing White Supremacist Messaging
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