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One Last Chat With David Brooks
Before leaving The Times after 22 years, David Brooks responds to readers’ questions.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top Stories’The Interview’: Gisèle Pelicot Shares Her Story
In her first interview with an American media outlet, Pelicot opens up about surviving years of secret abuse — and a trial that shocked the world.
New York Times Top StoriesKey Moments in Gisèle Pelicot’s Interview With The New York Times
The woman at the center of France’s largest-ever mass-rape trial told us about her life before, during and after the abuse she suffered at the hands of her husband.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Diplomats Talk, Pentagon Prepares for Possible War With Iran
President Trump threatened to strike Iran, but the military has needed time to build up its forces in the region.
New York Times Top StoriesVenezuela’s Natural Gas, Not Oil, Might Be a Big Early Prize
The South American country has natural gas that could be extracted and exported quickly, but U.S. sanctions, which are now being eased, have stymied development.
New York Times Top StoriesAmid Fallout From Epstein Files, Dubai’s DP World Boss Is Replaced
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem was credited with turning the state-backed DP World into a global logistics powerhouse. He was recently identified in correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein.
New York Times Top StoriesLooks Aren’t Everything? Clavicular Begs to Differ.
Braden Peters, known as Clavicular, has emerged as a beacon for a group of narcissistic, status-obsessed young men. He wants to take his fixation with “looksmaxxing” mainstream.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy India Playing Pakistan in World Cup Cricket Matters
The cricket-mad South Asian neighbors have a bitter history, punctuated by violence and wars. It makes this one of the fiercest, and most financially lucrative, rivalries in sports.
New York Times Top StoriesIndian Man Expected to Plead Guilty to Orchestrating Failed Murder Plot
Nikhil Gupta is accused of plotting to assassinate an American citizen. Prosecutors have argued it mirrors similar efforts against Sikhs, including the killing of one in Canada.
New York Times Top StoriesCongress Jets Off as D.H.S. Shuts Down
Despite a deadlock over funding for the agency, lawmakers left town and left Democratic and White House negotiators to try to work out a deal in their absence.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Minnesota Retreat Points to the Power of Public Anger
The withdrawal came as polls show Americans opposing the president’s immigration tactics, and as some Republican lawmakers began to find ways to distance themselves.
New York Times Top StoriesSan Francisco Teachers End Strike After 4 Days
Public schools are expected to reopen on Wednesday for 50,000 students in the city. Teachers demanded higher wages and health care benefits.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Inflation Eased at Start of the Year
The Consumer Price Index fell in January to 2.4 percent from 2.7 percent a month
New York Times Top StoriesBessent Pushes Senate on Fed Confirmation Amid Backlash Over Criminal Inquiry
President Trump’s effort to get Kevin M. Warsh confirmed as the next Federal Reserve chair has been complicated by a criminal investigation into Jerome H. Powell.
New York Times Top StoriesGerman Officials Needle Trump at Munich Security Conference
Friedrich Merz, the chancellor of Germany, said that under President Trump, the United States’ claim to global leadership “has been challenged, and possibly squandered.”
New York Times Top StoriesCrises Everywhere, but the Markets Don’t Seem to Mind
Stocks have prospered while the world has plunged into disorder, an economist says. “Keep calm and carry on” may be the best investors can do.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Transfers Thousands of ISIS Prisoners to Iraq From Syria
The moves appear to highlight lingering doubts in Washington about the new Syrian government’s ability to ensure security.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Hidden Number Driving U.S. Job Growth
After a year of just 181,000 new jobs, January’s 131,000 increase in the U.S. workforce was surprisingly positive. Ben Casselman, The New York Times’ chief economic correspondent, explains the numbers.
New York Times Top StoriesSomething Surprising Happens When Bus Rides Are Free
It starts at the curb. It extends far beyond that.
New York Times Top StoriesAt the Winter Olympics
We look at what life is like on the ground in Milan and Cortina.
New York Times Top StoriesUK Ban on Palestine Action Is Unlawful, Court Finds
The High Court said the ban on Palestine Action as a terrorist group breached free speech rights and was disproportionate. The government said it would appeal.
New York Times Top StoriesA Surge of Children in ICE Detention, and Meta’s Plans for Facial Recognition
Plus, your Friday news quiz.
New York Times Top StoriesUkraine Says U.S. Is Increasing Pressure for a Deal as the Midterms Loom
It is unclear what the Trump administration is prepared to do if it does not get the concessions it wants from Kyiv on issues like territory and elections.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Infrastructure of Jeffrey Epstein’s Power
The journalist Anand Giridharadas examines the power and influence that Jeffrey Epstein brokered, and which the latest batch of Epstein files puts on display.
New York Times Top StoriesAnother Government Shutdown? Here’s What Travelers Should Know.
It was not immediately clear whether passengers would face delays at airport security checkpoints in the coming days if a government shutdown does occur.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Transformative Power of the White ‘Race Traitor’
From Schwerner and Goodman to Good and Pretti, white people putting themselves in harm’s way has helped galvanize Americans for justice.
New York Times Top StoriesA D.H.S. Shutdown Looms. Bruised Minnesotans Urge Their Parties to Dig In.
Congressional Democrats say they will approve no money for the Department of Homeland Security without guardrails on immigration agents. Their voters in Minnesota are demanding no less.
New York Times Top StoriesMeta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature’s release.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Wants Smithsonian to Create a Different Official Portrait
The painted portrait from President Trump’s first term was completed more than four years ago, but never unveiled. Now he wants the National Portrait Gallery to commission a new one.
New York Times Top StoriesConspiracy Theories Only Flourish With More Epstein Evidence
The dump of millions of documents has fueled a new wave of speculation, A.I.-generated hoaxes and foreign disinformation.