New York Times Top Stories
How Peter Biar Ajak, a Sudanese Peace Activist, Was Caught Plotting a Coup
Peter Biar Ajak, a democracy advocate, was convicted of conspiring to buy and export weapons for a revolt in South Sudan.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesNew Research Absolves the Woman Blamed for a Dynasty’s Ruin
A Chinese king’s infatuation with a woman was seen as the reason that a golden age collapsed. Evidence suggests climate change and internal strife played bigger roles.
New York Times Top StoriesHow China Built a Chip Industry, and Why It’s Still Not Enough
More than a decade into Beijing’s push for self sufficiency, Chinese firms are producing fewer, lower-performing chips than their foreign competitors.
New York Times Top StoriesCasey Wasserman Will Sell Entertainment Agency Amid Epstein Files Fallout
Casey Wasserman, a Los Angeles entertainment executive and the head of the 2028 Olympic Games, has lost clients since his emails with Ghislaine Maxwell surfaced.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Erased the Endangerment Finding. Here Come the Lawsuits.
The battle is expected to reach the Supreme Court, which is far more conservative today than it was when the measure was established.
New York Times Top StoriesDepartment of Homeland Security Faces an Impending Shutdown
Though funding for the department is set to run out early Saturday, officials said its essential functions would continue.
New York Times Top StoriesConsultants Offered Epstein Access to Top N.Y. Democrats if He Donated
Dynamic SRG repeatedly, and apparently unsuccessfully, asked the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to donate to House races, Justice Department records show.
New York Times Top StoriesICE Agents Menaced Minnesota Protesters at Their Homes, Filings Say
Protesters in Minneapolis and St. Paul said in sworn statements that they were singled out by agents who demonstrated that they knew where they lived.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Tells Judge It Will Release Gateway Funding
Payments for the $16 billion rail tunnel between New York City and New Jersey had been suspended for more than four months.
New York Times Top StoriesFlorida Couple Arrested After Pickleball Match Turns Into a Brawl
The couple, who were banned for life from a country club in Port Orange, Fla., face felony battery charges after the fight, which involved 20 people, the authorities said.
New York Times Top StoriesMeasles Outbreak Hits Ave Maria University in Florida
More than 40 people have fallen ill at Ave Maria University, raising fears that college campuses may soon experience more measles outbreaks.
New York Times Top StoriesWho Is Jeremy Carl, Trump’s Nominee to Lead the State Department?
Jeremy Carl, President Trump’s nominee to lead the State Department’s outreach to international organizations, had a rough confirmation hearing, but he stood by his views on “whiteness.”
New York Times Top StoriesHomeland Security Demands Social Media Sites Reveal Names Behind Anti-ICE Posts
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Said to Raise Billions in First Pledges for Gaza
The United Arab Emirates and the United States have each committed more than $1 billion to President Trump’s new international initiative, officials said.
New York Times Top StoriesRamping Up Election Attacks, Trump Does Not Let Reality Get in His Way
President Trump increases his attacks when he fears an election loss. With midterm elections approaching, he has gone into overdrive as Republicans face potential losses.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Government Is Set to Partially Shut Down, Again
Also, Gisèle Pelicot shares her story. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter a Harrowing Water Rescue, Baby Is Delivered on Mother’s Birthday
Shedly Apollon was on her way to a prenatal massage when she started to feel faint while on the road. Her car veered off the highway and into a lake.
New York Times Top StoriesAt Munich Summit, European Leaders Agree With Trump: The Old World Order Is Over
At the Munich Security Conference, U.S. officials softened their tone but not their message: Europe should pay its own way. European leaders increasingly agree.
New York Times Top StoriesFour Killed in Plane Crash Near Steamboat Springs, Colo.
The plane crashed in remote mountain terrain at about 12:20 a.m. on Friday “under unknown circumstances,” according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
New York Times Top StoriesU.N. Condemns U.S. Measures Halting Oil Deliveries to Cuba
The measures were installed last month by the Trump administration after the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro and seized control of Venezuela’s oil industry.
New York Times Top StoriesA Climate Supercomputer Is Getting New Bosses. It’s Not Clear Who.
The National Science Foundation said management of the machine, used by researchers for forecasts, disaster warnings and pure science, would be transferred to a “third-party operator.”
New York Times Top StoriesThe Mutually Beneficial Ties Between Jeffrey Epstein and Thorbjorn Jagland
Thorbjorn Jagland, a former prime minister of Norway who led the Nobel Committee, promised influence, and the disgraced financier had gifts to give, new emails show.
New York Times Top StoriesWhite House Sees Win After 2 Strong Economic Reports
Solid jobs data and a soft inflation reading for January are welcome news for President Trump. But the bigger economic picture is less encouraging.
New York Times Top StoriesAOC Ties Inequality to Rise of Authoritarians at Munich Security Conference
Speaking at a security conference, the New York progressive argued that “extreme levels of income inequality lead to social instability” and eventually far-right populism.
New York Times Top StoriesRFK Jr. Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schools
Proponents of vaccines warn that the efforts will further dismantle the immunization infrastructure and lead to more outbreaks of disease.
New York Times Top StoriesVirginia’s Top Court Clears Path for Democratic Push to Redraw House Map
The State Supreme Court allowed a spring statewide referendum that is necessary for Democrats to redraw Virginia’s congressional map before the midterm elections.
New York Times Top StoriesNancy Guthrie’s Friends Refuse to Give Up Hope She’s Alive
Shortly before her disappearance, Ms. Guthrie, the mother of the NBC host Savannah Guthrie, was celebrating her 84th birthday and playing games.
New York Times Top StoriesCan’t Buy Love? Kenya Bans Bouquets Made of Cash.
Floral arrangements crafted from carefully-folded, colorful bank notes, had become a popular symbol of love in Nairobi.
New York Times Top StoriesAu Pair Juliana Peres Magalhães Sentenced to 10 Years in Banfield Double Murder Case
Juliana Peres Magalhães, 25, had cooperated with prosecutors, who sought a lenient sentence. But the judge said the woman, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter, merited the state maximum.
New York Times Top StoriesA Surge of ICE Arrests Overwhelms the Federal Court System
A surge of immigration arrests in the state sent thousands of people to detention centers in Texas, New Mexico and elsewhere. Federal courts have been overwhelmed with their pleas for release.