New York Times Top Stories
Bondi’s Incompetence Is the Latest Insult for Epstein’s Victims
The attorney general’s behavior reveals a deeper rot in the American justice system.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesThe Pay-to-Play Patriotism of 2026
As the United States prepares to turn 250, the Trump administration is turning the celebration into a pay-to-play spectacle where even a speaking role on the National Mall is up for sale.
New York Times Top StoriesOpen Road
On Valentine’s Day, consider the ways in which we’re sticking to established paths — and the places where we yearn to deviate.
New York Times Top StoriesDemocrats in Illinois Senate Primary Debate How to Combat Trump’s ICE
An upcoming Senate primary contest in Illinois, which is likely to pick the state’s next senator, has centered on Democrats’ future approach to federal immigration policy.
New York Times Top StoriesHow ICE Failed to Justify the Shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis
The collapse of the Trump administration’s version of events in the case was only the most recent instance in which officials gave an account of a shooting that was later contradicted.
New York Times Top StoriesInside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace
The F.A.A., citing “a grave risk of fatalities” from a new technology being used on the Mexican border, got caught in a stalemate with the Pentagon, which deemed the weapon “necessary.”
New York Times Top StoriesT.S.A. Workers Brace for Another Shutdown They Didn’t Cause
As Congress leaves town without funding their department, airport security officers wonder, “How many more times am I going to be able to do this?”
New York Times Top StoriesHarris Sold Email List to D.N.C., Then Paid Off 2024 Debts
The national party, which is nearly $100 million behind its G.O.P. counterpart, bought the list for $6.5 million.
New York Times Top StoriesSick Detainees Describe Poor Care at CoreCivic ICE Facilities
Problems at detention centers operated by CoreCivic extend far beyond recent measles outbreaks.
New York Times Top StoriesTax Missteps Happen — Even When Two Financial Pros are Married
You’d think a financial planner married to another financial planner would have it easy come tax time. Alas, no.
New York Times Top StoriesHow A.I. Salaries Are Causing Couples to Rethink Money in Relationships
The artificial intelligence frenzy is creating personal fortunes rarely seen in modern technology and changing people’s attitudes about fairness and money in relationships.
New York Times Top StoriesA Love Letter to the Beating Heart
The heart is not romance; it’s the organ that guards the line between life and death.
New York Times Top StoriesOlympic Figure Skating Is a Young Woman’s Sport. Deanna Stellato-Dudek Wants to Change That.
Deanna Stellato-Dudek, a Canadian pairs skater, is trying to make history at the Olympics — despite a training accident a week before the Games.
New York Times Top StoriesTheir Secret to a Happy Marriage? A Translation App
He speaks English. She speaks Mandarin. The secret to their happy marriage: Microsoft Translator.
New York Times Top StoriesHow 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 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
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