New York Times Top Stories
‘No Tax on Overtime’ Rule Isn’t What Some Workers Were Expecting
President Trump’s simple campaign promise, now reality, includes lots of fine print that is confounding taxpayers and companies this filing season.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesYour Job May Already Be in Jeopardy
Michael Steinberger on how A.I.’s impact on white-collar jobs may transform politics and society.
New York Times Top StoriesF.D.A. Faces Upset Over Denials of New Drugs
Agency officials promise fast reviews of new treatments while vowing they will not be a “rubber stamp” for the industry. But patients with rare diseases view recent decisions as signs that the doors are closing on their options.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Boys in Trueblood Came to Rock
The four teenage brothers mostly play the oldies. (To them, the oldies are Coldplay and Maroon 5.)
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Does Child Care Seem Less Affordable Than Ever?
It has always been expensive, but recently prices have risen faster than inflation.
New York Times Top StoriesJames Luckey-Lange Recounts Being Detained, Starved and Beaten in Venezuela
James Luckey-Lange, 28, wrote about kindness and shared humanity as he traveled. But he said he had been shackled, starved and beaten in Venezuela after being detained.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat the Extraordinary Market Volatility in Asia Says About Energy and A.I.
Stocks in South Korea and Taiwan, the center of global chip making, plunged on fears about energy prices. Their recovery shows the bullishness over artificial intelligence.
New York Times Top Stories$2.5 Million Rift Pits Cannabis Pioneer Against Group That Backed Her
A dispute between the nonprofit Housing Works and the owner of a cannabis dispensary shows the risks for businesses in an industry that is locked out of traditional financing and resources.
New York Times Top StoriesLate Night Doesn’t Understand Why America Is Attacking Iran
“This could be the first war ever launched based on vibes,” Jimmy Fallon said.
New York Times Top StoriesJuan Jose Valdez, Last Marine Out of Saigon, Dies at 88
During the fall of the South Vietnamese capital in 1975, he helped evacuate thousands, and was nearly left behind.
New York Times Top StoriesOn the Ground in Beirut
Our Beirut bureau chief, Christina Goldbaum, reports on the escalating conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah, as Israel’s military seizes areas of southern Lebanon and carries out bombings.
New York Times Top StoriesSenate Thwarts Bid to Curb Trump’s War Powers on Iran
Nearly every Republican voted to block a measure that would require that President Trump win authorization from Congress to continue the offensive in the Middle East.
New York Times Top StoriesAustralia’s Sydney Jewish Museum to Memorialize Bondi Beach Massacre
The country and its small Jewish community are still trying to process the mass shooting at Bondi Beach in December.
New York Times Top StoriesJames Talarico Says ‘New Politics Is Being Born’ After Texas Primary Win
After clinching the Democratic Senate primary, he told supporters in Austin that the country’s real divide is between “top versus bottom,” not the left versus right.
New York Times Top StoriesIn a Riskier Era, China Bets on Technology to Resist U.S. Pressure
China announced a 7 percent increase in military spending and a five-year plan to try to reduce its military and industry’s reliance on Western technology.
New York Times Top StoriesContract for El Paso ICE Center Is Under Review, Homeland Security Says
Camp East Montana in Texas has been under growing scrutiny over its living conditions and has been grappling with a measles outbreak.
New York Times Top StoriesSeveral of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s employees are under investigation for official misconduct under her leadership.
Several of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s employees are under investigation for official misconduct under her leadership.
New York Times Top StoriesDaines Drops Re-election Bid in Montana, Upending a Senate Race
The surprise announcement by Senator Steve Daines could give Democrats a slim opening in the Republican-leaning state in their uphill fight to take the Senate majority.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Follows His Gut. His National Security Advisers Try to Keep Up.
Decisions come fast, even if contradictions and inconsistencies abound. But without much of a process, there is little preparation for how things can go wrong.
New York Times Top StoriesChina Sets Economy’s Growth Target Below 5% for First Time in Decades
The goal, announced at a gathering of Communist Party leaders, was the lowest since 1991 and can offer clues about China’s policymaking plans.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Know About the Texas Runoffs in May: Key Races and Candidates
Texas voters will revisit the Republican Senate primary — and some House races where no candidate captured more than 50 percent of the vote — in runoffs on May 26.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Court Takes First Steps Toward Ordering Tariff Refunds
The Trump administration is likely to appeal the move, as it ramps up its attempt to slow or potentially block the repayment of billions in past duties.
New York Times Top StoriesMan Killed After Fleeing Texas Border Patrol Checkpoint, Police Say
The man fired shots at law enforcement and civilian vehicles before he was killed during a pursuit along Interstate 10 in West Texas.
New York Times Top StoriesElon Musk Defends Social Media Posts in Twitter Shareholder Lawsuit
Mr. Musk said he did not expect his posts in the lead-up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media site, now X, to affect the company’s share price.
New York Times Top StoriesPro-American Kurdish Forces Are Preparing Possible Iran Incursion
The C.I.A. has given small weapons to Iranian Kurdish forces in Iraq in a covert program that began before the current war.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Blocks DeSantis’s Declaration of Muslim Group as Terrorist Organization
A federal judge found that the designation for CAIR, one of the nation’s largest Muslim advocacy groups, had violated the organization’s First Amendment rights.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Ecuador Invited the U.S. Military to Help With Its Drug Gangs
Drug gangs have turned the South American country into one of the most dangerous in the region and the world’s leading exporter of cocaine.
New York Times Top StoriesNoem and D.H.S. Inspector General Spar Over Obstruction Claim
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pushed back against her department’s inspector general, who told Congress in a letter that she had “systematically obstructed” his office’s work.
New York Times Top StoriesIranian TV and Social Media Project Defiant and Distorted View of the War
State media and online propagandists are striking a confident posture, despite heavy losses. Some of the content was generated by artificial intelligence.
New York Times Top StoriesEthiopia’s Demand for a Port Drives Fear of New War With Eritrea
Both sides have moved troops toward their shared border, while Ethiopia has accused Eritrea of occupying part of its territory.