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What to know about the jobs report.
Employers shed 92,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate rose to 4.4 percent.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesHow The Times Tracks Down the Connections Behind Trump’s Pardons
Reporters tapped sources, combed through public records and scrutinized social media to penetrate the web of influence and money underlying the president’s clemency grants.
New York Times Top StoriesJustice Dept. Pushes for Charges Against Cuban Leaders
The move comes as President Trump is ratcheting up his rhetorical assault on Cuba’s leadership.
New York Times Top StoriesMarkwayne Mullin, Trump’s Homeland Security Pick, Learned to Spar in Oklahoma
He hosted a home improvement radio show, fought in cage matches and inherited a plumbing business before becoming a “MAGA warrior” in Congress.
New York Times Top StoriesLawmaker Asks Court to Block Trump From Closing Kennedy Center
The president has said he plans to shut down the center for two years starting this summer for a “complete rebuilding.”
New York Times Top StoriesNASA’s Asteroid-Smashing DART Mission Sped Up Space Rock’s Orbit Around the Sun
New data about the DART spacecraft’s effects adds evidence that Earth could be defended from future deadly asteroids by diverting their orbits.
New York Times Top StoriesTop National Symphony Leader Quits in New Blow to Kennedy Center
The executive director, Jean Davidson, said her departure reflects frustration at the turmoil that has engulfed the arts center.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Demands ‘Unconditional Surrender’ by Iran
President Trump’s comments on Friday reflected yet another shift in the goals of U.S. military actions.
New York Times Top StoriesWith Iran, Trump Takes the U.S. to War Without the Public’s Support
In opening a military campaign against Iran, President Trump is the first president in modern times to take the United States to war without the backing of the public.
New York Times Top StoriesWhen Britney Spears’s Conservatorship Ended, Concern for Her Did Not
The pop star’s arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence this week was a breaking point, years after she regained control of her life and finances.
New York Times Top StoriesWeak Jobs Data Underscores Fed’s Dilemma as War Stokes Inflation Risk
The Federal Reserve is still widely expected to hold interest rates steady when its officials next meet on March 17-18.
New York Times Top StoriesDefense Without U.S. Help Is a Live Topic for Canada, Japan and Australia
The leaders of Japan and Canada are making a unified front on defense cooperation as President Trump raises the pressure over military spending.
New York Times Top StoriesDemocrats Blame Trump For Jobs Report as Republicans Play Defense
The weaker-than-expected numbers quickly became a source of tension between the two parties ahead of the midterm elections.
New York Times Top StoriesTom Junod Would Like to Tell You About His Father
A star writer from the heyday of magazines reveals the family secret behind his award-winning stories.
New York Times Top StoriesStocks Drop as Weak Jobs Report Adds to Uncertain Outlook
Stock movements this week has been choppy as investors weighed the inflationary impact of the war in the Middle East. The jobs report has complicated matters.
New York Times Top StoriesIran’s Chokehold on Strait of Hormuz Strains Oil and Gas Shipping
The threat of prolonged attacks on oil tankers and other vessels is giving Iran an advantage, analysts say.
New York Times Top StoriesAxel Springer Agrees to Buy U.K.’s Telegraph
The $766 million takeover is the latest twist for The Telegraph, an influential British newspaper whose ownership had been in limbo for years.
New York Times Top StoriesRobotaxis Put on Hold as Hochul Seeks Support for Car Insurance Reforms
How two seemingly unrelated policies, one to reduce car insurance costs, the other to allow driverless taxis, became tangled up in Albany politics.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Jobs Report
We explain why you should consider the numbers.
New York Times Top StoriesIndonesia to Block Children Under 16 From Social Media
The ban is to take effect March 28, according to a government minister, but details about how it would be implemented were scarce.
New York Times Top StoriesKristi Noem’s Firing, and the Boom of American Billionaires
Plus, your Friday news quiz.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Expect From Severe Storms Rumbling Through the Central U.S. on Friday
Millions of people from Texas to the Great Lakes are under some risk of heavy rain, strong winds or hail on Friday, forecasters warned.
New York Times Top StoriesWho Should Control A.I.?
The former A.I. policy adviser to the Trump White House explains why the conflict between Anthropic and the White House is so dangerous.
New York Times Top StoriesJesse Jackson Chicago Funeral: Obama, Biden, Clinton to Attend
The large-scale, public event in Chicago on Friday caps two weeks of memorials for Mr. Jackson, the civil rights leader, who died at 84.
New York Times Top StoriesBig Revisions Are a Reason to Question the Jobs Numbers, Not to Dismiss Them
Economists say estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and other agencies are reliable, but they worry the quality of data is eroding.
New York Times Top StoriesDaryl Hannah: How Can ‘Love Story’ Get Away With This?
The character “Daryl Hannah” in “Love Story” is not even a remotely accurate representation of my life or my conduct — and these kinds of lies don’t go away.
New York Times Top StoriesAlysa Liu on Dancing Her Way to Olympic Gold: ‘The Music Carries My Body’
The free-spirited figure skater spoke to our dance critic about her approach to performing, the role of music and more.
New York Times Top StoriesPotomac River in D.C. Is Safe, Officials Say. But Locals Still Worry About the Poop.
A broken pipe sent a gusher of sewage into the river near Washington. Some people may try to row, sail or fish. But skeptics are steering clear.
New York Times Top StoriesA Candidate for Georgia Straight From the Marjorie Taylor Greene Playbook
Colton Moore, who hopes to win a special election on Tuesday to replace Ms. Greene, has the same flair for the dramatic and the ultra-MAGA persona, but he lacks one thing: a Trump endorsement.
New York Times Top StoriesGeorgia Candidate Colton Moore Copies Marjorie Taylor Greene Playbook
Colton Moore, who hopes to win a special election on Tuesday to replace Ms. Greene, has the same flair for the dramatic and the ultra-MAGA persona, but he lacks one thing: a Trump endorsement.