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U.S. Inflation Stayed Subdued Before Onset of Iran War
While February’s Consumer Price Index report shows only modest price pressures, inflationary risks are rising once again as the conflict in the Middle East drags on.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesTrump Documents Missing in Epstein Files Highlight DOJ’s Missteps
In late July, an F.B.I. agent asked colleagues to get started on a sensitive task relating to Jeffrey Epstein, listing the names of 14 prominent men, with President Trump at the top.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says
Outdated targeting data may have resulted in a mistaken missile strike, according to the ongoing military investigation, which undercuts President Trump’s assertion that Iran could be to blame.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Is the Anti-Trump
There is an alternate universe in which the president is the popular, successful figure of his imagination.
New York Times Top StoriesWho Should Control the Legacy of This Master Photographer?
A settlement is reached in the case of Mike Disfarmer, who renounced his family. Decades later they sued to take back his life’s work. When heirs battle the people who built their legacies, the art may be at stake.
New York Times Top StoriesUkraine Says It Hit Key Russian Electronics Plant; Russia Reports Deaths
The attack highlighted how Ukraine remains capable of hitting high-value targets inside Russia.
New York Times Top StoriesA Trump-Xi Summit Nears, but China Doesn’t Know What Trump Wants
Trump’s agenda for the high-stakes meeting remains unclear to Beijing, Chinese analysts say, while American executives say they haven’t been invited along.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Gas Prices Jump for 11th Straight Day, and Oil Pushes Higher
Drivers are paying an average of 20 percent more at the pump since the strikes on Iran began. The global oil price was up and stocks in Asia rose.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Did the UK Police Repeatedly Decline to Investigate Claims About Epstein and Prince Andrew?
The police in London interviewed Virginia Giuffre three times over her allegations about Jeffrey Epstein, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Ghislaine Maxwell, but never began a criminal investigation.
New York Times Top StoriesIranians Feel the War Is ‘Closing In,’ and Bondi Is Said to Move Because of Threats
Plus, iPads in kindergarten.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump’s War With Iran Changed the World in a Week
The conflict is reshaping travel patterns, energy dependencies, living costs, trade routes and diplomatic alliances.
New York Times Top StoriesChina’s Military Has Quietly Cut Flying Near Taiwan. But Why?
For years, China has flown military jets near Taiwan almost daily. Then they suddenly stopped, leaving analysts to wonder why.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Voters Might Finally Blame Trump for Rising Costs
Trump’s Iran war will affect more than just gas prices.
New York Times Top StoriesThey Don’t Want Their Company’s Surveillance Tool Used by ICE
Thomson Reuters, best known for its media outlet and legal research tools, provides an investigative tool to immigration enforcers. Its Minnesota employees want that to stop.
New York Times Top StoriesSlowly, Slowly, ‘Darwin’s Finches of the Snail World’ Return From Near Extinction
Partula snails all but vanished from Polynesia after the arrival of a carnivorous foreign snail. But a global alliance of zoos has worked to bring them back.
New York Times Top StoriesCarolyn Bessette Was Living the Dream. Then She Met John.
The fairy tale was 1990s New York.
New York Times Top StoriesJames Fishback, a Republican Candidate for Florida Governor, Is Running on Rage Bait
Young conservatives in Florida are fascinated by James Fishback, a long-shot gubernatorial candidate known for his provocative online posts.
New York Times Top StoriesIs a Private-Island Paradise in Turks and Caicos Worth the Price? I Went to Find Out.
What it’s like to stay on a private island so luxurious that there are no price tags and so quiet that “even the wind feels guilty for making noise.”
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Casts a Shadow Over One of Mexico’s Deadliest States
President Trump wants to strike cartels inside Mexico. In Sinaloa State, a cartel stronghold, some residents said they were willing to entertain U.S. intervention.
New York Times Top StoriesA Dublin Pub-Crawl, but Hold the Booze
A wander through some famed watering holes in Ireland’s capital reveals a booming alcohol-free scene and a cultural shift.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Talking to Parents About Vaccines, Pediatricians Navigate a Sea of Misinformation
Practitioners nationwide are striving to do what’s best for children’s health, while staying supportive in the face of mistrust and confusion.
New York Times Top StoriesFelt Cute, Until They Gave Their Husbands the Phone
Perfect lighting and backdrops do not guarantee a great photo, as one social media trend highlights. Even professionals are not immune.
New York Times Top StoriesRaise Taxes on the Rich? These Rich New Yorkers Are All for It.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he wants to raise taxes on New Yorkers who earn more than $1 million per year. Some millionaires actually agree with him.
New York Times Top StoriesLate Night Makes Fun of Pete Hegseth’s Fruit Baskets
The Pentagon reportedly spent lavishly on doughnuts, ice cream machines and stickers — “and despite all that, nobody came to Pete Hegseth’s birthday party,” Stephen Colbert said.
New York Times Top StoriesLeave the Kurds Out of It
The United States and Israel have considered using Iranian Kurds as a ground force.
New York Times Top StoriesNew Iranian Leader Was Wounded Early in the War, Iranian and Israeli Officials Say
Officials say Mojtaba Khamanei’s legs were hurt, but the circumstances as well as the extent of his injuries were unclear. He has remained out of view since being named leader three days ago.
New York Times Top StoriesUkraine Can Now Manufacture ‘China-Free’ Drones
The country has prioritized self-sufficiency in producing a crucial battlefield weapon, though weaning itself fully off cheaper Chinese components is difficult.
New York Times Top StoriesBennie Thompson Defeats Young Challenger in Mississippi Primary
The victory by Mr. Thompson, the state’s longest-serving Black Democrat, offers a counterpoint to the broader push nationwide for younger leadership in Congress.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump and His Advisers Miscalculated Iran’s Response to War
In the lead-up to the U.S.-Israeli attack, President Trump downplayed the risks to the energy markets as a short-term concern that should not overshadow the mission to decapitate the Iranian regime.
New York Times Top StoriesBondi Is Said to Move to Military Housing Because of Threats
The attorney general relocated from a Washington apartment to a base in the area within the past month, according to people familiar with the situation.