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Iran’s New Leader Vows to Keep a Crucial Oil Gateway Blocked
Also, a Michigan synagogue was attacked. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesWith Disputed Legal Maneuver, Trump Tries to Set Policy Without Legislation
By suing Republican states and making sharp reversals in old cases, the Trump administration is using courts to fast-track major shifts in policy.
New York Times Top StoriesRoscoe Robinson, Gospel Star Who Minted 1960s R&B Hits, Dies at 97
Although he wasn’t blind, he sang in three different gospel groups known as the Blind Boys before making a splash on the R&B and pop charts.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Is the Strait of Hormuz and Why Is Iran Blocking It?
With attacks and threats, Tehran is using the world’s most important transit point for oil and gas as leverage against its enemies.
New York Times Top StoriesNASA Says Artemis II Moon Launch Is On Track for April 1
After postponing launch opportunities in February and March, the agency determined that four astronauts could proceed toward the first crewed lunar journey in more than 50 years.
New York Times Top StoriesIran Is Laying Mines in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Officials Say
A fifth of the world’s oil passes through the strait, making it a critical choke point in global commerce.
New York Times Top StoriesWild Weather Shift Jolts the Mid-Atlantic With Snow
Washington, D.C., was warm and sunny on Wednesday. By Thursday, snow was falling.
New York Times Top StoriesTemple Israel Was Founded in 1941, Dedicated to the Formation of a Jewish State
The temple is one of the largest Reform institutions in America, with thousands of families and an early education center.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Do You Feel About Traveling Right Now? We Want to Know.
With spring and summer travel season beginning amid a war in the Middle East, a partial government shutdown and more, we’d like to hear how your travel plans are changing.
New York Times Top StoriesDrone Strike in Congo Kills 3, Including U.N. Worker
The attack struck a residential area of Goma, killing an employee of the U.N.’s children’s agency and two others amid a sharp rise in drone warfare.
New York Times Top StoriesAttack on Synagogue Comes Amid Significant Rise in Antisemitic Incidents
The number of assaults and threats against Jews has increased in recent years, with anxiety growing further since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump’s Election Lie Could Affect 2026 Midterms
The Trump administration is putting the weight of the federal government behind his false claims about the 2020 election in order to investigate key swing states ahead of the midterms. Nick Corasaniti, a New York Times reporter focusing on elections, homes in on the states that have become the prime targets and why.
New York Times Top StoriesF.B.I. Joins Search for Air Force General Missing for 2 Weeks
Before he retired, Maj. Gen. William N. McCasland oversaw a research laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio.
New York Times Top StoriesWill Illinois’ Democratic Primary for Senate Divide Black Voters?
Two Black female candidates may split Democratic primary voters, and anger is growing at well-funded efforts to widen the divide.
New York Times Top StoriesMojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s New Supreme Leader, Says Strait of Hormuz Must Remain Closed in Defiant Statement
Mojtaba Khamenei struck a defiant tone and signaled that Iran would not back down in a war that has spread across the Middle East.
New York Times Top StoriesWith New Right-Wing President, Chile Shifts Toward Region’s Conservative, Pro-Trump Alignment
The inauguration of Chile’s new president, José Antonio Kast, is the latest milestone in a broader shift toward conservatism and pro-Trump alignment in the region.
New York Times Top StoriesNew Yorkers, Do You Have an Interesting Storage Unit Collection?
To help us report an upcoming article, we want to hear about your cherished, prized or strange storage unit stories.
New York Times Top StoriesBloomberg to Back Protégé in Crowded N.Y.C. House Race With Super PAC
The billionaire is said to be willing to spend up to $5 million to help Assemblyman Micah Lasher in his bid to replace Representative Jerrold Nadler, bypassing a Kennedy scion, Jack Schlossberg.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Tempers María Corina Machado’s Political Ambitions in Venezuela
President Trump is tempering the political ambitions of María Corina Machado, a Nobel laureate, as he deepens ties with her foes in Venezuela.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Trump’s Funding Freeze for Gateway Tunnel
The case is moot, a federal judge said, because the administration has resumed the flow of more than $200 million in funding that it had temporarily stopped.
New York Times Top StoriesFallout From Iran War and Oil Shock Deliver Another Blow to World Economy
Countries already walloped by a breakdown of the international trading order, war in Ukraine and chaotic U.S. policymaking are facing potentially lasting economic damage.
New York Times Top StoriesThe 20 Best Food Scenes in Movies
Ahead of the Oscars on Sunday, Food and Film writers and editors recount the moments that filled them most.
New York Times Top StoriesSpace Jam: NASA’s MADCAP Team Directs Traffic at the Moon
A “red alert” involving the private Blue Ghost mission in lunar orbit a year ago highlights a growing number of incidents above Earth’s neighbor.
New York Times Top StoriesNoma Could Have Changed So Much More Than Food
The globally acclaimed restaurant had the power and influence to remake restaurant culture. Instead, it perpetuated the darkest parts of that world.
New York Times Top StoriesPardoning Netanyahu Now Would Be Improper, Key Israeli Office Says
Rebuffing pressure from President Trump, a legal office says the prime minister should be pardoned only if he resigns, confesses or is convicted.
New York Times Top StoriesResidents Raise Alarms as Mississippi Approves Turbines for Musk’s xAI
Residents of Southaven, Miss., have complained about noise and cited concerns about possible pollution from gas turbines that will help xAI train its chatbot.
New York Times Top StoriesFlowers Are Blooming in California’s Death Valley
Visitors are flocking to see a bonanza of wildflowers that has transformed this barren desert.
New York Times Top StoriesSenate Resoundingly Passes Housing Bill, but Challenges Lie Ahead
The lopsided vote to approve the measure was a rare bit of election-year bipartisanship on a major affordability issue, but G.O.P. disputes and President Trump’s disinterest have left its fate uncertain.
New York Times Top StoriesWho Will Farm America?
Many young people want to farm. They just can’t afford it.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Mayor Is In: Mamdani Drops by to Hear Complaints About Landlords.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani attended the third “rental rip-off” hearing in New York City, sitting down with three tenants to hear their woes and assuaging protesters.