New York Times Top Stories
Four Problems for Trump in Birthright Citizenship Case
The president must confront a 1952 federal law, the possibility that millions will lose their citizenships, stateless foundlings and a fluid future.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesUnder Carney, Canada Finally Hits NATO’s 2% Spending Target
Trump and other American presidents have criticized Canada for failing to meet the alliance’s military spending minimum of 2 percent of gross domestic product.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Can America Be So Miserable When It’s So Rich?
The just resentments of a shrinking middle class.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Wooing Trump With Deals, Pakistan Gets a Seat at the Table
Steve Witkoff, a diplomatic envoy, used the Board of Peace to announce an agreement that could raze a Pakistan-owned Manhattan hotel. Now the country is involved in negotiating peace talks with Iran.
New York Times Top StoriesCannonball with Wesley Morris: ‘Love Story’ Is Actually a Horror Story
The nightmare began when she said, “I do.”
New York Times Top StoriesSouth Dakota Governor Signs Bill Requiring Citizenship Proof to Vote
The law, which mirrors national Republican priorities, requires newly registered voters to show that they are U.S. citizens in order to cast a ballot in state or local races.
New York Times Top StoriesBinance Under Fire After Reports That $1.7 Billion in Crypto Flowed to Iran
The world’s largest crypto exchange is under fire after investigators found accounts moving $1.7 billion to Iranian entities. Clues about those accounts were in plain sight for over a year.
New York Times Top StoriesLocal Opposition Is Slowing A.I. Data Centers. Wall Street Has Noticed.
Tech companies are running into resistance from neighbors and may not be able to build at the pace they promised investors.
New York Times Top StoriesDamaged Runway at LaGuardia Reopens After Plane Wreckage Is Removed
Officials expect the airport in New York to be fully operational later on Thursday. One of its two runways had been closed since Sunday, when a jet hit a truck, killing two pilots.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Strait of Hormuz Closed Because Iran Is Using the U.S. Playbook
Iran has blocked the Strait of Hormuz by raising risks for ship operators. In doing so, it has taken lessons from American financial policy.
New York Times Top StoriesRussian Lawmakers Go to U.S. for First Time Since Invasion of Ukraine
The State Department had to lift sanctions on Russian lawmakers invited by a Kremlin-friendly member of Congress.
New York Times Top StoriesEurope Heads for Another Energy Shock in a Vulnerable State
The region’s stores of natural gas are running at the lowest level in years, and filling them up is increasingly daunting as the U.S.-led war in Iran pushes up prices.
New York Times Top StoriesZelensky Says U.S. Is Conditioning Ukraine’s Security Guarantees on Donbas Surrender
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that President Trump “still chooses a strategy of putting more pressure on the Ukrainian side.”
New York Times Top StoriesThe Kennedy Center Is Giving Bill Maher the Mark Twain Prize
The annual award that recognizes merit in humor is going to the satirist and talk show host who has been critical of President Trump and political correctness.
New York Times Top StoriesOlympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender Athletes in Women’s Events
Kirsty Coventry, the first woman to lead the International Olympic Committee, has frequently spoken about what she says is the need to protect women’s competitions at the Olympic Games.
New York Times Top Stories‘Lethality’ Used to Be a Pentagon Buzzword. Now It’s a Worldview.
It’s blunt instead of vague, brash instead of evasive, bold instead of cautious. And yet the word obfuscates as much as old defense jargon.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter ‘Sausage Making,’ European Lawmakers Approve U.S. Trade Deal
The agreement that President Trump struck with the European Union has cleared a major hurdle that delayed it for months.
New York Times Top StoriesHow to Turn a Chicken Egg Into a Drug Factory
A biotech start-up is testing a novel way of efficiently producing pharmaceutical drugs.
New York Times Top StoriesWar in Iran Will Push U.S. Inflation Above 4 Percent, O.E.C.D. Forecast Says
Higher energy prices and uncertainty over the war in the Middle East will boost inflation and weigh on economic growth, a new forecast says.
New York Times Top StoriesSavannah Guthrie Says Mother’s Abduction Was Probably a Ransom Attempt
Her interview on the “Today” show came more than 50 days after her mother, Nancy Guthrie, was taken from her home near Tucson, Ariz.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Military Kills 4 People in Boat Strike in Caribbean
At least 163 people have been killed in the Trump administration’s campaign against suspected drug smuggling.
New York Times Top StoriesIs Big Tech Facing a Big Tobacco Moment?
Back-to-back courtroom losses have put technology giants, including Meta and Google, in uncertain territory as they face lawsuits and bans on teen users.
New York Times Top StoriesSnapchat Investigated in Europe Over Child Safety Policies
Regulators in Brussels accused the social media platform of maintaining a weak age-verification system, and steering younger users toward inappropriate experiences.
New York Times Top StoriesWho Is Alireza Tangsiri, the Latest Iranian Commander Targeted by Israel?
Israel said it killed the naval commander, Alireza Tangsiri, in an airstrike on Thursday morning. Iran has not commented.
New York Times Top StoriesWho Is Alireza Tangsiri, the Latest Iranian Commander Targeted by Israel?
Israel said it killed the naval commander, Alireza Tangsiri, in an airstrike on Thursday morning. Iran has not commented.
New York Times Top StoriesStorms Could Bring Tornadoes, Hail and Heavy Rain to the Midwest on Thursday
Forecasters were watching an area just south of the Great Lakes, where storms were expected to move through on Thursday afternoon and evening.
New York Times Top StoriesA Landmark Verdict on the Danger of Social Media, and Trump’s Call to Punish ‘Rogue Judges’
Plus, OnlyFans’ billionaire owner dies at 43.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Denmark, It’s All About the Pigs
In Denmark’s election, it was local issues, not Greenland or foreign policy, that counted. That hurt the prime minister, Mette Frederiksen.
New York Times Top StoriesMen of the Trump Administration, 2026
Are Democrats ugly? Asking for a friend.
New York Times Top StoriesPaul Klee’s “Angelus Novus” New York Debut On Hold Due to Mideast War
The rarely seen “Angelus Novus” by Paul Klee was supposed to arrive at New York’s Jewish Museum, but remains in Israel instead.