New York Times Top Stories
Why Does Gavin Newsom Sound Like a Right-Wing Troll?
He seems to have concluded that progressive models of manliness are passé.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesThe Human Cost of War
Our colleague spent two months in Kyiv.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Pam Bondi Got Fired, and a Flood of Deadly New Drugs
Plus, your Friday news quiz.
New York Times Top StoriesAt War With Iran Again, Some Israelis Fear Conflict Is Becoming Routine
A majority of Israelis support the war with Iran, but many doubt that it will solve Israel’s long-term security problems. Some also question their prime minister’s assurances and motives.
New York Times Top StoriesLiberal Group Warns That Trump Could Have Two More Supreme Court Picks
Demand Justice plans to tie Republicans running for Senate this year to a possible fight to fill vacancies that could emerge on the Supreme Court.
New York Times Top StoriesIs It Legal to Bully the Supreme Court?
It may be a new world, but “it’s the same Constitution.”
New York Times Top StoriesEconomists Are Drawing Stronger Connections Between A.I. and Jobs
Artificial intelligence hasn’t disrupted the labor market, economists say, but they are increasingly convinced that it will — and that policymakers are unprepared.
New York Times Top Stories50 Artists Travel Far and Wide to Learn From Filmmaker Werner Herzog
In January, 50 artists from all over the world were chosen to shoot shorts in the Azores, guided by the iconic filmmaker. They just had to find $10,000 and airfare to get there.
New York Times Top StoriesAs H-1B Visa Program Changes, Skilled Foreign Workers Consider Leaving U.S.
As the Trump administration cracks down on the H-1B visa program, which allows skilled workers like software engineers to work in the United States, foreign professionals are debating whether to stay and build careers or quit the American Dream.
New York Times Top Stories30 Years Later, the Unabomber’s Cabin Is a Prized F.B.I. Artifact
A complicated piece of American heritage and culture sits intact in the F.B.I. headquarters.
New York Times Top StoriesJobs and Workers Are In Balance. Nobody Is Happy About It.
Lower immigration has brought labor supply in line with shaky demand, but economists worry that such a slow-moving job market is at risk of toppling over.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Democrats Are Embracing Dark Money
The left is creating new, obscure nonprofits to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars into politics and advocacy.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Epstein Emails Show #MeToo Never Stood a Chance
The files reveal the mechanics of doubt that the #MeToo movement had to contend with.
New York Times Top StoriesTexas Voucher Program Incites Fight Over Funding Islamic Schools
As Muslim private schools try to join Texas’ new voucher program, top Republicans have vowed to stop what they call “radical Islamic indoctrination.”
New York Times Top StoriesBen Lerner’s ‘Transcription’ Shows Us Why the Novel Will Never Die
With “Transcription,” the writer makes a case for the vitality of the form.
New York Times Top StoriesCould There Be a Popular Uprising in Cuba?
There is no organized opposition on the island because many critics of the regime have fled. But anti-government protests have been growing.
New York Times Top StoriesWealthy Donors Are Hiding Political Money in Secretive Nonprofits
Using philanthropy for campaign donations is illegal. But an exception for some nonprofits has allowed Democratic billionaires like Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg to remain anonymous when they want to play politics.
New York Times Top StoriesThey Get Drunk Without Drinking: What It’s Like to Have Auto-brewery Syndrome
Inside the mystifying syndrome that can upend people’s lives and reputations.
New York Times Top StoriesGeorgia Lawmakers End Session Without Fixing a Threat to Its Midterm Elections
The state legislature failed to push back a deadline that requires Georgia to get rid of its current voting system and find a new one — all before November.
New York Times Top StoriesStudents Are Disciplined Over Antisemitic Posts Targeting Hockey Rivals
A Connecticut high school said that it was aware of the Instagram posts and that antisemitism is “repugnant and antithetical to our values as a school.”
New York Times Top StoriesMyanmar Junta Chief Ascends to President, Five Years After Coup
U Min Aung Hlaing’s elevation to the civilian post is the conclusion of elections in the country, which were stage managed by the military.
New York Times Top StoriesLate Night Says Goodbye to Pam Bondi
President Trump is “on a bit of a firing spree,” Jimmy Fallon said on “The Tonight Show” on Thursday, adding, “Ironically, the only staffer who has immunity is RFK Jr.”
New York Times Top StoriesBeing Trump’s ‘Friend’ in Europe Is Becoming a Real Liability
For more than three years, Giorgia Meloni’s leadership of Italy has seemed unshakable. Now she suddenly seems vulnerable.
New York Times Top StoriesCosmopolitan Shanghai Is an Uneasy Fit in China’s Narrative of Western Sins
Shanghai’s many layers of architecture, culture and politics have made it a difficult fit for the Communist Party’s preferred narrative of Chinese victimhood and Western sins.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Syria, Kidnappings of Women and Girls Fuel a Minority Group’s Fears
A Times investigation found that abductions of women and girls from Syria’s Alawite minority were more common, and more brutal, than the government has acknowledged.
New York Times Top StoriesCuba Says It Is Pardoning More Than 2,000 Prisoners
The Cuban government said the releases were a humanitarian gesture during Holy Week. It was not clear if they were related to ongoing negotiations between Cuba and the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesPam Bondi Wanted a Graceful Exit. But Trump Wanted Her Gone.
Pam Bondi had a feeling her days as attorney general were numbered. But she didn’t expect President Trump to drop the curtain quite so soon.
New York Times Top StoriesGucci Mane Held at Gunpoint, Prompting 2 Rappers’ Arrests
The hip-hop titan was forced to sign papers releasing a rapper known as Pooh Shiesty from his record contract during an armed confrontation in January at a Dallas music studio, officials said.
New York Times Top StoriesHegseth Fires Army Chief Amid Battle With Its Leaders
Senior Army officers reacted with anger and frustration to news of Gen. Randy George’s dismissal, characterizing it as the latest blow to the service.
New York Times Top StoriesDid Jesus Rise From the Dead? A Debate.
A ‘Christian Atheist’ joins Ross Douthat.