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What the Royal State Dinner Guest List Says About Trump’s America
There were at least 10 American billionaires, six Fox News hosts, assorted presidential pals, no Democratic politicians and not so many British.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesThe Supreme Court Just Erased What Was Left of the Voting Rights Act
In the name of disentangling race from politics, the court has given white voters more power at the expense of racial minorities.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy the U.A.E. is Quitting OPEC
The United Arab Emirates is walking away from OPEC this May. The New York Times’ energy reporter, Rebecca Elliott, breaks down how the war with Iran provided the perfect opening for the U.A.E. to go solo.
New York Times Top StoriesSupreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Map, Another Blow to Voting Rights Act
The court struck down the voting map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander in a move that could make it harder for lawmakers to create majority-minority voting districts.
New York Times Top StoriesMississippi Middle School Students Avert Bus Crash After Driver Loses Control
Footage of the incident shared this week by a school district in Mississippi shows a group of students working together to avert disaster on a highway.
New York Times Top StoriesHegseth Cites Falsehood to Defend His Firing of Senior Officers
The defense secretary said at a House hearing that President Barack Obama had fired 197 generals, a figure that the Pentagon previously acknowledged was false.
New York Times Top StoriesThese Runners Kept Going to 100 or Beyond
Many picked up running late in life. They all shared an uncommon competitive drive.
New York Times Top StoriesLester Wright, the Fastest Known Centenarian, Dies at 103
In 2022, at 100, he set what was believed to be a world record in the 100-meter dash at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, beating 86- and 92-year-old competitors.
New York Times Top StoriesBrown University Gunman Planned Attack for Years, F.B.I. Says
Investigators said the man’s transient lifestyle and social isolation made his intentions hard to track before shootings that killed two Brown students and an M.I.T. professor.
New York Times Top StoriesSupreme Court Limits Reach of Voting Rights Act
Also, the Pentagon estimates the Iran war cost at $25 billion. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
New York Times Top Stories‘A Lot of Rocket’: Trump Celebrates Artemis II Astronauts at the White House
President Trump wants Americans going into space to be a part of his legacy, even as he has proposed cutting NASA’s education, research and diversity programs.
New York Times Top StoriesCongress Races to Renew Surveillance Law After House Approval
Republicans put down a right-wing revolt to push the measure through the House, but it faces changes in the Senate that could delay its final passage past a Friday expiration.
New York Times Top StoriesCivil rights leaders see the voting rights ruling as a ‘betrayal.’
Leaders and activists said a Supreme Court ruling had the potential to unravel decades of work toward giving Black Americans fair representation.
New York Times Top StoriesMusk Says He ‘Was a Fool’ to Provide OpenAI’s Early Funding
In the second day of a trial pitting Mr. Musk against OpenAI, he said he was misled by the company’s chief executive, Sam Altman. But OpenAI’s lawyer said evidence showed the opposite.
New York Times Top StoriesIndian Tycoon Offers Refuge to Pablo Escobar’s Condemned Hippos
Colombia was planning to slaughter 80 hippopotamuses after a small herd imported in the 1980s by the drug lord grew out of control. An Indian tycoon has offered them a new home instead.
New York Times Top StoriesA.I. Spending Sets a Record, With No End in Sight
Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta reported more than $130 billion in quarterly capital expenditures on Wednesday as they build A.I. data centers. There’s more to come.
New York Times Top StoriesTwo Cocky Authoritarians Blocking Hormuz: What Could Go Wrong?
In the Iran war, we have two overconfident administrations facing off, each believing that time is on its side.
New York Times Top StoriesMeta Deal Reversal Deepens Split Between China and Silicon Valley
Beijing’s insistence that Meta unwind its deal with a Chinese A.I. start-up escalates the geopolitical fight over advanced tech.
New York Times Top StoriesAlmost All of Europe Was Abnormally Hot in 2025, Report Finds
The continent, which is warming faster than the global average, saw wildfires, floods and a sub-Arctic heat wave, the European State of the Climate report said.
New York Times Top StoriesWhite House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooter Planned Attack Weeks Before Gala, Prosecutors Say
A new prosecution memo details the preparations made in the days and weeks before the assault on the White House correspondents’ dinner.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Sues New Jersey Governor Over ICE Mask Ban
New Jersey, where Mikie Sherrill is governor, is one of only a few states to try to bar federal immigration agents from wearing masks.
New York Times Top StoriesTupac Shakur’s Stepbrother Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit, 29 Years After Murder
Maurice Shakur said in a complaint filed against Duane Keith Davis, who was charged in 2023 with the rapper’s murder, that the “threads are starting to come together.”
New York Times Top StoriesFlorida Approves Redistricting Map That Could Add 4 Republican House Seats
Several voting rights groups have said that they plan to challenge the map in court once Gov. Ron DeSantis signs it into law.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Indictment Accuses Mexican Governor of Conspiring With Sinaloa Cartel
Prosecutors accused Rubén Rocha Moya, the governor of Sinaloa state, and other Mexican officials of a yearslong scheme to protect the powerful drug cartel.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump and Putin Call for a Brief Cease-Fire in Ukraine
Previous truces have broken down amid competing accusations of violations, and it is not clear that Ukraine will agree to Moscow’s terms.
New York Times Top StoriesPentagon Puts Iran War Cost at $25 Billion as Hegseth Berates Skeptics
During his first public appearance on Capitol Hill since the war began, the defense secretary lashed out at lawmakers in both parties who have questioned the conflict.
New York Times Top StoriesPowell Says He Will Stay On as Fed Governor After Term as Chair Ends
Jerome H. Powell cited lingering legal threats against him and the Federal Reserve in explaining his decision to remain at the central bank.
New York Times Top StoriesPeter Raven Dies at 89; Botanist Warned of Perils of Climate Change
He transformed the Missouri Botanical Garden into an international research hub and laid out the existential threats posed by deforestation and unchecked development.
New York Times Top StoriesSupreme Court Sides With Anti-Abortion Clinic in Fight Over Donor Records
A crisis pregnancy group had asked the justices to allow it to sue in federal court over a demand for donor information by New Jersey officials.
New York Times Top StoriesAll Six Conservative Supreme Court Justices Attended Trump’s Dinner With King Charles
Their appearance seemed at odds with the chief justice’s oft-stated message that the court he leads avoids even the appearance of political splits.