New York Times Top Stories
Nile Rodgers Explains How He Wrote ‘We Are Family,’ ‘Le Freak’ and More
The co-founder of Chic, the de facto house band of New York’s late-70s disco boom, talks about taking inspiration from the city’s club scene.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesJeffrey Epstein’s Possible Suicide Note Hidden from Public View
An inmate said he discovered the note after Mr. Epstein was found injured in his jail cell, weeks before his death. It’s now locked in a courthouse.
New York Times Top StoriesThree of Nashville’s Finest Writers Explain How Country Hits Get Written
Shane McAnally, Brandy Clark and Josh Osborne talk about songwriting as a day job and the art of telling simple truths in a single line.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Withdraws Nomination of Casey Means for Surgeon General
Dr. Means’s nomination had stalled in part over her views on vaccines. The president said he was instead nominating Dr. Nicole B. Saphier, a radiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
New York Times Top StoriesHouse Passes Stalled Homeland Security Funding Bill, Ending Shutdown
Republicans were forced to use a special maneuver to steer around opposition in their own party and speed the measure to the floor, relying on Democrats to push it through.
New York Times Top StoriesEpstein Victims’ Pursuit of Justice Finds a New Venue: Albany, N.Y.
Two victims of Jeffrey Epstein will testify at the State Capitol next week in support of a bill that would enable them to seek punitive damages from his estate.
New York Times Top StoriesHow the Voting Rights Decision May Block the Rise of Young Black Leaders
Black Democrats in the South already face steep challenges when seeking political office. But the Supreme Court’s ruling could be felt for a generation.
New York Times Top StoriesVenice Biennale Jury Resigns Amid Tension Over Awards Ban
The jury of the world’s most important art exhibition had said it wouldn’t consider artists from countries whose leaders are accused of crimes against humanity.
New York Times Top StoriesSupreme Leader Says Iran Is Planning for Ongoing Control of Strait
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said in a statement that Iran would establish “new legal frameworks” for the Strait of Hormuz. He also said his country would retain its nuclear capabilities.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump’s Iran Blockade Is Complicating a High-Stakes Trip to China
If President Trump flies to China as planned in May, the primary topic will clearly be the rippling economic effects of a war that Beijing has made clear it viewed as unnecessary.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Casts Host of Policies Under Biden as Anti-Christian
A new report is the latest effort by the Justice Department to argue that it is removing political bias from prosecutorial decision-making.
New York Times Top StoriesSmog in Phoenix and Salt Lake City? The E.P.A. Is Blaming Asia.
The Trump administration says the cities shouldn’t be penalized for unhealthy air because pollution can blow in from abroad. Some experts say that’s preposterous.
New York Times Top StoriesChief Justice Roberts Played the Long Game on Voting Rights
Since his early days as a lawyer and in his first years on the bench, the chief justice has worked to limit the force of the Voting Rights Act.
New York Times Top StoriesBest Memorial Day Recipes
Strawberry shortcake, pasta salad, coleslaw and more recipes to kick off summer. Here’s what to make for picnics, barbecues and gatherings this long weekend.
New York Times Top StoriesCrop Undercount Raises Questions About Reliability of U.S.D.A. Data
Corn estimates were off by 4.5 million acres last year. A lack of survey responses, not job cuts, led to the miss, the Agriculture Department said.
New York Times Top StoriesShare the Times Pages You Couldn’t Throw Away
The New York Times has been publishing for 175 years. Some of that history may be sitting in a shoe box under your bed.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Supreme Court Decision, Louisiana Weighs Redrawing House Maps
It was not immediately clear whether Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, would postpone the May 16 primary election for House races after the court ruled the state’s congressional districts unconstitutional.
New York Times Top StoriesKing Charles and Queen Camilla Hit the Red Carpet at N.Y.C. Gala
Anna Wintour, Martha Stewart and others greeted the royal couple at the King’s Trust Gala, during their official state visit to the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Vaccine Skeptic in Trump’s New C.D.C. Leadership Team
Dr. Sara Brenner is a physician, an F.D.A. official and a “MAHA mom” who has said people should not reflexively believe in the benefits of vaccines.
New York Times Top StoriesJanet Mills Bows Out of Maine Senate Race as an Insurgent Democrat Rises
Her withdrawal reflects the energy of the party’s left and voters’ unease with older candidates and paves the way for Graham Platner to challenge Senator Susan Collins in November.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Economy Grew 2 Percent in Early 2026 Even as War in Iran Began to Hit Energy Prices
Gross domestic product expanded at a 2 percent annual rate in the first three months of the year, a period including first weeks of conflict in the Middle East.
New York Times Top StoriesBehind Powell’s High-Stakes Decision to Stay at the Fed
Jerome H. Powell will remain a governor at the Federal Reserve after his term as chair ends, in a bid to guard against a further incursion by the Trump administration on the central bank’s independence.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Know About the Stabbing Attack Against 2 Jewish Men in London
The British police said the attack on Wednesday was being treated as terrorism, and they warned of rising antisemitic hate crimes.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump May Pull Troops From Germany. That Isn’t as Scary as It Once Was.
Germany has hugely increased its military spending, aiming to be less dependent on Washington. Its support for U.S. attacks on Iran may also give it leverage.
New York Times Top StoriesDavid Allan Coe, Singer Who Personified Outlaw Country, Dies at 86
Mr. Coe, who wrote “Take This Job and Shove It” and other chart-topping hits, was a transgressive exponent of the outlaw country movement of the 1970s and ’80s.
New York Times Top StoriesMissing Indigenous Girl in Australia Is Found Dead After 5-Day Search
The police are seeking a man who was last seen holding hands with the five-year-old girl on Saturday night near Alice Springs.
New York Times Top StoriesMamdani Suggested UK Should Return the Koh-i-Noor Diamond. Here’s the Back Story.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York suggested that Britain should return the gem, a symbol of colonial plunder. Here’s the back story of the famed jewel.
New York Times Top StoriesWho’s a Threat?
We look at when political criticism can be considered a threat of violence.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump and Putin Talk, and Ukraine Shrugs
More than a year of similar conversations have failed to bring the country any closer to peace, so Ukrainians have stopped hoping they will.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat the Voting Rights Act Decision Means, and Hegseth’s Heated Testimony
Plus, chatbots told scientists how to make bioweapons.