New York Times Top Stories
ICE Detains Ex-Kansas Mayor Joe Ceballos Who Voted Illegally
Joe Ceballos said he did not know he was ineligible to vote and run for office as a green-card holder. The Trump administration has drawn attention to the case.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesRich Danker, RFK Jr.’s Top Spokesman, Resigns in Protest Over New Vaping Policy
In a letter to President Trump, the spokesman, Rich Danker, said allowing the sale of flavored e-cigarettes would enhance their appeal to children.
New York Times Top StoriesAn Uncertain World Awaits the Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz
Fatih Birol of the International Energy Agency, who orchestrated a multinational release of oil reserves, detailed the risks facing the economy now and beyond.
New York Times Top StoriesFor Trump, the Iran War Looms Over China Summit
The balance of power between the United States and China had shifted in Beijing’s favor even before the war in Iran began in February.
New York Times Top StoriesIran War Powers Vote Fails Again in Senate, but GOP Opposition Grows
Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska became the latest Republican to switch her vote to halt the conflict and require President Trump to win congressional approval to continue it.
New York Times Top StoriesHow China Sent a Message to Trump on His Arrival
Beijing welcomed President Trump with a high-ranking vice president, but the choice of a ceremonial leader suggests China is trading symbolism for substance.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy the Bombing of Iran Tied the U.S. More Closely to China
As the U.S. tries to rebuild its weapons stockpiles drained in the Iran war, it will need access to rare-earth minerals, an industry China dominates.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump and Xi: Beneath the Pomp and Niceties, a Geopolitical Rivalry
The relationship between the two leaders is marked just as much by mistrust and confrontation as it is by niceties.
New York Times Top StoriesHouse Backers Reach Threshold to Force Vote on $1.3 Billion in Ukraine Aid
Representative Kevin Kiley, independent of California, became the 218th signature on a petition to force action on an aid bill to Ukraine. The vote could come as soon as the end of May.
New York Times Top StoriesAlex Murdaugh Murder Convictions Overturned by South Carolina’s Top Court
The decision, in which judges cited jury interference by a court clerk, upends one of America’s highest-profile homicide cases.
New York Times Top StoriesN.Y.U. Students Object to Graduation Speaker Jonathan Haidt, Who Calls Their Generation ‘Coddled’
Jonathan Haidt, a professor, says that colleges shield students from challenging ideas. But student leaders said he does not represent their values.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Arrives in Beijing to Begin High-Stakes Summit With Xi
President Trump was greeted by China’s vice president, Han Zheng, and other officials, as well as a military honor guard.
New York Times Top StoriesPerfect Timing, Big Payouts: Insider Trading Red Flags Emerge on Polymarket
Dozens of long-shot bets on Polymarket, from the war with Iran to the cryptocurrency market, have defied the odds, according to a New York Times examination.
New York Times Top StoriesWe Cannot Let Trump Cut Childhood Cancer Research
More children will die because the Trump administration is cutting pediatric cancer research.
New York Times Top StoriesFuel Prices Drive Sales of E.V.s, Just Not in the U.S.
Electric vehicle sales have soared in Europe and much of the rest of the world, but Americans are still hesitant.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Is in China as Iran War Continues With No End in Sight
Before leaving Washington on Tuesday, the president reiterated threats to decimate Iran if it doesn’t agree to a deal to resolve the conflict.
New York Times Top StoriesWith a Friend in Trump, the Tobacco Industry Secures a Lucrative Win
In a dispute over vapes, the president sided with tobacco companies that filled his groups’ coffers over his own F.D.A. commissioner, who resigned in protest.
New York Times Top StoriesChaos in Philippines Senate as Duterte Ally Faces Arrest
The sound of gunshots, apparently from inside the chamber, were broadcast on live television as a senator in the Philippines, who was an ally of the former leader Rodrigo Duterte, faced arrest.
New York Times Top StoriesWholesale Prices Jumped in April, in Latest Sign of War’s Economic Ripples
The Producer Price Index rose in April at its fastest pace in four years, government data showed, a day after consumer prices showed inflation was surging.
New York Times Top StoriesTariff Refunds Begin to Reach Businesses as Trump Lashes Out at Court
The government must return about $160 billion, plus interest, collected from duties deemed illegal and potentially more if it loses a related tariff case.
New York Times Top StoriesA Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry from the Cosmic Edge
In her second pop-science book, theoretical cosmologist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein returns to her celestial and cultural roots.
New York Times Top StoriesFrench Hantavirus Patient Is Critically Ill as Outbreak Reaches 11 Cases
The woman, who was a passenger on the MV Hondius, was breathing with the help of an artificial lung, officials in Paris said.
New York Times Top StoriesShould You Worry About Hantavirus?
Here’s what to know about the virus, how it spreads and the risk to the general public.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Supreme Court Has Left Us in a Dangerous Place
The ruling in Louisiana v. Callais might drive America’s politics to an even more precarious place of partisan tension and ideological Balkanization.
New York Times Top StoriesKing’s Speech Comes at an Awkward Time for Starmer
King Charles III read out Keir Starmer’s legislative agenda in the traditional manner, even as the British prime minister’s leadership remained under pressure.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump in China
We preview the Trump-Xi summit.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Starmer Rejects Calls to Resign, Some Make Comparisons to President Biden
In Britain, some argue that Prime Minister Keir Starmer, by rejecting calls to step aside, risks repeating the mistakes of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Intelligence Undercuts Trump’s War Claims, and the Cost of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Plus, the controversy engulfing Eurovision.
New York Times Top StoriesSilicon Valley’s A.I. Lobbying Blitz Reaches a Fever Pitch
OpenAI and Anthropic are opening offices in Washington, hiring lobbyists and spending more than ever to win over federal lawmakers.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat You Need to Know About the Federal Gas Tax
President Trump said he would like to suspend the 18.4-cent-a-gallon tax, but it’s a move that may save drivers only a few dollars a month.