New York Times Top Stories: Posts

New York Times Top Stories

Republicans Seize on a Budget Exemption to Push Through Immigration Enforcement Funding

Republicans are using a special mechanism that was created to reduce deficits to push through immigration enforcement funds that should be provided in a regular spending bill.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Charges Dismissed for Ex-Assistant Principal After Shooting by 6-Year-Old

Prosecutors had argued that Ebony Parker, a former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school, had failed to act on warnings that a child had a gun in his backpack.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Trump Plans to Sign Executive Order Granting Oversight of A.I. Models

The executive order, which would signal a shift from the hands-off approach the White House previously took, follows debates over how to gain control over A.I. models without disrupting innovation.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Supreme Court Permits Lawsuits Over U.S. Assets Seized by Cuba in 1960

The Trump administration backed lawsuits brought by the Havana Docks Corporation that would allow the U.S.-owned entity to get compensation for property confiscated by Fidel Castro’s regime.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

A Defense of a Liberal Arts Education in the Age of A.I.

Making the case for a “useless” education.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Retailers Say Squeezed Shoppers Are Focused on Deals

Walmart, Target and TJ Maxx reported increases in sales, but shoppers are seeking out low-price items and cutting back in some categories, a potentially worrying sign for the U.S. economy.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Fan A.I. Videos Help Spencer Pratt Break Through in L.A. Mayor’s Race

Supporters have created A.I. videos to boost the mayoral campaign of Spencer Pratt, the former MTV star. Some videos have gone viral, but it’s not clear whether they will yield votes.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Gov. Gavin Newsom to Sign Executive Order Aimed at A.I. Job Loss

Gov. Gavin Newsom will issue an executive order to explore an overhaul of labor policies to deal with potential mass job displacement from artificial intelligence.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

How Banks Battled for $1 Billion in Fees From SpaceX Listing

Across Wall Street, bankers have been clamoring to lead what is expected to be the biggest-ever initial public offering.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic Race to Go Public

SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic, giants of the artificial intelligence sector, are rushing to test investor appetite in the stock markets.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Uganda Says It’s Not Aware of Ebola Clinics Promised by U.S.

The State Department said it would fund up to 50 clinics in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. “I don’t know the ones they are talking about,” a top Ugandan official said.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Air France Flight to U.S. Is Diverted to Montreal Over Congolese Passenger Amid Ebola Fears

An Air France plane was sent to Montreal because a passenger from the Democratic Republic of Congo was on board. The U.S. has closed its borders to recent visitors to the African country.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Intraparty Conflict

We look at the turmoil inside both political parties.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Experimental Drug Yields Dramatic Weight Loss

People who got the injection, retatrutide, lost 28 percent of their body weight on average after 80 weeks, Eli Lilly said.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

‘We’ve Never Been This Bad.’ Eastern Pennsylvania Weighs Rising Costs.

With two swing districts, the region from Scranton to Allentown could decide control of the House, and voters are expressing profound economic distress.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Inside Trump’s Pressure Campaign on Cuba, and Why Food Banks Are Getting Squeezed

Plus, Stephen Colbert’s last show.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Samsung Averts a Walkout With Big Bonuses, but Discord Over A.I. Profits Brews

Samsung Electronics, a global memory chip supplier, has been a major beneficiary of the A.I boom. It has also become the center of a debate over how to divide its spoils.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

In Berlin, Cars Are a Culture War Flashpoint

With municipal elections approaching, conservatives and progressives are sparring over congestion in the city center and how to fix it.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

British Politics Is Obsessing Over the Bond Market. Here’s Why.

Britain is facing another round of turmoil in government leadership, jolting debt investors who were already on high alert over inflation.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Bone Found Near Guthrie Home Predates Her Disappearance by 750 Years

Archaeological experts say the discovery is a cautionary tale about the consequences of citizen investigators taking matters into their own hands.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Thousands of N.Y.C. Jobs Could Be Lost to A.I. Boom, Report Says

A report by the New York City comptroller argues that the city’s economy will be transformed by artificial intelligence. “We’ve never seen anything like this,” he said.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Trump’s Fund Puts Blanche in a Tight Spot as He Aims to Lead Justice Dept.

Once seen by some as the most conventional of President Trump’s political appointees, Todd Blanche has taken off the gloves in his new role as acting attorney general.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Behold the New U.S. Agency for Corruption

There’s no telling where this leads.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

‘Colbert’ Is Done. ‘SNL’ is Stale. Where Does Late-Night TV Go From Here? | Cannonball

Maybe “Saturday Night Live” should go instead.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

New Jersey Says Yes to Airbnbs During the World Cup

As New York City tamps down on short-term rentals, some New Jersey municipalities are encouraging residents to take advantage of the windfall World Cup travelers could bring.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Bluesky Says Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread Propaganda

The company said it was fighting Russian efforts to hijack real users’ accounts to post fake content, an apparently novel tactic.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

A Powerful El Niño Is Forming. If History Is a Guide, It Could Hit Hard.

The biggest episodes of the past have altered the course of human events, according to researchers. An emerging one is drawing historic comparisons.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

How Democrats Lost the Plot

We need leaders who tell us hard truths while insisting that the present state of our politics is not permanent.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Trump Approved an Nvidia Chip for Sale in China. Beijing Doesn’t Want It.

The U.S. tech giant’s powerful H200 chip seemed poised to boost Beijing’s A.I. ambitions, but not a single one has been purchased in China.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Democrats’ Midterm Strength Masks Fierce Divides and Frustration, Poll Shows

Democratic voters are in a combative, anti-establishment mood, unhappy with their party and disagreeing about its best path forward, a New York Times/Siena poll found.

Continue Reading…