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White House Dismisses Outline of ‘Unofficial’ Iran Deal
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New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesTrump Threatens Oman Over the Strait, Then Says, ‘They’ll Be Fine.’
President Trump said there would be serious repercussions if Iran and Oman move forward with a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz.
New York Times Top StoriesCourt Orders Customs Chief to Address Compliance on Refunding Tariffs
The surprising demand to appear at a hearing suggested new concern about the Trump administration’s efforts to repay the full $166 billion owed from illegally imposed tariffs.
New York Times Top StoriesCornyn’s Defeat in Texas Runoff Underscores Trump's Grip on the G.O.P.
Senator John Cornyn lost to his MAGA-aligned challenger, Ken Paxton, by 28 percentage points. It was a historically poor showing.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Utah, Measles Sickens Babies and Others Who Can’t Be Vaccinated
Many of those who can’t be vaccinated, including pregnant women and immunocompromised people, are also at high risk of serious complications.
New York Times Top StoriesJill Biden’s Reaction to Biden’s 2024 Debate: ‘He’s Having a Stroke’
“I had never, ever seen Joe like that,” the former first lady told CBS News in an interview. “Before or since.”
New York Times Top StoriesCondé Nast Pays Over $400,000 to 3 Journalists Fired Over Protest
The former workers were among a group of employees who confronted the company’s head of human resources about layoffs last fall.
New York Times Top StoriesF.B.I. Arrests C.I.A. Official With $40 Million in Gold Bars in His Home
The only charge lodged against David Rush is that he inflated his academic credentials and obtained military leave pay worth tens of thousands of dollars.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Big Questions About Jeffrey Epstein: What The Times Has Learned
Here is what we know about the sexual predator whose secrets spurred an international reckoning over money, power and complicity. Check back for updates.
New York Times Top StoriesFormer Judges Urge Inquiry Into Deal Trump Struck With I.R.S.
The motion was particularly significant because it asked the judge overseeing the initial suit against the I.R.S. to examine the terms of the deal.
New York Times Top StoriesMan Charged With Hate-Crime Killing of Gay Dancer Claims Self-Defense
Dmitriy Popov was 17 when he stabbed O’Shae Sibley, a 28-year-old dancer, at a gas station. Mr. Popov has been charged with murder as a hate crime.
New York Times Top StoriesTo Make a Deal With Trump, Iran Wants Billions of Its Money Unfrozen
The money has become a sticking point in talks, with Iran insisting that meaningful negotiations cannot begin without the funds’ release.
New York Times Top StoriesMatthew Perry’s Personal Assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, Sentenced to More Than 3 Years in Prison
Kenneth Iwamasa injected Mr. Perry with the ketamine that killed him. He is the last of five defendants to be sentenced in the case.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Dismisses 2 Indictments in FIFA Bribery Case
The decision marked an end to a significant part of a broader corruption investigation that rocked the soccer world more than a decade ago.
New York Times Top StoriesKnicks Fans Confront High Ticket Prices for NBA Finals Games at MSG
New York Knicks fans, still celebrating the team making it to the N.B.A. finals, are confronting high ticket prices for the games at Madison Square Garden.
New York Times Top StoriesMeeting Voters, a Republican Tries to Outrun His Party’s Woes
Representative Mike Flood of Nebraska is still meeting with constituents long after most G.O.P. members of Congress have concluded it is too politically dangerous to do so.
New York Times Top StoriesLebanese Resigned to a Long War, Even if U.S. and Iran Make a Deal
Few in Lebanon believe that diplomatic efforts to end the wider war will bring peace to their country, as clashes between Israel and Hezbollah intensify in the south.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Five Years in Big Law at WilmerHale Taught Me
Despite all our good intentions, the legal system — that thing we were charged to protect — kept getting worse.
New York Times Top StoriesRubio’s India Visit Yields No Major Deals to Repair U.S.-India Relations
The secretary of state visited India to reassure the South Asian giant that it can still rely on the United States. India did not gain much from the visit.
New York Times Top StoriesNational Park Entrance Fees Are Funding Trump’s D.C. Projects
The administration is spending at least $67 million worth of fees paid by visitors to national parks on fixing D.C. fountains and the Reflecting Pool.
New York Times Top StoriesReflecting Pool Contract Has ‘Inflated’ Profit Margin, Government Analysis Finds
The firm that was given a no-bid contract to fix the troubled landmark is charging 20 percent. The typical profit margin is 6 percent to 12 percent, internal records show.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Decades on the Run, a Leftist Militant Is Sentenced in Germany
Daniela Klette, 67, was part of the Red Army Faction, which attacked American and capitalist interests until the 1990s. She was convicted of robberies committed later to finance life as a fugitive.
New York Times Top StoriesBiden Sues Justice Dept. to Block Release of Tapes
The former president argued that the Justice Department has a responsibility to protect the privacy of conversations he had with a former ghostwriter.
New York Times Top StoriesAlabama Republicans Ask Supreme Court to Allow New Congressional Map in Redistricting Fight
Republican leaders in the state have asked the justices to clear the way for a congressional map that a lower court found discriminated against Black voters.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael Continues Its Escalation in Lebanon, Ordering Evacuations
The Israeli military issued sweeping evacuation orders for two southern cities, indicating that more airstrikes were imminent.
New York Times Top StoriesBall State Settles With Ex-Employee for $225,000 Over Charlie Kirk Posts
Ball State University is the latest institution to agree to pay workers who lost their jobs over their posts about the conservative activist.
New York Times Top StoriesCould Russia Hit Harder? It at Least Wants Ukraine to Think So.
Major attacks on Kyiv, followed by warnings of more, come as Moscow is stalled on the battlefield and at the negotiating table.
New York Times Top StoriesUganda Closes Border With Congo Over Ebola Fears
Ebola response teams and a few others are exempt and will undergo “strict health screening,” a top Ugandan official said.
New York Times Top Stories‘60 Minutes’ Journalist Who Accused CBS of Political Meddling Loses Her Deal
Sharyn Alfonsi, whose segment on a brutal Salvadoran prison was pulled abruptly in December, said that CBS News and its top editor, Bari Weiss, had let her contract expire.
New York Times Top StoriesRuss Hodge Dies at 86; an Olympian, Like His Mother
Nicknamed Russell the Muscle, he finished ninth in the decathlon at the 1964 Games. His mother, Alice Arden, placed the same as a high jumper in 1936.