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5 Major Supreme Court Decisions to Watch, and the Rise of Sewage Surveillance
Plus, where did all the cottage cheese go?
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesHow Mark Rutte of NATO Manages an Unpredictable Trump
Secretary General Mark Rutte is headed to Washington. His style has at times frustrated the very European leaders who need him to hold the alliance together.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Primary Elections: What to Know and How to Vote
Several closely watched races are taking place in New York City and beyond. Nine days of early voting preceded Primary Day on Tuesday.
New York Times Top StoriesMarkets Recoil in Global Sell-Off Driven by Tech Stocks
Chipmakers led the way down in South Korea, where the main index crashed 10 percent. Stocks in Europe were lower and S&P 500 futures pointed to a sharp fall.
New York Times Top StoriesMajor Supreme Court Decisions Testing Trump’s Policies Remain
Over the next two weeks, the justices will release more than a dozen final opinions, including high-profile decisions on birthright citizenship, the Federal Reserve and transgender athletes.
New York Times Top StoriesChina Takes Supercomputer Crown From U.S. For First Time Since 2017
A supercomputer in Shenzhen was declared the world’s fastest. It uses only standard microprocessors and not the special-purpose chips called graphics processing units.
New York Times Top StoriesEurope Created Heat-Wave Protections. Now Comes the ‘Crash Test.’
Searing temperatures in Western Europe are drawing comparisons to 2003, when a deadly heat wave sparked a reckoning.
New York Times Top StoriesIran Makes Moves to Assert Control Over the Strait of Hormuz
After Iran weaponized the waterway by making it too dangerous for businesses, experts say, the country is now looking to charge fees to vessels seeking to transit the vital water.
New York Times Top StoriesAmerica’s Thirst for Gasoline May Not Recover After Iran War
People drove less and bought more-efficient cars when fuel prices surged, habits that could stick over the long term.
New York Times Top StoriesSocial Security Is Running Out of Money, Fast
To save the program, we need to eliminate the payroll tax cap.
New York Times Top StoriesDelcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s President, Struggles to Uphold Trump’s Narrative of Success
President Trump says Venezuela, under U.S. oversight, has “never made the money” it is making now. But new oil revenue isn’t helping ordinary Venezuelans, and anger seems to be mounting.
New York Times Top StoriesThis Megafactory Is a Test Case for the U.S.-China Tech Race
Chinese firms have some of the world’s most advanced technology. But U.S. officials say relying on it could come with a downside.
New York Times Top StoriesIs This the Year Florida Turns Blue?
David Jolly must persuade voters who have been increasingly hostile to Democrats that he’s a different kind of Democrat.
New York Times Top StoriesLate Night Dunks on Trump for Hiring Greenwater Services
Jimmy Fallon poked fun at the name of the business under fire for turning the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool bright green: “Nailed it.”
New York Times Top StoriesIn Colombia, a Right-Wing Wildcard Rises
A right-wing victory in Latin America’s third-largest country could ripple across the region.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Iran Debacle Could Be a Gift for America
There is at least a chance that America will not return to war with Iran, but find a way to turn the page on 47 years of animosity and confrontation.
New York Times Top StoriesThose British Strawberries Are Being Picked by Central Asian Workers
Ten years after Brexit, most seasonal workers in Britain are from countries such as Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Without them, agricultural chiefs say, many farms would fail.
New York Times Top StoriesBrexit Has Cost the UK Growth, Analysts Say, in the Decade Since the Vote
Citing lower trade and investment, analysts broadly agree that Britain’s economy is smaller than it would have been if the country had stayed in the E.U.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Vance Leads Iran Negotiations, Trump Creates Disruptions in His Path
Vice President JD Vance is in a politically precarious spot.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Blocks Bans on Using Food Stamps for Sugary Drinks and Candy
A federal judge ruled that the Agriculture Department lacked the authority to approve state waivers that restrict what SNAP participants can buy with their benefits.
New York Times Top StoriesIn New York City, Early Voting Saw Major Changes From 2025
Turnout was low and the electorate was much older than it was last year when the mayoral race between Mamdani and Cuomo fueled heavy early voting.
New York Times Top StoriesDark Smoke in a Sunny Place: Neighbors of L.A. Fire Struggle for Breath
The plume from the stubborn blaze in a cold-storage facility has dissipated, but people in the Boyle Heights neighborhood say they are in a toxic miasma.
New York Times Top StoriesLooking Back on the U.S.A.’s Many Founders, 250 Years In
In the past 50 years, the way we tell the story of the Revolution has become dramatically more complex. Can it still inspire us all?
New York Times Top StoriesTrump on the Shabby Condition of the Reflecting Pool: Not My Fault
President Trump said the blooms of green algae and the peeling polyurethane had nothing to do with the rushed $16.4 million makeover he had ordered.
New York Times Top StoriesRamiro Valdés Menéndez, Architect of Cuba’s Surveillance State, Dies at 94
Considered the country’s most powerful leader after the Castro brothers, he was the first director of the Interior Ministry, keeping a close eye on dissent.
New York Times Top StoriesClive Davis Knew to Let Patti Smith Have Free Rein
For Patti Smith, the best guidance was something that Davis rarely granted: free rein.
New York Times Top StoriesWith Win in Washington, Socialists Have Momentum in Urban America
Democratic socialists, harnessing generational frustration over affordability, lead New York and Seattle and are knocking on the door in Los Angeles and Washington.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Eases Sanctions on Iran’s Oil
Also, Alan Greenspan dies at 100. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
New York Times Top StoriesFederal Citizenship Data Tool Cannot Be Used to Screen Voters, Judge Rules
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s providing federal data to states to check and purge their voter rolls violated several laws prohibiting the disclosure.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Temporarily Lifts Oil Sanctions Against Iran, Citing ‘Productive’ Talks
President Trump and Vice President JD Vance pointed to progress on Iran’s nuclear program, but officials in Tehran said “no new commitments” had been made.