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To Escape the Heat, Parisians Jump into an Old Industrial Canal
Crowds are filling the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, as temperatures soar above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Forty people drowned while swimming in other waterways.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top Stories7.5-Magnitude Quake Is Largest to Hit Venezuela in More Than a Century
The U.S. Geological Survey estimated that it could be far deadlier than a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck the country in 1900.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Trump’s Outburst, Senate G.O.P. Reverses Course on Iran
In a late-night vote aimed at mollifying the president, Senate Republicans rejected a resolution directing him to end the war against Iran, a day after a bipartisan rebuke.
New York Times Top StoriesPhotos: Earthquakes Strike Venezuela
After two powerful quakes shook the South American country, concern is growing that the damage could be devastating.
New York Times Top StoriesRepresentative Tom Kean, Missing for Months, Is Back Home in New Jersey
The congressman, who has been absent from Washington since March, answered the door of his home on Wednesday evening. He was wearing a suit and tie.
New York Times Top StoriesNATO’s Leader Makes His Case to Trump for Preserving the Alliance
Using charts, Secretary General Mark Rutte appeared to defuse the president’s anger by showing that European countries were “equalizing” defense spending with the U.S.
New York Times Top StoriesIn New York Election Results, More Evidence of Eroding Support for Israel
If the shift in public opinion continues, it could reshape one of the United States’ closest alliances.
New York Times Top StoriesCalifornia’s Plastic Law Goes to Court: Is It Too Strict or Too Lax?
The sweeping legislation, fully enacted last month, has been challenged by Republican-led states. Environmental groups have their own complaints.
New York Times Top StoriesDemocratic Leaders Want the Party to Moderate. Its Base Has Other Ideas.
The primary victories of leftist Democratic congressional candidates in New York came as some leaders were urging the party to move to the center to broaden its appeal.
New York Times Top StoriesLos Angeles Names a New Schools Superintendent After Scandal
Andres Chait is a district veteran who has helped keep peace with labor unions. He started in the classroom and now runs a district with hundreds of thousands of students.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy New York’s Democratic Establishment Fell to Team Mamdani
Democratic leaders found that their traditional tools, from rallies to phone banks to big-name campaign events, were no match for the left’s ground game and messaging.
New York Times Top StoriesFederal Appeals Panel Rejects Trump’s Effort to Gather Voting Data From States
The ruling of a three-judge appeals panel in Michigan was the most significant rebuke yet to the Department of Justice’s effort to find ineligible voters in state voter rolls.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Cancels Plans to Sign a Bipartisan Housing Bill
Also, Western Europe is sweltering. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Clashes With Senate Republicans Over Iran in Heated Closed-Door Meeting
The president had a lengthy and angry exchange with Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and lit into other Republicans who voted to check his war powers.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Left Is Ascendant in New York. Swing States Could Be Next.
Tuesday’s primary demonstrated the astonishing political power of Mamdani and of the Democratic Socialists of America.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Asks Congress for $88 Billion, Mostly for War With Iran
The proposal was all but dead on arrival in the Senate, where it would need bipartisan support, and comes amid growing G.O.P. skepticism about the conflict.
New York Times Top StoriesShortage of Chemotherapy Drugs Brings Rationing Fears for Cancer Patients
Doctors are contending with low supplies and unfilled orders of generic chemotherapy infusions that are central to the treatment of a long list of cancers.
New York Times Top StoriesFrom ‘Terrible People’ to ‘Smart People’: The Trump-Led Right Rethinks Iran
The president has sought to recast the Iranian government as he pursues a peace deal. But there are signs that a softening on Iran in the Republican Party goes well beyond him.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Alex Bores’s New York Defeat Reveals About the Fight Over A.I. Money in Politics
Alex Bores’s close loss in New York could pave the way for other Democrats to take political advantage of being attacked by the increasingly unpopular A.I. industry.
New York Times Top StoriesVisitors Look at the Reflecting Pool and Disagree on What They See
People have long gathered in solidarity by the Reflecting Pool, but amid the turmoil of President Trump’s attempted repairs there is little unity to be found.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Orders U.S. to Stop Seeking Medical Records of Transgender Youth
The Justice Department had sought information about care provided at New York City hospitals, which were the subject of the ruling.
New York Times Top StoriesICC Judges Sue Trump Administration Over Sanctions
Kimberly Prost, a Canadian judge at the International Criminal Court, and two colleagues are suing the administration, saying the sanctions were a form of retaliation.
New York Times Top StoriesCuba Announces Sweeping Overhaul of Struggling Communist Economy, But Obstacles Remain
The Cuban government announced a major economic restructuring, but experts say most changes would depend on buy-in from the Trump administration.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Bruising Primaries in New York, Democrats Look to November Elections
The party secured key victories in New York City, but battles across the state suggest a larger fight awaits in the fall.
New York Times Top StoriesSupport Builds on the Right for Prosecuting Women Who Get Abortions
Sentiment is shifting amid frustration in the antiabortion movement that more abortions are happening now than when Roe v. Wade fell.
New York Times Top StoriesNY Jewish Leaders Wrestle With Israel Critics’ Sweep in Primary Elections
Pro-Israel leaders in New York expressed alarm at the primary victories of three Democratic candidates backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Progressive Jewish groups celebrated.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Is Europe the Fastest-Warming Continent
The burning of fossil fuels is raising temperatures worldwide, but local factors, on land and at sea, determine which regions warm most rapidly.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter New York’s Primary Elections, Democrats Face Five Big Questions
The anti-establishment left surged. How shaken are party leaders?
New York Times Top StoriesPulte Trims Spy Agency, but Spares Bulk of Staff for Now
Six intelligence officials were fired and nearly four dozen others were sent back to their home agencies elsewhere, former officials said.
New York Times Top StoriesWith a Proposed $250 Bill, Trump Reimagines America by Putting Himself on Its Money
Cash might be a relic, but — like royalty and emperors — President Trump still wants his face on American currency.