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An American Mosaic
We explore how people in the U.S. identify their ancestry.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesA Quiet Surge in ICE Arrests, and Trump’s First Flight on Plane Given by Qatar
Plus, the fight over “Y.M.C.A.”
New York Times Top StoriesThe Transgender Sports Decision Was About Something Deeper Than Law
It’s never just a game.
New York Times Top StoriesAmy Coney Barrett Is the Lightning Rod
The Supreme Court seesaw is swinging hard.
New York Times Top StoriesA.I. Is Reshaping the Economy. Good Luck Measuring How.
Some data suggest artificial intelligence is already causing job losses. Other sources show the opposite. Why is it so hard to figure out what’s going on?
New York Times Top StoriesScientists React to the Lab-Made, Yet Lifelike, SpudCell
This cell-like structure can grow, feed, divide and compete. Researchers ponder what it means for the future of synthetic biology and our definition of “life.”
New York Times Top StoriesHow, and Why, We’re Covering Taylor Swift’s (Maybe) Wedding
About two dozen reporters and editors from several desks are leading The Times’s coverage of the anticipated festivities in Manhattan this week.
New York Times Top StoriesBoston Is Drinking Like It’s 1776. The Founding Fathers Would Be Proud.
A summer of celebratory drinking is underway in the birthplace of the American Revolution. But however tipsy the tourists get, the founders probably had them beat.
New York Times Top StoriesRepublican Senate Candidates Start Their Own Super PACs to Gain Cash Advantage
Most of the party’s top candidates are starting their own super PACs instead of relying on a powerful group run by Washington leaders. The move allows them to seize control of their financial destinies.
New York Times Top StoriesHow to Make a Time Capsule That Will Last 250 Years
The America250 time capsule will hold dozens of historical treasures. Avoiding dampness and other dangers requires lots of engineering.
New York Times Top StoriesPlans for Unrealized ‘Trump Castle’ Surface 40 Years Later
The 800-foot-tall residential development was designed by the architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee, but scrapped before construction. An archivist saved the rough draft.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Not-So-Simple Logistics Behind Taylor Swift’s N.Y.C. Bash
The pop star is poised to host a wedding celebration at Madison Square Garden. The logistics in Midtown Manhattan over the July 4 weekend are complex.
New York Times Top StoriesSwifties Delight in Taylor’s Wedding Day
Fans see, in the pop star, reflections of their own lives: hope, heartbreak and now, finally, happiness.
New York Times Top StoriesMass Mournings,6 Days and 2 Countries: Iran Prepares to Bury Supreme Leader
Long-delayed funeral ceremonies for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed during U.S.-Israeli strikes at the war’s outset, are set to begin Friday. For the regime, it is a critical moment to demonstrate that it has endured.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Says Iran May Swap Ideology For Investment. History Shows Otherwise
Senior U.S. officials have said Iran would be richly rewarded for changing its stance on the United States. Iran’s leaders have rejected such a bargain in the past.
New York Times Top StoriesDrones over Europe raise concerns about Russian activities
A new study, backed up by analysts and political leaders, says frequent drone flights over NATO military assets mark a Russian campaign to probe defenses and gather information.
New York Times Top StoriesRussia Strikes Ukraine as Explosions Rock Capital of Kyiv
At least 13 people were killed in the assault, which began hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine warned that Russia was preparing another “massive strike” on Kyiv.
New York Times Top StoriesImmigrant Arrests Surge to 10,000 in 5 Days as ICE Clamps Down
The agency has doubled its daily arrest numbers without the fanfare of last year’s large urban operations, sowing fear in immigrant communities.
New York Times Top StoriesChanel Is Buying Charvet, the World’s Oldest Shirt Maker
The French luxury group is acquiring Charvet, a Parisian brand that dates to the 1830s, in a bid to add some men’s wear savoir-faire to its portfolio.
New York Times Top StoriesThe World Has Failed the Uyghurs
If the global community can’t stop China’s atrocities against the Uyghurs, it must help us keep our culture alive in exile.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Resumes Dollar Transfers to Iraq After Monthslong Suspension
The Trump administration had halted the shipments to Iraq as part of its efforts to pressure the Baghdad government to distance itself from Iran.
New York Times Top StoriesCan Companies Embrace A.I. Without Layoffs? This One Says It Is Trying to.
The German software giant SAP says it is betting that employees can reinvent jobs instead of eliminating them. Experts are divided on whether it will work.
New York Times Top StoriesBureau of Prisons Will Close Facilities Housing Thousands of Inmates
The agency pointed to crumbling infrastructure, chronic staffing shortages and budget shortfalls as it moved to cut costs.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat America’s 250th Means to Mamdani
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has not actively pushed New York City’s role in the nation’s anniversary celebrations, in part because of the complexities he sees in the country’s past and present.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump Made ‘Y.M.C.A.’ His Anthem, Despite the Village People and Victor Willis’s Mixed Feelings
On social media, he said the Village People’s lead singer, Victor Willis, was with him “right from the beginning.” But the president has a more complicated history with the group.
New York Times Top StoriesExplosions Rock Kyiv
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine had warned hours earlier that Russia was preparing another “massive strike” on Kyiv.
New York Times Top StoriesNine Arrested in Federal Crackdown on L.A.’s Sex-Trafficking Corridor
Federal officials in Los Angeles described gang members’ yearslong scheme that relied on social media and physical violence to recruit and maintain control of the girls.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Finds His Presidential Alter Ego, the ‘He-Man’ Teddy Roosevelt
President Trump flew into town on the new Air Force One and spent time touring the library dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt, who he called “a great he-man.”
New York Times Top StoriesRuling on Trans Athletes Gave the G.O.P. a Win. Most Democrats Looked the Other Way.
While Republicans celebrated the ruling, many Democrats stayed quiet on an issue that had proved divisive in the last election.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Delivers Lucrative Win for Its Kratom Allies
In moving to ban a potent synthetic version of kratom, the president’s team paved the way for more sales for makers of rival botanic supplements, who had aggressively lobbied for the change.