New York Times Top Stories
Less Than 10 Percent of Eligible Children Have Trump Accounts
More than six million have been signed up for the investment accounts, which open for contributions July 4, but there are barriers to uptake.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesWhy Am I Dreading Taylor Swift’s Wedding?
Are you not entertained?
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Officials Believed Israel Was Plotting to Kill Iranian Negotiators
Any Israeli attempt to kill Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister, or Mohammad Ghalibaf, the Parliament speaker, would have derailed peace talks, American officials feared.
New York Times Top StoriesDavid Hearn, Olympian Canoeist, Is Indicted After Arrest at Trump’s Reflecting Pool
David Hearn, a former canoeist, is accused of vandalizing the algae-challenged pool, which President Trump has said he would repair and beautify with fresh sealant. But the algae returned and the paint peeled.
New York Times Top StoriesAll New York Suffers in a Heat Wave. It’s Worse in Jamaica, Queens.
“Heat-vulnerable” parts of the city have few trees, little shade and limited access to air-conditioning. And the risk of death is also higher.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump-Linked Firm’s Fees for Organizing Freedom 250 Events Remain Secret
Event Strategies, Inc., a longtime vendor to President Trump’s campaigns, is organizing the Great American State Fair and the July 4 celebrations.
New York Times Top StoriesBombs Bursting in Air Means Hours of Smoke and Confused Dogs in D.C.
Organizers want the July 4 fireworks in the nation’s capital to break the world record. But the fun will also come with air pollution and possibly headaches for pet owners and zoo keepers.
New York Times Top StoriesEmpire State Climbers Charged After ‘Extreme Risk-Taking Behavior’
Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus, extreme climbers who have illegally scaled buildings around the world, were arrested after getting engaged atop the Manhattan landmark.
New York Times Top StoriesSee How Europe’s Heat Waves Melted the Alps’ Glaciers
The snowfall from last winter disappeared a month sooner than usual, after two early hot spells. Huge volumes of exposed ice are now starting to vanish.
New York Times Top StoriesDid You Recently Buy a Home in New York? We Want to Hear Your Story.
From the five boroughs up to the Hudson Valley and the Finger Lakes, we’re looking for home buyers to feature in our weekly column, The Hunt.
New York Times Top StoriesRussia Bombards Ukrainian Capital With Deadly Wave of Attacks
At least 21 people were killed in drone and missile strikes on Kyiv that damaged several residential buildings across the city, the authorities said.
New York Times Top StoriesVatican Excommunicates Society of St. Pius X, in First Major Crisis for Pope Leo
The move against the Society of St. Pius X followed its decision to defy Pope Leo XIV by consecrating new bishops against his wishes.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Tumultuous Term, Chief Justice Roberts Took Charge of Unruly Supreme Court
The chief justice faced down the president, forged unlikely coalitions and achieved long-sought goals.
New York Times Top StoriesUS Job Market Makes Slower but Steady Gains, June Employment Data Shows
Employers added fewer jobs in June than a month earlier but the unemployment rate ticked down, a decent showing for the U.S. economy.
New York Times Top StoriesA ‘Muslims Only’ Swim Party and the Backlash That Followed
A Muslim mother’s plan for an Eid swim party near Dallas drew backlash, then threats that upended her quiet life.
New York Times Top StoriesTucker Carlson, Who Broke With Trump, Plans to ‘Help Build a Third Party’
The influential conservative commentator’s relationship with the president and the G.O.P. fractured over the war with Iran. Now, he says he is charting a new course.
New York Times Top StoriesPrivate Credit Can’t Stop the ‘Freak Out’
On Thursday, Blue Owl reported another quarter of double-digit investor withdrawal requests from some of its private credit funds.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Private Credit Is, and Why Investors Are So Worried About It
Some say the industry expanded too quickly and extended loans to companies that won’t be able to pay them back.
New York Times Top StoriesEven as It Bombards Kyiv, Russia’s Wider Military Campaign Has Largely Stalled
Moscow can still inflict serious damage, but its forces are suffering higher casualties than their Ukrainian counterparts, analysts say.
New York Times Top StoriesTaylor Swift and Donald Trump Are Both Celebrating July 4th Weekend in Their Own Way.
Fourth of July weekend is shaping up to be a cultural moment of contrasting and comparing two of the most famous Americans, Taylor Swift and Donald Trump.
New York Times Top StoriesAn Aerial View of Disaster at a Venezuela Housing Project
What one aerial image of a collapsed building tells us about the aftermath of an earthquake in La Guaira, Venezuela.
New York Times Top StoriesRussia’s Deadly Attack on Ukraine Reminds Europe of Its Own Vulnerabilities
Governments across the continent have increased military spending, but the strikes are another warning that they need to be prepared if the conflict crosses into NATO territory.
New York Times Top StoriesPutin Retaliates With New Strikes After Ukraine Takes the War to Russia
Ukraine is taking the war to Russia, but so far President Vladimir V. Putin’s response has been to keep attacking, including with deadly ballistic missile and drone strikes in Kyiv on Thursday.
New York Times Top StoriesOcasio-Cortez Endorses Abdul El-Sayed in Crucial Michigan Senate Race
The endorsement is the first in a contested Senate primary by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez this year, in a state that Democrats believe they must hold this fall to win a Senate majority.
New York Times Top StoriesAn American Mosaic
We explore how people in the U.S. identify their ancestry.
New 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.”