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The World Is Marching Past an Isolationist America
Much of the world feared abandonment by the United States. It’s actually a new beginning.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesTanker Attacks Risk Overplaying Iran’s Hand, Analysts say
Iran’s history shows it is willing to dig in, even when it may suffer big losses.
New York Times Top StoriesGraham Platner Suspended His Senate Campaign. Here’s What’s Next for Democrats.
The deadline to pick a new nominee is July 27 and candidates are already lining up. State party leaders said they would hold some form of nominating convention.
New York Times Top StoriesSecond Person in a Week Killed by Federal Task Force in Memphis
Tennessee authorities are investigating both shootings involving agents working with the task force in Memphis.
New York Times Top Stories‘A Slow-Rolling Disaster’: Inside the Implosion of the Platner Campaign
Graham Platner’s bid for the Senate inspired progressive Democrats. But the campaign, which he suspended Wednesday, was messy, disorganized and ultimately doomed by a steady drip of scandal.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Says He’ll Ask Supreme Court to Rehear Citizenship Case, an Unlikely Event
The last time the justices granted a rehearing request after a case decision was in 1965. The court has only once reversed itself after rehearing a case.
New York Times Top StoriesDemocrats Wanted a Fighter. They Still Need a Cause.
The trouble in Maine goes beyond a single candidate.
New York Times Top StoriesDoes a Sex Assault Claim Kill a Political Career? It Depends.
The swift exit of Graham Platner from the Maine Senate race followed Eric Swalwell’s similar exit from the California governor’s race, but Republicans have taken a different tack.
New York Times Top StoriesSecurity Precaution Led Trump to Use Old Air Force One in Leaving Turkey
The Secret Service is said to have asked that the president not use the Qatari-donated jet when he left Ankara. The swap deepens questions about the retrofitting of the new plane.
New York Times Top StoriesDivisions Festered Within Iran Over Talks With the U.S.
Iran’s president and foreign minister were physically attacked this week by supporters of a hard-line faction that vehemently opposes any deal with the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesAs More Remains Are Found in Rubble From Venezuela Earthquakes, Horror Becomes Routine
Fearful that officials would tear down damaged buildings without accounting for any remaining bodies, Venezuelans are desperately digging for their relatives’ remains.
New York Times Top StoriesThe U.S. Attacks Iran Again
Also, tech I.P.O.s are causing a housing frenzy in the Bay Area. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
New York Times Top StoriesVance, in Wisconsin, Highlights Twin Fights, Against Fraud and Democrats
The vice president called Democrats “a party that is fighting for fraud,” even as he highlighted the case of a woman who was first indicted under the Biden administration.
New York Times Top StoriesI Still Have Hope for America
Our July 4 bash was troubled, and America may go the way of the Ghaznavid Empire. But here are reasons to be more positive.
New York Times Top StoriesWhen Might Graham Platner Drop Out? Here’s the State of Play.
Here’s what we know about the uproar in the Democratic Party’s bid to unseat Senator Susan Collins.
New York Times Top StoriesConor McGregor Is Said to Have Continued Use of Banned Drugs After Injury Healed
Conor McGregor, who will make his return to fighting this weekend, took human growth hormone and anabolic steroids after recovering from a broken leg, people with knowledge of the matter said.
New York Times Top StoriesDemocrats Grow Frustrated as Graham Platner Resists Dropping Out Quickly in Maine
Two days after a woman accused Graham Platner of rape, he had not given up his nomination for Senate in Maine, raising worries about whether and how his party might find a replacement.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Progressives Rack Up Wins, Hakeem Jeffries Shrugs Off Possible Challenges
In a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times, Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, said he didn’t consider the recent wave of anti-establishment victories “an overall critique of the party.”
New York Times Top StoriesDid We Make the Wrong Bet on Big A.I.?
Maybe Anthropic and OpenAI are not the future of artificial intelligence.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat We Know About Immigration Officers Shooting at People in Vehicles
Federal agents have fired on at least 21 people, many in their cars, as part of President Trump’s deportation crackdown. At least five people were killed, including three U.S. citizens.
New York Times Top StoriesAs U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire Frays, Trump Faces a Muddled War and Unpalatable Options
The president appears to be confronting the consequences of a cease-fire deal cobbled together in haste, with little movement toward resolving the key issues driving the conflict.
New York Times Top StoriesKentucky Gov. Andy Beshear Demands Health Update on Mitch McConnell
Senator Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized since June 14. Speculation about his health has spread in recent days.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Orders $5 Million Trump Judgment Be Released to E. Jean Carroll
Ms. Carroll had asked a federal judge to order the president to pay the judgment after a jury found he sexually abused and defamed her.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Hannah C. Dugan Faces Fine But No Prison Time
The former Wisconsin judge, Hannah C. Dugan, was accused of ushering an undocumented immigrant out a side door as federal agents waited for him near her Milwaukee courtroom.
New York Times Top StoriesFamily of Man Fatally Shot by ICE Agent Calls for Independent Inquiry
The man killed, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, was mourned by his sons as a father, husband and business owner, and said he was shot inside his car. Details of the encounter remain unclear.
New York Times Top StoriesEmmys Snubs and Surprises 2026: Jon Hamm, Ariana Madix and More
Other unexpected results include nods for Chase Infiniti and the “Love Island USA” host Ariana Madix and a snub for “The Amazing Race.”
New York Times Top Stories2026 Emmy Nominations: ‘The Pitt’ and ‘Hacks’ Lead the Pack
The HBO Max medical series earned 25 nominations in the drama category. And in comedy, the final season of “Hacks” set a record with 24 nominations.
New York Times Top StoriesOil Market Calm Shattered by Fresh Hostilities Between US and Iran
Oil prices are likely to remain volatile as long as the United States and Iran are unable to resolve the status of the Strait of Hormuz.
New York Times Top StoriesWhich Country Has the Best-Dressed World Cup Fans?
At World Cup matches featuring teams from five continents, our photographer captured fans, flags, fringe, face paint and at least one horned helmet.
New York Times Top StoriesLicense to Make Patriot Missiles Could Help Ukraine Defend Against Russia
President Trump said he would allow Ukraine to make the defensive weapons but it could take several years to set up a manufacturing operation.