New York Times Top Stories
England Lost in the World Cup. They Were Always Going to Lose.
The football team, like Britain itself, is burdened by the dead weight of impossible expectations.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesHere Are the Maine Democrats Running to Replace Graham Platner
To win, they’ll have to convince Democrats at a July 25 convention that they’re the best candidate to take on Senator Susan Collins, a Republican.
New York Times Top StoriesUkraine’s Minister of Defense, a Proponent of Drone War, Steps Down
Mykhailo Fedorov announced he was leaving the ministry on Wednesday after conflicts with generals and military contractors over the role of innovative robot and drone weapons in war.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Military Forces Again Blockade Iranian Ports
Following the collapse of the cease-fire with Iran, President Trump ordered U.S. warships and aircraft to stop vessels going to and from Iran.
New York Times Top StoriesCyclospora Outbreak: What to Know About Symptoms and Food Safety
The parasite has sickened thousands across the United States. Experts have tips on how to stay safe.
New York Times Top StoriesSenators Grill Justice Dept. Officials on New York Times Subpoenas
Democrats questioned the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, and a U.S. attorney about subpoenas issued to Times journalists who reported on security concerns with the president’s new plane.
New York Times Top StoriesBlanche Faces Crucial Hurdle After Rocky Hearing
Even a single Republican “no” vote would block Mr. Blanche’s nomination from consideration by the full Senate, which could sink his confirmation.
New York Times Top StoriesCourt Filings Describe Ongoing Contact Between ICE and Iran on Deportations
In a sworn declaration, a lawyer says an Iranian official reported receiving regular dossiers on Iranian detainees from Immigration and Customs Enforcement for months.
New York Times Top StoriesInside Maine Democrats’ Search for a New Senate Nominee After Graham Platner’s Exit
Democratic candidates are hastily building bare-bones campaigns and forgoing traditional outreach like TV ads in a sprint to appeal to party delegates, rather than Maine voters.
New York Times Top StoriesF.B.I. Searches Houston ICE Shooting Van for Drugs
Federal investigators believe illegal drugs were inside the vehicle, though the immigration agents involved in the encounter do not appear to have known that.
New York Times Top StoriesMeet Earth’s Newest Monkey. (And Check Out Its Orange Lips.)
It is only the fifth new African monkey identified as a new species in the past 75 years.
New York Times Top StoriesFlash Flood Emergency Is Issued in Texas After Days of Pounding Rain
Roads were turning to rivers on Wednesday as emergency officials in towns around San Antonio raced to rescue people who had been stranded.
New York Times Top StoriesCanada Wildfire Air Pollution and Heat Wave Combo Pose Heightened Health Risks
Days that are both extremely hot and polluted come with higher risks of respiratory ailments and other health risks.
New York Times Top StoriesTreasury to Begin Minting $1 Gold Trump Coins Featuring President’s Face
Critics question whether the coins are legal and argue that President Trump is using the currency to celebrate himself.
New York Times Top StoriesNew Jersey Couple Aids Meteorite Discovery After it Crashes Through Their Roof
A New Jersey couple helped scientists uncover the makeup of an unusual asteroid after it fell into their bedroom.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Worried Should You Be About Cyclospora?
Don’t stop eating fruits and vegetables.
New York Times Top StoriesOur Top Editor on Subpoenas of Times Journalists
The Trump administration issued subpoenas to reporters who wrote about security concerns involving the new Air Force One. Joe Kahn, the executive editor of The New York Times, responds to what he calls a “naked attempt to intimidate” the newspaper.
New York Times Top StoriesSuperagent? Obviously. Secret Weapon in 2028? Maybe.
Ari Emanuel’s empire has grown beyond Hollywood to include the U.F.C., WWE and some key figures in the manosphere. That could work out well for his brother Rahm Emanuel.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Strikes Hit Greater Tunb Island in Strait of Hormuz
The U.S. military said on Wednesday it had attacked Iranian cruise missile storage and launch sites on Greater Tunb, one of several small islands in the Strait of Hormuz subject to a decades-old territorial dispute.
New York Times Top StoriesWhen Originalism Jumped the Shark
Has the court learned nothing?
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Endorses Mike Lindell, MyPillow Founder, for Minnesota Governor
He is a close ally of President Trump and has been a leading proponent of the election denial movement, which falsely claims that voting machines are often rigged.
New York Times Top StoriesWar Risk for Businesses Will Mean Higher Prices No Matter What Happens
Doing business in a more dangerous and unpredictable world will cost more, pushing up the price of everything from food to electronics.
New York Times Top Stories‘The Odyssey’ Review: Passion in Every Frame
Few directors close the divide between the art film and the blockbuster like Christopher Nolan.
New York Times Top StoriesElon Musk Funds Vivek Ramaswamy’s Bid for Ohio Governor Despite Their DOGE Clashes
Elon Musk gave $5 million to back Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign for Ohio governor, seemingly moving past tensions around the effort to downsize the federal work force.
New York Times Top StoriesWildfire Smoke Spreads Across the Northeast as Temperatures Spike
A heat dome is responsible for miserably high temperatures, and it’s also helping to push smoke from wildfires to the east.
New York Times Top StoriesGoldman’s Former Top Lawyer Calls Epstein a ‘Masterful Liar’
Kathryn Ruemmler, the former general counsel of Goldman Sachs, testified on Wednesday in a closed-door congressional hearing investigating Jeffery Epstein.
New York Times Top StoriesHe Thought He Had to Break Out of Brooklyn. Instead, He Celebrates It.
As a child, Michael McLeer wanted to be like John Travolta in “Saturday Night Fever” and leave the neighborhood. Was it a tragedy that changed his mind?
New York Times Top StoriesWildfires Rage in Ontario as Smoke Affects Toronto’s Air Quality
Air quality in Canada’s largest city was at times the worst in the world on Wednesday, as wildfires across Ontario sent smoke drifting into New York City and beyond.
New York Times Top StoriesArchaeologists Unearth a 2,400-Year-Old Sanctuary for the Worship of Odysseus
The ruins of a 2,400-year-old complex suggest that, to the Greeks of antiquity, Homer’s protagonist was not just a character in a poem but a figure of genuine devotion.
New York Times Top StoriesHouse G.O.P. Releases Budget to Unlock $95 Billion for Iran War and SAVE Act
The plan faces a rocky path amid Republican divisions and would pave the way for votes months before the midterm elections to fund a war that polls show is deeply unpopular.