New York Times Top Stories
Zohran Mamdani Knows He Has Political Capital. And He Intends to Spend It.
Lulu Garcia-Navarro sits down for an interview with the mayor of New York City.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top Stories‘The Top Hats Are Saved!’ A Texas Dance Studio Weathers Another Major Flood.
To CeCe Jean Saunders, it seemed like a once-in-a-lifetime event when her studio in Kerrville, Texas, flooded last year. Then it happened again.
New York Times Top StoriesBoosie Lobbied for a Trump Pardon. It Never Came. He Wants a Refund.
The Southern rapper paid $600,000 to two right-wing operatives. Now, they’re in a dispute over a contract the rapper believes entitles him to at least half his money back.
New York Times Top StoriesWithout Platner, Maine Democrats Scramble to Keep Grassroots Energy Alive
Graham Platner’s campaign for Senate imploded last week. The activists who backed him are seeking a candidate to carry his populist message in the race against Republican Susan Collins.
New York Times Top StoriesLamine Yamal, Soccer Star and Son of African Migrants, Personifies a Changing Spain
As he prepares for the World Cup final, Lamine Yamal, 19, is at the heart of a national debate about what it means to be Spanish in an increasingly multicultural society.
New York Times Top StoriesRussia Bill Broadens Sanctions but Could Fuel Fears Over the Dollar
The Trump administration has recently sought to scale back sanctions as adversaries develop workarounds that some believe could erode the U.S. dollar’s supremacy.
New York Times Top StoriesIqaluit, Canada’s Most Northern City, Gets Its First Bus Line
Jacinto Marques left Angola for Canada’s frozen edge. Now he’s running a bus service in Iqaluit, the largest, and only city in Canada’s Arctic.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael Counters Iranian Spying by Warning Against Recruitment
The Israeli authorities have enacted a broad array of countermeasures to contain what they describe as online recruiting efforts by Iranian agents.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Is Syracuse, N.Y., Such a Haven for Legendary Writers?
In the frozen shadows of shuttered factories, icons like Toni Morrison, Raymond Carver and David Foster Wallace created some of their greatest work.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Trump Scraps With Meloni, His Envoy to Italy Is at Sea
Tilman J. Fertitta, the U.S. ambassador to Rome, is summering on his superyacht as President Trump squabbles with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy.
New York Times Top StoriesMourning One Tragedy at Sea, a Family Is Devastated by Another
The Boisas went out on the San Francisco Bay to spread the ashes of one of their own. Then a wave toppled their boat.
New York Times Top Stories7 Americans Sent to Disputed Kenya Ebola Site After New Trump Travel Ban
The aid workers were on the frontline in the fight against the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and have shown no symptoms, their employer said.
New York Times Top StoriesIran War Live Updates: Bridges and Water Plants Hit as Strikes Stretch to 7th Straight Day
Overnight and into Friday, Iran reported U.S. strikes on infrastructure that can serve civilian purposes and has targeted similar sites in Gulf countries that host American bases. In the afternoon, the U.S. military announced a new round of attacks on Iran.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Rise and Fall of Ukraine’s Drone Warfare Mastermind
The popularity of drones, and the defense minister who heavily promoted them, helped lead to a clash in which President Volodymyr Zelensky sided with the military brass.
New York Times Top StoriesDozens of Wildfires Are Suddenly Burning in Oregon
The state told thousands of people to be ready to evacuate.
New York Times Top StoriesPaul Pelosi Charged With Hit-and-Run in Napa Valley Crash
Mr. Pelosi, the 86-year-old husband of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, crashed into a parked Tesla near his home among the vineyards this month.
New York Times Top StoriesBillionaires Prepare $87 Million Ad Campaign to Block California Wealth Tax
A coalition backed by the Google co-founder Sergey Brin and wealthy tech investors is trying to neutralize a proposed one-time tax on the state’s richest residents.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Endorses Graham for Senate, Scrambling South Carolina Primary
Senator Darline Graham had been seen as a caretaker for her brother’s seat after his sudden death. Now she has the president’s nod in what was shaping up to be a crowded fight to succeed Lindsey Graham.
New York Times Top StoriesWar Between U.S. and Iran Expands, With Strikes Across the Region
Videos and reports in Iranian state media showed damage to bridges, railways and other infrastructure. U.S. allies in the region reported retaliatory strikes by Iran.
New York Times Top StoriesBridges and Water Plants Attacked as Iran War Escalates
Also, U.S. start-up activity is booming. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
New York Times Top StoriesWho Really Has the 2026 Midterms Cash Edge?
The fund-raising race is tighter than it seems.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Pursues a Deeper Bond With China’s Leader, Despite Hostile Speech
Chinese officials appear to think that President Trump’s accusations that China interfered in the 2020 U.S. elections were driven by domestic politics, not foreign policy.
New York Times Top StoriesOn Fire. Again.
There were orange skies in 2023, 2025 and now again in 2026. Over the last few years, one thing has become glaringly clear: The East Coast is totally unequipped for the next climate disaster, wildfires. The Opinion writer David Wallace-Wells explains that with every climate disaster, we’re not just adapting to a “new normal,” but bracing ourselves for what’s next.
New York Times Top StoriesIs It Safe to Eat Lettuce?
Federal health officials have linked a large cyclosporiasis outbreak to shredded lettuce served at Taco Bell. Is lettuce from grocery stores and restaurants OK?
New York Times Top StoriesFirms With Checkered Pasts Tied to Troubled Midtown Construction Project
Among those connected to companies that worked on 235 East 42nd Street were a man who once bribed city officials and a developer who gave a loan to Bernard Kerik.
New York Times Top StoriesAmerica Needs to Release More Secrets. But Not Like This.
The president is manipulating the intelligence community into a tool of misinformation.
New York Times Top StoriesSara Rodriguez, Lieutenant Governor, Quits Wisconsin Governor’s Race
Some Democrats feared the decision by Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez, the establishment candidate, could improve the primary prospects for Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist, in a purple state.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Election Claims and SAVE Act Push Find Muted Response From G.O.P. Lawmakers
Most G.O.P. lawmakers had little to say about the president’s claims of election vulnerabilities, and he did not appear to move the needle on the voting restriction bill he championed.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Threatens Canada With Tariffs for Wildfire Smoke Over U.S.
The president said on Friday in a social media post that Canada was failing to manage its wildfire response as smoke has blanketed U.S. cities including New York and Chicago.
New York Times Top StoriesCyclospora Investigation Turns to Farms in Mexico
The F.D.A. is planning to inspect farms and a lettuce shredding facility to determine how lettuce supplied by the produce company Taylor Farms to Taco Bell became contaminated and where it was shipped.