New York Times Top Stories
Apple’s Profit Increases 27 Percent, Topping Wall Street Expectations
The company recently raised prices on a number of products because of component supply shortages caused by the artificial intelligence boom.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesAfter Claiming ‘Bias’ at Smithsonian, Trump Officials Stage Patriotic Exhibition
Trump officials have promised to “make visual arts great,” with a museum exhibition that includes artwork by several people with personal connections to the planners.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Effort to Gut Education Dept. Rebuked by Senate Committee
The bipartisan bill is a long way from becoming law, but it represents the strongest opposition yet from Congress to the administration’s agenda.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Nominee to Oversee VOA, Sarah B. Rogers, Suggests Return of Journalists on Leave
The statement by the nominee, Sarah B. Rogers, signaled a stark reversal of the president’s earlier efforts to shutter Voice of America and other federally funded news groups.
New York Times Top StoriesSpain Mobilizes Military as Thousands of Migrants Cross Into Ceuta
The arrivals in Ceuta, a six-mile-long peninsula on Morocco’s northern coast that Spain has governed for centuries, have fueled political tensions.
New York Times Top StoriesA.I. Hedge Fund Situational Awareness Rescued by Rival Citadel
The once-high flying firm Situational Awareness, whose founder is 24, has been bailed out by Kenneth Griffin’s Citadel, according to three people briefed on the transaction.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Government Mislabels Map of African Countries at AIDS Conference
Nigeria, a coastal country in western Africa, was landlocked in the Sahara, among other errors. The department said it had been “hastily altered.”
New York Times Top StoriesEbola Outbreak Is Now the Second-Deadliest Ever, and in Record Time
The disease has killed more than 1,500 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in just over two months, causing deaths faster than officials have ever recorded.
New York Times Top StoriesFormer Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes Exits Race for Wisconsin Governor
With a democratic socialist, Francesca Hong, leading in polls, former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes said he was ending his campaign in the closely divided state.
New York Times Top StoriesCivilians Battle Wildfire Threatening Bordeaux
Residents in Bordeaux in southwestern France are doing everything in their power to stop a wildfire that’s been burning for more than a week. The flames are too spread out for professional firefighters to be everywhere, so for now, civilian volunteers are the only thing standing between the fire and a major French city.
New York Times Top Stories‘This Is Very Strange’: Ancient Smallpox May Have Been Less Deadly
Scientists have found smallpox viruses in the remains of people in Chile from around 500 years ago, revealing how the virus may have evolved into a global killer.
New York Times Top StoriesElon Musk Plans at Least $100 Million in Midterm Spending to Help Republicans
Elon Musk, a year after a huge blowup with President Trump and the Republican Party, is said to be planning to spend in at least eight states to help them in November.
New York Times Top StoriesColin Gray, Father of Teenage Shooter in Georgia, Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
Prosecutors argued that Colin Gray bore responsibility for the 2024 shooting because he had given his son a gun and failed to act as the teen’s mental health deteriorated.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Democrats Won’t Stop Forcing Votes On Trump’s Iran War Powers
Even after winning approval of a measure calling on President Trump to end the war, they continue to call votes to force Republicans to answer for it.
New York Times Top StoriesA ‘Zombie Court’ for Terror Cases Awakens
Dormant for 30 years, a little-known tribunal is hearing its first case.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Haley Stevens’s Accent Became a Flashpoint in Michigan’s Senate Race
How the politics of raised a’s and disappearing g’s briefly came to dominate the Michigan Senate race.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Todd Blanche’s Attorney General Confirmation Is Stalled
The decision by the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, to grant President Trump protection from I.R.S. audits has become the central issue in his confirmation process.
New York Times Top StoriesFor Museum Boss Who Became a Trump Target, It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again
Kim Sajet left as director of the National Portrait Gallery when she found herself in the White House cross hairs. Now she’s watching another Smithsonian chief go through it.
New York Times Top StoriesABC Formally Rebukes F.C.C. for Review of TV Licenses
The network’s comments are part of its efforts to push back against the F.C.C.’s review of its local broadcast licenses.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Tariff Exemptions Include Diamonds, Oil and Gas, Copper and Other Items
A new round of tariff carve-outs has raised familiar questions about who should receive the lucrative exceptions, and why.
New York Times Top StoriesWildfire in Suffolk, UK, Breaks Out a Few Miles From Nuclear Power Station
A large fire engulfed almost 250 acres of land in Suffolk, a scenic area on the coast. It was a few miles from a nuclear power station.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Sees Iran as Likely Behind Cyberattack on Minnesota Water Systems
Investigators cautioned that the assessment was preliminary. There were no indications that any water supply had been rendered unsafe to drink.
New York Times Top StoriesAttack on Egyptian Port Shows Suez Canal’s Vulnerability
The port where the Wednesday strike occurred is near the Suez Canal, through which a significant amount of the world’s shipping moves.
New York Times Top StoriesL.A. Warehouse Fire Leaves Behind Rats, Flies and an Unending Stench
The Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles is still dealing with the smell of rotting food and fears over possible toxins after a cold-storage facility burst into flames in June.
New York Times Top StoriesDOJ Seeks to Use Court to Deport Mother of Convicted ISIS Supporter
The case is an early test of a court that has never been used before, where much of the evidence is presented in secret and defendants cannot challenge how it was collected.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Economic Growth Slowed in the Second Quarter
Gross domestic product expanded at a 1.5 percent annual rate over the past three months, as war in the Middle East shook energy prices and supply chains.
New York Times Top StoriesFed’s Preferred Inflation Gauge Eased During Pause in Iran War
Price pressures eased during a brief reprieve in the war with Iran, but the resumption of fighting suggests that inflation risks are still prevalent.
New York Times Top StoriesChina, Its Economy Stumbling, Signals Only Cautious Support
The ruling Politburo called for “more proactive” tax and spending policies but did not endorse broad action to address weak consumer spending.
New York Times Top StoriesA ‘Credibility Shock’ Looms Over the Fed
Bonds sold off sharply after the Federal Reserve’s latest rate decision, signaling growing turmoil between the markets and the central bank.
New York Times Top StoriesWhen A.I. Invaded ‘Heated Rivalry’ Fan Fiction, the Meltdown Was Epic
An anonymous X account posted a detailed breakdown of chatbot text in 38 popular stories inspired by the hockey romance. The fandom spiraled.