New York Times Top Stories
Trump Announces Move to Lift Ground Beef Tariffs in Bid to Lower Prices
Cattle ranchers have trimmed their herds in response to drought and low margins, helping push up the cost of another American staple food.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesCanada-U.S. Tariff Talks Continue as Trump’s Midnight Deadline Looms
Canadian negotiators were in Washington to finalize a deal that would stave off new tariffs and improve the terms of existing ones, but Mark Carney faces a tough sell back home.
New York Times Top StoriesHow New York’s Second-Home Tax Turned Into a Headache for Mamdani
The bumpy rollout of the tax created an opportunity for Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s opponents to fight him in court and in the City Council.
New York Times Top StoriesI’m a Former Dean of Admissions. Colleges Shouldn’t Be Paying Rich Kids to Enroll.
We can do better than this. We have to.
New York Times Top StoriesRare South American Diseases Offer Clues on the Next Pandemic
Ebola virus, hantavirus and the pathogen that causes Covid-19 likely jumped from animals to humans. So do these viruses — and scientists say climate change is speeding their spread.
New York Times Top StoriesGazebos From Uzbekistan: The Latest Foreign Gifts in Trump’s Washington
The structures will go up in West Potomac Park, the site of President Trump’s planned National Garden of American Heroes.
New York Times Top StoriesPrince Harry, Elton John and Others Told to Pay Daily Mail Publisher $13 Million
Harry and six other high-profile figures lost a privacy lawsuit against Associated Newspapers. They may eventually have to pay more than twice the initial sum, a judge said.
New York Times Top Stories‘They’re Always Going to Be Polarizing’: Britons Split on Harry and Meghan’s Return
Recent surveys suggest the broader public views both of them negatively, especially in comparison to Harry’s brother, William, and his wife, Kate.
New York Times Top StoriesBryan Johnson Wants to Live Forever. But Why?
The longevity guru intensely monitors his diet and health. At a dinner party, he was asked about his quest for immortality. There was silence.
New York Times Top StoriesShein, a Fast-Fashion Giant, Struggles to Grow Ahead of a Much-Delayed IPO
Facing pressure in the United States and Europe, Shein is struggling to find new ways to grow ahead of its much-delayed initial public offering.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic
It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.
New York Times Top StoriesPush for Online Gun Sales Meets a Surprising Opponent: Small Gun Dealers
The Trump administration wants average Americans to be able to buy guns online and have them shipped to their doors. Small gun stores warn it could upend the industry and risk public safety.
New York Times Top StoriesPalestinian Teenager Killed After Israeli Settlers Enter West Bank Village
Palestinian and Israeli authorities offered divergent accounts of the incident, which came as settler violence has surged across the Israeli-occupied territory.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy China Thinks It Can Resist Trump’s Economic Threats on Iran
Beijing can squeeze U.S. critical mineral supplies and has enough oil to withstand the loss of Iranian crude, Chinese analysts say.
New York Times Top StoriesCan Bessent’s ‘Big Tool Kit’ Calm Bond Investors?
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has vowed to step up efforts to restore calm to the debt markets. So far, it’s not working out that way.
New York Times Top StoriesIran Must Plan to Overcome ‘Unjust’ U.S. Sanctions, Top Tehran Official Says
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, lead negotiator in talks with Washington, made the comments after President Trump vowed an “economic D-Day” against Iran.
New York Times Top StoriesA City Under Siege
We look at how dire the situation has become inside Kyiv.
New York Times Top StoriesStocks and Bonds Steady at the End of a Tumultuous Week
Fears about the war in Iran, government deficits, the economy and corporate borrowing stirred global markets.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S.S. Lincoln Begins 13,000-Mile Journey Home, and the Shortage That Could Take Down the Grid
Plus, your Friday news quiz.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Do We Keep Imagining a New Civil War?
Art doesn’t predict the future, but it can be an early warning system.
New York Times Top StoriesGiorgia Meloni Has a Lot to Say: The Takeaways
The Italian prime minister is leading what will soon be the longest-lasting government in the country’s postwar history. She shows herself by turns funny and fierce in a rare interview.
New York Times Top StoriesShould You Invest in Bonds Right Now?
High-quality bonds are still safer than stocks, but they have been swinging in value, so move cautiously, our columnist says.
New York Times Top StoriesRichard Gadd Had Never Heard of the Manosphere
The creator and star of “Half Man” didn’t have a particular agenda for this dark tale of male repression. But “people think that it’s a political piece of work,” he said.
New York Times Top StoriesSpike in ‘Dark’ Oil Tankers in Gulf Raises Risk of Catastrophic Spills
More vessels are navigating the Strait of Hormuz with their location devices turned off to evade attacks by Iran, adding to the threat of collisions.
New York Times Top StoriesThe China Shock 2.0
China is winning the industries of the future. What should the U.S. do about it?
New York Times Top StoriesFlock Cameras. Canoodling Lawyers. How Much Surveillance Are We Comfortable With?
Americans say they hate prying cameras. But they can’t look away.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Risk
Samuel Tunick, who faces a felony charge for deleting his phone’s data during an airport customs search, called the government’s peering into people’s private lives “creepy.”
New York Times Top StoriesGiorgia Meloni Cuts the Hard Right a Path to Power
In a rare interview, the onetime political outcast reflects on her route from “the uncomfortable side of history” to the threshold of leading Italy’s most durable postwar government.
New York Times Top StoriesBook Review: ‘Life of M,’ by Rachel Cusk
Though full of details that echo the life and career of Natalie Portman, “Life of M” remains chilly and abstract.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Harvard’s Epic Fight With Trump Is Costing the University
The federal government has slowed Harvard’s funding, despite the university’s legal victories. The conflict is forcing hard choices on campus.