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Poll Shows Josh Shapiro Leading Pennsylvania Governor’s Race
A New York Times/Philadelphia Inquirer/Siena poll found Gov. Josh Shapiro leading Stacy Garrity and having support in the state for a possible presidential bid.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesThis Is Why People Hate the Government
Annie Lowrey, the author of “The Time Tax,” explains how the government steals Americans’ time — on purpose.
New York Times Top Stories3 Charts That Explain El Niño
With air and sea surface temperatures already breaking records, this year’s episode is on track to be the strongest in living memory.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Irregular’s A.I. Tests for Meta, Anthropic and OpenAI Went Off the Rails
Irregular, an Israeli start-up, worked with OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta to assess the security of their A.I. models. It made a mistake. Then the tests went off the rails.
New York Times Top StoriesA Chinese A.I. Lab May Test the World’s Cybersecurity With a Model
In July, an unreleased OpenAI model went rogue and demonstrated remarkable hacking abilities. This week, a lab called Z.ai will release a similarly powerful system to everyone.
New York Times Top StoriesWe Know the Risks of A.I. We Need to Act.
A.I. could turn one of our country’s worst habits into a national security crisis.
New York Times Top StoriesChristian Convert Who Fled Iran and Was Deported By Trump Finds New Home
Artemis Ghasemzadeh, who had escaped religious persecution, was deported to Panama under Trump’s immigration crackdown. Now, Canada has given her asylum.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Watch in Tuesday’s Primary Runoff Elections in South Carolina and Oklahoma
President Trump’s endorsement track record is on the line in two races, including the high-profile contest to succeed the late Senator Lindsey Graham.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Happened to the Coveted Western Tanks Sent to Ukraine?
Ukraine pleaded for the expensive weapons, and ultimately got them, but drones have rendered them almost unusable.
New York Times Top Stories‘They Opened the Door and Pulled Us Out’: How ICE Descended on a Town
One summer morning, immigration agents swooped in and detained 18 immigrants at a store in Lakewood, N.J., plunging the town into fear.
New York Times Top StoriesJelly Roll Celebrates His 300-Pound Weight Loss on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’
“That means I’ve lost an entire Donald Trump,” the country singer said while guest hosting Monday’s late night show.
New York Times Top StoriesChina Is the Iran War’s Unexpected Winner
The Iran war was supposed to expose China’s weakness on oil, but it didn’t quite work out that way.
New York Times Top StoriesHow U.S.-Canada Tariff Negotiations Turned Into an All-Out Trade War
Detailed accounts of the final hours of the negotiations show that, while the United States offered Canada what it said was the best deal of any country, what Canada had to give up in exchange was seen as unthinkable.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat We Know About Australia’s Bird Flu, Which Has Crossed Over to Mammals
Australia confirmed its first case of H5N1 in June in migratory seabirds. Since then, the virus has spread rapidly, straining government responses.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Aims to Revoke Visas of Foreign Citizens Applying for Asylum
The State Department, in a move that could affect as many as 200,000 visa holders and asylum applicants, has begun its review. Cancellations could occur in waves.
New York Times Top StoriesJeffries Defends Kushner Meeting, Vowing Tough Oversight of Trump
The Brooklyn Democrat, who is in line to be speaker should his party win the House, has drawn ire from some progressives for huddling with the president’s son-in-law.
New York Times Top StoriesAbdul El-Sayed Joins Jesse Watters of Fox News for Some Light Verbal Combat
In a smiling yet tense interview, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, argued that his Republican critics were using culture-war issues to distract from Americans’ economic concerns.
New York Times Top StoriesCalifornia Judge Says Recalled Officials Are Unlawfully in Office
The mayor and three other council members of Avenal, Calif., had refused to leave despite a certified vote by residents to recall them. They will now step down, a city official said.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Tariffs Could Price Canadian Firms Out of U.S. and Threaten Thousands of Jobs
The 50 percent tariffs President Trump imposed on Canadian exports to the United States will make it impossible for many Canadian companies to continue to sell to the U.S. market, economists say.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Officials Propose Charging More Than $100,000 for Skilled Worker Visas
The proposal comes after the Trump administration ran into legal challenges in its attempt to attach a similar fee to the H-1B visa last year.
New York Times Top StoriesNYC’s 911 System Had an Outage. Officials Kept Quiet About It.
When a partial breakdown of the system occurred last week, New York City officials did not inform the public.
New York Times Top StoriesReligious References in Lindsay Clancy Trial Anger Judge and Defense
The religious reference by a prosecution witness on Monday incensed the presiding judge, who sternly instructed jurors to disregard it. Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer asked for a mistrial.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ for Iran Must Overcome a Troubled History
The U.S. has spent 20 years promising ‘crippling sanctions’ on Iran. But the latest effort comes with a reverse twist, after military action failed to accomplish President Trump’s goals.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Has Quietly Sought Control Over Postal Service to Transform U.S. Elections
That effort got new attention on Monday, when the Supreme Court allowed preparations for mail voting curbs to proceed. The justices said it is not a final determination on the order’s legality.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Mayor Went on Vacation. He Didn’t Travel Very Far.
Zohran Mamdani is known for working around the clock as mayor of New York City, but last week he and his wife headed “upstate” for vacation and some locals were thrilled to spot them.
New York Times Top StoriesDon’t Harry and Meghan Know Better?
Given their past, what does a future in England hold for them?
New York Times Top StoriesGov. Kathy Hochul, Five Years In, Makes Her Case for Four More
Ms. Hochul, who ascended to the governorship in the depths of the pandemic, believes that New York is back. She hopes she has persuaded New Yorkers.
New York Times Top StoriesJustices Allow Plans to Restrict Mail Voting, for Now
Also, the college admissions process is shifting once again. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Officials Propose Sale of ‘Woke’ Painting by Kehinde Wiley
The State Department recently removed the painting of Dominicans from a U.S. embassy, noting it was by the artist who made Barack Obama’s presidential portrait.
New York Times Top StoriesIs the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket Changing?
The Supreme Court’s emergency docket has shrunk in recent months, and the way justices issue opinions on these cases has also changed. Our reporter Ann Marimow looks at what these shifts tell us about the justices, and what it could mean for the court.