New York Times Top Stories
Trump’s Latest Clemency Grants Benefit Drug Offenders, Union Boss
The president issued pardons or commutations to 30 people on Thursday, continuing his unorthodox and unpredictable use of clemency power.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesThe Heart Drug Pelacarsen Fails, Shocking Novartis and Cardiologists
Doctors were hopeful the drug, which was being tested in a large clinical trial by Novartis, was going to be a powerful new tool to fight heart disease.
New York Times Top StoriesC.D.C. Says No Deaths This Year Attributed to Measles
The agency’s weekly update escalates a political fight after Pennsylvania said two deaths had been caused by the virus.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Once Again Blocks Mail-In Ballot Rules
The ruling arrived before the Supreme Court could decide whether to intervene but appeared certain to set off yet another round of appeals.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Declares a Mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s Murder Case
Also, regulators scrutinize steering-wheel-free cars. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Complex Cases Like Lindsay Clancy’s, a Unanimous Verdict Can Be Hard to Reach
Hung juries are not common, but the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy was emotionally wrenching and uniquely complicated.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Orders Trump Officials to Divulge Names of Those Who Set Up $1.8 Billion Fund
The plan to create a fund that could have funneled taxpayer money to the president’s allies drew repeated scrutiny, including a rare rebuke from Senate Republicans.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Plans to Use Qatari Jet for Another Overseas Flight Despite Security Concerns
The president intends to travel to Ireland on the plane, the first time he will have used it overseas since questions were raised about its defensive capabilities.
New York Times Top StoriesRFK Jr. Hires Army Doctor Who Opposed Covid Shots to Investigate if They Killed 2,500 Troops
In a legal deposition, the doctor, Theresa Long, compared immunizing service members against Covid to Nazi doctors experimenting on concentration camp prisoners.
New York Times Top StoriesSupreme Court Sides With Republicans in TV Ad Fight
Republican groups had asked the court to clear the way for political parties to pay the same low-cost ad rates as candidates, a move that could undercut a Democratic advantage in the midterms.
New York Times Top StoriesHomeland Security Dept. Asks for Inquiries Into Voting Machines
Critics of ballot-marking devices have claimed that hackers could manipulate digital codes on ballots. Election experts say the systems are safe to use.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Issues Subpoenas For Voter Data in Nevada
The request comes as the government has escalated efforts to prove President Trump’s false claims of widespread voter fraud.
New York Times Top StoriesQuiet on the Court! As U.S. Open Grows, the Crowd Gets Rowdier.
Are social media influencers ruining the Open? Or are they just the latest evolution of New York’s famously boisterous tennis tournament?
New York Times Top StoriesThe Lindsay Clancy Jury Had an Impossible Task
Postpartum psychosis is misunderstood and a poor fit for the justice system.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Gloria Steinem and Ms. Magazine Transformed the Publishing Industry
The feminist icon insisted that women were not a niche audience — and proved it in 1971 with the start of an influential publication owned and operated by them.
New York Times Top StoriesLindsay Clancy’s Murder Trial Ended With a Hung Jury. What Now?
Ms. Clancy still faces murder charges for killing her three children. She is likely to remain in a hospital, and prosecutors may decide to retry her.
New York Times Top StoriesRobust Hiring Reinforces Strength of the U.S. Economy
Employers added 162,000 jobs and unemployment held at 4.1 percent last month, signs of a stability that contrasted with high inflation weighing on households and markets.
New York Times Top StoriesSix-Week-Old Infant Died From Measles, Lancaster Coroner Says
The baby had a rare genetic disorder that can make children more vulnerable to respiratory infections, the coroner said.
New York Times Top StoriesICE Agent Charged With Six Counts of Lying About Minnesota Shooting
The federal indictment against Christian Castro marked a rare instance of the Trump administration seeking to hold an immigration agent accountable for actions taken while on duty.
New York Times Top StoriesNotre Dame’s Jersey Patch Deal With SoFi Divides Alumni and Fans
Alumni have varying opinions about the school’s deal with the personal finance company SoFi to advertise on Notre Dame athletic uniforms.
New York Times Top StoriesPentagon Agreement With N.I.H. on Biodefense Draws Alarm From Democrats
Under a new partnership, the Defense Department would play a larger role in biodefense and pandemic preparedness. Democrats warned it could allow a Pentagon cash grab.
New York Times Top StoriesGloria Steinem Stayed Positive, Even as the Manosphere Took Hold
The feminist icon thought many women would carry on her legacy. But at an unsteady time for feminism, how will the movement carry on?
New York Times Top StoriesN.Y.P.D. Fatally Shoots Man With Knife on Brooklyn Bridge
The shooting, on Friday morning, happened days after the police shot and killed a woman in Times Square who had stabbed two people.
New York Times Top StoriesWhen the World’s Best-Known Feminist Was Accused of Insulting Women
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Gloria Steinem was asked about the young women supporting Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton. Her answer created a brief hullabaloo.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Threatens to Halt Some Trade Unless the Fed Cuts Rates
The president said he could halt trade between the United States and countries with which it has a trade deficit if the central bank doesn’t do his bidding.
New York Times Top StoriesHow to Define the ‘Reasonable’ in Reasonable Doubt
“Beyond a reasonable doubt” is the highest burden of proof within the American legal system. Still, there is some wiggle room.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Moves to Drop Protections for More Wetlands
The proposed rule could strip federal protections from most U.S. wetlands, many of which help feed drinking water systems.
New York Times Top StoriesA More Confident Iran Emerges After Six Months of War With the U.S.
New intelligence reports have assessed that Iran now has a far better understanding of its capabilities and the limits of U.S. power.
New York Times Top StoriesKushner and Witkoff to Go to Russia and Ukraine to Revive Peace Talks
Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff’s trip to meet with the countries’ presidents comes at a precarious moment in the Ukraine conflict.
New York Times Top StoriesThe U.S. Wants the Oil From These 17 Venezuelan Fields
A private oil company has struck a deal with the Trump administration to develop 17 areas in Venezuela, an effort that experts say will take years and billions of dollars.