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What Led to Maria Bartiromo’s Downfall at Fox News
The network this week took Maria Bartiromo off the air, pulling one of the last hosts whose coverage of Dominion Voting Systems drew an expensive defamation lawsuit.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesGallup Polls Show Democrats Outnumber Republicans Ahead of 2026 Midterm Elections
Data from Gallup shows that Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents have their largest advantage over Republicans since 2008.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat the War in Iran Has Cost One Gold Star Family
First Lt. Tyler James Feehan, who was 25, had been deployed to an air base in Jordan when enemy missiles and drones lit up the sky. He is among the 18 Americans who have died since the war began.
New York Times Top StoriesSecret Dossier Adds to Evidence of Chemical Weapons in Sudan
The documents bolster allegations that the Sudanese military developed and used toxic bombs to gain an edge in the country’s devastating civil war.
New York Times Top StoriesIs There Alien Debris on the Moon? Some Scientists Plan to Find Out.
Researchers want to explore the idea that microscopic particles shed by alien civilizations have accumulated on the lunar surface, making it an archive of extraterrestrial technology.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Red States, Law-and-Order Republicans Turn Against Flock Cameras
The governors of Texas and Florida have taken steps to curtail the use of license-plate readers, even as the police say they help with solving crime.
New York Times Top StoriesFlee, Hide or Sit Tight? Russians Are on Edge Over Rumors of a Draft.
The Kremlin has denied that a mass mobilization is being prepared, but some military-age men are taking no chances.
New York Times Top StoriesHarlan Coben’s New Book Is a Tough-Talking Writing Guide
Even a very successful thriller writer fights self-doubt. His new tough-talking writing guide doubles as a memoir that explains why, and how to beat it.
New York Times Top StoriesInside the D.O.J.’s Investigation of Fauci and Other Virus Scientists
As Dr. Anthony Fauci has faced public scrutiny from congressional Republicans, the D.O.J. has pursued a quieter and more expansive effort against a wider circle of researchers.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Naomi Osaka Became the Fashion Queen of the Tennis Court
At the U.S. Open she is playing a whole new style game.
New York Times Top StoriesAppeals Court Maintains Block on Federal Voter Identification Tool
A federal appeals court panel declined to let Homeland Security reopen access to a voter-screening tool that incorporated Social Security data.
New York Times Top StoriesGerman Far-Right Surges, in Threat to Postwar Taboo on Extremists in Power
Sunday’s vote in the state of Saxony-Anhalt could produce the strongest showing in the history of the Alternative for Germany party, and potentially a far-right government in the statehouse.
New York Times Top StoriesPentagon Subjects Roughly 50 Members of the Joint Staff to Polygraph Tests in Expanded Leak Hunt
The aggressive effort comes in the wake of news reports about the military’s diminished stocks of crucial munitions as the U.S. fights Iran.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’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 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.