New York Times Top Stories
The Incredible Art of Being Jeff Koons
For five decades, the artist has made sculptures that are larger-than-life — and also singularly reflective of his own.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesElevated Inflation Keeps Pressure on Fed to Raise Rates
The odds of a quarter-point rate increase at the Federal Reserve’s meeting next week surged to 90 percent after August’s Consumer Price Index report.
New York Times Top StoriesAre Our Expectations Too High for Democracy? Adam Przeworski Thinks So.
What is democracy, and is it in crisis?
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Are Kalshi and Polymarket?
Prediction markets have taken off in popularity, drawing billions of dollars in trades. Some states have tried to ban them.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Minnesota Became the Front Line in the Fight Over Prediction Markets
The state was the first to pass a law banning Kalshi and Polymarket. A lawsuit filed by a federal agency may set a precedent on who gets to regulate them.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s ‘Midterm Convention’ Tried to Reach Die-Hard Republican Voters, but Lacked Oomph
The long, odd two-night TV production hoped to reach a select audience of die-hard voters (if football didn’t intercept them).
New York Times Top StoriesA Promising Heart Drug Failed. What Went So Wrong?
Cardiologists are struggling to figure out why a drug that should have prevented heart attacks didn’t work at all.
New York Times Top StoriesInfluencers Invited to the Republican Midterm Convention Largely Avoided Talking About The Economy
Online media stars eager to promote President Trump and Republicans worked to find a message that would resonate with an audience that is struggling with an affordability crisis.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael Destroys Underground Hezbollah Base in Southern Lebanon
The complex sat below Ali al-Taher ridge, a strategic hilltop that overlooks the region and that has seen intense fighting.
New York Times Top StoriesHouthis Capture Crucial Red Sea Island Off Yemen, Officials Say
The Iran-backed militia’s ground offensive has reached the Bab al-Mandab, a Red Sea strait that is a choke point for global trade.
New York Times Top StoriesTwenty-Five Years
We look back at Sept. 11, 2001.
New York Times Top StoriesWas Francis Fukuyama Right All Along?
The political scientist Francis Fukuyama looks back on his 1992 book, “The End of History and the Last Man,” and what it has predicted about the state of liberalism today.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat JD Vance Knew About the War, and New Warnings About A.I.
Plus, your Friday news quiz.
New York Times Top StoriesFor China, a Mock A.I. Attack on WeChat Signals a Dangerous New Era
The demonstration of a potent cyberweapon has exposed China’s vulnerabilities and added to the urgency of A.I. safety talks between Beijing and Washington.
New York Times Top StoriesInside an Ancient Lebanese City Engulfed by War
The Lebanese city of Tyre, one of the oldest metropolises in the world, has been left scarred.
New York Times Top StoriesUnstitching the 1,000-Year-Old Story of the Bayeux Tapestry
The medieval masterpiece has traveled from France to England for a once-in-a-lifetime show. It is not what our critic Jason Farago expected.
New York Times Top StoriesBoy, 15, Drifted for Days on an Overturned Boat Before Rescue
The teenager survived in the Bering Sea off Alaska without food or water before a fishing vessel pulled him to safety, the Coast Guard said.
New York Times Top StoriesTrading Keggers for ‘Wellness Darties’
A new crop of college students is finding balance at daytime parties with yoga, saunas and cold plunges.
New York Times Top StoriesHow to Make Sense of Mayhem in the Bond Market
The stock market is easy to talk about. But bonds are a different story. Our columnist has some pointers to help make you a bond maven.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump Is Using the Postal Service to Intervene in Elections
Our politics reporter Reid Epstein explains how the Trump administration is using the Postal Service to intervene in mail-in voting in state elections.
New York Times Top StoriesHow the Heroic Response to 9/11 Went Awry
Twenty-five years later, it is important to step back from today’s cynicism and remember the heroism and national unity in the hours and days after the attacks.
New York Times Top StoriesThe A.I. Threat Is Real. We Need to Act Now.
We can no longer pretend that this technology is safe.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Russia Again Draws Near, a Frontline City Fears Obliteration This Time
The Ukrainian city of Izium still bears the scars of Russian occupation from four years ago. As Moscow’s forces approach, residents are bracing for the worst.
New York Times Top StoriesOil Keeps Rising and Diesel Hits $6 a Gallon as Middle East Tensions Mount
Prices for the fuel jumped to a new high over mounting fears that the fighting between the United States and Iran could expand into a full-scale war.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter 9/11, Islamophobia Shaped a Generation of Muslim New Yorkers
The attacks unleashed a wave of hate, but the years since have seen Muslim Americans’ political and cultural influence grow.
New York Times Top Stories7 Takeaways From the Republican Midterm Convention
On the second night of the Republican gathering in Dallas, Vice President JD Vance was the headliner. But President Trump returned to center stage.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Grand Midterm Convention Finale: ‘I’m a Little Bit Tired of Politics’
The president made clear as his midterm convention wrapped up that he wants to carry his party through a tough midterms. He just won’t go too far out of his way to do it.
New York Times Top StoriesVance, Eying 2028, Relishes the Spotlight at Trump’s Convention
The vice president, widely seen as a potential White House candidate, sought to use his speech in Dallas to show a more personal side to the MAGA faithful.
New York Times Top StoriesAt BRICS Summit, China and India Vie for Influence
China sees the BRICS group as a vehicle for challenging American power. India wants to keep the group broad enough to avoid choosing sides.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Emerging Powers Keep Joining BRICS, Even When They Disagree
Leaders of emerging economies meet in New Delhi this weekend, but global conflicts and soaring energy prices threaten to undermine unity.