New York Times Top Stories
Trump Demands Smithsonian Install ‘Colossus’ George Washington Statue
The president’s latest attack on the National Museum of American History reflects his longstanding desire for “patriotic” history.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesA.I. Slopware Is Everywhere Now. Nobody Is Using It.
Just because A.I. is revolutionizing coding, doesn’t mean it will automatically revolutionize our apps.
New York Times Top StoriesHow The Times Covers ‘60 Minutes’ and Other Journalists
Journalists don’t want to become the story. But newsrooms — and the people who run them — are the story for Times media reporters.
New York Times Top StoriesOhio Republican in Key Senate Race Fires Campaign Aide, Citing Social Media Photo of Nazis
Senator Jon Husted dismissed his political director because of activity displaying a “complete lack” of judgment, according to a spokeswoman.
New York Times Top StoriesRisks for Clicks: Why Online Influencers Push Shock Content
A growing number of social media creators are pushing the boundaries of safety and good taste to feed algorithms and win followers.
New York Times Top StoriesSaudi Arabia’s Oil ‘Lifeline’ Was Attacked. Here’s What to Know.
A drone attack from Iraq forced Saudi Arabia to close its East-West pipeline, the kingdom said, threatening a key workaround to Iran’s Persian Gulf blockade.
New York Times Top StoriesAnthropic C.E.O. Dario Amodei Calls for A.I. Slowdown
In a 3,800-word essay, Dario Amodei laid out the rapidly advancing capabilities of artificial intelligence and said there needed to be greater safety controls across the industry.
New York Times Top StoriesIran Finds Escalation Is a Fruitful Path to Leverage in War With U.S.
Iran and its allies now hold sway over two key oil shipping routes, and Tehran is setting the stage for a diplomatic win that could enhance its stature.
New York Times Top StoriesRepublican Groups Rush to Paxton’s Aid in Texas After Staying on Sidelines
An organization allied with Senate G.O.P. leaders has booked more than $51 million in ads. Now, Ken Paxton has a financial edge after months of being outspent by his Democratic rival.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Says Irish Unification Would Be ‘Fantastic,’ Breaking With Precedent
The United States is officially neutral on an issue that had been a source of decades of violence in Northern Ireland until a 1998 peace deal.
New York Times Top StoriesManhattan Bus Lane Plan for 34th Street May Be Stuck in Gridlock
Months after Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the city would proceed with a redesign of 34th Street that had been halted by the Trump administration, the plan is no closer to completion.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Catastrophically Miscalculated in Georgia
The president incubated the career of one of his greatest critics.
New York Times Top StoriesOur Increasingly Insecure President
The $5,000 election promise shows how afraid Trump really is.
New York Times Top StoriesBiden and Trump Called It a Genocide and Then Turned Away
We know how to stop the atrocities in Sudan. There’s just too little interest in doing so.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse
Silicon Valley’s strange new theology.
New York Times Top StoriesMoldova Has to Choose Between Russia and Europe
Moldova is a fault line in a new geopolitical reality.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Doonbeg, Trump’s Irish Open Visit Prompts Protests and Praise
As the U.S. president heads to his Doonbeg hotel for the Irish Open, locals expressed both appreciation for the resort’s economic benefits and opposition to his politics.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Mokha, Historic Port That Shaped the Coffee Trade, Is a Prize in Yemen’s War
A strategic location on the Red Sea afforded the city centuries of trading dominance — and makes it a coveted target in today’s fighting in the Middle East.
New York Times Top StoriesNaomi Klein and Astra Taylor Say the End of the World Is Now on the Table
In a new book, the writers argue that a powerful coalition of “end times fascists” is just fine with the earth’s demise.
New York Times Top StoriesWalk This Way
Are there everyday activities that you can turn into a walk?
New York Times Top StoriesInflation Complicates Trump’s Midterms Pitch to Voters
Gas prices are high, mortgage rates are climbing and inflation remains well above target, complicating the president’s midterm appeal.
New York Times Top StoriesInside the Discussions at AI Companies Over a Superintelligence Doomsday
Researchers at Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and Google are increasingly trying to raise awareness about the risks of artificial intelligence.
New York Times Top Stories‘We Left in the Clothes We Were Wearing’: Yemenis Flee New Fighting
Hunger and disease have tormented Yemen for years. Now, fighting between the Saudi-backed government and Iran-backed Houthis is pushing it to the brink.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy It’s Difficult for Tech Companies to Rein In A.I.
Researchers say artificial intelligence is developing faster than the systems put in place to monitor and control it.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech
President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects.
New York Times Top StoriesVisa Issue Threatens U.S.-Brazil Cooperation on Crime
Officials say the Trump administration is blocking some of Brazil’s efforts to expand cooperation on fighting transnational crime.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Client Advocates Are Helping Overworked Public Defenders
Public defenders are overworked and underpaid. A growing corps of client advocates is helping defendants in communities across the U.S.
New York Times Top StoriesRepublicans, Facing Midterm Peril, Try to Brand Democrats as Communists
Communism, in the president’s hyperbolic telling, is a graver threat to the country than the Pearl Harbor or 9/11 attacks were. Whether this midterm strategy works is an open question.
New York Times Top StoriesIndia Wants to Buy Fewer Chinese Imports, but Keeps Needing More
Trade between India and China has nearly doubled in five years, leaving New Delhi with a widening deficit and a difficult choice over how to build its industrial future.
New York Times Top StoriesLil Durk Is Found Not Guilty in Murder-for-Hire Case
The rapper had been accused of orchestrating a plot to kill a rival in an ambush that resulted in the death of another man.