New York Times Top Stories
Japan Raises Interest Rates to 31-Year High Under U.S. Pressure
The Bank of Japan’s widely expected move followed an unusual campaign by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for tighter monetary policy.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesTrump Moves Ahead With F-35 Jet Sales to Saudi Arabia Despite Intelligence Concerns
U.S. intelligence agencies have warned in internal reports that China could acquire or steal U.S. warplane technology if F-35 jets are sent to Saudi Arabia.
New York Times Top StoriesTell Us What Questions You Have About Winter Getaways and Holiday Travel
It isn’t too early to start thinking about end-of-year travel plans. We’re fielding reader questions about where to go and what to do.
New York Times Top StoriesFormer Institute of Peace Workers Warn Trump May Push to Engrave Name on Building
As part of a lawsuit, the workers have asked a federal court to stop any plans to engrave the building with President Trump’s name.
New York Times Top StoriesS.U.V. Driver Charged With Murder in Los Angeles Bus Crash
Prosecutors said the driver was impaired by drugs and ran a red light before ramming a city bus on Tuesday. Two people died. Compounding the tragedy, a news helicopter also crashed.
New York Times Top StoriesBlanche’s Political Activity Breaks an Ethical Norm Going Back to Watergate
The attorney general’s campaign politicking for Republicans adds to the degradation of post-Watergate values at the Justice Department.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Wants Putin to End the War. He May Offer Russia Business Deals First.
A new sanctions bill is meant to pressure President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to end the war in Ukraine. But President Trump is doubling down on a different approach: offering enticements to Russia.
New York Times Top StoriesInside Microsoft and OpenAI, Worry About Damaging the Publishing Industry
Newly unsealed court documents show Microsoft employees discussing whether OpenAI was involved in the “largest theft of labor in human history.”
New York Times Top StoriesRFK Jr. Names New Members to Powerful Health Panel Whose Work He Has Blocked
The selections suggest the Trump administration may be trying to move the United States Preventive Services Task Force in a direction that serves its political ideology.
New York Times Top StoriesMontana Ballot Measure Would Strike at Political ‘Dark Money’
A measure aimed at stemming the tide of corporate money in politics will be on the November ballot. Opponents say it violates a high court ruling.
New York Times Top StoriesRepublicans Face a Tough Path Ahead
Also, Kennedy tells anti-vaccine group they have a friend in the White House. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
New York Times Top StoriesSearing Elon Musk Film Nears U.S. Release Amid Overseas Concerns
Alex Gibney’s “Musk” will arrive in United States theaters next month. Universal says it remains committed to releasing it overseas but has yet to set dates.
New York Times Top StoriesRFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’
The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”
New York Times Top StoriesHasan Piker’s Comments Create Headaches for Abdul El-Sayed
Under pressure, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan this week rejected Hasan Piker’s argument that the U.S. has caused more terror than Al Qaeda.
New York Times Top StoriesYemen War Intensifies as Houthi Militia Advances on Marib
Clashes between Iranian-backed Houthi fighters and Saudi-backed government forces have been reported near oil-rich Marib Province.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump’s New Green Card Policy Could Affect Immigrant Families
The policy, set to take effect Friday, would give immigration officers broader authority to deny permanent residency to people using public benefits.
New York Times Top StoriesShare the Times Pages You Couldn’t Throw Away
The New York Times has been publishing for 175 years. Some of that history may be sitting in a shoe box under your bed.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Strike on Iranian School May Have Been War Crime, U.N. Report Says
Mistakes that led to the deaths of more than a hundred children “went beyond negligence,” investigators said. They also cited a separate strike the same day that killed a reported 22 civilians.
New York Times Top StoriesG.O.P. Representative Breaks With Trump in Ad Criticizing the Immigration Crackdown
Representative María Elvira Salazar, a three-term representative from Miami, won re-election by 20 percentage points in 2024. Her ad suggests worry among some Republicans about their standing with Hispanic voters.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Happens When A.I. Stops Doing What Humans Want?
“Alignment” is the science of teaching A.I. to do what is in line with human preferences, ethics and judgment. But, at times, the systems have gone rogue.
New York Times Top StoriesMajor Iranian Airline Suspends Several Flights Abroad, Adding to Isolation
The carrier, Mahan Air, said it would stop flying to neighboring countries just over a week after the United States imposed sweeping sanctions on Iran’s aviation industry.
New York Times Top StoriesThis Rare Gene Drastically Raises Lung Cancer Risk in People Who Never Smoked
The gene is found predominantly in Southern Appalachia and may be one of the most powerful cancer-risk mutations ever found.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Day Before The Times Began
Most newspapers offered scandals and ads. With The New-York Daily Times, Henry Raymond saw room for something else.
New York Times Top StoriesRussia and China Veto U.S. Bid to Renew U.N. Monitoring of Iran Nuclear Program
The conflict underscored the distance between world powers over the United States’ pressure campaign on Iran.
New York Times Top StoriesA.I. Agents as ‘Co-Scientists’? This Lab Says They Could Speed Drug Research.
A.I. is already a powerful tool for scientific discovery. Now, some biomedical researchers are teaching it to do even more.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Next Gene-Editing Technology May Also Be the Oldest
Scientists have discovered a powerful gene-targeting system in viruses. Billions of years old, VIPR seems to predate CRISPR and may be even more powerful.
New York Times Top StoriesPhotos Spur Speculation About Possible Demolition of Kennedy Center
Images captured through the windows of Air Force One show President Trump reviewing a poster with the title “Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED.”
New York Times Top StoriesFed Chairman Warsh Escapes Trump’s Ire Over Interest Rate Increase
The president blasted the rest of the Fed — and kept up his demand for a cut — but spared Fed Chairman Kevin M. Warsh from the criticism.
New York Times Top StoriesJon Kyl, Senator Known for His Skills Behind the Scenes, Dies at 84
The Arizona politician rose to the second-highest position in the Republican-held Senate caucus thanks to his policy smarts and deft political sensibilities.
New York Times Top StoriesWatching Bigots Erupt
This is what I see when I look at the picture Bo French hates.