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The National Book Awards Are No Longer National
The National Book Awards longlists are a study in tedious political orthodoxy.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesWill Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Run for President in 2028? Here’s What She Said.
In a wide-ranging interview, the New York congresswoman offered her most detailed insight yet into how she is thinking about a possible presidential run.
New York Times Top StoriesMany Democrats Are Avoiding Kamala Harris. Abdul El-Sayed Is Welcoming Her.
The former vice president wants to help her party in the midterms, but not many are taking her up on the offer. Except for the Senate nominee in Michigan, who will appear with her on Tuesday.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat’s Behind Bessent’s Boasts About the U.S. Bond Market
By one measure, U.S. government bond markets have posted negative returns, but markets in others countries have experienced steeper losses.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Big Threat Has Been Climate Change. Now Comes A.I.
Both are human-caused, both are frightening, and one of them has raced to the forefront of the global conversation.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump Has Cracked Down on Dissent Since the Killing of Charlie Kirk
The White House has labeled critics terrorists, attributed violence to a left-wing conspiracy and investigated unions, nonprofits and other groups in a battle over free speech.
New York Times Top StoriesNew Hope for Diagnosing C.T.E. in Brain Injured Patients
Scientists are developing imaging techniques and blood tests that one day may enable doctors to identify the disease definitively in living patients.
New York Times Top Stories‘I Was Sold a Bill of Goods’: Americans and the Distrust Election
Americans have a pervasive sense they are being lied to. That has created an unpredictability in politics unseen since Donald Trump said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue without losing voters.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Urgent Mystery of Where Viruses Hide
Some viruses appear to vanish when outbreaks dissipate, only to emerge again. Scientists don’t always know which animals they lurk in — and how to stop them from spilling back over.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Computers Take the Driver’s Seat, Experts Worry About Safety
Self-driving systems are getting so good that drivers may overestimate the technology and not be prepared to respond when something goes wrong.
New York Times Top StoriesTyphoon Dujuan Brings Record Rain to Japan, Killing 5 People
More than 74,000 people remained under evacuation orders in the Tokyo region as authorities warned of landslides and floods.
New York Times Top StoriesLate Night Responds to Trump’s White House Press Ban
“Have you tried presidenting better?” Jon Stewart said after Trump barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico, saying he was tired of their “negative stories.”
New York Times Top StoriesThey Had No Connection to Costa Rica. America Sent Them There Anyway.
The Trump administration’s policy of deporting migrants to third countries is undermining a bedrock notion of international law for the past 75 years.
New York Times Top StoriesBook Review: “Swan Song: Diana, My Sister,” by Charles Spencer
“Swan Song,” Charles Spencer’s memoir of Lady Diana, is full of love and vengeance.
New York Times Top StoriesEarl Spencer Book Blasts Diana’s Treatment by UK Royal Family
The decades have not lessened Earl Spencer’s anger over the House of Windsor’s treatment of the former Princess of Wales. King Charles comes in for special vitriol.
New York Times Top StoriesTakeaways From Charles Spencer’s Memoir, “Swan Song,” About Princess Diana
Nearly 30 years after Princess Diana died, her brother has written a book about her life, her marriage to Prince Charles and the suffering she endured at the hands of the tabloid press.
New York Times Top StoriesPrinceton Is No Longer No. 1 in the U.S. News Rankings
The Massachusetts Institute for Technology pulled ahead on a set of criteria that are as contentious as they are influential.
New York Times Top StoriesGerman Leaders Prepare to Deny Far Right Access to Secret War Plan
With the Alternative for Germany party close to power in a German state, federal officials are planning to limit the group’s access to classified intelligence.
New York Times Top StoriesItaly’s Prisons Were Overcrowded. Then They Overheated.
As temperatures in the country continue to approach 90 degrees Fahrenheit, inmates have been sleeping on concrete cell floors. Even the guards have complained.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s U.N. Speech Comes at a Time of Tumult
The president, who has been dogged by the war in Iran and eroding alliances, is also expected to sign a security deal on Greenland and meet with world leaders.
New York Times Top StoriesJapan Meets With Trump, Hoping to Get His Help on China
Japan’s prime minister will meet President Trump to discuss China’s economic and security pressure while also seeking to de-escalate tensions with Beijing.
New York Times Top StoriesChina’s Leader Xi Seeks to Extend Truce with Trump During U.S. Summit
Facing an American president constrained by war and politics, China’s leader may seek to lock in a tactical truce while he shores up a fragile economy at home.
New York Times Top StoriesChina’s Continued Control of Rare Earths Looms Over Trump-Xi Meeting
Manufacturers are struggling with constrained supplies as U.S. and Chinese officials negotiate over export restrictions with consequences for global industry.
New York Times Top StoriesSouth Korean President Calls for Easing Sanctions on the North
President Trump should demand that North Korea freeze, not eliminate, its nuclear weapons program, President Lee Jae Myung said in an interview.
New York Times Top StoriesDavid George Gordon, Apostle for Bugs on the Dinner Plate, Dies at 76
His “The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook” made a case for insects as food, while his boisterous cooking demonstrations brought tarantulas and crickets to TV.
New York Times Top StoriesBush and Cornyn Leave Out Paxton as They Raise Cash for Senate Candidates
The former president and Texas senator are headlining a fund-raiser in Dallas for top Republican Senate candidates. Not included: Ken Paxton, the nominee in their own state.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Faces the Sting of a Media Boycott After Press Pool Withdrawal
A boycott of the White House press pool by the major networks deprives the president of the oxygen of screen time. But he is still finding ways to get on the air.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump and Mamdani Show Their Unlikely Rapport, This Time in New York
Mayor Zohran Mamdani invited the president to his official residence in Manhattan, where the two spoke about policing, immigration and affordable housing.
New York Times Top StoriesTexas Man Shot by ICE Agent Offers His Own Account of Altercation
A Venezuelan immigrant named Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was shot in Austin on Sunday after a traffic stop. The shooting prompted calls from local officials for a transparent investigation.
New York Times Top StoriesAppeals Court Sides With Missouri Republicans on Redrawn House Map
The order may have little impact because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that blocked the congressional districts that favor Republicans.