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May 20, 2026
Plus, Tesla's big bet on big rigs.
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May 20, 2026
More than 7,000 people east of the city had been forced to evacuate as of Wednesday morning, and more than 39,000 others faced evacuation orders or warnings.
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May 20, 2026
The possibility that people who ransacked the Capitol could get money from the government they attacked is the latest head-spinning twist in President Trump's effort to rewrite the history of Jan. 6.
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May 20, 2026
Investigators suggested that infrequent maintenance requirements, among other issues, appeared to contribute to the faulty part that caused the crash, which killed 15 people last year.
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May 20, 2026
Feeding narratives to the credulous isn't speaking truth to power.
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May 20, 2026
He has used his sway with his base to oust wayward Republicans more than he has made inroads with the independents his party needs to defeat Democrats in November.
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May 20, 2026
Interest rates for long-term Treasury bonds have surged to levels last seen in 2007, before the great financial crisis.
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May 20, 2026
While older people are still underrepresented on TV, the characters that are there have become richer and more multidimensional.
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May 20, 2026
Fast-talking lawyers and lobbyists promise to get white-collar criminals out of jail — for a fee.
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May 20, 2026
"City of the Big Shoulders" reflects the city's strength and complexity. It took the artist five years to complete, mapping migration patterns and structural racism.
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May 20, 2026
College education does almost nothing to develop the sense that what we do in our day-to-day lives resonates with people beyond ourselves.
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May 20, 2026
To a younger generation, the word describes a playful response to a difficult world — even if it might strike some as a precious form of capitalism.
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May 20, 2026
In northern Norway, Sami people fear a copper mine will disrupt their traditional lifestyles.
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May 20, 2026
For years, prosecutors have accused Christian Nègre, once a senior official, of slipping diuretics into women's drinks. Despite admitting some accusations in an interview with a French daily, he is yet to stand trial.
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May 20, 2026
Meeting President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Beijing, China's leader called for a halt to fighting in the Middle East and took a veiled swipe at the United States.
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May 20, 2026
We can't afford to underestimate Russia's strength and its ability to harm Ukraine and NATO allies, but we must not overestimate it either.
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May 20, 2026
Citizens Union, a government watchdog group, suggested that although Mr. Adams's federal indictment was dropped, his alleged offenses would still be state crimes.
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May 20, 2026
A lawsuit challenges the police practice of shackling mentally ill arrestees in New York, sometimes for long periods, while they await arraignment in locked psychiatric wards.
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May 20, 2026
The deal, which President Trump announced after last week's summit, represents the largest single sale of the American company's aircraft to Beijing in nearly a decade.
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May 20, 2026
Jimmy Kimmel noted that the president backs down on his own deadlines to bomb Iran "every Tuesday. It's like a new episode of ‘NCIS.'"
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May 20, 2026
We can't afford to underestimate Russia's strength and its ability to harm Ukraine and NATO allies, but we must not overestimate it either.
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May 20, 2026
President Trump unseated Representative Thomas Massie, a top Republican critic in Congress, and also got his way in other primary contests.
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May 20, 2026
Outmatched militarily, Iran used "triangular coercion" by attacking Gulf states and closing the Strait of Hormuz. It points to a long-term U.S. vulnerability.
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May 19, 2026
Mr. Brooks will face Representative Ryan Mackenzie, a Republican, in the fall. He earned endorsements from across his party, including Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania.
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May 19, 2026
Keisha Lance Bottoms will be the Democratic standard-bearer, despite worries about her single term as mayor of the state's biggest city.
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May 19, 2026
A Honduran man was taken into custody on Tuesday in New York City, which his lawyers said violated a prohibition imposed a day earlier. Hours later, the man was released.
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May 19, 2026
The president wants a loyal Republican Party — even if the country might not.
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May 19, 2026
Mr. Gallrein ran with President Trump's support.
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May 19, 2026
Mr. Barr, who serves in the House, consolidated support among Republicans in part by securing the endorsement of President Trump.
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May 19, 2026
The president wants a loyal Republican Party — even if the country might not.
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May 19, 2026
Authorities said the teenagers who killed three men met online, posted their writings there and livestreamed the killings.
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May 19, 2026
An Israeli strike designed to free Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from house arrest in Tehran, U.S. officials said, was part of an effort to bring about regime change and put him in power.
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May 19, 2026
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, criticized the transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, for posting a video that bragged about withholding money from the state.
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May 19, 2026
The tax service argued that the Trump Organization tried to claim the same losses twice. The president said the audit was a "disgrace."
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May 19, 2026
Like at least other 14 states, Minnesota has wrestled with how to regulate the popular prediction market sites. Federal officials sued the state over its new law.
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May 19, 2026
"Taiwan Travelogue" is the first novel originally written in Mandarin to win the major award for fiction translated into English.
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May 19, 2026
As part of the Justice Department's compensation fund deal, officials vowed not to pursue any matters, including those involving President Trump's tax returns, that are pending.
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May 19, 2026
Democrats called the transportation secretary's reality-show-like series unethical.
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May 19, 2026
With four Republican backers, Democrats won a vote to advance a resolution that would force the president to end hostilities or win authorization from Congress.
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May 19, 2026
The acting attorney general told lawmakers the fund would review claims from an array of people, not just Republicans.
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May 19, 2026
The president embraced Ken Paxton, a MAGA loyalist, over Senator John Cornyn, despite warnings from Republican leaders about Mr. Paxton's history of scandal.
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May 19, 2026
Also, voters cast ballots in key primaries. Here's the latest at the end of Tuesday.
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May 19, 2026
The "Trump First" wing of the G.O.P. is in ascendance. The rest of the party needs to fight back.
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May 19, 2026
Muslim groups identified the three men killed in the shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego.
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May 19, 2026
In 1996, the giggling stuffed doll turned holiday shopping into chaos, a preview of every sneaker drop, PlayStation launch and Taylor Swift ticket rush to come.
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May 19, 2026
Authorities identified the teenagers they say killed three men, and then themselves, in an attack on the largest mosque in the county.
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May 19, 2026
The tornado in Nebraska stayed on the ground for 11 minutes. A new subdivision called Dirt Road was wiped out, while nearby homes went untouched.
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May 19, 2026
The 30-year U.S. Treasury yield hasn't been this high since the lead-up to the global financial crisis. Across Europe and Asia, yields are also elevated.
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May 19, 2026
An electronics wizard, he was already a veteran inventor when he collaborated with Ron Dubren on an idea for a toy that giggled. The rest is retail history.
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May 19, 2026
As part of the Justice Department's compensation fund deal, officials vowed not to pursue any matters, including those involving President Trump's tax returns, that are pending.
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May 19, 2026
President Trump showed off the construction on his ballroom project, providing a deeper look at the things that matter to him.
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May 19, 2026
Meta told employees last month that it would carry out mass layoffs on May 20, as the Silicon Valley giant tries to transform into an A.I.-first company.
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May 19, 2026
Details are still emerging about the contract reached after a three-day strike that shut down America's busiest passenger rail service. But the fallout could be felt for years.
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May 19, 2026
Officials wrote a memo outlining ways to challenge President Trump's suit against the Internal Revenue Service. The administration is instead creating a compensation fund.
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May 19, 2026
Officials wrote a memo outlining ways to challenge President Trump's suit against the Internal Revenue Service. The administration is instead creating an "anti-weaponization" fund.
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May 19, 2026
The 30-year U.S. Treasury yield hasn't been this high since the lead-up to the global financial crisis. Across Europe and Asia, yields are also elevated.
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May 19, 2026
Younger Republicans are less likely to support overseas interventions and aid, a Times/Siena poll shows.
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May 19, 2026
The finding effectively paves the way for continued use of atrazine, a widely used herbicide that has been linked to birth defects and cancer in humans.
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May 19, 2026
Using a new Gemini A.I. model, the tech giant is overhauling its search box dimensions to answer longer queries, adding a video-generation tool and simplifying online shopping.
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May 19, 2026
A House transportation bill introduced this week would require owners of electric cars to pay $130 to cover the cost of road repairs.
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May 19, 2026
Despite its early stumbles, Google's Gemini has leapfrogged ChatGPT in relevance and usefulness. Soon, it will be ubiquitous.
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May 19, 2026
News that President Trump had snubbed Senator John Cornyn of Texas, the four-term incumbent, was met with shock, anger and fear that the G.O.P. could lose his seat.
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May 19, 2026
The transportation secretary's reality-show-like series is meant to commemorate the nation's 250th birthday but has faced questions about its funding.
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May 19, 2026
Bezalel Smotrich, the hard-line minister, said he was retaliating for the International Criminal Court prosecutor seeking his arrest, something the court did not confirm nor deny.
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May 19, 2026
Federal prosecutors are negotiating with Hugo and Mariano Jinkis, a father and son from Argentina, who after more than a decade suddenly agreed to meet in Brooklyn.
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May 19, 2026
The woman had parked her S.U.V., then got out and plunged 10 feet into the uncovered hole managed by Con Edison, prompting an investigation.
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May 19, 2026
David Schutzenhofer, a Trump Organization employee, reached out to one of the vendors the government later hired for the iconic site near the Lincoln Memorial, documents show.
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May 19, 2026
Health officials reported more than 130 suspected deaths and 513 cases, a sharp rise since the outbreak was identified on May 15 in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
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May 19, 2026
With the upheaval in the Persian Gulf disrupting oil and gas supplies, Russia is looking to deepen its energy ties to China.
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May 19, 2026
The president had long considered backing Senator John Cornyn, but Ken Paxton, the state attorney general, carried the support of the MAGA base.
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May 19, 2026
Officials wrote a memo outlining ways to challenge President Trump's suit against the Internal Revenue Service. The administration is instead creating an "anti-weaponization" fund.
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May 19, 2026
The United States and Europe were at odds over the Trump administration's decision to ease oil sanctions on Russia.
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May 19, 2026
After President Trump's threats to seize the island, Gov. Jeff Landry's offers of MAGA hats and chocolate chip cookies fall flat.
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May 19, 2026
NextEra's proposed acquisition of Dominion Energy comes as Americans are paying a lot more for electricity, and data centers are demanding a lot more power from utilities.
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May 19, 2026
Small companies that handle the final delivery are relying on them to skirt New York City traffic. Amazon plans to try the bikes elsewhere, too.
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May 19, 2026
A series of precedent-setting rulings signals that Chinese courts are being enlisted to shield workers from displacement by artificial intelligence.
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May 19, 2026
Steven Rosenbaum, author of "The Future of Truth," said he had started his own investigation after The New York Times asked about the fake quotes.
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May 19, 2026
The fast success of this play, about the children's author Roald Dahl, is a rarity on Broadway, where most shows lose money.
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May 19, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is taking on a problem that the Pentagon and Congress have tried, and mostly failed, to address for years.
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May 19, 2026
Andrew Giuliani, the son of Rudy and a longtime Trump loyalist, is overseeing American hosting duties for the World Cup next month. It's a big promotion.
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May 19, 2026
California truckers have expressed strong interest in the Tesla Semi because it costs much less and can travel further on a charge than electric trucks sold by established manufacturers.
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May 19, 2026
In the last few years, weight-loss drugs like Ozempic have altered how many Americans think about clothes and getting dressed.
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May 19, 2026
More than 33,000 people remain under evacuation orders after a brush fire broke out in Simi Valley, Calif.
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May 19, 2026
Three men were killed in the attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego. Two teenage suspects were found dead in a car nearby, police said.
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May 19, 2026
The Republican primary in Representative Thomas Massie's district has drawn vast spending, but it is just one of several contests on Tuesday that will test the power of big money.
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May 19, 2026
Health officials reported more than 130 suspected deaths and 513 cases, a sharp rise since the outbreak was first identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
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May 19, 2026
President Trump said he had postponed a "very major attack" against Iran, as Pakistan continued its mediation efforts to end the war.
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May 19, 2026
Is there anything Democrats can do to break free of a deeply polarized political system in which parties are constantly winning and then losing office?
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May 19, 2026
We look at where the parties stand leading up to the midterms.
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May 19, 2026
Plus, a North Korean soccer team hits the road.
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May 19, 2026
The warning came shortly after Congo officials reported more than 130 suspected deaths and 513 cases, a sharp rise since the outbreak was first reported over the weekend.
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May 19, 2026
More than 130 deaths and over 500 cases are suspected. The United States restricted entry for people who have been to three African countries after a global health emergency was declared.
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May 19, 2026
The political scientist Lee Drutman argues that we should switch to a system of proportional representation and put an end to our "trench warfare politics."
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May 19, 2026
Is there anything Democrats can do to break free of a deeply polarized political system in which parties are constantly winning and then losing office?
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May 19, 2026
A jury's rejection of Elon Musk's $150 billion lawsuit against OpenAI was a major hurdle crossed. But the maker of ChatGPT faces a list of other problems.
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May 19, 2026
This season "Saturday Night Live" found new ways to satirize the Trump administration and said goodbye to one of its most valuable cast members.
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May 19, 2026
After invading more than four years ago, Moscow has usually been the one causing ecological disaster. But Kyiv's strikes, intended to cut into the Kremlin's oil revenue, have flipped the script.
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May 19, 2026
Businesses are finding different (and more costly) ways to fry foods as shoppers demand alternatives to seed oils as part of the Make America Healthy Again movement.
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May 19, 2026
A San Francisco biotech start-up races sex cells on tiny tracks. Can an internet joke become a serious business?
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May 19, 2026
According to a new study, construction was impacted more than any other industry studied, with American-born workers losing more jobs than immigrants as a result of the deportations.
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