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Today — 5 September 2025NYT | Top Stories

Adams Considers Dropping Out of Race After Secret Meeting in Florida

Mayor Eric Adams of New York City has told confidants that he would consider abandoning his re-election bid, despite his public denials.

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Mayor Eric Adams appeared at a gathering outside City Hall to mark the 1,500th anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday and billed it as an endorsement event.

Kavanaugh Acknowledges ‘Difficult Job’ of His Lower-Court Colleagues

5 September 2025 at 05:39
Speaking at a judicial conference in Memphis, the justice expressed sympathy for the district-court judges whose rulings the Supreme Court has repeatedly paused.

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Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh called trial-court judges “the front lines of American justice” while addressing the annual Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference in Memphis on Thursday.

College Board Cancels Tool for Finding Low-Income High Achievers

After the Trump administration criticized the use of what it called “racial proxies,” the group behind the SAT shut down a way for universities to identify promising applicants from disadvantaged communities.

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Supporters of affirmative action protested near the Supreme Court in 2023.

Quakes on Mars Reveal New Features of the Planet’s Interior

5 September 2025 at 05:27
Using data from NASA’s retired InSight lander, two separate teams of researchers found evidence of a sluggish Martian mantle and a solid inner core.

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A cutaway illustration of the modern Martian interior. A meteor striking one side of the planet’s surface, left, creates seismic waves that are detected by NASA’s InSight lander, right.

Appeals Court Says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Can Stay Open

5 September 2025 at 05:52
An appeals panel paused a federal judge’s ruling that no additional detainees could be sent to the center, and that much of it had to be dismantled within 60 days.

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The immigrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades.

Kennedy Sounded Different on Agriculture Than He Did on Vaccines

5 September 2025 at 04:46
Unlike his combative exchanges with senators about vaccines, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was conciliatory and accommodating about agriculture interests.

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Harvard Won Its Money Back, but Will It Actually Get It?

5 September 2025 at 04:24
A judge ruled that the Trump administration broke the law in canceling billions in federal funds for Harvard. Whether the money is returned matters for the rest of higher education.

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A court ruling this week was a victory for Harvard in its fight with the Trump administration, but the battle between the two sides is most likely not over.

Time Is Running Out for Lebanon to Disarm Hezbollah, U.S. Officials Warn

5 September 2025 at 04:12
The United States, Israel and the Gulf Arab states are pressuring Lebanon’s government to act decisively against the group.

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Hezbollah supporters marching during Ashoura, a Shiite Muslim holiday, near Beirut in July.

Trump Tests the Limits of His Power With a New Airstrike

5 September 2025 at 05:26
The Trump administration seems to be betting that Americans are so inured to the war on terrorism that they’ll be indifferent to extrajudicial executions.

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After Boat Strike, Rubio Says U.S. Will Help Other Nations ‘Blow Up’ Crime Groups

5 September 2025 at 03:48
The Trump administration aims to carry out more violent strikes against drug cartels, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said as he met with Ecuador’s president.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, with President Daniel Noboa of Ecuador at the presidential palace in Quito. The two countries discussed taking on criminal groups.

Members of Congress Grasp for a Stopgap Deal to Avert a Shutdown

5 September 2025 at 03:47
Republicans and Democrats agree they will need a temporary measure to fund the government past Sept. 30, but have yet to come to terms on what it should look like.

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Top Republicans and Democrats in the Senate and House have conceded that a stopgap bill will be needed to keep government funds flowing while they try to reach a long-term compromise.

Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers

5 September 2025 at 03:13
The move to treat criminals as if they were wartime combatants escalated an administration pattern of using military force for law enforcement tasks at home and abroad.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

President Trump is claiming the extraordinary power to shift maritime counterdrug efforts from law enforcement rules to wartime rules.

Can Trump Just Do Whatever He Wants by Declaring Emergencies?

5 September 2025 at 03:33
He’s exploiting a diabolical problem in our legal system to expand presidential power.

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President Trump declared an emergency in Washington D.C. to deploy National Guard and federal agents to patrol the streets.

Justice Dept. Accuses California Utility of Negligence in Deadly Eaton Fire

5 September 2025 at 03:04
Federal prosecutors say the January blaze that swept through Altadena, as well as another fire in 2022, were sparked by faulty equipment.

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The Eaton fire killed 19 people when it swept through the community of Altadena near Los Angeles in January.

Man Accused of Killing Israeli Embassy Staffers Pleads Not Guilty

5 September 2025 at 01:32
At an arraignment on Thursday, Elias Rodriguez faced federal hate crime and other charges that could result in the death penalty.

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A vigil for Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky near the White House in May.

Health Care Costs for Workers Begin to Climb

4 September 2025 at 21:15
A survey shows employers expect a sharp increase in benefit costs for next year, and many will want workers to shoulder more of the burden.

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Rising health care costs expected in the next year worry some experts, who fear some employees will skip or delay medical care because they can no longer afford it.

Orsted Sues Trump Administration in Fight to Restart Its Blocked Wind Farm

5 September 2025 at 01:06
The Danish company behind Revolution Wind, a $6 billion project off Rhode Island, said the federal government had unlawfully halted work on the wind farm.

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A tour of an Orsted-operated wind farm off the coast of Block Island, R.I., in 2022.

After Afghanistan Earthquake, Women Tell of Being Shunned by Male Rescuers

5 September 2025 at 01:09
A prohibition on contact between unrelated women and men meant many women’s wounds went untended and some were left trapped under rubble after a deadly earthquake, witnesses said.

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“It felt like women were invisible,” one volunteer said after witnessing rescue efforts in eastern Afghanistan.

President of Northwestern, a School Attacked by the G.O.P., Will Resign

The university’s president, Michael Schill, said he would step down following months of turbulence, including Trump administration cuts of $790 million from the university’s research funds.

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Michael Schill, president of Northwestern University, at a House Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington last year.

After Afghanistan Quake, Women Tell of Being Shunned by Male Rescuers

5 September 2025 at 01:09
A prohibition on contact between unrelated women and men meant many women’s wounds went untended and some were left trapped under rubble after a deadly earthquake, witnesses said.

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“It felt like women were invisible,” one volunteer said after witnessing rescue efforts in eastern Afghanistan.

On Epstein Files, Women Lead the G.O.P. Resistance to Trump

4 September 2025 at 17:04
The Republican rift over whether to demand greater transparency in the case has once again highlighted a gender divide in the male-dominated party.

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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia and a Trump ally, has backed a bill that would require the release of files on Jeffrey Epstein.

U.S. Imports Rose in July Following Months of Trade Turmoil

4 September 2025 at 23:47
Trade rebounded slightly after President Trump’s sweeping global tariffs discouraged foreign countries from doing business with the United States, data released Thursday showed.

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What U.S. Open Rivals Alcaraz and Sinner Can Teach Us About Performing Our Best

4 September 2025 at 23:05
The top-ranked tennis players may meet again in the U.S. Open men’s final. Here’s what the fierce competitors can teach you about unlocking your potential.

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In the Wimbledon finals in July, Jannik Sinner defeated Carlos Alcaraz, after a heartbreaking defeat only a month earlier.
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