❌

Normal view

There are new articles available, click to refresh the page.
Today — 14 September 2025NYT | Top Stories

Van Hollen Criticizes Democratic Leaders for Delay in Endorsing Mamdani

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Lisa Lerer
14 September 2025 at 03:30
At an annual fund-raiser in Iowa, the Maryland Democrat said he supported Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York City and said people were sick of “spineless politics.”

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

Senator Chris Van Hollen isn’t alone in suggesting that it is time for the national Democrats to get behind Zohran Mamdani, but many party leaders have not.

The Electrician Who Escaped China Only to Be Deported From America

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Vivian Wang and Berry Wang
13 September 2025 at 07:47
Tao was not a Chinese dissident, just an ordinary worker who wanted freedom. Deportation did not stop him from trying again.

© Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

Tao was part of a record-breaking wave of undocumented Chinese migrants who had made harrowing journeys through the jungles of Central America to the United States.

In ‘Hedda,’ Tessa Thompson Puts a Sexy, Messy Spin on the ‘Female Hamlet’

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Leah Greenblatt and Thea Traff
13 September 2025 at 17:00
Have you ever seen Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” set in the 1950s with a biracial star in a lesbian love triangle? In this new film adaptation, you will.

“There are incredible plays, but are there a million incredible parts for women? Not necessarily. And so Hedda remains one of those ones that has its own iconography and history and reputation.”

Wrestling Over Charlie Kirk’s Legacy and the Divide in America

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Elisabeth Bumiller
14 September 2025 at 02:01
Historians say the lessons of this particular time will depend on Americans themselves, and what kind of a nation they want it to be.

© Rebecca Noble for The New York Times

Charlie Kirk speaking during AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in 2022.

Paramount Criticizes Celebrity-Endorsed Israeli Film Boycott

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Derrick Bryson Taylor
14 September 2025 at 00:56
The film studio, which some say has turned rightward under its new owner, said it disagreed with thousands of Hollywood professionals pledging to boycott Israeli film institutions.

© Mike Blake/Reuters

Paramount, which was acquired by the media company Skydance this year, is the first major Hollywood studio to condemn the Israeli boycott.

Trump Escalates Attacks on Political Opponents After Charlie Kirk’s Killing

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Tyler Pager and Nick Corasaniti
13 September 2025 at 23:41
President Trump has promised to bring the killer to justice while using the moment to blame the left — and only the left — more broadly.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

President Trump speaking to journalists before leaving the White House on Thursday.

Trump Administration Questions Colombia’s Anti-Drug Efforts and Weighs Cutting Aid

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Genevieve Glatsky
13 September 2025 at 17:02
Millions in military and development funds for Colombia hang in the balance as Washington questions the country’s fight against cocaine.

© Federico Rios for The New York Times

Soldiers standing amid a coca crop in Cúcuta, Colombia, in 2020. Colombia is the world’s top producer of cocaine, but it has also been a key ally of the United States in trying to combat the drug trade.

Rubio Heads to a Defiant Israel After Qatar Strike

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Michael Crowley
14 September 2025 at 01:26
The diplomat will consult with Israeli officials about their coming military offensive in Gaza City, as President Trump’s efforts to end the Gaza war appear stalled.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Israel on Sunday.
Yesterday — 13 September 2025NYT | Top Stories

Trump Says He Will Impose More Sanctions on Russia if NATO Does

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Maggie Haberman
13 September 2025 at 23:02
It was the latest in a series of new conditions that President Trump had announced on punitive action against Russia for its war against Ukraine.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump leaving New York for Bedminster, N.J., on Friday night aboard Marine One.

Debt Collection Lawsuits Are Rising. Here’s What to Do to Fight Back.

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Ann Carrns
12 September 2025 at 21:00
The number of filings is back above 2020 levels as prices rise and people rely more on credit cards, an analysis finds. But many borrowers don’t respond to the suits and lose by default.

Hasan Piker on Charlie Kirk

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Joseph Bernstein
13 September 2025 at 20:30
The two men had very different politics. But as a fellow star of a new political media class, the left-wing streamer had a personal reaction to Mr. Kirk’s assassination.

© Adali Schell for The New York Times

Hasan Piker in January. He was scheduled to debate Charlie Kirk, a political foe, this month.

Miles From New York, Another Ex-Governor Seeks a Comeback as Mayor

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Tracey Tully
13 September 2025 at 15:00
Jim McGreevey and Andrew Cuomo are each competing for mayor against left-leaning opponents, setting up an odd symmetry in the races to lead cities on opposite banks of the Hudson River.

© Brian Fraser for The New York Times

Jim McGreevey is running for mayor of Jersey City, N.J., two decades after he resigned as the state’s governor.

Kirk Assassination Puts America’s Political Spotlight on Campuses Again

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Vimal Patel
13 September 2025 at 17:02
Colleges are often the setting, and the target, of the nation’s most heated politics. Charlie Kirk’s work on campuses was one factor.

© M. Scott Brauer for The New York Times

Charlie Kirk focused his conservative activism on college campuses.

NPR and PBS Must Transform After Trump’s Cuts Cripple Broadcasters

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Benjamin Mullin， Jack Healy and David W. Chen
13 September 2025 at 17:00
Radio and television stations, facing enormous budget holes, are pleading with NPR and PBS to lower their fees as they examine whether to drop national programming altogether.

© Jordan Gale for The New York Times

An employee in the sound booth of KWSO 91.9, a tribal NPR affiliate, records a radio segment in Warm Springs, Ore.

‘You Burned This Country Down’: After Arsons, Nepal Reckons With Its Future

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Hannah Beech and Bhadra Sharma
13 September 2025 at 17:02
The frenzy of arson that blazed nationwide this week as protests spread added to those suffering acute burns in a country where fires maim and kill with shocking regularity.

© Atul Loke for The New York Times

Doctors attended to Sibam Sah, left, and his cousin Birendra Kumar Sah, whose face and body were also ravaged by burns.

As Sabotage in Europe Mounts, So Do Calls to Retaliate Against Russia

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Lara Jakes
13 September 2025 at 17:02
Drones in Poland and GPS jamming attributed to Russia have intensified a debate over whether the West should impose stiffer penalties for such “hybrid warfare.”

© Wojtek Radwanski/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

A house that was badly damaged by debris from a Russian drone that was shot down in the village of Wyryki-Wola, in eastern Poland, on Wednesday.

How People Are Using ChatGPT for Financial Advice

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Kailyn Rhone
13 September 2025 at 17:00
More people are turning to generative A.I. chatbots for financial advice, whether it’s for debt management, better saving strategies or stock picks.

© Andri Tambunan for The New York Times

Myra Donohue said using a chatbot to help set her household budget has given her more confidence handling her finances.

Extreme Heat Spurs New Laws Aimed at Protecting Workers Worldwide

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Somini Sengupta and Hisako Ueno
13 September 2025 at 17:02
Governments around the world are enacting measures to try to protect workers from the dangers of heat stress. They’re barely keeping up with the risks.

© Joseph Prezioso/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

A construction worker in Boston in July, when temperatures were in the 90s. Boston passed a law this summer requiring city projects to have a “heat illness prevention plan.”
❌
❌