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Today — 21 September 2025NYT | Top Stories

The Aid Cuts Are Trump’s Most Lethal Policy

20 September 2025 at 19:00
In desperate villages in southwestern Uganda, not only are aid cuts killing children every day, but the death toll is accelerating.

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Shoes belonging to Daniella, an 8-year-old who died because medications to treat her typhoid and malaria had run out.

Nepal Uprising Is Latest Challenge to India’s Backyard Diplomacy

21 September 2025 at 12:08
The overthrow of Nepal’s government is the latest in a series of uprisings among India’s neighbors, creating a political churn that complicates its ties.

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Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India, in New Delhi, earlier this month.

One Dead in Shooting at New Hampshire Country Club

21 September 2025 at 12:00
A suspect was detained after the shooting at the Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua left one person dead and several others injured, the police said.

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A road leading to the Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua, N.H., after a shooting on Saturday.

Thousands Flock to Phoenix for Charlie Kirk’s Memorial Service

21 September 2025 at 09:40
On Saturday a steady stream of people, many who had traveled from other cities, made a pilgrimage to Kirk’s Turning Point USA office and the mortuary where his body lay.

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A memorial to Mr. Kirk outside Turning Point USA’s Phoenix headquarters on Saturday.

The H-1B Visa: Why Is Trump Adding a $100,000 Fee?

21 September 2025 at 09:22
President Trump signed a proclamation on Friday adding a $100,000 fee to visas for skilled foreign workers. Immigration hard-liners have criticized the program for replacing American workers.

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President Trump signed an executive order on Friday adding a $100,000 fee to visas for skilled foreign workers.

Justice Alito, in Rome, Says Religious Liberty Is Under Siege

21 September 2025 at 05:02
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., a conservative Catholic, has visited Rome for decades, often teaching or participating in academic conferences.

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Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. at the Jubilee of Justice in the Vatican on Saturday.

Man Charged After Drive-by Shooting at Local ABC Station in Sacramento

21 September 2025 at 08:13
Officers responding to the site of the shooting found that at least three rounds had hit the station’s window. No injuries were reported, and a motive was unclear.

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A car driving past a window that was boarded up after it was stuck by gunfire at ABC station KXTV in Sacramento on Friday.

Trump’s $100,000 H1-B Visa Fee Spurs Confusion and Chaos for Companies

The White House sought to clarify the proclamation on Saturday, but many companies remained cautious. “We are still flying in somewhat foggy conditions,” one attorney said.

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President Trump after signing a proclamation on Friday instituting a $100,000 fee for visas given to some highly skilled foreign workers.

Why Russia Revived a Cold War-Era Song Contest

A Vietnamese pop star won the Intervision Song Contest in Moscow on Saturday. The United States was meant to participate, but politics intervened.

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Duc Phuc, of Vietnam, celebrates winning the Intervision Song Contest in Moscow on Saturday

Diane Martel, Inventive Director of Music Videos, Dies at 63

21 September 2025 at 06:38
Over three decades, she worked with superstars such as Jennifer Lopez and Mariah Carey, and faced claims of misogyny with her video for Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines.”

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Diane Martel directed Jennifer Lopez and Fat Joe in the video for “Hold You Down” in 2005.

California Bars ICE Agents From Wearing Masks in the State

21 September 2025 at 05:45
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill to prevent federal agents from concealing their identities with masks. The law is expected to face a legal challenge.

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Federal agents blocking protesters during a federal immigration raid in Camarillo, Calif., in July. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Saturday to prohibit facial concealment.

4 Men Sentenced in Warrant Scam Targeting Women From Prison

21 September 2025 at 06:05
They used a drone to drop cellphones into a Georgia prison yard, where an inmate coordinated a scheme targeting women who were medical workers in multiple states, prosecutors said.

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The men targeted women in the medical field who had testified under subpoena in court cases, the prosecutors said in court filings.

Trump Demands That Bondi Move ‘Now’ to Prosecute Foes

His demand came a day after he ousted the federal prosecutor who failed to charge two of his most-reviled adversaries, Letitia James and James B. Comey.

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President Trump’s campaign against U.S. attorneys is an extension, even an escalation, of the early purge that his top political appointees carried out at the Justice Department.

Trump Escalates Attack on Free Speech

Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, describes how the Trump administration’s pressuring of ABC to take action against Jimmy Kimmel is part of a broader crackdown by the administration since the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

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Arrest in Arizona Before Charlie Kirk Memorial Heightens Security Concerns

After a man was charged with impersonating a police officer, a spokesman for the group Charlie Kirk founded said the man had been providing advance security for a guest.

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Workers installed a banner at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., ahead of a memorial service to be held for Charlie Kirk on Sunday.

What to Know About Charlie Kirk’s Funeral: Time, How to Watch and Speakers

20 September 2025 at 17:02
The conservative activist will be honored in a public program on Sunday, with President Trump and several top administration officials expected to speak.

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A sign displaying a tribute to Charlie Kirk outside of Orem, Utah.

Marian Burros, 92, Dies; Food Writer Famed for Her Plum Torte and More

21 September 2025 at 03:03
At The Times and elsewhere, she combined recipe writing with reporting on topics like consumer protection and food safety. Her torte was a longtime fan favorite.

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Marian Burros in 1981, the year she joined The New York Times. She expanded the boundaries of traditional women’s-page food writing to include not just recipes but also reporting on nutrition, truth in advertising and government policy.

White House Outlines a TikTok Deal With a U.S. Board

21 September 2025 at 02:34
A potential deal to reduce TikTok’s ties to China would give the app a new board with six American directors out of seven, the White House press secretary said.

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The Trump administration and China had offered vague statements this past week about the status of a deal that would allow TikTok to stay on American phones.

They Were Promised a Taste of America. They Got Abuse and Exploitation.

20 September 2025 at 15:00
Every year, tens of thousands of young people are sent on visas to toil as farmworkers, housekeepers and office interns, all in the name of cultural exchange.

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Behare Mlinaku signed up for the cultural exchange program expecting to receive expert training. Instead, she said, all she did was manual labor.

4 Takeaways From the Times Investigation Into the J-1 Visa Program

20 September 2025 at 15:00
Some American companies have used the cultural exchange program as a supply of cheap, exploitable labor, records and interviews show.

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Workers like Dino Cekic came to the United States on J-1 visas expecting training and cultural immersion. Instead, they found abuse and exploitation.

Combs Sentencing Focuses Attention on Prostitution Law From 1910

19 September 2025 at 17:03
Acquitted of more serious charges, Sean Combs was found guilty of violating a law enacted during a panic over “white slavery” that is now a common tool in sex crimes prosecutions.

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Sean Combs was acquitted of the most serious charges at trial this summer. But he still faces a potentially significant prison term when he is sentenced next month on prostitution-related charges.

Top Democratic Leaders Ask Trump for Meeting to Avert a Shutdown

21 September 2025 at 01:18
After a Republican plan to keep funding flowing foundered in the Senate, Representative Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Chuck Schumer accused the president of standing in the way of a solution.

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Representative Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Chuck Schumer, both of New York, on Capitol Hill this month.

They Helped Oust a Dictator. Now the New Regime Is Coming for Them.

21 September 2025 at 01:54
President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua and his wife, who is co-president, have been arresting longtime loyalists, in an apparent quest to ensure no one outside the family rises to power.

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Rosario Murillo is said to be the true power in Nicaragua, and appears intent on remaining so.

Seeing Through the Reality of Meta’s Smart Glasses

Mark Zuckerberg’s glitch-filled unveiling of computerized glasses revealed a company that may struggle to deliver on its promise for the future of computing.

New York Times reporter Eli Tan tests the new Meta Neural band and Ray-Ban glasses at Meta Connect in Menlo Park, Calif., earlier this week.
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