❌

Reading view

There are new articles available, click to refresh the page.

NYC Halts Midtown Bus Lane Plan Following White House Threats

✇NYT | Top Stories
Stefanos Chen
Federal authorities ordered a halt to yet another transit project in New York City, this time a plan to add bus lanes along 34th Street in Manhattan, after the Trump administration threatened to withhold funding.

© Gary Hershorn/Getty Images

The plan to add bus lanes to 34th Street, a major thoroughfare that cuts across Manhattan, was designed to improve the commutes of thousands of people each day.

Cuomo All but Begs Sliwa to Drop Out. No Chance, Sliwa Says.

✇NYT | Top Stories
Nicholas Fandos
The morning after a contentious debate, Andrew M. Cuomo ramped up his attacks on Curtis Sliwa, the Republican mayoral nominee, as he continued to hunt for Republican votes.

© Vincent Alban/The New York Times

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is running a distant second in the New York City mayor’s race to Zohran Mamdani, a state assemblyman and the Democratic nominee.

How a Long Island Woman Was Diagnosed With Chikungunya

✇NYT | Top Stories
Joseph Goldstein
A Long Island woman had no idea what had hit her. Her pursuit of an answer led to a mosquito-borne disease rarely seen in the United States.

© Mimi d’Autremont for The New York Times

The Long Island woman who was diagnosed with chikungunya virus is an inveterate gardener. Maybe, she thinks, that’s how she was exposed to a mosquito carrying the disease.

The Government Is Shut Down. But Not for Fossil Fuels.

✇NYT | Top Stories
Lisa Friedman
Federal workers who issue permits for oil, gas and mining operations are on the job, along with those working to repeal pollution limits.

© Kristina Barker for The New York Times

While other federal employees have been furloughed, this week the Interior Department prepared to open more than 250,000 acres of land in Wyoming and Nebraska to oil drilling.

Senators Move to Force Vote to Bar Ground Strikes in Venezuela

✇NYT | Top Stories
Megan Mineiro
The bid comes after the Senate rejected a similar measure to curb President Trump’s attacks against alleged drug runners in the Caribbean Sea.

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

“The American people do not want to be dragged into endless war with Venezuela without public debate or a vote,” said Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, a Republican who has teamed up with two Democrats on the resolution.
❌