President Trump said the military cannot be burdened with what he called “the tremendous medical costs” of allowing transgender service members.
“I served this country to protect everyone’s rights and freedoms, and one would think that would include my own.”
His agenda stalled, the president has settled for barring a few thousand transgender Americans from serving in the military.
The legislative showdown will continue Wednesday as the Senate considers various measures to replace the health law.
President Trump has reversed an Obama administration policy that evolved rapidly. Here is how The Times covered the issue.
The president’s third straight day of publicly complaining about Jeff Sessions, the attorney general, came during speculation that Mr. Trump could fire Mr. Sessions.
An unusual trial has featured victims who actually made money and defense lawyers who paint their client as an erratic misfit and want more victims to testify.
New Yorkers United Together appears to be the third nonprofit formed by allies of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to emerge in support of his policies.
The company’s Family Link software for managing children’s Android phones can be undone the instant a young user turns 13.
Is there anything that concerned Americans can do to help prevent massive losses of insurance coverage? Yes, there is.
The Federal Reserve is wrapping up its post-crisis economic stimulus campaign, and said the next step would come “relatively soon,” so long as moderate economic growth continues.
Books by former Dallas police chief David O. Brown and the law professor Paul Butler, and a collection edited by Angela J. Davis, call for transformation of the system.
New rules would make it easier for some of the schools to hire teachers, but they are expected to be met with fierce opposition from many in education.
California wants to cut greenhouse gas emissions more than even President Barack Obama had proposed. But can the state pull it off, or will it falter?...
David J. Apol has sought to loosen ethics requirements on federal employees, and will face an early test when he makes a decision on Anthony Scaramucci.
An author discusses the response to a recent Op-Ed on the president’s foreign policy.
Max Brooks’s new novel has an unusual feature: It can also be played within a video game.
The execution of Ronald Phillips was the first in Ohio since the state changed its methods after an inmate took an unusually long time to die in 2014.
The president’s absurd campaign against Jeff Sessions distills his unfitness for the office.
Did the university move too slowly in responding to allegations of drug abuse by one of its most prominent deans?
Darling of YouTube and the art world circuit, he hits his stride with pointillist celebrity portraits made from emoji.
A Human Rights Watch report cites widespread harassment of migrants in Calais, including the random use of pepper spray on sleeping people.
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Ms. Spalding, a singer and bassist, is making her sixth record during a marathon 77-hour writing and recording session that she will stream live online.
Readers discuss President Trump’s attacks on his attorney general and Jared Kushner’s defense before Senate investigators.
Mr. Rajoy’s testimony made him the first sitting head of the Spanish government to take the witness stand in the country’s modern history.
Broadening sanctions will only help the Maduro government consolidate power.
A reader calls President Trump’s decision to bar transgender people “reckless.”
This week's installment of our Instagram series features Ekaterina Krysanova of the Bolshoi Ballet.
The director Christopher Nolan sent composer Hans Zimmer a windup pocket watch and suggestion to borrow from Elgar. The result was unbearable tension.
After the Polish president vetoed widely criticized judiciary bills, the E.U. said it would not invoke part of a treaty that could have resulted in the loss of voting rights in the bloc.
Margot Sanger-Katz, a New York Times correspondent, explains the implications of a new, more modest health care bill Republicans are working on.
Far from the staged depictions of orderly regiments, a nameless British photographer evoked the infernal crucible of warfare.
The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence writes that carrying a gun creates far more risk than it prevents for victims and survivors.
The Treasury Department ordered assets in the United States frozen for 13 well connected Venezuelan figures and barred Americans from doing business with them.
The two nuclear powers are fighting over a border, but their battle is really over the shape of Asia’s future.
The crime blotter item came from Arlington, a city in the ninth year of a 10-year plan to eradicate homelessness.
Mr. Patinkin, a Tony winner, will return to Broadway in a role that was previously played by Josh Groban.
Farewell, pleasure palaces of days past. A filmmaker’s series chronicles a way of life as it reaches its end.
Dan Bell takes us on a visual journey through some of the dying pleasure palaces of his youth.
There are active steps you can take during and after a crisis to speed your emotional recovery.
Athletes whose results from past world championships have been upgraded because of others’ doping violations will receive the flag and anthem treatment next month in London.
Dog owners spent 30 fewer minutes a day being sedentary than those who didn’t own a dog.
The Kremlin said that news of the proposed American measures was “sad” and that relations between Moscow and Washington would be further damaged.
Ben Barenholtz helped kick-start the careers of Mr. Lynch, the Coen brothers and John Sayles. Now he’s finally trying his hand at his own drama.
The prospect of regulatory requirements raises the question of whether the offerings provide any advantage over crowdfunding, venture capital or initial public offerings.
The New York Times would like to hear from people who are affected by President Trump’s decision to ban transgender people from military service.
The New York Times would like to hear from people who are affected by President Trump’s decision to ban transgender people from military service.
The city’s popular new ferry service keeps getting better, as riders discover the delights of a beer or a glass of rosé on the slow boat to a night out.
For its opening night, the Mostly Mozart festival offered a program of symphony and song featuring the Young People’s Chorus of New York.
Jill Dawson’s novel “The Crime Writer” uses the life of Patricia Highsmith to explore the territory between reality and fantasy.
A company known for its software and its failure to make good gadgets is making advances in personal computers. Consider the ingenuity of the Surface Studio big-screen desktop.
Sven Lau was sentenced to more than five years in prison for recruiting people to fight with a pro-Islamic State group in Syria.
After gold medals in three other events, Ledecky settled for silver, meaning her bid to win six gold medals in Budapest is over.
The Broad? Meet the Cheech: A champion of Latino art moves beyond his personal collection to found a new museum.
Republican leaders are bringing the second of several expected amendments to a vote on Wednesday.
Three major proposals are being discussed.
The Mumbai police arrested a man affiliated with a local political party and charged him with culpable homicide in the collapse, which killed at least 17 people.
Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, and Senator Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island, were recorded disparaging President Trump and another G.O.P. lawmaker.
Secured at high cost by the American troop surge in 2010, the critical Afghan province of Kandahar again seems at risk from heavier insurgent assaults.
Thanks to the app’s ability to download interactive maps, you can still see where you’re going without having to be online.
The concept of childhood innocence itself has a deep and disturbing racial history.
The company known for room rentals now offers guided “experiences.”
Technically, he defeated her. Emotionally, not so much.
The divide is not left versus center but those who trust the system versus those who don’t.
The mind-bending animated story of a crazed scientific genius and his grandson begins Season 3.
The drummer expands on his recent release, “Kinfolk: Postcards From Everywhere,” which combines intricate percussion with oral history.
The Quad schedules seven “Pink Panther” movies, but only five star Peter Sellers in his bread-and-butter role.
The latest exhibition in the Manhattan park’s robust art program features three colorful structures for dancers, poets and musicians to perform in, on and around.
This exhibition is a collaboration with the Equal Justice Initiative.
In “Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow,” the playwright Halley Feiffer reimagines Chekhov.
A Little Night Music, the popular series of late-night, hourlong programs, returns to the elegant and intimate Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center.
When tragedy befalls your garden, move forward: Start with some spaghetti carbonara, and move into other comforts.
Unruly pets, vocal sex, Fleetwood Mac turned up loud: In Britain, any of these can get you tagged as a public nuisance.
Mr. de Montebello, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s former director, will be a director of Acquavella Galleries, effective immediately.
The nations were criticized for hampering efforts to relieve the burden on Greece and Italy, where refugees arrived in huge numbers in 2015 and 2016.
The ban follows similar announcements by France, India and Norway, and is the latest move in a growing push toward the use of electric vehicles.
Several states have moved in recent months to strengthen their laws against child marriage.
Several states have moved in recent months to strengthen their laws against child marriage.
Training camps are about to open, with the top job on the line.
Training camps are about to open, with the top job on the line.
Metropol Parasol, a contemporary structure with Roman ruins underneath, spurred revitalization, including hip boutiques.
One rock venue after another in Brooklyn has closed, so Bar Matchless — home of heavy-metal karaoke — has become a place “you want to play.”...
The automaker’s quarterly profit rose 4 percent thanks to a surge in profit from its lending arm, Ford Credit.
A 19th-century farmhouse offers an acre of peace and quiet and yet is within an hour of Prague.
A 19th-century farmhouse offers an acre of peace and quiet and yet is within an hour of Prague.
The bill limits the president’s ability to lift or suspend sanctions against Russia, North Korea and Iran.
His one-man show, “The Terms of My Surrender,” is opening at the Belasco Theater. But theater audiences in New York may already be part of his choir.
After rigorous testing of brewing and grinding equipment for coffee, here are the results.
Djokovic will pull out of the United States Open and end his streak of participating in 51 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments.
The move, which follows similar announcements by France, India and Norway, is the latest part of a growing push toward the use of electric vehicles.
A beachfront townhouse on Siesta Key, a shingled home near the bay in Bristol and a Tudor-style house in a leafy Denver enclave.
A beachfront townhouse on Siesta Key, a shingled home near the bay in Bristol and a Tudor-style house in a leafy Denver enclave.
Meeting steamy conditions with mindfulness may help us discover that peace and joy are always possible.
Wednesday: Questions for John Cox, a Republican candidate for governor; growing pressure on U.S.C. over a drug scandal; and bioluminescence in the Pacific.
A tip from a resident led the police to detain Franz Wrousis in connection with an assault on employees of a health insurance company.
The deaths in El Paso came days after the authorities discovered the bodies of eight migrants packed in a sweltering tractor-trailer in San Antonio.
Enjoying the region’s rolling, campestral beauty in a three-town tour — while leaving the modest stack of pounds sterling in my pocket intact.
Mr. Trump talks trash politics to children attending a Boy Scouts jamboree.
Across the country, old-fashioned grocery stores, like the oldest business in Colorado, are among the most endangered of small-town businesses.
In this 360° video, travel through archival photographs to sites of one of the most destructive civil disturbances in American history and hear from a woman who witnessed it.
Ignoring public disgust, it will now debate proposals that would leave millions more without insurance or with unaffordable care.
The American tech behemoth may be seeking to tailor its widely used voice recognition system to an Australian audience.
Fueled by insatiable demand in the gulf states, the Italian marble trade is booming. A look at how the stone is wrenched from the earth.
A Special Forces sergeant who was the only one of four Americans to escape spoke publicly for the first time about that day.
Amid competing ideas of history, what Indians call their geography reflects a country’s desire to see itself.
A high-profile attempt to educate young people about the Holocaust is also balancing the sensitive issue of charging for the exhibition.
The court battle was the longest running in Germany over Nazi-looted art and focused on a painting by Paul Klee that had been seized as degenerate art.
Wednesday: Tips from professional photographers, our governor in Washington, and a festival at Lincoln Center.
As negotiations progress, hopes for a painless divorce and new opportunities for a “global Britain” wither, but the infighting intensifies.
Conversations across the capital are tinged with guilt about inequality and development.
As sales decline in the middle of the fashion market, two of its big players are looking elsewhere for expansion.
At least 10,000 people were forced to flee after a fire started near the town of Bormes-les-Mimosas, as summer blazes raged across the region.
Six months into his presidency, Mr. Trump is using his Twitter account to insult others with a frequency and intensity not seen since he was a candidate.
The activist sued to force the media metrics company into holding an annual meeting.
The amount and saltiness of sweat changed in skin areas that had been dyed.
Nick Sakagami, the only person outside of Japan to become a certified osakana meister, or fish master, shares his expertise.
The artist at the center of Percival Everett’s new novel provides three narrative threads, including one of his affair in Paris.
The actor and producer on duck-lips selfies and the intersection of feminism and porn.
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on refusing to pay taxes as a form of political protest and reaching out to an unacknowledged half sibling.
The blind, largely self-taught musician produced the best-selling Indigenous album in Australian history and played in concert halls around the world.
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After the dramatic return of John McCain, the Senate narrowly agrees to begin work on repealing Obamacare — then votes down a plan to do exactly that.
Mr. Colbert worried on “The Late Show” about the impact of President Trump’s speech to the Boy Scouts of America.
The remote location was once prestigious, but the lack of subway service is now considered a liability. Still, it means there are deals to be had.
A peninsula by Jamaica Bay is popular with boaters and sun lovers.
For years, Apple was the innovative leader in personal computers. Not anymore.
Cespedes, showing signs of snapping out of a weekslong slump, went 3 for 4 with three runs driven in, and a wild trip around the bases.
The Space Corps, which would be created within the Air Force, has formidable skeptics, including the defense secretary and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The attorney general told cities and states they could lose millions of dollars in federal grants unless they cooperate with immigration agents.
The 1933 King Kong classic gets a bump into the Vietnam era and a monstrous growth spurt. And three music moguls search Atlanta for the next big talent.
A public outcry led the Coast Guard to ease a security zone at Trump National Golf Club on the river for boats, kayaks and other watercraft.
President Trump’s nominee for a top Justice Department role said he would not have done work for the bank had he known for sure that he would be tapped by the administration.
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Last week, as the White House fell into an increasingly fractious debate over Afghanistan policy, Trump aides met with a chemical executive to discuss the potential for extracting rare-earth minerals.
A lawyer for Cardinal George Pell, one of Pope Francis’ top advisers, said the prelate would plead not guilty to all charges. The hearing lasted six minutes.
The estimate significantly shortens the time that analysts believed it would take the regime to develop a weapon capable of reaching the continental United States.
Riders only lose when the mayor and governor place responsibility with each other.
Always be prepared for this president to hijack your jamboree.
Once a Hollywood darling, a boutique studio has endured box office flops, and is dealing with the financial problems of its Chinese owner.
The action by Spain’s top sports authority, the Higher Council of Sport, came a week after Ángel María Villar was arrested in a corruption inquiry.
Todd Frazier grounded into a triple play in his first home at-bat for the Yankees, but the Yankees went on to defeat Cincinnati behind seven strong innings from Jordan Montgomery.
The president escaped Washington in search of more appreciative audiences and found that he still enjoys campaign-style rallies.
Bitcoin Cash, to be available Aug. 1, sprang from a feud over how to govern a decentralized, open-source technology with no one set of leaders or owners.
Quotation of the day for Wednesday, July 26, 2017.
Aligning with an impulsive president has both costs and benefits.
Corrections appearing in print on Wednesday, July 26, 2017.
At a time when audiences crave female empowerment, she is packing a punch, first in “Mad Max: Fury Road” and now in “Atomic Blonde.”
A jokey debut from Brian Cox.
David Robertson, one of three players the team acquired in a trade with the White Sox, marveled at the move toward youth since his last stint with the team.
The agency said that at least some virtual currencies being sold to investors should be categorized as securities and needed to follow federal laws.
Svetlana Alexievich’s “The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II” unearths a mostly buried aspect of Russian history.
“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” has rarely ignited in recent years. But this production in London dazzles.
Diesel, once a cornerstone of German engineering, is facing a growing backlash among consumers, regulators and cities.
The lawsuit accused the pharmaceutical company of marketing Thalomid and Revlimid for unapproved use on a broader range of cancers.
Two prominent museum groups said the plan to sell works by Norman Rockwell, Alexander Calder and others would violate the organizations’ ethical codes.
It’s a complicated question, but there are a few concrete tips to be had.
Francisco Cortes, who was vice president for Fox News Latino, said he was made a scapegoat when 21st Century Fox settled Tamara Holder’s suit for $2.5 million.
The Syrian video collective Abounaddara took down some 400 videos because they said a Milan art fair had improperly incorporated them into an exhibition.
The city intends to award tax-free grants of $50,000 each to the 14 surviving strikers, an improvised fix to one of Memphis’s most bitter labor legacies.
Dr. Ratner defied the notion that the brightest in her field do their best work when they are young.
Ellsbury, who has been told by Manager Joe Girardi that he is now out of the starting lineup, blames a May concussion for his struggles this season.
Ms. Sinatra, who was married to Frank Sinatra from 1976 until his death in 1998, founded a nonprofit center in California to help abused children.
Brent McLaughlin, a tattooed former roadie, is a different face of golf, running the Canadian Open with his own vision of the game.
Oliver Schmidt, who was based in the United States, has been accused of knowingly providing false information to American regulators.
The ace tied a single-season franchise record on Monday with his eighth consecutive start with a victory.
An exchange with a longtime fixture of the Manhattan streets.
Mr. Baird, a native of Barbados who became a teacher and administrator in New York City schools and at various colleges, argued for the term Afro-American.
The advice of Dr. Hinohara, who cautioned against early retirement and advocated climbing stairs regularly, helped make Japan the world leader in longevity.
Muslim worshipers prayed outside the compound of the Aqsa Mosque holy site, where security devices had prompted days of violent clashes.
Confidential information was exposed because a government contractor was not properly supervised, officials said.
A man taken into custody in Virginia identified himself as Whitehead, but further investigation revealed it was a case of false identity.
In Ingrid Jungermann’s droll comedy, ex-lovers who produce a podcast about serial killers find themselves at odds when a new romantic interest emerges.
In this engaging documentary, Michael Almereyda looks at the screenwriter Hampton Fancher, one of the seers behind the 1982 “Blade Runner.”
Catherine Bainbridge’s “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World” celebrates performers who never fully got their due for their musical contributions.
Lauren Gunderson’s “The Book of Will,” making part of its rolling world premiere, finds drama in family relationships and Renaissance publishing.
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Anne Dufourmantelle, 53, a French philosopher who urged people to take action when facing grave danger, had leapt into rough surf off a beach near St.-Tropez.
Angelika Graswald’s reduced charges in the drowning of her fiancé in the Hudson River reflected the district attorney’s concerns over an acquittal.
It is the latest instance of an activist shareholder seeking to flex its muscle and change a company’s corporate strategy
Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York City.
iRobot, the company that makes the Roomba robotic vacuum, is considering selling the mapping data the devices collect to a company like Google or Amazon.
Europe’s top human rights court overturned a Portuguese decision reducing the damages awarded to a woman who was left unable to have sex after a botched surgery in 1995.
McConnell’s norm-breaking is a lot like Trump’s.
McConnell’s norm-breaking is a lot like Trump’s.
The director discusses an action-heavy sequence featuring Charlize Theron.
Emery LeCrone and Claudia Schreier’s programs at the Joyce had stars (Wendy Whelan!) and sophistication. So why was it not thrilling?
The director David Leitch narrates a sequence featuring Charlize Theron.
United Airlines had mistakenly told travelers returning home from Comic-Con International in San Diego to remove comic books from their checked bags.
Don’t let Michael Phelps ruin your “Shark Week.” Read about some of the best shark travel adventures around the world and learn how to share the water with them safely.
Great reads around the web, from Anna Dubenko, Steven Erlanger and others.