Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Jair Bolsonaro, the former president, to stay home most hours, defying President Trump’s demands that charges against Mr. Bolsonaro be dropped.
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A top housing finance regulator announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would allow lenders to use the traditional FICO score or one from a rival, VantageScore.
While the U.S. stock market has rebounded, the combination of the Trump tariffs, a volatile dollar and an erratic bond market has begun to shake global investment thinking.
Some counterprogramming to the summer’s blockbusters: “Titane,” “Coherence” and “Attack the Block.”
The anatomy of a Chinese fossil offers a hint that birdsong may be as old as the dinosaurs themselves.
A legislative win in Congress, and the promise of more to come, has helped lift the prospects and the wealth of the cryptocurrency industry.
“XAI had to apologize after Grok began praising Adolf Hitler, making antisemitic comments and referring to itself as MechaHitler.”
We examine the voting age around the world.
An arbitrator cleared the way for Chevron to buy Hess, allowing the energy giant to acquire a piece of one of the most promising oil projects in the world.
Es un pájaro, es un avión, ¡es viernes! Estas son las mejores lecturas para el fin de semana.
Relentless rain began on Wednesday, causing flooding in several cities and across vast rural stretches in the province of Punjab.
Plus, your Friday news quiz.
In a simmering fight over federal funding, lawmakers agreed to rescind billions for foreign aid and public broadcasters.
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The leaders of France, Germany and Britain are building parallel diplomatic institutions to defend Europe as President Trump retreats from the continent.
Spread across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, the secretive religious minority has long balanced integration and independence. Now, members are at the heart of the region’s shifting power struggles.
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La finasterida se ha hecho popular entre los hombres jóvenes para tratar la caída del cabello. Pero para aquellos que tienen dificultades para tener hijos, el medicamento podría ser la razón.
A long life doesn’t matter much if you don’t enjoy it.
James Gunn, the screenwriter and director of “Superman,” narrates a sequence featuring David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan.
La película de 2004 imaginaba una California sin latinos. Conforme el temor a las redadas de migración vacía partes de Los Ángeles, comentan sus creadores, la premisa se siente demasiado real.
Recent comments by the Israeli prime minister and a Fox News commentator about their suburban Philadelphia high school have inflamed a debate.
From the director of “Midsommar,” a nightmare vision of our national descent.
Su hijo y su nuera trajeron el amor a su hogar y representaban la esperanza de la familia para una vida mejor.
An adaptation of the Benjamin Britten opera, in turn based on Melville’s classic novella, joins a lineage of beautiful enigmas.
President Trump’s plan to impose a 100 percent tariff on Russian goods could raise the cost of urea, a key fertilizer in corn and other row crops.
The cuts speak to President Trump’s grip on his party but also to the sweeping changes in media.
Ali Akbar started selling papers on the streets in 1974. He is still at it, winning over Parisians and presidents with persistence, humor and his signature catchphrase: “Ça y est!”
We need to reckon with what ChatGPT is doing to the classroom and to human expression.
The man of steel is back, and in this latest reboot, earnestness is a superpower.
Paired with a tomato-pepper salad and a peaches and cream cake, this herby main is lush with peak green beans and corn.
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
Conor McPherson’s eerie 1997 drama, set in a rural Ireland of near-empty pubs and howling winds, returns to Irish Rep in top form.
The party is getting pummeled. But it can fight back.
It was once considered a virtue. Why do some people now think it’s a bad thing?
President Trump’s attacks on the group of emerging economies, which includes Brazil, Russia and China, have put one member — India — in an uncomfortable spot.
It is inevitable that America will eventually follow the rest of the world and that in 40 or so years, it will run mainly on sun and wind.
Calm and graceful, this cello piece by Bach slowly dances through hopefulness, longing and introspection.
A philosophy of respectful custodianship of the land and the importance of one’s place of origin may sound familiar to those who seek out terroir.
The American Museum of Natural History has introduced a no-cost membership tier available to New York residents who receive food assistance. They can also bring guests.
President Trump suggested a deal was coming, but officials are still demanding more from Harvard, including extensive information about international students, staff payroll and protests.
To celebrate the shows’ golden anniversaries, the Broadway star Robyn Hurder demonstrates what makes their choreography so special.
His hit reboot is meant to kick off years of new projects from the rebranded DC Studios. But for a long time, Gunn couldn’t figure out the character.
Adapted from the Esi Edugyan novel, this Hulu series follows a child who escapes slavery and embarks on a life of swashbuckling adventure.
The term has fallen out of fashion, but the experimental spirit of the genre lives on in the refreshingly off-kilter Brent Weinbach and Eddie Pepitone.
The slinky jailbirds and Broadway hopefuls in these two classic shows have been fighting it out since 1975.
Shari Lewis’s pioneering role in children’s television becomes clear in a new film that can be perfunctory about her life.
After a valuable de Kooning was discovered behind a bedroom door, a true crime fan wondered: Is that all the thieves stole?
The industry’s shift toward live service games that are updated for years has studios unwilling to embrace the power of mortality.
When the wealthy need anything — luggage, a prescription or keys — delivered out east, they can call Tote Taxi.
The start-up, called Truemed, helps people buy meat and mattresses with money that isn’t subject to federal income tax. But does the tax break apply?
Celebrity memoirs should obviously include indexes so we can find the juicy parts. So why don’t they?
A new graphic biography of Caravaggio draws a provocative line from the old masters to the outsider artists of today.
Examining artifacts from the archive of British Romanticism, a scholar finds evidence of intimate, if often overlooked, connections to slavery.
Offering a rare glimpse inside the hidden world of rejected insurance claims, new data shows a steady uptick among major private insurers.
Two darkly amusing graphic novels for kids pit machine learning and rocket science against good old-fashioned humanity.
James Gunn narrates a sequence from his film, in which Superman (David Corenswet) is interviewed by Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan).
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Un profesor de estudios sobre el Holocausto llegó a la conclusión dolorosa de que Israel está cometiendo un genocidio contra el pueblo palestino.
Tiene una cualidad de hombre fuera del tiempo que lo hace muy parecido a su personaje. Sin embargo, el actor es consciente de las expectativas que despierta su interpretación.
In Manhattan, Brooklyn, Albany and Newark, confusion has reigned as prosecutors are fired or walk out, and U.S. attorneys serve in limbo while awaiting confirmation.
A Times reporter reflects on the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the Department of Education.
The tension over masked federal immigration agents expanded on Long Island, where police officers are now permitted to mask up — but no one else is.
When an upstart women’s shoe brand made a sponsorship deal with Courtney Williams, a Minnesota Lynx all-star, it put the hugely popular league in an awkward position.
CBS “will be ending ‘The Late Show’ in May,” Colbert told his audience on Thursday. He kept the announcement brief and light.
This word has appeared in 27 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
Miles de elementos de la Guardia Nacional prestan servicio en la región de Los Ángeles desde el mes pasado. Seis soldados dijeron en entrevistas que el despliegue ha provocado un decaimiento en la moral.
Congress just voted to claw back $500 million in funding for public broadcasting. Benjamin Mullin, a media reporter for The New York Times, explains what will happen now to NPR, PBS and the many local stations that rely on the funding.
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The loss of federal funding threatens scores of public TV and radio stations across the United States.
Israel ha entablado conversaciones a puerta cerrada sobre un acuerdo diplomático con el gobierno sirio. Sus ataques contra Damasco de esta semana ponen de manifiesto una falta de claridad estratégica.
Nicholas McCarthy overcame rejection to make a professional career playing the surprisingly vast repertoire for left-hand piano.
Corrections that appeared in print on Friday, July 18, 2025.
When my 60-year-old husband suddenly left, I lost a sense of who I was, but not entirely.
Dayton Munson and Emily Orozco hit it off over Bumble, then over a series of restaurant dates.
Ernie Apreza and Kyle Labarry were looking for community in a new city when they first met 10 years ago. Along the way, they found love.
Aleksandra Dubov and Daniyel Berchenko were stargazing in the California desert when Ms. Dubov asked him a direct question.
Long before President Trump wielded tariffs as a weapon to punish Indonesia, the country was fighting back a flood of cheap Chinese goods.
It took Ellenore Scott, a Broadway choreographer, three months to reply to Trey Everett, a writer and musician. It only took a week to fall in love.
Quotation of the Day for Friday, July 18, 2025.
The alert, issued to retired service members who served in Iraq or Syria and live in Florida, did not specify what kind of threat or which terrorist group was involved.
The journalist Will Sommer examines the perfect storm of the Epstein files, Trump, QAnon and MAGA.
Many questioned the timing of and motivation for the announcement, noting that Mr. Colbert hosted the most-watched show in late night television.
The House Rules Committee laid the groundwork for an eventual vote to call for release of the Epstein files, reflecting Republican uneasiness with the president’s refusal to divulge information from the investigation.
The raid indicates a new strategy of going deeper into California after focusing on Southern California for several weeks.
Kelly Morenus opens our solving weekend with some long, lively entries.
The attorney general plans to ask a court to release the papers. But even if the request succeeds, it would fall far short of critics’ demands to release all investigative materials.
And just like that, a “Sex and the City” revival seemed to remember the first word in the franchise title.
Gov. Gavin Newsom says California should redraw its own congressional districts if Texas tries to gerrymander its lines. His idea faces long odds.
Federal prosecutors accused the man of threatening to kill Ms. Greene, her staff, and their families, months before President Trump sought to dismantle the news agency.
Donald Trump was friendly for at least 15 years with Jeffrey Epstein, the multimillionaire financier and convicted sex offender who died in prison in 2019.
A federal judge said Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, whom President Trump fired from the Federal Trade Commission in March, was still a “rightful member” of the agency.
Lt. Gen. Michael J. Borgschulte, an aviator who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, will relieve Vice Adm. Yvette M. Davids, the academy’s first female superintendent.
In the first tangible inroads Elon Musk has sought for years in India, Starlink passed a final regulatory hurdle and Tesla opened its first India store.
A deal to resolve allegations that the university failed to protect Jewish students from harassment is expected to include a fine of about $200 million.
Ian Cleary, 32, attacked a fellow Gettysburg College student in her dorm room more than a decade ago. A series of Facebook messages helped lead to his arrest.
The show will end in May, the network said, calling it “a purely financial decision.”
Christopher Waller, a potential contender to be the next chair of the central bank, said the Federal Reserve should not wait for the labor market to weaken to reduce interest rates.
Esta afección, que puede causar hinchazón y dolor, es frecuente entre los adultos mayores.
Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum visited the site on Thursday to study whether reopening it as a federal prison could work.
One or more foxes have stolen at least 32 shoes, according to park officials, who warned campers to guard their belongings.
In voting for President Trump’s cancellation of $9 billion in spending they had already approved, Republicans in Congress showed they were willing to cede their power of the purse.
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, has said that the next major airport security screening announcement could target limits on liquids. How likely is that?
The man, 61, was in critical condition after entering an exam room in Westbury, N.Y., on Long Island, without authorization while a scan was in progress, the authorities said.
Also, Britain is planning to lower the voting age. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
Wesley Morris talks with the chef and food writer Samin Nosrat about her love-hate relationship with “The Bear,” a show that’s always racing against the clock. She says the best moments, in the show and in our own kitchens, happen when things slow down.
A clearer picture begins to emerge of what the Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites achieved.
Przemyslaw Jeziorski, who taught quantitative marketing at the Haas School of Business, was shot several times on July 4 outside Athens, the authorities said.
An A.C.L.U. lawyer said it was possible that any sheriff who complied with the request could be in violation of California’s so-called sanctuary state law.
Realizing a childhood dream, he created scenery that was highly conceptual yet playful for the Glimmerglass Festival, New York City Opera and other companies.
This week in Newly Reviewed, Max Lakin covers Nancy Dwyer’s big words and a summer group show with some thrilling collisions.
The bolt struck local archers and a boy scout troop in New Jersey, killing one man and injuring at least 13 other people. Friends of the victims said the strike had come out of nowhere.
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Industry groups said the directive could create new delays and bottlenecks for renewable energy projects across the country.
The Trump administration will give utilities around the country an additional year to come up with a plan to clean up contaminated waterways.
China has been displaying intellectual and innovative vitality for decades and the United States has scarcely mobilized.
After hearing complaints about his prices, a store owner in Brooklyn has apologized, and begun the laborious task of lowering thousands of them.
He broke with the left over its criticism of Israel and what he saw as its anti-Americanism. But he also became a critic of Donald Trump.
The series is substantive, well crafted and a little melancholy, centered on a group of Black train porters in Canada in the 1920s.
Temperatures are scorching, and they probably haven’t peaked yet.
After a week of squabbling in Washington, the cryptocurrency industry secured one of its primary legislative objectives and made progress toward a second one.
It was another strong quarter for the streaming giant, which generated $11.1 billion in revenue.
The condition, which can cause swelling and pain, is common among older adults.
The Commerce Department plans to impose a 93.5 percent levy on Chinese graphite, an essential ingredient in the batteries that power electric vehicles.
Mr. Adams, who was elected on a law-and-order campaign message, is seeking to portray Zohran Mamdani, this year’s Democratic nominee, as weak on crime.
Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, released a letter from President Trump’s physician stating that the president has chronic venous insufficiency, which he called a benign and common condition in older people.
A tropical disturbance is bringing heavy rain as it moves west through Louisiana and Mississippi.
Three spots where vegetarians don’t have to make a meal of appetizers and sides.
The president has fired or demoted over 20 inspectors general since he took office. Employees say they are demoralized and reluctant to pursue investigations that could prompt political blowback.
According to church officials, at least three people were killed and six others were injured when an Israeli strike hit the Holy Family Catholic Church compound in Gaza City on Thursday. The Israeli military is examining the incident.
Sunshine Stewart, 48, was found dead near 100 Acre Island after disappearing while paddle boarding in Union, Maine.
Grain Belt Express, a transmission line that would cross 800 miles of the Midwest, is at the center of a number of disputes.
The company was accused of marketing its products to teenagers, causing a surge in use.
The rock band’s singer confronted its guitarist during a show last year, leading to the cancellation of its reunion tour.
More than eight inches of rain fell in some parts of the Kansas City area overnight, meteorologists said.
Purists are freaking out over her informal locutions, but at least they’re taking notice.
In her lawsuit, Rachel Dawson denies making antisemitic remarks and accuses the school of racial bias in its investigation and decision-making.
En medio de la pérdida, muchos hallaron un propósito en la desgarradora labor de reunir objetos con sobrevivientes y familias.
The House this week took up a trio of bills that would establish a federal framework for regulating the cryptocurrency industry. One of the measures is about to clear Congress and become law.
The British government said it wants to lower the voting age to 16 as part of a plan that has been described as the country’s largest expansion of voting rights in decades.
Maurene Comey trabajó en las causas contra el financiero que se suicidó antes de ser procesado. También es hija de un adversario del presidente Trump.
The Trump administration joined with trade groups to ask a court to overturn a Biden-era rule that aimed to limit the impact of unpaid medical bills on consumers’ credit history.
The rules can get complicated in a country with French, Dutch and German as official languages.
La organización ha investigado las muertes en prisión y la tortura bajo el mandato del presidente Nayib Bukele. Sus empleados fueron amenazados y vigilados, dijo su director.
Esuatini, que forma parte de los terceros países que han recibido a personas deportadas de EE. UU., anunció que planea regresar a cinco de estos migrantes a sus naciones de origen.
Blood in the streets, smashed windows and the smell of corpses in the air: A resident of the southern city of Sweida describes the aftermath of a wave of sectarian violence.
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Whether you’re growing them yourself or picking them up from a market, the best cherry tomatoes are abundant right now. Here’s what to make with them.
The move was a stunning reversal of Biden-era efforts to address racial disparities in local law enforcement.
The food giant said its Frito-Lay snack division planned to make a line of Cheetos and Doritos with no artificial colors or flavors, as demand falters.
Closing Mauna Loa and three other U.S. sites that track greenhouse gases would disrupt a decades-long record of the planet’s changing atmosphere.
Cuando “Pretty Little Baby” se hizo viral este año, Francis se alegró de volver a ser el centro de atención y se unió a TikTok.
A special session of the Texas Legislature will address the deadly floods in Hill Country, but the fireworks will come from President Trump’s demand for a newly gerrymandered House map.
Readers offer advice to the Democrats. Also: Senator Josh Hawley’s reversal; a backlash at the E.P.A.; President Trump and the absurd.
El acuerdo, firmado por el primer ministro Keir Starmer y el canciller Friedrich Merz durante su visita a Londres, abarca energía, cooperación económica, migración y defensa.
Russell T. Vought, the head of the Office of Management and Budget, said he and other administration officials wanted access to the Fed’s building in Washington.
Yeison Rodriguez Acosta used data he had obtained as a Wells Fargo employee to spend customers’ money on luxury car payments and a body-shaping program, among other expenses, prosecutors said.
Summer is a busy time for lighting strikes, which kill about 20 people and injure many others across the United States each year, officials said.
One of the most intelligent artists in North America finally gets the retrospective he deserves.
An even more intense battle is expected on the Senate floor over the nomination of a Trump immigration policy enforcer to a lifetime judicial post.
Después de que el presidente Trump anunció que el refrescó se fabricará con azúcar de caña en Estados Unidos, los “foodies” de ascendencia mexicana dijeron que la idea no les convencía.
The interior designer Nick Spain added jewel-toned colors and botanical prints to a Cobble Hill home with literary history.
As cease-fire talks stalled, a deadly strike on a Catholic church in Gaza City prompted Pope Leo XIV to call for an immediate end to the fighting.
Maurene Comey, who helped prosecute Jeffrey Epstein and Sean Combs, was dismissed without a detailed explanation. She is the daughter of James B. Comey, a longtime adversary of President Trump.
Firefighters waded through waist-deep water to rescue people from nearly two dozen cars, officials said.
Floodwaters from heavy rains rushed down a residential street in Shawnee, Kan., a suburb of Kansas City.
Less stress, fewer dishes and more time to enjoy the great outdoors.
The independence of central banks, which allows policymakers to operate free from political meddling, is considered sacrosanct by investors and economists.
Charlie Bird’s farro salad is a five-star reader favorite: “I have lost count of how many times I have made this salad.”
Senator Ron Wyden has found that four banks waited until Mr. Epstein’s arrest on federal charges to flag $1.5 billion in suspicious transactions. Mr. Wyden wants the documents made public.
Local officials said that the scale of the tragedy was worsened by shoddy construction and a lack of preparedness.
The smells and sounds of locomotive travel get the audience in the mood for a theatrical adaptation of the beloved children’s book.
Christian Thielemann’s inaugural new production as the general music director of the Berlin State Opera is the rarity “Die Schweigsame Frau.”
The House is set to vote on a series of high-stakes bills backed by the cryptocurrency industry, after top Republicans brokered a deal with a group of dissenters in their ranks.
Substack, originally a newsletter service, says its app now has millions of users interacting with its creators.
Israel launched airstrikes against targets in Syria in Wednesday, following days of sectarian violence in the southern region of Sweida that has killed more than 500.
The plan has been described as the largest expansion of voting rights in Britain in decades.