Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, took questions from reporters for the first time in nearly two weeks.
BTS is back. Roll up to the drive-through with our critic Jon Caramanica as he dissects “Normal,” one of the most inventive songs from the group’s new album “Arirang,” and explains how it taps into the stylings of Rihanna and Mk.gee.
Members of the United Nations Security Council condemned deadly attacks on U.N. peacekeepers in south Lebanon and called for de-escalation between Israel and Hezbollah.
Also, a judge halts construction on the White House ballroom. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
Lynch Fragments, a series of abstract steel sculptures he created starting in 1963, evoked the long, devastating history of violence against Black Americans.
An emerging Republican plan to skirt a Democratic filibuster and fund an entire department without congressional appropriations would be the latest example of surrendering power to the White House.
The Emancipation Proclamation and the 19th Amendment have been added to the Archives’s rotunda, the first permanent changes there in nearly 75 years.
The president’s foundation released a video showing a gleaming tower by Biscayne Bay emblazoned with his name. It would dominate the skyline.
At least 120,000 law enforcement officers who work for the agency have continued to collect paychecks throughout the funding lapse. But tens of thousands of workers have gone without pay.
It’s not just any orange. It’s International Orange.
Residentes de la isla contaron a The New York Times cómo la escasez de combustible les ha trastornado la vida.
The start-up has raised a total of $122 billion in a funding round that values the company at $730 billion.
Gerald J. Pappert, a federal judge, affirms that Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was within its rights to demand that the University of Pennsylvania turn over information about Jews on campus.
A landmark court ruling in an online addiction case could be very bad news for big tech companies.
Even opponents of the conflict should want to see Iran defanged and defeated.
Why none of America’s faiths have taken mainline Protestantism’s place.
David McCraw, who heads the newsroom legal team for The New York Times, discusses the case and his view of the judge’s ruling.
Iran continued to retaliate across the region on Tuesday but markets saw hopes that fighting might ebb. Israel said it would occupy a large chunk of Lebanon even after the war ends.
What happens when a growing cohort of young people decide to ditch their devices?
We asked six young New Yorkers who have taken the leap.
If it’s possible to put plants to sleep using anesthesia, what does that say about whether they’re conscious? Can they feel pain? The author Michael Pollan explores this “spooky and interesting” discovery on “The Ezra Klein Show.”
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s aides said that their online insults were meant to ridicule figures on the right. But some critics say they are homophobic.
“The brain exists to keep the body alive, not the other way around,” argues the author Michael Pollan as he explores the connection between consciousness and the body in this episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.”
A growing energy crisis could push countries to burn more fossil fuels in the short term, experts say. Plus more climate news.
Funcionarios estadounidenses habrían asegurado al gobierno de Colombia que el presidente no se enfrenta a cargos penales relacionados con sus investigaciones.
The ruling will have minimal effect on the federal money going to public media because Congress voted to claw back funding. But it could have implications for any future funding.
A federal judge required the president to seek lawmakers’ input and pursue traditional approvals before proceeding with the $400 million replacement for the East Wing.
A federal judge in Massachusetts ordered the Trump administration to reinstate the legal status of those who were invited to use the Biden-era app.
Trump should set aside his 15-point peace plan and reduce it to these two points.
The sequel to the mega-blockbuster can’t hold still long enough to let us enjoy the good stuff.
The government’s effort to collect the names and phone numbers of Jewish people on campus as it investigates antisemitism has upset some people who worry about how the information will be used.
Un informe reciente del Fondo Monetario Internacional indica que “todos los caminos conducen a precios más altos y a un crecimiento más lento”.
President Trump and his aides have made contradictory statements on whether the United States and Israel have transformed the Iranian government through violence.
Despite once being valued at $4 billion, the company that made sneakers from Merino wool struggled to capture a wide customer base and turn a profit.
President Trump shared a video of the attack, which the Pentagon said had targeted an ammunition depot.
Bruce Blakeman, who is trying to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul, will not receive up to $7 million, after a 4-to-3 ruling by a Democratic-led board.
A clip of the con man Jack Karlson delivering a theatrical soliloquy while being arrested in 1991 has been deemed one of the country’s important cultural recordings.
With TV soundtracks increasingly turning to nostalgic ’80s tracks, hear a playlist of essential hits and deeper cuts.
The influx of fans during this month’s college basketball tournament is a welcome lift to the city’s casinos and hotels after a dismal 2025, when the number of visitors fell 7.5 percent.
Con nuevos cortes y bloqueos, el presidente Vladimir Putin da sus pasos más audaces hasta la fecha para controlar las comunicaciones de los rusos.
Casi todas las ideologías pueden esgrimirse para hacer sentir a las mujeres que están fracasando.
The freelance journalist was identified as Shelly Kittleson, who has worked for various news organizations, including Al-Monitor, which called for her safe and immediate release.
The team from King and Jupiter are serving up pork scratchings, crab with buttered crumpets and sticky ginger pudding.
In honor of National Poetry Month, we invite students to read a short poem, then join a lively discussion about what they notice.
Israeli forces will control “the entire area” from the border to the Litani River, up to 20 miles into Lebanon, the defense minister said. He indicated Israel would control it after the ground invasion ends.
El presidente de EE. UU. quiere una negociación, pero los iraníes dicen que se niegan hasta que se declare un alto al fuego.
After lawmakers left Washington for a two-week spring break with the Department of Homeland Security shut down, the Hollywood tabloid began publishing photographs of them living it up around the country.
The Justice Department is examining Gustavo Petro for possible ties to drug traffickers. U.S. officials have told him that for now he does not face criminal charges arising from the probes.
The arrests were part of an investigation that is also examining the conduct of a city councilwoman, her sister and the Brooklyn Democratic leader’s husband.
Readers criticize President Trump over his bellicose statements on Iran. Also: Education for every child, citizen or not; the cost of war.
The suit is one of the broadest bids yet seeking accountability against the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, and Attorney General Pam Bondi for getting rid of employees who have run afoul of President Trump.
The mayor spoke at Michael Dorf’s annual Passover celebration, taking hecklers and a comic’s last-minute cancellation in stride.
The vice president’s book, to be released in June, will detail his return to Christianity after leaving the loosely evangelical practice of his childhood.
From a vegetarian version with smoky salsa to a carne asada style that’s an after-school staple.
Share the go-to motto or oft-repeated bit of advice that has stayed with you throughout the years.
Arquitectos y organizaciones conservacionistas han advertido que se ha prestado poca atención a los planes de diseño del proyecto.
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The competition will bring together singers representing 10 nations including South Korea, the Philippines and Vietnam.
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A prohibition on taxing digital downloads expired, after members of the World Trade Organization concluded their annual meeting without an agreement.
Sightings of drones around Fort McNair, the Army base where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio live, have prompted consideration of deploying the new technology.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is lifting the ban on governmental use of the social media app, one of a handful that the mayor used to amplify his campaign messaging.
In this month’s picks, reflections on a comedian couple, a charged reality-TV series and activism in Northern Ireland.
Michael Haskell, 17, set out to make some money from his locker dives. He ended up learning about life.
Five weeknight recipes to delight and refresh.
Raye, Olivia Dean, Lola Young and PinkPantheress are making a big impact on the charts and in pop culture, foregrounding their Englishness rather than adapting it.
President Trump has fired criticism at America’s longtime ally over the war in Iran, but there are hopes that the royal visit will help shore up relations.
Eli Lilly plans to acquire Centessa Pharmaceuticals, which has been conducting a midstage clinical trial of its lead drug.
The scholar Henry Farrell explains how efforts to capture Trump’s attention and approval through spectacle resemble the attention dynamics in Nazi Germany.
The effects of the war in Iran are squeezing consumers, businesses and governments around the world, raising the prices of many essential goods.
A free preschool center in one of the city’s wealthiest neighborhoods raises questions about Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s vow to expand universal child care.
President Trump’s latest outbursts followed reports that European countries were imposing more restrictions on American aircraft in their airspace.
The state and more than 20 others restrict therapists from trying to change the gender identity or sexual orientation of L.G.B.T.Q. clients under the age of 18.
The deal ends Unilever’s time in the food industry and will create a multibillion-dollar group under the McCormick name.
The panel voted to override Endangered Species Act restrictions on oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico, home to critically endangered whales and other imperiled wildlife.
President Trump posted a video rendering that appeared to include elements generated by artificial intelligence of a skyscraper in Miami featuring what appeared to be Air Force One.
The peptides, which are increasingly marketed as providing longevity and health benefits, were removed in 2023 from the agency’s list of products that compounding pharmacies can sell.
Corrections that appeared in print on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
An economic simulation warned that the region’s economy could lose more than $190 billion in just one month, and that Gulf states that have often bankrolled reconstruction efforts will be less able to help.
Books by Marie NDiaye, Daniel Kehlmann and Rene Karabash are among the shortlisted titles for the major award for fiction translated into English.
The social media giant, under legal pressure from the Motion Picture Association, has retreated from its use of the movie rating in its marketing.
Attire spotted outside in Tokyo had a past life as military gear.
The average price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States rose above $4 on Tuesday as the war in the Middle East continued to affect global oil supplies.
The average price of gasoline in the U.S. has topped $4 a gallon, a multiyear high, as war in the Middle East roils the oil market and slams drivers.
Presidents since at least the Carter administration have seen their approval ratings tied to gas prices. But there are signs the correlation may be weakening.
We look at the energy crisis on the Caribbean island.
Indonesia says the two companies are violating its law that bars children under 16 from the social media. Australia has similar concerns.
El financiero prosperó ayudando a los hombres de élite a conciliar sus deseos privados con sus apariencias públicas.
El gobierno de Trump parece haber adoptado una nueva táctica de política exterior: deshacerse de los líderes que no le gustan. Esto es lo que puede salir mal.
The civil rights icon had a history of sexually abusing women and girls, which the Times reporters Manny Fernandez and Sarah Hurtes spent five years investigating. They spoke to “The Daily” about how they uncovered the story.
Plus, a three-minute, multimillion-dollar art heist.
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Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Wednesday, April 1, 2026.
Investors weighed the news that the owner of a Kuwaiti tanker loaded with oil said it had been hit in an Iranian attack near Dubai.
Four visiting senators urged Taiwan to break an impasse over a $40 billion budget proposal, highlighting concerns in Washington about the threat from China.
As the Kremlin spends heavily on censorship technology, Russians are scrambling to find new ways to circumvent the limits.
With new outages and blockages, President Vladimir V. Putin is taking his boldest steps yet to control Russians’ communications.
With elite athletes like LeBron James and Cristiano Ronaldo as investors, the company, now valued at $10 billion, is courting everyday health enthusiasts.
Una modificación brusca a tus medicamentos puede provocar efectos secundarios peligrosos.
The party will come up against a demographic cliff in 2032.
Cubans told The New York Times how fuel shortages on the island have upended their lives.
Pollan, a science writer, spent five years trying to understand how consciousness worked. The more he learned, the weirder things got.
The president wants a negotiation, but the Iranians say they are refusing until a cease-fire is declared. And while Marines and the 82nd Airborne Division offer new leverage, the risks escalate quickly.
Since the Iran conflict began on Feb. 28, gas prices across the United States have increased about 35 percent. They are now above $4 a gallon, and drivers are wincing.
The drawings, now on display at Manhattan University, were found in a house in Westchester County.
Reckoning with the United Farm Workers founder means reckoning with his movement.
The Hollywood couple’s three-bedroom apartment is on the 14th floor of 212 Fifth Avenue, where Jeff Bezos also owns several units.
A Russian tanker full of crude oil arrived in Cuba, offering a slight reprieve to Cubans after regular blackouts amid a severe energy crisis. Some said it was not enough.
The taboo-busting, gasp-inducing Broadway musical comedy has been a hit with audiences and critics. But could it be produced today?
The reconsideration of the legacy of Cesar Chavez after he was accused of abusing women and girls has led some to question the lionization of icons, when reality is so often a letdown.
Frustrated by the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, some Latino voters say they also disagree with his plan, now before the Supreme Court, to reject automatic citizenship for children born in the United States to immigrant parents.
This is not how American democracy is supposed to work.
The United Farm Workers co-founder had been celebrated as an exemplar of civil rights. Then, a Times investigation found extensive evidence of his abuse of women.
Edward Russo, the only member of a White House task force, thinks the president doesn’t get enough credit for conservation at his golf courses, among other things.
Debra Rojas recently revealed that Cesar Chavez began sexually abusing her beginning at age 12. Now, at 66, she has come forward with her story. In her first on-camera interview, she spoke with The Times about how what happened has shaped her life.
Celebrities are obsessed. People swear it gives them thicker hair and perfect skin. But what if the biggest effect of red light is stranger than that?
How did you start your day today? Could your morning routine use some help?
Feldman, born a century ago this year, wrote quietly sensual and humanist works in an age of structural rigor.
In these homes — built as far back as 1878 and as recently as 2021 — sunken living rooms appear in many styles.
With seeds, supplements and gadgets (but little expert guidance), Americans of all stripes are seeking wellness through what they eat.
Lola Rykiel, the granddaughter of Sonia Rykiel, creates clothes for women who don’t want to look like anyone else.
The president and the Republican Party deserve to pay a political price for the pardons.
As the justices prepare to hear a landmark case about birthright citizenship, their family stories are a reminder that the law has shaped who can be an American.
Our international correspondent Valerie Hopkins walks us through how she connects to the internet in Russia as the Kremlin clamps down and Moscow experiences major internet blackouts.
Yann Martel’s “Son of Nobody” joins many recent books that reimagine the classics, but offers a Nabokovian twist.
This reliable food has long been a cheap option in an expensive country. Steadily increasing prices have locals complaining, but they can’t stop ordering one with everything.
As the court prepares to hear oral arguments in a landmark case on birthright citizenship, our Supreme Court correspondent, Abbie VanSickle, traced the justices’ ancestries. She found family histories that spanned the American experience, including one case of birthright citizenship.
After decades of prioritizing domestic over military spending, the continent’s leaders are trying to pivot. That is straining national budgets and could anger voters.
These are the signs it’s time for a new pair.
The sloppy, solipsistic narrator of Kirsten King’s novel, “A Good Person,” casts a witchy spell on a guy who dumped her. Hours later, he’s been stabbed to death.
A baffling overdose death took investigators to the frontier of ultra-potent synthetic drugs. The clues were hauntingly familiar.
On his podcast “Ill-Advised With Bill Nighy,” the English actor counsels listeners on etiquette and fashion. His objective is to not make anything worse.
In the 1990s, Democrats were split in their support for birthright citizenship, and even proposed legislation to end it.
Overdose rates in the United States have surged with the emergence of new synthetic drugs. Matt Richtel reports from a lab in Pennsylvania where scientists are identifying new drug molecules that toxicology reports can’t detect.
Canada will send its first astronaut to the moon on a joint mission with the United States, but back on Earth, the relationship between the two countries is fraying.
No president since the Apollo era has pushed harder to return to the moon than President Trump. But he wants a space achievement that is about “more than getting rocks this time.”
Can the four astronauts of the NASA mission Artemis II make a difference in a distracted and divided world?
Delivering salmon, fruits and other perishable foods has become more expensive as the war with Iran pushes up diesel prices.
La secretaria de prensa de la Casa Blanca dijo que Estados Unidos evaluaría los envíos de petróleo a Cuba “caso por caso”, después de que un petrolero ruso lleno de crudo llegara a la isla.
A month since the first U.S.-Israeli attacks and Iran’s response effectively shut off Persian Gulf oil, drivers are paying significantly more to fill up.
Decenas de dirigentes iraníes han muerto desde que comenzó la guerra hace cuatro semanas, y aquellos que sobreviven han tenido dificultades para comunicarse.
El autor de ciencia ficción habla de ‘Proyecto Hail Mary”, su novela científica que fue adaptada en una película protagonizada por Ryan Gosling.
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Central Park is car-free, and so is Prospect Park. What about the rest?
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NASA is sending four astronauts to space on a mission to circle the moon and test a life support system. The astronauts spoke to The New York Times in January before the mission was delayed until April because of technical issues.
Esta palabra ha aparecido en 212 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
This word has appeared in 212 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
“Just look at the crowd we got here in New York,” he said. “Oop, that’s the T.S.A. line at J.F.K.”
A 1936 convention establishing Turkish control over the Dardanelles could be an inspiration to resolving the energy bottleneck in the Persian Gulf.
El miércoles, la Corte Suprema escuchará los argumentos sobre la legalidad de la orden ejecutiva de Trump, y algunos expertos legales conservadores afirman que podría ser un caso más disputado de lo que se pensaba.
As the United States expands its armada of warplanes on British soil, Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he is trying to defend Britain’s interests while keeping the country out of war.
Experts use artificial intelligence to analyze data, plus thousands of crowdsourced photos, to forecast the prized flowers, which are a multibillion-dollar attraction.
A raucous adaptation of a gritty portrait of New York stifles tension with comedy, leaving its stars, Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, adrift.
Quotation of the Day for Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
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A Trump administration effort to gather documents from an old investigation had alarmed law enforcement officials, who feared it would be used to smear the Democratic lawmaker.
Airport security officials have been sharing passenger data with immigration agents, but the program received little attention until videos captured a woman and her daughter being detained at San Francisco’s airport.
The attack damaged the hull, the owner of the tanker said, which could cause an oil spill.
Iran maintained that no negotiations have been held with the United States, and said none would while the fighting continues.
Almost every ideology can be wielded to make women feel that they’re failing.
The White House press secretary said the United States would evaluate oil shipments to Cuba on a “case-by-case basis,” after a Russian tanker full of crude reached the island.
The airport near West Palm Beach will be rebranded the President Donald J. Trump International Airport on July 1, if approved by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Fans had high hopes for the event, a Mattel-sanctioned gathering in a Florida convention center. Now, it’s drawing comparisons to Fyre Festival.
A reporter who claimed the network had fired him for challenging its coverage failed to prove retaliation and discrimination, a federal judge said.
The pro-Trump musician saluted the pair of Apache attack choppers, which appeared to be the same ones that flew low over a “No Kings” rally in Nashville.
Here’s a crash course on what’s coming up next.
Barely out of prototype testing, the Precision Strike Missile is shrouded in secrecy — including which Persian Gulf countries the Army is launching them from.
Claudia Sheinbaum, president of Mexico, said her country would take legal steps to demand better conditions at immigration detention facilities, where she said 14 Mexican citizens had died since President Trump took office.
The man who rammed his vehicle into the synagogue was purposely targeting the Jewish community, officials said on Monday, detailing his days of planning.
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