The White House border czar wants to focus more on getting immigrants already in jails. He’ll have to persuade Democrats to do it.
The attack comes during a winter freeze and despite efforts by President Trump and others to get the two countries to negotiate a truce.
Blanketed beaches. Frozen suburbs. Football fields buried in snow. Everywhere in the region, people felt the storm, which caused two deaths.
Trump allies have called for Judge James E. Boasberg to be investigated and impeached after decisions that questioned the administration’s respect for the rule of law.
Al encarar la vida sola por primera vez en 60 años, Bonnie Sumner descubrió que tenía una habilidad especial para colgarse de una barra de dominadas.
The 50 units in Upper Manhattan will house single people who may be reluctant to stay in group shelters.
Spurning the free verse of many of his contemporaries, he held to an older tradition. He also wrote spirited poems for children.
This blend of barley, white beans and spinach with sun-dried tomatoes not only holds up well, it becomes even more flavorful with time.
Un vistazo a las nominaciones más inesperadas, incluidas “Las guerreras k-pop”, y a la ausencia notable de artistas como Lorde.
Progressive clergy members are in the spotlight — protesting, organizing and getting arrested. It’s a split screen to the Trump administration’s muscular, conservative Christianity.
The “Saturday Night Live” alum Pete Davidson plays the border czar who was tasked with reorienting ICE agents in Minneapolis, replacing their ousted commander.
By forcing an impossible economic model on the Washington National Opera, the Kennedy Center essentially disowned the art form.
Breastfeeding and equal parenting are a zero-sum game.
Readers respond to a guest essay about the state’s effort to bar “officially disapproved ideas” from its university classrooms.
Our colleague shares her remarkable story of amputation and reinvention.
Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his royal titles in October by his brother King Charles III because of growing questions around his links to Mr. Epstein.
The only crossing that connects Gaza with Egypt is reopening after nearly a year of closures. This will allow residents to leave for medical care or return to homes and families in the territory.
It was unclear why the latest round of negotiations, which had been expected on Sunday, were postponed for several days.
The jury is out as to whether Kevin Warsh will do Donald Trump’s bidding (and do serious damage).
This is a presidency that is, by any measure, failing.
What Is the F.B.I. doing raiding an election office in Georgia?
The stage is set; the stakes are high. First stop: the Grammys, and then the Super Bowl.
Grieving families go up against President Trump.
Children do not deserve immigration detention.
When a leader sits alone at the top of the power vertical, it is hard for him to escape blame.
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Indonesia joined Malaysia and the Philippines in reversing its restrictions, weeks after it blocked the chatbot because it was used to generate sexually explicit images of real people.
La candidata elegida por el presidente Rodrigo Chaves se ha comprometido a continuar su agenda, que busca debilitar las instituciones democráticas y tomar medidas enérgicas contra la violencia.
La ceremonia se celebrará el domingo por la noche y podría ser una gran noche para Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga o Bad Bunny. Te decimos cómo verla y qué esperar.
A policy intended to keep immigrants detained indefinitely has led to a deluge of lawsuits, overwhelming some federal courts and resulting in many releases.
The docuseries “Soul Power” and “The Muppet Show” arrive, and “Dark Winds,” “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,” “Scrubs” and “John Oliver” return.
The unexpected sighting of a waved albatross, which was thousands of miles from its typical range, earned it a label ornithologists reserve for the unexpected: an avian “vagrant.”
His introspective memoir tries to challenge the conventional wisdom about his upbringing, explores his marriages and airs a little dirty laundry — but says relatively little about politics.
Activists criticized the president after he blamed Alex Pretti for carrying a gun in Minneapolis before federal agents killed him. But there is little sign of a lasting rupture.
This month’s Taylor Swift themed grid was constructed by Patti Varol.
Michael Fiddelke takes the top job at the struggling retailer amid continued unrest in the Twin Cities. A new boss also steps in at Walmart, where things are quieter.
Sean Hayes performs a new solo thriller, Alia Shawkat leads a play revival and Ethan Slater stars as Marcel Marceau in a world premiere.
A guide to everything you need to know for the 68th annual awards on Sunday night.
Several factors converged to force a remarkable shift in the federal government’s aggressive efforts in Minnesota.
Jacob Kornbluh, a former lox-slinger with no degrees, became an unlikely fixture in New York politics. Now he is chasing the story of a lifetime, inside the new City Hall.
Mr. Newsom, the California governor and a potential presidential candidate, writes that the privileged caricature of his background is mistaken.
Warm temperatures and extremely low snowfall threaten water resources for the year.
Olga Neuwirth’s new opera, “Monster’s Paradise,” leans into the absurd to examine the phenomenon of the strongman leader (with added zombies).
Philipp Navratil recently took over the 160-year-old Swiss food giant, charged with reviving growth and regaining trust after his predecessor was ousted over a scandal.
As companies blame artificial intelligence for layoffs, skeptics wonder whether that explanation captures the full picture.
President Rodrigo Chaves’s handpicked successor has vowed to extend his agenda, which has sought to weaken democratic institutions and crack down on rising violence.
This month offers a Valentine’s Saturday, a Fat Tuesday and a month of Black history, plus the Harlem Globetrotters and a last call for Gumby.
Nick, a Tibetan spaniel, is a therapy dog at a senior living center in Washington. He is one of several champion show dogs that have busy lives outside of the competition.
In the slyly charming “The End of Romance,” Lily Meyer puts a graduate student with big ideas about love and autonomy to the personal test.
As youth sports become increasingly competitive, more preteen athletes are working with private coaches to level up.
La directora de ‘Hamnet’ intenta superar sus miedos más profundos y abrir su corazón.
Richard Chow befriended Zohran Mamdani five years ago and has driven him to City Hall and Gracie Mansion.
The woman told police she was at a party when she was drugged and assaulted by five boys, including Mr. Alexander, who is currently on trial for sex trafficking.
A shared snack at the movies, love rides the express train and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
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In his first month as mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani used his showmanship to spotlight some early victories, even amid some stumbles.
A yearslong effort to convince Washington of religious persecution is shifting foreign policy toward the West African nation, with major consequences.
The New York Times Magazine gathered nearly 150 people obsessed with the musical ‘Operation Mincemeat’ for a photo shoot in Manhattan.
A Democrat won a state legislative special election in a district that President Trump carried by 17 percentage points, unnerving Republicans in Texas and beyond.
La nueva realidad se cierne sobre las conversaciones de paz con Ucrania y ha obligado al Kremlin a subir los impuestos y aumentar la deuda.
How doctors can better navigate difficult patients and families.
All have amassed enormous war chests, new filings show, making them the financial wild cards of this year’s midterm elections and feared political spenders.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the question “the one remaining item” in Abu Dhabi peace talks. Russia disputed that.
Quotation of the Day for Sunday, February 1, 2026.
Ma Ruilin worked as a Communist Party cadre helping fellow Muslims navigate their country as religious minorities, until the official hostility became too great to bear.
The National Unity Government was formed as a pro-democracy alternative to the junta. But, critics say, it has failed to achieve most of its goals.
Corrections that appeared in print on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026.
Democrats have struggled to raise money, as is often the case for the party out of power, but the depth of their financial hole against the Republican National Committee is noteworthy.
Materials released by the Justice Department revealed that leading business and political figures had enduring relationships with the disgraced financier.
Church bells pealed in the Twin Cities to express support for detainees and protesters who oppose federal immigration agents’ aggressive tactics.
One person died earlier this month in a foggy crash on the same highway.
Stanley Richards is taking over as correction commissioner at an inflection point for the city’s jails. Mayor Zohran Mamdani also named Dr. Alister Martin to lead the health department.
Get live results and maps from the Jan. 31, 2026 Texas special runoff elections.
A judicial order freeing a 5-year-old boy and his father, detained by federal immigration authorities.
Lance Enfinger and John Kugelman’s puzzle will transform you.
After being jailed as a resistance organizer for the Tamil minority in his native Sri Lanka, he spoke out against governmental repression worldwide.
The Israeli military launched a series of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Saturday. At least 26 people were killed in the attacks, according to the Gaza health ministry. The strikes came as Israel was expected to reopen the Rafah border between Gaza and Egypt.
The president and the top Senate Democrat, who are often at each other’s throats, agreed to try to keep the government open and to start talks on new limits on federal immigration agents.
Since 1962, she had overseen her father’s stately Italian restaurant, Barbetta, and became one of the city’s most enduring female restaurateurs.
The reptile, a tegu, had frostbite and showed signs of weakness from exposure in this week’s cold weather. It was unclear where it came from.
Deadly blasts, including one that may have been caused by a gas leak, raised anxiety in the country. “Society is waiting for war,” one Iranian said.
The treatment of Liam Conejo Ramos, pictured wearing a blue winter hat and Spider-Man backpack while in the custody of immigration agents, drew outrage across the country.
Amazon backed up the Brink’s trucks to promote the vanity film, resulting in opening-weekend ticket sales of roughly $8 million, or 60 percent more than expected.
Some felt fatigued. Others were excited as puffy white flakes floated down from the sky. Either way, North Carolina and South Carolina were bracing for a rare burst of cold and snow.
The purpose of the new rules is to “stop activity that could compromise national security,” the Defense Department said in response to a New York Times lawsuit.