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Readers say David French’s critique of the likely Democratic candidate for the Senate in Maine was too harsh.
Los españoles hacen fila en bodas, torneos de tenis y galas para comer jamón servido por Ernesto Soriano, uno de los mejores cortadores de jamón ibérico del mundo.
Fatih Birol of the International Energy Agency, who orchestrated a multinational release of oil reserves, detailed the risks facing the economy now and beyond.
Plus, how politicians are pitching affordability.
The balance of power between the United States and China had shifted in Beijing’s favor even before the war in Iran began in February.
In a letter to President Trump, the spokesman, Rich Danker, said allowing the sale of flavored e-cigarettes would enhance their appeal to children.
As the U.S. tries to rebuild its weapons stockpiles drained in the Iran war, it will need access to rare-earth minerals, an industry China dominates.
Nuevas evaluaciones dicen que Irán conserva 30 de sus 33 sitios de misiles a lo largo del estrecho de Ormuz, lo que sugiere que su ejército aún es más fuerte de lo que ha dicho el presidente Trump.
Fervo Energy, which uses drilling techniques from the oil and gas industry to produce power from the earth’s heat, raised $1.9 billion in an initial public offering.
Around 50 people so far have symptoms “consistent with an acute gastrointestinal infection” on the Ambassador Cruise Line ship Ambition.
Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska became the latest Republican to switch her vote to halt the conflict and require President Trump to win congressional approval to continue it.
Los encuentros con otros líderes mundiales revelan una faceta del dirigente chino que el público rara vez ve, y ofrecen pistas sobre cómo abordará al presidente Trump en Pekín.
Japanese salt bread, also known as sogeum-ppang in Korean, are soft, buttery rolls like no other. Surrounding the light, fluffy interiors are a thin crackling crust on top and a crisp golden bottom.
This may become your new favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. Don’t skimp on good chocolate, and the sea salt is not optional — it’s the beacon at the top of this gorgeous treat.
This is a lentil soup that defies expectations of what lentil soup can be. Based on a Turkish lentil soup, mercimek corbasi, the dish is light, spicy and bold, and takes less than an hour to make.
There is such a thing as a noodle emergency — when hunger strikes at an inconvenient hour and the only remedy is a bowl of noodles. For this quick ramen, ditch the soup powder, keep the noodle brick and use cream cheese as the base of a luscious sauce that enrobes each strand.
Beijing welcomed President Trump with a high-ranking vice president, but the choice of a ceremonial leader suggests China is trading symbolism for substance.
The former judge, Edward Harold King, and a Brooklyn real estate investor are accused of defrauding investors of millions of dollars in a deal in New Jersey.
The relationship between the two leaders is marked just as much by mistrust and confrontation as it is by niceties.
He has discovered her unconscious on more than one occasion.
Representative Kevin Kiley, independent of California, became the 218th signature on a petition to force action on an aid bill to Ukraine. The vote could come as soon as the end of May.
The event’s leaders immediately jumped into the debate over whether festival participants should speak out on issues like Israel and Gaza.
Yotam Ottolenghi’s fresh recipe delivers everything you want from the classic side dish, plus bright lemon and crisp cucumbers.
President Trump landed in Beijing ahead of a high-stakes, two-day summit with China’s top leader, Xi Jinping. Trade and the war with Iran were expected to be high on the agenda when the two meet.
President Trump arrived in Beijing, ahead of his meeting with President Xi Jinping of China. Among those accompanying Mr. Trump were top administration officials and business leaders.
Jonathan Haidt, a professor, says that colleges shield students from challenging ideas. But student leaders said he does not represent their values.
Dozens of long-shot bets on Polymarket, from the war with Iran to the cryptocurrency market, have defied the odds, according to a New York Times examination.
More children will die because the Trump administration is cutting pediatric cancer research.
Electric vehicle sales have soared in Europe and much of the rest of the world, but Americans are still hesitant.
Scientology speedruns. Hacky sacks. And cursive clubs.
President Trump was greeted by China’s vice president, Han Zheng, and other officials, as well as a military honor guard.
South Carolina’s top court overturned the murder convictions of Alex Murdaugh.
In a dispute over vapes, the president sided with tobacco companies that filled his groups’ coffers over his own F.D.A. commissioner, who resigned in protest.
The decision, in which judges cited jury interference by a court clerk, upends one of America’s highest-profile homicide cases.
The sound of gunshots, apparently from inside the chamber, was broadcast on live television as a senator in the Philippines, who was an ally of the former leader Rodrigo Duterte, faced arrest.
The Producer Price Index rose in April at its fastest pace in four years, government data showed, a day after consumer prices showed inflation was surging.
The government must return about $160 billion, plus interest, collected from duties deemed illegal and potentially more if it loses a related tariff case.
In her second pop-science book, theoretical cosmologist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein returns to her celestial and cultural roots.
The woman, who was a passenger on the MV Hondius, was breathing with the help of an artificial lung, officials in Paris said.
Reality stars and influencers in government are here to stay.
A reader struggles with how to reconcile his newfound sobriety with his desire to be a gracious host when inviting friends into his home.
Before leaving Washington on Tuesday, the president reiterated threats to decimate Iran if it doesn’t agree to a deal to resolve the conflict.
Nadiem Makarim founded a popular app before joining Indonesia’s government. Now he could face 18 years in prison, targeted in what critics call a dubious anticorruption campaign.
Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s pick to run the Federal Reserve, would face a growing inflation challenge if he’s confirmed.
King Charles III read out Keir Starmer’s legislative agenda in the traditional manner, even as the British prime minister’s leadership remained under pressure.
The walkable, creative enclave also has a rapidly growing residential footprint.
We preview the Trump-Xi summit.
El avance del ejército ruso se ha desacelerado hasta casi detenerse. Mientras tanto, Vladimir Putin parece estar sometido a una presión cada vez mayor.
In Britain, some argue that Prime Minister Keir Starmer, by rejecting calls to step aside, risks repeating the mistakes of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Here’s what to expect from the summit between President Trump and China’s top leader, Xi Jinping.
Plus, the controversy engulfing Eurovision.
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OpenAI and Anthropic are opening offices in Washington, hiring lobbyists and spending more than ever to win over federal lawmakers.
Cuando Joy Kwon, una estudiante de medicina en la serie, puso un límite al trabajo, desató una conversación sobre el equilibrio entre la vida laboral y personal.
Hemos preguntado a los expertos si este hábito plantea algún riesgo significativo para la salud.
President Trump said he would like to suspend the 18.4-cent-a-gallon tax, but it’s a move that may save drivers only a few dollars a month.
For town-to-town travel, locals are leaving their cars at home in favor of NJ Transit.
2,500 volunteers descended on Atlanta last week to build 24 homes in five days.
What the comedian’s dog has taught him about unconditional love.
Temporary truces have become a tool of performative diplomacy, an end in themselves rather than a prelude to a lasting settlement, analysts say.
The comedian is contributing some 20,000 documents and photos covering his career, including his time in the Army and the lyrics for “Springtime for Hitler.”
People in Beijing shared their views on the relationship between the United States and China as the city prepared for President Trump’s state visit.
Recursive Superintelligence, founded by former Google, Meta and OpenAI researchers, is part of a growing effort to automate the creation of artificial intelligence.
The ruling in Louisiana v. Callais might drive America’s politics to an even more precarious place of partisan tension and ideological Balkanization.
“You name it, we’re investing in it” does not inspire confidence.
Measuring America’s democratic erosion.
The Purdue Pharma case is closed, but the opioid problem remains.
Five luxury artworks hold the key to the spring season, one of the most anticipated sales in years. Major buyers are looking past female and younger artists and toward tradition.
Apps from Apple, Google and others can assist in making your online accounts more secure, even as new ways of logging in continue to take off.
This 1971 movie, restored and revived for a week at the IFC Center, offers ample evidence of Elaine May’s screwball genius.
The home-sharing company has largely been shut out in the city, but it is fighting back and trying to get Black homeowners on its side.
Documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, taking up more than 3,400 volumes and weighing over eight tons, have been printed and bound for display in a TriBeCa gallery.
In photos by his wife, whose negatives were discovered by his granddaughter, we see more personal sides to the 20th-century master.
A cottage in Belfast, Maine, a midcentury modern home in Los Angeles and an Arts & Crafts house in Athens, Ga.
A 550-square-foot unit at Round Dune, a seasonal complex in East Quogue, is a summer escape for a Manhattan family of four.
The singers discussed their stalkers and their experience inside a trailer struck by gunfire, according to a police report. A woman has been charged with attempted murder.
Joshua Henry, a Tony nominee for his thrilling performance in “Ragtime,” credits the demanding role with helping him “feel like I have mastered the voice.”
A sea lion whose size has earned him the nickname Chonkers has become a sensation at a popular tourist spot in San Francisco. Are you bonkers for Chonkers?
Wolder, near the Belgian border, is waiting to see if the skeleton it dug up in a church is Count d’Artagnan, from Alexandre Dumas’s tale.
This documentary spotlights the individual histories and struggles of 15 figures from all walks of life, connected by their inclusion in the Asian and Pacific diasporas.
The drops in U.S. scores go beyond the pandemic and cut across income, geographic and racial divides, new data shows.
It’s not about discipline.
A family of guns that was once ubiquitous in the U.S. firearms marketplace has started to vanish for a variety of reasons.
See how your district’s scores have changed since 2015, and compare it with other districts in your area.
“If you think there’s a lot of money in politics now,” Marc Andreessen said in 2000, “you haven’t seen anything yet.” His firm is now the biggest known spender on this campaign cycle.
On nighttime excursions in dark-sky hot spots like Norway, New Zealand and Nevada, all you have to do is relax and look up. The stars will do the rest.
A diet inspired by the Bible has found new audiences online in the Make America Healthy Again era.
Jada Manns is part of a generation of young dance artists who dig deep inside the body’s inner landscape. Nature leads the way.
The actor’s large scale, Neo-Expressionist-inspired paintings are now on view in New York.
She’s had breakout moments before. But with “I Love Boosters,” she’s moving beyond hype.
The actor and artist discusses Robert Rauschenberg’s “Erased de Kooning Drawing” (1953).
Even though only four original soap operas remain on the air, our appetite for high drama has never been more insatiable.
Lithuanian officials hope restored peat bogs can reinforce the border in addition to locking away planet-warming carbon.
The best-selling author Lynn Painter recommends low-heat love stories that deliver on juicy tension, crackling banter and plenty of swoon.
Rising demand, municipal dysfunction and drought have pushed Corpus Christi to the edge of a water emergency, offering a cautionary tale for the rest of the country.
The aging statesman braved rough seas and arduous carriage rides to reach Paris, where he persuaded the French to back the American rebels. We followed in his footsteps.
Dozens of Gulf citizens have been accused of belonging to Iran-linked terrorism cells as the war accelerates a shift toward deeper authoritarianism in the region.
The property developer says the war in Iran and Trump’s “unpopularity” contributed to the collapse of a plan for a 91-story building on the Gold Coast.
The start-up, which makes A.I.-backed weapons, was valued at $61 billion in the financing round, double what it was a year ago.
With affordable housing in extremely high demand, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration is announcing plans to reduce red tape and get people into those apartments faster.
The police charged a 45-year-old man with three counts of homicide and one count of arson in a bodega fire that spread upstairs and killed a beloved resident.
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The new group, which will be led by Jim Walden, a lawyer who ran for mayor last year, will run attack ads and be prepared to sue the Mamdani administration.
The Manhattan jury is the third one to consider whether Mr. Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood producer, raped an aspiring actress more than a decade ago.
An artist explains her approach to an atypical assignment in the newspaper.
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“Well, well, well, looks like the Sleepy Joe-er has become the sleepy Joe-ee,” Klepper said after President Trump was seen with his eyes closed during an event in the Oval Office.
Esta palabra ha aparecido en 245 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
This word has appeared in 245 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
Los desmentidos se produjeron después de un reportaje de CNN que afirmó que la CIA participó en el asesinato del integrante de un cártel a principios de año.
La investigación describe casos en los que se abusaba de las víctimas delante de sus familiares, o en los que los autores difundían imágenes de una víctima en redes sociales.
While Trump chases quick wins and flashy optics, Xi plays a generational game for global dominance.
Los críticos del actual primer ministro, Keir Starmer piden su renuncia para que el Partido Laborista tenga una posibilidad en las elecciones generales antes de 2029.
Los líderes europeos, atrapados en las secuelas de la guerra de Estados Unidos en Irán, han criticado al presidente públicamente. Cuando él se ha enfadado, ellos no han dado marcha atrás.
The promise of Keir Starmer’s Labour Party in 2024 was renewed stability — but that now appears to be under threat.
Catherine will visit Reggio Emilia, an Italian city celebrated for its approach to early childhood education.
Stuck with the fallout from America’s war in Iran, European leaders have criticized the president publicly. When he’s been angered, they haven’t backed down.
The president came into office planning harsher trade moves on China than on the rest of the world. Here’s why he’s had to scale them back.
Corrections that appeared in print on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
A central question hanging over the summit this week is whether China will agree to extend a temporary postponement of even tougher rare-earth export controls.
The leaders of both countries are expected to discuss the risks from artificial intelligence, but neither country is willing to be the first to slow down.
As President Trump prepares to meet with Xi Jinping, a trade war that once threatened to freeze commerce between the two countries has given way to an uneasy truce.
Encounters with other world leaders reveal a side of China’s leader that the public rarely sees, and offer clues to how he will approach President Trump in Beijing.
Quotation of the Day for Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
Jensen Huang boarded Air Force One in Alaska, joining a delegation of more than a dozen business leaders accompanying President Trump on his trip to Beijing.
Brian Keller’s Wednesday puzzle changes our perspective.
The denials came after a CNN report claimed the C.I.A. had been involved in the assassination of a cartel member inside Mexico earlier this year.
“This is not a ‘gotcha’ piece, right?” the leading Democratic candidate for California governor asked a television reporter before an interview.
The agreement, which reverses President Luis Abinader’s previous stance, is part of President Trump’s efforts to find governments willing to accept deportees.
This creamy cabbage pastina is a take on the simple Italian dish made from tiny pasta stars, chicken broth, egg yolks and Parmesan. It’s fortifying, comforting and tastes like a hug.
Cindy Burbank has said she intends to exit the general-election race, clearing the field for Dan Osborn, an independent candidate, to face Senator Pete Ricketts, a Republican.
Democrats face an uphill fight as they seek to unseat Gov. Jim Pillen, who is running for another term in the solidly Republican state.
A report from the Congressional Budget Office said that space-based interceptors, which do not currently exist, would probably consume 60 percent of the total cost.
One of the settlement terms under review is for the I.R.S. to drop any audits of the president, his family members and businesses.
Vessels are traveling without transmitting critical information meant to keep the waters safe, maritime intelligence experts say.
Mayor Daniel Lurie and city leaders have enforced bans on camping and moved people off sidewalks to reduce visible homelessness. Critics say too many homeless people are housed in jail.
No sabemos cuándo llegará una nueva pandemia, pero deberíamos ser capaces de estar más preparados.
The crisis of the West isn’t about who governs, but that no one can.
They face at least 10 years in prison, and the authorities accused one of the men of being associated with the Sinaloa Cartel.
Desde su cama de hospital en Chicago, el joven deseaba ver por última vez a sus padres. Pero tras cruzar ilegalmente desde México para visitarlo, fueron detenidos por inmigración en Arizona.
The start-up, which recently released a powerful A.I. model called Mythos and is separately battling with the Pentagon, was previously valued at $380 billion.
The company will recall its software after one of its robotaxis entered a flooded road during a heavy downpour in San Antonio last month.
The remarks, at a hearing ostensibly about the coming budget for law enforcement agencies, veered from sedate exchanges about operational matters to ugly personal confrontations.
Senator Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, questioned the director of the F.B.I., Kash Patel, about reports of excessive drinking and ordering polygraph tests for members of his team in a search for sources of leaks about him.
His achievements on the court were eclipsed by an essay he wrote in Sports Illustrated in 2013 in which he declared: “I’m a 34-year-old N.B.A. center. I’m Black and I’m gay.”
We weren’t sure what to make of Harry Styles’s “American Girls,” so we asked the next generation of music critics. The kids break it down with our critic Jon Caramanica on this special edition of the “Popcast” Song of the Week.
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Our global health reporter, Apoorva Mandavilli, explains that there is no indication the hantavirus outbreak could turn into a pandemic — but also that the public might not be getting all of the details.
The presidential protection agency detailed how it would use a proposed $1 billion as Republicans asked for more detail and Democrats went on the attack.
The Pentagon put the cost of the war in Iran at roughly $29 billion, during testimony by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at hearings on the Pentagon’s $1.5 trillion budget request. Mr. Hegseth repeatedly refused to tell lawmakers how much money he would request to fund the war.
David Venturella’s expected appointment is in line with a push by Markwayne Mullin, the homeland security secretary, to keep his department under the radar and out of headlines.
Also, Russia keeps attacking U.S. companies in Ukraine. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
NATO should overcome its distaste for President Trump and sends its navies to help open up the Strait of Hormuz.
Victor Arias, 29, was charged with starting a blaze that killed three people after prosecutors said he tossed a cigarette into a pile of cardboard boxes in the lobby of his apartment building.
Politicians are fighting viciously for power, said Shane Massey, leader of the State Senate. “To what end?” he asked, warning of eroding fundamental American values. “I’m voting no.”
A two-year investigation by a team of researchers in Israel concluded that sexual violence by Hamas and its allies was widespread during and after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack.
Iranian media said a moderate quake had shaken the capital around midnight local time.
A landmark of New Wave cinema, “The 400 Blows” brought her enduring global attention. She later appeared in “La Cage Aux Folles” and “Amélie.”
Secret new assessments say Iran has operational access to 30 of its 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting that its military remains far stronger than President Trump has asserted.
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Experts say A.I. tools have made it even easier for influencers and others to spread false messages online.
Some Republicans had worried that carving up the district held by Representative James E. Clyburn, the state’s only Democratic congressman, could backfire on them.
The Russian military’s progress has slowed to a crawl and Vladimir Putin appears to be under increasing pressure.
With talks at an impasse, both sides are holding to positions their opponents call unacceptable, while the economic pain caused by the Strait of Hormuz blockade continues to grow.
Asked whether Americans’ financial situation was motivating him to make a deal, President Trump said bluntly, “Not even a little bit.”
It will be the first time anyone has done the job for three straight years since Billy Crystal in the early 1990s.
A rundown of the problems at the pool and what President Trump is trying to do to fix them.
Jake Rosmarin, a travel influencer from Boston, is one of 15 passengers from the virus-stricken cruise ship being monitored at the National Quarantine Unit in Nebraska.
Mr. Altman, the C.E.O. of OpenAI, said on Tuesday that he worried Elon Musk wanted control of the A.I. lab.
In an exception to the usual paintings-heavy blockbuster exhibitions, the Art Institute of Chicago is presenting the masterful drawings of Willem de Kooning.
A number of works by Manuel Acevedo are being displayed throughout the city in outdoor spots highly visible to the residents who inspired them.
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Over three decades, Sigg, a Swiss businessman and former diplomat, amassed thousands of contemporary Chinese works. Ai Weiwei calls him “my maker.”
Although Galka Scheyer might an unfamiliar name, the artists she championed have become famous. A exhibition in Pasadena brings her to the foreground.
The Department of Homeland Security has determined the state-run immigration detention facility is too expensive, and some private vendors have struggled to front costs.
The former president, who has looked to elevate a new generation of Democrats, met with James Talarico and a candidate for governor, Gina Hinojosa, who are trying to flip Texas.
The U.N. documented 880 deaths from strikes carried out by Sudan’s military or its paramilitary enemy, the Rapid Support Forces, between January and April.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer seemed to have won a temporary reprieve on Tuesday after daring his rivals to challenge him, but the underlying problems with his leadership remain.
Two Miami law enforcement officials say the Netflix crime drama uses real-life details and portrays them in a negative light.
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From his hospital bed in Chicago, Kevin Gonzalez had a final wish to see his parents. But they were in immigration detention in Arizona after illegally crossing to see their son.
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Rather than pleas to save the planet, the billionaire, a Democrat is pushing a message of affordability in his campaign to become California’s governor.
As President Trump travels to China to meet with President Xi Jinping, our reporter David Sanger looks at how Trump’s rhetoric about China has shifted from his first term.
The theft occurred on July 8, 2025, when members of the singer’s team reported a vehicle break-in ahead of her “Cowboy Carter” tour dates in Atlanta.
Authorities ruled the death of a man struck and killed by a Frontier Airlines jet at Denver International Airport on Friday as a suicide.
Gov. Kay Ivey scheduled special House primaries for August after the Supreme Court cleared a path for Alabama to use a 2023 congressional map with one majority-Black district.
History shows there is no more productive national asset than freedom.
Democrats running for California governor join the Opinion columnist Ezra Klein to debate whether manufacturing technology or federal policy can solve the crisis of the state’s skyrocketing home construction costs.
The case could test the limits of a decades-old extradition treaty, because Italy bars extradition in cases where a defendant could face the death penalty.
A generous influx of state resources from Gov. Kathy Hochul and a new tax on luxury second homes will help Mayor Zohran Mamdani balance a $125 billion budget.
The condition has been renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or P.M.O.S., to better reflect its wide-ranging health effects.
The war in Iran has cast a shadow of uncertainty on both superpowers, dimming early hopes that they could begin to address the larger issues that have frayed their relationship.
She killed her ex-husband and his new wife after what she described as years of psychological abuse. The crime inspired TV adaptations, a podcast and at least five books.
El gigante alimentario Calbee dijo que la escasez de nafta, un derivado del petróleo crudo utilizado en las tintas, lo estaba obligando a cambiar a envases en blanco y negro para sus productos salados.
La nueva estrategia también es prometedora para los tumores de pulmón y colon. He aquí cómo los científicos la descubrieron.
Work on the iconic National Mall basin appears behind schedule. President Trump initially said he had picked the contractor, then said he did not know it.
The action, initiated by the U.S. attorney’s office in North Texas, could set up a showdown between NYU Langone and the Justice Department.
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The agency’s top food official will step in to the role after Dr. Makary privately said he opposed the administration decision to approve flavored vapes.