After former President Obama made viral comments about aliens, President Trump said his administration would begin to release government files related to aliens and extraterrestrial life.
President Trump had lashed out at former President Barack Obama earlier Thursday for telling a podcaster that aliens were real.
Kate Hawkins opens our solving weekend.
Robby and Langdon have an awkward encounter in an elevator. Dana struggles to keep it together in a difficult case involving sexual assault.
With seven clean triple jumps, Alysa Liu skated effortlessly to Olympic gold, becoming the first American woman in 20 years to win a medal.
His breakout role came in 2006 as the handsome Dr. Mark Sloan, nicknamed McSteamy, the head of plastic surgery at a Seattle hospital. He died 10 months after announcing his A.L.S. diagnosis.
These animations show the jumps that, in dramatic fashion, made the difference between gold and silver in the women’s and men’s competitions.
Other federal buildings across Washington, D.C., are also adorned with huge banners of President Trump.
President Trump’s advisers want him to lock down a message on the economy that will resonate ahead of the midterms. But Mr. Trump is never one to stay on message.
When the Trump administration proposed the rule in 2019, housing officials estimated it would also displace thousands of U.S. citizens and legal residents.
The move comes after a trove of documents released by the Justice Department showed Leon Botstein had a relationship that was closer than previously known with the convicted sex offender.
The bill may bring the release of hundreds of political prisoners. But many critics say the legislation, passed after major pressure from the Trump administration, raises concerns.
President Trump’s executive order aimed at spurring production of a pesticide has infuriated leaders of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s MAHA movement.
Rarely in modern times has the United States prepared to conduct a major act of war with so little explanation or public debate.
Technical and oversight problems left two astronauts aboard the International Space Station for months longer than had been expected.
It all comes down to a love of wordplay.
Is Donald Trump “country” or “cowboy”? The Times Opinion columnist Tressie McMillan Cottom breaks down a cultural trend she sees shaping politics today.
President Trump complained that he gets “no credit” for the donations, though his family has done more to monetize the presidency than anyone who has ever occupied the White House.
The lender’s announcement that investors would no longer be able to ask for a set amount of money back from its funds prompted worries about the private credit industry.
The police in St. Paul, Minn., are investigating an arrest last month during the immigration crackdown. The man has said he was beaten by agents. ICE asserted that he ran into a wall.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, then released hours later. Two Times reporters explain how they are covering the unprecedented moment.
Thomas G. Donlon had claimed he was fired for exposing corruption within the Police Department and City Hall. He briefly served as interim commissioner under Mayor Eric Adams in 2024.
At the inaugural meeting of his new organization, President Trump also endorsed a divisive foreign leader and heard an attack on his former prosecutor, Jack Smith.
Since President Trump took office more than a year ago, the Kremlin has dangled possible investments in front of the famously transactional leader. The message is starting to resonate with investors.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, a longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, is being investigated on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
The arrest of the former prince could shake public confidence in the monarchy.
Also, Trump hints at the possibility of military action in Iran. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
The F.C.C. is using the “equal time” provision to take aim at hosts like Stephen Colbert. The impact could reshape how talk shows handle politics.
Unusually warm temperatures, dry air, parched vegetation and strong wind gusts have fueled wildfires, which have broken out across Oklahoma and Texas this week.
A former college All-American touched by scandal, he was irreverent and unpredictable as he piloted his fast-paced Nuggets and Spurs.
Liu became the first American to win a medal in women’s figure skating since 2006.
A prolific Dutch writer of fiction, poetry and travel books, he was often mentioned as a potential recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Thomas Plamberger was given a suspended prison sentence and fined in a case that tested the limits of personal responsibility in mountaineering.
For a decade, Clémence Polès Farhang asked women on city streets if she could take their picture. This week, the photographs had their first exhibition.
Republic is the most prominent anti-monarchist movement in Britain and has about 140,000 registered supporters.
“Americans don’t know much about India,” says the international relations scholar Amitav Acharya. He tells Ross Douthat on “Interesting Times” that Indian dominance in Silicon Valley is another major factor.
Expertos afirman que esta crisis podría suponer una grave amenaza para la estabilidad de la monarquía en un momento de inmensa incertidumbre.
There have been no public statements by his former wife or their two daughters.
India is the major power with the fastest-growing economy and the world’s largest population, but the international relations scholar Amitav Acharya argues on “Interesting Times” that the country doesn’t get the respect it’s looking for.
At least two female staff members said Dr. Shawn DeRemer had touched them inappropriately at the agency in Washington.
Research has pointed to the dangers of heavier and wetter snowfall, even as the number of snowy days decreases overall in California’s Sierra Nevada.
¿Por qué los influentes de la salud están obsesionados con las mitocondrias?
My colleague just spent two months on a research icebreaker. It changed his perspective on the world in ways he didn’t expect.
A combustible mix of weather ingredients has sparked worries about new fires in Oklahoma and Texas.
Becky Hughes is back to answer our “Where to Eat” reader’s increasingly specific restaurant questions.
He co-wrote five pop-rock songs that soared to No. 1 in the 1980s and shared in a Grammy for producing Celine Dion’s 1996 album “Falling Into You.”
In selecting the Virginia governor, Democrats turned to a centrist former congresswoman whose winning campaign last year showed how their party’s candidates can succeed in the Trump era.
As tensions mount between the Trump administration and the courts, the judge called “shameless” a claim by officials that her earlier order was not binding.
His appearance comes after a statement of support for the investigation into his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
The first gathering of President Trump’s alternative to the United Nations is a manifestation of a Trump World Order.
With cocoa prices high, Hershey’s has changed some of its candy recipes. The grandson of the man who invented of the original Peanut Butter Cup said he was “embarrassed.”
Legions of fans from around the world have been cheering on Punch, a 7-month-old macaque who had been struggling to socialize at a zoo outside Tokyo.
At Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo, a 7-month-old macaque named Punch has developed an online following after his mother abandoned him because of a difficult birth. Videos on social media show Punch struggling to integrate into the larger troop and often clinging to a large stuffed orangutan for comfort.
Randy Rodriguez Santos attacked five homeless men in New York City in 2019, killing four of them in a span of minutes.
Why just tell a story when you can put on a skit?
PEN America is no longer acting in the best traditions of its august history.
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
In many ways, the parents whose adolescents had been receiving treatment at NYU Langone Health had been expecting this call. Still, they were stunned.
El monarca utilizó un lenguaje claro y directo en sus primeros comentarios públicos tras la detención del expríncipe Andrés por sus vínculos con Jeffrey Epstein.
King Charles III’s brother, who had already been stripped of his royal titles over ties to Jeffrey Epstein, was detained for several hours on Thursday on suspicions of misconduct in public office.
New A.I. sites could drive up your power bill. We look at possible solutions.
After checking into a Manhattan hotel for one night, Mickey Barreto exploited an obscure New York City housing law to stay there for years.
The change is part of the administration’s broad effort to target refugees and tighten pathways for immigrants to legally enter or remain in the United States.
The Trump administration is threatening to leave the influential agency unless it stops publishing its annual road map for cutting planet-warming emissions.
Jeffrey Epstein cultivated friendly relationships with several customs officers in the U.S. Virgin Islands, offering food, advice and even musical gigs.
The sisters regularly met up with their friends, many of them fellow parents with ties to Stanford University, to go on ski trips.
The police have not said where they were holding Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, but the facilities are intended to hold people for short periods while they are questioned.
The sheriff’s office in Nevada County, Calif., said a storm that moved through early Thursday has slowed their work.
British authorities arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office following the latest release of documents linked to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Readers respond to a news analysis about President Trump’s relentless demand for exaltation. Also: “Dirty money” from Jeffrey Epstein.
City Hall officials familiar with the plan said the mayor was moving closer to establishing a civilian corps that would respond to mental health emergencies.
It’s Dumpling Week, and the vegetarian options — cabbage, potato and cheese dumplings; mushroom manti with garlic yogurt — are so good.
The philanthropist made the announcement on Thursday, after having earlier confirmed his participation in a prominent artificial intelligence summit in India.
Our chief fashion critic, Vanessa Friedman, reflects on New York Fashion Week.
An HBO Max series tells the surreal true story of Enzo Tortora, brought down overnight by false accusations of being a member of the mob.
El hermano del rey Carlos III era un miembro popular de la familia real y adorado por su madre, la reina Isabel II. Cayó en desgracia por su amistad con Jeffrey Epstein.
One year in, many producers say tariffs have not helped them, and some countries are rejecting U.S. wine altogether.
In 2024, Gisèle Pelicot galvanized women in France and around the world when she decided to forgo anonymity in the trial of 51 men accused of sexually assaulting her.
Fluffy toasted rice meets crunchy slaw in this gingery, tofu-topped salad. Jasmine rice gets toasted until fragrant and lightly golden, then it’s cooked with coconut milk to yield a supremely nutty base for the salad.
Super Peach, the latest restaurant from David Chang’s supergroup, is a 200-seat modern Korean spot in Los Angeles. Tejal Rao, a chief restaurant critic for The New York Times, shares her review of this new addition to the Momofuku culinary empire.
This grown-up chocolate pudding, which uses dark chocolate and a luxurious custard base rooted in European techniques, is served in small individual portions and nods to childhood indulgence.
It’s Dumpling Week at New York Times Cooking and Sue Li, a Cooking contributor, is here with her recipe for pork and garlic-chive potstickers.
Plays about addiction are filling Manhattan stages this month, depicting very different places on the recovery spectrum, from harrowing to serene.
El vínculo, que comenzó en 1999, le costó al expríncipe Andrés sus títulos y estatus reales y su reputación.
The New York Times is looking to speak to Americans about how the most recent tax cuts are affecting their pocketbooks.
There is simply no blueprint for how to react to the arrest of a close relative of the king who until recently had played a senior role, and who could may be charged and put on trial, experts on the royals said.
Alan Dershowitz was present at the creation of New York Times v. Sullivan. Now he is asking the Supreme Court to revise or destroy it.
Among the highlights are the world premiere of an adaptation of “Lincoln in the Bardo,” and classics like “Macbeth” and “Jenufa.”
During an expedition in early 2025, researchers at the University of Western Australia captured footage of a sleeper shark swimming in Antarctic waters. It may be the first recording of that species that far south.
One of the most esteemed singers of his era, he had a wide repertoire that included Mozart, Wagner and the title role in Messiaen’s epic “St. François d’Assise.”
Las autoridades de EE. UU. amenazan con hacer cambios importantes en un tratado comercial con México y Canadá que podrían alterar la forma de hacer negocios y dejar a Canadá al margen.
Researchers filmed a 10-to-13-foot sleeper shark off the South Shetland Islands, in what may be the first recording of the species that far south.
Plus: tree houses on a Danish island, a New York gallery that highlights South Asian design and more recommendations from T Magazine.
James Salter’s “Light Years” had a big influence on “So Old, So Young,” his new book about college friends drifting in and out of one another’s lives.
El presidente Trump no ha dado ninguna indicación de que haya tomado una decisión sobre cómo proceder, mientras continúan las conversaciones diplomáticas.
Ali Slagle’s new tomato Cheddar mac and cheese is very thoughtful (and delicious).
The “Sinners” actress, the youngest daughter of the Kirke family of artists, returned to New York for a combination concert-and-book tour.
To anyone who spent time in the old U.S.S.R., President Trump’s newly hatched “Board of Peace” evokes worrying echoes.
We asked experts for titles that will help you set and protect your limits.
The brother of King Charles III was a popular member of the royal family and adored by his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. He fell from grace because of his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Gov. Kathy Hochul had proposed expanding the programs beyond New York City, but they do not have enough support, her office said.
Craig and Lindsay Foreman were arrested last year during a motorcycle tour around the world. Their relatives and the British government have rejected Iranian charges of “security crimes.”
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, the chief executives of OpenAI and Anthropic, respectively, avoided holding hands during a photo-op at an A.I. summit hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India.
In Britain, the offense carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. No case has ever tested whether a member of Britain’s royal family could be considered a public officer.
The state’s attorney general said in a lawsuit filed on Thursday that the company declined to use tools that recognize the material stored on iCloud.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor fue detenido el jueves como sospechoso de actividades delictivas relacionadas con los archivos Epstein.
A paramilitary group in Sudan’s civil war “acted with genocidal intent” in a monthslong siege of El Fasher, according to human rights experts.
Reporters’ attempts to draw stars into debates about Gaza and other highly charged topics have threatened to overshadow the movies at the Berlin Film Festival.
Data released Thursday by the Census Bureau showed the overall trade deficit with the world narrowed, the result of an expanding trade surplus in services. The trade deficit in goods was the highest on record.
No corrections appeared in print on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026.
The association, which began in 1999, cost the former Prince Andrew his royal titles and status, and his reputation before his arrest.
In Tayari Jones’s new book, two motherless girls embark on lifelong journeys to find the family they’ve always yearned for.
Oil prices spiked and stocks fell as tensions between Washington and Tehran unnerved investors.
Lesley Manville and Ciaran Hinds play an Irish married couple dealing with quiet resentments in this staid drama.
This week’s properties are five-bedroom houses in Larchmont, N.Y., and Maplewood, N.J.
The Marvel alumni Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell will star in Jamie Lloyd’s mischievous take on “Much Ado About Nothing.”
As President Trump’s new Board of Peace meets for the first time in Washington on Thursday, our reporter Anton Troianovski explains what the organization reveals about Trump’s approach to foreign policy.
Iran, Ukraine and Gaza are in play as the Trump envoys conduct talks on all of them. But progress in each conflict is scant.
Shoppers are turning to Walmart to stretch their dollars, but an uncertain economy and trade tensions will test the retailer’s new executive team.
The monarch used clear and direct language in his first public comments after the former Prince Andrew was detained over his links to Jeffrey Epstein.
As a judge reprimanded former President Yoon Suk Yeol for amplifying political tribalism, demonstrators from warring camps blared slogans outside the courtroom.
The arrest of the former prince maintains the spotlight on links between the government of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Jeffrey Epstein.
Today we look at President Trump’s new diplomatic initiative.
Es posible que España tenga una solución para las reacciones negativas contra los migrantes en muchos países ricos.
Plus, a lifesaving phone feature.
In an interview for “The Daily,” Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada spoke with Michael Barbaro about her role in blocking funding for the Department of Homeland Security to force the Trump administration to change how its agents enforce immigration laws.
Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, Feb. 20, 2026.
Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, Feb. 20, 2026.
Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, Feb. 20, 2026.
Even as trade tensions between the United States and the European Union seem to calm, officials are concerned that a showdown is brewing over the bloc’s digital rules.
We invited teenagers to write miniature memoirs about meaningful moments in their lives. Read the 17 winning stories, selected from over 14,000 submissions.
The artist gave prominence to the color during a happy period that produced some of his most famous works. But it can have many different associations, a new exhibition shows.
Israeli strikes on Gaza have killed about 600 people since a cease-fire began, according to health officials in the territory. Many displaced Palestinians are still living in tents. And there are some 60 million tons of war debris to be cleared.
Hay nuevas preocupaciones sobre el uso de estos fármacos que, en algunos casos, pueden fomentar una pérdida poco saludable de masa o inclusive desórdenes alimenticios.
Compassion is not toxic.
There are a lot of potential contestants.
Weather and snow conditions will dictate when the bodies of skiers killed in the avalanche near Lake Tahoe can be retrieved from mountain. More snow is expected.
Why the next 30 years belong to a deal-making great power.
President Trump has installed allies — including his former receptionist — on the boards and commissions tasked with overseeing the project.
The New York Times revealed in December that the ride-hailing giant approved drivers with many types of criminal convictions, including violent felonies.
Since the commercial aired, Jamie Siminoff has been trying to quell an outcry over privacy concerns with his doorbell cameras.
Why can’t the greatest love story of all time get the job done?
Three writers and an Olympic medalist on the grit and grace of the winter games.
This week’s properties are in Gramercy, Yorkville and Downtown Brooklyn.
Seeking a home with lower carrying costs and situated closer to family, a photographer looked in three Western Massachusetts towns.
The slow counting of votes is a classic example of the perfect being the enemy of the good.
An affectionate slow dance. References to pornography. What rises to harassment on the set of a movie about a sexual relationship that turns violent?
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died this week, ran for president twice, leading more Black voters to register. The year after his second run, a Black mayor, David Dinkins, won in New York.
In South Korea, academic competition has become so intense that even preschoolers are taking private extracurricular classes. Can you relate?
The East Potomac Golf Links is a municipal course that has been a fixture in Washington for decades. President Trump is turning it into something else.
The Microsoft co-founder has listed another house on the property. Also on the market, a penthouse in Taylor Swift’s rumored wedding venue and Hulk Hogan’s oceanfront mansion.
How would a New York Times obituary writer measure up to the scribes of the Book of the Dead? He found out at the Brooklyn Museum.
Basso stars in one of Netflix’s most popular shows. He’s still not sure how he feels about acting.
The present and past coexist in a Southern city unlike any other.
U.S. officials are threatening major changes to a trade agreement with Mexico and Canada that could upend the way business is done and leave Canada on the outs.
In the new film adaptation of “Wuthering Heights,” complexion plays a role.
The president of Bard College raised millions to save his school from closure. As he sought donations, he talked with Jeffrey Epstein about music, watches and young female musicians.
Three critics briefly consider the short films nominated for the 98th Academy Awards.
The actor stars in this comedy with a high corpse count, but the movie’s lightness soon becomes forced.
For its sequel, the Christian-themed drama about a hit single finds a new tune and an anchoring presence.
Sophie Turner and Kit Harrington reunite after “Game of Thrones” in this deeply silly horror fable that is haunted by an ominous knight.
Amy Acton’s service to retiring Gov. Mike DeWine gives her bipartisan credibility in a Republican state, but that service, leading Ohio’s pandemic response, also stirs charged emotions.
Locked into low mortgage rates, many residents are rebuilding instead of moving — reshaping the city’s housing market in the process.
Our patients face a cruel calculus: seek essential medical care and risk detention, or stay home and risk their lives.
Good produce is a gift. Keep it fresh as long as possible with these tips.
Last year, the British rocker with the iconic sneer played his biggest tour yet. At 70, he’s revealing how he survived the tough times in a new documentary.
With wild accessories and maximalist color combinations, these looks demand attention.
None of the main research on the voyage of the Araon was funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, a sign of the difficult times for American science.
In Guadeloupe, a land of volcanoes, rainforests and hot springs, you may find yourself canceling your other plans so you can explore just one more hidden cove.
Off and on the runways at New York Fashion Week, various outfits showcased how to to dress strikingly and cozily.
A group of academics at the University of British Columbia say the school’s D.E.I. policies and practices, which include land acknowledgments, violate a law that requires universities to be “nonpolitical.”
The new first lady of New York City takes her place at New York Fashion Week — and in the spotlight.
In “Kin,” the follow-up to the best-selling “An American Marriage,” she looks back on the place and the people that forged her.
The best-selling author Marie Lu recommends thrilling reads that ground enchanting adventures in recognizable settings.
Why health influencers are obsessed with mitochondria.
Yoon Suk Yeol, the former president of South Korea, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for leading an insurrection when he declared martial law in 2024.
Las fuerzas kurdas aliadas de Estados Unidos supervisaban decenas de instalaciones con miles de detenidos y sus familiares. Su salida desestabilizó toda la estructura.
La vida y los negocios han vuelto a una carretera que una vez estuvo marcada por los daños de la guerra. Pero incluso con la mejora de la seguridad, los afganos están desesperados por encontrar trabajo y desarrollo.
Estamos entrando en un nuevo renacimiento del desarrollo de software. Todos deberíamos estar entusiasmados, a pesar de las incertidumbres que nos esperan.
At 16, out of love with the sport, Liu stepped away. Controlling her career, after years of oversight from her father, was the only way she could return.
Lawyers build cases around these laws because the statutes are broad and use language that can encompass a variety of crimes, according to experts.
A growing number of states are debating whether to alter their policies on summoning child protection officials if a student has excessive absences.
Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
Eight skiers were killed and one other was presumed dead in the deadliest snow disaster in modern California history. Six were found alive.
Esta palabra ha aparecido en 111 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
This word has appeared in 111 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
“The Late Show” host called the 90-second video of the two working up a sweat together “pure cinema.”
The senator from Vermont was the only elected leader at the event, which formally kicked off a health care union’s campaign to put the tax proposal on the ballot.
Narendra Modi, the prime minister, convened foreign leaders, the richest Silicon Valley companies and thousands of Indian entrepreneurs for a week of deal making.
Among elite athletes exists an even more exclusive club: people who compete at both the Summer and Winter Games. Many are sprinters who turn to bobsled.
Already weakened by “U-turns” on his agenda, Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced calls to step down over appointing a close friend of Jeffrey Epstein as U.S. ambassador.
A lieutenant colonel is on trial after being accused of skimming payments for battlefield injuries. He denies the specifics of Russia’s accusation but acknowledges engaging in a payouts scheme.
Judges will rule on Thursday in the insurrection trial of former President Yoon Suk Yeol. He could get the death penalty for his short-lived imposition of martial law in 2024.
Investors are selling shares of Chinese E.V. companies, concerned that intensifying competition and shorter production cycles mean the years of easy growth are over.
Quotation of the Day for Thursday, February 18, 2026.
Sugar Bowl Academy, a ski-focused private school in the Sierra Nevada, said that multiple people on the fatal trek were connected to its program.
An executive order aimed at ramping up production of glyphosate set off alarms among supporters of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.