President Trump said he might postpone a trip to China to focus on the war. More than a million people have been displaced in Lebanon this month, according to the country’s health ministry.
Giving Michael B. Jordan and “KPop Demon Hunters” their due, to start.
Kiran Pandey presents a puzzle for our modern times.
After the University of Florida restricted the Republican organization from operating on campus, the group sued the university arguing its First Amendment rights were violated.
The “Sinners” star became the consensus pick as voters soured on Timothée Chalamet, the “Marty Supreme” lead. It helped that the winner is a bankable performer.
Kouri Richins was accused of mixing a lethal dose of fentanyl into a drink she made for her husband. She later wrote a children’s book about coping with grief.
Richard Grenell once hoped to be President Trump’s secretary of state. Instead, Mr. Trump just replaced him as Kennedy Center president.
Is the U.S. repeating a century-old mistake in Iran? On “The Ezra Klein Show,” Ali Vaez, the Iran project director for the International Crisis Group, warns that Western-backed “short-term gains” often lead to unintended consequences.
The New York Times reached out to people close to President Trump’s predecessors. They disputed Mr. Trump’s claims.
What is the price of President Trump’s failed diplomacy? Ali Vaez, the Iran project director at the International Crisis Group, tells Ezra Klein that Trump’s preference for “surrender” over “marginal improvements” cost the U.S. a historic nuclear breakthrough.
Travelers face long lines at airport security checkpoints at a growing number of U.S. airports as Congress remains at an impasse over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the T.S.A.
Even as he’s wrecking American institutions, he is revealing the limits of his cultural influence.
Fierce winds fueled a blaze in a mixed-use building on Monday, killing four people and injuring 12 others, officials said.
Dan Caldwell will serve as an adviser to senior intelligence officials. His hiring signals the end of a high-profile investigation.
The complaint says efforts to dismantle an atmospheric research center are part of a broader political campaign that endangers climate and weather studies.
The outspoken border official drove the agency’s aggressive immigration policy in U.S. cities, including Minneapolis, until January.
The United States has told Cuba that for meaningful progress to be made in negotiations, President Miguel Díaz-Canel must step down, said people familiar with the talks.
The Senate had already passed an extension of the so-called HEAR Act, which is scheduled to expire at the end of the year. The bill now heads to President Trump’s desk.
Also, Trump raises the possibility of the U.S. “taking Cuba.” Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
The president is approaching the war in Iran as if he’s selling another Trump product, the writer E.J. Dionne Jr. says on “The Opinions.” But “selling war is a very serious business,” he adds, unlike selling Trump Steaks or Trump University.
Affordability is Democrats’ new buzzword, the Republican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson says. But what’s their plan to actually lower prices? She explains on “The Opinions.”
Las palabras del presidente Trump se produjeron cuando se anticipaba que las autoridades de Cuba anunciaran una medida para abrir la economía a los inversores extranjeros, entre ellos los exiliados cubanos.
A few years ago, the indie studio A24 was luxuriating in Academy Awards. On Sunday it was shut out entirely.
Leqaa Kordia, 33, had been held in a Texas facility, where she said her health had declined. She was arrested during a 2024 protest and then detained by ICE in March 2025.
We talked to our Peoria-born reporter about Primary Day in what he claims is America’s best state.
President Trump spoke to journalists for about 40 minutes before holding a news conference on Monday, offering a glimpse into his priorities.
Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a well-known problem, appears to have caught Trump off guard.
The decision by Judge Brian Murphy immediately halted implementation of a series of measures imposed by the Trump administration that were aimed at upending decades of immunization standards.
The Ford is now entering its 10th month of deployment after arriving in the Middle East from the Caribbean.
Australia, Germany and Japan said they weren’t planning to participate in efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump said his call for help was really a loyalty test.
Australia, Germany and Japan said they weren’t planning to participate in efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump said his call for help was really a loyalty test.
On the prime-time soap opera “Peyton Place,” she played one of TV’s first Black female antagonists. She was also a fixture in blaxploitation films.
After the Justice Department announced a deal with the concert giant, the trial picked up after a week’s break, with a coalition of states leading the way.
Margaret A. Ryan is leaving the agency just six months after joining it, a surprise given that most people hold the position for years.
The justices will hear arguments over the president’s efforts to terminate the program, known as Temporary Protected Status, for migrants from Haiti and Syria as part of his mass deportation efforts.
El presidente Trump ha instado a China, el Reino Unido, Francia, Japón y Corea del Sur a que envíen barcos para ayudar a reabrir el estrecho de Ormuz, aunque no estén implicados en el ataque a Irán.
“There’s going to be a breaking point sooner or later,” one union official warned, with travelers at some airports being told to arrive three hours ahead of time.
I thought I’d always have the chance to see the rare beauty of the secluded North Rim. But after a devastating wildfire, I returned to a park forever changed.
Have you been paying attention to current events recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right.
Make one or make all: Yewande Komolafe’s curated menus are meant for celebrating.
Carie Hallford, 49, and her husband failed to provide cremation and burial services they had promised to grieving families, prosecutors said.
Is saying “like” and “sort of” the equivalent of verbal bubble wrap? John McWhorter, an Opinion writer and a linguistics professor at Columbia, argues yes, because they soften the sharp edges of what we really mean. He explains the larger implications of the language we might not even realize we’re using.
Ruling on a lawsuit brought by several prominent medical organizations, a district court said the federal government had not based its decisions on science in limiting Covid shots and revising the childhood immunization schedule.
The administration has begun discussing a new “Board of Trade” with China to try to balance what U.S. officials see as an unequal economic relationship.
The meeting, planned for this month, will focus on oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
President’s Trump’s words came as a top Cuban official said his country would announce on Monday a move to open the economy to foreign investors, including Cuban exiles.
The president is no stranger to staking out contradictory stands, part of what his aides say is his negotiating style. But on Iran, his shifting positions are colliding with the consequences of war.
The building in Flushing was engulfed in flames by the time firefighters arrived four minutes after a 911 call. Twelve were injured, at least one critically.
At the opening of the company’s annual conference, Jensen Huang leaned on technology from a recent deal to show how artificial intelligence is changing.
A medida que el conflicto con Irán se intensifica, las opciones de Trump —seguir luchando o declarar la victoria y retirarse— conllevan consecuencias problemáticas.
The Oscars mercilessly cut off the speech of a songwriter of “Golden,” from “KPop Demon Hunters,” which won best original song on Sunday.
Across the country, fresh bread isn’t an indulgence, it’s the standard, part of a centuries-old baking culture.
The documentary about Vladimir V. Putin’s wartime indoctrination of Russian schoolchildren won an Oscar at Sunday’s Academy Awards.
Works by Soa Ratsifandrihana and Robin Orlin evoked Malagasy line dances and Zulu rickshaw drivers.
The branding of the U.S. military operation against Iran is a quintessentially Trumpian choice for a leader whose tenure has been marked by anger.
A president who calls journalists the “enemy of the people” has accused news organizations of undermining a military effort that many Americans oppose.
After the hit song from “KPop Demon Hunters” made Oscars history, a snare drum and a crashing cymbal mercilessly drowned out the winners.
The president leaned on House Speaker Mike Johnson to name a Florida Republican whose grave prognosis was imperiling the party’s already slim voting margin. Both said his prospects had improved.
He led the N.R.A. and, for 29 years, the American Conservative Union, which organizes the influential annual Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC. He was also a columnist.
Wiles dijo que la enfermedad se había detectado en sus primeras fases y que permanecería en su puesto. El presidente expresó su apoyo en redes sociales.
Some classes resumed on Monday in areas far from the populous cities and border regions that have come under attack in the conflict with Iran and the Iran-backed militia, Hezbollah.
El país está tomando medidas para conservar la electricidad, que sus fábricas necesitan para seguir confeccionando la ropa del mundo.
Ahead of a vote on whether to close the center for two years of construction, the president criticized its previous financial management and physical condition.
El cambio devuelve la tarifa a lo que era en 2010, cuando el Departamento de Estado instituyó por primera vez una tasa para los estadounidenses que renunciaban a su ciudadanía.
Enamored of stars like Charlie Chaplin, he matched outdoor scenes from their movies to contemporary locales, creating a visual record of vanished cityscapes.
Michael B. Jordan, who won his first Oscar for best actor on Sunday for his role in “Sinners,” celebrated his win at In-N-Out Burger.
The ceremony figured out how to celebrate movies and the people who make them. It even understood Robert Redford’s place in American cinema.
On the “Hard Fork” podcast, the hosts Casey Newton and Kevin Roose discuss recent research in the Harvard Business Review that found that workers are increasingly experiencing “A.I. brain fry.”
Our awards season columnist Kyle Buchanan talks about the most suspenseful Oscar of 2026 — for best actor.
A Florida bill that would have regulated artificial intelligence, backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, failed to gain traction after President Trump made it clear he did not want states to rein in the technology.
El enfoque bélico del gobierno de Trump, promovido por el secretario de Estado, favorece la sumisión del régimen de las naciones rivales, no el cambio.
The administration’s policy of deporting people to South Sudan, Rwanda and other distant countries has been a striking attempt to create uncertainty for immigrants.
Readers respond to a column by Nicholas Kristof. Also: Artificial intelligence pitfalls in school.
The town of Khiam’s location on high ground just a few miles north of the border between Israel and Lebanon has made it coveted territory over multiple conflicts.
Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s “The Silent Serenade,” written in the 1940s, was given its English-language, United States premiere by Mannes Opera.
At Carnegie Hall, the English Concert made a case for “Hercules” as a strikingly modern dramatic oratorio of psychological and musical depth.
Hubo mucho que asimilar, desde la emocionante victoria de Michael B. Jordan hasta el desconcertante “tambor de trasero”.
Ms. Wiles said that the disease was caught in its early stages and that she would remain in her role.
Does “choice” in Idaho mean vouchers for private-school tuition or publicly funded remote learning that has brought AP classes and advanced math to the state’s rural reaches?
Most of the awarded films, including the winner of best picture, can be watched at home. Here’s a guide to catch up.
What did Speaker Mike Johnson mean when he talked about a “course correction” in the Trump administration’s deportation approach? Our White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs analyzes how the message around deportation is changing.
Five of the seven members of the Iranian women’s national team who originally sought asylum in Australia after a tournament have changed their minds.
President Trump on Sunday called on NATO allies to help end the de facto Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane for about one-fifth of the world’s oil.
While some European countries said they were discussing ways to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, several rejected President Trump’s calls to send warships.
Teyana Taylor’s character of Perfidia Beverly Hills is the most radical part of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Oscar-winning movie.
Try this short quiz on some of Ireland’s most memorable verses from its celebrated poets.
Michael B. Jordan, Jessie Buckley, Paul Thomas Anderson, Leonardo DiCaprio and other nominees and winners celebrated at the official Academy Awards after-party.
Eleanore Park’s miso rice cakes with spinach and peas is a textural, flavorful delight.
Pressurized oxygen is proven to help the body heal faster. Now it’s being touted for reversing aging, boosting your brain and tightening your skin.
President Trump’s war in Iran has raised some costs just as many Americans are starting to see savings from last year’s tax cuts.
Israeli military says it had prepared for a prolonged conflict after a news report said its supplies of ballistic missile interceptors were running “critically low.”
At his annual fund-raiser, the rock star hosted Keke Palmer, Donatella Versace and Brooklyn Beckham for a private Oscars watch party in West Hollywood.
A draft State Department memo outlines ways the Trump administration may ratchet up pressure on the African country by ending health support “on a massive scale.”
JB Pritzker, the governor of Illinois and a Trump antagonist, has become a national figure for Democrats. Where will that lead?
On a layover at the airport, the lounge may beckon, but in the right places, you can get into town and cap your vacation with a micro-vacation.
“Sentimental Value,” set in Oslo, was named best international feature film. After a slew of negative news in Norway, it was a welcome victory.
President Trump is getting little to no support so far for his call that other countries do their part to try to ease an energy crisis prompted by U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran.
It was the best trend on the Oscars red carpet.
President Trump ordered officials to remove information deemed disparaging to the United States. A review of government documents shows little guidance and striking inconsistencies.
President Trump warned that he could postpone a meeting set to begin in just over two weeks if China refuses to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Khaled and Mustafa Bani Odeh were riding home with sweets after a family night out in the West Bank when Israeli forces opened fire on their car, killing their parents and two brothers.
We’re answering some of your questions about the war.
More than 12 million people are at risk from damaging winds and strong tornadoes, including in Washington, D.C.
Plus, highlights from the Oscars.
After declining an invitation from President Trump, Pope Leo XIV will make a virtual appearance on July 3 at the National Constitution Center to accept its Liberty Medal.
Do the United States and Israel share similar goals? What kind of leadership will Iran have next? How does The Times report on wartime deaths?
With strikes expanding beyond the southern outskirts of Beirut, the Lebanese capital, people in the city said the once-safest corners might no longer be off limits.
Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, March 17, 2026.
Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, March 17, 2026.
Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, March 17, 2026.
Instead of obsessing over the fictional Cheburashka, Russians should be focused on more important things like the rebirth of a Russian empire, influential conservatives say.
Meteorologists are not mincing words in their forecasts for record-high temperatures in California and the desert Southwest.
Does the president need congressional approval to engage in a war? A former Trump official, Nadia Schadlow, says it’s more complicated than you might think on “The Ezra Klein Show.”
The magazine’s new editor slashed the guest list in hopes of increasing the event’s starriness per capita. Here’s what those who made the cut wore to party at LACMA.
Muchos agricultores han celebrado los cambios al programa de visados conocido como H-2A. Pero hay quienes se oponen debido a que reducirá sus salarios.
There was a lot to take in, from Michael B. Jordan’s thrilling win to the perplexing “bum drum.”
A ruling Friday that derailed an investigation into the Federal Reserve chair at an exceptionally early stage showed the limits of President Trump’s campaign of legal retribution.
Recent weather trends favor ticks, which may proliferate this year. Expect a lot of stink bugs, too.
Before humanity sent satellites, telescopes, humans and weapons into space, Robert Goddard experimented with the first liquid-fueled rocket on his aunt’s farm.
On Tuesday, Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi is looking to take a major step toward becoming only the second Indian American elected to the Senate.
This time, President Trump went to war without preparing the public, seeking U.N. approval or even consulting allies. But they will have to pick up the pieces.
The weeklong fight over Iran’s next leader pitted the Revolutionary Guards against moderates. The generals won, but only over spirited resistance.
New construction was too expensive, but a couple was determined to transform a house with their own playful sensibilities.
The Federal Reserve is set to hold interest rates steady this week as officials grapple with a host of new economic risks stemming from the conflict in the Middle East.
Gaya Palmer credits her rent-stabilized apartment for making a life filled with art, monthly lunch dates at Cafe Luxembourg and spontaneous dance parties possible.
Mieko Kawakami’s novel “Sisters in Yellow” follows a group of dreaming and scheming young women through society’s margins.
The director has spent three decades creating an inimitable style, as seen in films like “Boogie Nights,” “There Will Be Blood,” “Phantom Thread” and more.
The global city under fire.
How to fix the Democratic Party’s toxic brand.
Most groups defended their support for medical intervention. But the Society for Plastic Surgeons broke with the consensus.
Jess and Morgs, the creators of weird and wonderful works that blur the boundaries between live performance and digital, have reached the big time: the Paris Opera.
Let’s hope it doesn’t take another Sept. 11 to snap the F.B.I.’s leadership into action.
A condo in San Francisco, a ranch house in Palm Springs and a bungalow in Los Angeles.
Después de un cáncer y una embolia, levantar peso brindó una nueva perspectiva a la vida de la autora.
What I thought was a burden was a tether across death’s divide.
The restrictions on half the continent have been called racist and unfair. “We don’t come to the United States because we’re running away,” one N.B.A. fan said.
Traditionally a reliable revenue stream for restaurants, alcoholic drinks are down markedly — and the bottom line is, too.
A turn-of-the-century church turned artist’s loft, a formerly abandoned church from the 1870s and a Lutheran church from 1902 with a new addition.
Richard Bookstaber warns that what appears to be disparate forces adding risk to our economy are all part of one deeply connected system.
Dedicated rooms at home for board games, jigsaw puzzles and toys are making a comeback among the whimsical at heart.
A local campaign against the small school reflects growing Islamophobia in conservative enclaves in America and among G.O.P. officials.
With blocks of bright, bold color, this season’s styles are designed to make an impact.
In “Stay Alive,” Ian Buruma paints a picture of the city dwellers who survived in Germany under the Nazis.
A new Netflix documentary explores whether cutting out plastic can improve our health. But it’s hardly a perfect experiment.
Rising vehicle prices, auto loan interest rates, and insurance and maintenance costs are making it harder for people to buy or keep cars.
The interim chief executives are trying to rejuvenate sales as the founder, Chip Wilson, engages in a proxy battle for the boardroom.
The series, “inspired” by the story of a royal dresser later convicted of murder, is getting added attention over the former Duchess of York’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Workers are filing lawsuits against the countertop industry as cases of silicosis, a deadly lung disease, rise.
Harvard is the White House’s biggest target, but professors all over the country have been censoring themselves, avoiding provocative topics and rewriting grants.
Is there a time, whether you experienced it or not, that captivates your imagination? Would you time-travel there if you could?
Steph and Dell Curry sit down with The Athletic’s Marcus Thompson.
As the broader war in the Middle East begins its third week, worries over the fallout of crippled energy supplies continue to roil markets.
The cost of basics like housing and food rose, while incomes and other resources, like public benefits, did not keep up.
No te dejes engañar por su apariencia sencilla, esta verdura tiene una gran concentración de nutrientes.
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Jeffrey Epstein used his money and influence in the world of elite private schools to assist friends and acquaintances.
What began as a sex-trafficking investigation in Florida has gone on to spawn conspiracy theories and tarnish the legacies of influential people.
A 339-mile buried transmission line is on schedule to bring clean electricity to New York City this spring.
The National Endowment for the Humanities seldom gave seven-figure grants. Now big awards flow to handpicked projects, including an institution with three full-time employees.
Our climate reporter Hilary Howard explores the Champlain Hudson Power Express, a new transmission line that will deliver hydro power from Quebec to New York City. It’s planned to provide up to 20% of the city’s energy needs.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani, while charming in public, has thrown sharp elbows in private as he pushes his political brand and agenda among fellow Democrats.
Esta palabra ha aparecido en 359 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
This word has appeared in 356 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
What did the academy get right? Wrong? What was just weird? Three culture fans discuss Hollywood’s biggest night.
Amazon y Google creen que los asistentes de inteligencia artificial como Alexa+ y Gemini acelerarán el proceso de instalación de una casa inteligente, pero quedan muchos problemas por resolver.
Esta fue la primera nominación del actor a un premio de la Academia.
A defeated Iran will not produce the transformation of the Middle East sought by many.
A new show starring Elisabeth Moss and Kerry Washington premieres. And Taylor Frankie Paul leads the new season of “The Bachelorette.”
Bangladesh is taking steps to conserve electricity, which its factories need to keep stitching together the world’s clothing.
Quotation of the Day for Monday, March 16, 2026.