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• Minnesota Lawmaker Convicted of Burglary, Leaving Democrats’ Majority in Question. Nicole Mitchell, a Democrat, was charged with felonies and accused of breaking into her stepmother’s home. Her party holds a slim majority in the Minnesota Senate.
• To Staff Trump’s Immigration Crackdown, ICE Entices Its Retirees. The administration is offering financial incentives to lure back recently departed immigration officers as it works to fill 10,000 job openings.
• White House to Release $1.3 Billion in Frozen Funds for After-School Programs. The money will allow federally funded after-school programs to open this school year, preserving a lifeline for working parents. But other federal dollars remain on hold.
• After the Floods, a Pain So Vast It Makes Texas Feel Small. The Hill Country has a hold on the hearts of many Texans, meaning the suffering caused by the disaster is reaching as far as the region’s appeal.
• 3 Deputies Are Killed in Explosion at Los Angeles Training Center. It was not immediately clear what caused the blast at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Biscailuz Training Academy center.
• As Harvard and Trump Head to Court, the Government Piles on the Pressure. President Trump suggested a deal was coming, but officials are still demanding more from Harvard, including extensive information about international students, staff payroll and protests.
• Newsom Wants California to Counter Texas on Redistricting. Gov. Gavin Newsom says California should redraw its own congressional districts if Texas tries to gerrymander its lines. His idea faces long odds.
• Man Who Sent ‘I Raped You’ Message Pleads Guilty to Sexual Assault. Ian Cleary, 32, attacked a fellow Gettysburg College student in her dorm room more than a decade ago. A series of Facebook messages helped lead to his arrest.
• Trump’s Plan to Reopen Alcatraz Appears to Move Forward With Officials’ Visit. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum visited the site on Thursday to study whether reopening it as a federal prison could work.
• Beware of ‘Swiper,’ a Fox at Grand Teton Park With a Penchant for Footwear. One or more foxes have stolen at least 32 shoes, according to park officials, who warned campers to guard their belongings.
• Read the Letter From President Trump’s Doctor. Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, released a letter from President Trump’s physician stating that the president has chronic venous insufficiency, which he called a benign and common condition in older people.
• Teen Arrested in Killing of Paddleboarder in Maine. Sunshine Stewart, 48, was found dead near 100 Acre Island after disappearing while paddle boarding in Union, Maine.
• Fired D.E.I. Administrator Sues the University of Michigan. In her lawsuit, Rachel Dawson denies making antisemitic remarks and accuses the school of racial bias in its investigation and decision-making.
• Amid Flood Response, Texas Republicans Pivot to Political Maps. A special session of the Texas Legislature will address the deadly floods in Hill Country, but the fireworks will come from President Trump’s demand for a newly gerrymandered House map.
• Thunderstorms Nearby? How to Stay Safe When Lightning Strikes. Summer is a busy time for lighting strikes, which kill about 20 people and injure many others across the United States each year, officials said.
• Harvard Creates New Public Service Program, as Trump Slashes Federal Jobs. The Kennedy School will award scholarships to at least 50 students, in hopes of fostering careers in government service.
• They Grew Up on Mexican Coke. Trump’s Cane Sugar Plan Makes Them Uneasy. After President Trump announced that Coke will be made with cane sugar in the U.S., as it is in Mexico, foodies of Mexican heritage said in interviews that they weren’t excited.
• The Things Lost in the Flood, and the People on a Mission to Return Them. Search efforts along the Guadalupe River in Texas, combined with online groups, are helping to reunite items with survivors and families.
• How Two Cabins Turned Into an Epicenter of Grief. The children who lost their lives at Camp Mystic were not scattered through the camp. Almost every one of them was in either the Bubble Inn or Twins cabins, which housed the youngest campers.
• How Every Senator Voted on Bid to Cancel Foreign Aid and Public Media Funding. The Senate voted 51 to 48 to reclaim spending previously approved by Congress.
• Fire Ravages Tomorrowland Music Festival’s Main Stage. Organizers of the major electronic festival in Belgium said that they were focused on finding solutions after the stage was severely damaged.
• Lightning Kills 1 and Injures 13 on Archery Range in New Jersey, Police Say. The victims range in age from 7 to 61, according to the authorities.
• Central Oregon Wildfire Grows to More Than 60,000 Acres. Gov. Tina Kotek of Oregon issued an emergency declaration on Wednesday as the Cram fire threatened about 430 structures, including nearly 300 homes.
• Trump’s National Guard Troops Are Questioning Their Mission in L.A. Thousands of National Guard members have served in the L.A. region since last month. Six soldiers spoke in interviews about low morale over the deployment.
• Scandal-Ridden Fyre Festival Is Sold for $245,000 on eBay. Billy McFarland, who served nearly four years in prison for fraud, said in April that he would put the beleaguered brand that he founded up for sale.
• Louisiana Police Chiefs Accused of Fabricating Robberies in Immigrant Visa Scheme. Prosecutors said the chiefs and other officials exploited a program that offers immigrant victims of violent crime a pathway to residency and citizenship.
• Damage From Fire Shuts Down North Rim of Grand Canyon. The Dragon Bravo blaze destroyed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge and dozens of other buildings used for summer tourism on the Arizona-Utah border.
• Utah Man Drowns Trying to Rescue Girl in Reservoir. As a 12-year-old girl on a tube drifted away in a reservoir, her brother-in-law jumped in to save her. She survived.
• The Chaotic Early Days Inside Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center. Several immigrant detainees described high tension and anxiety at the remote, hastily constructed facility over a lack of information, recreation and access to medication.
• Nicknames, Notes and a Waddle: How Colorado Fought a Bank Robbery Surge. Colorado led the country in bank robberies, per capita, for three years starting in 2021. Law enforcement officials found innovative ways to crack the crime wave.
• Speculation Swirls After Deadly Fire at Massachusetts Assisted Living Facility. A former employee said she never saw the staff perform fire drills. The local fire chief pushed back at claims that dispatching more firefighters would’ve saved more lives.
• Trump Releases About Half of the National Guard Troops in Los Angeles. President Trump mobilized the troops on June 7 in the wake of chaotic protests. They have remained in Southern California several weeks after most of the demonstrations had ended.
• Dan Serafini, Former Baseball Pitcher, Is Convicted of Murder. The 51-year-old faces life in prison without parole for killing his father-in-law and gravely wounding his mother-in-law in execution-style shootings in 2021.
• Federal Grand Jury Indicts Suspect in Killing of Minnesota Lawmaker. The suspect also faces state charges in the shooting deaths of State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband.
• In Shifting Winds, Central Oregon Wildfire Grows to Almost 30,000 Acres. The Cram wildfire grew rapidly over the weekend, threatening small communities and ranch land.
• What is CAIR, the group that Stefanik attacked?
• What Is the House Committee That Is Questioning College Leaders? The House Committee on Education and the Workforce is in charge of overseeing the Department of Education, including its role in enforcing anti-discrimination laws.
• What is the House committee that is questioning college leaders?
• Defining Antisemitism Is the Subject of Bitter Debate. There’s no consensus about what, precisely, constitutes antisemitism.
• Defining ‘antisemitism’ is the subject of bitter debate.
• Subway Floods as Storms Lash New York and Suburbs. A slow-moving storm drenched large swaths of the Mid-Atlantic on Monday, flooding parts of the New York subway system, inundating major roads and causing long flight delays.
• A Summer Camp Reopens in the Texas Hill Country. Barely a week after devastating floods destroyed Camp Mystic and killed at least 132, Camp CAMP, which serves disabled youth, reopened Monday, thanks to a herculean cleanup led by a volunteer army.
• John MacArthur, Firebrand Preacher and Culture Warrior, Dies at 86. He was a theologically uncompromising pastor in Southern California who influenced generations of evangelical preachers.
• Unreleased Beyoncé Music Stolen During Cowboy Carter Tour in Atlanta, Police Say. Two members of Beyoncé’s team said that their S.U.V. was broken into on July 8, just before a series of concerts in Atlanta, the authorities said. The police said a suspect had emerged.
• What a Smaller Education Department Is Doing Under Trump. Cuts have hit most of the department’s main functions, which include investigating civil rights complaints, providing financial aid, researching what works in education, testing students and disbursing federal funding.
• Son of Ex-Hollywood Agent, Jailed in 3 Murders, Dies by Suicide, D.A. Says. Samuel Haskell, 37, was accused of dismembering his wife and his in-laws. He was the son of Sam Haskell III, an Emmy-winning film producer and veteran talent agent.
• Homeless Population Declines in Los Angeles for a Second Straight Year. A key survey of homelessness in Los Angeles determined that the number of people sleeping without shelter fell again. More than 72,000 people remain homeless in Los Angeles County.
• Oklahoma Farmer Killed by Water Buffaloes He Had Just Bought, Police Say. The two aggressive animals delayed help from reaching the farmer, the police said.
• Arizona Governor Wants Investigation of Federal Handling of Grand Canyon Fire. Gov. Katie Hobbs questioned why the U.S. government decided to manage the Dragon Bravo fire, which started with a lightning strike, as a “controlled burn” during the height of the summer.
• 24 States Sue Trump Over $6.8 Billion Withheld From Education. Providers say after-school programs and other services for the coming school year are threatened without the federal money, which was abruptly withheld.
• Officials in Flooded Texas Defend Response Amid Threats. A commissioner in Kerr County, where the worst flooding occurred, said people were “cursing us for our decisions.” Official evacuations did not occur for hours after the first Weather Service warning.
• How the V.A. and DOGE Misreported Big Savings. Over the past six months, The New York Times has documented how the Department of Government Efficiency’s “Wall of Receipts,” the only public accounting of its work, has been plagued by errors. To understand why, David A. Fahrenthold looked closely at claims submitted by the Department of Veterans Affairs, which has had one of the highest totals of canceled contracts on the wall, and also some of its bigger mistakes.
• Living ‘A Day Without a Mexican’ in L.A., 21 Years Later. The 2004 indie film imagined an absurd, Latino-less California. As fears of immigration raids empty out parts of Los Angeles, the film’s premise feels all too real, its creators say.
• Fire Breaks Out at Assisted Living Center in Massachusetts. Firefighters responding to a deadly fire at Gabriel House, an assisted living facility in Fall River, Mass., on Sunday night.
• Several Killed in Fire at Massachusetts Assisted Living Facility. The fire broke out on Sunday in the city of Fall River, a state official said. The exact number of victims was unclear.
• Hacker Impersonating Elmo Makes Antisemitic X Posts. The owner of “Sesame Street” said it was working to restore control of Elmo’s social media account after the cyberattack on the fuzzy red monster, a beloved character on the children’s show.
• Grief and Prayer at Texas Churches: ‘Lord, Turn Off the Floodgates’ At services in the stricken Hill Country and elsewhere, ministers spoke Sunday morning about sorrow and solace, community and hope, as more rain beat down.
• State Trooper Is Among Multiple Victims in Kentucky Shooting, Officials Say. The episode, which left the shooter dead, ended at a church on Sunday in Lexington, Ky., the authorities said.
• Rare Pokémon Cards Worth More Than $100,000 Stolen From Shop. A burglar used a hammer to smash open the door of a Massachusetts shop and stole rare Pokémon cards and vintage box sets, a store owner said.
• ‘Nazi Creek’ in Alaska Gets a New Name After More Than 70 Years. German soldiers never stepped foot on the speck of land at the far end of the Aleutian Islands during World War II, but the name persisted.
• ‘We’re Going to Rebuild.’ A Hard-Hit Texas Town Looks to the Future. Hunt, Texas, a small town where the north and south forks of the Guadalupe River meet, is grieving the July 4 flood. But even as the search for the missing continues, rebuilding has begun.
• Trump Administration Poised to Ramp Up Deportations to Distant Countries. Eight men sent by the United States to South Sudan could presage a new approach to Trump-era deportations, even as critics say the practice could amount to “enforced disappearance.”
• How Trump’s crackdown on universities is affecting the world. Mr. Trump’s ideological war on universities is putting students, professors and scientists under pressure. That could undermine the global dominance that American science has enjoyed for decades.
• Are We Seeing the Outlines of a New Middle East? Iran’s designs have defined the region for decades. With the country weakened, the puzzle is what comes next.
• Texans Offer a Hand and Open Their Hearts as Flood Death Toll Grows. Mourners paid tribute at funerals and memorial services on Saturday as the number of fatalities rose to nearly 130.
• A Grand Canyon Access Point Is Closed as 19,000 Acres Burn Nearby. Access via the North Rim, a lesser-used gateway to the national park, was closed as the White Sage fire continued to burn on Saturday.
• FEMA Approved Removal of Many Camp Mystic Buildings From Flood Zones. Camp Mystic owners successfully appealed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to redesignate some buildings that had been considered part of a flood-hazard zone.
• Arizona Resident Dies From Plague, Officials Say. The resident died from pneumonic plague, the first such death in Coconino County, Ariz., since 2007, the county said.
• Texas Court Seals Records in Ken Paxton’s Divorce Case. The order meant details in the case, which involves allegations of adultery, would not be public as the Texas attorney general challenges Senator John Cornyn in the 2026 primary.
• ‘Is It Safe?’ As Parents Weigh Risks of Summer Camps, Owners Review Safety Measures. Camp officials across the country said they had heard from worried parents after the Texas floods. As they try to reassure them, some camps are adding more safety procedures.
• ICE Raids Scare Off L.A. Workers Rebuilding Fire-Torn Areas. Immigrant workers are central to recovery efforts in neighborhoods burned in the January wildfires, but recent raids have led some to stay home.
• Judge Blocks Trump Administration Tactics in L.A. Immigration Raids. A federal judge temporarily halted the administration from making indiscriminate arrests based on race and denying detainees access to lawyers, in a lawsuit that could have national repercussions.
• Farmworker Dies After Fleeing a Federal Raid in Southern California. During a chaotic raid in Ventura County on Thursday, the worker fell from a greenhouse at a cannabis farm, suffered spinal and skull injuries, and died on Friday.
• Judge Orders Los Angeles Police to Stop Shooting Projectiles at Journalists. Los Angeles Police Department officers fired foam projectiles and flash-bang devices at reporters and photographers who were covering the immigration protests in June.
• Man Had 14 Toucans Stashed in His Volkswagen Dashboard, U.S. Says. Carlos Abundez, 35, is facing federal smuggling charges after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers made the discovery. The birds, a threatened species, were in stable condition.
• Evacuations and Lost Cabins: A Century of Floods at Camp Mystic. Within six years of opening, Camp Mystic was inundated with floodwaters. It was the first of many times.
• Support for Immigration Rebounds as Trump Cracks Down on It, Poll Finds. In a marked reversal from a year ago, more Americans now have positive views about immigration, and a record high believes it is good for the nation.
• Read the Air India Crash Report. A preliminary assessment by the Indian authorities said fuel was cut off to both engines shortly before Air India Flight 171 crashed last month, appearing to rule out mechanical failure or design flaws.

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Politics

• Trump Says He Doesn’t ‘Draw Pictures.’ But Many of His Sketches Sold at Auction. The president disputes reporting from The Wall Street Journal that he drew a picture for Jeffrey Epstein, but as a real estate mogul, he often sketched for charity.
• Trump Hosts I.R.S. Commissioner in Oval Office. The ceremonial swearing-in is the latest sign of the unusual relationship the president is cultivating with the tax agency.
• Lawmakers Question Whether CBS Canceled Colbert’s Show for Political Reasons. Paramount, the network’s parent, recently agreed to pay President Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit over the editing of an interview on the CBS News program “60 Minutes.”
• State Dept. Official Says Criticism of Israel Can Lead to Visa Revocations. The head of the Bureau of Consular Affairs said his office regularly weighed criticism of Israel when determining whether to deny or revoke student visas.
• When It Comes to Jeffrey Epstein, Trump Says He Is Ready to Defer to the Courts. After months of pushing back against federal judges and the courts, the president has requested the release of Epstein-related grand jury testimony to be “subject to Court approval.”
• Trump’s War With Powell Throws a Little-Known Planning Board Into Scrutiny. The National Capital Planning Commission has become pivotal in the administration’s campaign to discredit Jerome H. Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve.
• Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Hits Senior Care Work Force. Nursing homes and home care agencies have lost workers as the Trump administration has moved to end deportation protections for migrants with temporary legal status.
• At Netanyahu’s U.S. Alma Mater, a Push to Remove Him From the Wall of Fame. Recent comments by the Israeli prime minister and a Fox News commentator about their suburban Philadelphia high school have inflamed a debate.
• The Impact of Defunding NPR and PBS. Congress just voted to claw back $500 million in funding for public broadcasting. Benjamin Mullin, a media reporter for The New York Times, explains what will happen now to NPR, PBS and the many local stations that rely on the funding.
• Army Special Operations Warns Retired Members of Terror Threat. The alert, issued to retired service members who served in Iraq or Syria and live in Florida, did not specify what kind of threat or which terrorist group was involved.
• House Republicans Dangle Possible Vote on Epstein Files, After Voter Backlash. The House Rules Committee laid the groundwork for an eventual vote to call for release of the Epstein files, reflecting Republican uneasiness with the president’s refusal to divulge information from the investigation.
• Border Patrol Agents Raid a Home Depot in Northern California. The raid indicates a new strategy of going deeper into California after focusing on Southern California for several weeks.
• Trump Tells Bondi to Seek Release of Epstein Grand Jury Testimony. The attorney general plans to ask a court to release the papers. But even if the request succeeds, it would fall far short of critics’ demands to release all investigative materials.
• Ex-Voice of America Employee Arrested and Charged With Threatening Marjorie Taylor Greene. Federal prosecutors accused the man of threatening to kill Ms. Greene, her staff, and their families, months before President Trump sought to dismantle the news agency.
• A Timeline of What We Know About Trump and Epstein. Donald Trump was friendly for at least 15 years with Jeffrey Epstein, the multimillionaire financier and convicted sex offender who died in prison in 2019.
• Marine General to Lead Naval Academy, a First. Lt. Gen. Michael J. Borgschulte, an aviator who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, will relieve Vice Adm. Yvette M. Davids, the academy’s first female superintendent.
• Republicans Fretted Over Ceding Spending Power to Trump. Then They Voted to Do It. In voting for President Trump’s cancellation of $9 billion in spending they had already approved, Republicans in Congress showed they were willing to cede their power of the purse.
• New Assessment Finds Site at Focus of U.S. Strikes in Iran Badly Damaged. A clearer picture begins to emerge of what the Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites achieved.
• Justice Dept. Asks California Sheriffs for Names of Inmates Who Aren’t Citizens. An A.C.L.U. lawyer said it was possible that any sheriff who complied with the request could be in violation of California’s so-called sanctuary state law.
• Trump Was Diagnosed With Chronic Venous Insufficiency. What is It? The condition, which can cause swelling and pain, is common among older adults.
• In the Trump Administration, Watchdogs Are Watching Their Backs. The president has fired or demoted over 20 inspectors general since he took office. Employees say they are demoralized and reluctant to pursue investigations that could prompt political blowback.
• What to Know About the Three Crypto Regulation Bills in Congress. The House this week took up a trio of bills that would establish a federal framework for regulating the cryptocurrency industry. One of the measures is about to clear Congress and become law.
• Justice Dept. Asks for 1-Day Sentence for Ex-Officer Convicted in Breonna Taylor Raid. The move was a stunning reversal of Biden-era efforts to address racial disparities in local law enforcement.
• White House Seeks to Inspect Fed Renovation in Bid to Pressure Powell. Russell T. Vought, the head of the Office of Management and Budget, said he and other administration officials wanted access to the Fed’s building in Washington.
• Republicans on Senate Panel Vote to Advance Bove’s Nomination After Democrats Storm Out. An even more intense battle is expected on the Senate floor over the nomination of a Trump immigration policy enforcer to a lifetime judicial post.
• What Are Trump and His Supporters Saying About the Epstein Case? Their actions range from pressuring the administration to release more information to spinning additional conspiracy theories about the case of Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender.
• Elissa Slotkin Wants Democrats to Reclaim Their ‘Alpha Energy’ In a wide-ranging interview, the junior senator from Michigan took stock of her party’s deep-seated woes, warning Democrats not to be “so damn scared.”
• Even After Bondi Gains Trump’s Backing, Her Survival Remains an Open Question. The sustained backlash has exposed the hazards of the attorney general’s focus on courting President Trump, with the assumption that he maintains the total backing of his base.
• Senate Approves Trump’s Bid to Cancel Foreign Aid and Public Broadcast Funds. The bill to claw back $9 billion in congressionally approved spending passed over the objections of Republicans who said it abdicated the legislative branch’s power of the purse.
• Trump Says Coca-Cola Agreed to Use Cane Sugar in Coke Made in U.S. The company began using corn syrup in Coke in 1980, blending it with sugar to help defray the cost of rising sugar prices.
• Nadler and Duffy in Tense Exchange Over N.Y.C. Subway Safety. Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, a member of the House transportation committee, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy argued over subway safety statistics during a hearing on Wednesday.
• JD Vance’s Big, Beautiful Task. The vice president is selling Trump’s domestic policy bill amid signs Democratic attacks are breaking through.
• The Grand Canyon Fire Has North Rim Residents Wary of the Future. Fire crews allowed a fire to burn through brush on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim. Then they lost control.
• Abrego Garcia Lawyers Question Evidence From Key Witness in Criminal Case. The exchanges unfolded at a hearing in Federal District Court in Nashville intended to determine whether Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia should be freed from criminal custody as he awaits trial.
• Vance Tries to Sell the Benefits of Trump’s Megabill but Ignores the Costs. In a visit to Pennsylvania, Vice President JD Vance stressed tax cuts and savings accounts for newborns, with no mention of trims to Medicaid and nutritional assistance programs many Trump voters rely on.
• Can Trump Fire Powell? He Likely Lacks a Case, Legal Experts Say. The Trump administration is toying with removing Jerome H. Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve, accusing him of mismanaging a multibillion-dollar update to its Washington headquarters.
• Senate Democrats Rail at ‘Sloppy, Rushed’ State Dept. Firings. Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said the changes were needed and called the outrage overblown.
• Documenting L.A.’s Surge in Immigration Arrests. Jennifer Medina, a political reporter at The New York Times who is based in Los Angeles, speaks with a witness who recorded an immigration raid near a Home Depot.
• Judge Chastises U.S. Over Secrecy in Moving to Drop Charges Against MS-13 Leader. The judge on Long Island chided the Trump administration over its effort to “avoid public scrutiny.”
• 900 Ex-Justice Dept. Lawyers Urge Senate Not to Confirm Bove as Federal Appeals Judge. The lawyers wrote that Emil Bove III, the face of some controversial moves by President Trump’s Justice Department, had disgraced the department.
• Public Views of the Fed Chair Are Polarized as Trump Mulls His Firing. Few Americans have confidence in the chairman, Jerome Powell, to do the right thing on the economy, though attitudes are deeply partisan.
• 20 States Sue Trump Administration Over Ending FEMA Funding for Disaster Mitigation. FEMA announced in April that it was ending the funding to eliminate “waste, fraud and abuse.” The program saved taxpayers more than $150 billion over 20 years, the plaintiffs said.
• Republican Tax Bill Is a Losing Deal for Gamblers. The law is creating backlash from the gambling industry and bettors who could owe taxes even if they break even.
• How Republicans Supersized Silicon Valley’s Favorite Tax Break. Tucked into the huge set of tax cuts that Republicans passed into law this month was the expansion of an unusually valuable tax break for start-up investors.
• Tribal Media Leader Implores Senator to Reject Public Broadcasting Clawback. In a letter to Senator Mike Rounds, Republican of South Dakota, the head of a network of Native radio and television stations said a deal to ostensibly protect tribal stations was unworkable.
• Massie Moves to Force House Vote on Epstein Files Release. The Kentucky Republican, a frequent critic of President Trump, teamed with a Democrat in a maneuver that could force G.O.P. leaders to hold a vote on the matter within weeks.
• Justice Dept. to Move Ahead With Bribery Case Against Cuellar. The decision to sustain the prosecution of the Texas Democrat stands in contrast to the department’s decisions to drop or downgrade investigations of Trump allies or those he deems politically useful.
• Kennedy Fires Two Top Aides in Health Department Shake-Up. The health secretary ousted his chief of staff and a deputy chief of staff, both of whom were seen as practical and effective government veterans.
• Rum, Fisheries and a Sculpture Garden: The Quiet Winners in Trump’s Big Bill. The president’s marquee policy legislation is best known for slashing taxes and cutting social safety net programs. But the sweeping measure also included many little-noticed goodies and add-ons.
• Trump Attacks ‘Past’ Supporters Upset Over Epstein Case. Trump asserted that outrage over the Justice Department’s decision to not release additional information and close the investigation was just the latest “scam” cooked up by Democrats.
• Trump Has Draft of Letter to Fire Fed Chair. He Asked Republicans if He Should Send It. The president waved a copy of a draft letter firing Jerome H. Powell at a meeting in the Oval Office with House Republicans. It remains to be seen whether he follows through with his threat.
• For Trump, Domestic Adversaries Are Not Just Wrong, They Are ‘Evil’ The president’s vilification of political opponents and journalists seeds the ground for threats of prosecution, imprisonment and deportation unlike any modern president has made.
• Europe Rushes to Negotiate a Trade Deal as Trump’s Team Voices Indifference. The European Union is racing to clinch an agreement with the Americans before tariffs kick in on Aug. 1, even as President Trump has signaled he is in no rush.
• Supreme Court Keeps Ruling in Trump’s Favor, but Doesn’t Say Why. In a series of terse, unsigned orders, the court has often been giving the green light to President Trump’s agenda without a murmur of explanation.
• A Scion of Democratic Politics Defeats the Upstarts in an Arizona Primary. Adelita Grijalva beat back charges of “legacy” and embraced the memory of her father, Raúl Grijalva, to win the Democratic primary for the House seat opened by his death.
• Trump Administration Resumes Third-Country Deportation Flights. The five migrants on the latest flight, all from different countries, were sent to Eswatini, a small nation in southern Africa.
• Senate Advances Trump Clawback of Foreign Aid and Public Broadcast Funds. The vote to take up legislation to rescind $9 billion in funds Congress has already approved suggested that Republicans would bow to the president’s wishes in the simmering fight over spending powers.
• Hawley Aims to Roll Back Medicaid Cuts He Voted for Just Two Weeks Ago. The Republican senator introduced a bill Tuesday that would block restrictions on key strategies that states rely on to finance Medicaid and double a rural hospital fund.
• Trump Administration Initiates Trade Investigation of Brazil. The United States has begun investigating Brazil’s trade practices and “anti-corruption interference,” after the president’s criticisms of Brazil’s treatment of Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump ally.
• Canada’s Leader Says There’s Little Hope of Avoiding U.S. Tariffs. After long insisting that Canada could avoid Trump tariffs through talks, Mark Carney now says that is unlikely for any nation.
• State Dept. Layoffs Hit Russia and Ukraine Analysts. A former senior U.S. official said it was “shortsighted” to consolidate the department’s well-respected intelligence arm.
• Trump Administration Investigates U. of Michigan Over Foreign Funding. The University of Michigan was the latest school accused of failing to report large foreign donations amid a wider pressure campaign from the Trump administration.
• How Much Military Aid Has the U.S. Given to Ukraine? Here’s What to Know. The United States began sending weapons to Ukraine years before Russia invaded in 2022.
• Trump Hails $90 Billion in A.I. Infrastructure Investments at Pennsylvania Summit. Trump administration officials say winning the artificial intelligence race with China is a top priority.
• What’s Next for Trump’s Plans to Dismantle the Education Department. Administration officials have already begun the process of transferring certain functions to other agencies.
• Republicans in Congress Shift to Backing Ukraine, Matching Trump’s Reversal. After years pressing to end U.S. aid to Ukraine, many Republicans have abandoned that position now that President Trump is supporting the country against Russian aggression.
• Democrats Broach Potential Walkout to Block Texas Redistricting. Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, told Texas Democrats on a call on Tuesday that the moment required everyone to take extraordinary actions.
• House Democrats Call for Hearing on Epstein, Capitalizing on G.O.P. Rift. Democrats urged the Republican majority to call Justice Department officials, including the attorney general and F.B.I. leaders, to Capitol Hill to discuss how they handled the Jeffrey Epstein case.
• Waltz, in U.N. Ambassador Hearing, Defends Signal Group Chat. Michael Waltz, the former national security adviser, doubled down on the Trump administration’s defense of a Signal group chat where senior officials discussed war plans.
• For Hard-Right Lawmakers, Trump’s Shift on Epstein Is Just the Latest Breach. Right-wing Republicans have also criticized the president’s stances on Iran and Ukraine, hinting at a broader fraying of his political coalition.
• Trump’s Pivot on Ukraine. President Trump’s approach to the war in Ukraine has changed substantially since the start of his presidential term. Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, explains the pivot.
• H.H.S. Finalizes Thousands of Layoffs After Supreme Court Decision. Staff members who were first notified of terminations in April were finally let go late Monday.
• Rising Inflation Underscores Risks in Trump’s New Tariff Threats. New data showing price increases last month could foreshadow even higher costs if the president imposes steep tariffs on Aug. 1.
• Dismissals at Justice Dept. Would Bypass Civil Service and Whistle-Blower Laws. In court filings and dismissal letters, the Justice Department’s political leadership claims sweeping authority to fire career law enforcement officials without cause.
• What to Know About the Epstein Files, a Perfect Recipe for Conspiracy Theories. Here’s what to know about the disturbing facts and unsubstantiated suspicions that make Jeffrey Epstein, a registered sex offender, a politically potent obsession.
• Democrats Are Workshopping New Tactics After Losses of 2024. Among the ideas being promoted: knocking on every single door in a House district and awarding cash prizes for the most effective new ways to reach voters.
• Appeals Court Delays Decision on Contempt Plan in Deportation Case. The three-judge panel has allowed the case to languish in a kind of legal limbo, catching the eye of some legal experts.
• Three Universities Will Face Congress Over Antisemitism Allegations. Leaders from Georgetown, the City University of New York and the University of California, Berkeley, will become the latest to testify about accusations of campus antisemitism.
• Federal Workers’ ‘Emotional Roller Coaster’: Fired, Rehired, Fired Again. Former government employees are finding that perhaps the only thing harder than getting laid off from the federal government is staying that way.
• Appeals Court Keeps Afghans’ Deportation Protections in Place for Now. A short, unsigned order by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia blocked the Trump administration’s move to terminate deportation protections until next week.
• Judge Orders Release of Iranian Arrested in Louisiana After U.S. Bombed Iran. Pouria Pourhosseinhendabad, a doctoral student studying mechanical engineering at Louisiana State University, was arrested along with his wife, in what his lawyers call “an unconstitutional ruse.”
• Behind Trump’s Tough Russia Talk, Doubts and Missing Details. Pentagon officials said details were still being worked out, and experts doubted Mr. Trump’s threat of huge tariffs for Russian trading partners.
• How Do You Silence a Conspiracy Theory? President Trump is finding it hard to put the Epstein files behind him.
• Senate Approves First Judge of Trump’s Second Term. The pace of judicial confirmations is lagging compared with the president’s first stint in office, but more are in the pipeline.
• Marjorie Taylor Greene Criticizes Trump’s Plan to Speed Weapons to Ukraine. The right-wing congresswoman from Georgia suggested that the president’s new proposal to help speed weapons to Ukraine betrays the promise to voters to end U.S. involvement in foreign conflicts.
• Will the Conspiracists Cultivated by Trump Turn on Him Over Epstein? The fallout of the Epstein case is testing the power the president holds over his most loyal followers, many of whom have broken into open revolt against him.
• Ukraine Greets Trump’s Decision to Help Provide Patriot Systems With Cautious Optimism. American fatigue with the war and the fickleness of the Trump administration remain concerns for Ukraine’s leaders.
• Pentagon Abruptly Pulls Out of Annual Aspen Conference. For years, Republican and Democratic administrations have dispatched civilian Pentagon officials and military commanders to the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado.
• Supreme Court Clears the Way for Trump’s Cuts to the Education Department. The move by the justices represents an expansion of executive power, allowing President Trump to functionally eliminate a government department.
• Democrats Must ‘Toughen Up’ Against Trump, Obama Tells Donors. Frustrated that prominent Democrats have not fought harder, former President Barack Obama said in a speech that his party’s leaders needed to step up.
• Trump Promises to Help Europe Speed Weapons to Ukraine. “I’m disappointed in President Putin, because I thought we would have had a deal two months ago,” President Trump said.
• The Economy Has Been Resilient. The New Round of Tariffs May Hit Harder. The economy’s resilience so far to President Trump’s global trade war risks emboldening him and unleashing the sort of economic devastation that economists have long feared.
• Democrats Accuse Trump of Ceding Global Influence to China. The minority members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee say the White House is undercutting American soft power and letting China fill the void.
• President Trump Says the U.S. Will Send Patriot Defense Systems to Ukraine. Speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews, President Trump also criticized President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, saying he “talks nice and then he bombs everybody in the evening.”
• Bluffs and Bluster Aside, Trump’s Tariffs Are Here to Stay. The president has earned a reputation for bluffing on tariffs. But he has steadily and dramatically raised U.S. tariffs, transforming global trade.
• Texan Stoicism Provides Comfort, and Excuses, After the Flood. Texans often draw on the idea of their own self-reliance during times of adversity. Gov. Greg Abbott has used it to deflect tough questions.
• Trump’s Willingness to Arm Ukraine Puts Him Closer to Biden Approach. President Trump is expected this week to formalize a new plan to sell American weapons to European allies, who would pass them onto Kyiv.
• In His Own Words: How Trump Changed His Tone on Putin and the War in Ukraine. After years of lavishing praise on the Russian leader, President Trump abruptly changed his posture amid mounting frustration with the lack of progress on a cease-fire.
• Inside the Conservative Campaign That Took Down the U.Va. President. The Jefferson Council had called for eliminating D.E.I., without much success. But a new lawyer with ties to the group took on the cause for the Trump administration.
• Facing Painful Cuts, the V.A. Reported Dubious Savings to DOGE. The Department of Veterans Affairs claimed credit for canceling contracts that had not been canceled, and tallied savings unrelated to the cost-cutting efforts.
• Excerpts From The Times’s Interview With Biden on Clemency Decisions. The former president said he “made every single one of those” decisions and that Republicans were questioning them because “they’ve done so badly” and wanted to shift the focus.
• Biden Says He Made the Clemency Decisions That Were Recorded With Autopen. Donald J. Trump and his allies have begun investigations to support their claims that Joseph R. Biden Jr. was incapacitated and his staff conspired to take presidential actions in his name.
• Noem Defends FEMA Response to Texas Floods. The homeland security secretary said a report that thousands of calls to a disaster hotline went unanswered because of staffing cuts was “false.”
• Ex-Secret Service Director Denies She Failed to Send Agents to Protect Trump. Kimberly A. Cheatle, who resigned after Donald J. Trump was grazed by a bullet as a candidate a year ago, pushed back against findings in a Senate report released on Sunday.
• The NATO leader will meet with Trump and other top officials in Washington this week.
• Justice Department Drops Case Against Plastic Surgeon Over Fake Covid-19 Cards. Attorney General Pam Bondi said she had ordered the dismissal of charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of selling bogus vaccination cards for $50 each.
• What to Know About the Secret Service, a Year After It Failed to Protect Trump. The agency withstood criticism and a reckoning after a lone assassin grazed Donald J. Trump on the campaign trail. Today, recruiting is up.
• How the Democrats Lost on Transgender Issues. Charles Homans, a New York Times reporter who covers national politics, describes how the Democrats’ dilemma with transgender issues reflects their broader struggles after losses in 2024.
• Democrats Lost Voters on Transgender Rights. Winning Them Back Won’t Be Easy. The party’s vanguard position got ahead of voters in 2024, and the internal debate now underway reveals an uncertainty on how to adapt.
• From Science to Diversity, Trump Hits the Reverse Button on Decades of Change. President Trump has moved aggressively to reopen long-settled issues and to dismantle long-established institutions as he tries to return to what he considers better times.
• Trump Pleads With Followers to Back Bondi in Dispute Over Epstein Inquiry. In a long social media post, President Trump praised Attorney General Pam Bondi and told his followers to “not waste Time and Energy” on the Jeffrey Epstein case.
• Trump’s 30 percent tariff threat provokes anger and frustration in Europe.
• Latest tariffs apparently do not apply to cars. Cars and trucks a
• Mexico has taken steps to curb drug trade and illegal migration. Trump says it’s not enough.
• Trump Administration Fires More D.O.J. Employees Who Worked for Special Counsel. The latest round of firings targets not just prosecutors but also support staff members who played a smaller role.
• Carmakers brace for new tariffs in major manufacturing hubs.
• Trump Threatens to Strip Rosie O’Donnell of U.S. Citizenship. President Trump called Ms. O’Donnell, who has feuded with him since before he became president, a “threat to humanity.”
• Trump threatens to strip Rosie O’Donnell of U.S. citizenship.
• ICE Set to Vastly Expand Its Reach With New Funds. After the passage of President Trump’s domestic policy law, the Department of Homeland Security is poised to hire thousands of new immigration agents and double detention space.
• Trump Threatens Steep Tariffs on Goods From E.U. and Mexico. Leaders from both economies had been trying to negotiate more favorable terms, only to have those efforts blown up by form letters.
• A Mother of Five Survived the Flood to Return to a Cabin in Ruins. Jaque White and her five children escaped the rising waters of the Guadalupe River just in time. Now they have to rebuild.
• Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Ban Faces New Peril: Class Actions. In last month’s decision limiting one judicial tool, universal injunctions, the court seemed to invite lower courts to use class actions as an alternative.
• After Texas Disaster, Trump Shifts His Tone on FEMA. Earlier this year, President Trump suggested he wanted to shutter the agency. Now, he says his aides “fixed it up in no time.”
• When Silence Speaks Volumes. A New York Times investigative reporter explains how a problem he encountered while reporting reveals something important about the second Trump era.

World

• Cuban Minister Ousted After Accusing Beggars of Faking Poverty. The labor and social security minister drew public outrage when she said “there are no beggars” in Cuba, where many people struggle to afford food.

Africa

• African Nation Says It Will Repatriate Migrants Deported by U.S. The Trump administration sent five deportees to Eswatini, an African kingdom, saying that their own countries would not take them. But Eswatini says it will send them home.
• As Iran Deports a Million Afghans, ‘Where Do We Even Go?’ Afghans being forced out of Iran are grappling with an uncertain future in Afghanistan, where widespread poverty and severe restrictions on women and girls await.
• Three Aid Workers Were ‘Intentionally Killed’ in Ethiopia, M.S.F. Says. The aid group accused Ethiopia’s government of failing to properly investigate the slayings, which took place in the Tigray region in 2021. A New York Times investigation found that Ethiopian soldiers were responsible.
• South African President Opens Corruption Inquiry of Police Leader. The police minister was suspended amid allegations that he had protected figures with ties to a criminal syndicate, adding pressure on the country’s embattled government.

Americas

• Prisoner Swap Frees Americans in Venezuela for Migrants in El Salvador. A deal freed 10 Americans and permanent U.S. residents detained in Venezuela, for more than 200 Venezuelan migrants who were imprisoned in El Salvador after being expelled from the United States.
• Bolsonaro Ordered to Wear Ankle Monitor, Escalating Brazil’s Feud With Trump. Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Jair Bolsonaro, the former president, to stay home most hours, defying President Trump’s demands that charges against Mr. Bolsonaro be dropped.
• Prominent Human Rights Group Flees El Salvador. The group, Cristosal, has investigated prison deaths and torture under President Nayib Bukele. Its employees were threatened and surveilled, its director said.
• Anti-Trump Bump Rekindles Support for Brazil’s President. Once called the planet’s most popular politician, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil faced long odds in next year’s election. President Trump’s tariffs are changing that.
• Trump Has Promised More Tariffs on Mexico. What Happens Next? President Trump has threatened to increase Mexico’s tariff rate to 30 percent starting Aug. 1, claiming the country hasn’t sufficiently tackled drug cartels.
• In Canada’s Northern Outposts, Rusting Relics Once Guarded Against Nuclear War. Strings of radars stretching across Canada were built to give early warnings of Soviet bombers coming over the Arctic. The region now faces a new era of militarization.

Asia Pacific

• Heavy Monsoon Rains Kill Dozens in Pakistan. The relentless rain caused flooding across the country’s most populous province. Many of those killed have been children, officials said.
• Floods and Heavy Rain Kill Dozens in Pakistan. Relentless rain began on Wednesday, causing flooding in several cities and across vast rural stretches in the province of Punjab.
• Musk Clears Final Hurdles for Tesla and Starlink in India. In the first tangible inroads Elon Musk has sought for years in India, Starlink passed a final regulatory hurdle and Tesla opened its first India store.
• Acquittals Bring Samsung Chairman’s Decade of Legal Woes to an End. ​The South Korean Supreme Court’s ruling dispels uncertainty​ over Lee Jae-yong’s leadership as the tech giant faces challenges from tariffs and chip making rivals.
• China’s Aircraft Carriers Push Into Waters Long Dominated by U.S. Recent drills near Japan reflect China’s ambitions to extend its navy’s reach and exert greater influence, in the Pacific and beyond.
• A Year’s Worth of Mascara? Fans of Korean Beauty Stock Up as Tariffs Loom. American consumers of Korean cosmetics and skin-care products are bulk buying, as President Trump threatens 25 percent tariffs on imports.
• A Father Braces for Life After a Plane Crash Took His ‘Everything’ His son and daughter-in-law brought love to his home and represented the family’s hope for a better life.
• Afghan Women and Girls Deported From Iran Fear ‘Coming Back to a Cage’ “Get ready to cope” was the message from an aid worker to women returning to Taliban rule in Afghanistan after their expulsion from Iran.
• What to Know About the Fighting in Southern Syria. Druse militiamen have been fighting with Bedouins in the Sweida Province, and Syrian government forces and the Israeli military are getting involved.
• Indian Police Discover a Russian Woman Living in a Cave With Two Daughters. Officials said she had spent years in the country seeking spirituality and living among nature. But she faces deportation after overstaying her visa.
• Air India Crash Findings Prompt Inspections of Boeing Fuel Switches. Airlines in India, Singapore and South Korea were inspecting fuel control switches on their Boeing jets.
• Australian Leader’s Bonhomie in China Belies Delicate Balancing Act. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is trying to deepen ties with China, his country’s biggest trading partner, while being under pressure from the United States.
• Chinese University Expels Woman for ‘Improper Contact’ With a Foreigner. The university published the student’s full name and said her behavior had “damaged national dignity.” The move prompted an online debate and accusations of sexism.
• France Announces Agreement to Give New Caledonia More Autonomy. There were violent protests against French rule in the semiautonomous Pacific territory last year. The agreement would create a new state within the French Republic.
• For Families of Air India Crash Victims, Report Brings No Closure. A preliminary assessment in last month’s disaster focusing on fuel being cut to both engines only deepened the mystery for people grieving loved ones.
• Modi Wants More Indians to Speak Hindi. Some States Are Shouting ‘No.’ States worry that the imposition of Hindi, the main language of northern India, would wipe out their cultural heritage.
• Rubio Visits Asia in Shadow of Trump’s Tariffs. Marco Rubio made his first visit to Asia as secretary of state. Edward Wong, a diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times, reports from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to explain how President Trump’s tariffs have upset U.S. trading partners.
• Timeline Details Final Seconds of Crashed Air India Flight. Investigators released a preliminary account of the crash, describing how the plane struggled after its fuel supply was cut.
• When It’s This Hot, ‘We Are Enduring, Not Living’ How one man gets by in the unbearable and inescapable heat of Pakistan’s biggest and most unlivable city.

Canada

• Canada Moves to Block Chinese Steel Now Shut Out of the U.S. Canada’s steel industry fears that Chinese steel facing steep tariffs in the United States will be sent north and overwhelm the Canadian market.
• Canadian Wildfire Smoke Sets Off Air Quality Alerts in Toronto and U.S. Smoke from wildfires in Manitoba, a Western province facing its worst fire season in 30 years, has created hazardous air quality conditions across Eastern Canada and the United States.
• A Beloved Canadian Chocolate Bar Disappears From the Market. Neilson Jersey Milk may be the latest victim of multinational food companies’ strategy of promoting their global brands over domestic ones.

Europe

• Brothers in Arms: Macron, Merz and Starmer Plan for a Post-U.S. Future. The leaders of France, Germany and Britain are building parallel diplomatic institutions to defend Europe as President Trump retreats from the continent.
• Extra! Extra! Read All About Last Newspaper Hawker in Paris. Ali Akbar started selling papers on the streets in 1974. He is still at it, winning over Parisians and presidents with persistence, humor and his signature catchphrase: “Ça y est!”
• 5 Charged in U.C. Berkeley Professor’s Killing in Greece, Including His Ex-Wife. Przemyslaw Jeziorski, who taught quantitative marketing at the Haas School of Business, was shot several times on July 4 outside Athens, the authorities said.
• U.K. Plans to Lower Voting Age in Major Electoral Reform. The British government said it wants to lower the voting age to 16 as part of a plan that has been described as the country’s largest expansion of voting rights in decades.
• ‘Bonjour’ Sets Off a Linguistic Dispute on a Belgian Train. The rules can get complicated in a country with French, Dutch and German as official languages.
• The U.K. Plans to Lower the Voting Age to 16. Here’s What to Know. The plan has been described as the largest expansion of voting rights in Britain in decades.
• Rescuers Seek American Hiker Missing for Days in the Pyrenees. Cole Henderson, 27, was last heard from on July 9, when he told friends he was putting his phone into airplane mode ahead of a mountain hike in Spain.
• Prince Harry Follows in Diana’s Footsteps as Specter of Land Mines Returns. Harry walked through a minefield in Angola, retracing a journey by his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997. Several countries plan to revive use of the weapons.
• Lauren Southern, Former Right-Wing Commentator, Says Andrew Tate Assaulted Her. Ms. Southern’s account of a 2018 encounter, made in a self-published memoir, adds to the allegations against Mr. Tate, the online influencer. “She is lying through her teeth,” Mr. Tate’s lawyer said.
• German and U.K. Leaders Meet to Cement Ties as America Steps Back. Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s trip to London on Thursday is the latest sign of a new world order, in which European nations are uniting amid growing instability.
• London’s Kew Gardens Will Renovate Iconic Glasshouses. The Palm House and the Waterlily House, two hulking greenhouses built in the Victorian Era, will close in 2027 for four years of major renovations.
• A Pompeii Mosaic, Taken by a Nazi Captain, Is Returned. The mosaic, which depicts a couple in an intimate bedroom scene, is among thousands of artifacts stolen from the ancient Roman city.
• Russia Isn’t Sounding Rattled by Trump’s Ultimatum. Russian officials and commentators have shown little indication that Moscow is about to change course under new pressure.
• Iceland Volcano System Erupts for 12th Time in 4 Years. The Icelandic Meteorological Office said that the eruptive fissure was about half a mile long but did not pose a threat to people or infrastructure.
• Migration Fears Turn Europe’s Borderless Dreams Into Traffic Nightmares. Germany’s new government imposed border checks to demonstrate toughness on migration, though crossings started slowing years ago.
• Iceland Volcano Erupts Again but Doesn’t Threaten Towns. An official said the eruption near Reykjavik, the 12th in four years from the same volcanic system, posed no threat to people or infrastructure.
• Club Drugs Strain Health System on Ibiza, Spain’s Party Island. Drug-related calls from nightclubs are driving Ibiza’s ambulance services to collapse, health workers say. It’s the latest example of tensions in Europe over tourism.
• A 900-Year-Old Typo May Unravel a Chaucer Mystery. The Tale of Wade, twice referred to in Geoffrey Chaucer’s poems, survives only in a tiny fragment. Two academics argue a scribe’s error deepened the confusion around it.
• Police Arrest Far-Right Leader After Anti-Immigrant Riots in Spanish Town. Prosecutors said the local head of Deport Them Now, an anti-immigrant group, helped incite four days of violence that have rattled a town with a large North African community.
• Men Who Felled Sycamore Gap Tree Are Given Prison Sentences in U.K. The tree, a beloved landmark that stood by Hadrian’s Wall in northern England, was found illegally cut down in 2023.
• U.K. Secretly Resettled 4,500 Afghans in Britain After Huge Data Exposure. The government said that the personal details of 18,000 Afghans were accidentally revealed in 2022. The previous government had secured a legal order to prevent any reporting on the subject.
• Trump’s Shift on Ukraine Is Good News for Europe, for Now. After European leaders stepped up military spending, President Trump aligned himself more closely with them on the war. But his tariffs threats have left bruises.
• What We Know About the U.S. Deal for a Weapons Pipeline to Ukraine. NATO allies will buy arms, then give them to Ukraine, President Trump said.
• Blazes in Northern Ireland Recall an Old Message: You Are Not Welcome Here. A bonfire topped with an effigy of a migrant boat. Homes set alight. During the Troubles, similar tactics were used to target Irish Catholics in the territory.
• Would Europe Actually Retaliate Against Trump’s Tariffs? European Union officials have drawn up plans to impose levies on American imports, but questions abound about whether they would go through with them.
• Trump Gives Russia 50 Days to Make Peace With Ukraine. President Trump, expressing frustration over feeling dragged along by President Vladimir V. Putin in peace talks, threatened Russia with “very severe tariffs” unless a deal is reached with Ukraine in 50 days.
• Dig for Children’s Remains Begins at Irish Home for Unwed Mothers. Experts are searching for the remains of hundreds of children who died at the institution run by Catholic nuns until 1961, including bodies disposed of in septic tanks.
• Zelensky Announces Plan for Major Government Shake-Up in Ukraine. An announcement by the Ukrainian president that he will seek to replace the prime minister with a loyalist came as the country faces battlefield setbacks and a souring mood.
• BBC Ends Ties With ‘MasterChef’ Host Gregg Wallace After Investigation. The BBC said it would stop working with Mr. Wallace after dozens of sexual misconduct allegations were upheld.
• Trump’s Threatened Tariffs Would Hobble Trans-Atlantic Trade, European Official Says. The bloc’s trade commissioner says two sides were close to a deal before the president last week threatened to impose a 30 percent levy.
• Trump Is Expected to Announce New Weapons Pipeline for Ukraine. Under the plan, other NATO countries would buy U.S.-made arms, then give them to Ukraine to defend itself against Russia. NATO’s secretary general was set to meet Mr. Trump on Monday.
• It’s Paradise Lost as Climate Change Remakes Europe’s Summers. In peak vacation season, many of the continent’s most desirable getaways are becoming places to get away from.
• It’s a Stunning Scottish Isle. Good Luck Getting On or Off. With aging ferries delayed sometimes for days, life goes haywire on an island in the Outer Hebrides.
• King Charles III Will Host Trump for U.K. State Visit in September. Buckingham Palace confirmed the dates of President Trump’s trip to Britain, which will be his second state visit.
• Macron, Saying Freedom Has Never Been So Threatened, Boosts Military Spending. “You have to be feared in this world,” President Emmanuel Macron said, preparing France for an era in which it may no longer be able to count on the U.S.
• American Allies Want to Redraw the World’s Trade Map, Minus the U.S. Facing growing chaos, the European Union and numerous other countries are seeking to forge a global trading nexus that is less vulnerable to American tariffs.
• A Landscape of Death: What’s Left Where Ukraine Invaded Russia. When Ukraine turned a corner of Russia’s Kursk region into a battlefield, it set in motion some of the war’s fiercest fighting. Our photographer documented the aftermath.
• How to Panic Italians? Jack Up the Price of Espresso. Prices for coffee beans have risen, but in a country where coffee drinking is a ritual, customers demand cheap espresso. That has left coffee bars in a bind.

Middle East

• The Druse: An Insular Faith, Facing a Fractured Middle East. Spread across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, the secretive religious minority has long balanced integration and independence. Now, members are at the heart of the region’s shifting power struggles.
• Israel Strike Destroys Catholic Church in Gaza. According to church officials, at least three people were killed and six others were injured when an Israeli strike hit the Holy Family Catholic Church compound in Gaza City on Thursday. The Israeli military is examining the incident.
• Smell of Death Lingers in Syrian City After Spasm of Violence. Blood in the streets, smashed windows and the smell of corpses in the air: A resident of the southern city of Sweida describes the aftermath of a wave of sectarian violence.
• Israeli Strike on a Gaza Church Kills Three. As cease-fire talks stalled, a deadly strike on a Catholic church in Gaza City prompted Pope Leo XIV to call for an immediate end to the fighting.
• Shopping Mall Fire Kills at Least 61 in Iraq. Local officials said that the scale of the tragedy was worsened by shoddy construction and a lack of preparedness.
• Syria’s President Condemns Israel After It Struck the Country’s Capital. Israel launched airstrikes against targets in Syria in Wednesday, following days of sectarian violence in the southern region of Sweida that has killed more than 500.
• Israel, Mixing Force With Diplomacy, Takes ‘Discordant’ Approach to Syria. For weeks, Israel has engaged in back-channel talks over a diplomatic agreement with the Syrian government. Its strikes on Damascus this week highlight a lack of strategic clarity.
• Syrian President Condemns Israeli Airstrikes on Damascus. President Ahmed al-Shara said the attack threatened to escalate sectarian violence in his sharpest criticism of Israel since coming to power.
• Dozens of People Are Killed in Iraq Shopping Mall Fire. The local governor announced three days of mourning for the victims, who he said included children.
• Syria Agrees to Cease-Fire in Sweida After Israeli Attack on Damascus. Israel launched deadly airstrikes on Syria’s capital on Wednesday, and threatened to escalate unless Syrian government forces withdrew from Sweida, a southern province dominated by the country’s Druse minority.
• Stampede Near Aid Site in Southern Gaza Kills at Least 20 Palestinians. Gaza’s health ministry and the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the organization that operates the aid distribution site, reported that at least 20 aid seekers were killed as they waited for food on the outskirts of Khan Younis.
• Israeli Airstrikes Target Syrian Defense Ministry. Multiple videos show the moment an Israeli missle hit the Defense Ministry and the surrounding area near the presidential palace in Syria’s capital, Damascus, on Wednesday.
• Israel Strikes Syrian Capital, Sending Warning to Government. Israel threatened to escalate attacks on Syrian government forces unless they withdrew from Sweida, a southern province dominated by the Druse minority.
• U.S. Ambassador to Israel Visits Netanyahu’s Corruption Trial. A highly unusual appearance from Mike Huckabee comes as President Trump has called for the long-running legal case to be suspended.
• At Least 20 Killed in Stampede Outside a Gaza Food Site, Aid Organization Says. There were conflicting accounts from aid officials and Palestinian officials over what happened at the food distribution hub run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
• Europeans Threaten to Reimpose Tough U.N. Nuclear Sanctions on Iran. “Snapback” sanctions will be triggered by the end of August if Tehran fails to make concrete progress to limit its nuclear program.
• Why So Many Afghans Have Been Forced Out of Iran. More than 1.4 million Afghans have been forced out of Iran since January amid a governmental crackdown. Elian Peltier, an international correspondent at The New York Times, reports from the Afghanistan-Iran border. There, he met with Afghans grappling with an uncertain future, as they return to a country with widespread poverty and severe restrictions on women’s and girls’ rights.
• Huckabee Calls Death of Palestinian-American in West Bank ‘Terrorism’ Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, demanded “accountability for this criminal and terrorist act,” referring to the killing last week of Sayfollah Musallet in the occupied territories.
• Israel Attacks Syria’s Military Amid Sectarian Clashes Between Druse and Bedouin Tribes. Israel launched several deadly airstrikes that targeted Syrian government forces in Sweida. The attack came as sectarian violence flared between Druse fighters and Bedouin tribal groups.
• Netanyahu’s Ultra-Orthodox Allies Threaten His Coalition Government. Some of the prime minister’s political allies have quit over a proposal to make religious students serve in military, and more are threatening to do so.
• Israel Targets Syria and Lebanon in Wave of Airstrikes. In Syria, Israel launched rare attacks on forces of the new government, while in Lebanon it took aim at the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.
• Dozens Killed in Sectarian Clashes in Syria. The sectarian violence between Bedouin groups and militias from the Druse religious minority killed more than 50 people, according to a local health official and a monitoring group.
• Sectarian Clashes in Syria Kill More Than 50, Health Official and Rights Group Say. The violence underscores the government’s challenge to assert nationwide control as ethnic and religious tensions simmer after the end of the civil war.
• Plan to Permanently Displace Palestinians Threatens to Derail Gaza Truce. An Israeli proposal to force much of Gaza’s population into a small enclave is now overshadowing negotiations over a truce.
• Children Killed in Israeli Strike on Water Point in Gaza, Officials Say. The Israeli military said that a “technical error” had caused a munition — intended for an Islamic Jihad militant — to land dozens of meters from its target.
• Israeli Strike in Gaza City Kills at Least 11 People, Officials Say. Gaza’s Civil Defense, an emergency rescue group, said that dozens were also wounded when Israel’s military struck a crowded downtown junction.
• Why Trump’s Abraham Accords Have Not Meant Mideast Peace. The 2020 agreements addressed diplomacy and commerce, not conflicts or the Palestinians. Predictions that the deals would produce regional peace were baseless, analysts say.
• Two Palestinians Killed in West Bank Clash With Israeli Settlers. Palestinian authorities and family members said Israeli settlers beat and killed a Palestinian-American man. Israel said the violence began when Palestinians threw stones at Israeli civilians.
• They Fled War in Ethiopia. Then American Bombs Found Them. In April, U.S.-made bombs destroyed a detention facility that held Ethiopian migrants in Yemen, crushing bodies and shredding limbs. Amid official silence, the survivors are left wondering why.

New York

• Mamdani Meets Jeffries in Brooklyn as He Seeks to Expand His Coalition. No endorsement emerged from the meeting between Zohran Mamdani and Representative Hakeem Jeffries, but both said the gathering had been productive.
• Read the Justice Department’s Jeffrey Epstein Filing. The Justice Department asked a Manhattan judge to unseal grand jury testimony about Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier.
• Justice Dept. Asks Manhattan Court to Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Testimony. The president has been under intense political pressure from his base after Attorney General Pam Bondi withheld portions of investigative files on the disgraced financier.
• Mamdani Wins Backing of Major Health Care Union That Had Endorsed Cuomo. Local 1199, which represents 200,000 health care workers in New York City, rescinded its support of Andrew Cuomo and is now endorsing Zohran Mamdani for mayor.
• N.Y.C. Museum Will Offer Free Admission to Food Stamp Recipients. The American Museum of Natural History has introduced a no-cost membership tier available to New York residents who receive food assistance. They can also bring guests.
• Trump-Driven Chaos Comes to U.S. Attorney’s Offices in Waves. In Manhattan, Brooklyn, Albany and Newark, confusion has reigned as prosecutors are fired or walk out, and U.S. attorneys serve in limbo while awaiting confirmation.
• Who Gets to Wear a Mask? The tension over masked federal immigration agents expanded on Long Island, where police officers are now permitted to mask up — but no one else is.
• A W.N.B.A. Star Loves These Sneakers. She Gets Fined for Wearing Them. When an upstart women’s shoe brand made a sponsorship deal with Courtney Williams, a Minnesota Lynx all-star, it put the hugely popular league in an awkward position.
• Columbia and White House Enter Final Stage of Talks to End Standoff. A deal to resolve allegations that the university failed to protect Jewish students from harassment is expected to include a fine of about $200 million.
• Man Wearing Neck Chain Is Sucked Into M.R.I. Machine, Police Say. The man, 61, was in critical condition after entering an exam room in Westbury, N.Y., on Long Island, without authorization while a scan was in progress, the authorities said.
• Archery Club Used to ‘Nasty Storms’ Reels From Fatal Lightning Strike. The bolt struck local archers and a boy scout troop in New Jersey, killing one man and injuring at least 13 other people. Friends of the victims said the strike had come out of nowhere.
• 13 Law Enforcement Unions Endorse Eric Adams in N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race. Mr. Adams, who was elected on a law-and-order campaign message, is seeking to portray Zohran Mamdani, this year’s Democratic nominee, as weak on crime.
• N.Y.P.D. Officer Accused of Theft to Pay for ‘Booty’ Exercises and BMW. Yeison Rodriguez Acosta used data he had obtained as a Wells Fargo employee to spend customers’ money on luxury car payments and a body-shaping program, among other expenses, prosecutors said.
• Prosecutor Fired by Trump Calls Fear the ‘Tool of the Tyrant’ Maurene Comey, who helped prosecute Jeffrey Epstein and Sean Combs, was dismissed without a detailed explanation. She is the daughter of James B. Comey, a longtime adversary of President Trump.
• A Revolutionary War Tour of New York. Historians have put together an app that guides users to significant sites around the city, just in time for the 250th anniversary of the United States’ founding.
• Faith Leaders Can Now Endorse. Will That Swing the N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race? The I.R.S. has cleared faith leaders to endorse political candidates to their congregations. New York clergy are wrestling with the choice to use their newfound influence.
• Squabble Over Safety in N.Y.C. Subway Erupts at Congressional Hearing. Government officials from opposite sides of the aisle clashed in Washington over just how dangerous the New York City subway system is.
• N.Y.C. Panel Withdraws Proposal to Switch to Open Primaries. The panel, created by Mayor Eric Adams, said it would introduce other ballot initiatives, but not a proposal that would allow all voters to participate in primaries regardless of party.
• Immigrants File Class-Action Lawsuit to Stop ICE Courthouse Arrests. The detentions have become a relatively easy way for Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to detain immigrants who are appearing for court dates.
• Manhattan Prosecutor Who Handled Epstein Cases Is Fired. Maurene Comey, who is the daughter of the former F.B.I. director James Comey, worked on the criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
• Spurned U.S. Attorney Clings to Job by Being Appointed His Own Assistant. District judges recently denied John Sarcone, who was interim U.S. attorney, the permanent position. The Justice Department then gave him a special appointment so he could continue in the role.
• Adams Eclipses Mamdani in Recent Fund-Raising, as Cuomo Lags Behind. Mayor Eric Adams reported raising $1.5 million over the last month, but his inability to qualify for matching funds may hamper his re-election bid.
• Read Thomas Donlon’s Lawsuit. The suit accuses police officials and Mayor Eric Adams of various federal crimes and calls for an independent authority to oversee key decisions at the Police Department.
• Ex-Commissioner Sues, Saying Adams Ran N.Y.P.D. as a Criminal Enterprise. Thomas G. Donlon, who served only weeks, said in a lawsuit that New York City’s mayor and top department officials had manipulated the system for personal and political gain.
• Your Questions About the New York City Mayor’s Race. Readers wanted to know more about Zohran Mamdani, how he won the Democratic primary (and how Andrew Cuomo lost), and what it all means. We have answers.
• Bally’s Bronx Casino Plan Appears Dead After Council Rejects Rezoning. The City Council vote all but dooms the company’s chances of obtaining one of up to three casino licenses that New York State is expected to award this year.
• Columbia Expands Efforts to Fight Antisemitism as Trump Deal Seems Near. The university plans to offer additional anti-discrimination training in partnership with Jewish organizations. Some other measures could prove controversial.
• Andrew Cuomo Test Drives a Warmer, Friendlier Version of Himself. Mr. Cuomo, the former governor of New York, has vowed to run a more energetic campaign than he did in the mayoral primary, and aimed to demonstrate that on Tuesday.
• Why the New York Subway System Keeps Flooding. The century-old system faces infrastructure and climate challenges that are making its water problem worse.
• Mayor Adams Loses Another Round in Bid to Receive Public Matching Funds. The New York City Campaign Finance Board rejected Mayor Eric Adams’s request for millions of dollars from the city’s generous matching-funds program.
• Clearer Skies Expected in Northeast as Storms Move Southward. Lingering showers were forecast for the New York City area, but heavy rain and threats of flash flooding were predicted to shift south on Tuesday.
• After Flooding in N.Y. Region, Morning Commuters Face Some Delays. Some transit agencies in the New York area said they were running normally, but New Jersey announced road closures and Amtrak warned of delays.
• Should Children Be Allowed at Breweries? While breweries and beer gardens offer a casual environment and outdoor space that is appealing to families, some have introduced adults-only policies, citing safety concerns.
• Geyser of Floodwater Erupts in New York Subway Station. Passengers on an uptown No. 1 train saw floodwaters swamping the station at 28th Street and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan.
• Lingering Moose Shuts Down Popular Adirondack Trail for a Month. Sickness, not stubbornness, is the most likely explanation for the animal’s “unusual behaviors,” which prompted the unusually long closure, officials said.
• 21 Questions About the N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race, Answered. Readers from around the world asked about Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s surprising primary win, its effect on national politics and how The Times covers elections.
• Here’s the latest.
• In Rare Move, Judges Reject a Trump Pick for U.S. Attorney. While serving as interim U.S. attorney in Albany, John A. Sarcone III claimed that the judges had appointed him to the office permanently. They had not.
• Cuomo to Fight On in Mayor’s Race After Bruising Primary Loss to Mamdani. Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is expected to announce his commitment to a third-party run against Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, who soundly defeated him in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor.
• The Heroin Pipeline That Linked New York to Vermont. Inside the efforts to bring down a drug operation that led to shootings in the Bronx and a fatal overdose hundreds of miles away in rural New England.
• Footage of Inmate Suicide Captures Dysfunction on Rikers Island. The New York Times has obtained video of the 2022 death of Michael Nieves, a mentally ill detainee who mortally wounded himself on Rikers Island.
• Inside Rikers Island: A Suicide Attempt as Guards Stand By. Michael Nieves, 40, was awaiting trial on Rikers Island when he tried to kill himself in 2022. The staff response to his suicide drew a harsh rebuke from the New York State attorney general and watchdog groups.
• New York City Set to Expand Minimum Pay Law for Delivery Workers. The City Council is expected to pass a package of bills to include nearly 20,000 grocery delivery workers in legislation that improved working conditions for food delivery workers.
• Climate Law Could Shape the Race for New York City’s Next Mayor. Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, has vowed to strictly enforce the measure, Local Law 97, which calls for potentially expensive upgrades to buildings to curb greenhouse emissions.
• ‘I Noticed a Building Handyman Washing Down the Sidewalk’ Cleaning up on the go, spotting dropped cash in Brooklyn and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
• An Army of Searchers Combs the Banks of the Guadalupe for the Missing. Volunteers and professionals from around the country and Mexico are still searching the challenging terrain for victims of the Texas flood.
• Spend an Hour in the Dark With Bats, Cats and Naked Mole Rats. The Bronx Zoo has reopened its World of Darkness exhibit after a 16-year hiatus.
• How the Entrepreneur Behind Mini Croissant Cereal Juggles 2 Bakeries. Ashley Coiffard, who co-owns L’Appartement 4F, stays busy with long walks, staff meetings and FaceTime with friends.
• Tracking Devices Were Removed From N.Y.P.D. Vehicles at Chief’s Request. Federal prosecutors investigating Jeffrey Maddrey, who resigned over sexual abuse accusations, learned of the request during an investigation into overtime misuse in his office.
• Columbia and Trump Near a Deal, With School Possibly Paying Millions. In return, the White House would restore some of the more than $400 million in federal research funding it canceled, according to people familiar with ongoing discussions.
• A New York County to Allow Officers to Wear Masks When Working With ICE. Nassau County, which recently barred residents from wearing masks in many circumstances, will permit police officers to wear them during immigration enforcement and other actions.
• U.S. Subpoenas Governor Who Said He Would House Migrant at His Home. Federal prosecutors in New Jersey are investigating remarks that Gov. Philip D. Murphy, a Democrat, made in February.
• 2 Men Killed in Hit-and-Run on Brooklyn Street Known for Deadly Crashes. A Staten Island man was being held on charges that included manslaughter after speeding through a red light and mowing down the victims, the police said.

Business

• Trump’s Withering Criticism of Powell Puts Fed Decisions Under Microscope. The central bank is poised to hold interest rates steady this month, but there could be a path to cut as early as September.
• Is the U.S. Riskier Than Emerging Markets? While the U.S. stock market has rebounded, the combination of the Trump tariffs, a volatile dollar and an erratic bond market has begun to shake global investment thinking.
• Tariffs on Russia Could Hurt Wary U.S. Farmers. President Trump’s plan to impose a 100 percent tariff on Russian goods could raise the cost of urea, a key fertilizer in corn and other row crops.
• One of These BRICS Is Not Like the Others. President Trump’s attacks on the group of emerging economies, which includes Brazil, Russia and China, have put one member — India — in an uncomfortable spot.
• Hot Dogs for Insomnia? A Kennedy Aide’s Start-Up Can Get You a Tax Break. The start-up, called Truemed, helps people buy meat and mattresses with money that isn’t subject to federal income tax. But does the tax break apply?
• Before Trump, Indonesia Had Another Trade Headache: China. Long before President Trump wielded tariffs as a weapon to punish Indonesia, the country was fighting back a flood of cheap Chinese goods.
• CBS Canceling ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ After Next Season. The show will end in May, the network said, calling it “a purely financial decision.”
• Top Fed Official Backs July Rate Cut as Trump Ramps Up Pressure. Christopher Waller, a potential contender to be the next chair of the central bank, said the Federal Reserve should not wait for the labor market to weaken to reduce interest rates.
• U.S. Proposes Steep Tariffs on Critical E.V. Battery Material. The Commerce Department plans to impose a 93.5 percent levy on Chinese graphite, an essential ingredient in the batteries that power electric vehicles.
• Judge Scraps Rule Eliminating Medical Debt on Credit Reports. The Trump administration joined with trade groups to ask a court to overturn a Biden-era rule that aimed to limit the impact of unpaid medical bills on consumers’ credit history.
• PepsiCo Reaches for Protein and Fiber to Boost Sales. The food giant said its Frito-Lay snack division planned to make a line of Cheetos and Doritos with no artificial colors or flavors, as demand falters.
• Trump’s Attack on the Fed Ripples Through the Global Economy. The independence of central banks, which allows policymakers to operate free from political meddling, is considered sacrosanct by investors and economists.
• In Epstein Case, Follow the Money, Democratic Senator Says. Senator Ron Wyden has found that four banks waited until Mr. Epstein’s arrest on federal charges to flag $1.5 billion in suspicious transactions. Mr. Wyden wants the documents made public.
• Substack Raises $100 Million, Betting on Subscriptions but Coming Around to Ads. Substack, originally a newsletter service, says its app now has millions of users interacting with its creators.
• Trump Wants Lower Rates. Firing Powell Could Push Them Higher. Investors, not the Fed, control the interest rates that matter most to businesses and consumers. They might demand higher returns if the central bank’s independence comes into question.
• Has Japan’s ‘Rice Minister’ Brought Down Prices Enough to Save His Party? Shinjiro Koizumi has scrambled to cut soaring rice prices ahead of a high-stakes election this weekend. Will it be enough to buoy support for the Liberal Democratic Party?
• ‘Who Killed Love?’ A Video Game Plays to Male Resentment in China. A popular and contentious game, Revenge on Gold Diggers, sheds light on misogyny, inequality and the feeling among many men that they are economic victims.
• Canadian Retailer Abandons Its Quest for 7-Eleven. Alimentation Couche-Tard’s $47 billion bid spurred changes at the chain’s Japanese owner. Now, the question is whether that momentum will carry forward.
• Nvidia C.E.O. Treads Carefully in Beijing. Jensen Huang, the chipmaker’s chief executive, is trying to balance his company’s interests as the United States and China compete for supremacy in artificial intelligence.
• Goldman Sachs Sets Series of Records on Tariff Swings. Goldman and other investment banks are feeding off a Trump boom.
• Despite Dire Warnings, the Economy Is Holding Up. Can That Last? Economists say it will take time for the effects of trade policies to show up in economic data — but acknowledge they aren’t sure how long.
• America’s Protein Obsession Is Transforming the Dairy Industry. Whey, the liquid byproduct of cheese making, was once considered waste. Now it is a key ingredient in the protein powders that Ozempic users and weight lifters are downing in ever-greater amounts.
• Mamdani Says He Will ‘Discourage’ the Term ‘Globalize the Intifada’ Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee in the race for mayor of New York City, moved to distance himself from comments that sparked outrage during the primary.
• France Proposes Cutting Two Public Holidays to Avert Budget Crisis. Drastic measures are necessary “before we are crushed by the debt,” the country’s prime minister warned.
• Jamie Dimon Backs Jerome Powell Over Trump in Fed Fight. The C.E.O. of JPMorgan Chase, who has rarely taken on President Trump during his second term, wades into the argument over the Federal Reserve chair.
• Mamdani Prepares to Meet With the City’s Wary Business Leaders. On Tuesday, Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist running for mayor, will meet with the who’s who of the corporate world as he prepares for the general election.
• China Puts New Restrictions on E.V. Battery Manufacturing Technology. Beijing will now require government licenses for any effort to transfer abroad the technologies crucial for producing inexpensive electric cars.
• U.S. Inflation Accelerated in June as Trump’s Tariffs Pushed Up Prices. The Consumer Price Index rose 2.7 percent from a year ago, as the global trade war started to bite.
• For Big Banks, the Trump Era Is Proving Profitable Thus Far. JPMorgan’s chief, Jamie Dimon, lauded the “resilient” U.S. economy as his bank reported bumper quarterly earnings.
• The D.E.I. Industry, Scorned by the White House, Turns to ‘Safer’ Topics. To avoid government scrutiny, companies are asking for fewer trainings focused on race and gender and more on neurodivergence and generational differences.
• China’s Economy Grows Steadily Despite Trump’s Tariffs. Official figures showed modest growth in the second quarter as exports shifted to other countries and Beijing invested in manufacturing and infrastructure.
• Companies in Europe Are Frozen as Tariff Uncertainty Drags On. After European Union leaders said they would keep negotiating instead of immediately retaliating against President Trump’s latest threat, businesses remain unable to develop long-term plans.
• Stocks Wobble on Trump’s Latest Tariff Threats. Analysts said the muted market response was because many investors expected the levies to settle at lower levels after negotiations.
• Tesla Faces First Jury Trial Tied to Its Autopilot System. The case stems from a fatal accident in 2019 involving a Tesla Model S sedan. Previous cases involving Autopilot had been settled or dismissed.
• China Is Buying Appliances and iPhones. What Happens When the Subsidies Stop? Shoppers are taking advantage of a $42 billion government trade-in program aimed at boosting spending. But in recent weeks, some cities have started to cut back on the subsidies.
• How the Deep Sea Cables That Power the World Are Made. The conduits, which are spooled in big stacks on a boat before being buried in an underwater trench, are a crucial part of the grid as demand for electricity increases.
• How Trump’s Latest Tariff Threat Risks Deeper Damage to Europe’s Economy. Economists had already downgraded growth for the European Union, and the new duties would hit industries there especially hard. Companies are looking for ways to blunt the impact.
• Tariffs on Brazil Could Leave Coffee Drinkers With a Headache. Trump’s pledge to place a 50 percent tariff on all imports from the South American nation will drive up the prices of coffee — and orange juice.
• The Future of Weather Prediction Is Here. Maybe. Thanks to A.I., companies like WindBorne hope to usher in a golden age of forecasting. But they rely in part on government data — and the agency that provides it is in turmoil.
• Drones Are Key to Winning Wars Now. The U.S. Makes Hardly Any. A four-day test in the Alaska wilderness shows how far the U.S. military and American drone companies lag behind China in the technology.
• Factories Were Pushed Out of Cities. Their Return Could Revive Downtowns. Changes in zoning rules have allowed small manufacturers to return to the districts and neighborhoods they began leaving a century ago.
• Trump Cites Flow of Fentanyl to Justify New Tariffs on Mexico. The tariffs are likely to inflame tensions with one of the largest U.S. trading partners.
• Is This a Talk Show or a Job Interview? Plus, managing people twice your age.
• UnitedHealth’s Campaign to Quiet Critics. The company has invoked the murder of an executive last year to complain about coverage in news outlets, on streaming services and on social media.
• You Saved and Saved for Retirement. Now You Need a Plan to Cash Out. Most people enter retirement without any idea how to manage withdrawing their savings without running out of money. Here is what you need to know.
• Fed Defends Renovations as White House Widens Attacks on Central Bank. President Trump and his allies have accused the Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, of misleading Congress in what some legal scholars worry is a prelude to seeking his removal.

DealBook

• Crypto’s $4 Trillion Moment. A legislative win in Congress, and the promise of more to come, has helped lift the prospects and the wealth of the cryptocurrency industry.
• Will Investors Ever Believe Trump’s Threats Against Powell? President Trump has become more hostile to the Federal Reserve’s chair. Markets aren’t worried yet, but some on Wall Street are getting more concerned.
• Has Private Credit Peaked? Dimon Warns It May Have. The JPMorgan Chase chief has long been skeptical of the nontraditional, and less regulated, lending business. Now he thinks its best days may be over.
• Nvidia and AMD Soar as Chip Trade Curbs Fall. The tech giants said they can resume selling high-end semiconductors to China, in what appears to be a major about-face for the Trump administration.
• Bitcoin Soars Past $120,000 as House Takes Up Crypto Bills. The cryptocurrency has extended its rally as lawmakers consider legislation that would bring digital tokens further into the mainstream.
• Break Even at the Casino? You May Still Owe Taxes. The new domestic policy law rewrites tax rules for the hundreds of billions of dollars Americans legally wager each year. A Nevada lawmaker has introduced a bill to overturn that provision.

Economy

• Indonesia Confirms U.S. Trade Agreement, but Details Remain Scarce. President Trump said the agreement would partly walk back some of the steep tariffs he threatened on the country last week. Indonesia’s president called Mr. Trump a “tough negotiator.”
• Another Casualty in the Tariff Wars: The Always-in-Season Tomato. The Trump administration is adding a 17 percent tariff to a year-round grocery store staple, while funneling more business to domestic tomato growers, largely in Florida.
• He Helped Big Companies Dodge Taxes. Now He’s Writing the Rules. Ken Kies, a longtime tax lobbyist who worked for some of the world’s largest businesses, is now running the Treasury Department’s office that will administer Trump’s tax law.
• Under Attack by Trump’s Tariffs, Asian Countries Seek Out Better Friends. Most nations are still negotiating in hopes of avoiding punitive import taxes. At the same time, they’re looking for trading partners as a way around the United States.
• Tariffs or Deals? Trump Seems Content With Punishing Levies. The president’s supporters portray him as a top dealmaker. But, at least for now, far more trading partners have gotten stiff tariffs than trade deals.

Energy & Environment

• Chevron Wins Green Light to Buy Into One of World’s Hottest Oil Projects. An arbitrator cleared the way for Chevron to buy Hess, allowing the energy giant to acquire a piece of one of the most promising oil projects in the world.
• Wall St. Firms Are Buying Utilities to Tap Into the A.I. Boom. Consumer groups say proposals by BlackRock and Blackstone to buy energy companies in Minnesota, New Mexico and Texas could hurt residents.

Media

• Not Even ‘The Late Show’ Could Defy Gravity. CBS could not figure out a path to profitability in an entertainment world increasingly dominated by streaming.
• Conservatives Get the PBS and NPR Cuts They’ve Wanted for Decades. The cuts speak to President Trump’s grip on his party but also to the sweeping changes in media.
• Where Congress’s Cuts Threaten Access to PBS and NPR. The loss of federal funding threatens scores of public TV and radio stations across the United States.
• Netflix’s Net Income Leaps to $3.1 Billion. It was another strong quarter for the streaming giant, which generated $11.1 billion in revenue.
• A Founding Father of NPR Worries About Its Fate. Bill Siemering, 91, says potential funding cuts put a “unique, invaluable cultural resource” at risk.
• PBS and NPR’s Last-Ditch Fight to Save Funding. As a vote to cut more than $500 million per year in federal funding nears, stations are making their pitches to lawmakers, listeners and “Viewers Like You.”
• What’s Going on With Trump Media’s Streaming Service? The service, which promises “non-woke” news and entertainment, recently said it had expanded globally.
• Public Broadcasters Brace for Vote on Sharp Funding Cut. At the urging of President Trump, Congress is expected to vote this week on whether to cut $500 million per year for public radio and TV stations.
• What Would Funding Cuts Do to NPR and PBS? A proposal before the Senate to strip funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting could be catastrophic for local stations, particularly those in rural areas.
• With $217 Million in Ticket Sales, ‘Superman’ Helps Save Warner Bros., Too. The film is the latest part of a startling turnaround for the studio, which has now released five consecutive hits.
• The Streaming Wars Come Down to 2: YouTube v. Netflix. The two giant video companies have far different strategies, but the same goal: controlling your TV set.

Your Money

• Mortgage Lenders Can Use a Second Credit Score. Is That Good for Borrowers? A top housing finance regulator announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would allow lenders to use the traditional FICO score or one from a rival, VantageScore.
• Parents and Graduate Students Have New Loan Limits. Who Will Fill the Gap? The federal cap on the amounts people can borrow means some of them will fall short. That’s especially true for students in professional schools.

Student Loans

• Student Loan Repayments Are About to Look Very Different. By next summer, new borrowers will have just two repayment options, streamlining the previous menu to pay off higher-education debt. Here’s what to know.

Technology

• How a Video Studio Embraced A.I. and Stormed the Internet. The Dor Brothers are indie filmmakers whose viral videos are generated entirely by artificial intelligence.
• Court Rules Trump’s Firing of F.T.C. Commissioner Was Illegal. A federal judge said Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, whom President Trump fired from the Federal Trade Commission in March, was still a “rightful member” of the agency.
• Crypto Industry Reaches Milestone With Passage of First Major Bill. After a week of squabbling in Washington, the cryptocurrency industry secured one of its primary legislative objectives and made progress toward a second one.
• ‘Crypto Week’ Is Back on Track After House G.O.P. Quells Conservative Revolt. The House is set to vote on a series of high-stakes bills backed by the cryptocurrency industry, after top Republicans brokered a deal with a group of dissenters in their ranks.
• How Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Persuaded Trump to Sell A.I. Chips to China. With help from a longtime Silicon Valley investor turned White House insider, Mr. Huang got the administration to reverse course on restrictions.
• The Bills That Could Change Crypto in The U.S. There are multiple bills before the House that could redefine the way crypto is regulated in the U.S. Those in the crypto industry have been lobbying for the bills, which could lead to less oversight of the industry by the S.E.C. and to more widespread use of stablecoins. David Yaffe-Bellany, a technology reporter for The New York Times, explains.
• It Was Supposed to Be ‘Crypto Week’ in Congress. Then It Unraveled. The crypto industry was headed for a landmark moment in the House with three bills that it helped push going to a vote. But a coalition of ultraconservative House Republicans staged a mutiny.
• China Is Spending Billions to Become an A.I. Superpower. Beijing is taking an industrial policy approach to help its A.I. companies close the gap with those in the United States.
• Federal Prosecutors Close Inquiry Into Polymarket Betting Website. The site became prominent last year when people bet on the outcome of the 2024 presidential election.
• Israel and Iran Usher In New Era of Psychological Warfare. The 12-day conflict was marked by a flurry of propaganda, disinformation and covert operations aided by artificial intelligence and spread by social media.
• Nvidia Says U.S. Has Lifted Restrictions on A.I. Chip Sales to China. The Silicon Valley chip giant said the Trump administration, which had shut down its sales to China three months ago, had assured it that licenses for the sales would now be granted.
• Meta’s New Superintelligence Lab Is Discussing Major A.I. Strategy Changes. Members of the lab, including the new chief A.I. officer, Alexandr Wang, have talked about abandoning Meta’s most powerful open source A.I. model in favor of developing a closed one.
• Cognition AI Buys Windsurf as A.I. Frenzy Escalates. The deal follows Google’s $2.4 billion investment in Windsurf, an A.I. start-up, as companies race to gain technological talent and provide A.I. tools.
• Their Water Taps Ran Dry When Meta Built Next Door. In the race to develop artificial intelligence, tech giants are building data centers that guzzle up water. That has led to problems for people who live nearby.
• Grok Chatbot Mirrored X Users’ ‘Extremist Views’ in Antisemitic Posts, xAI Says. Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company said its Grok chatbot had also undergone a code update that caused it to share antisemitic messages this week.
• Google Hires A.I. Leaders From a Start-Up Courted by OpenAI. In a $2.4 billion deal, Google recruited the chief executive and a co-founder of Windsurf, which OpenAI had been in talks to buy, as the battle to dominate artificial intelligence escalates.

Personal Tech

• How Apple’s iOS 26 and Google’s Android 16 Will Change Our Phones. Both operating systems introduce new designs, but the real story is what’s happening beneath with A.I.

Sports

• Norwegian Olympic Skier Dies After Lightning Strike. Audun Groenvold, 49, won a bronze medal at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.

Obituaries

• Robert Alvarez, 76, Dies; Called Attention to Nuclear-Waste Safety. A self-taught expert, he spent decades working in both nonprofits and the government to expose problems in the production of atomic weapons.
• Jewel Thais-Williams, Whose Nightclub Celebrated ‘Queer Black Joy,’ Dies at 86. Catch One, which she opened in Los Angeles in 1973 in the face of local animosity, became a glittering sanctuary for a largely shunned community.
• Paulette Jiles, 82, Dies; Novelist Evoked the West in ‘News of the World’ A poet and memoirist as well, she drew a wide readership with her historical fiction, notably with a Civil War-era tale that was adapted for a movie starring Tom Hanks.
• Andrea Gibson, poeta del amor y la esperanza, muere a los 49 años. Gibson, importante exponente del “spoken word”, insistía en que la poesía, especialmente cuando se leía en voz alta al público, era un acto político.
• Martin Cruz Smith, Best-Selling Author of ‘Gorky Park,’ Dies at 82. He startled critics, readers and the book industry in 1981 with a novel set in the Soviet Union that had a flawed detective as its antihero.
• Andrea Gibson, a Poet of Love, Hope and Gender Identity, Dies at 49. A master of spoken-word performance, Gibson insisted that poetry, especially when read aloud to an audience, was a political act.
• Fauja Singh, Master Runner at an Advanced Age, Is Dead. Competing in a marathon in 2011, he claimed to be 100, though his exact age remained a mystery. “I run while talking to God,” he said in explaining his endurance.
• Fanny Howe, Poet of Unsettled Dreams, Is Dead at 84. Her heritage, as a scion of Boston Brahmins and the mother of biracial children, shaped a discursive verse style that veiled sharp edges and melancholy resolutions.
• Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s Former President, Dies at 82. A former military strongman, he won one democratic election in 2015, and another in 2019, but struggled to make good on promises to tackle corruption and terrorism.
• Andrew Kassoy, 55, Dies; Saw Capitalism as a Force for Social Good. He was a founder of B Lab, a nonprofit network whose lofty mission is “transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities and the planet.”
• Daniel Kleppner, Physicist Who Brought Precision to GPS, Dies at 92. He worked to develop an atomic clock that is essential to global positioning systems and helped confirm a rare state of matter predicted by Albert Einstein.
• Bill Dilworth, Caretaker of ‘The New York Earth Room,’ Is Dead at 70. For decades, he tended a SoHo loft filled with dirt, made by the conceptual artist Walter De Maria. People made pilgrimages to see it — and Mr. Dilworth, its magnetic steward.

Art & Design

• Martin Izquierdo, 83, Dies; Costume Designer Who Specialized in Wings. His work was seen in “Angels in America” and Victoria’s Secret runway shows. He also made outlandish ensembles for Heidi Klum and Marc Jacobs.
• John Conklin, Designer of Fantastical Opera Sets, Dies at 88. Realizing a childhood dream, he created scenery that was highly conceptual yet playful for the Glimmerglass Festival, New York City Opera and other companies.

Cultura

• Connie Francis, cuyas baladas dominaron la música pop de los sesenta, muere a los 87 años. Cuando “Pretty Little Baby” se hizo viral este año, Francis se alegró de volver a ser el centro de atención y se unió a TikTok.

Cycling

• Samuel Abt, Tour de France Writer for 30 Years, Dies at 91. He wrote about the elite cycling race for The New York Times and The International Herald Tribune. He said he was smitten by the Tour from the first day.

Dance

• Charles Reinhart, Who Helped Mainstream Modern Dance, Dies at 94. As the director of the American Dance Festival, he oversaw the growth of diverse dance traditions, both in the United States and abroad.

Europe

• Felix Baumgartner, 56, Professional Daredevil, Dies While Paragliding. Nicknamed “Fearless Felix,” he jumped from the edge of space in 2012.

Media

• Henry Raymont, First to Report Bay of Pigs Invasion, Dies at 98. On assignment for U.P.I. in Cuba, he learned of the U.S.- backed effort to overthrow Fidel Castro and was imprisoned. He later worked for The New York Times.
• Steve Benson, Provocative Editorial Cartoonist, Dies at 71. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1993, and was a finalist four times while at The Arizona Republic. Some of his work rankled his own Mormon community.

Music

• Alan Bergman, Half of a Prolific Lyric-Writing Team, Dies at 99. With his wife, Marilyn, he wrote the words to memorable TV theme songs and the Oscar-winning “The Way We Were” and “The Windmills of Your Mind.”
• Connie Francis, Whose Ballads Dominated ’60s Pop Music, Dies at 87. Ms. Francis, who had a natural way with a wide variety of material, ruled the charts with songs like “Who’s Sorry Now” and “Don’t Break the Heart That Loves You.”
• Billy Jones, Impresario of New York’s Indie Music Scene, Dies at 45. He opened Baby’s All Right and three other nightclubs, a restaurant and a record store in a dozen years, helping the city maintain its cultural verve.
• Mark Snow, Who Conjured the ‘X-Files’ Theme, Is Dead at 78. It took a misplaced elbow, a quirk of Los Angeles geography and some whistling from his wife to produce one of television’s most memorable melodies.

Politics

• Sol Stern, Lapsed Liberal and Conservative Heretic, Dies at 89. He broke with the left over its criticism of Israel and what he saw as its anti-Americanism. But he also became a critic of Donald Trump.

Briefing

• Should Teens Vote? We examine the voting age around the world.
• The New York Times News Quiz, July 18, 2025. Did you follow the news this week? Take our quiz to see how well you stack up with other Times readers.
• Friday Briefing: Trump’s Order on Epstein Records. Plus, panic-buying Korean beauty products
• Justice Dept. Asked for 1-Day Sentence for Louisville Officer. Also, Britain is planning to lower the voting age. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
• Friday Briefing: Bloodshed in a Syrian City. Plus, panic-buying Korean beauty products
• A Supreme Court Mystery. We explain a curious type of court case.
• Thursday Briefing: Israel Strikes Damascus. Plus, the many takes on Superman.
• Trump Discussed Firing the Fed Chair. Also, Israel bombarded Syria’s capital. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
• Flood Season. We look at recent flooding — and explain what you can do to stay safe.
• Wednesday Briefing: China’s Economy Grows Despite Tariffs. Plus, “Severance” picks up top Emmy nominations.
• Tariffs Begin to Leave an Imprint on the Economy. Also, Republicans in Congress followed Trump’s shift on Ukraine. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
• ‘Ask a Correspondent’ Starts Today With The Times’s Moscow Bureau Chief. Have questions about Russia? Anton Troianovski has answers.
• The Epstein Saga. We explore the MAGA base’s attachment to Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theories.
• Tuesday Briefing: More Weapons for Ukraine. Plus, why Hitchcock still scares us
• Supreme Court Allowed Trump to Slash the Education Dept. Also, Trump promised to help secure weapons for Ukraine. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
• Protests in Kenya. How the unrest began — and what may happen next.
• Monday Briefing: America’s Brain Drain and the World. Plus, Jannik Sinner wins Wimbledon.
• What Is a D.O.? We explain how to pick a doctor.
• Comfort Viewing. Rewatching old shows may seem like a waste of time, but a repeat viewing is rewarding in its own way.

Podcasts

• X Hits Grok Bottom + More A.I. Talent Wars + ‘Crypto Week’ “XAI had to apologize after Grok began praising Adolf Hitler, making antisemitic comments and referring to itself as MechaHitler.”
• Superman Is Not Cool. And That’s Great. The man of steel is back, and in this latest reboot, earnestness is a superpower.
• Can Fine Dining Save ‘The Bear’? Wesley Morris talks with the chef and food writer Samin Nosrat about her love-hate relationship with “The Bear,” a show that’s always racing against the clock. She says the best moments, in the show and in our own kitchens, happen when things slow down.
• ‘The Retrievals’ is not meant to scare you. What patients can do.
• Has Dining Gotten Too Fine on ‘The Bear’? Wesley and Samin Nosrat on the fancy food, big egos and new season of the show.
• How to Keep Love Alive, With Rob Delaney of ‘Dying for Sex’ The Emmy-nominated actor talks about his role as the messy-but-sexy “Neighbor Guy,” and learning to pay “focused attention” in his own marriage.
• Pop’s New Weepy Take on Hookup Culture. The young singer Sombr currently has two Top 40 hits, including “Back to Friends,” which continues to confound our critic.
• Something Only I Can See. A woman with muscular dystrophy who believes she has the same condition as an Olympic athlete, and more stories.

The Daily

• Congress Just Gave Away Spending Power to Trump. In a simmering fight over federal funding, lawmakers agreed to rescind billions for foreign aid and public broadcasters.
• The Most Toxic Relationship in Washington. The president has talked about firing Jerome H. Powell, the chair of Federal Reserve. Their tensions could have major implications for the global economy.
• Project 2025’s Other Project. Inside the plan from the Heritage Foundation to rapidly dismantle the pro-Palestinian movement in the U.S.
• Did the Texas Floods Have to Be This Deadly? Questions have mounted about the handling of the critical hours before and during the devastating storm. Here’s what we know.
• One Rural Doctor on the Real Cost of Medicaid Changes. A family physician in western North Carolina explains what she thinks will happen to her patients as a result of Republicans’ domestic policy bill.

The Headlines

• Trump’s New Order on Epstein Files, and Colbert’s Canceled ‘Late Show’ Plus, your Friday news quiz.
• The Senate Surrenders on Spending, and Trump’s New Epstein Strategy. Plus, paying people to quit meth.
• Rising Inflation, and the Supreme Court’s ‘Shadow Docket’ Plus, why that e-book cost your library $50.
• Trump’s New Ultimatum for Putin, and an Epstein Backlash. Plus, the origins of an iconic TV theme song.
• Biden Hits Back on Autopen Claims, and Public Media Braces for Cuts. Plus, a very Wimbledon disruption.

Science

• This Dinosaur Probably Tweeted More Than It Roared. The anatomy of a Chinese fossil offers a hint that birdsong may be as old as the dinosaurs themselves.
• Ceratosaur Fossil Auctioned for $30.5 Million by Sotheby’s. The price paid for the juvenile specimen of the 150-million-year old predatory dinosaur is the third-highest on record.
• This Golden Fungus Is Spreading Wildly in North America’s Forests. The golden oyster mushroom, a tasty species native to Asia, has proliferated in states around the Great Lakes and may crowd out native species, a new study shows.
• New Clue to How Matter Outlasted Antimatter at the Big Bang Is Found. Physicists working at the CERN particle physics lab said they detected a slight but significant difference in how particles of matter and antimatter decay.
• Videos From the Amazon Reveal an Unexpected Animal Friendship. Scientists are trying to understand footage that showed ocelots and opossums, usually predator and prey, hanging out together.
• After Devastating Winter Losses, Another Threat Looms for U.S. Beekeepers. The parasitic Tropilaelaps mite, which threatens honeybees and the food supply, isn’t in North America. Yet.
• Snakes Use Smelly Musk to Keep Ants Out of Their Pants. Forget fangs full of venom — the backsides of serpents pack secretions volatile enough to kill insect invaders.
• A Handshake in Orbit 50 Years Ago Transformed the Space Race. The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project brought Soviet cosmonauts and NASA astronauts together in the first international human spaceflight.
• Denver Museum Finds a Dinosaur Fossil Under Its Parking Lot. The fossil, estimated to be about 70 million years old, was found during a drilling project.

Climate

• E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm. The decision comes after a Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to slash the federal work force and dismantle agencies.
• Interior Dept. to Put Wind and Solar Projects Through Stricter Political Review. Industry groups said the directive could create new delays and bottlenecks for renewable energy projects across the country.
• E.P.A. Delays Required Cleanups of Toxic Coal Ash Landfills. The Trump administration will give utilities around the country an additional year to come up with a plan to clean up contaminated waterways.
• Heat Season Is Off to a Roaring Start. Temperatures are scorching, and they probably haven’t peaked yet.
• With One Call, Trump Alters the Fate of a Contested Power Project. Grain Belt Express, a transmission line that would cross 800 miles of the Midwest, is at the center of a number of disputes.
• After 7 Decades of Measurements From a Peak in Hawaii, Trump’s Budget Would End Them. Closing Mauna Loa and three other U.S. sites that track greenhouse gases would disrupt a decades-long record of the planet’s changing atmosphere.
• The West’s Megadrought Might Not Let Up for Decades, Study Suggests. Clues from another dry spell 6,000 years ago are helping scientists understand what’s driving the latest one, and why it’s been so unrelenting.
• How to Know Your Flood Risk. Climate change has made extreme rainfall more common and more intense. But many flood risk maps have yet to catch up.
• How Can I Get Clean Energy Tax Breaks Before They Vanish? There’s still time to claim credits that could save you thousands of dollars.
• NASA Website Will Not Provide Previous National Climate Reports. An agency spokeswoman had initially stated that NASA would retain earlier assessments online for continuity.
• Trump Is Gutting Weather Science and Reducing Disaster Response. As a warming planet delivers more extreme weather, experts warn that the Trump administration is dismantling the government’s disaster capabilities.
• Around the World, Flash Flood Disasters Are the ‘Hardest Kind to Prevent’ Scholars and designers of early warning systems say that there are still huge gaps in our ability to predict flash floods and warn those at risk.
• FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show. Two days after deadly Texas floods, the agency struggled to answer calls from survivors because of call center contracts that weren’t extended.

The Upshot

• Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, July 19, 2025. Can you sort 8 historical events?
• Should You Get a Heat Pump? Take Our 2-Question Quiz. They’re typically far more efficient than other systems and may save you some dollars.

Opinion

• Finding Beauty in Maximum Discount. Big-box retail constructs its infinite aesthetic array out of hundreds of thousands of brush strokes.
• An Uproar as CBS Cancels Stephen Colbert. Readers, many of them unhappy, react to the cancellation of Mr. Colbert’s show. Also: A rubber-stamp Congress; lessons from the Scopes trial.
• Why Trump Can’t Shake Jeffrey Epstein. The journalist Will Sommer examines the perfect storm of the Epstein files, Trump, QAnon and MAGA.
• New Scripts for a Democratic Comeback. Readers offer advice to the Democrats. Also: Senator Josh Hawley’s reversal; a backlash at the E.P.A.; President Trump and the absurd.
• The Safeguard and the Danger if Trump Fires Powell. The Federal Reserve was designed to resist short-run political pressure, but it may be defenseless against patient efforts to undermine its independence.
• Mamdani, Be a Convener, Not a Commentator. Mamdani is pulled between his supporters and his critics on the phrase “globalize the intifada.”
• Where Have All the Novel-Reading Men Gone? Readers respond to a Styles article about the reading habits of men. Also: Women’s choices; chatbots in toys; conservative professors.
• Public Media Can Be a Lifeline. Gutting It Hurts Everyone. Abandoning local public radio and TV would accelerate a dangerous trend straining civic health.
• Trump’s Zigzags on Ukraine and Russia. Readers respond to the president’s latest turn in the war. Also: President Trump and Rosie O’Donnell; New Yorkers’ health; travel medical kits.
• The Importance of Vaccines for Children. Readers respond to articles about childhood vaccinations and a rise in measles cases. Also: Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s independent path.
• The Arguments for More (or Fewer) People. Readers discuss a guest essay about birthrates and the world’s population. Also: A citizens’ celebration for America’s 250th anniversary.

Editorials

• ‘Egregious.’ Brazen.’ ‘Lawless.’ How 48 Judges Describe Trump’s Actions, in Their Own Words. Dozens of judges, appointed by presidents of both parties, have stood up to the administration’s lawlessness.

Op-Ed

• Stephen Colbert Could Never Save Us From Trump. Mocking Donald Trump will not destroy him.
• A Movie About the Year America Went Fully Berserk. From the director of “Midsommar,” a nightmare vision of our national descent.
• The Seductions of A.I. for the Writer’s Mind. We need to reckon with what ChatGPT is doing to the classroom and to human expression.
• ‘Democrats Don’t Need to Become G.O.P. Lite’ The party is getting pummeled. But it can fight back.
• I’m a Climate Activist. I’m Not Giving Up Just Yet. It is inevitable that America will eventually follow the rest of the world and that in 40 or so years, it will run mainly on sun and wind.
• What to Look for in a Celebrity Memoir. Celebrity memoirs should obviously include indexes so we can find the juicy parts. So why don’t they?
• Trump Is Winning the Race to the Bottom. China has been displaying intellectual and innovative vitality for decades and the United States has scarcely mobilized.
• Ketanji Brown Jackson Knows How to Get People’s Attention. Purists are freaking out over her informal locutions, but at least they’re taking notice.
• ‘Superman’ Is MAGA Kryptonite. Clark Kent’s real superpower is the gift of adoption.
• The YouTube Host Defining Conservative Christianity. How Allie Beth Stuckey is holding the line on the right.
• ‘Morally Offensive and Fiscally Reckless’: 3 Writers on Trump’s Big Gamble. Will the Republican sprawling policy bill give Democrats a whole new traction in next year’s midterms?
• Students Want the Liberal Arts. Administrators, Not So Much. Students want to study the humanities and liberal arts. But university administrators keep getting in the way.
• I Was Skeptical of Covid Measures. I Didn’t Want This. America’s public health institutions made mistakes during the pandemic, but that does not justify the Trump administration’s broad assault on health and science.
• Trump Is Doing Something No One Wants. In his commitment to domination, he is missing an opportunity to shape a new multipolar order that protects America’s interests.
• The Epstein Story Is Both Conspiracy Theory and Genuine Scandal. More than a client list, MAGA is looking for meaning.
• Why We Mistake the Wholesomeness of Gen Z for Conservatism. Their moderation has been misread.
• ‘Jeopardy!’ Is a Reminder That Facts Are Fun — and Essential. According to the host Ken Jennings, trivia is overlooked as a “great social force.”
• Revenge, Thy Name Is Emil Bove. Trump wants his people calling the shots. And Bove has proved, above all, that he belongs to the president.
• How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Have Fun With A.I. Perhaps the biggest effect A.I. will have on our lives is purely in giving us a new way to entertain ourselves.
• Mamdani for Mayor (if You Want a Foil for Republicans). Get ready for the G.O.P. to run against “Mamdani Democrats” for several election cycles to come.
• What Do Conservatives Offer Universities? Contrarianism and neutrality can’t overcome progressive groupthink.
• When It Comes to Undermining America, We Have a Winner. Trump may be winning the battle to weaken our democracy, but he has not won the war.
• If You Like 35 Percent Inflation, Go Ahead, Fire the Fed Chair. Comparisons to what happened in Turkey and Hungary are not far-fetched.
• Are the Courts Checking Trump — or Enabling Him? A former federal judge weighs in.
• The New Way to Game Elite College Applications. Productive disagreement is the flavor of the moment.
• Want to Fix the Border? Fix Asylum. There are no easy solutions when it comes to immigration, but President Joe Biden waited too long to acknowledge the crisis at the southern border.
• I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. A scholar of genocide comes to a painful conclusion about Israel’s actions in Gaza.
• Trump’s Fans Forgive Him Everything. Why Not Epstein? Having nurtured conspiracy theories for his entire political career, he suddenly seems in danger of being consumed by one.
• I’m Watching the Sacrifice of College’s Soul. The highest ideals of higher ed are under mortal threat.
• Nothing Good Happens When People Become ‘the Other’ We will regret not standing up to this venomous cruelty.
• We Warned About the First China Shock. The Next One Will Be Worse. The Trump administration is fighting the last war while China marches toward dominating the industries of the future.
• A New Era of Hunger Has Begun. America is unraveling its safety net.
• Governors Should Be the Face of the Democratic Party. The state leaders may be the party’s best shot at reconnecting with the American people.
• Trump Canceled Their Salaries. These Health Workers in Uganda Showed Up Anyway. Congress must reject cuts to PEPFAR, which has supported H.I.V. treatment and prevention worldwide for more than 20 years.
• Europe Is Terrifyingly Hot, and Its Leaders Are Doing Worse Than Nothing. Caving to a right-wing chorus, they are reining in their green agenda.
• Is It Time to Stop Snubbing Your Right-Wing Family? Ostracism might just hurt the ostracizer more than the ostracizee.
• MAGA Is Tearing Itself Apart Over Jeffrey Epstein. What happens when Trump becomes the “deep state”?
• My Friends Are Immortal to Me. Immortality is easier to achieve than we might think.
• ‘He’s Nuts, Your Trump.’ Canada Unites Against America. America’s growing discord with Canada exemplifies the extraordinary damage President Trump is wreaking on the United States’ standing in the world.
• What the ‘Exhausted Majority’ Really Wants. It’s probably not Elon Musk’s new party.
• Who Is Winning the World War? American foreign policy needs both a better long-term strategy and a lot of short-term Trumpian flexibility.
• Floods Are Inevitable. Catastrophe Is Not. The floods will come no matter what kind of solutions we put forth.
• Democrats Can Finally Stop Pandering to Farmers. There’s a silver lining to the so-called big, beautiful bill for Democrats.
• Trump’s Cabinet of Incompetents. Putting talking heads in charge — not the best idea.

Opinion | The World

• Brazil’s Attorney General: Brazil and the United States Can Do Better. Differences between the United States and Brazil must be addressed through negotiation and mutual respect, not punitive measures.

Arts

• The Familiar Fingerprints of a Forgotten Art Heist. After a valuable de Kooning was discovered behind a bedroom door, a true crime fan wondered: Is that all the thieves stole?
• Novels and Movies Offer Closure. Video Games Should Too. The industry’s shift toward live service games that are updated for years has studios unwilling to embrace the power of mortality.
• What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in July. This week in Newly Reviewed, Max Lakin covers Nancy Dwyer’s big words and a summer group show with some thrilling collisions.
• There’s a Lot to Dig in Donkey Kong Bananza. A Dante-like descent brims with valuable fossils and gold, but also sharp thorns, burning lava and icy water.
• ‘American Idol’ Music Supervisor and Her Husband Are Found Slain. The music supervisor was found shot to death inside her home in Los Angeles with her husband, Thomas Deluca, the police said. A 22-year-old was arrested in connection with the case.
• Found: A Lost George Washington Battlefield. As a young officer in the French and Indian War, Washington was involved in a devastating friendly fire incident. Military veterans are helping archaeologists excavate the location.
• This Math Tutor Keeps Popping Up in Wes Anderson Films. Michael Maggart, a high school friend of Anderson’s, has no training or aspirations to be an actor. The director keeps casting him anyway.
• An Indispensable Theater Incubator Faces a Troubled Future. The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, whose alumni include August Wilson, Jeremy O. Harris and Wendy Wasserstein, has given playwrights a place to take a risk for nearly 60 years.
• Move Over, Mario. This Cow Is Nintendo’s New Star. Charmed by the introduction of a cow racer for the new Mario Kart World game, fans have made her the focus of videos that are surfacing in people’s Instagram and TikTok feeds.

Art & Design

• Stan Douglas and the Double Life of Images. One of the most intelligent artists in North America finally gets the retrospective he deserves.
• After Not Paying for $14.5 Million Pollock, an Art Collector Is Sued. Phillips Auctioneers filed a lawsuit against a third-party guarantor who had agreed to buy the painting at a set price if it did not sell for more at auction.
• New York’s Best Summer Art Shows Are Upstate. From high-octane paintings by Dana Schutz to octagonal houses, our critic finds the best of Upstate Art Weekend. Everything you need to plan a great escape in the country.
• How ‘Gay’ Became an Identity in Art. Two groundbreaking exhibitions in Chicago explore the shift in portrayals of same-sex attraction. They are being staged at a fraught moment.

Dance

• Gillian Murphy, a Ballerina With Joy and Aplomb, Steps Down. After 29 years, the American Ballet Theater principal bids farewell with “Swan Lake.” It’s demanding. But she’s got this.
• The Further Adventures of Mark Morris’s Capacious Musical Imagination. For his company’s 45th anniversary season, Morris has made two new dances to composers he hasn’t used before: James P. Johnson and John Luther Adams.
• Ashton’s ‘Sylvia’ Is a Test of a Ballerina’s Versatility. In American Ballet Theater’s production, four principal dancers made their debuts in the role, which carries the ballet.

Music

• Justin Bieber Awakens His Old Soul. “Swag,” a new album of dreamy beats and unexpected collaborations, eschews formulaic pop to lean into the singer’s R&B instincts.
• Nine Inch Nails Revisits the ’80s, and 9 More New Songs. Hear tracks by Robert Plant, Amanda Shires, Blood Orange and more.
• A New ‘Billy Budd’ Is a Pressure Cooker of Gay Desire. An adaptation of the Benjamin Britten opera, in turn based on Melville’s classic novella, joins a lineage of beautiful enigmas.
• In Just a Few Minutes, This Music Will Change Your Day. Calm and graceful, this cello piece by Bach slowly dances through hopefulness, longing and introspection.
• Only 5 Fingers Playing Piano, but the Sound of So Many Hands. Nicholas McCarthy overcame rejection to make a professional career playing the surprisingly vast repertoire for left-hand piano.
• Jane’s Addiction Members Sue One Another After Onstage Fight. The rock band’s singer confronted its guitarist during a show last year, leading to the cancellation of its reunion tour.
• An Opera House’s New Era Begins With an Unlikely First: Strauss. Christian Thielemann’s inaugural new production as the general music director of the Berlin State Opera is the rarity “Die Schweigsame Frau.”
• Drake Returns Robustly, With Reinforcements. The Canadian superstar headlined all three nights of London’s Wireless Festival, showing off his range, reach and a glimpse of how he intends to leave his Kendrick Lamar beef in the past.
• The Gospel Star Tasha Cobbs Leonard Takes a New Leap: A Studio Album. Inspired in part by a book she published last year, the singer and songwriter reveals more of herself on “Tasha,” an album blending gospel and pop.
• Songs for the Heat of Peak Summer: Welcome to Lizard Season. Hear 10 songs from yeule, Momma, Four Tet and more.
• He’s Bringing Rossini to Philadelphia and ‘West Side Story’ to Rome. The Italian director Damiano Michieletto has engaged, and sometimes enraged, European audiences. Now he’s preparing for his debut at a major U.S. opera company.
• More Woody Guthrie Songs? Yes, From a Trove of Homemade Recordings. A new, intimate album will include 13 previously unheard songs and a rewrite of “This Land Is Your Land.”
• 40 Years After Live Aid, It’s Still Personal for Bob Geldof. The rock star-turned-activist reflects on the 1985 benefit concert and why it could not happen now.

Television

• A Brief History of CBS’s Late-Night Eras. With the hosts Merv Griffin, Pat Sajak, David Letterman and Stephen Colbert, CBS has taken many runs at late-night TV. Some were more successful than others.
• Shannon Sharpe Settles Lawsuit Accusing Him of Rape. A lawyer for the woman, who had sought $50 million in damages, said both sides acknowledged a “consensual and tumultuous relationship.”
• CBS Says It’s Canceling Colbert Over Money, Not Politics. Is That Truthiness? Maybe the “Late Show” decision is purely financial. But after Paramount’s cave over “60 Minutes,” it is hard to trust.
• Generative A.I. Destroys a Building in Its Netflix Debut. The streaming company said it used the technology onscreen for the first time in an Argentine science fiction show.
• ‘Washington Black’ Is a Defiantly Joyful Fable. Adapted from the Esi Edugyan novel, this Hulu series follows a child who escapes slavery and embarks on a life of swashbuckling adventure.
• Alt Comedy Is Dead. Long Live Alt Comedy! The term has fallen out of fashion, but the experimental spirit of the genre lives on in the refreshingly off-kilter Brent Weinbach and Eddie Pepitone.
• Stephen Colbert Laments the Loss of ‘The Late Show’ CBS “will be ending ‘The Late Show’ in May,” Colbert told his audience on Thursday. He kept the announcement brief and light.
• Fans React to Colbert ‘Late Show’ Cancellation With Puzzlement and Anger. Many questioned the timing of and motivation for the announcement, noting that Mr. Colbert hosted the most-watched show in late night television.
• ‘And Just Like That …’ Season 3, Episode 8 Recap: Bringing Sexy Back. And just like that, a “Sex and the City” revival seemed to remember the first word in the franchise title.
• ‘The Porter’ Is a Rich Period Drama About Labor and Dignity. The series is substantive, well crafted and a little melancholy, centered on a group of Black train porters in Canada in the 1920s.
• ‘Untamed’ Review: A National Park Procedural From Netflix. Onscreen, at least, there are enough rangers to keep Yosemite running and to investigate a mysterious death at El Capitan.
• Why ‘Jaws’ Works. A new documentary explores how Steven Spielberg’s hit reshaped the movie industry 50 years ago and why it resonates today. Hint: It’s not the shark.
• ‘Rematch’ Recreates a Cultural Touchstone. A series dramatizes the 1997 chess match between a world champion and an IBM computer, a precursor of modern anxieties about artificial intelligence.
• Late Night Fact-Checks Trump on His Uncle and the Unabomber. Jordan Klepper and other hosts poked holes in the president’s claim that his uncle had been the future terrorist’s professor at M.I.T.
• Jimmy Fallon Fans the Flames of Burning MAGA Hats. People torched the hats in videos, apparently upset about the Jeffrey Epstein case. “People in China were like, ‘Oh, come on, we worked so hard making them,’” Fallon said.
• ‘Adolescence’ Earns 13 Emmy Nominations, Including Nod for Owen Cooper. The show, about a teenager suspected of killing a schoolmate, won three Gotham Television Awards last month and was a hot topic in the weeks after it was released.
• ‘Severance’ and ‘The White Lotus’ Dominate the Emmy Acting Nominations. The buzzy series are the early favorites in the drama category.
• ‘The Pitt’ Receives 13 Emmy Nominations. The breakout medical hit received nods for outstanding drama series, lead actor, supporting actress, writing and directing for its first season.
• ‘The Studio’ Ties Emmys Record for Most Comedy Nods in a Season. Past winners like “Hacks” and “The Bear” lost some ground this year, making Apple TV+’s Hollywood satire starring Seth Rogen the one to beat.
• Emmy Nomination Snubs and Surprises: ‘Squid Game,’ ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and John Mulaney (Again). Some big names (Alfonso Cuarón, Elisabeth Moss) were left off the Emmy nomination list while some underdogs (Jeff Hiller, “Common Side Effects”) sneaked on.
• Emmy Nominees 2025: The Updating List. Nominations for the 77th Emmy Awards will be announced on Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. ET. See below for a live list of nominees.
• 2025 Emmy Nominations to Be Announced. The nominees will be announced at the Television Academy’s Los Angeles headquarters.
• Seth Meyers Is Amused by MAGA’s Epstein Infighting. President Trump’s most conspiracy-minded supporters can’t believe he wants them to forget about the Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theories.
• When Americans Agreed on History, for 60 Seconds. In the 1970s, “Bicentennial Minutes” modeled a kind of unity we’re unlikely to match for the nation’s next big birthday.
• ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty,’ Plus 6 Things to Watch on TV This Week. The Prime Video show returns with its third and final season — and maybe an answer for Lola’s love triangle.
• ‘Love Island USA’ Ends With a Franchise First. Here’s How It Got There. After the finale, here are the big moments and takeaways for the seventh season of the show.
• The Best Mafia Show, According to Morgan Spector of ‘The Gilded Age’ The actor, who plays a railroad magnate on HBO’s period drama, is into Russian war novels, “lefty” podcasts and his home gym.

Theater

• ‘The Weir’ Review: A Few Pints to Help the Ghost Stories Go Down Easy. Conor McPherson’s eerie 1997 drama, set in a rural Ireland of near-empty pubs and howling winds, returns to Irish Rep in top form.
• The Moves That Made ‘Chicago’ and ‘A Chorus Line’ Singular Sensations. To celebrate the shows’ golden anniversaries, the Broadway star Robyn Hurder demonstrates what makes their choreography so special.
• ‘A Chorus Line’ and ‘Chicago’ at 50: Who Won? The slinky jailbirds and Broadway hopefuls in these two classic shows have been fighting it out since 1975.
• All Aboard a Steam Train to See ‘The Railway Children’ The smells and sounds of locomotive travel get the audience in the mood for a theatrical adaptation of the beloved children’s book.
• Why Did the Indie Film Studio A24 Buy an Off Broadway Theater? The Hollywood upstart has upgraded the Cherry Lane Theater for plays and more. Coming this fall: films chosen by Sofia Coppola, food from Frenchette and the voice of Barbra Streisand.
• Broadway’s ‘Gypsy’ Revival, Starring Audra McDonald, Will Close. The show is the sixth musical to announce a closing date since last month’s Tony Awards, reflecting financial challenges facing producers.
• Williamstown Theater Festival Was in Crisis. Here’s How It’s Changing. The Berkshires mainstay is trying something different this season: just three weekends, but eight shows, including two Tennessee Williams plays and even ice dancing.
• Theater to Stream: Morgan Freeman in ‘Gospel at Colonus’ and More. Can’t catch the live revival of this retelling of “Oedipus at Colonus”? Stream a version with Freeman and Robert Earl Jones, or four more stage-related shows.
• ‘The Gospel at Colonus’ Review: Singing Hallelujah on the Hudson. In an open-air revival on Little Island in Manhattan, Lee Breuer and Bob Telson’s musically sumptuous play follows Oedipus at the end of his life.

Books

• The Passion of the Cartoonist. A new graphic biography of Caravaggio draws a provocative line from the old masters to the outsider artists of today.
• The Essential Jane Austen. A peerless chronicler of class and romance, the “Pride and Prejudice” author was never prolific. But her work remains remarkably relevant, more than two centuries after her death.
• Libraries Pay More for E-Books. Some States Want to Change That. Proposed legislation would pressure publishers to adjust borrowing limits and find other ways to widen access.
• Romantasy: A Starter Pack. The crossover genre blending the passion of romance with the high-stakes escapism of fantasy has dominated the literary landscape. Here’s where to start.
• 2 Books for a Hot, Languid Summer. A classic coming-of-age novel; a cultural history of early America.

Book Review

• The Best Books of the Year (So Far). 2025 is more than halfway gone. On this week’s podcast, Gilbert Cruz and Joumana Khatib discuss some of the books that have stayed with them most this year.
• How Empathy Became a Threat. It was once considered a virtue. Why do some people now think it’s a bad thing?
• The Meaning Hidden in Wordsworth’s Teacup and Mary Shelley’s Hair. Examining artifacts from the archive of British Romanticism, a scholar finds evidence of intimate, if often overlooked, connections to slavery.
• My Teacher Is a Robot. Wait Till You Meet My Mom. Two darkly amusing graphic novels for kids pit machine learning and rocket science against good old-fashioned humanity.
• 7 New Books We Love This Week. Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
• An Instagram Poet With Hints of Interesting Darkness. David Gate has a popular following online, but his best poems suggest he’s not entirely comfortable as an influencer.
• Join the Club: Lisa Murkowski Hasn’t Finished ‘Master of the Senate’ The Alaska lawmaker was given a copy when first appointed to the Senate in 2002 and it’s still on her bedside table. “Far From Home” is her new memoir.
• She Left the City for Suburbia and Settled Down. Then the Haunting Began. In Kerry Cullen’s uncanny debut, “House of Beth,” a queer 20-something finds that “straight” life comes with serious strings (and spirits) attached.
• Slow-Burn Summer Thrillers. Our critic on the month’s best new novels.
• Where to Be Female, Bohemian and Free in 1890s Paris? In “The Club,” Jennifer Dasal investigates a refuge for (some) expat artists in the City of Light.
• A Horror Star Returns With a Sweeping, Witchy Mystery. In Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s “The Bewitching,” a graduate student stumbles into a haunting conspiracy while researching a cult writer.
• A Juicy Chronicle of the Fat Decades at Condé Nast. “Empire of the Elite,” by Michael M. Grynbaum, is a story of (mostly) insider-outsiders who helmed the glossiest American magazines in their heyday.
• How the C.I.A. Lost Its Way After the Cold War. The journalist Tim Weiner investigates the mishaps that ensued when American intelligence scrambled to remake itself after the fall of communism.
• Amelia Earhart’s Complicated Legacy and Horrible Husband. In “The Aviator and the Showman,” Laurie Gwen Shapiro tells the story of the doomed pilot’s marriage to “the publishing world’s P.T. Barnum.”
• Do You Know These French Books Adapted for Stage and Screen? France has produced many novels and stories that have gone on to become internationally popular musicals and movies. Try this short quiz to see how many you know.
• Sex, Tech and Pharma Converge in This Assured Novel. “Bonding,” by Mariel Franklin, is a love story charged by the absurdities of a market-driven culture.
• A Master of Surrealist Fiction and a Bard for Anxious Times. Dino Buzzati’s best works evoke the fabulism, paranoia and allegory of writers like Franz Kafka, Albert Camus and Italo Calvino.
• A Spicy Heist Story for the Student Loan Era. Kashana Cauley’s novel “The Payback” imagines a world where the Debt Police are real, and they’re into reiki.
• Martha’s Vineyard Isn’t Just an Elite Summer Destination. In “Nothing More of This Land,” the journalist Joseph Lee, a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Nation, explores the island’s Indigenous history.

Movies

• Five Horror Movies to Stream Now. This month’s picks include menacing grandparents, famished vampires and pernicious cultists.
• Five Free Movies to Stream Now. Some counterprogramming to the summer’s blockbusters: “Titane,” “Coherence” and “Attack the Block.”
• How Superman Handles a Lois Lane Interview. James Gunn, the screenwriter and director of “Superman,” narrates a sequence featuring David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan.
• 7 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week. Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
• James Gunn Didn’t Want to Make ‘Superman.’ What Changed His Mind? His hit reboot is meant to kick off years of new projects from the rebranded DC Studios. But for a long time, Gunn couldn’t figure out the character.
• ‘Shari & Lamb Chop’: A Singular Talent Gets Her Due. Shari Lewis’s pioneering role in children’s television becomes clear in a new film that can be perfunctory about her life.
• ‘Superman’ | Anatomy of a Scene. James Gunn narrates a sequence from his film, in which Superman (David Corenswet) is interviewed by Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan).
• ‘No Sleep Till’ Review: Calm Before the Storm. This gauzy film builds an impression of Floridian malaise by trailing four locals the day before a hurricane.
• ‘Life After’ Review: What the End Means. The filmmaker Reid Davenport raises thorny questions about how the option of medically assisted death is presented to disabled people.
• ‘Unicorns’ Review: Where Glitter Meets Grit. This movie, directed by Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd, follows Luke and Aysha, who meet by chance at a drag event.
• ‘Smurfs’ Review: Don’t Stop the Music. The lovable blue guys (and one gal) go on a mission to save Papa Smurf in this colorful romp with an impressive voice cast.
• ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Review: Nostalgia Is Overrated. This revival of a 1990s horror franchise fumbles its shot.
• ‘Finally Dawn’ Review: A Night to Remember in Rome. This Italian drama, set in the 1950s and starring Lily James, Willem Dafoe and Joe Keery, sends a star-struck naïf through the looking glass darkly.
• ‘Cloud’ Review: Buyer’s Remorse. In this genre-bending thriller, an online reseller’s tale of vengeance becomes a parable of human greed and disconnection.
• ‘Eddington’ Review: Once Upon a Time in the Pandemic. Ari Aster returns with a dystopian Western farce about a world gone mad that you definitely remember.
• When ‘Clueless’ Made Movie Fashion History. With grunge reigning in the mid-1990s, the looks of Cher Horowitz and her friends came as a fun shock. The costume designer takes us through her thought process.
• The Many Takes on Superman: Gruff, Charming or Menschy? There’s more than one way to play the most classic of superheroes. Here’s how six actors have approached the role.
• How to Watch Hitchcock: 5 Steps to Unlock the Master of Suspense. The director combined camera, sound and perspective techniques to create almost unbearable tension and anxiety for the audience.
• When Streaming Won’t Cut It and You Need the DVD. Streaming is dominant for movies and TV shows. But some fans still insist on physical media.
• David Corenswet Wants to Be a Superman You Can Count On. The actor has a man-out-of-time quality that makes him surprisingly like his character. But he is hyperaware of the present expectations riding on his performance.

Food

• A Bright Baked Salmon, Satisfying Cold Tofu and Better Rice Krispies Treats. Smart and satisfying recipes for hot summer evenings.
• This Easy Pesto Pasta Screams Summer. Paired with a tomato-pepper salad and a peaches and cream cake, this herby main is lush with peak green beans and corn.
• Customers Griped About High Grocery Prices. The Grocer Agreed. After hearing complaints about his prices, a store owner in Brooklyn has apologized, and begun the laborious task of lowering thousands of them.
• Meatless Monday Through Meatless Sunday. Three spots where vegetarians don’t have to make a meal of appetizers and sides.
• Cherry Tomato Bonanza. Whether you’re growing them yourself or picking them up from a market, the best cherry tomatoes are abundant right now. Here’s what to make with them.
• 24 Recipes That Are Perfect for Camping. Less stress, fewer dishes and more time to enjoy the great outdoors.
• The Fairest Farro Salad of Them All. Charlie Bird’s farro salad is a five-star reader favorite: “I have lost count of how many times I have made this salad.”
• Readers Really, Really Love This Spicy, Creamy Weeknight Bolognese. And more of our most popular recipes of 2025 (so far).
• Is This Restaurant the Only Thing Democrats and Republicans Agree On? In polarized Washington, Ama is drawing leaders from both camps with an anti-additive menu and a vow to bar all manner of toxicity.
• Where Do Berlin’s Club Kids Go When They Grow Up? La Maison for a Croissant. The coffee shop and patisserie in the Kreuzberg neighborhood has became a daytime hot spot in a city known for its nightlife.
• We Just Updated Our List of the Best Restaurants in San Francisco. An old favorite that’s still got it, brothy noodles you can slurp year-round and a tasting menu you won’t want to miss in Japantown.
• The Waldorf Astoria Reopens With Lex Yard, Yoshoku and Peacock Alley. The newly renovated hotel sports three new restaurants, including a flagship brasserie named after the train line that runs under the hotel.
• A 5-Star Slow-Cooker Recipe With Well Over 10,000 Ratings. And more no-stove meals for so-hot weeknights.
• Our 25 Most Popular Recipes of the Year So Far. Weeknight wins again with easy recipes like hoisin noodles, lemon-pepper chicken and honey garlic shrimp leading the pack.
• Omakase Has Gotten Out of Hand. Mori Nozomi Is the Sublime Answer. In the era of big, flashy, beefed-out sushi menus, the chef Nozomi Mori’s serene Los Angeles counter stands out.
• My Five-Ingredient Frenchy Fish. Roasted white fish with lemony almondine comes together in 20 minutes, a beautiful dinner for Bastille Day (or any day, really).
• Chinese Students Flocked to Central Illinois. Their Food Followed. Like many college towns, the area around the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has been transformed by a surge of foreign students. Visa clampdowns could threaten that.
• The Kids Are All Right (Just Not at a Brewery). Family-friendly breweries across the country are reconsidering their relationship with children and, in some cases, banning them outright.
• Get Some Halloumi and Get Griddlin’ The cheese gets crisp and browned (and deeply melty within), and plays beautifully with the corn and tomatoes in this five-star Melissa Clark recipe.
• Two-Ingredient Mango Soft Serve. Everyone say, “Thank you, Hetty Lui McKinnon.”

Wine, Beer & Cocktails

• For Some New Zealand Winemakers, Māori Beliefs Lead the Way. A philosophy of respectful custodianship of the land and the importance of one’s place of origin may sound familiar to those who seek out terroir.

Style

• His Old Books Look Great Beside New Clothes. Geoff Snack, a vintage and rare book dealer, is getting calls from small boutiques as well as mass retailers that want what he’s selling.
• These Croissants Took a $500 Ride to the Hamptons. When the wealthy need anything — luggage, a prescription or keys — delivered out east, they can call Tote Taxi.
• He Took My Story, So I Made a New One. When my 60-year-old husband suddenly left, I lost a sense of who I was, but not entirely.
• A Big, Adorable Reveal on the Second Date. Dayton Munson and Emily Orozco hit it off over Bumble, then over a series of restaurant dates.
• Seeking a Friend, Finding Much More. Ernie Apreza and Kyle Labarry were looking for community in a new city when they first met 10 years ago. Along the way, they found love.
• He Didn’t Know It Was an Audition. But He Got the Husband Role. Aleksandra Dubov and Daniyel Berchenko were stargazing in the California desert when Ms. Dubov asked him a direct question.
• Their Shared Love of Theater Was Just the Opening Act. It took Ellenore Scott, a Broadway choreographer, three months to reply to Trey Everett, a writer and musician. It only took a week to fall in love.
• Those Ugly Shoes? She’ll Make You Love Them. Nina Christen designed some of the most influential shoes of the last decade. Now she has a line of her own.
• Your Morning Coffee, in a Bucket. Across the United States, cafes are serving jumbo-size coffee drinks in plastic buckets. The gimmick is working.
• Are You Watching Video Podcasts? The New York Times wants to know how people are consuming this relatively new kind of content.
• Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Thought I Was Straight’ Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words
• Do We Have to Thank My Brother-in-Law for His Gifts if We Hate His Politics? A couple’s passive efforts to keep a relative at arm’s length, like quietly donating his gifts to charity, are not being received as intended.
• What ‘Road Rules’ Wrought. Thirty years ago, MTV sent camera-friendly kids on a first-of-its-kind road trip, turbocharging the reality TV fame factory that powers culture today.
• Men’s Wear That Melds Colors, Patterns and Proportions. Visual contrasts made a suit look both fresh and nostalgic.
• Where Have Men Gone? We’re Right Here. Readers respond to a Modern Love essay that asks why so many men have retreated from dating and relationships.
• Finally, Another Woman Designer Gets a Big Brand. Meryll Rogge takes over at Marni, halting a backward trend.
• The Collateral Damage of Federal Work Force Cuts: Summer Interns. At the very beginning of their professional lives, some young people have had their summer plans derailed by the Department of Government Efficiency.
• Yes, Gen Z Is Staring at You. The Question Is Why. A generational debate has started over Gen Z’s tendency to respond to various social situations with a long and intentional stare.
• Could You Have Landed a Job at Vogue in the ’90s? To work for Anna Wintour in Vogue's glory days, you had to know a little bit of everything. Take the quiz to find out if you would have made the grade.
• Catherine, Princess of Wales, Dresses for a New (Life) Stage. Appearances at Wimbledon and a French state visit symbolize a new kind of style.
• Are Two-Piece Matching Sets Still Trendy? A reader wonders if the co-ord set is past its prime. Our critic explains the history of the style, and why coordination is timeless.
• How Are the Summer Interns Making It Work? A new crop of young people are in New York and ready to “hustle” in all kinds of fields that will have them.
• A Reality Star’s Path From Villain to Unlikely Voice of Reason. Kristen Doute made her share of enemies on “Vanderpump Rules,” but as “The Valley” finishes its second season, she has seemingly reinvented herself.
• Would You Pay Nearly $9,000 for a Puzzle? Some of the most devoted hobbyists are willing to shell out big bucks for what one called “a couture puzzle.”
• The Harvard-Educated Linguist Breaking Down ‘Skibidi’ and ‘Rizz’ Adam Aleksic, who posts as Etymology Nerd on social media, argues in a new book that algorithms are reshaping the English language.

Love

• For a Unique Venue, Look No Further Than Your Childhood Home. Hosting a wedding at home can save money, but it will require careful planning and organization.
• How A.I. Is Transforming Wedding Planning. A.I. is enhancing a time-consuming and stressful process, providing couples and planners with event suggestions, budgeting and many other useful tools.

Magazine

• Should You Silence Your Phone Around Your Spouse? A ruling on how to handle a notification-ding imbalance in a marriage.
• I Found My Daughter’s Pregnancy Test. Should I Have Told My Wife? I wanted to honor my daughter’s privacy about her sex life.
• Everyone’s Obsessed With True Crime. Even Prisoners Like Me. As the genre has boomed on cable, the incarcerated have found themselves watching more and more of it.
• Hollywood’s Master of Dread Is Afraid of … Everything. Ari Aster, the man behind some of Hollywood’s most unsettling films, takes his own anxiety and puts it onscreen.
• I’ve Dreamed of This Salad for Over a Decade. Now, It’s Yours. Sweet-tart, generous and full of contrasts, this adapted restaurant dish is just the thing for sun-drenched weeks.
• What My Bitcoin-Obsessed, Nudes-Chasing Hacker Taught Me About Friendship. When my Instagram account was compromised, I didn’t know what to do. Luckily, others did.
• He Claims He’s the ‘Sports Betting King.’ What Are the Odds? Mazi VS has become a major influencer by flaunting his expensive lifestyle and his big-winning wagers. Other gamblers say he can’t be what he seems.
• The Guy I’m Dating Wants Us to Be Exclusive. Do I Have to Agree? Pressure and trust issues made me skeptical of monogamy.
• The Grody-Patinkin Family Is a Mess. People Love It. The couple, successful artists married for 45 years, reflect on their newfound TikTok fame.

T Magazine

• How Hollywood’s Favorite Video Store Outlived Blockbuster. Vidiots, a holdover from the golden age of VHS, is staging a comeback as a community hub.
• A Brooklyn Brownstone That Channels ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’ The interior designer Nick Spain added jewel-toned colors and botanical prints to a Cobble Hill home with literary history.
• In Hong Kong, Inventive Ice Cream Is Everywhere. Plus: artist-made birdhouses in Maine, easy summer knits and more recommendations from T Magazine.
• How to Swim-Proof Your Hair. Expert advice from a surfer, a hairstylist and a model.

Travel

• What Exactly Is a Jet2 Holiday and Why Are People Talking About It? The voice-over and soundtrack from an ad released in January 2024 have gone viral on social media a year and a half later.
• With T.S.A.’s Shoes Rule Gone, Can Liquids Really Be Next? Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, has said that the next major airport security screening announcement could target limits on liquids. How likely is that?
• 36 Hours in Key West. Home to one of the largest historic districts in the South, Key West has a live-and-let-live ethos that visitors can’t resist.
• Help! A Pickpocket Used My A.T.M. Card, and Citi Won’t Cover It. A thief swiped a traveler’s wallet at the Barcelona airport and later used her card to take out more than $1,100 in cash. Why was her fraud claim denied?
• ‘Quincaillerie’ Is French for ‘Hardware Store,’ but It Means So Much More. These quintessential shops are treasure chests offering a little bit of everything, and many have been run by the same family for 100 years or more.
• Basketball Star A’ja Wilson’s 5 Favorite Places in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Aces standout, one of the W.N.B.A.’s top players, shares her tips for places to eat, drink and chill — both on and off the Strip.
• Looking for a Summer Ski Fix? Head to South America. In Chile and Argentina, dramatic slopes, lots of snow and an unusual après ski scene await.
• Traveling Ultralight: How to Pack a Personal Item. As more airlines charge for traditional carry-on bags, those who don’t want to pay need to fit everything into a tote, small duffel bag, daypack or roomy purse. Here’s how.
• A Peacock’s-Eye View of the Waldorf Remade. Waldorf Astoria New York, one of the city’s grandest hotels, closed for renovations in 2017. After almost eight years and billions of dollars, it returns, reborn for the 21st century.

Real Estate

• Finding a Gem in the Woods of Central Connecticut. Two California transplants ventured east in search of midcentury design, lots of sunlight and space for guests.
• $2.6 Million Homes in Whistler, British Columbia. The famed ski town north of Vancouver is dotted with log cabins and a dwindling number of 20th-century A-frames.
• Homes for Sale in Manhattan and the Bronx. This week’s homes are on the Upper East Side and in Riverdale.
• Homes for Sale in Connecticut and New York. This week’s homes are a four-bedroom in Fairfield and a three-bedroom in Armonk.
• Renters Are Taking Over the Suburbs. In 15 major U.S. metro suburbs, renter households more than doubled between 2018 and 2023.
• To Live Up to a Legacy, They Had Two Days to Build a House. A Texas high school has won more championships in mock tiny home construction than any other school in the country. Could a team of rookies defend the title?
• Condo Conversion in Former Brooklyn Church Offers ‘Piece of History’ The 19th-century building, in a historic district in Fort Greene, has 12 condos, starting at $1.195 million, each with touches from the site’s former use.
• $2.9 Million Homes in Connecticut, Arizona and Idaho. A Victorian in New Canaan, a contemporary house in Cave Creek and a Colonial Revival in Boise
• Plan a Garden, Then Make It ‘Maximalist’ Find out what it would look like to fully celebrate the wildly personal beauty of your garden “dialed to the max.”
• West Palm Beach Moves Upmarket. The city is emerging from the shadow of Palm Beach, just across the water, with new condo and office towers.
• Adorning a Manhattan Loft With Hand-Crafted Inspirations. The designers George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg collect an “inventory of ideas and thoughts,” including miniature Japanese vessels, handmade glasses and a vintage bar cabinet.
• To Afford Montauk, He Went on ‘Jeopardy’ Stevie Ruiz, a restaurant server who also runs small businesses, has used his game show winnings to stay afloat in the expensive Long Island hamlet.
• $3.8 Million Homes in California. A Craftsman in Santa Barbara and contemporary homes in Manhattan Beach and San Luis Obispo.
• Can You Stop People From Smoking Outside Your Building? Various laws and regulations dictate where people can and can’t light up. Here’s how to make sure they’re enforced.

Health

• F.D.A. to Ask Biotech Company to Stop Shipping Treatment Linked to Patient Deaths. Three patients with a muscle-wasting disease died from liver failure after taking the therapy, Ele­vidys, or a similar treatment.
• Health Cuts Would Result in Fewer Drugs for Americans, Budget Office Reports. The Trump administration’s proposed cuts to medical research and health agencies will curtail the development of promising medications, the Congressional Budget Office said on Friday.
• Health Insurers Are Denying More Drug Claims, Data Shows. Offering a rare glimpse inside the hidden world of rejected insurance claims, new data shows a steady uptick among major private insurers.
• F.D.A. Approves Juul Vapes After Yearslong Delay. The company was accused of marketing its products to teenagers, causing a surge in use.
• F.D.A. Panel to Reassess Hormone Therapy Warnings. Dr. Marty Makary, the agency’s commissioner, has said too many women avoid menopause treatments because the risks have been overstated.
• Upended by Meth, Some Communities Are Paying Users to Quit. Unlike with opioids, there is no medication to suppress cravings for meth and other stimulants. As use soars, hundreds of clinics are trying a radically different approach.
• Trump Official Accused PEPFAR of Funding Abortions in Russia. It Wasn’t True. PEPFAR, the AIDS relief program, hasn’t operated in Russia since 2012 and does not fund abortions.
• Trump Administration Will Limit Medicare Spending on Pricey Bandages. In an about-face, the administration is cracking down on so-called skin substitutes, overused treatments that cost Medicare more than $10 billion last year.
• How to Find the Right Medical Rehab Services. Specialized hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and home health agencies provide rehab therapy. Insurers may limit the services you can get.
• Even Grave Errors at Rehab Hospitals Go Unpenalized and Undisclosed. For-profit hospitals provide most inpatient physical therapy but tend to have worse readmission rates to general hospitals. Medicare doesn’t tell consumers about troubling inspections.
• A Venerable AIDS Activist Returns to Battle. Zackie Achmat, once at the center of South Africa’s push for lifesaving H.I.V. treatment, has come out of retirement as U.S. funding cuts and his own government’s inertia revive old fears.

Well

• Is ‘Joyspan’ the Key to Aging Well? A long life doesn’t matter much if you don’t enjoy it.
• Questions About Death? Get Answers Here. From end-of-life care to burials and beyond, we tackled your queries.
• Kennedy Claims Doctors Profit Off Vaccines. In Fact, Many Lose Money on Them. Experts said the health secretary’s remarks send a dangerous message: Don’t trust your physician.
• Does Benadryl Do More Harm Than Good? Every allergy medication has its pros and cons. Here’s what to know.
• What Do You Want to Know About Vaccines? The Times wants to hear from you.
• So Your Doctor Is a DO. Does That Matter? The number of osteopathic doctors has increased dramatically. People still don’t know what they are.

Eat

• How Healthy Are Peaches? Experts share all of the juicy details.

Mind

• I’m Losing My Memory. Why Is My Husband Being Insensitive About It? Ask the Therapist columnist Lori Gottlieb advises a reader who wants his spouse to be more compassionate about his worsening recall.
• I Took 58 Walks in My 58th Year. With friends new and old, I figured out what I really value — one step at a time.

Move

• How Exercise Fights Anxiety and Depression. Decades of research have established that movement has a positive effect on mental health.
• Embrace the Joy of Diving. Next time you go to the pool this summer, here are four ways to have fun on the diving board.
• 8 Moves to Make Everyday Tasks Easier. Functional training mimics the movements you need for daily life. Here’s how to get started.

Parenting

• The Tooth Fairy Is Real. She’s a Dentist in Seattle. For 20 years, Dr. Purva Merchant has been answering letters from gaptoothed children and their parents — roughly 6,000 in all. “Happy growing up,” she typically replies.

Times Insider

• When Politics Dominate the Education Beat. A Times reporter reflects on the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the Department of Education.
• A Reporter’s Methodical Quest to Find New York’s Best Croissants. A food writer scouted more than 100 bakeries in search of flaky, buttery perfection.
• The Best Summer Reads, as Recommended by the Book Review. To survive the dog days of summer, try reading one (or all) of these suggestions by writers, critics and editors at The Times.
• Our Investigation of UnitedHealth Started With a Tip. A reporter was familiar with the insurance giant under scrutiny and the law firm known for its attack stance. Then one hired the other.

Corrections

• Corrections: July 18, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Friday, July 18, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: Powerful Singer Who Wrung Every Teardrop From Ballads. Quotation of the Day for Friday, July 18, 2025.
• Corrections: July 17, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Thursday, July 17, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: Uncertainty Confronts Afghans Ousted in a Crackdown by Iran. Quotation of the Day for Thursday, July 17, 2025.
• Corrections: July 16, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: The Global A.I. Divide. Quotation of the Day for Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
• Corrections: July 15, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: Ever Hotter, Southern Europe Dreams of Fjords. Quotation of the Day for Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: Help in Grim Task of Finding the Missing Comes From All Over the United States. Quote of the Day for Monday, July 14, 2025
• No Corrections: July 14, 2025. No corrections that appeared in print on Monday, July 14, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: Corpses and Carcasses in the Fields of Kursk. Quotation of the Day for Sunday, July 13, 2025
• Corrections: July 13, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Sunday, July 13, 2025.
• Corrections: July 12, 2025. Corrections that appeared in print on Saturday, July 12, 2025.
• Quote of the Day: No, Chef! Cancellation Rallies Fans. Quotation of the Day for Saturday, July 12, 2025.

The Learning Network

• Summer Reading Contest, Week 7: What Got Your Attention in The Times This Week? To participate, submit your response here by July 25 at 9 a.m. Eastern. This week’s winners will be announced by Aug. 5.
• Word of the Day: pacify. This word has appeared in 27 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• Friendship: Teen Writing and Art That Celebrates Connection. Photos, videos, essays, stories and podcasts made by young people that explore the nuances of what it means to have and to be a friend.
• Word of the Day: rapscallion. This word has appeared in five articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• Word of the Day: waggish. This word has appeared in four articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• ‘Let’s Talk “The Ick”’: The Week 4 Winner of Our Summer Reading Contest. In her winning video, Chesapeake Woods, 17, offers relationship advice aimed at our human tendency toward “uncontrollable judginess.”
• Word of the Day: pungent. This word has appeared in 113 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• Word of the Day: sublimity. This word has appeared in five articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

En español

• Palabra del día: ‘pacify’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en 27 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• Las complejidades de ser Superman. Es un pájaro, es un avión, ¡es viernes! Estas son las mejores lecturas para el fin de semana.
• Aprende a saltar de un trampolín este verano. Aquí tienes cuatro formas de divertirte para la próxima vez que vayas a la piscina esta temporada.
• Palabra del día: ‘rapscallion’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en cinco artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• Palabra del día: ‘waggish’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en cuatro artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• Los aranceles y Donald Trump. Lo más nuevo de la guerra comercial de EE. UU. y más para el comienzo de la semana.
• ¿Qué tal saludables son los duraznos? Los expertos comparten los jugosos detalles.
• Palabra del día: ‘pungent’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en 113 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• ¿Qué significa que tu médico sea osteópata? Más allá de las nociones de que los médicos osteópatas son más holísticos o de que fueron rechazados de las facultades de medicina alopática, muy pocas personas saben sobre su formación.
• Palabra del día: ‘sublimity’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en cinco artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• El leñador vidente siempre tiene la razón. Mi amiga y yo nos enteramos de cómo sería nuestro futuro romántico por una fuente muy poco probable.

América Latina

• Una ministra cubana es destituida tras acusar a los mendigos de fingir su pobreza. La ministra del Trabajo y Seguridad Social generó indignación en la opinión pública cuando dijo que “no hay mendigos” en Cuba, donde muchas personas batallan para conseguir comida.
• Bolsonaro llevará un monitor de tobillo antes del juicio en su contra. El Supremo Tribunal Federal de Brasil ordenó al expresidente Jair Bolsonaro permanecer en casa y mantenerse alejado de las embajadas de otros países antes de su juicio por intento de golpe de Estado.
• El grupo de derechos humanos Cristosal huye de El Salvador. La organización ha investigado las muertes en prisión y la tortura bajo el mandato del presidente Nayib Bukele. Sus empleados fueron amenazados y vigilados, dijo su director.
• El auge anti-Trump reaviva el apoyo a Lula da Silva. Días después de las amenazas arancelarias de Trump, los índices de aprobación del presidente de Brasil alcanzaron su nivel más alto en meses.
• Trump ha prometido más aranceles a México. ¿Qué sigue ahora? El presidente Trump ha amenazado con aumentar la tasa arancelaria de México al 30 por ciento a partir del 1 de agosto, alegando que el país no ha combatido suficientemente a los cárteles de la droga.

Cultura

• Asombro y enfado: así reaccionan los fans a la cancelación del ‘Late Show’ de Colbert. Muchos cuestionaron el momento y el motivo de la decisión, y señalaron que Colbert presenta el programa más visto de la televisión nocturna.
• David Corenswet quiere ser un Superman en quien puedas confiar. Tiene una cualidad de hombre fuera del tiempo que lo hace muy parecido a su personaje. Sin embargo, el actor es consciente de las expectativas que despierta su interpretación.
• Las muchas identidades de Superman. Hay más de una forma de interpretar al más clásico de los superhéroes. Así es como seis actores han abordado al personaje.
• La vida y muerte de la novela del hombre blanco heterosexual. Digamos que la perspectiva del hombre blanco heterosexual sí se está debilitando en el mundo de la ficción literaria. ¿Debería importarnos?
• Nominados a los Emmy 2025: esta es la lista completa. La 77.ª ceremonia de los Premios Emmy está prevista para el 14 de septiembre. Consulta todos los nominados a continuación.
• Se anuncian las primeras nominaciones a los Emmy 2025. Se han anunciado los nominados al mejor programa de entrevistas y a la mejor serie de telerrealidad. Las listas de las demás categorías se conocerán esta mañana.
• El resurgimiento de ‘Sex and the City’ tiene un ingrediente secreto: el desprecio. La secuela de la serie, ahora en su tercera temporada, somete a sus queridos personajes a un desfile de humillaciones. Es extrañamente cautivador.

Estados Unidos

• Trump pide a su fiscala general que intente publicar los testimonios del gran jurado en el caso Epstein. Pam Bondi tiene previsto solicitar a un tribunal que divulgue los documentos. Pero incluso si la petición avanza, quedaría muy lejos de las exigencias de los críticos de dar a conocer todo el material de la investigación.
• Un hombre fue arrastrado hacia una máquina de resonancia magnética, según la policía. El hombre, de 61 años, se hallaba en estado crítico después de entrar sin permiso con una cadena a una sala de exámenes en Long Island cuando se realizaba un procedimiento, dijeron las autoridades.
• Una cronología de lo que sabemos sobre Trump y Epstein. El presidente Donald Trump fue amigo durante al menos 15 años de Jeffrey Epstein, el financiero multimillonario y agresor sexual convicto que murió en prisión en 2019.
• Así se vive ‘Un día sin mexicanos’ en Los Ángeles, 21 años después. La película de 2004 imaginaba una California sin latinos. Conforme el temor a las redadas de migración vacía partes de Los Ángeles, comentan sus creadores, la premisa se siente demasiado real.
• Miembros de la Guardia Nacional cuestionan su misión en Los Ángeles. Miles de elementos de la Guardia Nacional prestan servicio en la región de Los Ángeles desde el mes pasado. Seis soldados dijeron en entrevistas que el despliegue ha provocado un decaimiento en la moral.
• A Trump le diagnosticaron insuficiencia venosa crónica. ¿Qué es esa enfermedad? Esta afección, que puede causar hinchazón y dolor, es frecuente entre los adultos mayores.
• Su misión: devolver las cosas que se perdieron en las inundaciones. En medio de la pérdida, muchos hallaron un propósito en la desgarradora labor de reunir objetos con sobrevivientes y familias.
• Despiden a la fiscala de Manhattan que llevó los casos Epstein. Maurene Comey trabajó en las causas contra el financiero que se suicidó antes de ser procesado. También es hija de un adversario del presidente Trump.
• Crecieron con la Coca-Cola de México. El plan de Trump no les entusiasma. Después de que el presidente Trump anunció que el refrescó se fabricará con azúcar de caña en Estados Unidos, los “foodies” de ascendencia mexicana dijeron que la idea no les convencía.
• El caótico inicio del ‘Alcatraz de los caimanes’ en Florida. Por la falta de información, actividades recreativas y acceso a medicinas, varios migrantes detenidos describieron una gran tensión y ansiedad en el remoto centro.
• Trump amenaza con despedir al presidente de la Reserva Federal. El presidente mostró la copia de un borrador de una carta para despedir a Jerome Powell en una reunión con los republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes. Está por ver si cumple su amenaza.
• Para emular a Trump, los congresistas republicanos apoyan a Ucrania. Tras años de oponerse a apoyar con recursos estadounidenses los esfuerzos ucranianos frente a la agresión rusa, ahora muchos republicanos han abandonado esa postura.
• El caso Epstein profundiza el descontento de la extrema derecha con Trump. Los republicanos de derecha también han criticado las posturas del presidente sobre Irán y Ucrania, lo que señala un desgaste más amplio de su coalición política.
• El aumento de la inflación expone los riesgos de las amenazas arancelarias de Trump. Nuevos datos que muestran un incremento de los precios el mes pasado podrían ser presagio de costos aún más altos si el presidente de EE. UU. impone aranceles elevados el 1 de agosto.
• Por qué el metro de Nueva York se sigue inundando. El sistema centenario se enfrenta a retos infraestructurales y climáticos que están agravando su problema con el agua.
• Lo que hay que saber sobre los archivos Epstein y el gobierno de Trump. Los hechos inquietantes y las sospechas infundadas alrededor del caso Epstein han convertido a un delincuente sexual registrado en una obsesión con potencia política.
• La Corte Suprema facilita los recortes de Trump al Departamento de Educación. La medida de los jueces representa una expansión del poder ejecutivo, que permite al presidente Trump desmantelar el funcionamiento interno de un departamento gubernamental.
• ¿Los simpatizantes conspiracionistas de Trump podrán ignorar el caso Epstein? Trump le sigue ordenando a sus seguidores que dejen atrás su fijación por el caso Epstein. Pero muchos de sus simpatizantes simplemente no pueden aceptar la anticlimática conclusión que el Departamento de Justicia presentó hace una semana.
• ¿Por qué Trump ha cambiado su tono sobre Putin y qué significa eso en la guerra? Tras años de prodigar elogios al líder ruso, el presidente Trump cambió bruscamente su postura en medio de una creciente frustración por la falta de avances en el alto al fuego.
• Trump agrega un arancel del 17% a los tomates mexicanos. Los aranceles aumentarán el precio de un alimento básico para muchos estadounidenses y busca canalizar el negocio a los productores del fruto en Estados Unidos, principalmente los de Florida.
• Biden afirma que él decidió los indultos registrados con ‘autopen’ Donald Trump y sus aliados han iniciado investigaciones para fundamentar la afirmación de que Joe Biden estaba incapacitado y su personal conspiró para tomar medidas en su nombre.
• No es un bluf: los aranceles se disparan con Trump. El presidente de EE. UU. se ha ganado la reputación de usar los aranceles para fanfarronear. Pero ha aumentado constante y espectacularmente los impuestos a las importaciones, transformando el comercio mundial.
• Una disputa sobre la gestión del caso Epstein estalla en público. Se dice que una furiosa fiscala general se enfrentó al subdirector del FBI en una tensa reunión en la Casa Blanca a principios de semana.
• La prohibición de la ciudadanía por derecho de nacimiento de Trump tiene un nuevo obstáculo: demandas colectivas. En la decisión del mes pasado que limita los mandatos judiciales universales, el tribunal pareció invitar a los tribunales inferiores a utilizar las demandas colectivas como alternativa.
• Trump cita el flujo de fentanilo al anunciar nuevos aranceles a México. En una carta dirigida a la presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, Trump dijo que México no estaba haciendo lo suficiente para frenar el flujo de fentanilo hacia Estados Unidos.
• La búsqueda de desaparecidos continúa tras las inundaciones en Texas. Voluntarios y profesionales de todo Estados Unidos y México siguen buscando en el difícil terreno a las víctimas de las inundaciones en Texas.

Estilos de Vida

• ¿Qué hago si robaron mi tarjeta, retiraron efectivo y mi banco no lo cubre? Un ladrón robó la cartera de una viajera en el aeropuerto de Barcelona y después utilizó su tarjeta para sacar más de 1100 dólares en efectivo. ¿Por qué le denegaron la reclamación por fraude?
• Él quería un cabello más abundante. Sus espermatozoides sufrieron las consecuencias. La finasterida se ha hecho popular entre los hombres jóvenes para tratar la caída del cabello. Pero para aquellos que tienen dificultades para tener hijos, el medicamento podría ser la razón.
• ¿Quieres esquiar este verano? Ve a Sudamérica. En Chile y Argentina te esperan pistas espectaculares, mucha nieve y un descanso poco habitual tras esquiar.
• Cómo viajar con solo un artículo personal. Las tarifas aéreas más baratas vienen con restricciones más estrictas, sobre todo en términos de equipaje. Estos consejos te ayudarán a empacar menos.
• ¿Qué es el ‘aura farming’? Este niño de Indonesia te lo explica. Gracias a sus movimientos de baile en la parte delantera de una canoa, un jovencito se ha convertido en una sensación de internet y en “embajador turístico”.
• ¿Debo dejar de tomar difenhidramina? Los expertos creen que ha llegado el momento de decir adiós a los antihistamínicos más antiguos.
• Catalina, princesa de Gales, se viste para una nueva etapa. Sus apariciones en Wimbledon y en una visita de Estado a Francia simbolizan un nuevo tipo de estilo.
• ¿Un ‘cóctel de cortisol’ puede ayudarte a aliviar el estrés? Una bebida hecha de jugo de fruta, agua de coco y sal está de moda en internet, y los influentes dicen que ayuda a revertir una afección que denominan “fatiga suprarrenal”. Los expertos no opinan lo mismo.
• El delicioso tesoro de los mangos maduros y algunas recetas para saborearlos. Deja que las recetas de Yewande Komolafe —de una tarta de mango, una ensalada de tomate y mango y un sabroso condimento picante— prolonguen lo mejor del año.
• El duelo y las formas infinitas de navegarlo. Un pastelito, una caña de pescar y hasta un estornudo pueden activar tu memoria y recordarte al ser querido que extrañas.
• ¿El pilates es político? Un video en Instagram sobre la delgadez, la feminidad y el fascismo ha inspirado meses de debate en la comunidad del bienestar físico.

Mundo

• El duelo de un hombre que perdió a sus seres queridos en el choque del vuelo 171 de Air India. Su hijo y su nuera trajeron el amor a su hogar y representaban la esperanza de la familia para una vida mejor.
• Negociaciones o ataques aéreos: ¿qué quiere Israel en Siria? Israel ha entablado conversaciones a puerta cerrada sobre un acuerdo diplomático con el gobierno sirio. Sus ataques contra Damasco de esta semana ponen de manifiesto una falta de claridad estratégica.
• Un país africano dice que repatriará a los migrantes deportados por EE. UU. Esuatini, que forma parte de los terceros países que han recibido a personas deportadas de EE. UU., anunció que planea regresar a cinco de estos migrantes a sus naciones de origen.
• Alemania y el Reino Unido firman un pacto de defensa mutua mientras EE. UU. retrocede. El acuerdo, firmado por el primer ministro Keir Starmer y el canciller Friedrich Merz durante su visita a Londres, abarca energía, cooperación económica, migración y defensa.
• Una errata de hace 900 años podría resolver un misterio de Chaucer. El “Cuento de Wade”, mencionado en los poemas de Geoffrey Chaucer, solo sobrevive en un fragmento minúsculo. Dos académicos sostienen que un error ahondó la confusión en torno a él.
• En Ibiza, las drogas en los clubes ponen a prueba el sistema de salud. La crisis de las ambulancias en Ibiza, uno de los motores de la industria turística española, es el último ejemplo de las tensiones en Europa en torno a los viajeros extranjeros durante el verano.
• La nueva postura de Trump sobre Ucrania favorece a Europa, por ahora. Después de que los líderes europeos aumentaran el gasto militar, el presidente Trump se alineó más estrechamente con ellos en la guerra. Pero sus amenazas arancelarias han dejado estragos.
• Israel propone desplazar a gran parte de los palestinos, lo que amenaza la tregua en Gaza. El plan, del que se informó la semana pasada, complicaría las negociaciones para una tregua entre Israel y Hamás y ha sido señalado como un posible crimen de guerra.
• Paraíso perdido: el cambio climático remodela los veranos europeos. Durante la temporada alta de vacaciones, muchos de los destinos más populares de Europa se están convirtiendo en lugares de los que huir.
• Los aliados de EE. UU. buscan relaciones comerciales más confiables y continúan alejándose. Mientras el presidente Trump amenaza con imponer fuertes aranceles a muchos países, la Unión Europea trabaja para relajar las barreras comerciales y profundizar sus relaciones económicas.
• Así fue como Netanyahu prolongó la guerra en Gaza para mantenerse en el poder. Prolongar la guerra de Gaza ayudó al primer ministro israelí a evitar un ajuste de cuentas político. Estas son las conclusiones de la investigación del Times.
• ¿Quieres entender a Rusia? Visita Dubái. La ciudad es un refugio clave para los ricos de Moscú, incluyendo al productor discográfico Iosif Prigozhin, quien insiste en que todavía quiere al presidente Vladimir Putin, a pesar de lo que pudieras haber oído.

Negocios

• La CBS cancela ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ al terminar la próxima temporada. Según la cadena, el programa terminará en mayo y es una “decisión puramente financiera”.
• Cómo aprovechar mejor tus ahorros para la jubilación. La mayoría de las personas llegan a la jubilación sin tener ni idea de cómo gestionar el retiro de sus ahorros sin quedarse sin dinero. Esto es lo que necesitas saber.
• La desacreditada marca de Fyre Festival se subastó en eBay. Billy McFarland, quien cumplió casi cuatro años de prisión por fraude, dijo en abril que pondría a la venta la asediada marca que fundó.
• La inflación de EE. UU. se aceleró en junio tras las medidas arancelarias de Trump. El Índice de Precios al Consumidor subió un 2,7 por ciento respecto al año anterior, mientras la guerra comercial mundial empezaba a calar.
• El centro de datos de Meta llegó, y el agua se fue. Para los Morris, la llegada del nuevo centro de datos de Meta a su condado representó el inicio de la escasez de agua. La compañía opina que es “improbable” que ambas cosas estén relacionadas.
• ¿La IA será el futuro de la navegación en internet? El nuevo navegador web Dia marca el inicio de una era de navegadores impulsados por la IA que podrían animar a la gente a probar algo nuevo.
• Las empresas europeas están en el limbo de la incertidumbre arancelaria. Los líderes de la Unión Europea dijeron que seguirían negociando en lugar de responder de inmediato a la más reciente amenaza de Trump. Mientras tanto, las compañías del continente esperan en suspenso.
• Así se fabrican los cables submarinos que iluminan el mundo. Se espera que el mundo experimente un aumento de la demanda de electricidad en las próximas décadas y las rutas submarinas suelen ser la opción preferida para compartir energía entre países.
• ‘Superman’ parece consolidar la remontada de Warner Bros. La película es la parte más reciente de un sorprendente cambio de rumbo del estudio, que ya ha lanzado cinco éxitos consecutivos.
• ¿Cuánto tiempo puede China sostener el apoyo a sus consumidores? Los compradores aprovechan un programa gubernamental de intercambio de 42.000 millones de dólares destinado a estimular el gasto. Pero en las últimas semanas, algunas ciudades han empezado a recortar los subsidios.
• ¿A qué trabajadores perjudicará más la IA? En medio de los despidos en Microsoft y otras grandes empresas tecnológicas, los expertos debaten qué empleados tienen más probabilidades de salvarse, si los jóvenes o los experimentados.
• El negocio de este panadero podría no sobrevivir a los caóticos aranceles de Trump. Para millones de pequeñas empresas que dependen de importaciones, como una de masa madre en Carolina del Norte, las únicas opciones parecen ser pagar un impuesto caro ahora, o esperar alguna una mejora.

Opinión

• Soy un estudioso del genocidio. Reconozco cuando veo uno. Un profesor de estudios sobre el Holocausto llegó a la conclusión dolorosa de que Israel está cometiendo un genocidio contra el pueblo palestino.
• Los seguidores de Trump le perdonan todo, ¿por qué no pasa lo mismo con el caso Epstein? Tras haber impulsado teorías conspirativas durante toda su carrera política, el presidente parece estar en peligro de ser consumido por una.
• Es momento de volver a acercarte a tu familia conservadora. El ostracismo puede perjudicar más al que expulsa que al que es expulsado.
• La siguiente gran conmoción económica de China está en camino. Los legisladores estadounidenses están estancados en una guerra comercial del pasado, pero tienen que prepararse para lo que está empezando a suceder: un nuevo “choque chino”.
• La ciencia explica por qué te desanimas (y cómo puedes evitarlo). Conseguir cosas difíciles y experimentar alegría en el proceso pueden ir de la mano, especialmente cuando trabajamos juntos.
• Novak Djokovic, me equivoqué contigo. Nunca le dimos su merecido reconocimiento. Quizá el problema siempre fuimos nosotros.
• La despiadada ambición de Stephen Miller. El hombre más poderoso del ala oeste está consiguiendo lo que quiere. ¿Es Trump?

Tiempo y clima

• Estos sapos tienen poderes psicodélicos, pero preferirían que no lo supieras. Una nueva investigación sugiere que los sapos del desierto de Sonora sufrieron un declive pronunciado después de que circularon historias sobre sus propiedades alucinógenas.
• Cómo saber si tu zona está en riesgo de inundación. Las lluvias extremas son más frecuentes y más intensas debido al cambio climático. Pero muchos mapas de riesgo de inundación aún no se han actualizado.
• La FEMA no respondió a miles de llamadas tras inundaciones en Texas. Dos días después de las mortales inundaciones, la agencia tuvo problemas con su línea de asistencia por desastre, según documentos revisados por The New York Times.

Gameplay

• Wordle Review No. 1,491. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, July 19, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 503. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, July 19, 2025.
• Connections Companion No. 769. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Saturday, July 19, 2025.
• Spelling Bee Forum. Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help.
• Staff Notes. Kelly Morenus opens our solving weekend with some long, lively entries.
• Wordle Review No. 1,490. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, July 18, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 502. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, July 18, 2025.
• Connections Companion No. 768. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Friday, July 18, 2025.
• ‘Here’s Hoping …’ Sam Brody asks us to untangle his theme.
• Wordle Review No. 1,489. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Thursday, July 17, 2025.
• Connections Companion No. 767. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Thursday, July 17, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 501. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Thursday, July 17, 2025.
• File Menu Option. Jasin Cekinmez makes his New York Times Crossword debut.
• Wordle Review No. 1,488. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 500. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
• Connections Companion No. 766. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
• Blowout Game. Daniel Britt makes a fantastic debut.
• Wordle Review No. 1,487. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 499. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
• Connections Companion No. 765. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
• ‘Goodness, I Can’t Do That’ If you are just starting to solve crosswords, don’t be dis-tressed. Christina Iverson’s puzzle is a great grid to start with.
• Wordle Review No. 1,486. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Monday, July 14, 2025.
• Connections Companion No. 764. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Monday, July 14, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 498. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Monday, July 14, 2025.
• Tunnel Vision. You’ll need all of your powers of perception to get through Brandon Koppy’s latest Sunday puzzle.
• Wordle Review No. 1,485. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Sunday, July 13, 2025.
• Strands Sidekick No. 497. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Sunday, July 13, 2025.
• Connections Companion No. 763. Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Sunday, July 13, 2025.
• Convention Challenger. You’ll need to put on your thinking cap to get through Katie Hoody’s stumper-filled puzzle.

Weather

• Storms Crawling Along the Gulf Coast Are Raising the Risk of Flooding. A tropical disturbance is bringing heavy rain as it moves west through Louisiana and Mississippi.
• Heavy Rain in Kansas City Area Leads to Road Rescues. More than eight inches of rain fell in some parts of the Kansas City area overnight, meteorologists said.
• Heavy Rain Floods Kansas City Area, Prompting Overnight Rescues. Firefighters waded through waist-deep water to rescue people from nearly two dozen cars, officials said.
• Heavy Rain in Kansas Leads to Flash Flood Emergency Alerts. Floodwaters from heavy rains rushed down a residential street in Shawnee, Kan., a suburb of Kansas City.
• 7.3-Magnitude Earthquake Prompts a Tsunami Alert on the Alaska Coast. Monitor warnings and earthquake aftershocks.
• There’s a Flash Flood Season, and This Is It. July’s hot temperatures and moist air are the perfect ingredients for rain.
• Tropical Disturbance Threatens Days of Heavy Rain Along the Gulf Coast. In one worst-case scenario, New Orleans could receive up to 10 inches of rain by the end of the weekend.
• Heavy Rains Head Toward East Coast, Bringing Threat of Flooding to New York. Widespread thunderstorms were expected to develop from Northern Virginia to southern New England on Monday.
• Tracking Tropical Storm Nari. See the likely path and wind arrival times for Nari
• Heavy Rain Pounds Texas Region Devastated by Floods, Bringing New Threat. A slow-moving storm dumped heavy precipitation across Central Texas on Sunday, including in the areas inundated by deadly flooding on July 4.
• Heat Warnings Issued for Parts of Eastern Canada. Warnings were issued for southern Ontario and southwest Quebec as hot and humid weather is expected to linger through Thursday.