U.S. Hiring Slowed in July, Adding 73,000 Jobs
The labor market showed signs of weakening, as job gains for the previous two months were also revised lower.
Trump Envoy Witkoff Visits Gaza as Aid Crisis Deepens
Steve Witkoff went to the Palestinian enclave amid growing pressure on Israel to ease a deepening hunger crisis there. Hamas derided the visit as a “propaganda show.”Carrying handouts from the Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in central Gaza on Friday. Hundreds of Palestinians have been ki
Trump, Term-Limited, Amasses $200 Million War Chest for Political Ambitions
The money is meant to beat Democrats, but some Republicans worry it could be used to beat Republicans, too.The super PAC that supports President Trump will have a huge role in Republican spending for the midterms next year.
Corruption Scandal Puts Mexico’s President on Defense Against Trump
Mexico’s president, battling U.S. accusations that the cartels have gripped her government, is facing a scandal in which two former officials are on the run and their old boss is now a top senator.Adán Augusto López Hernández when he was Mexico’s interior minister. He is at the center of a scandal a
Trump Sharpens Sanctions Threat on Russia, While Admitting It May Not Work
“We’re going to put sanctions,” the president said, even before a deadline he had given Russia this week to engage in cease-fire negotiations had passed.“I don’t know that sanctions bother him,” President Trump said of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
Fleeing Domestic Violence, and the Russian Advance
“I wanted something decent,” said a woman at a shelter near Ukraine’s border with Russia. “But this is how it turned out.”
A Former Rolling Stone Says the Met Has His Lost Guitar. The Museum Says No Way.
Representatives for Mick Taylor, the Rolling Stones’ former guitarist, said the Les Paul was stolen from him decades ago. The museum says he never owned it and has not made a claim.The Rolling Stones during the October 1964 appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Keith Richards, with his 1959 Les Paul
The Publicist on Call for Controversy
Mitchell Jackson was fired from a high-profile journalism job at 25. Now he represents some of the most divisive figures in America, including the right-wing podcaster Candace Owens.Mitchell Jackson at the Old Florida Book Shop, near the Starbucks he uses as a work space in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
In Delhi and New York, Hindu Right Wing Lines Up Against Mamdani
As Zohran Mamdani gets within striking distance of becoming New York’s first Muslim mayor, he is drawing fire from supporters of India’s populist prime minister, who accuse him of being anti-Hindu.Some Hindu American groups accuse Zohran Mamdani, seen here addressing a group of Muslim men in March,
Art Spiegelman, John Waters and Other Banned Artists on How Censorship Changed Them
Nine artists on how American censorship changed their work and their lives.
Virginia Education Board Could Oust George Mason’s President
Republicans have attacked the president, Gregory Washington, over his support for diversity efforts at the university, Virginia’s largest public institution.Gregory Washington is the first Black president of George Mason University, Virginia’s largest university by enrollment.
Trump Administration Cuts UCLA Funding Over Claims of Antisemitism, Chancellor Says
The university is the latest to be targeted by the federal government over accusations that it has not done enough to fight antisemitism on campus.A pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, in April 2024. Last year, U.C.L.A. was the site of one of the nation’s biggest
Cécile Dionne, Who Found Fame and Despair as a Quintuplet, Dies at 91
The Dionnes, the first quints known to have survived infancy, became a global sensation and prey for the greedy. And Cécile came to resent it all. Only one of the five now survives.
Feeding the Maine Lobster Roll Boom
At one of the most renowned lobster shacks — and across the country — the star dish just keeps getting more popular.
Robert Wilson Expanded Our Sense of Theatrical Possibility
Wilson, who died this week at 83, created works of otherworldly dreaminess that were also deeply human.“Einstein on the Beach,” Robert Wilson’s influential collaboration with the composer Philip Glass from 1976. It was revived at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2012.
‘South Park’ Skewers a New Kind of Sanctimony
There’s no more pretending that it’s rebellious to be reactionary.
Behind Trump and Vance Is This Man’s Movement
Yoram Hazony, the author of “The Virtue of Nationalism,” discusses the principles of national conservatism.
The Politics of Masks
How masking is a source of both power and protection.An ICE officer in New York City.
Kamala Harris’s Post-Election TV Diet: ‘Lots of Cooking Shows’
The former vice president told Stephen Colbert that she didn’t watch the news for months after losing to Donald Trump. “I’m just not into self-mutilation,” she said.
A Funeral Shines a Light on the Bangladeshis Thriving in the N.Y.P.D.
At least 1,000 of the department’s 34,000 officers belong to the Bangladeshi American Police Association. They are members of the latest immigrant group to join the force.Bangladeshi officers have an outsized presence in the New York Police Department.
Kamala Harris Tells Colbert She Wants a Break From Public Office
The former Democratic nominee for president explained why she did not run for California governor in her first interview since leaving office as vice president.Ms. Harris told Stephen Colbert in “The Late Show” that, for now, she wanted to stay out of the political system.
CDC Says Childhood Vaccination Rates Have Dropped Again
The new report paints a sobering picture of immunizations as infectious diseases like measles surge across the United States.