The government’s effort to collect the names and phone numbers of Jewish people on campus as it investigates antisemitism has upset some people who worry about how the information will be used.Some Jewish students and faculty at the University of Pennsylvania have expressed concern about the Trump a
The ruling will have minimal effect on the federal money going to public media because Congress voted to claw back funding. But it could have implications for any future funding.
President Trump and his aides have made contradictory statements on whether the United States and Israel have transformed the Iranian government through violence.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during his news conference on Tuesday that “this new regime, because regime change has occurred, shoul
Investors weighed the news that the owner of a Kuwaiti tanker loaded with oil said it had been hit in an Iranian attack near Dubai.
Presidents since at least the Carter administration have seen their approval ratings tied to gas prices. But there are signs the correlation may be weakening.
The state and more than 20 others restrict therapists from trying to change the gender identity or sexual orientation of clients under 18.Kaley Chiles, a licensed professional counselor, at her office in Colorado Springs in September. Mrs. Chiles filed suit in 2022 over Colorado’s ban on conversion
As the justices prepare to hear a landmark case about birthright citizenship, their family stories are a reminder that the law has shaped who can be an American.
The taboo-busting, gasp-inducing Broadway musical comedy has been a hit with audiences and critics. But could it be produced today?When “The Book of Mormon” opened in 2011, Matt Stone, left, Trey Parker, center, and Robert Lopez were worried that their creation would flop.
Sightings of drones around Fort McNair, the Army base where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio live, have prompted consideration of deploying the new technology.The LOCUST, an anti-drone laser system that has been used recently along the border with Mexico, may be depl
Michael Haskell, 17, set out to make some money from his locker dives. He ended up learning about life.Driving back home to Bergen County, N.J., with the latest haul.
After lawmakers left Washington for a two-week spring break with the Department of Homeland Security shut down, the Hollywood tabloid began publishing photographs of them living it up around the country.
The United Farm Workers co-founder had been celebrated as an exemplar of civil rights. Then, a Times investigation found extensive evidence of his abuse of women.A mural dedicated to Cesar Chavez, among others, was covered in San Juan, Texas, after allegations that the United Farm Workers co-founder
The reconsideration of the legacy of Cesar Chavez after he was accused of abusing women and girls has led some to question the lionization of icons, when reality is so often a letdown.Cesar Chavez speaking in New York City in 1971.
The civil rights icon had a history of sexually abusing women and girls, which the Times reporters Manny Fernandez and Sarah Hurtes spent five years uncovering. They spoke to “The Daily” about their investigation, and one woman affected shares her story.Cesar Chavez speaks to farmworkers and other u
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s aides said that their online insults were meant to ridicule figures on the right. But some critics say they are homophobic.Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, is attracting criticism for social media posts taunting his opponents by suggesting
A free preschool center in one of the city’s wealthiest neighborhoods raises questions about Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s vow to expand universal child care.Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made creating a free, universal child care system his top policy priority.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is lifting the ban on governmental use of the social media app, one of a handful that the mayor used to amplify his campaign messaging.Mayor Zohran Mamdani held a private “new media” news conference at City Hall in January where he invited TikTok and other social media influence
The social media giant, under legal pressure from the Motion Picture Association, has retreated from its use of the movie rating in its marketing.Instagram introduced Teen Accounts in 2024 in an effort to beef up privacy and address concerns about inappropriate content for teenage users.
The arrests were part of an investigation that is also examining the conduct of a city councilwoman, her sister and the Brooklyn Democratic leader’s husband.Councilwoman Farah Louis is part of the focus of a federal inquiry but is not expected to be arrested on Tuesday, people familiar with the inve
The influx of fans during this month’s college basketball tournament is a welcome lift to the city’s casinos and hotels after a dismal 2025, when the number of visitors fell 7.5 percent.Crowds pack the Las Vegas sportsbooks to place bets on the N.C.A.A. March Madness basketball tournament and then w
Trump and Netanyahu started the Iran war without thinking how to end it. But there is a way out.
Pollan, a science writer, spent five years trying to understand how consciousness worked. The more he learned, the weirder things got.
The Justice Department is examining Gustavo Petro for possible ties to drug traffickers. U.S. officials have told him that for now he does not face criminal charges arising from the probes.President Gustavo Petro of Colombia at the presidential palace in Bogotá in March.
Despite once being valued at $4 billion, the company that made sneakers from Merino wool struggled to capture a wide customer base and turn a profit.An Allbirds store in Manhattan in 2018. The brand has closed all of its U.S. stores.
