| Venice Biennale Jury Resigns Amid Tension Over Awards Ban
- The jury of the world’s most important art exhibition had said it wouldn’t consider artists from countries whose leaders are accused of crimes against humanity.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:35:12 +0000
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| What to Know About the Stabbing Attack Against 2 Jewish Men in London
- The British police said the attack on Wednesday was being treated as terrorism, and they warned of rising antisemitic hate crimes.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:26:01 +0000
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| How A.I. Killed Student Writing (and Revived It)
- High school and college teachers are watching students write, in the classroom, in order to protect against the incursion of artificial intelligence.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:25:53 +0000
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| A Way to Slow Down ‘Super-Speeders’ Who Keep Breaking the Law
- City and state officials want speed-limiting devices installed in the cars of drivers who get more than 16 speeding tickets in a year, in hopes of preventing injuries and deaths.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:15:16 +0000
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| Trump Administration Casts Host of Policies Under Biden as Anti-Christian
- A new report is the latest effort by the Justice Department to argue that it is removing political bias from prosecutorial decision-making.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:09:39 +0000
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| Smog in Phoenix and Salt Lake City? The E.P.A. Is Blaming Asia.
- The Trump administration says the cities shouldn’t be penalized for unhealthy air because pollution can blow in from abroad. Some experts say that’s preposterous.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:09:33 +0000
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| Chief Justice Roberts Played the Long Game on Voting Rights
- Since his early days as a lawyer and in his first years on the bench, the chief justice has worked to limit the force of the Voting Rights Act.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:00:19 +0000
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| Gov. Janet Mills Exits Maine Senate Race as an Insurgent Democrat Rises
- Her withdrawal reflects the energy of the party’s left and voters’ unease with older candidates and paves the way for Graham Platner to challenge Senator Susan Collins in November.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:54:55 +0000
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| U.S. Economy Grew 2 Percent in Early 2026 Even as War in Iran Began to Hit Energy Prices
- Gross domestic product expanded at a 2 percent annual rate in the first three months of the year, a period including first weeks of conflict in the Middle East.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:33:21 +0000
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| Oil Price Hits Wartime High Above $120 a Barrel as Iran War Standoff Continues
- The longer the disruption to Middle East fuel supplies lasts, the risk grows that higher energy costs will feed into broader inflation that could dent economic growth.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:24:02 +0000
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| Crop Undercount Raises Questions About Reliability of U.S.D.A. Data
- Corn estimates were off by 4.5 million acres last year. A lack of survey responses, not job cuts, led to the miss, the Agriculture Department said.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:22:40 +0000
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| Mamdani Suggested UK Should Return the Koh-i-Noor Diamond. Here’s the Back Story.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York suggested that Britain should return the gem, a symbol of colonial plunder. Here’s the back story of the famed jewel.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:04:56 +0000
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| Attacks on Jewish Targets in Europe Suggest Hybrid Warfare
- Officials are investigating similar attacks across Europe, all claimed by a shadowy Islamist group that may be using low-cost, unsophisticated methods to sow fear in Jewish communities.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:57:21 +0000
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| Share the Times Pages You Couldn’t Throw Away
- The New York Times has been publishing for 175 years. Some of that history may be sitting in a shoe box under your bed.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:44:52 +0000
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| After Supreme Court Decision, Louisiana Weighs Redrawing House Maps
- It was not immediately clear whether Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, would postpone the May 16 primary election for House races after the court ruled the state’s congressional districts unconstitutional.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:44:22 +0000
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| The Vaccine Skeptic in Trump’s New C.D.C. Leadership Team
- Dr. Sara Brenner is a physician, an F.D.A. official and a “MAHA mom” who has said people should not reflexively believe in the benefits of vaccines.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:29:39 +0000
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| In Blow to Voting Rights Act, Supreme Court Embraces Claim of Racial Progress
- The majority said the law was a victim of its own success and no longer needed. Dissenters responded that Congress should make the call.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:24:37 +0000
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| Behind Powell’s High-Stakes Decision to Stay at the Fed
- Jerome H. Powell will remain a governor at the Federal Reserve after his term as chair ends, in a bid to guard against a further incursion by the Trump administration on the central bank’s independence.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:13:11 +0000
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| Rising Fuel Prices Force Policymakers to Weigh Excruciating Choices
- The Bank of England and European Central Bank held interest rates steady on Thursday, as officials search for signs of possible longer-term damage and warn of the impact of a prolonged energy shock.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:08:50 +0000
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| David Allan Coe, Singer Who Personified Outlaw Country, Dies at 86
- Mr. Coe, who wrote “Take This Job and Shove It” and other hits, was a transgressive exponent of the outlaw country movement of the 1970s and ’80s.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:52:23 +0000
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