| M.T.A. Sues Trump Administration to Release 2nd Avenue Subway Funding
- New York transit officials are seeking nearly $60 million in overdue federal funding to extend the subway line to East Harlem. The administration’s rationale for the freeze has been inconsistent.
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:10:58 +0000
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| Joe Kent, a Top Counterterrorism Official for the Trump Administration, Resigns, Citing Iran War
- Joe Kent announced his resignation as director of the National Counterterrorism Center. He said that pressure from Israel had pushed President Trump into war against Iran.
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:09:25 +0000
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| Why Are Pakistan and Afghanistan Fighting?
- The renewed violence between the neighboring countries stems from Pakistan’s accusations that Afghanistan’s Taliban government has harbored a militant group.
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:52:44 +0000
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| Rising Costs and Competition at Top N.Y. Schools Have Parents on Edge
- Leaders and parents worry that a widening economic divide amid the current affordability crisis could amplify the role that money plays in access to a robust education in New York.
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:24:42 +0000
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| Israel’s Killing of Ali Larijani Could Allow Military to Tighten Grip on Iran
- As Iran’s top national security official, Mr. Larijani had a reputation for acting as a bridge between hard-line figures in the armed forces and more moderate political factions.
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:22:41 +0000
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| A Red Fox’s Fantastic Voyage Starts in England and Leads to the Bronx
- The fox is convalescing at the Bronx Zoo after an unlikely 3,600-mile sea crossing from England to the Port of New York and New Jersey.
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:07:18 +0000
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| Peter Thiel Fears the Antichrist Is Coming. In Rome, Some Call His View Heresy.
- The right-wing tech investor is giving lectures near the Catholic church’s administrative heart. Commentators there are rejecting his apocalyptic vision.
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:58:52 +0000
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| The Scrappy Mayor Showing Democrats How It’s Done
- Democrats can’t just sit back and expect the prevailing political winds to produce a blue wave.
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:43:47 +0000
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| War in Iran Shows Growing Conservative Divide Over Israel
- As the U.S.-Israel-Iran war continues, conservatism’s most famous figures are in a rhetorical brawl over America’s role.
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:33:41 +0000
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| At Least 23 Killed in Nigeria as Insurgent Attacks Go On Despite U.S. Help
- A teaching hospital and two markets in the city of Maiduguri were hit in what a military spokesman said were suicide bombings by Boko Haram.
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:45:17 +0000
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| Trump Officials Weigh New Plan to Stop Offshore Wind Farms
- Proposed settlements would block wind farms off New York State and North Carolina, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:39:52 +0000
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| Inside the Katseye Fandom: Friendships, Rivalries and Boycotts Over Manon’s Hiatus
- Fans of the group have leveraged their influence into friendship and rivalry. Then a member’s sudden hiatus sent them into a spiral.
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:25:45 +0000
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| Hundreds Dead in Pakistani Airstrike on Kabul, Officials in Afghanistan Say
- The attack hit a drug rehabilitation facility, Afghanistan said, suggesting that its victims included civilians. Pakistan said it had targeted an ammunitions depot.
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:21:47 +0000
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| The Mobile, Ala., Leprechaun Lives On 20 Years Later
- The purported sighting in March 2006, covered by a local TV news station, made a lasting impression on the internet — and on Mobile, Ala.
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:37:12 +0000
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| Cannonball with Wesley Morris: What the Oscars Got Right
- Giving Michael B. Jordan and “KPop Demon Hunters” their due, to start.
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:09:05 +0000
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| U.S. Allies Reject Trump’s Demands for Warships, and Bovino to Retire From Border Patrol
- Plus, the champion of “Swedish death cleaning” dies at 91.
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:00:10 +0000
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| Cuba Ready to Accept Outside Investment, Top Official Says
- President Trump’s words came amid a nationwide blackout and as a top Cuban official said his country would move to open the economy to foreign investors.
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:41:06 +0000
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| Admiral’s Comments Undercut Pentagon’s Cluster Munition Policy
- The first Trump administration defended cluster munitions as “legitimate,” but on Monday, Adm. Brad Cooper condemned them as “inherently indiscriminate.”
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:03:47 +0000
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| Why March Weather Is Weird: Snow, Tornadoes, Recording-Breaking Heat and More
- Snow, tornadoes, record-breaking heat, a dust storm — and that’s just last weekend. Here’s how to understand what’s going on, and the role climate change is playing in all of it.
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:03:43 +0000
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| How Readers Voted on Miscast Roles in the Movies
- Given a list of 14 mismatches, they quickly picked Ben Platt in “Dear Evan Hansen.” But they took issue (loudly) with one of our choices.
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:02:33 +0000
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