| After Supreme Court Decision, Louisiana Weighs Redrawing House Maps
- The Louisiana secretary of state said the House primary election would be delayed after the court ruled the state’s congressional districts unconstitutional. The Senate primary will go forward on May 16.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:38:13 +0000
|
| Sheinbaum’s Dilemma in Mexico: Defy the U.S. or Arrest an Ally
- The Trump administration wants President Claudia Sheinbaum to arrest a Mexican governor. She is faced with few good options in response.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:34:54 +0000
|
| Britney Spears Is Charged With D.U.I. Involving Drugs and Alcohol
- Officers in California observed the pop star driving fast and erratically in March. After she was arrested, she checked herself into a treatment facility.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:30:24 +0000
|
| Oil Price Hits Wartime High Above $120 a Barrel as Iran War Standoff Continues
- Strong earnings and economic data buck fears that prolonged disruption to Middle East fuel supplies will eventually dent economic growth.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:10:50 +0000
|
| 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 20:06:26 +0000
|
| Supreme Court Voting Rights Ruling Could Fuel New Era of Redistricting Wars
- The expected flood of new congressional maps is likely to produce fewer competitive districts, fewer ways for voters to hold elected officials accountable and more polarized politics.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:56:03 +0000
|
| Mills Exit Is a Blow to Schumer as Democrats Question His Strategy
- Senator Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat and minority leader, considered the Maine governor his top recruit for winning the majority. Critics said her collapse showed he is out of touch with the party’s voters.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:51:20 +0000
|
| 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 19:45:40 +0000
|
| Camp Mystic Says It Will Not Reopen This Summer After Fatal Texas Floods
- In a statement, the camp said it told Texas regulators that it was “withdrawing its application for a summer 2026 camp license” after catastrophic flooding last summer.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:26:32 +0000
|
| Hegseth Says Iran Cease-Fire Stops Clock for Congressional Approval
- The defense secretary testified on the eve of the 60-day mark of the war, a major statutory deadline for the president to withdraw forces or seek approval from Congress to continue the fight.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:14:40 +0000
|
| Is Yoko Ono Still Our Most Radical Artist?
- In the 1960s, she invited an audience to cut off her clothes. As attacks on women’s rights escalate, “Cut Piece” and other decades-old works of feminist art feel more relevant than ever.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:35:46 +0000
|
| Inside the Courtroom at the OpenAI Trial
- A New York Times tech reporter shares a dispatch from the press gallery of the showdown between Elon Musk and Sam Altman.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:09:12 +0000
|
| Elon Musk’s A.I. Claims of Danger Face Limits in OpenAI Trial
- One of Elon Musk’s abiding fears is that A.I. could one day threaten humans. But the jurors deciding his suit against OpenAI probably won’t hear about it.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:08:01 +0000
|
| Trump Picks Nicole Saphier for Surgeon General After Withdrawing Casey Means Nomination
- Dr. Means’s nomination had stalled in part over her views on vaccines. The president said he was instead nominating Dr. Nicole B. Saphier, a radiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:01:54 +0000
|
| 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 17:59:15 +0000
|
| How Taylor Swift Writes a Song, In Her Own Words
- The artist shares stories behind some of her biggest hits, her love of a “rant bridge” and how life in the public eye informs the stories she tells in her songs.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:56:18 +0000
|
| Jeffrey Epstein’s Possible Suicide Note Hidden from Public View
- An inmate said he discovered the note after Mr. Epstein was found injured in his jail cell, weeks before his death. It’s now locked in a courthouse.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:54:15 +0000
|
| Three of Nashville’s Finest Writers Explain How Country Hits Get Written
- Shane McAnally, Brandy Clark and Josh Osborne talk about songwriting as a day job and the art of telling simple truths in a single line.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:53:38 +0000
|
| ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Review: A Rhapsody in Cerulean
- In this sequel, Andy (Anne Hathaway) and Miranda (Meryl Streep) encounter a series of crises that set the stage for a larger, existential catastrophe.
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:52:41 +0000
|
| 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 17:14:36 +0000
|
