A Tiny Circle of Advisers Helped Prod Macron to Take a Giant Risk
His prime minister was among the last to know. That is how secretive, how confined to a small group of advisers President Emmanuel Macron’s shock decision to dissolve Parliament and…
A Surprising Climate Find
We humans have settled in all sorts of precarious environments: parched deserts, barren tundra, high mountains. None are precarious in quite the same way as atolls, the tiny, low-lying islands…
Why Tonight’s Debate Is Different, and New Supreme Court Rulings
Tune in, and tell us what you think at theheadlines@nytimes.com. For corrections, email nytnews@nytimes.com. For more audio journalism and storytelling, download the New York Times Audio app — available to…
Boeing Says Added Inspections Are Raising 737 Max Production Quality
Boeing says it has achieved significant quality improvements in the production of the 737 Max since one of the planes lost a panel in a harrowing flight in January. The…
From Hacker to Hunted Figure, the Polarizing Legacy of Julian Assange
In his two-decade odyssey from Australian hacker to new-age media celebrity, hunted figure, perennial prisoner and finally, a free man, Julian Assange has always been easier to caricature than characterize.…
Opinion | So It Has Come to This
Gail Collins: Not to be obvious or anything, Bret, but do you have any predictions about the big debate tonight? Bret Stephens: No predictions, just the wish that both candidates…
Two Killer Asteroids Are Flying by Earth, and You May Be Able to See One
This week, two asteroids — one big enough to destroy a city, and the other so large it could end civilization — are set to fly near our planet. Don’t…
Trump Eyes Bigger Trade War in Second Term
In March 2018, a day after announcing sweeping tariffs on metals imported from America’s allies and adversaries alike, President Donald J. Trump took to social media to share one of…
How the N.Y.P.D. Quietly Shuts Down Discipline Cases Against Officers
Brianna Villafane was in Lower Manhattan protesting police violence in the summer of 2020, when officers charged into the crowd. One of them gripped her hair and yanked her to…
Opinion | ‘Trump Certainly Has Declined in Recent Years’: Three Writers on the Presidential Debate
Frank Bruni, a contributing Opinion writer, hosted a written online conversation with Matthew Continetti, the author of “The Right: The Hundred Year War for American Conservatism,” and Olivia Nuzzi, the…