Top Stories Today
By Tyler Pager and Devlin Barrett
Troops appeared near the Washington Monument on Tuesday evening. But it remained unclear whether the eventual show of force would match the president’s apocalyptic rhetoric.
Aug 12, 2025
- Politics
By Luke Broadwater
President Trump said he needed to send in the Guard to secure the nation’s capital. But on Jan. 6, 2021 — the most lawless day in recent Washington history — he had a very different reaction.
Aug 12, 2025
- Politics
By Linda Qiu
The president cited a number of false and misleading claims about homicides and youth crime in the nation’s capital.
Aug 12, 2025
- Politics
By Michael M. Grynbaum
Jeanine Pirro had a starring role in promoting the president’s federal takeover on TV, and Will Cain’s charts made a cameo.
Aug 12, 2025
- Politics
By Katie Rogers
The American and Russian presidents will meet face to face at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska on Friday, according to a White House official.
Aug 12, 2025
- Politics
By Adam Goldman, Glenn Thrush and Mattathias Schwartz
Federal officials are scrambling to assess the damage and address flaws in a sprawling, heavily used computer system long known to have vulnerabilities.
Aug 12, 2025
- Politics
By Edward Wong
A collection of U.S. reports on human rights offenses trimmed or omitted past language on violations in El Salvador, Hungary, Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E. and Israel, all seen as partners by President Trump.
Aug 12, 2025
- Politics
By Edgar Sandoval
The video, part of a trove of materials that authorities had refused to release, shows the minutes in which a commander tried to talk to a gunman barricaded in a room with dozens of children.
Aug 12, 2025
By Hannah Ziegler and Francesca Regalado
The mayor of Hamilton County, Tenn., declared a state of emergency as rescue crews pulled people out of submerged cars and homes.
Aug 12, 2025
World Stories
By Jim Tankersley
Chancellor Friedrich Merz and several allies will host the president for a video call, the latest in a summer-long effort to hold ranks in supporting Ukraine.
Aug 12, 2025
By Jody García and James Wagner
The girls were locked in a classroom in a government-run group home for at-risk youth. The officials were charged with child abuse, dereliction of duty, manslaughter and other counts.
Aug 12, 2025
By Neil Vigdor
Dennis “Tink” Bell was 25 years old when he fell into a crevasse on King George Island. Over the decades, a glacier receded, and a scientific team from Poland found his remains this year.
Aug 12, 2025
Arts
By Graham Bowley, Jennifer Schuessler and Robin Pogrebin
The Trump administration is giving museums 120 days to replace “divisive or ideologically driven language with unifying, historically accurate and constructive descriptions.”
Aug 12, 2025
By Sopan Deb
She played a witty teenager on one of the first American television shows that centered Black teenagers.
Aug 12, 2025
Style
By Sadiba Hasan
After years of speculation, the soccer superstar’s engagement is big news, but it’s the enormous diamond perched on Ms. Rodríguez’s finger that has everyone talking.
Aug 12, 2025
Technology
By Emmett Lindner and Lyndon French
Decades ago, designers etched microscopic doodles onto silicon chips to leave their marks. Now, techno-archaeologists search for the tiny fossils.
Aug 12, 2025
N.Y. Region
By Nicholas Fandos
The attacks in the New York City mayor’s race may have veered into the personal, but they also reflected a larger debate on who should benefit from government regulation of housing costs.
Aug 12, 2025
By Mihir Zaveri
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s push to keep “rich” people out of less-expensive apartments is aimed at his political rival in New York, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani.
Aug 12, 2025
Opinion Based
By M. Gessen
There is something Putin cares about more than money.
Aug 12, 2025
By Garrett M. Graff
The U.S. risks not just being left behind, but out of the game entirely.
Aug 12, 2025