In 2025, Trade Deficit in Goods Reached Record High
2/19/2026 8:40 AM Open Story
Data released Thursday by the Census Bureau showed the overall trade deficit with the world narrowed, the result of an expanding trade surplus in services. The trade deficit in goods was the highest on record.
Trump Mulls a North American Trade Pact Without Canada
2/19/2026 6:58 AM Open Story
U.S. officials are threatening major changes to a trade agreement with Mexico and Canada that could upend the way business is done and leave Canada on the outs.
One Year In, Trump’s Tariffs Have Not Helped U.S. Wine Businesses
2/19/2026 10:26 AM Open Story
One year in, many producers say tariffs have not helped them, and some countries are rejecting U.S. wine altogether.
How The Times Is Digging Into Millions of Pages of Epstein Files
2/13/2026 7:53 AM Open Story
Two dozen journalists. A pile of pages that would reach the top of the Empire State Building. And an effort to find the next revelation in a sprawling case.
After Avalanche Warnings, a Sierra Nevada Tragedy
2/19/2026 9:58 AM Open Story
Eight skiers were killed and one other was presumed dead in the deadliest snow disaster in modern California history. Six were found alive.
Two Sisters Died in Tahoe Area Avalanche During Trek With Friends
2/19/2026 10:53 AM Open Story
A man said his sisters regularly met up with their friends, many from Stanford University, to go on ski trips.
Another Storm Complicates Efforts to Recover Victims of Tahoe Avalanche
2/19/2026 11:05 AM Open Story
The sheriff’s office in Nevada County, Calif., said a storm that moved through early Thursday has slowed their work.
Gaza’s Board of Peace: What to Know
2/19/2026 9:01 AM Open Story
President Trump’s new organization was established to oversee a Gaza cease-fire but has expanded its mandate. Critics say it could undermine the United Nations.
Where Things Stand on Witkoff and Kushner’s Negotiations Over Iran, Ukraine and Gaza
2/19/2026 4:54 AM Open Story
Iran, Ukraine and Gaza are in play as the Trump envoys conduct talks on all of them. But progress in each conflict is scant.
Arts Panel Packed With Trump Allies Approves White House Ballroom Project
2/19/2026 11:02 AM Open Story
President Trump has eliminated any pocket of resistance from within his administration to his plans for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom.
As Trump Weighs Possible Iran Strikes, U.S. Military Moves Into Place
2/18/2026 5:36 PM Open Story
President Trump has given no indication that he has made a decision about how to proceed, as diplomatic talks continue.
Maps: Where the U.S. Is Building Up Military Force Near Iran
2/18/2026 4:58 PM Open Story
President Trump has not authorized military action in Iran, but the United States has built up its presence in the region in recent weeks. Now it’s sending even more firepower.
Why Is Trump Dumping East Wing Rubble in a Public Park?
2/19/2026 10:01 AM Open Story
The East Potomac Golf Links is a municipal course that has been a fixture in Washington for decades. President Trump is turning it into something else.
Ring’s Founder Knows You Hated That Super Bowl Ad
2/19/2026 2:04 AM Open Story
Since the commercial aired, Jamie Siminoff has been trying to quell an outcry over privacy concerns with his doorbell cameras.
A Press Freedom Case in Peril, From a Lawyer Who Helped Write It
2/19/2026 11:01 AM Open Story
Alan Dershowitz was present at the creation of New York Times v. Sullivan. Now he is asking the Supreme Court to revise or destroy it.
Billy Idol Had It All, and Then He ‘Lit It With Butane’
2/19/2026 11:12 AM Open Story
Last year, the British rocker with the iconic sneer played his biggest tour yet. At 70, he’s revealing how he survived the tough times in a new documentary.
Dueling Protests at South Korean Ex-Leader’s Sentencing Highlight Political Rift
2/19/2026 4:31 AM Open Story
As a judge reprimanded former President Yoon Suk Yeol for amplifying political tribalism, demonstrators from warring camps blared slogans outside the courtroom.
How Mamdani’s Income and Property Tax Proposals Could Affect New Yorkers
2/19/2026 9:24 AM Open Story
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has now proposed two options that called for raising taxes. Here’s a look at each proposal and the rationale and chances for each.
Mamdani Seeks Deputy Mayor to Run His Proposed Community Safety Agency
2/19/2026 10:16 AM Open Story
City Hall officials familiar with the plan said the mayor was moving closer to establishing a civilian corps that would respond to mental health emergencies.
Who Would Win Gold in the Coward Olympics?
2/19/2026 7:55 AM Open Story
There are a lot of potential contestants.
Our Favorite, Most Outrageous and Most Unexpected Moments of the Games
2/19/2026 9:21 AM Open Story
Three writers and an Olympic medalist on the grit and grace of the winter games.
The Board of Peace
2/19/2026 3:50 AM Open Story
Today we look at President Trump’s new diplomatic initiative.
Ohio’s Covid Czar Hopes to Be the State’s Democratic Governor
2/19/2026 2:02 AM Open Story
Amy Acton’s service to retiring Gov. Mike DeWine gives her bipartisan credibility in a Republican state, but that service, leading Ohio’s pandemic response, also stirs charged emotions.
University of British Columbia Professors Sue School Over Political Correctness
2/19/2026 2:00 AM Open Story
A group of academics at the University of British Columbia say the school’s D.E.I. policies and practices, which include land acknowledgments, violate a law that requires universities to be “nonpolitical.”
A Rare Glimpse of a Sleeper Shark in Antarctic Waters
2/19/2026 8:57 AM Open Story
Researchers filmed a 10-to-13-foot sleeper shark off the South Shetland Islands, in what may be the first recording of the species that far south.
Assault on Sudanese City Bore ‘Hallmarks of Genocide,’ U.N. Finds
2/19/2026 6:38 AM Open Story
A paramilitary group in Sudan’s civil war “acted with genocidal intent” in a monthslong siege of El Fasher, according to human rights experts.