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The Daily NYT Headlines

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

WORLD

President Trump at Morristown Airport in New Jersey on Saturday.

Photo by:Eric Lee for The New York Times

Trump’s Cease-Fire Announcement Catches His Own Top Officials by Surprise

By Maggie Haberman

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Before asserting that Iran and Israel had agreed to a cease-fire, President Trump spoke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and Iranian officials, with Qatar helping to mediate.

CLIMATE

Tongass National Forest in Alaska is one of the locations that would be opened to road construction and development.

Photo by:Christopher Miller for The New York Times

Trump Administration to End Protections for 58 Million Acres of National Forests

By Lisa Friedman

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the Clinton-era rule barring road construction and logging was outdated and “absurd.”

US

Harvard’s campus in Cambridge, Mass.

Photo by:Sophie Park for The New York Times

Judge Blocks Trump Proclamation Barring Harvard’s International Students

By Stephanie Saul

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

The same judge issued an order last week blocking a separate government effort to keep the school from enrolling students from abroad.

BUSINESS

A factory that makes copper products in Louisville, Ky. The pool of workers who are willing and able to perform manufacturing tasks in the United States is shrinking.

Photo by:Jon Cherry for The New York Times

Why Factories Are Having Trouble Filling Nearly 400,000 Open Jobs

By Farah Stockman

Monday, June 23, 2025

For every 20 positions, there’s one qualified candidate, says one manufacturing chief executive. Some of President Trump’s policies are likely to exacerbate the problem.

BUSINESS

Ford Motor executives said on Monday that the company would continue to build a plant in Marshall, Mich., that will make batteries for its electric vehicles.

Photo by:Nick Hagen for The New York Times

Ford Will Keep Battery Factory Even if Republicans Ax Tax Break

By Neal E. Boudette

Monday, June 23, 2025

Ford Motor said it would open a new plant in Michigan that could become ineligible for federal incentives under a policy bill championed by President Trump and passed by the House.

NYREGION

Photo by:Scott Heins for The New York Times and Nicole Craine for The New York Times

Cuomo and Mamdani Push to Raise Turnout in ‘Jump Ball’ Mayor’s Race

By Emma G. Fitzsimmons

Monday, June 23, 2025

A new poll shows the New York City mayor’s race tightening in its final days. Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani are scrambling for every last vote.

NYREGION

A Democratic mayoral forum at St. Paul Community Baptist Church in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn. The rising costs of housing are fueling some voters’ discontent with Democrats they have long supported.

Photo by:Dave Sanders for The New York Times

As Black New Yorkers Move Out, N.Y.C. Politics May Be Reshaped

By Maya King

Monday, June 23, 2025

Housing affordability and quality-of-life concerns are pushing longtime Black New Yorkers out of the city, underscoring Democrats’ challenges with their base ahead of the mayoral election.

POLLS

The New York Times is tracking the latest polls in the New York City mayor’s race.

Photo by:The New York Times

New York City Mayoral Primary 2025: Latest Polls

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Track the latest Democratic primary polls, including ranked-choice outcomes, in the New York City mayoral election.

WORLD

Photo by:Matthew Abbott for The New York Times

In a Big Place With Few People, a Minister Needs a Pilot’s License

By Victoria Kim and Matthew Abbott

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

The Salvation Army’s “Flying Padres” cross the Australian outback by air, dropping in on ranches and small communities — sometimes, just to lend an ear.

NYREGION

Edwin Membreno, who loads fruit and vegetables at La La Produce in Queens, faced 102 degree heat and customers who wanted their mangoes in a hurry.

Scenes From the Hottest Blocks in New York City

By Christopher Maag and Vincent Alban

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Whatever the temperature is in Central Park, it’s hotter alongside Newtown Creek, the toxic and industrial waterway separating Brooklyn from Queens.

WEATHER

When humidity surges, as it is in New York this week, the body struggles to cool itself.

Photo by:Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

Why the Outside Feels Like Soup Right Now (and When It Will End)

By Nazaneen Ghaffar

Monday, June 23, 2025

Some hot days feel even worse thanks to high humidity, trapped heat and dew points. Cities are especially vulnerable.

WEATHER

Photo by:Jim Vondruska for The New York Times

Tuesday Is Expected to Be One of the Hottest in a String of Hot Days

By Nazaneen Ghaffar

Sunday, June 22, 2025

This week is delivering the hottest temperatures of the year so far to much of the eastern United States.

SCIENCE

The Vera Rubin Observatory in Cerro Pachón, Chile, last month.

Photo by:Marcos Zegers for The New York Times

This Powerful Telescope Quickly Found 2,100 New Asteroids

By Kenneth Chang

Monday, June 23, 2025

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to find millions of unknown objects in our solar system, and perhaps even a mysterious Planet Nine.

SCIENCE

Vera C. Rubin, the astronomer for whom the new observatory is named, circa 1985. In the 1970s, she and a colleague discovered what would come to be known as dark matter.

Photo by:Mark Godfrey/AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives, via Science Source

Vera Rubin’s Legacy Lives On in a Troubled Scientific Landscape

By Katrina Miller

Sunday, June 22, 2025

A powerful new telescope will usher in a new era of cosmic discovery, but in a political climate vastly different from when it was named for a once overlooked female astronomer.

NYREGION

New York still derives about one-fifth of its electricity from three nuclear plants operated by Constellation Energy off Lake Ontario.

Photo by:Lauren Petracca/Bloomberg

New York Again Embraces Nuclear Power With Plans to Build New Plant

By Patrick McGeehan and Brad Plumer

Monday, June 23, 2025

In her announcement, Gov. Kathy Hochul gave few details about where the plant would be built, how much the project would cost or how long it would take to complete.

OPINION

Photo by:Carl Godfrey

Putin Has Lost the West. This Was Not the Plan.

By Michael Kimmage

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

The loss is a tragedy for Russia.

OPINION

Photo by:Callum Rowland

What Environmentalists Like Me Got Wrong About Climate Change

By Carl Pope

Monday, June 23, 2025

Governments and U.S. states committed to climate action now need to persuade the oil industry to protect the world from climate chaos.

ARTS

Sean Combs in 2018. The rap mogul has been charged with sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy, and pleaded not guilty.

Photo by:Danny Moloshok/Reuters

As Sean Combs Took a Victory Lap, He Planned Sex Nights, Prosecutors Say

By Ben Sisario

Monday, June 23, 2025

Questioning its final witness, the government laid out flight plans, escort prices, hotel reservations and a web of payments for sexual encounters in 2023.

US

The Placer County Sheriff’s Office responded after three men failed to resurface after jumping into the water at Rattlesnake Falls in Soda Springs, Calif., last Wednesday.

Photo by:Placer County Sheriff's Office

Bodies of 3 Hikers Who Jumped in Water Near Lake Tahoe Are Recovered

By Aimee Ortiz

Monday, June 23, 2025

The three men had been hiking in Soda Springs, Calif., when they jumped into the water near Rattlesnake Falls, a remote and isolated area that made rescue difficult.

NYREGION

Terry Greiss, executive director of the Irondale Ensemble Project, a theater company, sits alone on a stage where police officers have performed.

Photo by:Anh Nguyen for The New York Times

The Curtain Drops on Improv Theater for the New York Police

By Maria Cramer

Monday, June 23, 2025

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said a staffing crisis kept her from letting officers participate in a Brooklyn theater group that began after the death of Eric Garner, who died after a police officer put him in a chokehold, in 2014.

US

An image taken from video showing Leo J. Govoni, left. He and others are accused of stealing from the Center for Special Needs Trust Administration, which he helped found.

Photo by:Fox13 Tampa Bay

Florida Men Accused of Stealing More Than $100 Million Meant for People With Special Needs

By Mark Walker

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Federal prosecutors say the money was used to fly on a private jet, buy real estate and help operate a brewery.