May 3, 2026, 4:34 p.m. Eastern time

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Today's Top Pick for You

Stefan Ruiz for The New York Times The 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters More than 250 music insiders and six New York Times critics weighed in on who defines the new American songbook. Here are the artists they chose. Read more

From our Sunday Magazine

Audio | What Does Tucker Carlson Really Believe? I Went to Maine to Find Out. The conservative media commentator split with the administration over the war in Iran. Will the breakup last? 1 HR 54 MIN LISTEN

Longevity Science Is Overhyped. But This Research Really Could Change Humanity. A new therapy has the potential to cure hundreds of diseases — and even reverse aging.

The Taylor Swift Interview 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.

Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff and the Profitable Business of Peace The Trump administration is turning diplomacy into an asset to be leveraged.

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Trump Faces the Complicated Reality of a Costly, Unpopular War in Iran President Trump’s predictions of a relatively short-term conflict with minimal economic consequences appear to be crumbling.

New Video Analysis Suggests Suspect in Correspondents’ Dinner Attack Fired First A Times analysis of footage released by the F.B.I. on Thursday night appears to show the assailant shot at a Secret Service officer, who then returned fire.

Spirit Airlines, a Pioneer of Low-Fare Flights, Shuts Down Spirit once upended the industry by offering very low fares but was in its second bankruptcy in two years after years of struggle.

A List of Everyone Who Could Be in Trump’s ‘Garden of Heroes’ President Trump plans to build a park along the Potomac River featuring life-size statues of 250 Americans.

Blanche Says Others Who Post ‘86 47’ Message Won’t Be Charged Like Comey The acting attorney general said such messages were “posted constantly” and said the Justice Department had gathered other evidence against the former F.B.I. director, but declined to describe it.

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