Gaza Peace Talks Take Place Just Ahead of 2nd Anniversary of Oct. 7

As Israelis brace for a day of mourning and commemoration, negotiators for Israel and Hamas met with mediators in Egypt to hash out an end to the war.

Shutdown Politics Has G.O.P. Singing Government’s Praises

As Republicans try to pin blame for shutdown damage on Democrats, they are hailing a federal bureaucracy they normally bash as wasteful and overreaching.

Harvard Students Skip Class and Still Get High Grades, Faculty Say

Many students don’t do the reading and don’t speak up in class, according to a report. Now, professors are trying to change a campus culture they say hurts achievement and stifles speech.

As France Faces Political Turmoil, Macron Is Backed Into a Corner

The record-fast collapse of yet another government confronts President Emmanuel Macron and his country with an intensifying crisis.

Ravaged by War: Trying to Survive Gaza’s Present, Hoping for a Future

Two years of intense warfare in Gaza has left its people with a dismembered and disordered society. The destruction is vast and many Gazans have mental and physical wounds that could scar a generation.

Freed From Hamas, but Not Captivity

In the tunnels of Gaza where she was held captive, Emily Damari learned how to survive. These photos show her learning to be alive again.

Texas Troops Head to Chicago as Trump Weighs Use of Emergency Powers

The president said he would consider using the Insurrection Act to bypass attempts to block National Guard deployments in Chicago and Portland, Ore. The governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker, called the mobilization “an unconstitutional invasion.”

Neighbors Warn Neighbors as Fear of ICE Ripples Across Chicago

Parents are standing guard at schools. Some restaurants have stopped delivering food or simply closed. “Every single person who looks brown is scared,” a lawyer said.

A Harvard Professor Is Placed on Leave After Firing a Pellet Gun

The episode initially raised concerns because it happened near a synagogue, but the police say it was unrelated to antisemitism.

Trump Says He’s Open to Negotiating Over Shutdown, Then Backtracks

Supreme Court, for Now, Rejects Google Bid to Block Changes to App Store

The emergency order is the latest turn in a longstanding legal dispute between the tech giant and the creator of the popular game Fortnite.

Trump Signs Order to Approve Mining Road Through Alaskan Wilderness

The executive order also made the federal government a 10 percent shareholder in the mining company Trilogy Metals.

How Bari Weiss Won

At The Free Press, she battled “wokeness” and buddied up with billionaires. Now she’s the editor in chief of CBS News.

Why Did Walmart Just Buy a Shopping Mall?

Walmart hasn’t said much about its plans for Monroeville Mall in Pennsylvania. But its partner has told some store owners that the mall will be demolished for a mixed-use development.

Bessent Taps Social Security Chief to Serve as C.E.O. of I.R.S.

Frank Bisignano, who already leads the Social Security Administration, will also take on the day-to-day duties of the tax collector.

Where in the World Is Eric Adams? Try Albania.

The decision by Mr. Adams, a lame-duck mayor, to spend nearly a week of his remaining time in office visiting the Balkan nation raised eyebrows back in New York.

In Ashes of Amazon Fight, Tensions Emerge in Huge Bet on N.Y.C. Housing

Years ago, progressives defeated a plan to build headquarters for Amazon in Queens. Now a new kind of development is gaining their support.

Man Accused in 1993 Murder to Be Tried a Third Time After Jury Deadlocks

Brian Scott Lorenz’s conviction in the strangling of Deborah Meindl in a Buffalo suburb was set aside in 2023. A jury failed to reach a verdict in his retrial.

She Didn’t Speak to Other Women for 28 Years. What Did It Cost Her?

When it came to using her life in her work, the artist Lee Lozano went about as far as a person can go.

Taylor Swift Keeps Getting Bigger. Can the Music Keep Up?

“The Life of a Showgirl” dominated streaming, conversation and movie theaters this weekend. But reaction to the album — especially its lyrics — was mixed.

Review: A ‘Don Giovanni’ Revival at the Met Must Be Heard

Ivo van Hove’s stark production of Mozart’s classic has returned to the Metropolitan Opera with a uniformly excellent cast.

Opening a Restaurant in New York Is No Picnic. Here’s What It Takes.

A year in the making of a rookie’s first restaurant.

A Better Broccoli Soup

A confident sear on the florets adds deep, caramelized notes to this complexly flavored (but easy to make) soup.