W.H.O. Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency Just a day after the outbreak was announced, cases were confirmed in the capitals of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. There is no approved vaccine for the strain. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/w...

Cassidy Loses His Primary in Louisiana, as Trump Vanquishes Another G.O.P. Foe Senator Bill Cassidy, a two-term Republican who voted to convict President Trump in his 2021 impeachment trial, could not muster enough votes to continue to a runoff next month www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/u...

Long Island Rail Road Workers Go on Strike A contract dispute between transit officials and unions has shut down America’s busiest passenger rail service for the first time in more than 30 years. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/n...

Trump Administration Weighs $1.7 Billion Fund for Allies Investigated Under Biden Critics denounced the highly unusual plan, which has yet to be finalized or approved, as a vast political slush fund financed by taxpayers. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...

Judge Declares Mistrial in Weinstein Rape Trial This was the third time Harvey Weinstein was on trial accused of raping an aspiring actress at a hotel in Manhattan in 2013. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/n...

The Feed Is Fake That “viral” song, movie, meme, influencer, and celebrity drama was probably the product of a stealth marketing campaign. www.vulture.com/article/soci...

Stick figures are better than AI, a journal where you only write about food you ate is better than AI, singing in your shower is better than AI. Doing these things will reward your soul. AI will not.

They want to be expressive but are terrified of expressing themselves in a world where expression is a realm for talent and toil. We need to encourage actually making art and encourage the understanding that AI should not replace that.

That said, we have all paid a price by relegating drawing, painting, music, and writing to the realm of skilled artisans. People need to do these things, and doing them badly is better than not doing them at all. In many ways that is the gap AI is filling for people.

One thing I’d like to see become a bigger part of the narrative pushback against AI, is a pushback against art as an expression of talent more than a necessity of the soul. It is a very difficult conversation to have, because AI is 100% stealing from talented people. They pay the first price.

Supreme Court Allows Abortion Pill Access by Mail to Continue A federal appeals court ruling against the Food and Drug Administration would have restricted access by mail to mifepristone. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/u...

Justice Dept. Accuses Yale Medical School of Discriminating Against White and Asian Applicants The finding was the second time in eight days that the Trump administration had targeted a major medical school over admissions policies. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/u...

Why U.S. Test Scores Are in a ‘Generation-Long Decline’ The drops go beyond the pandemic and cut across income, geographic and racial divides, new data shows. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/u...

U.S. Set to Drop Charges Against Indian Billionaire Accused of Fraud The decision came after a meeting in which a lawyer for the billionaire, Gautam Adani, made an unusual offer, according to people familiar with the matter. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/n...

Chaos in Philippines Senate as Duterte Ally Faces Arrest The sound of gunshots, apparently from inside the chamber, were broadcast on live television as a senator in the Philippines, who was an ally of the former leader Rodrigo Duterte, faced arrest. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/w...

Jason Collins, First Active N.B.A. Player to Come Out as Gay, Dies at 47 His achievements on the court were eclipsed by an essay he wrote in Sports Illustrated in 2013 in which he declared: “I’m a 34-year-old N.B.A. center. I’m Black and I’m gay.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/u...

U.S. Intelligence Shows Iran Retains Substantial Missile Capabilities Secret new assessments say Iran has operational access to 30 of its 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting that its military remains far stronger than President Trump has asserted. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/u...

How Mamdani and Hochul Are Solving New York City’s Budget Crisis A generous influx of state resources from Gov. Kathy Hochul and a new tax on luxury second homes will help Mayor Zohran Mamdani balance a $125 billion budget. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/n...

F.D.A. Commissioner Marty Makary Resigns After Weeks of Pressure The agency’s top food official will step in as acting commissioner, after Dr. Makary’s tumultuous run as the nation’s top food, drug, tobacco and medical device regulator. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/u...

One Big Headache for Politicians These Days: a Messy Digital Footprint As a new generation of chronically online oversharers runs for office, many find themselves tripped up by past statements. Their response? Delete, distance, disavow. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/u...

Supreme Court Clears Path for Alabama to Use New Voting Map A majority of the justices sided with Alabama in a move that could speed up efforts to put in place a congressional district map that would eliminate a majority-Black district. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/u...

Frontier Jet Hits Person on Runway During Takeoff at Denver Airport The plane reported an engine fire and aborted its takeoff. The people on board were safely evacuated. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/u...

10 Days That Shook the House Map and Democratic Confidence Republicans are charging ahead in the nation’s redistricting race, and showing new bullishness after months of growing midterm fears. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/u...

Trump Plans to Fire F.D.A. Commissioner Marty Makary Dr. Makary has been a supporter of the Make American Healthy Again Movement but made some enemies in the administration over vaping, the abortion pill and rejections of new drugs. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/u...

Vote Brings ‘Freeze the Rent’ Closer to Reality in New York The panel that regulates rents for nearly one million apartments cast its first vote since Mayor Zohran Mamdani took office, approving ranges that included no increases. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/n...

New York Bars ICE Agents From Wearing Masks in Broad Immigration Deal State and local officials will also be prohibited from formally cooperating with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement under the agreement. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/n...

Defendant in Boulder Antisemitic Attack Is Sentenced to Life in Prison Mohamed Sabry Soliman pleaded guilty to 101 charges, including one count of murder, after the firebombing attack in Colorado last June. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/u...

What Body Cam Footage Reveals About ICE’s Tactics New body camera footage from Nashville reveals a disturbing pattern of ICE and state troopers using minor traffic stops to target Black and brown drivers. www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

Federal and State Officials Consider Closing Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ The immigrant detention center in the Everglades, which Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, opened last July, may be too expensive to keep operating. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/u...

New York’s $268 Billion Budget Deal Includes New Second-Home Tax Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a handshake budget deal with state lawmakers that also seeks to push back federal immigration enforcement in the state. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/n...

Ted Turner, Creator of CNN and the 24-Hour News Cycle, Dies at 87 As one of the most important figures in media history, he oversaw a vast cable empire of news, sports and entertainment channels. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/b...

F.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe The agency’s scientists and data contractors reviewed millions of patient records for studies that were pulled back before release. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...

Jet Fuel Shortages Could Make Travel a ‘Total Mess’ This Summer Facing sky-high fuel costs linked to the war in Iran, airlines are cutting routes and raising prices. European vacations are looking a lot less affordable. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/t...

Rudy Giuliani Is in ‘Critical Condition’ in Florida Hospital A spokesman for the former mayor of New York City said Mr. Giuliani was critical but stable. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/n...

Silicon Valley Is Bracing for a Permanent Underclass www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/o...

Smog in Phoenix and Salt Lake City? The E.P.A. Is Blaming Asia. The Trump administration says the cities shouldn’t be penalized for unhealthy air because pollution can blow in from abroad. Some experts say that’s preposterous. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/c...

Pentagon Makes Deals With A.I. Companies to Expand Classified Work The agreements with six technology companies come amid the Defense Department’s dispute with Anthropic. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/u...

Trump Withdraws Nomination of Casey Means for Surgeon General Dr. Means’s nomination had stalled in part over her views on vaccines. The president said he was instead nominating Dr. Nicole B. Saphier, a radiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/u...

Florida Approves House Map That Could Add 4 Republican Seats Several voting rights groups have said that they plan to challenge the map in court once Gov. Ron DeSantis signs it into law. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/u...

Supreme Court Deals Blow to Voting Rights Act The court’s majority said it upheld the landmark law, but the liberals in their dissent accused them of gutting it. In the case, the justices ruled that a Louisiana voting map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

F.C.C. Orders a Review of ABC’s Broadcast Licenses The agency said the review was related to the network’s diversity and inclusion policies. But it came amid a fight between the president and the network’s late night host, Jimmy Kimmel. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/b...

Under Trump, Green Card Seekers Face New Scrutiny for Views on Israel In guidance to immigration officers, the administration describes participating in pro-Palestinian protests and criticizing Israel as “overwhelmingly negative” factors. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/u...

Justice Dept. Targets Hundreds of Citizens in New Push for Denaturalization The Trump administration is assigning denaturalization cases to regular prosecutors, which could lead to a surge of people stripped of U.S. citizenship. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/u...

‘Donnyland’? Ukraine Proposes Naming Part of the Donbas in Trump’s Honor. The proposal reflects a global reality in which governments appeal to President Trump’s vanity to get American might on their side. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...

Florida Begins Criminal Inquiry Into ChatGPT The investigation focuses on messages between the chatbot and the man accused of killing two people at Florida State University last year. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...

Second Jury Finds Uber Responsible for Sexual Assault by a Driver The ride-hailing giant has now lost the first two of more than 3,000 pending federal lawsuits. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/b...

Labor Secretary Steps Down Amid Misconduct Investigation Investigators were reviewing allegations of widespread misconduct, including the use of department resources for personal trips and having an affair with a member of her security team. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

Tim Cook Will Step Down as Apple C.E.O. The longtime leader of the iPhone maker will be replaced by John Ternus, the company’s head of hardware engineering. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/t...

Justices to Hear Case on Catholic Preschools That Reject Children of Gay Parents Catholic preschools in Colorado that decline to enroll families with L.G.B.T.Q. children or parents sued to participate in a state-funded program. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/u...

8 Children Killed in Domestic Violence Shooting in Louisiana, Police Say The authorities said a total of 10 people had been shot in a crime scene in Shreveport that involved multiple sites. The gunman was fatally shot by officers. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...