The alliance of emerging economies hopes to offer a counterweight to the United States and other Western powers. But military strikes on Iran are testing its unity.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/world/americas/iran-brics-summit-rio-de-janeiro.html
With the president’s domestic policy law signed, states will have to administer many of the cuts and decide how much they can spend to keep their citizens insured and fed.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/us/politics/states-trump-bill.html
President Trump triumphantly highlighted tax cuts in the legislation while downplaying cuts to Medicaid and other assistance for poor Americans.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/us/politics/trump-signs-policy-bill.html
After the Supreme Court ruled that the deportations could move forward, a last-ditch attempt to block them with a new lawsuit faltered.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/us/politics/trump-migrants-lawsuit-sudan.html
Dust and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals and radioactive chemicals pose a health threat that the authorities have been trying to address for years.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/business/china-rare-earth-environment.html
Low environmental standards helped China become the world’s low-cost producer of rare earths, but Beijing was also focused on helping the industry.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/business/china-rare-earth-history.html
The notable exceptions — “The Dark Knight” and “Black Panther” — stood out among the many sequels and spinoffs.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/movies/superhero-movies-best-films-list.html
In solo dissents this term, the justice accused the conservative majority of lawless bias. On the term’s last day, Justice Amy Coney Barrett fired back.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/supreme-court-ketanji-brown-jackson.html
Lawyers and advocates have theories as to why immigration arrests have accelerated in Virginia at a rate more than that of almost any other state.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/virginia-immigration-arrests.html
The latest networks of volunteers are hyperlocal and focused on responding to federal actions. As the crackdown becomes more intense, so could confrontations.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/trump-immigration-rights-ice.html
The continent is dedicated to research and cooperation, but proposed funding cuts in the Trump administration and actions by other world powers may alter the environment.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/science/antarctica-science-trump-budget.html
The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act has been an effective cudgel in a variety of criminal cases. Some defense lawyers say prosecutors use it unfairly.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/nyregion/sean-combs-rico-act.html
Prime Minister Mark Carney wants to fast-track nation-building projects to remake Canada’s economy. Indigenous groups want a seat at the table.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/world/canada/carney-projects-indigenous-opposition.html
The Trump administration’s political witch hunt is risking the bureau’s effectiveness and the public’s safety.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/opinion/editorials/trump-fbi-politics-safety.html
The various ways that the G.O.P. legislation doesn’t address itself to America’s most important problems.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/opinion/trump-republicans-taxes-bill.html
What are they good for, anyway?https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/briefing/making-lists.html
Zohran Mamdani’s responses on a 2009 college application were criticized by his mayoral rivals. The blowback was dismissed by his supporters as a politically motivated attack.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/nyregion/mamdani-college-black-reaction.html
Local leaders denounced the episodes, which both took place on Friday evening: arson at a synagogue and a disturbance at an Israeli eatery.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/world/australia/jewish-synagogue-restaurant-violence.html
Displays of patriotism were evident at parades and hot dog eating contests, even at a time of deep political divisions among Americans.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/us/july-4th-photos-videos.html
President Donald Trump celebrated the Fourth of July by signing his massive spending bill that narrowly passed in Congress this week.https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-sign-controversial-spending-bill-white-house-4th/story?id=123482017