Experts and former officials said it was unusual for a cabinet secretary to try to influence the Treasury Department’s sanctions process to target a domestic entity.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/politics/rubio-harvard-sanctions-investigation.html
The confirmation hearing for Bryan Bedford, a commercial airline executive, comes as the agency confronts critical staffing shortages and questions about passenger safety.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/politics/bryan-bedford-faa-senate.html
China has leverage it can use by limiting access to its rare earth supplies, but it does not want to sacrifice its reputation as a reliable supplier.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/business/china-rare-earths.html
Two days of talks resulted in a “framework” meant to solidify terms of a deal that the superpowers reached in Geneva last month.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/business/economy/us-china-trade-deal.html
The appeals court’s decision delivered an important but interim victory for the Trump administration.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/business/economy/trump-tariffs-court.html
The Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus has long been an elite training ground for young singers. Getting in requires grit, personality and a soaring voice.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/arts/music/metropolitan-opera-childrens-chorus-tryouts.html
Democrats, on their heels after President Trump’s victory, see the state as the “perfect place to counterpunch.”https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/nyregion/new-jersey-governor-general-election.html
A former student killed 10 people and then himself in a mass shooting in the city of Graz on Tuesday, the police said. It was one of the worst such attacks in Europe in the past decade.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/world/europe/austria-school-shooting-graz.html
The deadliest school shooting in the nation’s recent history has prompted some gun enthusiasts to worry about the prospect of stricter ownership laws.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/world/europe/austria-guns-school-shooting-graz.html
Letitia James, the New York attorney general, won a fraud judgment against President Trump’s business and has challenged his policies in court. Now she is a target of his Justice Department.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/nyregion/trump-james-ny-attorney-general-investigation.html
The region of Transcarpathia has seen hardly any Russian attacks over the past three years. “We don’t have the same experience of war,” a resident said.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/world/europe/russia-ukraine-transcarpathia.html
The assault continued Moscow’s stepped-up drone and missile attacks, which have been ratcheting up for months with nightly bombardments on regions and cities in Ukraine.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/world/europe/russia-ukraine-drones-attack-kharkiv.html
The Israeli prime minister’s coalition partners may back an opposition motion over rules that exempt religious students from serving in the military.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/world/middleeast/israel-knesset-vote-orthodox-draft-law.html
Federal tax breaks have fueled a boom. The House bill would end that immediately.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/climate/rooftop-solar-republicans-congress.html
Mechanize, a San Francisco start-up, is building artificial intelligence tools to automate white-collar jobs “as fast as possible.”https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/technology/ai-mechanize-jobs.html
Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, visited The New York Times for an interview.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/nyregion/brad-lander-interview.html
Pitbull, the Miami rapper, has inspired young fans with his distinctive look. So much so that they’re copying it.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/style/pitbull-tour-fan-costumes.html
He is still dangerous, though.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/opinion/trump-los-angeles-ice-strongman.html
The L.A.-based host said the city’s problem was the president, not the protests: “We have more so-called ‘unrest’ here when one of our teams wins a championship.”https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/arts/television/jimmy-kimmel-los-angeles-protests.html
Colleagues and friends say the District of Columbia’s 87-year-old nonvoting delegate, a civil-rights leader and veteran of fights over home rule, is struggling to do her job.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/politics/eleanor-norton-age-congress-dc.html