As democratic values and alliances were being turned upside down, the pope was a consistent moral guidepost. Who can play that role now?https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/world/europe/pope-francis-politics-advocate.html
After Pope Francis’ funeral, 135 cardinals will gather for a conclave to elect a new pope. The traditions include oaths of secrecy, paper ballots and white smoke from a chimney of the Sistine Chapel.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/world/europe/pope-death-traditions-rituals-funeral.html
The International Monetary Fund expects slower growth and higher inflation in the U.S. as a result of President Trump’s trade policies.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/us/politics/imf-world-economic-outlook.html
The I.M.F. and World Bank are holding their spring meetings as President Trump’s trade war upends the global economy.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/us/politics/imf-world-bank-meetings-trump.html
Markets recovered ground from Monday’s sell-off, but another record high for gold suggested that President Trump’s tariffs and his attacks on the Federal Reserve continue to unnerve investors.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/business/trump-tariffs-stocks-gold-price.html
Social media became a place of both solace and torment. How much was mine to share?https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/magazine/parenting-children-social-media.html
The world’s richest university may have enough money to survive a battle with the most powerful man in the world. But if Trump wins, Harvard won’t be the same.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/us/harvard-trump-funding-endowment.html
Harvard’s lawsuit comes after the administration sought to force the university to comply with a list of demands by cutting billions in federal funding the school receives.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/us/harvard-lawsuit-trump-administration.html
In an announcement this week, the department warned that millions of borrowers could be referred to debt collectors and see deductions from their paychecks.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/business/education-department-student-loan-debt.html
A cluster of evangelical groups in the state is pushing for environmental action. Leaders say they’re following the biblical mandate to care for creation.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/climate/indiana-evangelicals-creation-care-stewardship.html
In “Matriarch,” a memoir out Tuesday, Beyoncé and Solange Knowles’s mom reveals she was diagnosed with breast cancer last year.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/arts/music/tina-knowles-beyonce-solange-matriarch-book.html
A growing understanding of how “reproductive” hormones sculpt the brain could transform the management of neurological conditions.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/health/neuroscience-estrogen-hormones.html
When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/opinion/larry-david-hitler-dinner.html
Whom Greenlanders choose to do business with — economically, politically and socially — will tell us a lot about the coming global realignment.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/opinion/greenland-trump-rare-earth-mining.html
We explain why the government is trying to break up companies like Meta and Google.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/briefing/google-meta-antitrust.html
“Is there anything more Catholic than waiting until Monday to die so you don’t upstage Jesus Christ?” Kimmel said.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/arts/television/jimmy-kimmel-pope-francis-death.html
The New York Times is looking to hear from students who are considering attending schools abroad because of Trump administration policies.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/us/college-universities-trump-mood.html
The attack, in a picturesque district of India, was the worst assault against civilians in the restive region in years, its leader said.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/world/asia/kashmir-terrorist-attack.html
An unusual public back-and-forth suggested that both sides in the war were eager to at least appear interested in negotiations.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/world/europe/russia-ukraine-putin-zelensky.html
The carmaker is expected to report a decline in quarterly earnings after Tesla’s brand suffered because of its chief executive’s role in the Trump administration.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/business/tesla-earnings-elon-musk.html