NYT
- Powell Says He Will Remain as Fed Chair Until Successor Is Confirmedby Tony Romm on 18/03/2026 at 21:53
Jerome H. Powell, who leads the central bank, also said he would not leave the Fed until a criminal investigation into his handling of renovations was over.
- Bright Horizons Agrees to Pause N.Y.C. Expansion After Child Abuse Caseby Ed Shanahan on 18/03/2026 at 21:39
The child care giant will also surrender permits for a Manhattan branch where workers were charged with abusing toddlers.
- NYC High School Student Freed After 10 Months in ICE Detentionby Ana Ley on 18/03/2026 at 21:27
The arrest of Dylan Lopez Contreras was the first case of a public school student in the city being taken by federal agents last year. “I still can’t believe that I’m out,” he said.
- How Trump Should Extricate Himself From His Iran Quagmireby Nicholas Kristof on 18/03/2026 at 21:26
Declaring victory and ending the war might not be so easy.
- The Tropical St. Patrick’s Day That Honors African Historyby James Wagner and Luis Antonio Rojas on 18/03/2026 at 21:14
Montserrat treats the holiday as both a national celebration and a more somber milestone: a commemoration of a failed slave rebellion.
- He Tried to Rob 6 Banks, Police Say. His Total Takings: $605.by Andy Newman on 18/03/2026 at 21:03
A man is accused of handing tellers notes, demanding money at six Chase branches in five days. In three of the attempts, he left empty-handed.
- Fed Holds Rates Steady as War in Iran Upends the Economic Outlookby Colby Smith on 18/03/2026 at 21:02
Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, emphasized the high degree of uncertainty stemming from the conflict as he acknowledged the potential for surging energy prices to lift inflation and dent growth.
- Carol Kitman, 96, Dies; Photographer Documented the Vindman Twinsby Clay Risen on 18/03/2026 at 20:27
A chance encounter in Brooklyn led to a decades-long project following the boys’ lives, from childhood to national prominence as critics of President Trump.
- Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Yearsby Manny Fernandez and Sarah Hurtes on 18/03/2026 at 20:11
An investigation by The New York Times found extensive evidence that the United Farm Workers co-founder groomed and sexually abused girls who worked in the movement.
- Pakistan to Pause Afghanistan Airstrikes for Eidby Elian Peltier, Safiullah Padshah and Zia ur-Rehman on 18/03/2026 at 19:43
At least 143 people were killed in a Pakistani airstrike that hit a drug rehabilitation facility in Kabul on Monday, according to a top U.N. official.
- Joe Kent’s Resignation Letter Is Dangerous Because It’s Half Trueby Michelle Goldberg on 18/03/2026 at 19:20
Kent’s resignation letter is partly rooted in truth, even if it taps into old antisemitic tropes about occult Jewish control.
- Silicon Valley Musters Behind-the-Scenes Support for Anthropicby Mike Isaac on 18/03/2026 at 19:17
Tech companies have been reluctant to directly confront Trump administration officials over their contract feud with the A.I. start-up.
- Israel Has Killed Esmaeil Khatib, Iran’s Intelligence Ministerby Isabel Kershner and Amelia Nierenberg on 18/03/2026 at 19:13
The Israeli military said on Wednesday that it had killed Esmaeil Khatib in an airstrike. Iran confirmed the killing.
- U.S. Intelligence Saw No Change in Iran’s Missile Capabilities Before Warby Robert Jimison on 18/03/2026 at 18:47
On Wednesday, the director of national intelligence and C.I.A. director contradicted one of the justifications the Trump administration had given for its attacks on Iran.
- For U.S., Unmet Expectations in Iran Fit a Familiar Pattern in the Regionby Neil MacFarquhar on 18/03/2026 at 18:44
Iran’s military retaliation, along with the political defiance of its new leaders, evokes a decades-old pattern of unrealized goals for American interventions in the region.
- He Lost a Leg for Russia. Then, He Says, His Country Betrayed Him.by Valerie Hopkins on 18/03/2026 at 18:41
Imprisoned for murder, Aleksandr Abbasov-Derskhan sought a new start in life and freedom by signing up to fight in Ukraine. But he says promised benefits proved illusory.
- Stratton, Illinois Senate Primary Winner, Promises a ‘Fight’ With Trumpby Kellen Browning on 18/03/2026 at 17:00
Ms. Stratton, a Democrat whose viral campaign ad featured voters’ profane views of Mr. Trump, said her campaign’s aggressive messaging was resonating.
- Despite Moscow’s Threats, Poland Rules to Extradite Archaeologistby Nataliya Vasilyeva on 18/03/2026 at 16:15
Kyiv accuses Alexander Butyagin, a prominent antiquities scholar, of destroying cultural heritage during his excavations in Russia-occupied Crimea. The Kremlin has condemned his arrest.
- An Abandoned Russian Tanker Is Drifting at Sea. Will Anyone Stop It?by Elisabetta Povoledo on 18/03/2026 at 16:04
An attack forced its crew to abandon ship in early March. No country has intervened, despite fears of environmental disaster.
- Google Sits Pretty as A.I. Rivals Compete for Pentagon Favorby Kate Conger and Julian E. Barnes on 18/03/2026 at 15:30
The tech giant has been rebuilding its relationship with the Defense Department and is poised to benefit as it sidesteps competitors’ controversies.
- ‘Their Power Feels Like Mine’: A Dog Sled Racer Says Goodbye to Her Packby Blair Braverman on 18/03/2026 at 14:54
After 20 years of racing, I wanted to take my sled dogs back into the wilderness.
- Pritzker’s Gamble to Become a Kingmaker in Illinois Pays Offby Reid J. Epstein on 18/03/2026 at 13:26
Gov. JB Pritzker invested capital, both political and the more traditional kind, in the Senate race of his lieutenant governor, Juliana Stratton. Her victory could help them both.
- California Heat Wave Makes Winter Feel Like Summerby Heather Knight, Orlando Mayorquín, Jill Cowan and Amy Graff on 18/03/2026 at 09:02
An unusual heat wave is pushing temperatures in San Francisco into the 80s this week, and Los Angeles hit 98 on Tuesday.
- The Cost of the A.I. Boom: A Trade Deficit the President Detestsby Ana Swanson on 18/03/2026 at 09:00
A recent surge of A.I.-related imports has become an impediment to the smaller trade deficit President Trump wants.
- Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Push to Cleanse His Past Onlineby Tiffany Hsu and Ken Bensinger on 18/03/2026 at 09:00
After he left jail in 2009, Mr. Epstein hired a host of people to make him look better on Google, Wikipedia and many other places on the web.






















