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A long legal saga for Stephen K. Bannon, a longtime adviser to President Trump, ended Tuesday when he pleaded guilty in Manhattan criminal court to a single felony count of defrauding donors who had sought to help build a wall at the southern border. Mr. Bannon had been charged by the Manhattan district attorney’s office … Read more

With the Justice Department on Monday ordering federal prosecutors in Manhattan to drop corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams of New York, the legal spotlight could shift to a local prosecutor — the Manhattan district attorney’s office, and its leader, Alvin L. Bragg. Mr. Adams was indicted on five counts of bribery conspiracy, fraud and … Read more

Good morning. It’s Wednesday. Today we’ll look at the continuing fallout from the Justice Department’s order to drop federal corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams. We’ll also get details on a plea deal for the longtime Trump adviser Stephen Bannon. Mayor Eric Adams made it sound as if the federal corruption case against him had … Read more

Democrats, though, insisted the effort was not dead. “House Republicans were wiped out in New York last year, losing four seats even while Donald Trump was winning the presidency,” said Andy Eichar, a spokesman for Mr. Jeffries. He added: “Instead of whining about a good government election law change that remains under consideration by the … Read more

Helen Hays, an intrepid ornithologist who for nearly 50 years led scores of volunteers to Great Gull Island, a postage-stamp islet in Long Island Sound, where they endured dive-bombing birds and fierce ocean storms to help revitalize it as one of the world’s largest nesting sites for common and roseate terns, died on Feb. 5 … Read more

A few months ago, I fell down a rabbit hole. Actually, it was a noodle hole. It all started with an Instagram photo: a bowl of steaming beef broth as clear as a polished window, with a tight coil of noodles, a crimson puddle of chile oil, thin shingles of beef and radish, and cilantro … Read more

He has already upended the federal government and roiled global affairs. But in the opening weeks of his second term, President Trump is moving no less decisively to assert his vision over a far more familiar venue: New York City. In just the last few days, Mr. Trump has threatened to “kill” his hometown’s ambitious … Read more

Often imitated but never replicated, the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, in its 149th year, is racing toward its conclusion. A group of New York Times journalists will be providing up-to-the-minute live analysis of the competition, in which seven group winners will face off at Madison Square Garden in hopes of capturing best in show. … Read more

A Brooklyn man pleaded guilty on Monday to smuggling hundreds of precious artifacts, including ancient Egyptian talismans, gold amulets and a sculpture with the carving of a king from the Ptolemaic dynasty. The man, Ashraf Omar Eldarir, 52, had been charged with smuggling relics on four occasions from 2019 to 2020, and then selling some … Read more

Ye, the rapper and designer formerly known as Kanye West, aired a commercial in some markets during the Super Bowl that promoted a website selling a single product: T-shirts with swastikas. In the 30-second commercial, Ye appears to be filming a close-up of his face while lying in a dentist’s chair. “I spent, like, all … Read more