Six women in their 70s, all married and all mothers and grandmothers, gather twice a month without fail. They credit their close-knit families to their longstanding friendships.
From left: Miriam Caslow, Sandie Litman, Judi Marcus, Leslie Popkin and Susan Stein are five of the six members of Group. (Joyce Bartolomeo is the sixth.)
The Trump administration says refugees and asylum seekers can never get food stamps, but attorneys general from New York and nearly two dozen other states say that is unlawful.
Guidance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture could cut off food stamps for as many as 35,000 immigrants in New York, according to the state’s attorney general.
Agents are arresting foreign-born spouses when they report for the final step to obtain permanent residency, and charging them with visa violations that could result in deportation.
Stephen Paul had to take a leave from his job at the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department to care for his child while his wife was detained by ICE.
Firefighters struggled to contain the blaze in the high-rise buildings. At least 36 people were killed, and many more were feared trapped inside the towers.
Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaking to the press at the White House in November. Mr. Bessent has stifled his skepticism about tariffs since being tapped by Mr. Trump for the Treasury role.
A sequel to the 2016 hit, this movie about an animal metropolis takes on an even messier social allegory than the first one, while building out a wider (if bloated) universe.
Julie Menin, a councilwoman from the Upper East Side, was seen by some supporters as a necessary check on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist with an ambitious policy agenda.
The president’s energy strategy is projected to generate more pollution, but so far production has not risen significantly and price drops have been modest, analysts say.
Since President Trump took office, oil production is up, but largely because of improved efficiency, and it has not translated into more jobs for either the industry or the overall economy.
Restaurant owners in Brooklyn have warned one another about a woman who frequents their establishments, photographs her food and then doesn’t pay for it.
Francie, a Michelin-starred brasserie in Brooklyn, and one of several restaurants where the authorities say the self-styled influencer Pei-Yun Chung dined before leaving without paying.
President Vladimir V. Putin in Moscow in 2024. For the Russian leader, holding out for a broader Ukrainian collapse could deliver hitherto unthinkable concessions.
Democratic members of Congress who recorded a video informing troops that they could refuse illegal orders said that they were being investigated by the F.B.I.
A man reacts as smoke rises from flames engulfing bamboo scaffolding across multiple buildings at Wang Fuk Court housing estate, in Tai Po, Hong Kong, on Wednesday.
Brandon Williams, the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration, has no deep technical roots or experience in running the nation’s nuclear weapons complex, unlike many of his predecessors.