https://www.nytimes.com en-us Copyright 2026 The New York Times Company Sun, 21 Jun 2026 23:35:28 +0000 Sun, 21 Jun 2026 23:29:51 +0000 https://static01.nyt.com/images/misc/NYT_logo_rss_250x40.png https://www.nytimes.com https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/us/iran-us-peace-deal-nuclear-program-threats.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/us/iran-us-peace-deal-nuclear-program-threats.html Neither the war nor the agreement terminated the main threats emanating from Iran, many analysts said. Neil MacFarquhar Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:03:53 +0000 US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026) Defense and Military Forces International Relations United States International Relations Hezbollah internal-open-access-from-nl Arash Khamooshi/Polaris for The New York Times A painting of Iran’s first two supreme leaders in Tehran this month. The second, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed at the start of the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran this year. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/business/oil-rises-amid-uncertainty-over-strait-of-hormuz.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/business/oil-rises-amid-uncertainty-over-strait-of-hormuz.html Modest reactions in the oil and financial markets as Iran and the U.S. met in Switzerland for a first round of talks aimed at making a temporary cease-fire permanent. 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Rashbaum Sun, 21 Jun 2026 09:00:08 +0000 Amnesties, Commutations and Pardons Priests Frauds and Swindling Justice Department Otisville Correctional Facility (Otisville, NY) Gentile, David C (1966- ) Nocella, Joseph Jr Trump, Donald J Bryan Anselm for The New York Times David Gentile, a private equity executive who was convicted in a $1.6 billion fraud scheme, was released from a New York prison days into a seven-year sentence after being granted clemency by President Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/us/politics/border-wall-catholic-church-mount-christo-rey.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/us/politics/border-wall-catholic-church-mount-christo-rey.html In a battle of symbols, the Catholics of Las Cruces, N.M., argue that religious freedom should stop the wall from scarring a mountain that has attracted pilgrims for nearly a century. Reis Thebault and Paul Ratje Sun, 21 Jun 2026 09:00:46 +0000 Religion-State Relations Border Barriers Illegal Immigration United States Politics and Government Freedom of Religion Customs and Border Protection (US) Trump, Donald J Las Cruces (NM) Mount Cristo Rey (Sunland Park, NM) internal-open-access-from-nl Paul Ratje for The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/us/politics/trump-reflecting-pool-drained.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/us/politics/trump-reflecting-pool-drained.html The pool has taken on clouds of algae after a hasty renovation. A three-time Olympian was charged with destroying government property after he says he touched one of the strands of blue paint peeling off the pool’s bottom. Minho Kim Sun, 21 Jun 2026 14:11:48 +0000 National Mall (Washington, DC) Lincoln Memorial (Washington, DC) Algae Water National Parks, Monuments and Seashores Vandalism United States Park Police Washington (DC) United States Politics and Government Trump, Donald J Alex Kent/The New York Times Workers attempt to clean algae bloom from the newly renovated reflecting pool in Washington on Thursday. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/nyregion/mamdani-burns-allies-in-making-a-big-bet-for-congress-and-the-left.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/nyregion/mamdani-burns-allies-in-making-a-big-bet-for-congress-and-the-left.html The strength of the mayor’s political brand will be tested on Tuesday, when his slate of leftist congressional candidates takes aim at Democratic incumbents. Nicholas Fandos and Sally Goldenberg Sun, 21 Jun 2026 18:20:05 +0000 Midterm Elections (2026) United States Politics and Government Elections, Mayors Third-Party Politics (US) Israel-Gaza War (2023- ) Democratic Socialists of America Democratic Party House of Representatives American Israel Public Affairs Committee Avila Chevalier, Darializa Espaillat, Adriano D Goldman, Daniel S Jeffries, Hakeem Lander, Brad Mamdani, Zohran Reynoso, Antonio Valdez, Claire (1989- ) Velazquez, Nydia M Brooklyn (NYC) Manhattan (NYC) Bronx (NYC) Angelina Katsanis for The New York Times Mayor Zohran Mamdani has backed Claire Valdez, left, Brad Lander and Darializa Avila Chevalier in primary races on Tuesday. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/us/politics/animal-rights-cruelty-oregon.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/us/politics/animal-rights-cruelty-oregon.html A possible referendum in Oregon on animal rights would end fishing, hunting, even pest control, just when Democrats are trying really hard not to be seen as “weirdos again.” Anna Griffin Sun, 21 Jun 2026 15:49:27 +0000 United States Politics and Government Animal Abuse, Rights and Welfare Midterm Elections (2026) Hunting and Trapping Referendums Kotek, Tina Drazan, Christine Talarico, James Oregon Jordan Gale for The New York Times David Michelson, the organizer of the People for the Elimination of Animal Cruelty Exemptions, wants “a system where we’re not killing or hurting animals anymore.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/realestate/where-billionaires-summer-a-gardener-died-in-the-snow.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/realestate/where-billionaires-summer-a-gardener-died-in-the-snow.html A landscaper’s difficult life and lonely death reveal the human cost behind the Hamptons’ manicured landscape. Rukmini Callimachi and Victor J. Blue Sun, 21 Jun 2026 21:23:05 +0000 Hamptons (NY) Homeless Persons Real Estate and Housing (Residential) Affordable Housing Cold and Cold Spells Gardens and Gardening High Net Worth Individuals Deaths (Fatalities) Illegal Immigration Wages and Salaries Labor and Jobs Guatemala Landscaper Gilberto Camey walks out of the woods on his way to a day job, retracing the route his brother took before he was found dead after a winter storm. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/world/americas/colombia-election-de-la-espriella.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/world/americas/colombia-election-de-la-espriella.html A victory for Abelardo De La Espriella, a lawyer with no previous political experience, would be a rebuke to the left and another win for the right in Latin America. Annie Correal Sun, 21 Jun 2026 23:21:02 +0000 De La Espriella, Abelardo Colombia Elections Cepeda, Ivan Politics and Government Trump, Donald J United States International Relations Federico Rios for The New York Times Abelardo De La Espriella, the right-wing candidate for president, voted on Sunday in Barranquilla. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/world/europe/keir-starmer-andy-burnham-uk.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/world/europe/keir-starmer-andy-burnham-uk.html An ally of Keir Starmer’s told the BBC on Sunday that Mr. Starmer was “taking the time to think through what the political realities are today compared to last week.” Michael D. Shear Sun, 21 Jun 2026 16:23:36 +0000 Starmer, Keir Appointments and Executive Changes Legislatures and Parliaments Burnham, Andrew M (1970- ) Politics and Government Labour Party (Great Britain) Great Britain Makerfield (England) Elections internal-open-access-from-nl Pool photo by Peter Macdiarmid Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, second from right, on Friday in London. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/health/drug-testing-wastwater-sewage.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/health/drug-testing-wastwater-sewage.html The White House recently endorsed monitoring sewage for evidence of drug use. Critics fear such efforts could violate privacy and stigmatize neighborhoods. Jan Hoffman Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:55:13 +0000 Sewers and Sewage Drug Abuse and Traffic White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Tempe (Ariz) Tennessee Missouri your-feed-science Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times City workers preparing to collect wastewater samples in Tempe, Ariz., last month. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/world/asia/women-taliban-restrictions-jobs-education.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/world/asia/women-taliban-restrictions-jobs-education.html With secondary education and most jobs out of reach, thousands of Afghan women have turned to entrepreneurship as the only path to make money and maintain a social life. Elian Peltier and Kiana Hayeri Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:16:58 +0000 Women and Girls Entrepreneurship Taliban World Bank Afghanistan Herat (Afghanistan) Kabul (Afghanistan) Mazar-i-Sharif (Afghanistan) vis-photo internal-open-access-from-nl Kiana Hayeri for The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/arts/for-heirs-of-custer-and-sitting-bull-a-150-year-old-battle-is-personal.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/arts/for-heirs-of-custer-and-sitting-bull-a-150-year-old-battle-is-personal.html As the anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn approaches, relatives of the two men still grapple with the legacy of a contentious moment in U.S. history. Julia Jacobs and Will Warasila Sun, 21 Jun 2026 15:29:23 +0000 Native Americans History (Academic Subject) American Indian Movement Smithsonian Institution Custer, George Armstrong LaPointe, Ernie Means, Russell C Sitting Bull Montana Will Warasila for The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/opinion/elon-musk-trillionaire-wealth-plato.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/opinion/elon-musk-trillionaire-wealth-plato.html The philosopher made a radical proposal about wealth. David Lay Williams Sun, 21 Jun 2026 05:50:37 +0000 Musk, Elon Plato (428-348 BC) Income Inequality High Net Worth Individuals Philosophy https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/opinion/jd-vance-iran-trump-communion.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/opinion/jd-vance-iran-trump-communion.html I asked the vice president what is Christian about this White House. 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