During an appearance on HBO’s Real Time Friday night, New York Times opinion writer and Duke University journalism professor Frank Bruni acknowledged that President Donald Trump is addressing a real and pressing issue: rising urban crime. Bruni conceded that crime levels in major cities—including Washington, D.C.—are too high, and that Trump is "putting his finger on a problem that people rightly care about."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that his government is considering suing the New York Times for defamation, accusing the paper of publishing a front-page photo that falsely claimed to depict a starving Palestinian child in Gaza. Netanyahu said the child, Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub, actually suffers from cerebral palsy, and that his family members shown in the image appeared healthy and well-fed.
On Friday’s PBS NewsHour, New York Times columnist David Brooks acknowledged that conservatives are now actively implementing a long-held objective: defunding institutions perceived to be aligned with the political left. Brooks, reflecting on his early years writing for National Review and The Wall Street Journal, said the idea of “defunding the left” has been a conservative rallying cry since his entry into political commentary.
Former President Joe Biden admitted to The New York Times that he did not individually approve each name for the categorical pardons affecting large groups of people, although he defended the use of the autopen.
In a rare moment of honesty, the New York Times acknowledged this week that mass immigration causes housing prices to soar—a reality Americans have long known but the media has often denied. The admission came in a report covering protests in Mexico City, where locals are rebelling against rising rents and cultural disruption caused by a surge of foreign residents.
A recent New York Times article profiling Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has drawn criticism for its focus on his family life and past television appearances.
During a May 27, 2025, interview on CNN, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) dismissed concerns about the Democratic Party's public perception when questioned by anchor John Berman.
