New York Headlines

• Biden’s Warning Over Rafah Sharpens a Problem for Netanyahu

  (by Adam Rasgon for The New York Times 18 minutes ago)
  “If we need to stand alone, we will stand alone,” the Israeli prime minister said, as the U.S. threatened to withhold more weapons.
  
  

• N.Y. Ethics Panel Violates State Constitution, Appeals Court Rules

  (by Grace Ashford for The New York Times 18 minutes ago)
  In a victory for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the court upheld a lower-court ruling against the ethics commission, created by Gov. Kathy Hochul. The state promised to appeal again.
  
  

• In Letter, 540 Jewish Columbia Students Defend Zionism, Condemn Protests

  (by Sharon Otterman for The New York Times 25 minutes ago)
  The students wrote that “Zionism remains a pillar of our Jewish identities” and argued that many classmates do not understand its meaning.
  
  
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• Defiant Stormy Daniels spars with ex-prez’s lawyer, riveting jurors at Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial

  (by Ben Kochman for The New York Post an hour ago)
  A defiant Stormy Daniels batted back attempts by Donald Trump’s lawyers to poke holes in her story about a 2006 sex tryst with the ex-president — in a fiery clash that riveted jurors in Manhattan court Thursday.
  
  

• Stormy Daniels Makes a Statement in Court for Trump’s Criminal Trial

  (by Vanessa Friedman for The New York Times an hour ago)
  During her time on the stand in former President Donald J. Trump’s criminal trial, the adult entertainer dressed for history — and a jury.
  
  

• NYC Comptroller Brad Lander calls for end of migrant shelter limits as thousands continue to pour in each month

  (by Jack Morphet, Craig McCarthy for The New York Post an hour ago)
  "This is not a policy designed or implemented to help families achieve stable housing and self-sufficiency and integrate into our city," NYC Comptroller Brad Lander said Thursday outside the Roosevelt Hotel.
  
  

• NYC teen stabbed to death was killed in spat with pal: family

  (by Reuven Fenton, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon for The New York Post an hour ago)
  Sara Rivera, 17, was an outgoing teen who frequently feuded with friends -- until a spat with a pal cost her her life when she was stabbed to death near a Queens subway station, friends and family say.
  
  

• Mike Johnson Becomes the Speaker of the Whole House. For Now.

  (by Carl Hulse for The New York Times 5 hours ago)
  Democrats saved the speaker but want to oust him at the ballot box in November, while his standing in his own party remains in serious question.
  
  

• A Plan to Help Harlem Students Build Wealth: Start Them Off With $10,000

  (by Stefanos Chen for The New York Times 13 hours ago)
  The Harlem Children’s Zone is investing millions of dollars to create savings plans for students in its charter schools and, eventually, nationwide.