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  1. Tehran and Washington Face a ‘Wake Up Moment’ Over the War

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:09:12 -0000

    U.S. and Iranian attacks are unfolding in a way that risks a wider war they cannot contain, analysts warn, unless they can return to negotiations quickly.
  2. U.S. Average Gas Price Returns to $4 a Gallon as Iran Crisis Escalates

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:55:53 -0000

    A month ago, drivers were enjoying some relief at the pump after the U.S. and Iran signed a deal intended to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Now, prices are rising again.
  3. U.S. Service Members Killed as War Expands, and Federal Cases Against Protesters Crumble

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:00:09 -0000

    Plus, what to know about the next British prime minister.
  4. Trump Says New Air Force One Will Be Taken Out of Service to Be ‘Maxed Out’

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:06:04 -0000

    The Qatari-donated plane has been under scrutiny over whether it is fitted with sufficient defensive capabilities to adequately protect a U.S. president and others traveling on it.
  5. Five of the Main Challenges Awaiting Andy Burnham When He Becomes Prime Minister

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:01:05 -0000

    Andy Burnham, who is set to enter Downing Street on Monday, faces a long and daunting list of issues. Here are some of the most urgent.
  6. How Andy Burnham Becomes Britain’s New Prime Minister

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:15:30 -0000

    Andy Burnham is set to become the next prime minister on Monday. Here’s how everything is expected to play out.
  7. Why Silicon Valley Can’t Stop Looking Over Its Shoulder at China

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:02:12 -0000

    Chinese companies are offering artificial intelligence that is nearly as good as the leading U.S. technologies, but it’s still America’s race to lose.
  8. Can Arizona Republicans Stop Feuding Long Enough to Win Back the State?

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:01:44 -0000

    Some Republicans fear the party is poised to repeat past mistakes by nominating candidates in Tuesday’s primaries who are viewed as too extreme to sway moderate voters.
  9. In Maine Senate Race, Democrats Go From Chaos to Coronation

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:02:24 -0000

    Troy Jackson’s emergence as the clear front-runner to replace Graham Platner spares the party some challenges but points to some new ones.
  10. Micah Lasher, Congressman in Waiting, Has a Few Tricks Up His Sleeve

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:00:12 -0000

    Mr. Lasher, the likely successor to Representative Jerry Nadler, has an unusual back story: As a teenager, he was a prodigy who performed magic tricks on national television.
  11. Why Epidemics Breed Rage at Health Workers

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:00:33 -0000

    Some people have fought Ebola containment measures in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Scholars have seen similar responses across societies and throughout history.
  12. Ukraine War Momentum Helps Spur Interest in Postwar Investment

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:55:02 -0000

    At a conference on reconstruction, the focus shifted to private investment, not donor assistance.
  13. Texas Book List: See What Students Will Be Required to Read

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:00:08 -0000

    What is essential reading? Texas has an answer: Classics, including the Bible.
  14. ‘National Treasure,’ the Over-Engineered, Delightfully Dumb U.S. History Lesson

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:00:57 -0000

    Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger and Justin Bartha raced from conspiracy theory to conspiracy theory in this 2004 blockbuster about stealing the Declaration of Independence.
  15. A.I. Drones Are Coming. We Are Not Ready.

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:00:33 -0000

    World leaders are marching us toward an uncertain era of new warfare — fast.
  16. Taxing New York’s Second Homes Is a Step Toward Fairness

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:00:09 -0000

    The recent debate over the new pied-à-terre tax in the city offers a useful case study.
  17. Trial Begins for Lindsay Clancy, Charged With Murdering Her 3 Children

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:01:55 -0000

    A Massachusetts mother charged in the killing of her children goes on trial on Monday. The small coastal town of Duxbury is preparing to relive a case focused on postpartum mental health.
  18. Florentina Holzinger’s Naked Ambition

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The artist’s extreme use of the body has caused viewers to puke, faint, and leave her shows. At the Venice Biennale, though, her vision has made her a star.
  19. One Man’s Quest to Fix Every Deadly Guardrail

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In 2016, Steve Eimers’s daughter died when she hit a defective guardrail. Then he learned that the country was full of them.
  20. How Biden Enabled Israel’s Aggression Toward Gaza—and Iran

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Top officials from the previous Administration now express regret over their failure to rein in Netanyahu.
  21. María Corina Machado’s Opposition in Exile

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Venezuelan politician hoped to become her country’s leader with help from the U.S. The Trump Administration had other priorities.
  22. Rope-a-Dope

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Are the Enhanced Games an existential threat to fairness or a cure for death?
  23. Trump’s War on Journalists

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The recent subpoenas of reporters make clear that the President is trying to threaten the press. Few protections are in place to stop him.
  24. Donald Trump’s Election-Fraud Bait and Switch

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:13:15 -0000

    The President promised “really, really big news” before his prime-time speech. But the declassified, heavily redacted documents he delivered felt more like Pam Bondi’s bogus Epstein binders than any true revelation.
  25. Donald Trump’s Ad-Lib Strategy on Iran

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The President promised to end what had been a quarter century of forever wars in the Middle East. Now the U.S. is mired in an intractable conflict of his own making.
  26. How Ukraine Brought the War to Russia

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Long-range drone and missile strikes on Russian soil have shifted the balance of the conflict—will they be enough to end it?
  27. The Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused.
  28. How Political Is This Supreme Court?

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:57:53 -0000

    The legal commentator Elie Honig thinks that the Trump-appointed Justices are getting unfair criticism.
  29. Do Netanyahu’s Domestic Opponents Offer a Real Alternative?

    Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:51:53 -0000

    Moshe Tur-Paz is one of many centrist Israeli politicians criticizing Donald Trump’s deal to temporarily stop the war with Iran.
  30. Is Putin Finally Feeling Pressure?

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:50:54 -0000

    The Russian President is facing growing domestic discontent after a series of successful attacks by the Ukrainian Army, including a major attack on Moscow.
  31. Can Andy Burnham’s Manchesterism Save the U.K.’s Center Left?

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    With a populist touch, and a focus on affordability and raising up left-behind communities, Britain’s new Prime Minister has drawn comparisons to Zohran Mamdani.
  32. Method Beats Madness at the World Cup Final

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:45:00 -0000

    Spain stood for Europe, the industrial heart of modern soccer, while Argentina, a great but flawed team, was fuelled by myth.
  33. How Worldy Is the World Cup?

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:44:17 -0000

    With every tournament, the possibility of a genuine surprise is shrinking.
  34. Spain’s Beautiful Balance

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:07:32 -0000

    Lamine Yamal, the team’s wunderkind, is thrilling, but discipline and patience have seen them through to the final.
  35. How Mudlarking Became London’s Hottest Hobby

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Searching for ancient objects in the Thames used to be a niche pastime. Then came Instagram, permits, and a desperate desire for connection with the past.
  36. I Won’t Cry for You, Argentina

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The team is headed back to the World Cup final, but one lifelong fan has fallen out of love.
  37. Democratic Schadenfreude and the Latino Vote

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Trump’s once strong approval rating among Latinos has collapsed, but Democrats can’t count on their support.
  38. V.A.R. and the Rise of Our New Tech Overlords

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The World Cup replay system has fostered a very contemporary kind of paranoia about who controls the machines.
  39. Donald Trump’s Needless War with Iran Is His Biggest Economic Blunder

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As the midterm elections approach, gas prices have started to rise again, and the President’s poll ratings are in the cellar.
  40. The Remaking of Lindsey Graham

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 20:30:19 -0000

    Once a harsh critic of Donald Trump, the South Carolina senator became one of the President’s most dependable allies—a sign of what it takes to remain influential in today’s Republican Party.
  41. An O.M.B. Plan to Defund Science—and Anything Trump Doesn’t Like

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Under a new proposal, Administration officials could deny government grants to any group or project on the ground that it didn’t fit the President’s agenda.
  42. Can Office-to-Residential Conversions Survive the Pfizer-Building Crisis?

    Sat, 11 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The thirty-seven-story tower in midtown was stabilized, after almost falling over earlier this week. Now Nathan Berman, the real-estate developer behind its renovation, will have to deal with the fallout.