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  1. Trump Signs Executive Orders Targeting Birthright Citizenship and ‘Birth Tourism’

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 01:03:06 -0000

    The orders come after the Supreme Court ruled June 30 that President Trump’s previous efforts to end birthright citizenship were unconstitutional.
  2. Trump Administration to Deregulate Head Start, Antipoverty Program Created Under R.F.K. Jr.’s Uncle

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:46:52 -0000

    While administration officials say the changes will save money by lifting onerous requirements, advocates fear the anti-poverty program will be gutted.
  3. Senate Panel Votes to Hold Fauci in Contempt

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:02:22 -0000

    Also, an A.I. model created viruses not found in nature. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
  4. Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million Fine by New Mexico Judge

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 02:48:36 -0000

    The penalty, imposed by a state judge, is on top of a $375 million fine ordered by a jury that found Meta misled users about the safety of its platforms.
  5. In Upset, Andy Ogles Loses to a Republican Challenger in Tennessee

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 03:22:15 -0000

    Mr. Ogles, a two-term congressman, had held off primary threats before, despite controversy. But on Thursday, Charlie Hatcher, a former state agriculture commissioner, delivered an upset.
  6. Blackburn Wins Republican Nomination for Tennessee Governor

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 02:02:25 -0000

    Senator Marsha Blackburn easily beat two Republican rivals and is now favored to become the state’s first female governor after the November elections.
  7. Mitch McConnell Discharged From Rehabilitation Facility

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:55:59 -0000

    The Kentucky Republican has been absent from Congress for nearly two months after a health episode. He said he would continue recovering from home.
  8. Some House Republicans Are Backing a Challenger in Cory Mills’s Re-election Bid

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 23:58:42 -0000

    Two Republican lawmakers have endorsed a primary opponent of Representative Cory Mills, who has been accused of assault and is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee.
  9. After Trump Calls Canadians ‘Nasty,’ Mark Carney Says the Word Fits Trade Talks

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:45:54 -0000

    Canada’s prime minister laughed off Trump’s description of Canada but suggested that trade talks between the two countries are acrimonious.
  10. Trump Issues Tariffs on Key Ingredient for Electronics and Solar Panels

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 21:53:18 -0000

    The administration will impose a minimum import price for polysilicon, a key component for semiconductors and solar panels, as well as tariffs for products made with the material.
  11. Can Robots Save Japan’s Aging Cherry Blossom Farmers?

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:20:10 -0000

    Monster Wolf and Pochi are among the robots deployed to scare away bears and transport cherry blossoms in a northern region where many farmers are in their 70s or older.
  12. This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:30:08 -0000

    Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them were viable, yielding new viruses.
  13. Senate Panel Votes to Hold Fauci in Contempt of Congress

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 21:33:51 -0000

    Dr. Anthony Fauci had refused to answer questions at a hearing last week, invoking the Fifth Amendment. Republicans argued he wasn’t entitled to that protection because he had a presidential pardon.
  14. Fauci Is Far From the First Person to Plead the Fifth Before Congress

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 02:24:02 -0000

    The constitutional right against self-incrimination has been invoked on several occasions during high-profile — and contentious — hearings.
  15. Sydney Towle, Who Chronicled Her Cancer on TikTok, Dies at 26

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 21:00:52 -0000

    For an audience that grew to more than a million followers, she challenged assumptions about how people with serious illnesses should look and live.
  16. ‘I Have Cancer,’ the TikTok Star Said. Then Came the Torrent of Hate.

    Thu, 01 May 2025 23:29:59 -0000

    Sydney Towle’s videos have drawn an enormous audience on TikTok, where her followers praise and support her. On Reddit, an army of skeptics was determined to paint her as a fraud.
  17. Houthi Attacks on Yemeni Military Threaten to Reignite Civil War

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 23:38:15 -0000

    The Iranian-backed militia said it had targeted the armed forces in two resource-rich provinces, as escalating violence in Yemen imperils a fragile truce.
  18. Israeli Settler Charged in Death of Activist Awdah Hathaleen

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:52:50 -0000

    The indictment was a rare case in which the Israeli authorities pressed charges against an Israeli in the killing of a Palestinian.
  19. Fled to America at 11. Stole at 18. Deported to Vietnam at 44.

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:00:44 -0000

    The Trump administration is sending back record numbers of Vietnamese, Laotians and Hmong. Many came to the United States as young war refugees and later committed crimes.
  20. Voter-Registration Error Could Cost Immigrants a Shot at a Green Card

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:21:53 -0000

    New Jersey improperly added as many as 6,600 noncitizens to its voter rolls. Those people could now be forced out of the country.
  21. Alcohol. Manliness. Flushable Wipes. Since When Are These ‘Scams’?

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 14:18:56 -0000

    Americans have been taken with scams for years. Now, the word is being used for any system that ends with somebody profiting at their expense.
  22. Bernie Sanders Is Not Doing the Democrats Any Favors

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:36:51 -0000

    What exactly is the project of the insurgent left all about?
  23. The Real Reason Behind Trump’s Yen Intervention

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 23:00:05 -0000

    The U.S. is bolstering the yen, as it did with the Argentine peso. The reasons are not solely economic.
  24. Max Miller’s Victim Mentality

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:24:23 -0000

    The Republican congressman’s bitter domestic dispute—in which he’s accused of physical abuse by his ex-wife, the daughter of an Ohio senator—is testing his party’s willingness to defend the indefensible.
  25. The Future, Made in China

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Beijing is competing with the U.S. for tech supremacy. Who wins will have huge political implications.
  26. The Man Who Was Kidnapped Twice

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Thousands of people in Nigeria have been held for ransom by bandit groups. One professor escaped his captors—only to be abducted again.
  27. The American Art of Blowing Stuff Up

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Fireworks by Grucci has been in the pyrotechnics business for six generations.
  28. How Roy Cohn Taught Donald Trump Everything

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The lawyer who showed an outer-borough striver how to ignore the rules, avoid a paper trail, and make up a good story for the media.
  29. The Electability of Abdul El-Sayed

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:05:43 -0000

    The former public-health official won Michigan’s Democratic primary with an unapologetically progressive platform—and a total defiance of the Party establishment.
  30. Why Donald Trump Talks So Much About Foreign Election Interference

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The White House is distorting intelligence assessments instead of working to protect the midterm elections.
  31. What Does It Even Mean to Be a Moderate?

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Michigan Senate primary has turned into a referendum on a word that has never had a fixed meaning.
  32. Why Is Europe Burning?

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    “We put all these ingredients in a cocktail shaker, and the result is massive fires that far exceed the extinguishing capacity of firefighting teams,” a Spanish firefighter said.
  33. What Do India’s Gen Z Protests Mean for Modi?

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:19:00 -0000

    A movement of young people frustrated with India’s education system and economy has become the most serious challenge yet to an increasingly authoritarian government.
  34. Abdul El-Sayed’s Argument for America—and Against His Own Party

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Michigan U.S. Senate candidate on campaigning with Hasan Piker, being a capitalist, and why his fellow-Democrats need to “stop compromising.”
  35. Will Left-Wing Democrats Reinvent the Party or Hurt Its Chances in November?

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Bernie Sanders’s erstwhile campaign manager explains why he thinks it’s the former.
  36. 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.
  37. Subaru Socialists and the Great Disappointed

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The voters who are determining the future of the Democratic Party.
  38. Kevin Warsh Is Facing More Than a Communication Problem

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Fed chair’s biggest challenge is demonstrating his independence from Donald Trump.
  39. The World Cup Is Not for Sale

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 22:17:46 -0000

    Gianni Infantino’s private-equity scheme backfired—but the commodification of soccer is already well under way.
  40. The Kids Are Kind of All Right

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Recently, there has been much hand-wringing about downwardly mobile young adults living with their parents into their twenties or thirties. What’s really going on?
  41. G.P.S. and the Lost Art of Getting Lost

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A new book, “Little Blue Dot,” by Katherine Dunn, raises questions about the unintended consequences of knowing where we are.
  42. Michigan Primary-Election Live Results: Abdul El-Sayed Wins

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:18:48 -0000

    The former public-health official’s victory in a closely watched Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate carries major implications for the direction of the Party.
  43. The Failures of the Fauci Hearing

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Senator Rand Paul may have approached the matter with theatrics and ill will, but Dr. Anthony Fauci’s decision not to testify was a loss.
  44. Glen Hansard’s Street-Corner Stories

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 22:41:00 -0000

    Both as a young busker and as a famous singer-songwriter, Hansard understood how to make people stop and listen and feel one single thing.
  45. The Outlandish Case Against James Comey

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The prosecution’s central claim “would be laughable,” one former federal judge noted, if it weren’t intended “to deprive a man of his liberty.”
  46. Inside OpenAI’s Hack of Hugging Face

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:01:36 -0000

    Hugging Face’s chief science officer recounts the cybercrime that signals a terrifying new era for A.I.
  47. How Donald Trump Silenced the Voice of America

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The agency was created to spread the story of freedom and democracy around the world. Now, with many of its journalists being paid to stay home, it’s delivering a very different message.
  48. Trump’s Isolationism Is Losing the Great E.V. Race

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The United States risks becoming a theme park of internal combustion, as the rest of the world moves on.