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  1. Almost Half of House Democrats Vote to End Aid to Israel

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:42:59 -0000

    The measure failed, but the level of support among Democrats exposed a stark shift in the party away from backing the Jewish state.
  2. U.S. Military Again Blockades Iranian Ports After Collapse of Cease-Fire

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:02:36 -0000

    President Trump ordered U.S. warships and aircraft to stop vessels going to and from Iran. Enforcing a blockade takes a huge commitment of warships and aircraft.
  3. U.S. Strikes Hit Greater Tunb Island in Strait of Hormuz

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:04:50 -0000

    The U.S. military said on Wednesday it had attacked Iranian cruise missile storage and launch sites on Greater Tunb, one of several small islands in the Strait of Hormuz subject to a decades-old territorial dispute.
  4. Todd Blanche, Trump’s Attorney General Pick, Faces Crucial Hurdle After Rocky Hearing

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:55:39 -0000

    Even a single Republican “no” vote would block Mr. Blanche’s nomination from consideration by the full Senate, which could sink his confirmation.
  5. Hegseth Plans to Screen All Troops, Including Women, for Low Testosterone

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:23:30 -0000

    Pete Hegseth, as defense secretary, has sought to cultivate an image as a manosphere-friendly leader.
  6. Clayton Dodges Question on 2020 Election, and Democrats Call Him on It

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:50:43 -0000

    Jay Clayton’s nomination to lead the U.S. intelligence community comes as the White House pushes to use declassified intelligence to show concerns about election security.
  7. Trump Administration Fires U.S. Attorney Minutes After His Appointment

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:54:34 -0000

    Federal judges had chosen the veteran Seattle prosecutor to fill the vacant seat. Now, a potential legal battle looms.
  8. Video Pushed Local Police to Come Clean. D.H.S. Is Ignoring the Lessons.

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:41:16 -0000

    The agency has said little about two fatal encounters in the past week. Local police departments have learned to be forthcoming.
  9. F.B.I. Searches Houston ICE Shooting Van for Drugs

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:27:58 -0000

    Federal investigators believe illegal drugs were inside the vehicle, though the immigration agents involved in the encounter do not appear to have known that.
  10. Court Filings Describe Ongoing Contact Between ICE and Iran on Deportations

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:32:36 -0000

    In a sworn declaration, a lawyer says an Iranian official reported receiving regular dossiers on Iranian detainees from Immigration and Customs Enforcement for months.
  11. Wildfire Smoke Spreads Across the Northeast as Temperatures Spike

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:34:19 -0000

    A heat dome is responsible for miserably high temperatures, and it’s also helping to push smoke from wildfires to the east.
  12. Flash Flood Emergency Is Issued in Texas After Days of Pounding Rain

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:38:58 -0000

    Roads became rivers on Wednesday as emergency officials in towns around San Antonio raced to rescue people who were stranded.
  13. Canada Wildfire Air Pollution and Heat Wave Combo Pose Heightened Health Risks

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:24:37 -0000

    Days that are both extremely hot and polluted come with higher risks of respiratory ailments and other health hazards.
  14. Senators Grill Justice Dept. Officials on New York Times Subpoenas

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:59:04 -0000

    Democrats questioned the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, and a U.S. attorney about subpoenas issued to Times journalists who reported on security concerns with the president’s new plane.
  15. Our Top Editor on Subpoenas of Times Journalists

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:17:43 -0000

    The Trump administration issued subpoenas to reporters who wrote about security concerns involving the new Air Force One. Joe Kahn, the executive editor of The New York Times, responds to what he calls a “naked attempt to intimidate” the newspaper.
  16. ‘The Odyssey’ Review: Passion in Every Frame

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:01:34 -0000

    Few directors close the divide between the art film and the blockbuster like Christopher Nolan.
  17. Archaeologists Unearth a 2,400-Year-Old Sanctuary for the Worship of Odysseus

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:33:04 -0000

    The ruins of a 2,400-year-old complex suggest that, to the Greeks of antiquity, Homer’s protagonist was not just a character in a poem but a figure of genuine devotion.
  18. Cyclospora Outbreak: What to Know About Symptoms and Food Safety

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:34:57 -0000

    The parasite has sickened thousands across the United States. Experts have tips on how to stay safe.
  19. Inside Maine Democrats’ Search for a New Senate Nominee After Graham Platner’s Exit

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:52:42 -0000

    Democratic candidates are hastily building bare-bones campaigns and forgoing traditional outreach like TV ads in a sprint to appeal to party delegates, rather than Maine voters.
  20. Here Are the Maine Democrats Running to Replace Graham Platner

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:21:03 -0000

    To win, they’ll have to convince Democrats at a July 25 convention that they’re the best candidate to take on Senator Susan Collins, a Republican.
  21. Trump Endorses Mike Lindell, MyPillow Founder, for Minnesota Governor

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:15:21 -0000

    He is a close ally of President Trump and has been a leading proponent of the election denial movement, which falsely claims that voting machines are often rigged.
  22. House Republican in Key Swing Race Discloses a Drunk-Driving Arrest

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:16:59 -0000

    Representative Mike Lawler of New York said in a televised interview that he was arrested on St. Patrick’s Day in 2012, after learning that his father was gravely ill.
  23. He Wanted to Be John Travolta. Instead, He Became ‘Kaves.’

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:15:11 -0000

    As a child, Michael McLeer wanted to be like John Travolta in “Saturday Night Fever” and escape Brooklyn. A tragedy in the neighborhood changed his mind.
  24. New Jersey Couple Aids Meteorite Discovery After it Crashes Through Their Roof

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:00:15 -0000

    A New Jersey couple helped scientists uncover the makeup of an unusual asteroid after it fell into their bedroom.
  25. How Worried Should You Be About Cyclospora?

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:45:57 -0000

    We didn’t need an outbreak of a nightmare stomach bug. But here we are.
  26. England Lost in the World Cup. They Were Always Going to Lose.

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:49:11 -0000

    The football team, like Britain itself, is burdened by the dead weight of impossible expectations.
  27. Boat That Sank Near Alcatraz Rolled After Wave Struck, Officials Say

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:03:34 -0000

    The accident in the San Francisco Bay on Tuesday led to the death of the boat owner’s brother. The authorities say they plan to end the search for three people still missing.
  28. 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?
  29. When A.I. Is a Member of the Family

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

    A single mom, her two daughters, and the chatbots that fill in the gaps.
  30. 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?
  31. Inside ICE’s Largest Detention Center

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

    On a military base in West Texas, where the government has built a sprawling tent complex to hold thousands of immigrants, deprivation and dire conditions are part of the design.
  32. The Art of Ana Mendieta Comes Into Focus at the Tate Modern

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

    Four decades after her death, her bold innovations are finally coming into focus.
  33. 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.
  34. 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.
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. 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.
  38. 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.
  39. 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.
  40. 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.
  41. 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.
  42. 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.
  43. 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.
  44. The Story of France vs. Morocco

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:49:57 -0000

    The match began as a snooze, then became a romp. But the brilliance of the French team, and of its biggest star, Kylian Mbappé, shone through.
  45. Michigan Is the Next Big Test for the Democratic Party

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

    The Senate primary race between Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed reflects the Party’s growing ideological schism, but it’s also a contest of competing campaign styles.
  46. The Race to Be the First Democratic Primary State

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

    How the debate over the first-in-the-nation primary became a battle over the future of the Democratic Party.
  47. Can A.I. Keep a Parent Alive?

    Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    You can now make a virtual replica of a loved one. The question is what it can give you in return.
  48. Trump and NATO Court Erdoğan, Turkey’s Strongman

    Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In Ankara, the leaders of the alliance appeared more concerned about Western geopolitical power than about Western democratic values.
  49. An Inconvenient Moment for an Extreme Global Heat Wave

    Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Will it light a fire under politicians?
  50. Graham Platner’s Point of No Return

    Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:29:20 -0000

    Following an allegation of sexual assault, the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine is considering his future. What would his exit mean for the race, and for the broader direction of American politics?
  51. The U.S. Crashes Out of the World Cup

    Tue, 07 Jul 2026 13:49:25 -0000

    Despite a strong start to the tournament, and an egregious intervention by President Trump into FIFA’s suspension of its star striker, the U.S. men’s soccer team couldn’t keep up with Belgium.
  52. A New American Soccer Culture Is Emerging

    Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:34:18 -0000

    A decade ago, the fandom around Major League Soccer and the U.S. men’s national team was very white and very imitative. That’s starting to change.