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  1. Indiana Senate Republicans Reject Trump’s Redistricting Effort

    Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:40:18 -0000

    Republicans hold an overwhelming majority in the Indiana Senate, but more than a dozen of them defied the president’s wishes, voting against a map aimed at adding Republicans in Congress.
  2. Republicans Undercut Johnson, Circumventing Him to Force Votes

    Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:24:19 -0000

    The speaker has repeatedly lost his grip on the House floor thanks to a once rare parliamentary maneuver that G.O.P. members are increasingly using to force action on legislation.
  3. Key Takeaways After Indiana Lawmakers Defy Trump’s Redistricting Push

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 03:01:11 -0000

    President Trump’s failure to ram through a Republican-friendly House map was a new sign that his iron grip on the party has slipped, and was likely to reverberate nationally.
  4. Senate Deadlocks Over Obamacare Subsidies in Dueling Votes

    Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:33:14 -0000

    Republicans blocked Democrats’ effort to extend the expiring subsidies while Democrats thwarted a G.O.P. proposal to replace them with direct payments for basic health coverage.
  5. A Grand Jury Again Resists Trump’s Push to Reindict Letitia James

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:39:29 -0000

    It was a striking rejection of the administration’s retribution campaign.
  6. China Is Getting Much of What It Wants From the U.S., Including Chips

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 05:01:06 -0000

    For China, President Trump’s moves to loosen chip controls, soften U.S. rhetoric and stay silent on tensions with Japan amount to a rare string of strategic gains.
  7. Trump Moves to Stop States From Regulating AI With a New Executive Order

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 04:56:05 -0000

    The order would create one federal regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
  8. Can OpenAI Respond After Google Closes the A.I. Technology Gap?

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:52:41 -0000

    A new technology release from OpenAI is supposed to top what Google recently produced. It also shows OpenAI is engaged in a new and more difficult competition.
  9. My Favorite Performances of the Year

    Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:48:25 -0000

    Actors took big swings in 2025. Here are some of the best.
  10. Ford’s Car of the Future, Hatched in a Skunk Works Near Los Angeles

    Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:25:54 -0000

    Desperate to catch up with Chinese automakers, Ford is redesigning its fleet with a Silicon Valley-style team. Is it too late?
  11. U.S. Issues New Sanctions Targeting Maduro’s Family and the Oil Sector

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:38:33 -0000

    The United States is escalating its pressure campaign on Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, after seizing an oil tanker off the coast.
  12. Nobel Peace Prize Winner Machado Says U.S. Helped Her Leave Venezuela

    Thu, 11 Dec 2025 22:59:25 -0000

    María Corina Machado reappeared on the global stage as the Trump administration ramped up its pressure campaign against President Nicolás Maduro.
  13. What Does the Oil Tanker Seizure Mean for Venezuela’s Economy?

    Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:39:02 -0000

    Seizures of more tankers could put a stranglehold on Venezuela’s economy, which is exceptionally dependent on oil to keep the government running and pay for basic necessities.
  14. Bessent Accelerates Regulation Overhaul to Jumpstart Growth

    Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:33:20 -0000

    The Treasury Secretary unveiled changes to the Financial Stability Oversight Council to ease “overregulation.”
  15. S&P 500 Reaches Record High as Stocks Reverse Downturn

    Thu, 11 Dec 2025 22:03:21 -0000

    The S&P 500 edged higher as investors shrugged off concerns over Oracle’s earnings. It was just enough.
  16. U.S. Helped to Weaken Report at U.N. Environment Talks, Participants Say

    Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:54:16 -0000

    American officials joined Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran in objecting to language on fossils fuels, biodiversity and plastics in a report that was three years in the making.
  17. Federal Judge Blocks FEMA From Canceling Climate Resiliency Grants

    Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:08:38 -0000

    A Thursday ruling said the Trump administration cannot eliminate the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program without Congress.
  18. Trump Panel Abruptly Postpones Release of FEMA Overhaul Recommendations

    Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:06:26 -0000

    The group’s report had been expected to provide a road map for change after months of upheaval at the agency.
  19. Zelensky Says Revised U.S. Plan Still Calls for Ukraine to Leave Donbas

    Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:05:11 -0000

    The Ukrainian leader rejected the demand, making clear that territorial issues remain unresolved as Ukraine and Europe sent a counterproposal to the United States.
  20. The Hollywood Studio Tour Has Become a Lot of Nothing

    Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:42:16 -0000

    It’s hard to make a movie studio tour exciting when movies aren’t made there anymore. “A vibe of tiredness, like the end of something,” one guest said.
  21. 100,000 in Washington State Ordered to Evacuate as Rivers Rise

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 05:25:18 -0000

    Days of heavy rain pushed waterways to record flood levels in a mountainous region north of Seattle. “Do not wait,” local officials warned residents, urging them to seek higher ground.
  22. ‘Storm Highway’ Forecast to Send More Rain to Washington and British Columbia

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:34:39 -0000

    Just as this week’s floodwaters in the Pacific Northwest begin to recede, forecasters warn, another storm will approach the West Coast.
  23. Killer Whales Find an ‘Unlikely Friend’ in Dolphins

    Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:47:23 -0000

    Off the coast of British Columbia, dolphins lead killer whales to salmon and earn their share of lunch, a new study reveals.
  24. America Is Entering Its Third Civil War

    Thu, 11 Dec 2025 22:00:05 -0000

    Trump is not interested in refighting the Cold War. He is, in my view, interested in fighting the civilizational war over what is the American “home.”
  25. Life and Death in India’s Air Apocalypse

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 06:00:07 -0000

    For hundreds of millions of Indians, toxic winter air poisons bodies, constricts lives and wears down spirits.
  26. Reddit Sues Australian Government to Block Social Media Ban

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 07:15:23 -0000

    The company said the new law, which makes it illegal for children under 16 to have social media accounts, infringes on children’s rights.
  27. Man Accused in Charlie Kirk Killing Makes First Court Appearance in Person

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:27:36 -0000

    Tyler Robinson faces murder charges in Utah in the Sept. 10 assassination of Mr. Kirk, the political activist and ally of President Trump.
  28. 6 Injured and 2 Missing in Bay Area Neighborhood Gas Explosion

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 04:10:56 -0000

    A gas line explosion in Hayward, Calif., sent multiple victims to the hospital and led to a fire that burned several houses.
  29. Arkansas Public Television Drops PBS

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 02:36:53 -0000

    The loss of federal funding forced a difficult decision, the executive director of Arkansas TV said: Cut PBS, or go off the air entirely.
  30. The Curse of Trump 2.0

    Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:54:19 -0000

    What does it say that the President doesn’t even feel he needs to hide his most profane and radical views anymore?
  31. Konrad Kay and Mickey Down, the Finance Bros Behind HBO’s “Industry”

    Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    Konrad Kay and Mickey Down failed as financiers—but they’re making a killing by depicting the profession on HBO.
  32. How to Leave the U.S.A.

    Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    In the wake of President Trump’s reëlection, the number of aggrieved Americans seeking a new life abroad appears to be rising. The Netherlands offers one way out.
  33. And Your Little Dog, Too, by David Sedaris

    Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    Two small dogs, both unleashed, rushed toward me, snarling, and one of them bit me on my left leg, just below the knee. It all happened within a second.
  34. Oliver Sacks Put Himself Into His Case Studies. What Was the Cost?

    Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    The scientist was famous for linking healing with storytelling. Sometimes that meant reshaping patients’ reality.
  35. Will Trump Torpedo North American Trade?

    Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    As a crucial negotiating deadline looms, envoys from three countries are scrambling to preserve a continent-wide economy.
  36. Is the Supreme Court Unsure About Birthright Citizenship?

    Mon, 08 Dec 2025 22:24:27 -0000

    Maybe the Justices simply want to reiterate what the Court has already said—or maybe not.
  37. The Trump Administration’s Chaos in the Caribbean

    Sun, 07 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    Pete Hegseth’s conduct is a case study in how the government’s growing sense of heedlessness and unaccountability is shaping disastrous policy.
  38. Mikie Sherrill Intends to Move Fast

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    Sherrill, the governor-elect of New Jersey, argues that if Democrats don’t learn to work at Donald Trump’s pace, “we’re going to get played.”
  39. The Legal Consequences of Pete Hegseth’s “Kill Them All” Order

    Mon, 01 Dec 2025 20:57:57 -0000

    A former military judge on the Trump Administration’s contradictory—and likely unlawful—justifications for its Caribbean bombing campaign.
  40. How M.B.S. Won Back Washington

    Tue, 18 Nov 2025 21:43:55 -0000

    After the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi leader became a pariah. He’s been slowly rehabilitated, and is now being celebrated in the Oval Office.
  41. How the Conflict in Sudan Became a Humanitarian Catastrophe

    Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    After a coup devolved into open warfare, countries across the region have pursued their own policy and commercial interests by backing one side or the other.
  42. What the Democrats’ Good Night Means for 2026 and Beyond

    Wed, 05 Nov 2025 19:05:20 -0000

    The senior elections analyst at RealClearPolitics on what the Party might’ve learned, and how the electorate is changing.
  43. Chris Paul Was Sent Home for Being Himself

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:26:11 -0000

    How the Clippers ruined the Hall of Fame point guard’s final season.
  44. If You Quit Social Media, Will You Read More Books?

    Tue, 09 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    Books are inefficient, and the internet is training us to expect optimized experiences.
  45. What Happens When an “Infinite-Money Machine” Unravels

    Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    After Michael Saylor’s software company Strategy stockpiled hundreds of thousands of bitcoins, he was hailed as an alchemist. Then things went awry.
  46. The Weird Spectacle of the World Cup Draw

    Sun, 07 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    At the event, the matchups seemed beside the point, eclipsed by FIFA’s bizarre Peace Prize ceremony for Donald Trump and other cringey moments.
  47. Building a State of Fear in “Extremist”

    Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    Alexander Molochnikov’s short film reinterprets an act of protest that called attention to the invasion of Ukraine, and led to the imprisonment of Sasha Skochilenko, a young Russian artist, in 2023.
  48. War Is Peace, the Dozing Don Edition

    Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:37:11 -0000

    The outcry grows over Trump’s undeclared war in the Caribbean.
  49. What America Can Learn from Its Largest Wildfire of the Year

    Wed, 03 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    When Dragon Bravo ignited, in Grand Canyon National Park, officials decided to let it burn. Then the fire spread out of control.
  50. The Dishonorable Strikes on Venezuelan Boats

    Tue, 02 Dec 2025 01:08:32 -0000

    New reporting suggests that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated multiple rules of war.
  51. What Can Economists Agree on These Days?

    Mon, 01 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    A new book, “The London Consensus,” offers a framework for rethinking economic policy in a fractured age of inequality, populism, and political crisis.
  52. The Undermining of the C.D.C.

    Sun, 30 Nov 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    The Department of Health and Human Services maintains that it is hewing to “gold standard, evidence-based science”—doublespeak that might unsettle Orwell.
  53. What are Putin’s Ultimate Demands for Peace in Ukraine?

    Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    The Trump Administration has claimed that it’s nearing a deal to end the war, but, for now, the conflict’s essential impasse still holds: Moscow won’t accept what Kyiv can stomach.
  54. Ukrainian Men Approaching Military Age Are Fleeing in Droves

    Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:53:52 -0000

    A new policy has led to an exodus of male citizens. Will they return if the war ends?