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  1. Russia Releases American Stephen Hubbard From Prison, State Media Reports

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:23:44 -0000

    The move buys good will with President Trump while costing the President Vladimir V. Putin — who is wanted for war crimes — little.
  2. Who Is Stephen James Hubbard, the American Released From Russian Jail?

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:10:44 -0000

    Mr. Hubbard, a 74-year-old teacher, was held for more than four years on what the State Department called fabricated charges.
  3. A Billionaire Wanted a Trump Pardon. His Family Gave Alina Habba a $50 Million Deal.

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:04:31 -0000

    Julio Herrera Velutini, a prominent Venezuelan, was seeking clemency. He got it not long after his daughter gave Ms. Habba, a lawyer close to President Trump, an extraordinarily lucrative job.
  4. Trump Approval Hits New Low Two Weeks Before Midterms, Poll Finds

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:03:22 -0000

    Likely voters favored Democratic candidates over Republicans by 11 percentage points in their congressional district, a New York Times/Siena poll found.
  5. Democrats Have a Wide Lead in Our New Poll as Trump Slides

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:36:35 -0000

    The map favors Republicans, but cracks in their base are leaving them vulnerable in defending House and Senate control.
  6. Death Toll From Venezuela Quakes Likely Far Exceeds Official Count

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:00:24 -0000

    A Times analysis and U.S. Geological Survey data indicate that the official 6,509 death toll is probably a severe undercount.
  7. Inside the World of ‘Dark Nutrition’

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:26:52 -0000

    More Americans are rejecting everything they’ve been taught about food.
  8. Macron Says Trump Does Not Like France and Distorts Its Troubles

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:26:39 -0000

    Speaking in Qatar, President Emmanuel Macron railed against foreign leaders who he said had made false claims about unrest in France for their own political ends.
  9. In France, Raging Against the Luxury Machine

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:55:16 -0000

    The looting of stores belonging to brands like Dior, Celine and Hermès has exposed a crack in the glossy facade.
  10. Cardi B Is Using Her Music, Her Business and Her Politics to Express Herself

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 11:05:04 -0000

    A shape-shifter with talent and personality to spare, the rapper keeps finding new ways to express herself.
  11. Palestinians Hope Israeli Election Will Oust Netanyahu

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:10:32 -0000

    Many in Gaza and the West Bank are desperate to avoid more years of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government, which has made life close to unbearable.
  12. Brad Lander Is Detained by Israeli Military in West Bank During Volunteer Trip

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:15:19 -0000

    Mr. Lander, a Democratic congressional nominee from New York, had been helping Palestinian farmers. He said he was released after about three hours, but that other volunteers were still in custody.
  13. China’s Free A.I. Models Are Thrown Into Uncertainty

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:43:43 -0000

    Draft rules on the export of artificial intelligence technology show how China is trying to balance national security risks with its desire to outpace the United States.
  14. A.I. Election Videos Are Flooding Brazil. Could They Sway the Vote?

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:42:11 -0000

    Brazil spent years targeting electoral lies on the internet. Now, artificial intelligence is stumping the election authorities and reshaping a high-stakes race.
  15. How The New York Times Reports on A.I. Images

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:21:54 -0000

    A Times reporter and editors discuss the challenges of sifting through what’s real and what’s not in pursuit of the news.
  16. Is Rabies Making a Comeback?

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:00:07 -0000

    As several states report surges in animal cases, federal officials are warning about an apparent increase in human exposures.
  17. How to Lower Your Alzheimer’s Risk if You Have the APOE4 Gene Variant

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:01:49 -0000

    People with the APOE4 gene variant have more to lose from unhealthy habits — and potentially more to gain from healthy ones.
  18. In Six Decades of Public Life, I Never Thought I Would Write This Piece

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:02:15 -0000

    Trump’s meddling would have dark consequences for our democracy and our prosperity.
  19. A Mother Searches for Her Son, One Graffiti Tag at a Time

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:25:32 -0000

    On cement walls and through dusty windows, a mother reaches out to her child.
  20. Idaho Falls

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:58:01 -0000

    We look at women’s health care in the state.
  21. Elon Musk Says SpaceX and Tesla Are Exploring a Merger

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:39:11 -0000

    A deal would consolidate Elon Musk’s holdings in rockets, cars and artificial intelligence into a company worth well over $3 trillion.
  22. “An Unprecedented Case of Child Abuse”

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In an L.A. criminal court, new details emerge about the mysterious couple who collected more than twenty babies through surrogacy.
  23. The Danger of Getting Too Close to a Source

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Richard Darman was my source in the Reagan and Bush Administrations—and my best friend.
  24. The New Age of Reading

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Alarm about declining interest in books is perpetual. But, as bookselling reaches unexpected heights, James Daunt, the chief executive of Barnes & Noble, thinks a different future is at hand.
  25. Computer Chips Are the Most Magnificent Things Humanity Has Ever Made

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    They power our phones, cars, dishwashers—and the A.I. systems that prop up the economy. They’re also at the heart of fierce geopolitical rivalry.
  26. How the D.S.A. Learned to Love Elections

    Sun, 18 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Members of the Democratic Socialists of America believe deeply in the possibility of a class revolution. Meanwhile, they’re running for office—and winning.
  27. How Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Gave Florida Democrats a Chance

    Sat, 17 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A competitive House race in Miami, which leads all American cities in ICE arrests, has revealed how mass deportations have eroded the President’s support among Latinos.
  28. Anthony Scaramucci Says the Universe Did Katie Zacharia a Favor

    Sat, 17 Oct 2026 01:00:22 -0000

    The former White House communications director reflects on his record for occupational brevity being broken.
  29. Facing the Death Penalty

    Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The cases of Christa Pike and Nidal Hasan show how vanishingly fine the line is between a routine execution and an unbearable one.
  30. Kimberly Who?

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:27:00 -0000

    In this Administration, former Ambassador Guilfoyle is the rare Trump associate to face consequences for misdeeds.
  31. Behind the Settler Attack on Palestinians and a Washington Post Journalist

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:18:47 -0000

    Jasper Nathaniel, an independent journalist who filmed the attack, describes the significant increase in West Bank violence on the eve of the Israeli election.
  32. Is This the Beginning of the End of Indian Democracy?

    Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:38:26 -0000

    The Modi government has removed more than a hundred million people from voter rolls and is cracking down on a vigorous protest movement.
  33. Why the War in Iran Is Likely to Heat Up Again

    Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:16:05 -0000

    Oil exports in the Gulf have rebounded as the U.S. escorts ships through the Strait of Hormuz. But the obstacles to a lasting peace are greater than ever.
  34. What Life Is Actually Like in Gaza Today

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Nearly a year after the ceasefire, the analyst Jaser AbuMousa explains the impediments to rebuilding, and the devastation of his own family.
  35. Trump’s October Surprise Is a Pivot to Putin

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:45:50 -0000

    No one thinks Russian diesel can save the Republicans, so why is the President doing it?
  36. What Is the Jameis Winston Experience, Really?

    Sun, 11 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The New York Giants quarterback has spent more than a decade wowing crowds with his daring and charisma—when he isn’t baffling them.
  37. The Dumocrats Are Coming for Trump, and All He Can Do Is Call Them Names

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:05:07 -0000

    A report from the President’s campaign tour through the formerly safe precincts of red America.
  38. The Soccer Club Fighting Against the Premium Experience

    Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As the global game gets entwined with global capital, some fans are finding relief in the ninth tier of English football.
  39. Lula’s Last Dance

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Brazil’s once towering leftist leader may soon be swept away by Latin America’s right-wing tide.
  40. Has MAGA Lost Faith in Donald Trump?

    Fri, 16 Oct 2026 18:00:11 -0000

    Rich Baris, a pollster supportive of the MAGA “big tent,” talks about how the President lost control of his movement, and why that spells disaster for Republicans.
  41. The Death of a Young Haitian’s American Dream

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Pierre Damas Bel was a twenty-year-old college student planning for his future. His family says that ICE monitoring made him lose hope.
  42. The Doxing of Jane Doe

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:06:43 -0000

    The alleged perpetrators in the “Cornell Seven” case were doxed. But so was the victim. And the person who doxed her. And people with no connection to the case at all.
  43. What a Public Execution Looks Like

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Dexter Filkins on Pete Hegseth’s planned public execution of Nidal Hasan and his memory of a public execution by the Taliban in Kabul.
  44. Marco Rubio’s Wild, Wild West

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In Greece, the Secretary of State cast the West as a civilization defined by its warriors and conquerors, not by its democracies.
  45. An Unlikely Taylor Swift Fan Gets Out of Prison, in “Daylight”

    Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Joe Garcia, who wrote about finding Swift’s music after a murder conviction, searches for redemption in a new short film by Jon Kasbe.
  46. Pity the Poor Passport

    Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Americans’ most valued official document is the latest national treasure to get a Trump makeover.