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  1. 8 Takeaways from Tuesday’s Primaries

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 06:17:55 -0000

    A Democratic primary for governor in Wisconsin remained neck and neck early Wednesday, leaving a national battle between progressive and moderate wings largely unsettled.
  2. Peggy Flanagan, a Progressive, Wins the Democratic Senate Primary in Minnesota

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 05:17:21 -0000

    The victory by Minnesota’s lieutenant governor was the latest for the left-wing movement in the Midwest. She could become the first Native woman in the Senate.
  3. Lisa Demuth Wins Republican Primary for Governor of Minnesota

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 03:32:23 -0000

    Lisa Demuth beat Mike Lindell, the MyPillow founder who was endorsed by President Trump.
  4. With Trump Secretly Evacuated, Imperiled Air Force One Became a Flying Decoy

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 03:50:46 -0000

    In response to a threat against the jet last month, the president was clandestinely removed in a catering container. But the plane was sent into the skies anyway with government employees and reporters onboard.
  5. See How Trump’s Secret Air Force One Swap Unfolded

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 02:51:56 -0000

    The extraordinary subterfuge was aimed at protecting an American president who has been in Iran’s cross hairs for years.
  6. Iran Said to Have Known Details of Trump’s Stay at NATO Summit

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 02:09:20 -0000

    The United States picked up multiple streams of information, including one potential threat that involved a shoulder-fired missile.
  7. How Iran Adapted Its Attacks as U.S. War Munitions Dwindled

    Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:24:46 -0000

    The Iranian strikes that killed three U.S. soldiers in Jordan show how quickly Iran’s war-fighting skills have evolved, as the Pentagon runs low on interceptors.
  8. How Nigel Farage Ended Up Running Against Count Binface in Clacton

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 07:09:06 -0000

    Nigel Farage forced a new election in his parliamentary seat after coming under pressure over his finances. His main challenger is Count Binface, a novelty candidate.
  9. In Europe, the Total Solar Eclipse Is Hours Away

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 04:01:12 -0000

    Sky watchers have flocked to places, from Iceland to Spain, where the moon will completely block the sun.
  10. David Ellison Floats Hollywood Exit as States Threaten His Warner Bros. Deal

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:33:00 -0000

    Mr. Ellison told Paramount executives that he was considering pulling the company out of California amid a lawsuit brought by state attorneys general.
  11. It Started as a Hot Tub Harbor Cruise. It Became a Rescue Mission.

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 01:33:09 -0000

    The captain of a party boat gave the fullest account of the rescue of 12 passengers near Liberty Island. A mother and daughter died and the incident is now part of a federal investigation.
  12. Ocasio-Cortez Opened Up About Freezing Her Eggs. She Got Women Talking.

    Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:22:49 -0000

    Many women say being open about the fertility treatment is a form of empowerment. But critics say all the talk can be misleading.
  13. How a Staten Island Lawsuit Is Challenging Mamdani’s Second-Home Tax

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:25:38 -0000

    New York officials were already hurrying to roll out the tax. A lawsuit by homeowners, which persuaded a judge to issue a temporary pause, has made the process thornier.
  14. Mamdani to Abandon Plan to Replace Elizabeth Street Garden With Housing

    Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:56:19 -0000

    After more than a decade, the fight over an effort to build affordable housing on the site of a community garden in Manhattan is winding down.
  15. A Timeline of the Fight Over the Elizabeth Street Garden in Manhattan

    Tue, 11 Aug 2026 23:36:52 -0000

    The yearslong battle has pitted community members in favor of preserving the garden against politicians, housing advocates and developers who say the space should be used to build affordable homes.
  16. University of Michigan Will Ease Up on Grades for Student Mental Health

    Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:37:47 -0000

    The university will make first-semester grades pass or fail, to encourage students to try different classes and lessen fears of what a low grade could mean.
  17. As Death Toll From Colombia Earthquake Rises to at Least 181, Rescuers Hunt for Survivors

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:44:28 -0000

    “We heard them screaming,” said one rescuer in Cali, where emergency workers and volunteers are racing against time to find the living trapped in the rubble.
  18. What We Know About the Earthquake in Colombia

    Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:05:14 -0000

    The 7.4-magnitude quake, which killed more than 100 people and damaged hundreds of buildings, was the strongest recorded in Colombia in a decade.
  19. El-Sayed’s Winning Path in Michigan

    Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:17:00 -0000

    A swing-state Democratic Senate nominee needs to keep saying this: Jews have a right to a Jewish homeland.
  20. Can Nebraska’s Definitely-Not-a-Democrat Candidate Crack the G.O.P. Hold on Red America?

    Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:28:34 -0000

    The Democratic brand is just too toxic in large swaths of the country.
  21. Jimmy Fallon Recreates Trump’s Catering Container Escape

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 06:26:23 -0000

    “Everyone was, like, ‘Well, at least he has one exit plan,’” the “Tonight Show” host said.
  22. Powerful ‘Derecho’ Storms Tear Through Midwest

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 02:15:40 -0000

    Strong storms covered hundreds of miles and brought winds nearing 100 miles per hour.
  23. An Israeli Satirist’s Bid to Save His Country’s Democracy

    Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:25:35 -0000

    Lior Schleien used to host hit TV shows. Now he posts videos of discussions with young people, the majority of whom currently tend right, which garner millions of views.
  24. The Doulas Who Help Us Die

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

    In an aging America, thousands of people have adopted a new vocation: supporting others as they confront the end of life.
  25. Are You a Human?

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

    From branding irons to iris scans, the ancient business of proving who you are has never been stranger—or more lucrative.
  26. Inside Russia’s New Gulag

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

    Human-rights groups estimate that more than ten thousand Ukrainian civilians have disappeared into the Russian prison system. This is the story of one cell.
  27. The Delusions of John Roberts

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

    The Chief Justice insists that his Supreme Court isn’t biased even as it keeps making dramatic leaps rightward.
  28. The Great Delegalization

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

    More than a million immigrants are seeing protections that granted them safe lives in the U.S. suddenly swept away.
  29. A.I. Is Now a Major Election Issue

    Sun, 09 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan’s newly elected Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, put it, “People really effing hate data centers.”
  30. The Senate’s Shameful Acquiescence to Todd Blanche as Attorney General

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

    A number of Republicans resisted his confirmation, but enough ultimately accepted the notion that Trump could do even worse.
  31. Are Psychedelics Right-Wing Now?

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    How the conservative activist Bryan Hubbard, with help from Rick Perry and Joe Rogan, persuaded Trump and the G.O.P. to embrace ibogaine, a psychedelic drug derived from an African shrub.
  32. 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.
  33. 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.”
  34. 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.
  35. 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.
  36. If A.I. Takes the Jobs of Young People, How Will They React?

    Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Democratic electorate is already moving left, but that may be nothing compared with what happens when unemployment really starts to rise.
  37. What Does the Humbling of Leopold Aschenbrenner Mean for the A.I. Bubble?

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

    The troubles of a twenty-four-year-old hedge-fund manager highlight some larger questions about the tech-driven stock boom.
  38. Did the Dodgers Ruin Baseball?

    Sun, 09 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Already the title favorites, Los Angeles acquired the league’s best pitcher at the trade deadline—and may have insured a lockout after the season.
  39. 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.
  40. Wisconsin Primary-Election Map: Live Results

    Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist, is the presumptive front-runner in the Democratic gubernatorial primary.
  41. Minnesota Primary Map

    Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Democratic race for the Senate nomination offers another contest between the Party’s establishment and progressive wings.
  42. South Carolina Primary-Election Map: Live Results

    Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A special election to replace Senator Lindsey Graham, who passed away in July.
  43. How Socialist Is the D.S.A.? Megan Romer Explains

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:58:53 -0000

    Romer, a co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, defends some of the D.S.A.’s controversial positions: “I think people like us being rather bold. . . . People want a fighter.”
  44. Can Extreme Morning Sickness Be Cured?

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    For decades, the condition was thought to be psychological, and women were shamed for their illness. Now a scientist has found a biological cause.
  45. 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.
  46. 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.
  47. 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.