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  1. Congress Leaves DC as DHS Shuts Down

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:06:59 -0000

    Despite a deadlock over funding for the agency, lawmakers left town and left Democratic and White House negotiators to try to work out a deal in their absence.
  2. Beyond the Big Cities, ICE Is Rattling Small-Town and Exurban America

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:01:09 -0000

    Far from the national spotlight, towns like Cornelius, Ore., and Coon Rapids, Minn., are dealing with President Trump’s expanding mass deportation effort, and the effects can be acute.
  3. ICE Is Detaining Hundreds of Children

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:04:16 -0000

    The number of children in immigration detention has spiked since last year. Families describe poor conditions and little education.
  4. U.S. Inflation Eased at Start of the Year

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:19:03 -0000

    The Consumer Price Index fell in January to 2.4 percent from 2.7 percent a month
  5. The Hidden Number Driving U.S. Job Growth

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:55:40 -0000

    After a year of just 181,000 new jobs, January’s 131,000 increase in the U.S. workforce was surprisingly positive. Ben Casselman, The New York Times’ chief economic correspondent, explains the numbers.
  6. Bessent Pushes Senate on Fed Confirmation Amid Backlash Over Criminal Inquiry

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:34:23 -0000

    President Trump’s effort to get Kevin M. Warsh confirmed as the next Federal Reserve chair has been complicated by a criminal investigation into Jerome H. Powell.
  7. The Epstein Files and the Hidden World of an Unaccountable Elite

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:48:48 -0000

    The search continues in the documents for ironclad criminal conduct, but the story of a sexual predator given a free ride by the ruling class has already emerged.
  8. Conspiracy Theories Only Flourish With More Epstein Evidence

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:02:43 -0000

    The dump of millions of documents has fueled a new wave of speculation, A.I.-generated hoaxes and foreign disinformation.
  9. Amid Fallout From Epstein Files, Dubai’s DP World Boss Is Replaced

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:08:45 -0000

    Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem was credited with turning the state-backed DP World into a global logistics powerhouse. He was recently identified in correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein.
  10. Venezuela’s Natural Gas, Not Oil, Might Be a Big Early Prize

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:11:14 -0000

    The South American country has natural gas that could be extracted and exported quickly, but U.S. sanctions, which are now being eased, have stymied development.
  11. As Diplomats Talk, Pentagon Prepares for Possible War With Iran

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:15:58 -0000

    President Trump threatened to strike Iran, but the military has needed time to build up its forces in the region.
  12. Iran Turns to Digital Surveillance Tools to Track Down Protesters

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:00:38 -0000

    As Iranian authorities restore some online services after crushing antigovernment demonstrations, they are using a technological dragnet to target attendees of the protests.
  13. Looks Aren’t Everything? Clavicular Begs to Differ.

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:11:35 -0000

    Braden Peters, known as Clavicular, has emerged as a beacon for a group of narcissistic, status-obsessed young men. He wants to take his fixation with “looksmaxxing” mainstream.
  14. Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:03:01 -0000

    In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature’s release.
  15. What It Means to Be a White ‘Race Traitor’

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:20:41 -0000

    From Schwerner and Goodman to Good and Pretti, white people putting themselves in harm’s way has helped galvanize Americans for justice.
  16. Ukraine Says U.S. Is Increasing Pressure for a Deal as the Midterms Loom

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:46:06 -0000

    It is unclear what the Trump administration is prepared to do if it does not get the concessions it wants from Kyiv on issues like territory and elections.
  17. These Ukrainian Drones Don’t Just Kill. They Deliver Oatmeal Cookies.

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:00:37 -0000

    In a war where drones are synonymous with destruction, some are also used to drop care packages to Ukraine’s frontline soldiers.
  18. Indian Man Pleads Guilty to Orchestrating Failed Assassination Plot

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:41:36 -0000

    Nikhil Gupta was accused of plotting to murder an American citizen. Prosecutors have argued it mirrors similar efforts against Sikhs, including the killing of one in Canada.
  19. Amtrak’s Largest Train Revamp in 55 Years Is Coming Soon

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:02:23 -0000

    Step inside the sprawling factory in California where the largest fleet replacement in Amtrak’s 55-year history is coming together piece by piece.
  20. Canada School Shooter’s Online Life Showed Interest in Violent Extremism

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 02:26:29 -0000

    The suspect in the British Columbia shooting had long been posting about mental health problems, substance abuse and a fascination with weapons and online violence.
  21. What We Know About the Victims of the Tumbler Ridge Mass Shooting in Canada

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 04:23:12 -0000

    The attack at a secondary school and a private residence in the small, remote community in British Columbia has left families stunned and grief-stricken.
  22. How ‘The Traitors’ Builds Its Perfect Reality TV Cast

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:03:36 -0000

    The casting executives behind the Emmy-winning reality competition reveal how they create a mad mix of modern celebrity.
  23. Something Surprising Happens When Bus Rides Are Free

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:46:20 -0000

    It starts at the curb. It extends far beyond that.
  24. We’re All in a Throuple With A.I.

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:31:05 -0000

    What happens when the people building a new technology don’t want to use it?
  25. At the Winter Olympics

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:55:14 -0000

    We look at what life is like on the ground in Milan and Cortina.
  26. NJ Transit Could Be Disrupted During Portal North Bridge Construction

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:00:13 -0000

    Construction on the new Portal North Bridge is expected to disrupt commutes into Manhattan on NJ Transit, PATH and Amtrak trains beginning on Sunday.
  27. San Francisco Teachers End Strike After 4 Days

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:38:49 -0000

    Public schools are expected to reopen on Wednesday for 50,000 students in the city. Teachers demanded higher wages and health care benefits.
  28. Tarique Rahman Is Elected Bangladesh’s New Leader

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:05:14 -0000

    Tarique Rahman, the scion of a political dynasty, returned to sweep his party into government with a promise of change. Some have doubts.
  29. Gifted and Talented in Mamdani’s New York

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:59:37 -0000

    Four mayors in a row have inflamed the debate over gifted-and-talented programs. Why does G. & T. stir such strong emotions?
  30. Can Ozempic Cure Addiction?

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    GLP-1 drugs, which have helped some people curb drug and alcohol use, may unlock a pathway to moderation.
  31. The Babies Kept in a Mysterious Los Angeles Mansion

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    A wealthy couple obtained dozens of children through surrogates. Did they want a family, or something else?
  32. What Is Claude? Anthropic Doesn’t Know, Either

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Researchers at the company are trying to understand their A.I. system’s mind—examining its neurons, running it through psychology experiments, and putting it on the therapy couch.
  33. The Landscape Artist Andy Goldsworthy Contemplates His Own Natural Decay

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    In rural Scotland, Andy Goldsworthy, the sculptor famed for his use of natural materials, contemplates his own decay.
  34. Pam Bondi’s Contempt for Congress

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:28:38 -0000

    The Attorney General treats oversight like roller derby.
  35. Even the Hospitals Aren’t Safe in Iran

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    As the regime imposes a forced forgetting of the massacres in January, it has begun targeting not only wounded protesters but medical workers, who have borne witness to some of the worst atrocities.
  36. Is There a Remedy for Presidential Profiteering?

    Sun, 08 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Until now, Trump always seemed unembarrassed to crow about his side hustles. But, if the Emirati payment was kept secret, what else might be?
  37. The Pope’s Man Arrives in New York

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:47:59 -0000

    In appointing Ronald Hicks to the most prominent post in the U.S. Church, is Leo XIV assembling his own Team U.S.A.?
  38. Xi Jinping’s Purge and What Trump’s Foreign Policy Means for China

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The machinations behind his recent military purge, and whether China sees an opportunity in Donald Trump’s aggression toward Europe.
  39. The Woman Behind Japan’s Rightward Shift

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:22:11 -0000

    How Sanae Takaichi, the country’s first female Prime Minister, won big in last weekend’s election.
  40. Is ICE Leading Us Into a Constitutional Crisis?

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:48:28 -0000

    A look at the agency’s astonishing record of defying court orders, and what the judiciary might do to respond.
  41. Do Federal Officials Really Have “Absolute Immunity”?

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 23:03:11 -0000

    After killings by ICE and Border Patrol in Minneapolis, a legal expert discusses how agents might be held to account by local authorities.
  42. “McMindfulness” and the Fate of Spirituality Under Capitalism

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

    Thich Nhat Hanh saw mindfulness as a way to understand the “interbeing” between all forms of life, but its social dimension has been largely forgotten.
  43. Jeffrey Epstein’s Bonfire of the Élites

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    His correspondence illuminates a rarefied world in which money can seemingly buy—or buy off—virtually anything, and ethical qualms are for the weak-minded.
  44. How Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin Have Defined Greatness

    Sun, 08 Feb 2026 13:17:47 -0000

    The two skiers have each had claims to be the best ever in their sport. But they have chased that ideal in very different ways.
  45. A Theology of Immigration

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:43:51 -0000

    “None of us have a permanent residence here in this world,” the Reverend Dan Groody says.
  46. “If We Don’t Have Free Speech, Then We Just Don’t Have a Free Country”

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 23:57:31 -0000

    Donald Trump’s attempt to criminalize political expression is crossing a line that’s held since 1798.
  47. Ben Shapiro Is Waging Battle Inside the MAGA Movement

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The conservative commentator on the antisemitism in MAGA media and why he condemns President Trump as corrupt yet sticks with him.
  48. A Bridge to Venezuela

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The Colombian border city of Cúcuta braces for more turmoil.
  49. Dan Bongino’s Podcast Homecoming

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The short-lived No. 2 at the F.B.I. returns to the MAGA mediaverse he helped create. What’s changed?
  50. Donald Trump Already Knows the 2026 Election Is “Rigged”

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:08:13 -0000

    The question is not if he will undermine confidence in the midterms but how.
  51. The People Who Will Actually Make Universal Child Care Happen

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Zohran Mamdani delivered a political victory—but making his plans a reality will require the help of a workforce that’s already struggling.
  52. The Assault on Ukraine’s Power Grid

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    How Russia has weaponized the most frigid winter in more than a decade.
  53. How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:43:46 -0000

    The Amazon founder bought the paper to save it. Instead, with a mass layoff, he’s forced it into severe decline.