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  1. Vanilla Ice Is In, Bret Michaels Is Out: Trump’s Battle for Celebrity Validation

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:50:39 -0000

    President Trump has pursued fame his entire adult life. Now in his second term in the White House, he is finding how little power he has to force cultural figures to fall in line.
  2. New Research Suggests a Possible Path to Prevent Lung Cancer

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:02:22 -0000

    Also, senators clashed over Trump’s payout fund. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
  3. Several Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall ‘Unsettling’ Behavior

    Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:35:57 -0000

    The Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine could be charming, women said in interviews, but some found his actions intimidating and disturbing.
  4. Platner Denies Hurting Ex-Girlfriend and Says He Will Not Quit Senate Race

    Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:33:27 -0000

    In an interview after The Times reported on his treatment of women he had dated, Graham Platner acknowledged “not exactly acting with the best behavior” after his military service.
  5. In a First, Scientists Precisely Edit Human Embryo Genes

    Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:53:31 -0000

    Researchers relied on a newer gene-editing technique that may make it possible to engineer embryos, a prospect that has long alarmed bioethicists.
  6. Early Research Suggests a Path to Predict and Prevent Lung Cancer

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:21:45 -0000

    Scientists have identified proteins that could signal increased lung cancer risk, as well as a drug that could reduce the odds of a tumor developing.
  7. Nick Bilton, New ‘60 Minutes’ Chief, Pledges Independence

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:45:09 -0000

    Nick Bilton said he had consulted with the program’s remaining correspondents: Lesley Stahl, Jon Wertheim and Bill Whitaker. All three were deliberating whether to stay with the show, two people said.
  8. As Trump Toughens Rules on Cuba’s Economy, Hotel Chains Withdraw

    Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:05:27 -0000

    The Trump administration’s efforts to tighten the economic noose on Cuba appear to be working, as more international firms announced they would leave the island.
  9. Zelensky Mixes Taunts and Peace Talks Offer in Letter to Putin

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:34:45 -0000

    “After 26 years in power, age is beginning to take its toll,” President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine wrote of his Russian counterpart, bragging of a recent strike on St. Petersburg.
  10. House Passes Ukraine Aid in Defiance of Republican Leaders

    Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:14:15 -0000

    Eighteen G.O.P. lawmakers broke with their party and joined Democrats to deliver yet another blow to the president’s foreign policy agenda.
  11. Planning Commission Votes to Advance Trump’s Arch Project

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:46:12 -0000

    The National Capital Planning Commission received nearly 1,700 comments about President Trump’s plans to build a 250-foot arch in the nation’s capital. Almost all opposed the idea.
  12. Trump Plans to Create a Promenade at the Lincoln Memorial

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:33:07 -0000

    The president announced a new project that would connect the memorial to the Potomac River. He isn’t sure if he wants it to be named after himself.
  13. How We Are Illustrating Trump’s Plans to Remake Washington

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:38:35 -0000

    With the East Wing turned to rubble, our Graphics staff set out to show what exactly the president planned to build there and elsewhere.
  14. What to Know About California’s Top Election Races

    Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:06:10 -0000

    The Republicans Steve Hilton, who is running for governor, and Spencer Pratt, running for Los Angeles mayor, have shown early strength, but that could fade as more ballots are counted.
  15. Trump’s Fraud Claims in California Could Undermine Confidence in November Result

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:37:59 -0000

    The president is claiming without evidence that the lengthy counting process in California, which could help determine control of Congress, means Democrats are stealing the election.
  16. Why Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Has to Fight for Her Job

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:08:06 -0000

    Ms. Bass, a Democrat, has had a roller-coaster first term. She now faces the first runoff since 2005 for an incumbent mayor in the city.
  17. Latest Israel-Lebanon Cease-Fire Shows Little Sign of Taking Hold

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:41:33 -0000

    The U.S.-brokered deal depends on Hezbollah halting its attacks first. But the leader of the Iran-backed group rejected those terms, and Israel said that its offensive would continue.
  18. Ultra-Orthodox Riot Shocks Israelis In Latest Protest At Military Draft

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:18:28 -0000

    Israel’s Haredim have escalated their protests against military service in recent weeks, underscoring growing divisions ahead of national elections.
  19. What To Know as China’s Xi Jinping Heads to North Korea

    Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:47:06 -0000

    As Xi Jinping visits Pyongyang, he faces an emboldened North Korean dictator, whose alliance with Russia has reduced his dependence on China.
  20. How LinkedIn Found Its Social Platform Era

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:23:05 -0000

    Celebrities and paid influencers have transformed the career-focused platform, which for some users, has become a job unto itself.
  21. Wall Street Is Going Gaga for SpaceX

    Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:30:28 -0000

    Jamie Dimon himself is planning to pitch investors on the offering of Elon Musk’s rocket company, as banks prepare to reap huge fees from the largest I.P.O. ever.
  22. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Charlie Parker

    Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:50:47 -0000

    Bird helped usher in bebop and transformed the alto saxophone into an instrument of startling possibility. Here’s an 11-song primer on his enduring legacy.
  23. The Fluffernutter Theory of Trump

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:56:11 -0000

    Mindless optimism is the only antidote to rational despair.
  24. Melinda French Gates: Women, We Deserve Better Than This

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:10:09 -0000

    Too many women walk out of their doctors’ office with no diagnosis, no treatment and no plan.
  25. Pilot Was Warned Jet Was Too Low Before It Clipped a Light Pole

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:42:53 -0000

    The pilot heard a “thump” while landing in Newark, according to a newly released report. The light pole crashed onto a truck.
  26. The Iran War and the End of the “Middle East”

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:45:30 -0000

    Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are reshaping the region—just not as they imagined.
  27. The World Cup According to Gianni Infantino

    Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    FIFA’s powerful president is remaking global soccer in his own image. Can the sport survive him?
  28. The Paperboy’s Secret

    Sun, 31 May 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In boyhood, guilt was a constant companion. I stopped mentioning the quarters that Mr. Wood put into my pocket.
  29. How “The Chosen” Spurred a Golden Age of Christian Filmmaking

    Mon, 25 May 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Dallas Jenkins’s show—a prestige drama about Jesus’ life that became the biggest crowdfunded television project in history—has come to model the sort of bottom-up, fandom-first entertainment that is quietly reshaping the industry.
  30. Our Warming Planet Is a Petri Dish for New and Deadly Microbes

    Mon, 25 May 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    “Flesh-eating” bacteria is spreading. Infectious fungi are emerging. Microbiomes may never be the same. Are we ready?
  31. Peru’s Politics Are a Disaster, but Does It Matter?

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A runoff election, on June 7th, will decide which of two candidates—down from thirty-six, in the first round of voting—becomes the next Peruvian President. The economy may not notice.
  32. How Pakistan Is Using the Iran War to Reinvent Itself

    Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:17:37 -0000

    The country’s emergence as an unlikely mediator between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic illustrates how diplomacy has become more personal and transactional under President Donald Trump.
  33. The Strange Emptiness of the Crowded Governor’s Race in California

    Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The state’s ballot is nineteen inches long, and lists sixty-one gubernatorial candidates. But where are the star applicants?
  34. The Knicks: The Only Game in Town

    Sat, 30 May 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Knicks have made the N.B.A. Finals again and, as another home team instructs the city, “Ya gotta believe.”
  35. Why Any Plausible Iran Deal Is a Humiliation for Trump

    Mon, 25 May 2026 15:48:35 -0000

    Even as the U.S. claims to be nearing an agreement to end the conflict, Tehran’s ability to close the Strait of Hormuz and hold the global economy hostage has reinforced the power of regime hard-liners.
  36. The Leader of NASA’s Artemis II Mission Is Still Moonstruck

    Sun, 24 May 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The astronaut Reid Wiseman talks about going deeper into space than anyone in history, eating maple cookies in microgravity, and deciding how to spend his first day off after returning to Earth.
  37. The Gaza Peace Plan Has Gone Nowhere

    Tue, 19 May 2026 16:11:45 -0000

    More than six months after the U.S.-negotiated ceasefire, Israel still controls more than half the territory in Gaza, and Hamas refuses to disarm.
  38. What the Gerrymandering Wars Mean for the Midterms—and 2028

    Fri, 15 May 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Nate Cohn, the New York Times’ chief political analyst, on whether the Democrats can match the G.O.P. in the fight over redistricting.
  39. The Knicks Steal Game 1 from the Spurs: A Post-Game Conversation

    Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:45:12 -0000

    On Jalen Brunson’s heroics, Victor Wembanyama’s struggles, and how the Knicks managed to come back in the second half to defeat the Spurs.
  40. Can A.I. Produce Writing That We Actually Want to Read?

    Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    I recently created a simple test, which convinced me that the answer is no.
  41. This Is What Trumpian Self-Dealing Looks Like

    Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The power struggle over regulating crypto and prediction markets offers a window into how the President enriches his family and his wealthy supporters.
  42. Victor Wembanyama Towers Over the Thunder, and the Game of Basketball

    Sun, 31 May 2026 18:59:58 -0000

    San Antonio’s Game Seven victory against Oklahoma City announced the arrival of the N.B.A.’s most remarkable new superstar in years.
  43. Iowa Primary-Election Results: Trump-Backed Candidate Loses in the Race for Governor

    Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:28:42 -0000

    Zach Lahn defeated Randy Feenstra in the G.O.P. gubernatorial contest; Josh Turek and Ashley Hinson will face off in the race to replace the Republican senator Joni Ernst.
  44. California Primary-Election Map: Live Results

    Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Tight races in jungle primaries for governor and mayor of Los Angeles feature well-known Democrats, such as Xavier Becerra, Tom Steyer, and Karen Bass.
  45. Introducing Catalogues, a New Game for People Who Love Lists

    Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Every day, order a set of items based on a hidden theme.
  46. Inside Lebanon’s Fraught Push to Disarm Hezbollah

    Fri, 29 May 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Can one of the world’s most heavily armed militias be curbed without ripping the country apart?
  47. Donald Trump Gets Even

    Fri, 29 May 2026 03:19:32 -0000

    What the “Anti-Weaponization” fund might mean for the President’s most ardent supporters—and why, for some, it might still fall short.
  48. Taking Children from Their Parents Without a Court Order

    Thu, 28 May 2026 18:40:02 -0000

    A class-action lawsuit is challenging the emergency-removal practices of New York’s Administration for Children’s Services.
  49. What the Pope Said About A.I.

    Wed, 27 May 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Leo XIV’s new encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” presents a remarkable case for placing moral concerns, and not profit, or competitive advantage, or efficiency, at the center of any discussion of artificial intelligence.
  50. Ken Paxton Wins the Senate Republican Primary Runoff in Texas

    Wed, 27 May 2026 01:30:20 -0000

    The state attorney general, endorsed by Donald Trump, defeated the incumbent John Cornyn, and will face off against the Democrat James Talarico, in November.