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  1. Treasury Turns to Interventionist Tactics to Lower Interest Rates

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:07:14 -0000

    Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is reinventing the government’s role in the world’s most important bond market.
  2. Bond Market Stress Returns and Oil Rises in Edgy Day for Markets

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:40:33 -0000

    Bond markets remained volatile, as investors assessed the geopolitical turmoil.
  3. Walmart Posts Slowest Sales Growth in Years as Americans Tighten Wallets

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:45:12 -0000

    Walmart and other big U.S. retailers have warned that consumers were being cautious, even if household balance sheets seemed healthy.
  4. Canada and U.S. Resume Talks Over Trump Tariffs as a New Deadline Looms

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:46:04 -0000

    While President Trump has declared that the two countries effectively have a deal, they remain apart on several key issues.
  5. As Iran and U.S. Settle Into an Uneasy Standoff, Who Will Blink First?

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:14:53 -0000

    For weeks, there has been no diplomatic progress, but also no full-scale fighting, as each side seems to believe it can hold out longer than the other.
  6. Trump’s Economic Threat Puts Focus on Iran’s Trading Partners

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:34:46 -0000

    President Trump appeared to suggest that the United States would impose economic penalties on countries that do business with Iran, though he did not specify what actions he would take.
  7. How Trump Is Trying to Crush California’s Climate Policies

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:17:05 -0000

    At least a half-dozen federal agencies have taken action against the state that has led the nation in environmental protections.
  8. After Six Years, Harry and Meghan Are Coming Home. What Changed?

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:04:31 -0000

    Just last year, Prince Harry said he couldn’t imagine ever bringing his family back to Britain.
  9. What to Know About Prince Harry and Meghan’s Move Back to the U.K.

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:58:38 -0000

    The couple are moving back after six years in the United States. What they will do, and much else, are still unclear.
  10. As Prince Harry and Meghan Depart California for the U.K., Their Neighbors Shrug

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:23:35 -0000

    Prince Harry and Meghan Markle self exiled to the ultrawealthy enclave of Montecito in 2020. “They wave. They drive. They close the gates,” a neighbor said.
  11. Can We Do Anything About Tick-Borne Diseases Like Alpha-Gal Syndrome?

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:18:35 -0000

    A scientific and civilizational horror story.
  12. Trump’s Order to Cut Military Exercises With South Korea Carries Risks, Experts Say

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:04:19 -0000

    President Trump’s decision to curtail the military exercises came as allies question the U.S. commitment to longstanding alliances.
  13. First U.S. Deportees to Arrive in Liberia Amid Growing Backlash

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:25:34 -0000

    Critics in the small West African nation say their government has not said why it agreed to one of the largest U.S. deportation deals, who the deportees are, or how they will be handled.
  14. State Dept. Declares U.S. Citizen in China Wrongfully Detained

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:59:45 -0000

    U Min Zin, a scholar who studied Myanmar, is one of two U.S. citizens the department has designated as wrongfully detained in China.
  15. Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:09:07 -0000

    A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.
  16. ‘The Necessary Conversation’ Puts Family Political Arguments On Full Display

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:27:34 -0000

    “The Necessary Conversation,” a podcast and YouTube show, is a very public example of the political disputes families are having all across the country.
  17. In a Big Year for Progressives, Here’s Why These Moderates Won Their Primaries

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:09:45 -0000

    At times this year, the Democratic Party’s centrist wing has felt under siege from the left. But it has won several tough primaries recently.
  18. Ken Paxton’s $1,000 Pen Incident Resurfaces in Texas Senate Race

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:22:13 -0000

    The pen Mr. Paxton pocketed more than a decade ago has resurfaced as a campaign issue.
  19. FBI Agents Search Eric Swalwell’s Home as Part of Federal Sexual Assault Inquiry

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:03:33 -0000

    Most sex crimes are prosecuted by state and local authorities. The federal agents appeared to be using civil rights statutes to scrutinize Mr. Swalwell’s conduct, a person familiar with the case said.
  20. Rachel Cusk on Her Novel ‘Life of M,’ Gossip and Natalie Portman

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:13:55 -0000

    “Life of M,” Rachel Cusk’s new book, has a protagonist with an uncanny resemblance to Natalie Portman. But in an interview, Cusk says she never expected it would cause such a frenzy.
  21. The App Bringing Disabled Daters Together

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:23:47 -0000

    Many Dateability users said they were drawn to the app after negative experiences on mainstream platforms.
  22. The Scales Can’t Fall From Our Eyes Fast Enough

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:43:58 -0000

    More Republicans and Democrats are seeing reality for what it is. Does it matter?
  23. We’re Doing Drugs

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:42:54 -0000

    We look at a new study about Americans’ use of cannabis.
  24. Missile Barrage Shows Russia’s Doubt That Ukraine Can Defend Itself

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:20:36 -0000

    Moscow is taking advantage of Ukraine’s depleted stock of interceptors and is intensifying attacks, worsening the civilian death toll.
  25. The Real Meaning of the Jason Arday Scandal

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:33:51 -0000

    In a young Black professor’s academic misconduct, a “race-realist” found a “hook for a story.”
  26. How Far Will the Trump Administration Go to Deport Mahmoud Khalil?

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Khalil protested Israel as a student at Columbia. Now he’s on the verge of being kicked out of the country.
  27. The Big, Dumb, Gluttonous Fun of America’s Semiquincentennial

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In D.C. and the Dakotas, at rodeos and powwows, celebrating the country means taking in pride and disappointment and fellow-feeling.
  28. The End of the European Summer

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As extreme heat overwhelms the Continent’s great cities, they are racing to transform themselves for a climate that they were never built to withstand.
  29. The Children a Scientist Took Home

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Carleton Gajdusek won the Nobel Prize for his work on a disease in Papua New Guinea. But his biggest experiment was on the children he took back to the U.S.
  30. Nayib Bukele’s Content Machine Is Reshaping Latin America

    Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    How El Salvador’s authoritarian leader loomed over Colombia’s Presidential race.
  31. Donald Trump Is Still Trying to Make It Harder to Vote

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The SAVE America Act is just one part of a package that includes an executive order and threats of prosecution, all in an effort to make Trump’s math work.
  32. How Trump Is Trying to Weaken Migrant Children’s Legal Defense

    Sat, 15 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    After failing to eliminate funding for unaccompanied minors’ lawyers altogether, the Administration is pushing cases toward entities that lack both immigration expertise and the capacity to take them on.
  33. Is D.N.C. Chair the Worst Job in Washington?

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:13:00 -0000

    The organization is holding its annual summer meeting, and onlookers are calling for the head of its leader, Ken Martin. Then again, the Democrats are always doing that kind of thing.
  34. 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.
  35. 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.”
  36. 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.
  37. 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.
  38. How I Became a Subaru Socialist

    Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    By the time Bernie Sanders ran for President, in 2015, I was financially secure. But the previous decade had left a mark.
  39. A Trump Grift Too Far?

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A scheme to charge Wall Street traders for an early look at the President’s comments on Truth Social has generated outrage and a lawsuit.
  40. The Red Sox Cannot Be Made to Make Any Sense

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Teams get hot, then cold; they get lucky, then unlucky. Records rarely paint a full picture of a season—especially for fans determined to believe in another comeback story.
  41. 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.
  42. After Six Months of War, Trump Is Still Losing to Iran

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The conflict marks a “precipitous collapse of American power and American prestige.”
  43. Bernie Sanders Takes on Data Centers

    Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:00:00 -0000

    The Vermont senator co-sponsored a bill that calls for a moratorium on building data centers. He discusses the environmental and economic concerns, and what the government can do.
  44. Israel’s Leaders Find Allies Among the Global Far Right

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:36:48 -0000

    Support for the nation is becoming an increasingly polarizing issue in politics around the world.
  45. Who Killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo?

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A death during an ICE traffic stop raises outrage in Houston—and in Mexico.
  46. What Francesca Hong’s Defeat Means for Democrats

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:23:56 -0000

    The democratic socialist’s rise in Wisconsin was supposed to portend a major breakthrough for the left. Her narrow loss should still be a wake-up call for the Party’s establishment.
  47. Minnesota Primary-Election Results

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:37:23 -0000

    Peggy Flanagan wins the state’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate; Mike Lindell, a close ally to President Donald Trump, loses the Republican gubernatorial primary.
  48. South Carolina Primary-Election Results: Graham and Norman Advance

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:37:02 -0000

    In the special Republican primary to replace Senator Lindsey Graham, who passed away in July, his sister Darline Graham and Representative Ralph Norman will move on to a runoff election in late August.
  49. Wisconsin Primary-Election Results: David Crowley Wins

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:36:31 -0000

    The Milwaukee County executive defeated Francesca Hong, a Democratic Socialist who was widely considered the front-runner in the Democratic primary for governor.