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  1. After Wooing Trump With Deals, Pakistan Gets a Seat at the Table

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:42:41 -0000

    Steve Witkoff, a diplomatic envoy, used the Board of Peace to announce an agreement that could raze a Pakistan-owned Manhattan hotel. Now the country is involved in negotiating peace talks with Iran.
  2. Mortgage Rates Jump Again as Iran War Effects Ripple Through Housing Market

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:35:32 -0000

    The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the United States hit 6.38 percent, the fourth increase since the war began.
  3. Europeans Worry Russia Is Preparing to Deliver Drones to Iran

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:06:32 -0000

    The drones are an improved version of a weapon that Iran sent to Russia for use in its war in Ukraine.
  4. Trump Eyes White House Treaty Room for Latest Renovation Project

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:20:12 -0000

    President Trump is making new plans in one of the most significant renovations in the history of the White House.
  5. Trump Administration Begins Investigations Into Three Medical Schools

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:59:15 -0000

    The Justice Department’s demands for admissions-related data from Stanford, Ohio State and the University of California, San Diego, represent a flex of federal power.
  6. Four Problems for Trump in Birthright Citizenship Case

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:01:46 -0000

    The president must confront a 1952 federal law, the possibility that millions will lose their citizenships, stateless foundlings and a fluid future.
  7. Juries Take the Lead in the Push for Child Online Safety

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:00:40 -0000

    A pair of verdicts held social media companies accountable for harming young users, highlighting a growing backlash as Congress struggles to pass legislation.
  8. Is Big Tech Facing a Big Tobacco Moment?

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:25:27 -0000

    Back-to-back courtroom losses have put technology giants, including Meta and Google, in uncertain territory as they face lawsuits and bans on teen users.
  9. The Social Media Addiction Trials: What to Know

    Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:59:33 -0000

    Landmark trials are testing a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products.
  10. Olympic Committee Bars Transgender Athletes From Women’s Events

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:04:29 -0000

    The decision is the most significant since Kirsty Coventry was elected last year to serve as president of the I.O.C.
  11. When a Not-So-Dark Knight and His Sidekick Saved a Wacky Gotham

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:02:29 -0000

    Joel Schumacher apologized for “Batman & Robin,” his corny 1997 superhero movie, but thanks to its ice puns and bat nipples, it’s since become an accidental parody worth howling at.
  12. ICE Agents at Some Airports Begin Checking IDs in Security Lines

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 01:26:30 -0000

    It was unclear whether having agents helping with screening passengers would improve wait times. Some travelers expressed worries.
  13. LaGuardia Airport Runway Reopens After Plane Crash Wreckage Is Removed

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:16:00 -0000

    Officials expect the airport in New York to be fully operational later on Thursday. One of its two runways had been closed since Sunday, when a jet hit a truck, killing two pilots.
  14. In California’s Central Valley, Latino Voters Are Up for Grabs in 2026’s Elections

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:41:33 -0000

    As in other Hispanic areas of the country, voters shifted toward Republicans in 2024. But now the question is whether this was a blip more than a durable trend.
  15. Wealthy Investors Target Foes of Clean Energy, Seeking Revenge

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:00:36 -0000

    Renewable energy leaders said their industry got “rolled” in President Trump’s tax bill. Now they’re fighting back, starting in Texas.
  16. South Dakota Governor Signs Bill Requiring Citizenship Proof to Vote

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:34:54 -0000

    The law, which mirrors national Republican priorities, requires newly registered voters to show that they are U.S. citizens in order to cast a ballot in state or local races.
  17. Savannah Guthrie Says 2 Ransom Notes About Her Mother Were Likely Genuine

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:36:50 -0000

    Her interview on the “Today” show came more than 50 days after her mother, Nancy Guthrie, was taken from her home near Tucson, Ariz.
  18. The Clues Binance Missed That Led to Billions in Crypto Flowing to Iran

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:37:33 -0000

    The world’s largest crypto exchange is under fire after investigators found accounts moving $1.7 billion to entities linked to Iran. Clues about those accounts were in plain sight for over a year.
  19. Roman Catholic Churches See a Surge of New Converts

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:06:10 -0000

    Bishops are trying to understand what’s behind the wave. People joining the church described their reasons as highly personal.
  20. Saving Hermit Crabs by Breeding Them in the Suburbs

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:02:49 -0000

    Often treated as throwaway pets, hermit crabs can live 50 years. Mary Akers, a self-taught expert, wants people to appreciate them as much as she does.
  21. Local Opposition Is Slowing A.I. Data Centers. Wall Street Has Noticed.

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:29:24 -0000

    Tech companies are running into resistance from neighbors and may not be able to build at the pace they promised investors.
  22. Seeking a Sounding Board? Beware the Eager-to-Please Chatbot.

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:39:44 -0000

    A new study of popular AI models shows that their feedback on social situations is far from impartial.
  23. How Can America Be So Miserable When It’s So Rich?

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:44:08 -0000

    The just resentments of a shrinking middle class.
  24. It’s Not Trump. It’s America.

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:19:09 -0000

    The country’s faith in its ability to shape the world to its liking is a much older malady.
  25. Zelensky Says U.S. Is Conditioning Ukraine’s Security Guarantees on Donbas Surrender

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:12:54 -0000

    President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that President Trump “still chooses a strategy of putting more pressure on the Ukrainian side.”
  26. The Kennedy Center Is Giving Bill Maher the Mark Twain Prize

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:27:45 -0000

    The annual award that recognizes merit in humor is going to the satirist and talk show host who has been critical of President Trump and political correctness.
  27. Dash Crofts, of the Soft-Rock Duo That Sang ‘Summer Breeze,’ Dies at 87

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:03:16 -0000

    Seals & Crofts had a number of Billboard Top 20 songs in the 1970s before their chart topper brought them global fame.
  28. Oscars Will Move to a Venue Outside Hollywood

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:14:03 -0000

    The event will be held in downtown Los Angeles starting in 2029 as part of a deal between the academy and AEG, a developer of entertainment venues.
  29. The Trial of Anti-ICE Protesters Accused of Terrorism

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The trial of supposed Antifa members after a shooting at an ICE facility is part of a disturbing strategy.
  30. Does A.I. Need a Constitution?

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Jill Lepore writes about “The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist” and A.I. constitutions, like that of Anthropic’s chatbot Claude.
  31. Robyn, on Her Own

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The pop star brings motherhood and middle age to the dance floor.
  32. The Last Generation

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Life on a family farm.
  33. Is Cuba Next?

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Trump’s campaign to topple foreign adversaries encounters a battered but defiant regime.
  34. How the War in Iran Became a Race to Stabilize the Global Economic Order

    Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The country is in survival mode, and effectively fighting back by shutting down the Strait of Hormuz and blocking the transport of much of the world’s oil supply.
  35. A Former Prisoner of the Iranian Regime Watches Trump’s War

    Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A journalist who was wrongfully detained for five hundred and forty-four days never got to say goodbye to Tehran. Now he’s fielding messages about chaos and destruction in the home he left behind.
  36. The Return of Staten Island’s Secession Movement

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    For more than a hundred years, the city’s most isolated borough has threatened to leave. After the election of Zohran Mamdani, some on the island think it’s time.
  37. The Distant Promise of Iran’s Would-Be King

    Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The U.S.-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic is Reza Pahlavi’s best chance to resume his family’s reign in nearly fifty years—will it pass him by?
  38. How Donald Trump May Have Sabotaged His Chances for a Deal with Iran

    Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:38:52 -0000

    The Iranian regime has shut down the Strait of Hormuz, destabilizing global markets and leaving the U.S. with no good options.
  39. Why Israel Is Attacking Lebanon

    Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:12:57 -0000

    Hezbollah, Iran, and Israel helped fuel a disastrous political crisis in Lebanon. Now the Netanyahu government is using it to justify a larger conflict.
  40. Why David Boies Thinks We Should Support Trump’s Iran War

    Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:35:58 -0000

    The prominent lawyer says that Democrats should get behind the President, and make sure that he finishes the job.
  41. How Israel Used the War in Gaza to Accelerate Settlements in the West Bank

    Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Netanyahu government is pushing expansionist policies, while America looks the other way.
  42. Jessie Diggins’s Last Run

    Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:03:00 -0000

    America’s Nordic nation gathers to honor its queen.
  43. CNN’s “Podcast Look” and the Slow Death of Cable News

    Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The network’s experiment in style was embarrassing, but it may tell us more about the state of podcasting than it does about legacy media.
  44. How Trump’s Iran War Could Torch the Global Economy

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A conflict that was supposed to be brief has sent oil prices soaring and raised the risk of a worldwide recession.
  45. LeBron James Is Making His Last Great Adjustment

    Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    After two decades of domination, he is ceding control, and becoming a different kind of star.
  46. The First Casualty of Trump’s War in Iran Was the Truth

    Sat, 21 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The cruellest irony is that of a President who addresses the Iranian people in the language of liberation and then threatens freedom of the press back home.
  47. The Right to a Bed in Zohran Mamdani’s New York

    Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The closing of the Bellevue shelter marks the end of an era. But what comes next?
  48. What the War Has Done to Iranians

    Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A civilian in Tehran chronicles a country trapped between bombardment and repression—too terrorized to move, let alone start an uprising.
  49. The Unravelling of Dubai as a Safe Haven

    Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    What drew many people to the city was not luxury but, rather, stability and the feeling of remove from war. As Iran attacks the U.A.E., that sense of distance is eroding.
  50. The Iran War Is Another Reason to Quit Oil

    Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    What if the drone is to warfare as the solar panel is to energy?
  51. Illinois Primary-Election Results: Juliana Stratton Wins

    Wed, 18 Mar 2026 03:19:41 -0000

    The state’s lieutenant governor has won the Democratic race to fill Dick Durbin’s U.S. Senate seat; Republicans elect Darren Bailey to challenge Governor J. B. Pritzker.
  52. Israel’s Gulf-State Gamble in the Iran War

    Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Benjamin Netanyahu has predicted that the conflict could draw Israel closer to its Arab neighbors. That may be wishful thinking.
  53. How Should We Remember the Hippies?

    Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    They’ve often been a punch line, but by fusing their political convictions to a broader cultural identity they seemed to find something that we’ve lost.