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  1. As Xi Visits Washington, Trump Plays Down China’s Actions Against U.S. Interests

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:45:35 -0000

    Despite the rivalry between the United States and China, President Trump has repeatedly found ways to give President Xi Jinping of China a pass, portraying him more as a personal friend than a competitor.
  2. Where Is the U.S. Beating China on A.I., and Where Is It Lagging?

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:05:46 -0000

    As Xi Jinping visits President Trump in Washington, his country lags behind the United States on A.I. development in key areas — but Beijing has advantages elsewhere.
  3. As Trump Welcomes Xi, More Americans Have a Positive View of China

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:00:18 -0000

    Experts attribute the changing mood to fading memories of the coronavirus pandemic, awareness of China’s tech innovations and disaffection with President Trump’s trade wars.
  4. Iran Will Not Be Bullied, President Masoud Pezeshkian Says in U.N. Speech

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:54:22 -0000

    President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country would not give up its civilian nuclear program, but left the door opened for diplomacy with the United States.
  5. Fox News Finds Itself at Odds With Trump on Press Ban

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:10:33 -0000

    The home of Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham has joined rival networks in suspending its coverage of pooled presidential events.
  6. Hackers Say They Stole Thousands of Sensitive F.B.I. Personnel Records

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:07:21 -0000

    The compromise, if confirmed, would be the latest in a string of cybersecurity failures at the F.B.I., which said it was investigating the matter.
  7. RFK Jr. Drew $4 Million in Book Advances From Publisher Who Also Monetized MAHA

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:46:36 -0000

    A new disclosure also shows $210,000 in consulting fees paid to Cheryl Hines, the health secretary’s wife, by one of several MAHA-affiliated groups capitalizing from his agenda.
  8. Bessent ‘Inadvertently’ Failed to Report Holdings of JPMorgan Stock

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:12:13 -0000

    Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s finances were reviewed by the inspector general after Mr. Bessent incorrectly listed at least $100,000 of the stock, which was owned by his husband, as cash.
  9. Trump Backtracks on Plan for New Controls on N.I.H. Grants

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:11:01 -0000

    Democrats and Republicans in Congress opposed the creation of a commission with the power to veto federal research awards.
  10. A Powerful Nor’easter Is Taking Shape. How It Could Affect Your Forecast.

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:04:01 -0000

    The forecast for this weekend became a lot clearer on Wednesday, but meteorologists warned that the storm’s exact path was still uncertain.
  11. How El Niño Fueled Hurricane Polo’s Explosive Growth

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:21:19 -0000

    The storm is one of the strongest ever in this part of the world.
  12. He Changed the World of Organ Transplants. Would He Die Waiting for His Own?

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:51:09 -0000

    A New York transplant surgeon’s experience waiting for a heart transplant laid bare the challenges of a system he had spent decades trying to fix.
  13. Bond Yields Soar as Investors Foresee Another Fed Interest Rate Increase

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:58:08 -0000

    The 10-year Treasury yield on Wednesday rose to around 5.1 percent, as investors grew more convinced the Fed Reserve will raise interest rates again.
  14. What’s Behind Bessent’s Boasts About the U.S. Bond Market

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:02:32 -0000

    By one measure, U.S. government bond markets have posted negative returns, but markets in others countries have experienced steeper losses.
  15. Disney’s Fired C.E.O. Bob Chapek Settles Scores With Bob Iger in New Book

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:31:00 -0000

    In a new memoir, Bob Chapek publicly addresses his 2022 ouster for the first time. He blames Mr. Iger, who both preceded and succeeded him at Disney.
  16. How Trump’s Iran War May Sink Republican Midterm Chances

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:55:09 -0000

    The president might be supercharging what already looked like a blue wave.
  17. Our Forests Are Demanding a Sacrifice

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:28:28 -0000

    Wildfire converted me from a tree-hugger to a tree-worshipper.
  18. Hayden Panettiere Was Found Surrounded by Drugs, Report Details

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:23:38 -0000

    The actress had completed a stint in rehab before she died last month from an overdose, the coroner’s office said. Her death was ruled an accident.
  19. What China’s Vibe-Coding Capital Can Tell Us About the A.I. Boom

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:25:32 -0000

    Tech workers have flocked to Liangzhu, a small town outside Hangzhou, looking to escape China’s corporate culture and build their future with A.I.
  20. Is A.I. Above the Law?

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Our legal system isn’t ready for machines that act on their own.
  21. What Barbara Kingsolver Believes the Novel Can Do

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    One of the country’s most popular novelists writes what she calls socially engaged fiction. In her new book, she considers the role of art—and who it’s for.
  22. The Fallout of a Charlie Kirk Campus Scandal

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Students and faculty across the country were punished for their reactions to the conservative activist’s murder. A recent graduate of Texas Tech’s law school is still trying to clear her name.
  23. Israel’s Qatargate Scandal

    Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Did Benjamin Netanyahu’s aides peddle influence to a foreign power?
  24. Is Trump’s Latest Press Attack Just Another Distraction?

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:29:05 -0000

    After CNN, MS NOW, and Politico were barred from the White House, the entire TV press pool announced a boycott of the President.
  25. The Lost Descendants of Thomas Jefferson

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:08:19 -0000

    Scientists have new proof that the President had children with his enslaved chambermaid Sally Hemings—and that their bloodline endures across the country.
  26. A Populist Revival in Iowa

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In close contests for governor and a Senate seat, candidates from both parties claim that they’re fighting a corrupt system.
  27. Our A.I. Problem

    Sun, 20 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Why can’t the people who produced the technology, which has already shown that a different world is possible, just do the things that would prevent extinction?
  28. What Life Is Actually Like in Gaza Today

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Nearly a year after the ceasefire, the analyst Jaser AbuMousa explains the impediments to rebuilding, and the devastation of his own family.
  29. Why China Isn’t Getting Existential About A.I.

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    China’s fears about the technology are increasingly distinct from those of the U.S. What does that mean for international coöperation?
  30. How, Exactly, Could A.I. Kill Us?

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0000

    Employees of A.I. companies are increasingly sounding the alarm. What should we make of their warnings?
  31. Can East Germany’s Cold War History Explain the Rise of the AfD?

    Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:46:03 -0000

    After winning a state election this past weekend, the German far right is closer to power than it has been in decades.
  32. How the Absence of Shame Weakens Democracy

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A sense of shame binds us together—and can hold the powerful in check.
  33. Will A.I. Overwrite Our Sense of Shame?

    Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The tech world has long been run by iconoclasts whose ideas about right and wrong are self-consciously different from those of most people.
  34. Ben Shelton Comes Into Full Focus

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:42:36 -0000

    In a riveting U.S. Open semifinal against Frances Tiafoe, the twenty-three-year-old showed that his composure and problem-solving are as central to his game as his extraordinary athleticism.
  35. The Death of Shame Is Tearing Us Apart

    Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Increasingly, people are ignoring social norms in favor of a narrow self-interest. The results are disastrous.
  36. The Worlds That Donald Trump and Xi Jinping Want

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As the President stages a gala welcome for the Chinese leader, it appears that, in curious ways, the two men mirror each other.
  37. Why the Houthis Are Saudi Arabia’s Problem

    Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The U.S. opted not to intervene as Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized a major choke point for Saudi oil shipments on the Red Sea.
  38. Malcolm Gladwell on “The American Way of Killing”

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    The New Yorker staff writer examines America’s unique problem with gun violence, and why he thinks under-policing is at the root of our problem.
  39. The New Lucy Letby Report Misses the Point

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:04:34 -0000

    The Thirlwall Inquiry looked at why the nurse wasn’t prevented from murdering babies. But it didn’t address the question of whether she had actually done so.
  40. The Sheep That Stop Wildfires

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Herds of livestock are munching through overgrown, hard-to-reach vegetation that could otherwise become fuel for firestorms.
  41. Is Beef the Next Internal-Combustion Engine?

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:31:00 -0000

    Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., eats it every day, but more Americans, faced with rising prices and another climate warning, might want something else for dinner.
  42. Donald Trump Returns to the U.N. Amid the Collapse of the Old Order

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Trump is at the heart of this geopolitical moment, catalytic in his alliance-fraying bullying, unprovoked warmongering, and protectionist demagoguery.
  43. Mail-In Voting Survives

    Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:28:50 -0000

    In an unsigned ruling, the Supreme Court demonstrated that it is willing to limit Donald Trump’s agenda.