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  1. Iran, Holding Firm to Hormuz, Pushes for Return to June MOU

    Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:58:22 -0000

    The Strait of Hormuz is Iran’s best leverage to get Washington to release Iran’s frozen assets, lift economic sanctions and end its naval blockade.
  2. Inside the War on Hezbollah’s Finances

    Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:00:15 -0000

    Israel and the United States aren’t just targeting the Lebanese militant group’s weapons. They’re going after its money.
  3. Oil Prices Climb and Stocks Dip on Stalemate in Iran War

    Sun, 09 Aug 2026 22:20:09 -0000

    Hopes were dashed over the weekend for a breakthrough on the Strait of Hormuz.
  4. Ocasio-Cortez Says She Is Freezing Her Eggs and Still Mulling a Presidential Run

    Sun, 09 Aug 2026 20:23:19 -0000

    In a TV interview, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez distanced herself from positions like “defund the police” and indicated she hasn’t ruled out a presidential or Senate run.
  5. A Democrat Sounds the Alarm on Christian Nationalism in Congress

    Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:01:46 -0000

    Representative Jared Huffman of California, the only self-declared “humanist” in Congress, writes in a new book that the separation of church and state is in grave danger.
  6. Trump Names Will Scharf as White House Counsel

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 01:44:31 -0000

    The president said Mr. Scharf, a deeply conservative lawyer and the current staff secretary, would replace David Warrington in early September.
  7. Lake Mead, the Nation’s Largest Reservoir, Is Smaller Than Ever

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:44:20 -0000

    Water levels in the reservoir, which sits behind the Hoover Dam, are at record lows. A continued drop would imperil water supplies for millions of people and cut electricity from the dam.
  8. She Makes the Impossible Happen for Her Ultrarich Clients

    Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:01:40 -0000

    Olivia Ferney grew up a child of schoolteachers in Ontario. Now she’s an expert in private jets, luxury cabanas and champagne-soaked revels.
  9. Extreme Heat Comes for the Red Chile Capital of Pakistan

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 04:01:20 -0000

    The traditional ways of cultivating the peppers may not survive the challenges of climate change and soaring costs, so Pakistani farmers are trying to adapt.
  10. Europe Braces for Another Heat Wave. Here’s What to Know.

    Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:23:03 -0000

    High temperature warnings were in place across western, central and southern Europe on Sunday as a heat dome intensifies across the continent.
  11. Malaysia Was Confident in Its Social Media Ban, but Kids Are Still on TikTok

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 04:01:16 -0000

    Officials told platforms to verify children’s ages using government-issued documents, like identity cards. But the companies have balked, apparently over privacy concerns.
  12. He Transformed His Spanish Hometown. Did He Also Spoil It?

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 04:01:10 -0000

    Francisco de la Torre, the mayor of Málaga, is credited with turning the once drab port into a culture and tech hub. Critics say he’s also destroyed the city’s soul.
  13. Dr. Maura L. Gillison, Who Linked Throat Cancers to HPV, Dies at 61

    Sun, 09 Aug 2026 21:29:45 -0000

    She challenged the conventional view that a majority of head and neck cancers resulted from cigarette smoking and excessive alcohol consumption.
  14. Mother and Daughter Die After Boat Overturns in New York Harbor

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:45:20 -0000

    Police divers found a 27-year-old woman and her 5-month-old baby in the water near Liberty Island. A man was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment.
  15. What America Owes to Afghan Women

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 05:00:05 -0000

    Five years after giving up on Afghanistan, America still has a responsibility to the country’s women.
  16. It Won’t Stop at the Arc de Trump. It Won’t Stop at Washington.

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 01:27:56 -0000

    The Trump administration’s proposed changes to the review process will allow it to take a wrecking ball to historic sites across the country.
  17. Ben Jones, ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ Actor and Congressman, Dies at 84

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 06:28:36 -0000

    He played the mechanic Cooter Davenport on the hit television series before serving two terms as a Democratic congressman from Georgia.
  18. A.I. Is Now a Major Election Issue

    Sun, 09 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan’s newly elected Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, put it, “People really effing hate data centers.”
  19. The Future, Made in China

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Beijing is competing with the U.S. for tech supremacy. Who wins will have huge political implications.
  20. The Man Who Was Kidnapped Twice

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Thousands of people in Nigeria have been held for ransom by bandit groups. One professor escaped his captors—only to be abducted again.
  21. The American Art of Blowing Stuff Up

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Fireworks by Grucci has been in the pyrotechnics business for six generations.
  22. How Roy Cohn Taught Donald Trump Everything

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The lawyer who showed an outer-borough striver how to ignore the rules, avoid a paper trail, and make up a good story for the media.
  23. The Senate’s Shameful Acquiescence to Todd Blanche as Attorney General

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 22:15:22 -0000

    A number of Republicans resisted his confirmation, but enough ultimately accepted the notion that Trump could do even worse.
  24. Are Psychedelics Right-Wing Now?

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    How the conservative activist Bryan Hubbard, with help from Rick Perry and Joe Rogan, persuaded Trump and the G.O.P. to embrace ibogaine, a psychedelic drug derived from an African shrub.
  25. Max Miller’s Victim Mentality

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:24:23 -0000

    The Republican congressman’s bitter domestic dispute—in which he’s accused of physical abuse by his ex-wife, the daughter of an Ohio senator—is testing his party’s willingness to defend the indefensible.
  26. The Electability of Abdul El-Sayed

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:05:43 -0000

    The former public-health official won Michigan’s Democratic primary with an unapologetically progressive platform—and a total defiance of the Party establishment.
  27. 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.
  28. 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.”
  29. 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.
  30. 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.
  31. Did the Dodgers Ruin Baseball?

    Sun, 09 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Already the title favorites, Los Angeles acquired the league’s best pitcher at the trade deadline—and may have insured a lockout after the season.
  32. Subaru Socialists and the Great Disappointed

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The voters who are determining the future of the Democratic Party.
  33. Kevin Warsh Is Facing More Than a Communication Problem

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Fed chair’s biggest challenge is demonstrating his independence from Donald Trump.
  34. The World Cup Is Not for Sale

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 22:17:46 -0000

    Gianni Infantino’s private-equity scheme backfired—but the commodification of soccer is already well under way.
  35. How Socialist Is the D.S.A.? Megan Romer Explains

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    Romer, a co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, defends some of the D.S.A.’s controversial positions: “I think people like us being rather bold. . . . People want a fighter.”
  36. Can Extreme Morning Sickness Be Cured?

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    For decades, the condition was thought to be psychological, and women were shamed for their illness. Now a scientist has found a biological cause.
  37. G.P.S. and the Lost Art of Getting Lost

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A new book, “Little Blue Dot,” by Katherine Dunn, raises questions about the unintended consequences of knowing where we are.
  38. Michigan Primary-Election Live Results: Abdul El-Sayed Wins

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:18:48 -0000

    The former public-health official’s victory in a closely watched Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate carries major implications for the direction of the Party.
  39. Why Donald Trump Talks So Much About Foreign Election Interference

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The White House is distorting intelligence assessments instead of working to protect the midterm elections.
  40. What Does It Even Mean to Be a Moderate?

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Michigan Senate primary has turned into a referendum on a word that has never had a fixed meaning.
  41. Why Is Europe Burning?

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    “We put all these ingredients in a cocktail shaker, and the result is massive fires that far exceed the extinguishing capacity of firefighting teams,” a Spanish firefighter said.
  42. The Failures of the Fauci Hearing

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Senator Rand Paul may have approached the matter with theatrics and ill will, but Dr. Anthony Fauci’s decision not to testify was a loss.