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  1. Angie Nixon Notches Another Win for the Left Through Old-Fashioned Organizing

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:04:02 -0000

    State Representative Angie Nixon scored a stunning upset on Tuesday in Florida’s Democratic Senate primary. Her victory will test the strength of a democratic socialist in a red state.
  2. A Stunning Win for the Left in Florida: 6 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Primaries

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:56:01 -0000

    State Representative Angie Nixon, a progressive firebrand, defeated a moderate who dramatically out-raised her with grass-roots enthusiasm. Can it carry her to victory in November?
  3. Mary Peltola and Dan Sullivan Advance in Key Alaska Senate Contest

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:28:44 -0000

    Both parties see Alaska as key to winning the Senate. The state’s nonpartisan primary put Mary Peltola, a Democratic former congresswoman, on the same ballot as Dan Sullivan, the incumbent Republican she hopes to unseat. Both advanced to the general election.
  4. ‘I’m Not That Informed on National Security,’ Graham Says in South Carolina Debate

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 04:17:56 -0000

    Senator Darline Graham made the remark in a debate against Representative Ralph Norman, her opponent in the runoff election to succeed her brother, Lindsey Graham. Here are five takeaways from the debate.
  5. How Tech Executives Limit Their Kids’ Screen Time, and Trump’s Race to Finish His Ballroom

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:00:13 -0000

    Plus, the political emails are coming for you.
  6. Trump, With Limited Options in Iran, Tries Economic Pressure — Again

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:37:33 -0000

    Iran has survived decades of sanctions. Faced with more, it is likely to escalate rather than surrender, analysts said.
  7. U.A.E. Halts Trade Ties With Iran and Says It Was Targeted With Missiles

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:24:34 -0000

    The Emirates has long been a major trading hub for Iran, and analysts say it has been key to Iranian efforts to evade international sanctions, which the country denies.
  8. Israel Opens Criminal Investigation Into Killings of Hind Rajab and Gaza Medical Workers

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:28:39 -0000

    Two high-profile cases that had spurred international condemnation of the country’s conduct in Gaza were transferred to the military police. Such investigations have rarely led to convictions.
  9. How the Iran War Made Africa’s Richest Man Even Richer

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:00:49 -0000

    Africans have turned to one of their own for fuel as the world’s supplies run low. But they are not the only ones with the continent’s richest man on speed dial.
  10. How One County Profited From Data Centers Amid a Growing National Backlash

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:09:28 -0000

    Loudoun County, Va., has gotten rich hosting more than 250 data centers, allowing it to cut property taxes. Other locales are taking note, even as a nationwide backlash over data centers grows.
  11. Voters Aren’t Waiting for November to Try Ousting Officials Over Data Centers

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:58:11 -0000

    As a backlash grows over data centers, more local officials are facing recall elections for their support of the computing sites.
  12. Moderna, Merck Say mRNA Vaccine Prevents Melanoma From Returning

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:54:02 -0000

    The companies say the vaccine prevented the return and spread of the cancer in high-risk melanoma patients.
  13. What to Know About Melanoma

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:40:23 -0000

    New therapies are transforming the treatment of the skin cancer, which can be deadly.
  14. ‘I’ve Hit My Limit’: Some New Yorkers Opt for Fun at Home to Save Money

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:20:37 -0000

    When wages are low and activities are pricey, the frugal find new ways of socializing.
  15. Trump Pauses 50 Percent Tariffs on Canada and Claims Deal Is Near

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:04:49 -0000

    Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada was less definitive about what the intense talks produced, saying “important work” remained.
  16. The Rising Stakes of the Global Bond Rout

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:51:40 -0000

    There were already several factors rattling investors. A further rise in bond yields is making things more expensive for everyone.
  17. Trump to Nominate Heidi Overton, a Top Domestic Policy Aide, for F.D.A. Commissioner

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 03:01:28 -0000

    Dr. Overton is a fierce opponent of abortion rights and a supporter of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again agenda.
  18. Natalie Harp, Trump’s Most Devoted Aide, Is Always by His Side. What Exactly Does She Do?

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 02:29:43 -0000

    President Trump’s White House aide Natalie Harp is always by his side. What, exactly, does she do?
  19. Judge Is Asked to Block Inscription of Trump’s Name on Kennedy Center

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:07:18 -0000

    The request from a Democratic lawmaker follows a decision by the Trump-allied board to add “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump” to the building.
  20. Trump’s Ballroom Is Rising at Breakneck Speed: 20 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:57:51 -0000

    Although the fate of the ballroom is tied up in court, the Trump administration argues that the project is too far along to be stopped now.
  21. Boyfriend Who Abused Hayden Panettiere Had Returned to Her Life

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:42:32 -0000

    Despite the actress’s efforts to move on from a turbulent relationship with Brian Hickerson, they were together when she went into cardiac arrest and died.
  22. How Wall St. Profits When Personal Injury Lawsuits Pay Out

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:00:14 -0000

    Personal injury cases have exploded, in number and magnitude, funded by companies betting on a win — and offering investors a piece of the action.
  23. California Passes New Rule Regulating Replacement Car Tires

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:13:45 -0000

    The rule to require efficient replacement tires was praised by environmentalists. But manufacturers warned that the change would hurt American companies and increase tire prices.
  24. Jessica Williams Discusses Her Emmy-Nominated Role in ‘Shrinking’

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:02:39 -0000

    The actress has received an Emmy nomination for each season of the Apple TV comedy. She can’t think about winning.
  25. Trump’s Lust for Vengeance Is Turning Into a Farce

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:08:47 -0000

    Revenge shapes the president’s priorities, drives his actions and structures the decisions of his government.
  26. Status Defines Friendship for Too Many Americans

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:18:12 -0000

    The four-year degree isn’t just an economic signal; it’s become a lifestyle determinant.
  27. After the Storm

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:45:10 -0000

    We look at the aftermath of Hurricane Lala.
  28. Rosie O’Donnell Rags on Trump’s Strait of Hormuz Claims

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:45:43 -0000

    “I’ll put it this way: If the U.S. is in charge of the strait, then I’m also straight — and let’s face it, I’m not,” the guest host said on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
  29. China Wants Its Tech Champions to Raise Money at Home

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:43:10 -0000

    Blockbuster market debuts by two technology companies show how Beijing is turning to local investors to finance its A.I. ambitions and reduce reliance on Wall Street.
  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. 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.
  32. 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.
  33. 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.
  34. 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.
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. 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.
  38. 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.
  39. 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.
  40. 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.”
  41. 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.
  42. 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.
  43. 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.
  44. 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.
  45. 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.
  46. 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.
  47. 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.
  48. 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.
  49. 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.
  50. 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.
  51. 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.
  52. 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.
  53. What a Blighted Beach Town Says About England’s Forgotten North

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Blackpool, a vacation spot known as the Vegas of the North, has become a symbol of working-class fun.
  54. An Israeli Satirist’s Bid to Save His Country’s Democracy

    Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:25:35 -0000

    Lior Schleien used to host hit TV shows. Now he posts videos of discussions with young people, the majority of whom currently tend right, which garner millions of views.