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1. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Hard-Line Cleric Who Made Iran a Regional Power, Dies at 86

   Sun, 01 Mar 2026 01:46:17 -0000

   As Iran’s second supreme leader, he brutally crushed dissent at home and expanded Iran’s footprint abroad, challenging Saudi Arabia for regional dominance.

2. Iranians Take to Streets to Celebrate Khamenei’s Death

   Sun, 01 Mar 2026 02:22:07 -0000

   Some Iranians said on social media that they were privately mourning the supreme leader. But displays of exuberance broke out in cities across the country.

3. Mapping the U.S.-Led Attacks on Iran

   Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:07 -0000

   Maps show where U.S. and Israel have struck Iran, and where Iran has retaliated.

4. Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’

   Sun, 01 Mar 2026 01:05:39 -0000

   A small stable of doctors gave V.I.P. medical services to the sex offender and the women around him. Some doctors bent or broke the ethical rules of their profession.

5. QAnon Faithful See Validation in the Epstein Files

   Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:00:54 -0000

   The nearly decade-old conspiracy theory does not align neatly with the facts emerging from the documents. That does not seem to matter.

6. Epstein Effort to Finance a Dick Cavett Film Undone by Background Check

   Sat, 28 Feb 2026 18:51:54 -0000

   Jeffrey Epstein joined Mr. Cavett’s wife in an effort to create a PBS documentary on the talk-show legend. But then the producers did a background check on the financier.

7. Kash Patel’s Girlfriend Seeks Fame and Fortune, Escorted by an F.B.I. SWAT Team

   Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:40:26 -0000

   Former F.B.I. officials say Mr. Patel beefed up field office staffing near his girlfriend in Nashville and ordered a team to ferry her on errands and to events.

8. A Tale of Two Seasons at Columbia, and Two Responses to Student Arrests

   Sat, 28 Feb 2026 08:00:10 -0000

   When Mahmoud Khalil was detained by immigration agents last year, the university’s response was restrained. It was different with Elmina Aghayeva this week.

9. The Bloody Rise and Fall of Mexico’s Top Crime Boss

   Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:02:16 -0000

   El Mencho’s brutality and business acumen put him atop the cartel world, until he made a fatal mistake.

10. How The Times Covers Cartels and Other Criminal Enterprises

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 12:46:45 -0000

    Cultivating sources. Verifying claims. Staying safe. After the death of El Mencho, four journalists share their approach to this difficult, dangerous work.

11. How Wesley Hunt of Texas Is Working in Plain Sight With Outside Groups

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 23:13:10 -0000

    Exchanges between two X accounts appear to offer a vivid example of how campaigns may sidestep campaign-finance law to share strategic information.

12. Trump Decision to Strike Iran Opens Fissures in Midterms

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 23:45:13 -0000

    Republicans largely supported the decision, while Democrats mostly opposed it — but divisions appeared in both parties.

13. Could the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act Decision Affect the Midterms?

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:00:13 -0000

    The court is set to decide a major case that could scramble the country’s congressional maps. One crucial factor for this year’s elections is when the ruling lands.

14. Regime Change in Iran? 4 Opinion Writers on Khamenei Strike.

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 23:35:35 -0000

    How should Americans feel about the potential for regime change? What happens now?

15. The Man Who Destroyed Iran

    Sun, 01 Mar 2026 01:37:26 -0000

    The supreme leader organized his existence around one big idea: resistance.

16. Death of Girl From Los Angeles School Investigated as a Homicide, Police Say

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 23:59:23 -0000

    The Los Angeles police did not offer details on the death of a student at Reseda High School, but a family said that a 12-year-old girl attending the school died after being struck with a water bottle.

17. How the BAFTAs Bungled Its Response to a Racial Slur

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 23:02:12 -0000

    The awards show didn’t mention racist slurs when it told the audience that a man with Tourette’s might make “involuntarily noises.”

18. New Geothermal Technology Aims to Produce Clean Energy in Germany

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 05:00:10 -0000

    Developers are using a new geothermal technology in Germany to produce clean energy.

19. No Clear Endgame in the Conflict Between Afghanistan and Pakistan

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 19:04:29 -0000

    Pakistan’s airstrikes in Afghanistan showed its overwhelming superiority in conventional warfare, but the Taliban have refined a lethal repertoire of guerrilla tactics.

20. Donald Trump Launches a War of “Epic Fury” on Iran

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:08:27 -0000

    The U.S. and Israel have ignited a campaign to topple the Islamic Republic—with little thought to what comes after.

21. The True Story of ISIS’s Rise in Syria

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The rebellion against Assad led to sudden freedom, but also to crime and inequality. The Islamic State took advantage.

22. Cash and Carry, by David Sedaris

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    I guessed correctly that the woman had found this cabinet on the curb, just as I had found my current desk chair and countless pieces of furniture in the past.

23. The Migrants in the Ancient Forest

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Five years ago, Belarus began enabling people from high-conflict countries to migrate into Europe. Despite high walls and backlash, they’re still coming.

24. James Talarico Puts His Faith in Texas Voters

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The Senate candidate believes that Democrats can win by appealing to higher values. Can he succeed in the age of Trump?

25. How High-Powered Lasers Became Part of Donald Trump’s Border-Security Complex

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The funding debate in Congress is over immigration-enforcement practices, but the Administration is still spending unprecedented sums on military-grade equipment at the southern border.

26. The Ellison Media Empire Grows Again

    Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:24:37 -0000

    After torpedoing Netflix’s bid to buy Warner Bros., Paramount Skydance is poised to have multiple major news organizations under its control.

27. The Right-Wing Nonprofit Serving A.I. Slop for America’s Birthday

    Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    PragerU, a fount of Judeo-Christian edutainment, is now a key partner in the Trump Administration’s “civic education” campaign.

28. How Trump’s F.C.C. Is Reshaping TV

    Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    An under-the-radar merger could create a broadcasting behemoth that controls local news stations across more than forty states. Why do some MAGA diehards oppose it?

29. Trump’s Reckless Decision to Pursue Regime Change in Iran

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 19:36:54 -0000

    And the risks Democrats face if they fail to strongly oppose his war.

30. Trump Is Still Deporting People Wherever He Wants

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:14:14 -0000

    How the Administration is overwhelming federal courts and getting away with third-country removals.

31. The Growing Rift Between Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E.

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    What this shocking split might mean for the future of the Middle East.

32. Xi Jinping’s Purge and What Trump’s Foreign Policy Means for China

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The machinations behind his recent military purge, and whether China sees an opportunity in Donald Trump’s aggression toward Europe.

33. Jesse Jackson’s Timeless Economic Platform

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    He ran for President twice on the concerns that still define American political life—inequality, affordability, and vanishing jobs.

34. An Olympic Final Worthy of a Rivalry

    Sun, 22 Feb 2026 22:31:01 -0000

    The U.S.-Canada men’s gold-medal hockey match and the Games as a whole serve as a reminder that national pride isn’t always a bad thing.

35. At the 2026 Winter Olympics, Peril and Promise Coincide

    Sun, 22 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    In Italy, some of the world’s greatest athletes encountered physical risk, and even failure. But the most memorable moments of the Games were not just feats of skill but examples of resilience—and reasons for hope.

36. How the University Replaced the Church as the Home of Liberal Morality

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    As progressive Americans have become more secular, the academy has become their primary moral training ground. The results have not been good.

37. Donald Trump’s State of the Union Was Long and Wrong

    Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:19:26 -0000

    But at least the President thinks everything is going great.

38. The Betrayal of a Friend’s False Testimony

    Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Under pressure from interrogators, a teen-ager helped send three of his friends to prison for murder. How could he ever make amends?

39. The Russians Turning to Google Maps in Search of Missing Soldiers

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:55:47 -0000

    Around a million Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, four years ago. Family members, who often aren’t informed of their loved ones’ fates, have been relying on a digital place of last resort.

40. The Supreme Court’s Complicated Takedown of Trump’s Tariffs

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    There are seven separate opinions—and even the Justices who agree with one another are in some ways at odds.

41. One Vaccine-Schedule Change That Actually Makes Sense

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Amid R.F.K., Jr.,’s vandalism of the public-health system, there’s shocking good news about a cancer-preventing vaccine.

42. Donald Trump’s Pantomime United Nations

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 19:23:14 -0000

    The Board of Peace might be destined to fail, but it still threatens to undermine an international system in which the U.S. was once the linchpin.

43. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s Life in Pictures

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Following his arrest last week, Andrew spent his first birthday as a commoner in circumstances as degraded as earlier celebrations had been grand.

44. The E.P.A. Rescinds a Landmark Finding

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    But it’s not game over for future climate action—and understanding why allows for a more nuanced picture of where the fight actually stands now.