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  1. U.S. Strikes Iran Again, as Trump Encounters a More Determined Adversary in Widened War

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:53:43 -0000

    The United States is again exchanging strikes with Iran, just days after the president appeared to reject plans to escalate.
  2. Saudi Arabia’s Strikes in Iraq Mark Entry Into U.S.-Iran War.

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:35:32 -0000

    The kingdom’s defense ministry said airstrikes in Iraq targeting Iran-backed militias were in retaliation for attacks on Saudi oil facilities this week.
  3. Two Tankers Hit in Apparent Drone Strike in Egypt

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:41:20 -0000

    An explosion at a port on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast set fire to two ships, including a U.S. gas storage tanker, according to maritime tracking firms.
  4. Senators Cornyn and Tillis Threaten to Block Blanche Nomination Over Trump’s IRS Deal

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:31:36 -0000

    John Cornyn and Thom Tillis accused the attorney general nominee of refusing to put on paper his promise to kill aspects of the deal he cut to settle President Trump’s suit against the agency.
  5. With Blanche Nomination at Stake, Payouts to Trump Allies Continue

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:50:43 -0000

    A seven-figure settlement was announced hours before senators skeptical about the so-called weaponization fund delayed a crucial vote on Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general.
  6. Trump Unveils $22.5 Billion Redesign of Dulles Airport

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:19:56 -0000

    The project would make the airport easier to navigate and include a new United lounge, officials said. It’s part of the president’s plans to remake the Washington area.
  7. Lawyer Who Represented Trump Is Appointed U.S. Attorney in Manhattan

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 22:29:03 -0000

    Federal court judges appointed James M. McDonald, a former federal prosecutor, to the post. He represented President Trump in his appeal of his criminal conviction.
  8. Republicans Threaten to Block Blanche Nomination

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 22:11:22 -0000

    Also, Fauci invokes the Fifth Amendment. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
  9. Fauci Pleads the Fifth, Refusing to Answer Questions on Covid Origins at Senate Hearing

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:27:30 -0000

    Senator Rand Paul said the committee he leads would vote next week on whether to hold Dr. Fauci in contempt of Congress.
  10. Can This Man Stop the Mamdani Agenda?

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:10:36 -0000

    Reihan Salam loves New York. He loves the free market. And he’s very worried.
  11. Rollout of New York City’s Second-Home Tax Is Confusing Some Residents

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:29:14 -0000

    The so-called pied-à-terre tax is causing anxiety for homeowners who feel outed by the publication of their addresses. Some say they have only one home.
  12. Why Republicans Aren’t Funding the Texas Senate Race Yet

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:51:09 -0000

    The peculiar dynamic is playing out in Texas, where the fate of the Republican nominee, Ken Paxton, will help decide which party controls the U.S. Senate.
  13. Trump Has Made Billions in Office. Will His Party Pay Politically?

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 22:03:48 -0000

    The president took in a staggering $2.2 billion last year while in office. Democrats are hoping to make it a campaign issue in the midterm elections.
  14. Obama Endorses Josh Turek in Iowa Senate Race With Basketball Video

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:00:12 -0000

    The former president is trying to help Josh Turek net a Senate seat in Iowa, which Democrats see as one of their best pickup opportunities of the midterms.
  15. Trying to Make a Buck Off a Data Center, One 6-Pack at a Time

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:00:46 -0000

    What do you do when a $25 billion complex is under construction nearby? One couple in Abilene had an idea.
  16. Fed Holds Rates Steady but Three Officials Back Increase

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:12:10 -0000

    Kevin M. Warsh’s second meeting as chairman of the Federal Reserve was colored by internal divisions over the path forward for policy.
  17. Government Borrowing Cost Hits Two-Decade High After Fed Rate Decision

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:33:46 -0000

    The surge in Treasury yields suggests investors doubt that the Federal Reserve can keep inflation contained.
  18. Trump Administration Is Repurposing Federal Land for A.I. Data Centers

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:46:04 -0000

    In the latest example, the Energy Department will convert a shuttered Cold War-era uranium enrichment facility into a data center campus and gas plants.
  19. Meta’s Profit Falls 14 Percent as A.I. Spending Continues

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:17:34 -0000

    The Silicon Valley company’s costs rose more steeply than revenue growth, as it continues to invest heavily in artificial intelligence.
  20. Microsoft Increases Spending on A.I. as Profit Jumps 31%

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:10:21 -0000

    Like other big technology companies, Microsoft is hoping its aggressive spending on artificial intelligence is starting to translate into revenue.
  21. Salman Rushdie’s Attacker Found Guilty of Aiding a Foreign Terror Group

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 22:36:32 -0000

    Hadi Matar stabbed Mr. Rushdie repeatedly at a literary conference in 2022 and could spend the rest of his life in prison.
  22. Amid Myanmar’s Civil War, the Rich Seek Parties and ‘Positive Vibes Only’

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 04:01:17 -0000

    The lifestyles of the wealthy in Myanmar — nightclubs, caviar and trips abroad — have been largely untouched by years of deadly conflict.
  23. Matt Damon’s Biceps in That ‘Odyssey’ Fight Scene? They’re Hers.

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:15:39 -0000

    Devyn Dalton, a 4-foot-6 woman, is the leading man’s stunt double in Christopher Nolan’s summer blockbuster.
  24. What Our Epstein Outrage Has Obscured

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:53:16 -0000

    It’s easy to shake our fists at a monster. It would be more effective to actually help exploited girls.
  25. What We Really Learned From the Fauci Hearing

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:51:11 -0000

    Show trials are bad for democracy.
  26. Teenage Lifeguard Fights Intense Waves to Bring Boy to Safety

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:56:21 -0000

    A lifeguard with a relentless grip on a young boy brought him to safety amid enormous waves that ripped across a Santa Cruz beach over the weekend.
  27. Trump’s Isolationism Is Losing the Great E.V. Race

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The United States risks becoming a theme park of internal combustion, as the rest of the world moves on.
  28. How Netanyahu’s Top General Became His Strongest Challenger

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Gadi Eisenkot, whose view of war is shaped by the loss of his son, is, in manner and character, the anti-Bibi.
  29. Johnny Knoxville, America’s God of Mischief

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    What moves the star of “Jackass” to risk his life for our entertainment? A very serious investigation.
  30. What Would It Mean to See a New Color?

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Olo can be described as the “greenest green,” though it can never be captured by a camera. But its development tells us a lot about our color vision.
  31. A Woman Lost Two Partners to Guns—Then the N.R.A. Came to Collect

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The majority of suicides in the U.S. involve guns, and eighty per cent of those are done by white men, a pattern that the gun-rights organization has spent decades denying.
  32. Which Way Should the Democratic Party Go Now?

    Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    It’s been a tumultuous primary season, but is this the Democrats’ Tea Party moment? Or is something more pragmatic emerging?
  33. The Complications of Graham Platner’s Veteran Identity

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    How much of the former Senate candidate’s behavior should be read through the lens of what combat did to him, and how much of it is simply who he is, independent of war?
  34. “No One Knows When It Will End”: A Doctor on the Ebola Emergency

    Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Health-care workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are fighting the third-largest outbreak in history—and trying not to get infected themselves.
  35. Maine’s Mad Scramble to Replace Graham Platner

    Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:15:54 -0000

    The state’s Democratic primary was dominated by an unlikely left-wing insurgent—it became a three-week sprint for Party insiders to select the next best thing.
  36. 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.
  37. How Political Is This Supreme Court?

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:57:53 -0000

    The legal commentator Elie Honig thinks that the Trump-appointed Justices are getting unfair criticism.
  38. Do Netanyahu’s Domestic Opponents Offer a Real Alternative?

    Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:51:53 -0000

    Moshe Tur-Paz is one of many centrist Israeli politicians criticizing Donald Trump’s deal to temporarily stop the war with Iran.
  39. Is Putin Finally Feeling Pressure?

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:50:54 -0000

    The Russian President is facing growing domestic discontent after a series of successful attacks by the Ukrainian Army, including a major attack on Moscow.
  40. The Kids Are Kind of All Right

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Recently, there has been much hand-wringing about downwardly mobile young adults living with their parents into their twenties or thirties. What’s really going on?
  41. LeBron James: An Odyssey

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:19:36 -0000

    Tell the old story for our modern times.
  42. Can Andy Burnham’s Manchesterism Save the U.K.’s Center Left?

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    With a populist touch, and a focus on affordability and raising up left-behind communities, Britain’s new Prime Minister has drawn comparisons to Zohran Mamdani.
  43. Method Beats Madness at the World Cup Final

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:45:00 -0000

    Spain stood for Europe, the industrial heart of modern soccer, while Argentina, a great but flawed team, was fuelled by myth.
  44. Marco Rubio Takes Aim at Globalists and the Left

    Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Primary among the Secretary of State’s targets is the International Criminal Court.
  45. How a Chinese Immigrant Driver Got Entangled in a Drug Bust

    Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In early 2025, a man from Queens arranged to pick up a passenger in New York’s North Country. He’s been in jail upstate ever since.
  46. Arizona Gubernatorial-Primary Results: Andy Biggs Secures Decisive Win

    Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:58:54 -0000

    Andy Biggs wins the Republican gubernatorial primary; Mark Lamb is the G.O.P.’s pick to fill Biggs’s seat in Congress.
  47. The New Yorker Festival Offers a First Look at Its 2026 Lineup

    Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Early tickets are now on sale, with events taking place October 23rd through 25th and featuring leading figures from the worlds of literature, entertainment, and more.
  48. The End of the Aqueduct Racetrack

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:09:12 -0000

    The closure of the scrappy New York landmark is just one of the signs that U.S. horse racing is running out of track.
  49. Trump’s War on Journalists

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The recent subpoenas of reporters make clear that the President is trying to threaten the press. Few protections are in place to stop him.
  50. Donald Trump’s Election-Fraud Bait and Switch

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:13:15 -0000

    The President promised “really, really big news” before his prime-time speech. But the declassified, heavily redacted documents he delivered felt more like Pam Bondi’s bogus Epstein binders than any true revelation.
  51. How Mudlarking Became London’s Hottest Hobby

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Searching for ancient objects in the Thames used to be a niche pastime. Then came Instagram, permits, and a desperate desire for connection with the past.