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  1. Republicans Let Trump Keep Unparalleled Benefit: I.R.S. Immunity

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:02:29 -0000

    The rebellion against Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general, now seemingly contained, at no point fundamentally questioned President Trump’s new protections from the I.R.S.
  2. Wildfires Force 60,000 Evacuations in Spokane

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:56:06 -0000

    Plus, two deaths are linked to cyclosporiasis. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
  3. Immigrant Held at Delaney Detention Center Has Died, Officials Say

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:45:25 -0000

    The mayor of Newark identified the dead man as Edwin Lopez-Cornejo. The New Jersey center has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its treatment of detainees.
  4. ICE Killed Him. A.I. Helped Turn Him Into a Folk Ballad, Fast.

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:07:10 -0000

    Artificial Intelligence is helping people write corridos within hours, accelerating a century-old tradition of memorializing tragedy through song.
  5. N.Y. Law Barring ICE Agents From Wearing Masks Is Blocked by Judge

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:17:01 -0000

    While the ruling dealt a blow to New York’s efforts to rein in ICE, a ban on formal cooperation with local police officers will move forward.
  6. Author of Democrats’ 2024 Autopsy Says Party Left Out Key Chapter

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:16:24 -0000

    A dispute over the chapter between the author and the Democratic National Committee has added to the party’s turmoil as it tries to look forward, not backward.
  7. In Michigan’s 7th District’s Democratic Primary, a Centrist Split Boosts Progressive Hopes

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:11:32 -0000

    Unable to unite behind a single candidate in Michigan’s Seventh Congressional District, moderate Democrats worry that they’ve complicated their chances in a key November battleground.
  8. How Democratic Socialists Are Wrestling With Their Next Moves

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:14:51 -0000

    After notching primary victories, D.S.A. members in Chicago debated whether socialist candidates should be free to distance themselves from goals like abolishing prisons as they chase more seats this fall.
  9. California Democrats Want to Tax Billionaires. They Can’t Agree on How.

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:31:50 -0000

    Leaders of the state Democratic Party endorsed the ballot measure slated for November, but the party remains far from united on the issue as Democrats nationwide grapple with a growing wealth gap.
  10. Senate Moves Ahead on Bill to Avert a Shutdown

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:46:16 -0000

    Senators in both parties are eager to avoid another spending skirmish before the midterm elections, but the measure still must pass the House.
  11. House Ethics Panel Finds Rep. Chuck Edwards Likely Violated Sexual Harassment Rules

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:58:51 -0000

    The Ethics Committee called for the censure of Representative Chuck Edwards, Republican of North Carolina, who showered two female staffers with lavish gifts and affection.
  12. Nanit and Other Baby-Tracking Start-Ups Eye Collecting Even More Data

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:45:25 -0000

    Nanit and other start-ups want to track your children through the night — and soon, for much longer than that.
  13. Brown’s President Will Resign after a Tenure that Included Trump Deal

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:14:49 -0000

    The president, Christina H. Paxson, led the campus for over a decade, but in recent years faced protests, political pressure and a shooting that killed two students.
  14. After Colleges Reject ‘Compact,’ Trump Officials Try a Letter

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:51:44 -0000

    The open letter from Education Secretary Linda McMahon fell far short of the attempt at a compact last year that dangled research money in return for embracing the Trump administration’s agenda.
  15. Gen Z Can’t Afford a First Date

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:02:46 -0000

    From $130 dinners to expensive cocktails and even exorbitant movie tickets, a crushing economy in New York City is creating a fresh barrier to love.
  16. Inside the Secretive Boards Deciding Trans Troops’ Fate

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:48:34 -0000

    The Pentagon is relying on closed-door hearings to kick out transgender service members. An Army Reserve lawyer is one of the few who have seen how they really work.
  17. Meet the Bee Vet, Now Making Hive Calls

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:37:52 -0000

    Veterinarians are gingerly embracing the honeybee, a vital pollinator for agriculture but one that’s in increasing danger.
  18. I Helped Run Lululemon. The A.I. Revolution Is a Hot Mess.

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:05:28 -0000

    The A.I. revolution is stalling because companies don’t want to admit that integrating the technology is expensive and slow and requires human effort.
  19. Two Deaths Linked to Cyclospora Outbreak in Michigan

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:59:45 -0000

    The patients had “significant underlying health conditions,” health officials said.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. 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.”
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. 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.
  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. 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?
  36. LeBron James: An Odyssey

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

    Tell the old story for our modern times.
  37. Glen Hansard’s Street-Corner Stories

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 22:41:00 -0000

    Both as a young busker and as a famous singer-songwriter, Hansard understood how to make people stop and listen and feel one single thing.
  38. The Outlandish Case Against James Comey

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The prosecution’s central claim “would be laughable,” one former federal judge noted, if it weren’t intended “to deprive a man of his liberty.”
  39. Inside OpenAI’s Hack of Hugging Face

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:01:36 -0000

    Hugging Face’s chief science officer recounts the cybercrime that signals a terrifying new era for A.I.
  40. How Donald Trump Silenced the Voice of America

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The agency was created to spread the story of freedom and democracy around the world. Now, with many of its journalists being paid to stay home, it’s delivering a very different message.
  41. 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.
  42. 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?
  43. 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?
  44. “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.