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  1. The Message Behind Trump’s Threats of ‘Economic Warfare’ Against Iran

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:58:51 -0000

    President Trump’s threats of an “economic D-Day” carry a clear signal to Iran that he does not want to go back to war.
  2. U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Leaves Middle East After Months at Sea in Operation Against Iran

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:21:05 -0000

    The aircraft carrier has been deployed for nine months, largely in support of U.S. operations against Iran, and is now heading home to San Diego.
  3. 2 Hijackings in 4 Days: Somali Piracy Rises

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 01:05:38 -0000

    Experts worry that the conflict in Iran and other regional dynamics are setting the stage for a Somali pirates’ comeback.
  4. How Big Tech’s A.I. Borrowing Binge Is Driving Up Bond Yields

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:50:00 -0000

    Analysts said the recent rise in Treasury yields partly reflected investor expectations that A.I.-driven growth could keep interest rates elevated.
  5. Trump Boasts of Declassifying Secrets, but Withholds Key Election Files From Public

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:16:16 -0000

    Even as the White House claims to be focused on transparency, it has ignored a congressional requirement to disclose a report on foreign meddling in the 2024 election.
  6. Homeland Security Made a Big Claim About Noncitizen Voting. Now It Can’t Prove It.

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:13:46 -0000

    The Department of Homeland Security told Nevada election officials that it identified 185 “potential” noncitizens on the state’s voter rolls, not the nearly 16,000 it claimed last month.
  7. Aisha Wahab Wins California Special Election to Replace Eric Swalwell

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 23:06:05 -0000

    Aisha Wahab, a Democratic state senator in California, will fill out the term of Eric Swalwell, who resigned from the House amid accusations of sexual misconduct.
  8. Florida Counts Its Election Ballots Fast. Why Can’t California Keep Up?

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:15:40 -0000

    Florida counted most of its primary ballots within hours on Tuesday night, well ahead of the days California took to report the results of its major election.
  9. ‘The Necessary Conversation’ Puts Family Political Arguments On Full Display

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:27:34 -0000

    “The Necessary Conversation,” a podcast and YouTube show, is a very public example of the political disputes families are having all across the country.
  10. Darline Graham’s Debate Misstep Tests South Carolina’s Appetite for a Political Newcomer

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 21:35:35 -0000

    The South Carolina senator has argued that her lack of political experience is a strength as she runs to succeed her late brother, Lindsey Graham. But a debate misstep has rattled some of her supporters.
  11. Can We Do Anything About Tick-Borne Diseases Like Alpha-Gal Syndrome?

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 21:30:06 -0000

    A scientific and civilizational horror story.
  12. Orban’s Office, Thrown Open, Is Not the Den Hungarians Expected

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 04:01:10 -0000

    The new government of Peter Magyar hoped to use the suite overlooking the Danube as evidence of an autocrat’s indulgence. The trappings fell short.
  13. After Six Years, Harry and Meghan Are Coming Home. What Changed?

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 01:08:15 -0000

    Just last year, Prince Harry said he couldn’t imagine ever bringing his family back to Britain.
  14. What to Know About Prince Harry and Meghan’s Move Back to the U.K.

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:58:38 -0000

    The couple are moving back after six years in the United States. What they will do, and much else, are still unclear.
  15. As Prince Harry and Meghan Depart California for the U.K., Their Neighbors Shrug

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:41:36 -0000

    Prince Harry and Meghan Markle self exiled to the ultrawealthy enclave of Montecito in 2020. “They wave. They drive. They close the gates,” a neighbor said.
  16. Nancy Kissinger, Wife of Former Secretary of State, Dies at 92

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:14:29 -0000

    A foreign policy specialist, she was politically savvy and well versed in global issues, and traveled widely with her husband, Henry A. Kissinger, on his diplomatic missions.
  17. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s ‘Road Trip’ Highlights America, and Some of Its Sponsors

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:53:37 -0000

    The transportation secretary’s six-part YouTube series is fueling ethical concerns over family adventures funded in large part by corporate sponsors regulated by his department.
  18. A Man in a Chucky-Style Mask Was Scaring Philadelphians. Then He Picked the Wrong Woman.

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 22:37:16 -0000

    When Jameka Wilson encountered a man wearing a Chucky-style Halloween mask, her stage combat training kicked in. Now she’s a minor local celebrity.
  19. Never Underestimate the Houthis

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 05:00:05 -0000

    With Iran exerting influence on the Strait of Hormuz, Houthi attacks on a nearby Red Sea passageway assume even greater importance for the world economy.
  20. Rosie O’Donnell Ends Late Night Stint With a Ditty to ‘Donny Boy’

    Fri, 21 Aug 2026 05:44:38 -0000

    “It’s kind of weird to think he spent more nights with me this week than Melania,” O’Donnell said of President Trump on her last night guest-hosting “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
  21. This Skeleton is the First Confirmed Death by Trebuchet

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:02:52 -0000

    Researchers believe a young man buried inside a Scottish castle was a victim of the long-feared siege weapon, more powerful than a typical catapult.
  22. The Real Meaning of the Jason Arday Scandal

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:33:51 -0000

    In a young Black professor’s academic misconduct, a “race-realist” found a “hook for a story.”
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. 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.
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. 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.”
  33. 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.
  34. 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.
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. 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.
  38. 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.
  39. After Six Months of War, Trump Is Still Losing to Iran

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The conflict marks a “precipitous collapse of American power and American prestige.”
  40. 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.
  41. 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.
  42. 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.
  43. 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.
  44. 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.
  45. 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.
  46. 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.