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1. Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.

   Sat, 07 Feb 2026 15:14:49 -0000

   Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Ms. Good’s vehicle, but Trump administration leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have departed, leaving the Minnesota U.S. attorney’s office in turmoil.

2. Why Trump’s Calls to ‘Nationalize’ Voting Have Raised Midterm Fears

   Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:02:38 -0000

   The president has escalated his language as his administration takes steps to involve itself more in election matters.

3. Trump Deletes Racist Video Portraying the Obamas as Apes

   Sat, 07 Feb 2026 16:23:58 -0000

   The video clip that President Trump posted in a late-night flurry of social media activity caused an unusually strong and public outcry from members of his own party.

4. Hegseth Says Defense Department Will Cut Ties With Harvard

   Sat, 07 Feb 2026 02:44:49 -0000

   Mr. Hegseth’s order appeared to target his alma mater, Harvard’s Kennedy School for public policy.

5. U.S. Judge Says Trump Cannot Halt Funding for Gateway Tunnel Project

   Sat, 07 Feb 2026 02:18:17 -0000

   Nearly all of the work had stopped on Friday while negotiations continued in Washington and litigation played out in court.

6. Mexican Cartels Overwhelm Police With Ammunition Made for the U.S. Military

   Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:00:12 -0000

   Drug syndicates have used .50-caliber ammunition, produced at a plant owned by the U.S. Army and then smuggled across the border, in attacks on Mexican civilians and police.

7. Lindsey Vonn Aims to Become the Oldest Alpine Olympic Medalist, Despite Ruptured A.C.L.

   Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:00:34 -0000

   The 41-year-old American aims to complete her comeback by racing in the women’s Olympic downhill on Sunday despite rupturing her left A.C.L. a week ago.

8. Super Bowl Halftime Is the World’s Biggest Stage. He Designs It.

   Sat, 07 Feb 2026 16:01:20 -0000

   From Prince’s giant symbol to Kendrick Lamar’s streetlamps, the set production designer Bruce Rodgers “makes the impossible possible.”

9. The 2026 Super Bowl Ads (So Far), Ranked

   Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:52:22 -0000

   Here is our critic’s survey of this year’s Super Bowl commercials, from best to worst to A.I.

10. The President’s Personal Spy Chief

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:00:21 -0000

    From joining an F.B.I. search of an election center to allegedly suppressing a whistleblower complaint, Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, is eroding the independence of our intelligence community, argues Times Opinion’s editor, Kathleen Kingsbury.

11. Trump’s Obama Derangement Syndrome

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 15:24:29 -0000

    The president shows, once again, that he shouldn’t be anywhere near the Oval.

12. Vanity Fair

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 11:16:35 -0000

    Behind the scenes at the Westminster Dog Show, the entrants were affectionate. Or at least they acted like it.

13. Trump Reverts to Diplomacy With Iran, but the Road Is Narrow

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:10:27 -0000

    Iran is skilled at prolonging negotiations over its nuclear program, and seems to be hoping President Trump is out for a quick win, rather than a prolonged regional war.

14. Smaller N.Y.C. Classes Will Cost Millions. Can Mamdani Pull It Off?

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 08:00:07 -0000

    Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to make classes smaller across the largest U.S. school system. Like other parts of his agenda, it’s a costly task.

15. What’s Up With This Big Freeze? Some Scientists See Climate Change Link

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:03:55 -0000

    A warming Arctic can stretch the polar vortex, a high-altitude air ribbon, one says. The “wobble” can disrupt the jet stream, causing extreme cold in the East.

16. A Mosque Bombing Undercuts Pakistan’s Bid for Security

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 16:06:30 -0000

    Pakistan has made headway against the Islamic State and other militants, but a bloody suicide attack showed how fragile its progress has been.

17. The Pope’s Man Arrives in New York

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:47:59 -0000

    In appointing Ronald Hicks to the most prominent post in the U.S. Church, is Leo XIV assembling his own Team U.S.A.?

18. A Bridge to Venezuela

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The Colombian border city of Cúcuta braces for more turmoil.

19. Inside Russia’s Secret Campaign of Sabotage in Europe

    Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    How Russian military intelligence is recruiting young people online to carry out espionage, arson, and other attacks across the Continent.

20. Living in Tracy Chapman’s House

    Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Fresh out of college, we were a bunch of misfits, in a chaotic, run-down communal home, desperately trying to figure out who we were meant to be.

21. Deepfaking Orson Welles’s Mangled Masterpiece

    Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Will an A.I. restoration of “The Magnificent Ambersons” right a historic wrong or desecrate a classic?

22. Dan Bongino’s Podcast Homecoming

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The short-lived No. 2 at the F.B.I. returns to the MAGA mediaverse he helped create. What’s changed?

23. The Assault on Ukraine’s Power Grid

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    How Russia has weaponized the most frigid winter in more than a decade.

24. Why the D.H.S. Disaster in Minneapolis Was Predictable

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    For decades, ICE and Border Patrol have operated with fewer constraints than typical law-enforcement agencies.

25. ICE’s Assault on a Minnesota School District

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Liam Ramos, whose photo became a symbol of Operation Metro Surge, is one of several students in Columbia Heights who are now in federal custody.

26. Is ICE Leading Us Into a Constitutional Crisis?

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:48:28 -0000

    A look at the agency’s astonishing record of defying court orders, and what the judiciary might do to respond.

27. Do Federal Officials Really Have “Absolute Immunity”?

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 23:03:11 -0000

    After killings by ICE and Border Patrol in Minneapolis, a legal expert discusses how agents might be held to account by local authorities.

28. How Europe Can Respond to Trump’s Greenland Imperialism

    Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:25:06 -0000

    The President’s obsession with acquiring the Danish territory has put the transatlantic alliance at risk.

29. Can Trump Really Use the Insurrection Act?

    Sat, 17 Jan 2026 21:40:07 -0000

    An expert on Presidential emergency powers discusses the history and legality of military deployments in American cities.

30. A Theology of Immigration

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:43:51 -0000

    “None of us have a permanent residence here in this world,” the Reverend Dan Groody says.

31. How Trump Is Debasing the Dollar and Eroding U.S. Economic Dominance

    Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The President’s coercive policies, including his latest threats against Greenland, are prompting some foreign investors to think twice about parking their money with Uncle Sam.

32. What We Expect Athletes to Say Now

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Not long ago, taking political stands almost seemed to become part of the job. These days, in another moment of social crisis, expectations have shifted.

33. Why an Agnostic Animal-Rights Activist Went to Seminary

    Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Wayne Hsiung has gone to court and done jail time to improve the lives of animals. Now he’s going to church.

34. Ben Shapiro Is Waging Battle Inside the MAGA Movement

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 19:00:04 -0000

    The conservative commentator on the antisemitism in MAGA media and why he condemns President Trump as corrupt yet sticks with him.

35. Donald Trump Already Knows the 2026 Election Is “Rigged”

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:08:13 -0000

    The question is not if he will undermine confidence in the midterms but how.

36. The People Who Will Actually Make Universal Child Care Happen

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Zohran Mamdani delivered a political victory—but making his plans a reality will require the help of a workforce that’s already struggling.

37. How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:43:46 -0000

    The Amazon founder bought the paper to save it. Instead, with a mass layoff, he’s forced it into severe decline.

38. What Happens When the Snow Doesn’t Melt?

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:24:30 -0000

    The icy buildups blocking crosswalks around New York have been dubbed sneckdowns. Some urbanists think they offer a vision of a less car-dependent city.

39. Trump’s Profiteering Hits $4 Billion

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    In August, I reported that the President and his family had made $3.4 billion by leveraging his position. After his first year back in office, the number has ballooned.

40. Miami’s Haitian Community Braces for Deportations

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:15:20 -0000

    The Trump Administration’s plan to end Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Haiti puts hundreds of thousands at risk of returning to a country in crisis.

41. Are Democrats Right to Cut an Immigration Deal with Trump?

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 21:26:34 -0000

    Congress has justifiably been criticized for rolling over to the President. But how it actually uses its leverage involves genuinely difficult trade-offs.