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  1. At War With Iran Again, Some Israelis Fear Conflict Is Becoming Routine

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:07:18 -0000

    A majority of Israelis support the war with Iran, but many doubt that it will solve Israel’s long-term security problems. Some also question their prime minister’s assurances and motives.
  2. Rival Nations Seize On Choke Points to Counter Trump

    Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:42:25 -0000

    From Iran to China, President Trump’s global aggression has encouraged other countries to search for new ways to pressure the U.S. economy.
  3. How Pam Bondi Got Fired, and a Flood of Deadly New Drugs

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:24:52 -0000

    Plus, your Friday news quiz.
  4. Jobs and Workers Are In Balance. Nobody Is Happy About It.

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:01:02 -0000

    Lower immigration has brought labor supply in line with shaky demand, but economists worry that such a slow-moving job market is at risk of toppling over.
  5. Economists Are Drawing Stronger Connections Between A.I. and Jobs

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:58:55 -0000

    Artificial intelligence hasn’t disrupted the labor market, economists say, but they are increasingly convinced that it will — and that policymakers are unprepared.
  6. Pam Bondi Wanted a Graceful Exit. But Trump Wanted Her Gone.

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 03:26:41 -0000

    Pam Bondi had a feeling her days as attorney general were numbered. But she didn’t expect President Trump to drop the curtain quite so soon.
  7. Who Is Todd Blanche, Trump’s Acting Attorney General?

    Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:34:14 -0000

    While it remains unclear how long Todd Blanche will stay in the job, whoever ends up taking over permanently will lead a department that he has shaped in his own image.
  8. Wealthy Donors Are Hiding Political Money in Secretive Nonprofits

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:00:11 -0000

    Using philanthropy for campaign donations is illegal. But an exception for some nonprofits has allowed Democratic billionaires like Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg to remain anonymous when they want to play politics.
  9. How Democrats Are Embracing Dark Money

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:00:55 -0000

    The left is creating new, obscure nonprofits to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars into politics and advocacy.
  10. 30 Years Later, the Unabomber’s Cabin Is a Prized F.B.I. Artifact

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:01:45 -0000

    A complicated piece of American heritage and culture sits intact in the F.B.I. headquarters.
  11. Auto-brewery Syndrome: The Condition That Causes Sober People to Get Drunk

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:58:31 -0000

    D.W.I.s, relationship problems, accusations of secret drinking: Auto-brewery syndrome can wreak havoc on people’s lives and reputations.
  12. In Syria, Kidnappings of Women and Girls Fuel a Minority Group’s Fears

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:01:13 -0000

    A Times investigation found that abductions of women and girls from Syria’s Alawite minority were more common, and more brutal, than the government has acknowledged.
  13. The Awe of a Moon Launch in an Age of Trump, Turmoil and Tribal Divisions

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 02:59:17 -0000

    The launch of Artemis II captured the tenor of the times in a country that can still do big things but seems forever mired in big problems.
  14. Liberal Group Warns That Trump Could Have Two More Supreme Court Picks

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:02:36 -0000

    Demand Justice plans to tie Republicans running for Senate this year to a possible fight to fill vacancies that could emerge on the Supreme Court.
  15. Texas Voucher Program Incites Fight Over Funding Islamic Schools

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:00:37 -0000

    As Muslim private schools try to join Texas’ new voucher program, top Republicans have vowed to stop what they call “radical Islamic indoctrination.”
  16. Georgia Lawmakers End Session Without Fixing a Threat to Its Midterm Elections

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:01:52 -0000

    The state legislature failed to push back a deadline that requires Georgia to get rid of its current voting system and find a new one — all before November.
  17. Cosmopolitan Shanghai Is an Uneasy Fit in China’s Narrative of Western Sins

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:50:05 -0000

    Shanghai’s many layers of architecture, culture and politics have made it a difficult fit for the Communist Party’s preferred narrative of Chinese victimhood and Western sins.
  18. Ben Lerner’s ‘Transcription’ Shows Us Why the Novel Will Never Die

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:00:17 -0000

    With “Transcription,” the writer makes a case for the vitality of the form.
  19. Why Does Gavin Newsom Sound Like a Right-Wing Troll?

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:59:40 -0000

    He seems to have concluded that progressive models of manliness are passé.
  20. The Epstein Emails Show #MeToo Never Stood a Chance

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:27:35 -0000

    The files reveal the mechanics of doubt that the #MeToo movement had to contend with.
  21. The Human Cost of War

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:42:03 -0000

    Our colleague spent two months in Kyiv.
  22. Late Night Says Goodbye to Pam Bondi

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:37:48 -0000

    President Trump is “on a bit of a firing spree,” Jimmy Fallon said on “The Tonight Show” on Thursday, adding, “Ironically, the only staffer who has immunity is RFK Jr.”
  23. In a Muzzled Russia, He Still Speaks His Mind

    Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:44:11 -0000

    While hundreds of other journalists fled into exile after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitri A. Muratov stayed. But he did not stay quiet.
  24. Students Are Disciplined Over Antisemitic Posts Targeting Hockey Rivals

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:30:20 -0000

    A Connecticut high school said that it was aware of the Instagram posts and that antisemitism is “repugnant and antithetical to our values as a school.”
  25. Hershey’s Promises to Use Only Real Chocolate After Backlash

    Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:27:40 -0000

    The change follows weeks of complaints from a grandson of the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup inventor and other vocal consumers.
  26. Pam Bondi’s Legacy of Flattery and Destruction

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:40:24 -0000

    No Attorney General has done more damage to the Justice Department. Her successor could be even more dangerous.
  27. Lena Dunham on How She Became a Filmmaker

    Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    After college, I joined an odd little utopia of movie nerds working out of an office on lower Broadway. Then the sustainability of the setup started to seem questionable.
  28. At Beth El, a New Jersey Synagogue, a Deep Divide Over Israel

    Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Disagreements about Gaza and Zionism have divided congregations.
  29. The Camps Promising to Turn You—or Your Son—Into an Alpha Male

    Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    At the Men of War Crucible, you bear-crawl through rivers. At Warrior Week, you dig your own grave. At the Squire Program, your teen-ager can take part, too.
  30. He Helped Stop Iran from Getting the Bomb

    Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A former C.I.A. officer says that he recruited scientists as part of the United States’ effort to disrupt Iran’s nuclear program.
  31. Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth’s Warped Vision of the Iran War

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The two men might wish that they lived in a world where whoever dropped the most bombs got whatever he wanted. But the war has shown that this isn’t true.
  32. The Long Odds of Undoing Birthright Citizenship

    Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:34:50 -0000

    In arguments at the Supreme Court, a clear majority of the Justices seemed inclined to uphold the right.
  33. Trump, Iran, and the Shadow of Suez

    Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As Iran imposes a chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, squeezing the global economy, Trump faces a crisis that echoes one of history’s most revealing strategic failures.
  34. What Was Behind the T.S.A. Meltdown?

    Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The present mess has roots in two entangled, defining White House projects: DOGE and the mind-bending expansion of ICE.
  35. How Pakistan Became a Major Player in Peace Negotiations Between the U.S. and Iran

    Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:40:23 -0000

    The Pakistani military has wooed Donald Trump, and fallen out with its former Taliban allies, as it looks to wield more influence in the region.
  36. How Donald Trump May Have Sabotaged His Chances for a Deal with Iran

    Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:38:52 -0000

    The Iranian regime has shut down the Strait of Hormuz, destabilizing global markets and leaving the U.S. with no good options.
  37. Why Israel Is Attacking Lebanon

    Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:12:57 -0000

    Hezbollah, Iran, and Israel helped fuel a disastrous political crisis in Lebanon. Now the Netanyahu government is using it to justify a larger conflict.
  38. Why David Boies Thinks We Should Support Trump’s Iran War

    Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:35:58 -0000

    The prominent lawyer says that Democrats should get behind the President, and make sure that he finishes the job.
  39. The Spectacle of War and the Struggle to Protest

    Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    On social media, images of destruction in Iran are giving way to commentary from talking heads, dulling the reality of war.
  40. Who Struck It Rich in the Markets When Trump Postponed Bombing Iran?

    Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A series of uncannily timed bets on the price of oil and stocks deserves a proper investigation. It’s far from clear that they’ll get one.
  41. How Much Is a Home Team Worth?

    Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As wealthy owners threaten to relocate their franchises to secure stadium subsidies, a new bill aims to give cities a fairer chance at keeping them at home.
  42. Jessie Diggins’s Last Run

    Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:03:00 -0000

    America’s Nordic nation gathers to honor its queen.
  43. Searching for Iran’s Disappeared Prisoners

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Families are doing ad-hoc forensics to confirm the whereabouts of their detained loved ones, who have been transferred to undisclosed locations, and are at risk of abuse or execution.
  44. The Woman Who Made the Machine That Made Zohran Mamdani

    Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:01:46 -0000

    Tascha Van Auken helped turn the D.S.A. into an electoral force. What will she do inside City Hall?
  45. Donald Trump’s Case for War Fails to Mention How to Win It

    Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:47:53 -0000

    The President poses an existential question: Can everything be going according to the plan with Iran if there is no plan?
  46. How the Guillotine Got Axed

    Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In the U.S., capital punishment is resurgent. What lessons can we glean from France’s successful campaign to abolish it?
  47. The Rise of a Spanish-Language News Influencer

    Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:26:27 -0000

    How Carlos Eduardo Espina reaches millions of followers.
  48. The ICEBlock App Has Helped People Avoid Immigration Agents. Is It Legal?

    Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    ICEBlock was meant to be an early-warning system to help people avoid immigration enforcement—the Trump Administration claims that it endangered the agents of its mass-deportation campaign.
  49. John Lithgow on the Controversial Authors Roald Dahl and J. K. Rowling

    Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    The actor, who stars in the new Broadway production “Giant,” about Dahl’s fraught legacy, discusses whether we can separate the art from the artist.
  50. Donald Trump Is Breaking Up with Europe

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:47:01 -0000

    And the war in Iran is helping him do it.