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  1. Trump Administration Is Delaying Hundreds of Wind and Solar Projects

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:12:54 -0000

    Federal agencies are delaying approvals for renewable energy projects on both federal land and private property at a time when electricity demand is going up.
  2. Supreme Court Clears Way for California Voting Map

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:27:53 -0000

    The state’s Republican Party had asked the justices to step in and block the new congressional maps, which give an advantage to Democrats, before the midterms.
  3. Trump’s Call to ‘Nationalize’ Elections Adds to State Officials’ Alarm

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:02:49 -0000

    Some top state election officials, who run voting across the country, worry that the federal government has become hostile to them and their work.
  4. Employment Commission Investigates Nike for Discrimination Against White Workers

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:32:30 -0000

    It appeared to be the first time the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has targeted diversity policies at a large company.
  5. Border Czar Says He Is Pulling 700 Immigration Agents Out of Minneapolis

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:59:17 -0000

    About 2,000 personnel will be left in Minnesota, where President Trump’s immigration crackdown has generated outrage.
  6. Prosecutor Fired After Voicing Frustration With Immigration Caseload

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:13:29 -0000

    The prosecutor, Julie T. Le, told a judge that she and her colleagues in the U.S. attorney’s office were overwhelmed by the White House’s immigration operation in Minnesota.
  7. Educators Sue to Keep Immigration Agents From Schools and Bus Stops

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:38:13 -0000

    The lawsuit is challenging a Trump administration policy allowing federal agents near locations such as schools, churches and hospitals.
  8. Washington Post Begins Cutting More Than 300 Jobs

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:47:03 -0000

    The layoffs will cut into The Post’s local, international and sports coverage, and reduce the number of all its employees by about 30 percent.
  9. The Washington Post Eliminates Its Sports Department

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:29:22 -0000

    The Post is laying off or reassigning all the reporters and editors in its sports section, days before the Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics in Italy.
  10. How Universities and States Are Increasing Surveillance of Professors

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:37:08 -0000

    Scrutiny of university classrooms is being formalized, with new laws requiring professors to post syllabuses and tip lines for students to complain.
  11. Libby Howes, a Promising Young Actress, Left New York in 1981 and Disappeared. What Happened?

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:37:10 -0000

    Libby Howes was an imposing presence onstage with the Wooster Group. But after abruptly leaving New York in 1981 she became a theater world mystery. What happened?
  12. In Forcing the Clintons to Testify on Epstein, Comer Sets a New Precedent

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:31:13 -0000

    The Republican chairman’s successful targeting of a former president who faces no charge of wrongdoing was the sort of tactic typical in an autocracy where leaders fear being jailed when they are out of power.
  13. Epstein Helped Woody Allen’s Daughter Get Into College, Emails Show

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:55:10 -0000

    Bard College’s president, Leon Botstein, agreed to help Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn’s daughter after Jeffrey Epstein connected them, emails released by the Justice Department show.
  14. Melinda French Gates Addresses New References to Bill Gates in Epstein Files

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:43:54 -0000

    Messages in the latest Epstein files suggesting that Bill Gates had engaged in extramarital sex brought up “painful” memories, his former wife said in an interview. Mr. Gates has denied the claims.
  15. David A. Ross Resigns from Art School After Epstein Email Release

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:54:09 -0000

    David A. Ross said he remained “ashamed” for having been “taken in” by Jeffrey Epstein. Mr. Ross resigned his position at the School of Visual Arts in New York.
  16. Stellan Skarsgard on ‘Sentimental Value’ and His Wide-Ranging Career

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 10:01:09 -0000

    After a stroke four years ago, the actor has changed how he approaches performances, including the one he’s become an awards favorite for.
  17. Once the Hottest Bet on Wall St., Private Credit Has Started to Crack

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:13:14 -0000

    Concerns about defaults, particularly among software companies, have spooked investors in the private credit firms that lend to them.
  18. Google Profit Jumps 30 Percent on A.I. Gains

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:27:59 -0000

    Profits rose to $34.5 billion last quarter, as the tech giant gained ground with its Gemini system, bolstering its search business and YouTube.
  19. How 2026 Winter Olympics Security Is Preparing For The Opening Ceremony

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:55:10 -0000

    Thousands of Italian security officers will be deployed, though the presence of U.S. ICE personnel has stirred anger. Italian officials said Wednesday they had thwarted a Russian cyberattack aimed at some Olympics hotels.
  20. Yair Golan’s Battle for a Two-State Solution and the Future of Israel

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:06:55 -0000

    To many Israelis, he’s a war hero. To others, he’s a traitor guilty of “blood libel.” Can Yair Golan change politics in Israel?
  21. Israel Launches Deadly Strikes on Gaza, Saying Militants Attacked Its Soldiers

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:55:10 -0000

    Gaza officials said the Israeli airstrikes killed at least 21 Palestinians. Israel said one of its soldiers was critically wounded in the attack by Palestinian gunmen.
  22. New York and New Jersey Governors Resolve Fight Over Appointees

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:05:37 -0000

    The board of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will vote this week to confirm Kathryn Garcia as the executive director and Jean Roehrenbeck as the deputy executive director of the agency.
  23. Mamdani Will Endorse Hochul for Re-election This Week

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:22:52 -0000

    Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s support could lend a needed jolt of progressive energy to the governor’s re-election campaign and further cement the once-unlikely partnership between them.
  24. Hochul Chooses Adrienne Adams to Join Her Re-election Ticket

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:37:48 -0000

    By choosing Ms. Adams as her nominee for lieutenant governor, Gov. Kathy Hochul created the first all-woman major-party ticket in New York State history.
  25. Mamdani Chooses a Liberal Jewish Leader to Run Antisemitism Office

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:52:17 -0000

    Phylisa Wisdom, the executive director of the New York Jewish Agenda, shares Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s criticism of Israel’s treatment of Gaza, but supports its right to exist as a Jewish state.
  26. Bright Horizons Child Care Centers Face Dozens of Alarming Complaints

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:42:41 -0000

    In New York City, health officials have moved to shut down one center where workers were charged with child abuse. Records show that problems extend across the network.
  27. The Questionable Science Behind the Odd-Looking Football Helmets

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:19:28 -0000

    The N.F.L. claims Guardian Caps reduce the risk of concussions. The company that makes them says, “It has nothing to do with concussions.”
  28. San Francisco Bay Area Is Skeptical ICE Won’t Target the Super Bowl

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:36:00 -0000

    Federal officials said ICE would not conduct enforcement raids in the region this week. But leaders in the San Francisco Bay Area have passed “anti-ICE” ordinances, and activists have planned rapid response efforts nonetheless.
  29. Savannah Guthrie’s Missing Mother Has Nation Fixated on an Arizona Subdivision

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:01:20 -0000

    The disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, mother of the news anchor Savannah Guthrie, has reporters, neighbors and drones flooding streets and foothills in Tucson, Ariz.
  30. What a Baby’s Laugh Actually Tells Us

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 10:00:04 -0000

    A kid’s first joke reveals a complex mind.
  31. ICE’s Surveillance State Isn’t Tracking Only Immigrants

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:16:24 -0000

    The nationwide nativist dragnet has a long list of targets.
  32. Nigeria Attack Leaves More Than 160 Dead

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:48:36 -0000

    The raiders stormed a rural community in central Nigeria, killing dozens and setting homes on fire in one of the country’s worst recent attacks.
  33. Mickey Lolich, Hero of the 1968 World Series, Dies at 85

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:27:46 -0000

    A Detroit Tigers pitcher, he was famous for his ample waistline — and for his three complete-game wins in defeating the Cardinals, making him the Series’ M.V.P.
  34. Russia and Ukraine Resume Talks After a Huge Attack by Moscow

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:43:34 -0000

    U.S., Russian and Ukrainian negotiators are meeting in the United Arab Emirates, but Russia continues to pummel Ukraine and has not softened demands that Kyiv calls unacceptable.
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. 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?
  38. 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.
  39. David Remnick on S. N. Behrman’s “The Days of Duveen”

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

    In a wry Profile of the British-born art dealer Joseph Duveen, Behrman captures the workings of a canny commercial intelligence wreathed in connoisseurship and charm.
  40. 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.
  41. 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.
  42. 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.
  43. 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.
  44. 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.
  45. 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.
  46. 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.
  47. How Donald Trump Has Transformed ICE

    Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:46:06 -0000

    A former D.H.S. oversight official on what, legally, the agency can and can’t do—and the accountability mechanisms that have been “gutted beyond recognition.”
  48. 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.
  49. 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.
  50. 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.
  51. 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.
  52. 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.
  53. 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.
  54. 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.
  55. What ICE Should Have Learned from the Fugitive Slave Act

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Americans took to the streets to defend their neighbors in the nineteenth century, too.
  56. Operation Trump Rehab

    Thu, 29 Jan 2026 23:57:25 -0000

    After a wave of public revulsion over the President’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota, he offers a familiar playbook: distraction, disinformation, denial, delay.
  57. The Cruel Conditions of ICE’s Mojave Desert Detention Center

    Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    How immigration authorities have weaponized medical neglect to encourage self-deportations.
  58. Revisiting Minnesota’s “Open House” Exhibition in the Age of ICE

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:36:05 -0000

    Long before the federal onslaught, a Twin Cities museum showed what it meant to find a home in America.
  59. Maybe the United States Can Be One of Mark Carney’s “Middle Powers”

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The Canadian Prime Minister offers the possibility of a calmer future.