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1. Chaos and Panic Grip Tehran as Airstrikes Shake City

   Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:03:43 -0000

   Iranians were beginning their workweek as U.S. and Israeli strikes sent people fleeing parts of the capital and parents racing to collect children from schools.

2. What to Know About the U.S. Attacks on Iran

   Sat, 28 Feb 2026 11:56:22 -0000

   The United States, joined by Israel, launched an attack on major cities in Iran, as President Trump called on Iranians to overthrow the government.

3. OpenAI Reaches A.I. Agreement With Defense Dept. After Anthropic Clash

   Sat, 28 Feb 2026 05:27:32 -0000

   The deal came hours after President Trump had ordered federal agencies to stop using artificial intelligence technology made by Anthropic, an OpenAI rival.

4. Trump Orders U.S. Agencies to Stop Using Anthropic AI Tech After Pentagon Standoff

   Sat, 28 Feb 2026 03:52:12 -0000

   The company had clashed with the military over how officials wanted to use its cutting-edge A.I. model. The order could vastly complicate intelligence analysis and defense work.

5. Taiwan Arms Sale Approved by Congress Is Delayed as Trump Plans Visit to Beijing

   Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:47:30 -0000

   The package worth billions of dollars and endorsed by lawmakers is stalled at the State Department as the U.S. and China plan an April summit.

6. Pentagon Watchdog Stalls Proposal to Review Targeting in Trump’s Boat Strikes

   Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:01:29 -0000

   A new inspector general delayed a decision on whether to approve the project and is said to have raised its potential political ramifications, in a test of the watchdog system in President Trump’s second term.

7. The Bloody Rise and Fall of Mexico’s Top Crime Boss

   Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:02:15 -0000

   El Mencho’s brutality and business acumen put him atop the cartel world, until he made a fatal mistake.

8. How The Times Covers Cartels and Other Criminal Enterprises

   Sat, 28 Feb 2026 11:00:14 -0000

   Cultivating sources. Verifying claims. Staying safe. After the death of El Mencho, four journalists share their approach to this difficult, dangerous work.

9. Abrupt Change for Warner Bros. Prompts Many Grim Faces

   Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:02:01 -0000

   Employees at the company had started to warm to the idea of Netflix as its corporate owner. Now they face the prospect of major cuts under Paramount.

10. Netflix Lost Warner. Maybe That’s a Good Thing.

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:02:27 -0000

    It is entirely possible, analysts say, that Netflix will be better off by bailing from its $83 billion deal with Warner Bros. Discovery.

11. Why Have You Started This War, Mr. President?

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 07:59:46 -0000

    Donald Trump promised voters that he would end wars, not start them.

12. How Israel Lost Americans

    Fri, 27 Feb 2026 23:47:35 -0000

    Netanyahu and his government deserve the growing bipartisan opprobrium they’re receiving.

13. L.A.U.S.D. Chief Alberto Carvalho Is Placed on Leave Following F.B.I. Raid

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 01:34:22 -0000

    Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, was placed on paid leave after F.B.I. agents raided his home and district office this week.

14. Carney Visiting India, Australia and Japan to Build Canada’s ‘Middle Power’ Bonds

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 05:01:06 -0000

    Prime Minister Mark Carney visits India, Australia and Japan seeking deals to strengthen his country’s links to Indo-Pacific powers and break Canada’s dependence on the United States.

15. Neil Sedaka, Singing Craftsman of Memorable Pop Songs, Dies at 86

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 03:59:49 -0000

    He sang and co-wrote some of the definitive teenage anthems of the 1950s and early ’60s, including “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,” and then reinvented his career in the ’70s.

16. How High-Powered Lasers Became Part of Donald Trump’s Border-Security Complex

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The funding debate in Congress is over immigration-enforcement practices, but the Administration is still spending unprecedented sums on military-grade equipment at the southern border.

17. The True Story of ISIS’s Rise in Syria

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The rebellion against Assad led to sudden freedom, but also to crime and inequality. The Islamic State took advantage.

18. Cash and Carry, by David Sedaris

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    I guessed correctly that the woman had found this cabinet on the curb, just as I had found my current desk chair and countless pieces of furniture in the past.

19. The Migrants in the Ancient Forest

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Five years ago, Belarus began enabling people from high-conflict countries to migrate into Europe. Despite high walls and backlash, they’re still coming.

20. James Talarico Puts His Faith in Texas Voters

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The Senate candidate believes that Democrats can win by appealing to higher values. Can he succeed in the age of Trump?

21. The Ellison Media Empire Grows Again

    Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:24:37 -0000

    After torpedoing Netflix’s bid to buy Warner Bros., Paramount Skydance is poised to have multiple major news organizations under its control.

22. The Right-Wing Nonprofit Serving A.I. Slop for America’s Birthday

    Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    PragerU, a fount of Judeo-Christian edutainment, is now a key partner in the Trump Administration’s “civic education” campaign.

23. How Trump’s F.C.C. Is Reshaping TV

    Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    An under-the-radar merger could create a broadcasting behemoth that controls local news stations across more than forty states. Why do some MAGA diehards oppose it?

24. The Russians Turning to Google Maps in Search of Missing Soldiers

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:55:47 -0000

    Around a million Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, four years ago. Family members, who often aren’t informed of their loved ones’ fates, have been relying on a digital place of last resort.

25. Trump Is Still Deporting People Wherever He Wants

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:14:14 -0000

    How the Administration is overwhelming federal courts and getting away with third-country removals.

26. The Growing Rift Between Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E.

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    What this shocking split might mean for the future of the Middle East.

27. Xi Jinping’s Purge and What Trump’s Foreign Policy Means for China

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The machinations behind his recent military purge, and whether China sees an opportunity in Donald Trump’s aggression toward Europe.

28. The Woman Behind Japan’s Rightward Shift

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:22:11 -0000

    How Sanae Takaichi, the country’s first female Prime Minister, won big in last weekend’s election.

29. Jesse Jackson’s Timeless Economic Platform

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    He ran for President twice on the concerns that still define American political life—inequality, affordability, and vanishing jobs.

30. An Olympic Final Worthy of a Rivalry

    Sun, 22 Feb 2026 22:31:01 -0000

    The U.S.-Canada men’s gold-medal hockey match and the Games as a whole serve as a reminder that national pride isn’t always a bad thing.

31. At the 2026 Winter Olympics, Peril and Promise Coincide

    Sun, 22 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    In Italy, some of the world’s greatest athletes encountered physical risk, and even failure. But the most memorable moments of the Games were not just feats of skill but examples of resilience—and reasons for hope.

32. How the University Replaced the Church as the Home of Liberal Morality

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    As progressive Americans have become more secular, the academy has become their primary moral training ground. The results have not been good.

33. Donald Trump’s State of the Union Was Long and Wrong

    Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:19:26 -0000

    But at least the President thinks everything is going great.

34. The Betrayal of a Friend’s False Testimony

    Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Under pressure from interrogators, a teen-ager helped send three of his friends to prison for murder. How could he ever make amends?

35. The Supreme Court’s Complicated Takedown of Trump’s Tariffs

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    There are seven separate opinions—and even the Justices who agree with one another are in some ways at odds.

36. One Vaccine-Schedule Change That Actually Makes Sense

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Amid R.F.K., Jr.,’s vandalism of the public-health system, there’s shocking good news about a cancer-preventing vaccine.

37. Donald Trump’s Pantomime United Nations

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 19:23:14 -0000

    The Board of Peace might be destined to fail, but it still threatens to undermine an international system in which the U.S. was once the linchpin.

38. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s Life in Pictures

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Following his arrest last week, Andrew spent his first birthday as a commoner in circumstances as degraded as earlier celebrations had been grand.

39. The E.P.A. Rescinds a Landmark Finding

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    But it’s not game over for future climate action—and understanding why allows for a more nuanced picture of where the fight actually stands now.

40. The Chaos of an ICE Detention

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    When Manuela’s husband texted her that he’d been apprehended on the street, her life in New York instantly capsized.