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  1. G.O.P. Boxed In on Iran War as Trump Sidelines Congress

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:30:11 -0000

    Republicans now face a worst-case political scenario of being asked to fund an unpopular war over which they have exercised little oversight.
  2. Trump to Impose 50% Tariff on Many Canadian Goods

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:25:52 -0000

    The administration will use an untested legal provision to put significant duties on Canadian exports, reigniting a clash with one of America’s biggest trading partners.
  3. Trump Orders a 50% Tariff on Many Canadian Goods

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:01:36 -0000

    Also, Britain has a new prime minister. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
  4. Trump Rejected Nearly 6,000 Clemency Applications Amid Hope of Pardon Wave

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:58:49 -0000

    Expectations were raised for a raft of pardons in connection with the country’s 250th birthday but the president granted fewer than 20 on July 3.
  5. Trump Administration Sought Phone Records of Times Journalists and Their Relatives

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:25:15 -0000

    The government is aggressively seeking the confidential sources of Times reporters who wrote about the president’s new Air Force One. The Times has asked a judge to quash the subpoenas.
  6. Lindsey Graham’s Sister, Darline Graham, Says She Will Run to Succeed Him

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:26:50 -0000

    Ms. Graham, who filled her brother’s Senate seat in South Carolina after his death, does not appear to have previous political experience. But she does have President Trump’s endorsement.
  7. 5 Things to Know About the Maine Senate Candidate Troy Jackson

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:11:12 -0000

    Mr. Jackson, who has emerged as the clear front-runner to replace Graham Platner, is a Republican turned Democrat who is seen as close to Mr. Platner on policy.
  8. Will a Sex Scandal Involving Mark Lamb Matter in Arizona GOP House Primary?

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:28:12 -0000

    The contest in a deeply religious part of the state is a test of the power of a Trump endorsement.
  9. Aiming for My Fastest Marathon, I Turned to Distance Running’s Mecca

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:01:57 -0000

    A New York Times reporter’s quest to beat the personal best he set 14 years ago took him to a Kenyan village, where the biggest benefit he got was not what he expected.
  10. How Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Hurting Elder Care

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:13:53 -0000

    Retirement communities already grappling with labor shortages are being forced to terminate caregivers at a time when more Americans are living longer.
  11. Judge Tosses Justice Department Challenge to Minnesota Immigration Laws

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:47:39 -0000

    The Trump administration, which flooded Minnesota with immigration agents this year, argued that policies limiting cooperation with ICE were unconstitutional.
  12. Inside Andy Burnham’s 1st Day as U.K. Prime Minister

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:35:10 -0000

    As Andy Burnham became Britain’s seventh leader in a decade on Monday, he tried to show that he will govern differently.
  13. Andy Burnham, New UK Prime Minister, Names John Healey As Top Finance Official

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:57:41 -0000

    As chancellor, John Healey, who quit as defense secretary in the former government, will fill one of the most consequential posts, overseeing fiscal and economic policy.
  14. Spain Celebrates Both a Soccer Win and a Sense of Wider Success

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:24:33 -0000

    For many fans, the World Cup victory cemented a belief that something promising — a cultural, economic and sports revival — is happening in the country.
  15. Evacuees of Ontario’s Wildfires Wait and Worry

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:38:54 -0000

    Flames crept, and then sprinted, toward unsuspecting residents who fled remote parts of northwestern Ontario. Now they want to know why officials weren’t prepared.
  16. Tropical Storm Bertha Forms Near the Gulf Coast

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:01:18 -0000

    Bertha, the second named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, is expected to drop heavy rain in the region this week.
  17. Wildfire Smoke Gives Way to Powerful Thunderstorms in the Midwest and Northeast

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:21:48 -0000

    The Midwest and the Northeast are facing potentially intense thunderstorms Monday and Tuesday.
  18. Soaring Egg Prices Are Hitting China Hard

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:44:32 -0000

    China consumes more eggs per capita than almost every other country, so a recent spike in costs is touching a nerve.
  19. The Sewer Knows What You Ate

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:00:06 -0000

    During the Covid-19 pandemic, wastewater testing became a virus warning system. Now, scientists are using the approach to understand how communities eat.
  20. I’m a Screenwriter. Hollywood Is in Trouble.

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:26:14 -0000

    A scriptwriter’s lament about Hollywood’s decline
  21. Maine Democrats Are Replacing an Oysterman With a Lumberjack. It Might Just Work.

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:52:33 -0000

    For the state’s progressives, Graham Platner was tempting. Troy Jackson is tested.
  22. Mamdani Eyes a McKinsey Partner to Lead Economic Development Team

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:01:05 -0000

    Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who wanted to use the Economic Development Corporation to pursue economic justice as well as growth, is leaning toward someone likely to placate the business community.
  23. Florentina Holzinger’s Naked Ambition

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The artist’s extreme use of the body has caused viewers to puke, faint, and leave her shows. At the Venice Biennale, though, her vision has made her a star.
  24. One Man’s Quest to Fix Every Deadly Guardrail

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In 2016, Steve Eimers’s daughter died when she hit a defective guardrail. Then he learned that the country was full of them.
  25. How Biden Enabled Israel’s Aggression Toward Gaza—and Iran

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Top officials from the previous Administration now express regret over their failure to rein in Netanyahu.
  26. María Corina Machado’s Opposition in Exile

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Venezuelan politician hoped to become her country’s leader with help from the U.S. The Trump Administration had other priorities.
  27. Rope-a-Dope

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Are the Enhanced Games an existential threat to fairness or a cure for death?
  28. Trump’s War on Journalists

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The recent subpoenas of reporters make clear that the President is trying to threaten the press. Few protections are in place to stop him.
  29. Donald Trump’s Election-Fraud Bait and Switch

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:13:15 -0000

    The President promised “really, really big news” before his prime-time speech. But the declassified, heavily redacted documents he delivered felt more like Pam Bondi’s bogus Epstein binders than any true revelation.
  30. Donald Trump’s Ad-Lib Strategy on Iran

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The President promised to end what had been a quarter century of forever wars in the Middle East. Now the U.S. is mired in an intractable conflict of his own making.
  31. How Ukraine Brought the War to Russia

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Long-range drone and missile strikes on Russian soil have shifted the balance of the conflict—will they be enough to end it?
  32. 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.
  33. How Political Is This Supreme Court?

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:57:53 -0000

    The legal commentator Elie Honig thinks that the Trump-appointed Justices are getting unfair criticism.
  34. Do Netanyahu’s Domestic Opponents Offer a Real Alternative?

    Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:51:53 -0000

    Moshe Tur-Paz is one of many centrist Israeli politicians criticizing Donald Trump’s deal to temporarily stop the war with Iran.
  35. Is Putin Finally Feeling Pressure?

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:50:54 -0000

    The Russian President is facing growing domestic discontent after a series of successful attacks by the Ukrainian Army, including a major attack on Moscow.
  36. Can Andy Burnham’s Manchesterism Save the U.K.’s Center Left?

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    With a populist touch, and a focus on affordability and raising up left-behind communities, Britain’s new Prime Minister has drawn comparisons to Zohran Mamdani.
  37. Method Beats Madness at the World Cup Final

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:45:00 -0000

    Spain stood for Europe, the industrial heart of modern soccer, while Argentina, a great but flawed team, was fuelled by myth.
  38. How Worldy Is the World Cup?

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:44:17 -0000

    With every tournament, the possibility of a genuine surprise is shrinking.
  39. Spain’s Beautiful Balance

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:07:32 -0000

    Lamine Yamal, the team’s wunderkind, is thrilling, but discipline and patience have seen them through to the final.
  40. How Mudlarking Became London’s Hottest Hobby

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Searching for ancient objects in the Thames used to be a niche pastime. Then came Instagram, permits, and a desperate desire for connection with the past.
  41. I Won’t Cry for You, Argentina

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The team is headed back to the World Cup final, but one lifelong fan has fallen out of love.
  42. Democratic Schadenfreude and the Latino Vote

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Trump’s once strong approval rating among Latinos has collapsed, but Democrats can’t count on their support.
  43. V.A.R. and the Rise of Our New Tech Overlords

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The World Cup replay system has fostered a very contemporary kind of paranoia about who controls the machines.
  44. Donald Trump’s Needless War with Iran Is His Biggest Economic Blunder

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As the midterm elections approach, gas prices have started to rise again, and the President’s poll ratings are in the cellar.
  45. The Remaking of Lindsey Graham

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 20:30:19 -0000

    Once a harsh critic of Donald Trump, the South Carolina senator became one of the President’s most dependable allies—a sign of what it takes to remain influential in today’s Republican Party.
  46. An O.M.B. Plan to Defund Science—and Anything Trump Doesn’t Like

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Under a new proposal, Administration officials could deny government grants to any group or project on the ground that it didn’t fit the President’s agenda.
  47. Can Office-to-Residential Conversions Survive the Pfizer-Building Crisis?

    Sat, 11 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The thirty-seven-story tower in midtown was stabilized, after almost falling over earlier this week. Now Nathan Berman, the real-estate developer behind its renovation, will have to deal with the fallout.