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  1. Paramount to Settle States’ Lawsuit, Clearing Way for Warner Bros. Merger

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:44:00 -0000

    By resolving a lawsuit filed by a group of states, the media mogul David Ellison removed the last major hurdle he faced in buying Warner Bros. Discovery.
  2. Wall Street Is Growing Skeptical of the Data Center Boom

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:26:54 -0000

    Several companies tied to the data center industry have delayed their initial public offerings amid the increasing public backlash to these energy guzzling facilities.
  3. Are A.I. Models Being Misled to Act Too Human?

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:00:07 -0000

    A corporate spat between two tech giants last week was just the latest volley in a conflict over whether dangerous mistakes are being made in A.I. training.
  4. U.N. Seeks Relevance on A.I. as the U.S. and China Race Ahead

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:55:39 -0000

    Artificial intelligence is a race solely between two rival powers with the rest of the world largely on the sidelines, foreign policy experts said.
  5. Trump and Xi Meet Amid an Uneasy U.S.-China Trade Truce

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:00:12 -0000

    Beyond warm meetings between their leaders, the countries are engaging in tit-for-tat measures that call into question the stability of their arrangement.
  6. Trump Courts North Korea’s Leader, but Might Need China to Reignite the Flame

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:25:01 -0000

    President Trump has gotten no love back yet from Kim Jong-un. He could turn to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, to help set up a summit when Mr. Xi visits Washington next week.
  7. Ex-Commander of China’s Military Accused of Corruption and Expelled From Party

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:03:06 -0000

    Zhang Youxia, once the People’s Liberation Army’s top uniformed commander, and another general had taken “exceptionally large” bribes, investigators said.
  8. Republicans Enter Final Midterm Stretch With a Significant Financial Edge

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:29:12 -0000

    The party and its allies are currently set to spend hundreds of millions of dollars more on advertising than Democrats are, giving Republicans some hope in a tough midterm environment.
  9. Who’s Winning the Race for Congress?

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:17:09 -0000

    We’re 43 days away from the midterms. Here’s the state of play.
  10. White House Plan to Subsidize Stay-at-Home Parents Divides Conservatives

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:03:17 -0000

    Some praise the idea championed by Vice President JD Vance to direct federal money to support traditional families, while others say it cuts against conservative principles.
  11. Julie Orringer Didn’t Know How Close to Home Her Novel Would Be

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:55:20 -0000

    When she started her new novel, Julie Orringer didn’t know that it would mirror the taxing medical challenges faced by her husband.
  12. It’s Raining Boxes: Amazon Drones Overwhelm a Texas Suburb

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:11:22 -0000

    In Richardson, a fleet of drones has started to deliver goods quickly. But the noise is drowning out life for some residents: ‘We can’t live like this.’
  13. Russia’s Election Was Engineered to Send a Message: Putin Remains in Control

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:09:23 -0000

    A parliamentary vote demonstrated that President Vladimir V. Putin’s autocratic system was still able to deliver the results he wanted, analysts said.
  14. At 92, the Bard of Bollywood Is Still Writing About Love

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:27:45 -0000

    The poet and lyricist Gulzar has profoundly shaped the idea of tender romance in India through his verse and songs in more than 150 musicals.
  15. The Fuel That Feeds Europe’s Far Right: Nostalgia and Lost Pride

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:45:31 -0000

    The populist emphasis on national identity and threats to it, real and imagined, finds a deep response in voters adrift in a world they no longer understand.
  16. College Sports Bill Prompts Clash Among Senators, Including Some Ex-Athletes

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:06:45 -0000

    Lawmakers are applying their experiences on the playing field to the debate over a measure that would impose big changes to college athletics.
  17. He Was The Times’s Moscow Chief. My Grandmother Was His Censor.

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:57:13 -0000

    Somehow the story got through.
  18. Trump Is Lashing Out at the Media to Distract From His Failures

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:14:30 -0000

    The new ban continues Mr. Trump’s attempt to prevent the free flow of information in American society.
  19. Your Politics Questions

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:58:08 -0000

    We’re answering your queries about the election.
  20. An Unused and Divisive Philippine Nuclear Plant Awaits Its Fate

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:33:08 -0000

    The Filipino government is exploring nuclear power options to guard against global energy shocks. One proposal is to switch on a plant in Bataan that has been mothballed for 40 years.
  21. The Lost Descendants of Thomas Jefferson

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:08:19 -0000

    Scientists have new proof that the President had children with his enslaved chambermaid Sally Hemings—and that their bloodline endures across the country.
  22. Is A.I. Above the Law?

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Our legal system isn’t ready for machines that act on their own.
  23. What Barbara Kingsolver Believes the Novel Can Do

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    One of the country’s most popular novelists writes what she calls socially engaged fiction. In her new book, she considers the role of art—and who it’s for.
  24. The Fallout of a Charlie Kirk Campus Scandal

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Students and faculty across the country were punished for their reactions to the conservative activist’s murder. A recent graduate of Texas Tech’s law school is still trying to clear her name.
  25. Israel’s Qatargate Scandal

    Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Did Benjamin Netanyahu’s aides peddle influence to a foreign power?
  26. A Populist Revival in Iowa

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In close contests for governor and a Senate seat, candidates from both parties claim that they’re fighting a corrupt system.
  27. Our A.I. Problem

    Sun, 20 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Why can’t the people who produced the technology, which has already shown that a different world is possible, just do the things that would prevent extinction?
  28. Why the Houthis Are Saudi Arabia’s Problem

    Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The U.S. opted not to intervene as Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized a major choke point for Saudi oil shipments on the Red Sea.
  29. The New Lucy Letby Report Misses the Point

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:04:34 -0000

    The Thirlwall Inquiry looked at why the nurse wasn’t prevented from murdering babies. But it didn’t address the question of whether she had actually done so.
  30. What Life Is Actually Like in Gaza Today

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Nearly a year after the ceasefire, the analyst Jaser AbuMousa explains the impediments to rebuilding, and the devastation of his own family.
  31. Why China Isn’t Getting Existential About A.I.

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    China’s fears about the technology are increasingly distinct from those of the U.S. What does that mean for international coöperation?
  32. How, Exactly, Could A.I. Kill Us?

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0000

    Employees of A.I. companies are increasingly sounding the alarm. What should we make of their warnings?
  33. Can East Germany’s Cold War History Explain the Rise of the AfD?

    Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:46:03 -0000

    After winning a state election this past weekend, the German far right is closer to power than it has been in decades.
  34. Will A.I. Overwrite Our Sense of Shame?

    Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The tech world has long been run by iconoclasts whose ideas about right and wrong are self-consciously different from those of most people.
  35. Ben Shelton Comes Into Full Focus

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:42:36 -0000

    In a riveting U.S. Open semifinal against Frances Tiafoe, the twenty-three-year-old showed that his composure and problem-solving are as central to his game as his extraordinary athleticism.
  36. The Death of Shame Is Tearing Us Apart

    Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Increasingly, people are ignoring social norms in favor of a narrow self-interest. The results are disastrous.
  37. Has the A.I. Job Apocalypse Been Postponed?

    Mon, 07 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    So far, the proliferation of A.I. models such as Claude and ChatGPT hasn’t led to mass displacement of workers. But deployment is accelerating and economic pressures are rising.
  38. Malcolm Gladwell on “The American Way of Killing”

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    The New Yorker staff writer examines America’s unique problem with gun violence, and why he thinks under-policing is at the root of our problem.
  39. The Sheep That Stop Wildfires

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Herds of livestock are munching through overgrown, hard-to-reach vegetation that could otherwise become fuel for firestorms.
  40. Is Beef the Next Internal-Combustion Engine?

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:31:00 -0000

    Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., eats it every day, but more Americans, faced with rising prices and another climate warning, might want something else for dinner.
  41. Donald Trump Returns to the U.N. Amid the Collapse of the Old Order

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Trump is at the heart of this geopolitical moment, catalytic in his alliance-fraying bullying, unprovoked warmongering, and protectionist demagoguery.
  42. Mail-In Voting Survives

    Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:28:50 -0000

    In an unsigned ruling, the Supreme Court demonstrated that it is willing to limit Donald Trump’s agenda.
  43. “The Journey,” a Five-Part Audio Investigation from The New Yorker

    Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Why did a mysterious couple collect babies in a Los Angeles mansion? Examining a scandal that threatens to undermine the surrogacy industry.
  44. How to Protect Democracy

    Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The emergence of Germany’s far right as a political force represents an old dilemma.
  45. On Not Being a Homeowner

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Generational wealth shapes our futures and friendships, whether we talk about it or not.