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  1. Epstein Built Ties to U.S. Customs Officers, Prompting Criminal Investigation

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:48:03 -0000

    Jeffrey Epstein cultivated friendly relationships with several customs officers in the U.S. Virgin Islands, offering food, advice and even musical gigs.
  2. How The Times Is Digging Into Millions of Pages of Epstein Files

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:53:57 -0000

    Two dozen journalists. A pile of pages that would reach the top of the Empire State Building. And an effort to find the next revelation in a sprawling case.
  3. In 2025, Trade Deficit in Goods Reached Record High

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:40:33 -0000

    Data released Thursday by the Census Bureau showed the overall trade deficit with the world narrowed, the result of an expanding trade surplus in services. The trade deficit in goods was the highest on record.
  4. Trump Mulls a North American Trade Pact Without Canada

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:58:01 -0000

    U.S. officials are threatening major changes to a trade agreement with Mexico and Canada that could upend the way business is done and leave Canada on the outs.
  5. One Year In, Trump’s Tariffs Have Not Helped U.S. Wine Businesses

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:26:15 -0000

    One year in, many producers say tariffs have not helped them, and some countries are rejecting U.S. wine altogether.
  6. Two Sisters Died in Tahoe Area Avalanche During Trek With Friends

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:49:22 -0000

    The sisters regularly met up with their friends, many of them fellow parents with ties to Stanford University, to go on ski trips.
  7. Another Storm Complicates Efforts to Recover Victims of Tahoe Avalanche

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:05:40 -0000

    The sheriff’s office in Nevada County, Calif., said a storm that moved through early Thursday has slowed their work.
  8. Gaza’s Board of Peace: What to Know

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:01:25 -0000

    President Trump’s new organization was established to oversee a Gaza cease-fire but has expanded its mandate. Critics say it could undermine the United Nations.
  9. Arts Panel Packed With Trump Allies Approves White House Ballroom Project

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:02:10 -0000

    President Trump has eliminated any pocket of resistance from within his administration to his plans for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom.
  10. U.S. Tells International Energy Agency to Drop Its Focus on Climate Change

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:29:48 -0000

    The Trump administration is threatening to leave the influential agency unless it stops publishing its annual road map for cutting planet-warming emissions.
  11. As Trump Weighs Possible Iran Strikes, U.S. Military Moves Into Place

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 01:36:43 -0000

    President Trump has given no indication that he has made a decision about how to proceed, as diplomatic talks continue.
  12. Maps: Where the U.S. Is Building Up Military Force Near Iran

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:58:53 -0000

    President Trump has not authorized military action in Iran, but the United States has built up its presence in the region in recent weeks. Now it’s sending even more firepower.
  13. Why Is Trump Dumping East Wing Rubble in a Public Park?

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:01:16 -0000

    The East Potomac Golf Links is a municipal course that has been a fixture in Washington for decades. President Trump is turning it into something else.
  14. Ring’s Founder Knows You Hated That Super Bowl Ad

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:04:46 -0000

    Since the commercial aired, Jamie Siminoff has been trying to quell an outcry over privacy concerns with his doorbell cameras.
  15. A Press Freedom Case in Peril, From a Lawyer Who Helped Write It

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:01:06 -0000

    Alan Dershowitz was present at the creation of New York Times v. Sullivan. Now he is asking the Supreme Court to revise or destroy it.
  16. Their Transgender Child’s Health Care Had Ended. What Now?

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:57:50 -0000

    In many ways, the parents whose adolescents had been receiving treatment at NYU Langone Health had been expecting this call. Still, they were stunned.
  17. Billy Idol Had It All, and Then He ‘Lit It With Butane’

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:51:13 -0000

    Last year, the British rocker with the iconic sneer played his biggest tour yet. At 70, he’s revealing how he survived the tough times in a new documentary.
  18. University of British Columbia Professors Sue School Over Political Correctness

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:00:38 -0000

    A group of academics at the University of British Columbia say the school’s D.E.I. policies and practices, which include land acknowledgments, violate a law that requires universities to be “nonpolitical.”
  19. Who Would Win Gold in the Coward Olympics?

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:55:40 -0000

    There are a lot of potential contestants.
  20. An Ancient Power Is Reasserting Itself

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:33:37 -0000

    Why the next 30 years belong to India.
  21. Ohio’s Covid Czar Hopes to Be the State’s Democratic Governor

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:02:35 -0000

    Amy Acton’s service to retiring Gov. Mike DeWine gives her bipartisan credibility in a Republican state, but that service, leading Ohio’s pandemic response, also stirs charged emotions.
  22. A Child Misses 3 Weeks of School. Should Protective Services Step In?

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:11:02 -0000

    A growing number of states are debating whether to alter their policies on summoning child protection officials if a student has excessive absences.
  23. A Rare Glimpse of a Sleeper Shark in Antarctic Waters

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:57:53 -0000

    Researchers filmed a 10-to-13-foot sleeper shark off the South Shetland Islands, in what may be the first recording of the species that far south.
  24. Assault on Sudanese City Bore ‘Hallmarks of Genocide,’ U.N. Finds

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:58:33 -0000

    A paramilitary group in Sudan’s civil war “acted with genocidal intent” in a monthslong siege of El Fasher, according to human rights experts.
  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 Trial of Gisèle Pelicot’s Rapists United France and Fractured Her Family

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    After fifty-one men were convicted, Pelicot became a feminist hero. But additional accusations left her children struggling to accept her new role.
  27. Can Ozempic Cure Addiction?

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    GLP-1 drugs, which have helped some people curb drug and alcohol use, may unlock a pathway to moderation.
  28. The Babies Kept in a Mysterious Los Angeles Mansion

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    A wealthy couple obtained dozens of children through surrogates. Did they want a family, or something else?
  29. What Is Claude? Anthropic Doesn’t Know, Either

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Researchers at the company are trying to understand their A.I. system’s mind—examining its neurons, running it through psychology experiments, and putting it on the therapy couch.
  30. 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.
  31. Presidents’ Days: From Obama to Trump

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The official oral history of the Obama White House is a stark and extensive reminder of the values and the principles that are being trampled.
  32. The Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie

    Sat, 14 Feb 2026 02:09:16 -0000

    The search for the “Today” show host’s mother, nearing its second week, has transfixed the public in Arizona and beyond.
  33. Gifted and Talented in Mamdani’s New York

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:59:37 -0000

    Four mayors in a row have inflamed the debate over gifted-and-talented programs. Why does G. & T. stir such strong emotions?
  34. 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.
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. 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.
  38. 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.
  39. The Jeffrey Epstein Files Are Peter Mandelson’s Final Disgrace

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The Labour politician and strategist was a great survivor. Then came revelations that he passed sensitive government information to Epstein during the financial crisis.
  40. Alysa Liu Comes of Age

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The figure skater retired in 2022, at sixteen years old. Now she’s back at the 2026 Winter Olympics with a newfound confidence and sense of control—in her skating and in her life.
  41. “McMindfulness” and the Fate of Spirituality Under Capitalism

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

    Thich Nhat Hanh saw mindfulness as a way to understand the “interbeing” between all forms of life, but its social dimension has been largely forgotten.
  42. Zohran Mamdani, the Everywhere Mayor

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

    On your phone, on the street, on Taxi TV—you've been seeing New York’s new leader wherever you turn, whether you want to or not.
  43. The New Yorker Wins Two Polk Awards for 2025 Reporting

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:05:00 -0000

    The staff writer Jon Lee Anderson is honored for chronicling Congo’s devastating war, while Andy Kroll is recognized for a profile of the Trump official Russell Vought.
  44. Remembering the Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:10:39 -0000

    In nearly sixty years of nonfiction filmmaking, Wiseman passionately probed the nodal points of political and social power and connected them in a cinematic universe of his own.
  45. How Legal Immigration Became a Deportation Trap

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

    Under Trump, the Homeland Security agency responsible for processing visas and green cards has become a site for easy arrests.
  46. What the Royal Family’s Links to Slavery Mean in the Age of Epstein

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Just as the former Prince Andrew will always be royal, so will the trafficking of African people.
  47. The Epstein Files Reveal What Trump Knew

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    A newly released F.B.I. report shows that Donald Trump contacted the police about Epstein’s crimes as early as 2006. The Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown discusses the revelations.
  48. “If We Don’t Have Free Speech, Then We Just Don’t Have a Free Country”

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 23:57:31 -0000

    Donald Trump’s attempt to criminalize political expression is crossing a line that’s held since 1798.
  49. Pam Bondi’s Contempt for Congress

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:28:38 -0000

    The Attorney General treats oversight like roller derby.