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  1. Trump Gives Green Light to U.S. Companies to Aim Hacks at Cybercriminals

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:34:21 -0000

    The practice would align the United States more closely with countries like China and Russia, where spy agencies have long relied on private-sector hackers to help with national security missions.
  2. U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Has Been Deployed for Months, Prompting Concerns

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:49:04 -0000

    The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln has been deployed for nearly nine months. Members of Congress are worried about the crew’s well-being.
  3. Judge Dismisses Trump Administration’s Antisemitism Case Against Harvard

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:52:37 -0000

    The government argued the university had not done enough to combat antisemitism during campus protests. A judge called the incidents “isolated and episodic.”
  4. California Ignored Sexual Abuse of Women in Prison, Justice Dept. Says

    Fri, 14 Aug 2026 01:21:58 -0000

    A Justice Department report released on Thursday found that inmates at two state-run women’s prisons routinely had their rights violated. State officials say they have already put reforms in place.
  5. Deaths of 3 ICE Detainees Prompt Questions About Medical Care

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 23:31:10 -0000

    Immigrants at Delaney Hall in Newark have complained about health services. Federal officials defended the treatment provided there and elsewhere.
  6. Appeals Court Sidesteps Key Question Over Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:49:23 -0000

    The court dismissed a case over the Alien Enemies Act in a messy conclusion to a long-running legal battle that had seemed destined to end up before the Supreme Court.
  7. Trump’s Immigration Policy Echoes 1920s Crackdown, but This Time Congress Isn’t Involved

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:08:37 -0000

    U.S. leaders limited immigration amid economic and social turmoil. Historians see similarities to Trump’s crackdown, with a catch: He’s doing it without Congress.
  8. Trump’s Immigration Spies

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:47:10 -0000

    And California asks, “Are Jews an ethnic group?” Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
  9. Female Afghans Erased From Public Life in Five Years of Taliban Rule

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:21:57 -0000

    Decrees restricting women’s rights to study, work, travel and act independently now threaten to damage Afghanistan permanently, experts say.
  10. What to Know About Luigi Mangione’s Court Cases and Potential Plea Deal

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:55:18 -0000

    Mr. Mangione faces federal charges of stalking that resulted in the death of a health insurance executive. A guilty plea could close the federal case — and complicate a separate state murder trial.
  11. The Nuns Who Took Over an Assisted Living Center

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:30:07 -0000

    As convents are closing all over, the sisters are facing the end of their lives together — and they have brought the party to an assisted living center in the suburbs.
  12. California May Let Residents Choose ‘Jewish’ as an Ethnic Identifier

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:35:31 -0000

    A bill would allow Jews to identify themselves as an ethnic group on state forms. Supporters argue it’s a step toward acknowledging the complex nature of Jewish identity.
  13. A City Mobilizes Against a Stubborn Health Threat: Mosquitoes

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:49:56 -0000

    The city of Belém in northern Brazil was overwhelmed by an outbreak of dengue two years ago. An all-out municipal effort has reduced cases and may offer lessons to American cities.
  14. How a Long-Shot U.S. Oil Drilling Project Is Shaking Up Greenland

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:22:07 -0000

    A U.S. oil company says it could be on the verge of a major discovery in Greenland. The proposal comes at a tricky time for the Arctic island, and locals are lining up against it.
  15. Israeli Settlers Resume West Bank Siege After Eviction

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:18:47 -0000

    The military’s failure to keep extremists away from two Palestinian families trapped in their West Bank homes made clear the chaos gripping the Israeli-occupied territory.
  16. Charlie Kirk Suspect Fights Death Penalty, Says No Others Were in Danger

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:52:30 -0000

    Prosecutors say they can seek the death penalty against Tyler Robinson because he also endangered people near Charlie Kirk, who was shot in the throat last year. Mr. Robinson’s lawyers note that the gunman struck only his target.
  17. The Golden Age of Mexican Food Is Here. And It’s Complicated.

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:18:47 -0000

    Even at a time of anti-immigration politics, there has never been a richer variety of Mexican restaurants in the United States.
  18. 41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants In the United States

    Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:03:11 -0000

    Our favorite choices for seafood from Sonora, carnitas from Michoacán, chalupas from Puebla and so much more.
  19. What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:52:30 -0000

    Is Kansas just the beginning?
  20. Hamas Has No More Cards to Play

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:35:53 -0000

    The signs point to Hamas being serious about disarming. The recent Board of Peace plan for it to surrender its weapons should be carried out.
  21. Engine Blade Hit Window on Jet When Man Was Partly Sucked Outside, Report Says

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 23:20:32 -0000

    The National Transportation Safety Board said it had found a bird’s remains and feathers on a broken engine.
  22. Is D.N.C. Chair the Worst Job in Washington?

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:13:00 -0000

    The organization is holding its annual summer meeting, and onlookers are calling for the head of its leader, Ken Martin. Then again, the Democrats are always doing that kind of thing.
  23. The Doulas Who Help Us Die

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In an aging America, thousands of people have adopted a new vocation: supporting others as they confront the end of life.
  24. Are You a Human?

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    From branding irons to iris scans, the ancient business of proving who you are has never been stranger—or more lucrative.
  25. Inside Russia’s New Gulag

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Human-rights groups estimate that more than ten thousand Ukrainian civilians have disappeared into the Russian prison system. This is the story of one cell.
  26. The Delusions of John Roberts

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Chief Justice insists that his Supreme Court isn’t biased even as it keeps making dramatic leaps rightward.
  27. Who Killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo?

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A death during an ICE traffic stop raises outrage in Houston—and in Mexico.
  28. What Francesca Hong’s Defeat Means for Democrats

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:23:56 -0000

    The democratic socialist’s rise in Wisconsin was supposed to portend a major breakthrough for the left. Her narrow loss should still be a wake-up call for the Party’s establishment.
  29. What a Blighted Beach Town Says About England’s Forgotten North

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Blackpool, a vacation spot known as the Vegas of the North, has become a symbol of working-class fun.
  30. An Israeli Satirist’s Bid to Save His Country’s Democracy

    Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:25:35 -0000

    Lior Schleien used to host hit TV shows. Now he posts videos of discussions with young people, the majority of whom currently tend right, which garner millions of views.
  31. What Do India’s Gen Z Protests Mean for Modi?

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:19:00 -0000

    A movement of young people frustrated with India’s education system and economy has become the most serious challenge yet to an increasingly authoritarian government.
  32. Abdul El-Sayed’s Argument for America—and Against His Own Party

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Michigan U.S. Senate candidate on campaigning with Hasan Piker, being a capitalist, and why his fellow-Democrats need to “stop compromising.”
  33. Will Left-Wing Democrats Reinvent the Party or Hurt Its Chances in November?

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Bernie Sanders’s erstwhile campaign manager explains why he thinks it’s the former.
  34. 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.
  35. If A.I. Takes the Jobs of Young People, How Will They React?

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

    The Democratic electorate is already moving left, but that may be nothing compared with what happens when unemployment really starts to rise.
  36. What Does the Humbling of Leopold Aschenbrenner Mean for the A.I. Bubble?

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The troubles of a twenty-four-year-old hedge-fund manager highlight some larger questions about the tech-driven stock boom.
  37. Did the Dodgers Ruin Baseball?

    Sun, 09 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Already the title favorites, Los Angeles acquired the league’s best pitcher at the trade deadline—and may have insured a lockout after the season.
  38. Subaru Socialists and the Great Disappointed

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The voters who are determining the future of the Democratic Party.
  39. Israel’s Leaders Find Allies Among the Global Far Right

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:36:48 -0000

    Support for the nation is becoming an increasingly polarizing issue in politics around the world.
  40. Minnesota Primary-Election Results

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:37:23 -0000

    Peggy Flanagan wins the state’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate; Mike Lindell, a close ally to President Donald Trump, loses the Republican gubernatorial primary.
  41. South Carolina Primary-Election Results: Graham and Norman Advance

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:37:02 -0000

    In the special Republican primary to replace Senator Lindsey Graham, who passed away in July, his sister Darline Graham and Representative Ralph Norman will move on to a runoff election in late August.
  42. Wisconsin Primary-Election Results: David Crowley Wins

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:36:31 -0000

    The Milwaukee County executive defeated Francesca Hong, a Democratic Socialist who was widely considered the front-runner in the Democratic primary for governor.
  43. How Socialist Is the D.S.A.? Megan Romer Explains

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:58:53 -0000

    Romer, a co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, defends some of the D.S.A.’s controversial positions: “I think people like us being rather bold. . . . People want a fighter.”
  44. The Great Delegalization

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    More than a million immigrants are seeing protections that granted them safe lives in the U.S. suddenly swept away.
  45. A.I. Is Now a Major Election Issue

    Sun, 09 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan’s newly elected Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, put it, “People really effing hate data centers.”
  46. The Senate’s Shameful Acquiescence to Todd Blanche as Attorney General

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 22:15:22 -0000

    A number of Republicans resisted his confirmation, but enough ultimately accepted the notion that Trump could do even worse.