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  1. The U.S. Is Pulling Back on Energy Efficiency

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:02:07 -0000

    The Trump administration is undoing fuel-saving efforts even as war in Iran, data centers and heat waves are pushing up gasoline and electricity costs.
  2. Trump Rejected Nearly 6,000 Clemency Applications Amid Hope of Pardon Wave

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:23:21 -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.
  3. 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.
  4. A New Threat to Global Shipping, and a Huge Drop-Off in Food Stamps

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:04:21 -0000

    Plus, when A.I. writes your biography.
  5. New UK Prime Minister Burnham Promises Hope and Change. The Hurdles Are High.

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:12:33 -0000

    Britain’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, promised policies that would give average Britons financial “breathing space.” His opponents are already doling out criticism.
  6. Burnham, UK’s New Prime Minister, Starts With Electricity Tax Cut

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:01:06 -0000

    Prime Minister Andy Burnham moved quickly to confront the high cost of living. And President Trump wished him well after a phone call between the two leaders.
  7. 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.
  8. Houthis in Yemen Edge Closer to Entering U.S.-Iran War

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:26:56 -0000

    The Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen has declared a Red Sea blockade on Saudi Arabia, potentially opening a new front in the war rippling across the Middle East.
  9. Lebanese Troops Deploy in Israeli-Held Village Under New Cease-Fire Plan

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:35:13 -0000

    The Israeli military withdrew from the village under a U.S.-brokered deal to transfer control of occupied areas back to Lebanon after months of war. But Hezbollah has rejected the truce.
  10. When Protesters Speak, Zelensky Listens, in the Ukrainian Tradition

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:28:09 -0000

    With anger high over the firing of the defense minister, the president’s office is signaling an openness to compromise.
  11. I Thought ‘Menswear’ Was for Other Men. Then I Touched the Perfect Hat.

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:01:29 -0000

    Lots of men are geeking out over very expensive clothes — and I became one of them.
  12. Once Anti-Abortion, Now a Progressive: The Evolution of a Maine Democrat

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:02:47 -0000

    Troy Jackson, who is expected to become his party’s nominee in the state’s marquee Senate race, has long been an economic populist, but his positions on social issues have changed markedly over time.
  13. What We Know About Tuesday’s Arizona Primaries

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:02:32 -0000

    Arizona primary voters will chose nominees for governor, secretary of state and for key races that could determine control of the House.
  14. 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.
  15. The Ordeal of a 42-Day Hantavirus Quarantine: ‘I Felt Like a Prisoner’

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:01:06 -0000

    Eighteen Americans were isolated for weeks in a Nebraska quarantine facility after being exposed to the deadly virus on a cruise ship. Many found the experience traumatic.
  16. How a 911 Call Led to the Nation’s Strictest Trans Bathroom Law

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:02:06 -0000

    People in Sandpoint, Idaho, don’t know how to characterize a woman’s brush with a transgender woman in a Y.M.C.A. locker room, but the emergency call that followed is still reverberating.
  17. How Two Brothers Dug for Dead Relatives: With a Shovel and a Kitchen Knife

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:48:57 -0000

    After Venezuela’s devastating earthquakes, Winder and Deivi Delfín dug every day for 26 days to find the bodies of their mother, brother and grandmother.
  18. Tuesday Forecast: Millions In Northeast Face Heavy Rain and Powerful Winds

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:12:06 -0000

    Forecasters zeroed in on an area from Kentucky to New York as being the most at risk for dangerous weather.
  19. Bill Maher Feuded With Trump. Did He Get the Last Laugh?

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:02:11 -0000

    How the late-night host won comedy’s biggest prize — despite the White House’s objections.
  20. The Grim Lessons of Israel’s War in Gaza

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:47:03 -0000

    Israel has not been held accountable for its actions in Gaza. The nation and the individuals and countries enabling it to escape punishment may only benefit.
  21. Trump’s Kiss of Death

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:43:18 -0000

    On top of everything else, the president is inept.
  22. Lives Lost

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:00:01 -0000

    We look at the American casualties in the war with Iran.
  23. Seth Meyers Calls Trump ‘The Sports Reaper’

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:44:58 -0000

    The late-night host joked that the president’s sports curse had struck again after he backed Lionel Messi of Argentina, which then lost the World Cup final to Spain.
  24. Cyclospora Spreads Through Human Feces. How Did It Get Into Our Food Supply?

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:03:33 -0000

    The large number of cases suggests that excrement entered the food system on a “surprising scale.”
  25. 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.
  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. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. 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?
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. 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.
  33. 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?
  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. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. 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.
  38. 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.
  39. 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.
  40. 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.
  41. 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.
  42. Arizona Gubernatorial-Primary Map: Live Results

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The G.O.P. is picking a nominee to challenge the state’s Democratic incumbent governor, Katie Hobbs, and a Republican congressional race is upended by allegations of sexual impropriety.
  43. 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.
  44. 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.
  45. 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.
  46. 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.
  47. 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.
  48. 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.
  49. 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.