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  1. Jack Smith Defends Trump Charges as Senator’s Perjury Claim Falls Apart

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 23:37:56 -0000

    A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.
  2. Democrats in Congress Embrace a More Punitive Posture Toward Israel

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:46:16 -0000

    Nearly every Democratic senator voted to advance a measure calling for a human rights report on Israel’s conduct in the West Bank, as some in the party propose punishing settlement activity with sanctions.
  3. Trump Hosts A.I. Executives at the White House

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 22:30:59 -0000

    Also, ICE is planning a hiring surge. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
  4. Judge Orders New York to Scrap Rollout of Second-Home Tax and Start Over

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 22:01:28 -0000

    A Staten Island judge sided with a group of homeowners who had sued the city over its introduction of the tax, dealing a blow to Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
  5. D.A. in Cornell Case Hopes to Speak to Accuser as He Weighs New Evidence

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 01:37:36 -0000

    District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said a woman’s report to police in 2024 saying she had been raped at a fraternity did not support a criminal case. But he said he is now reaching out to her.
  6. Cornell University Rape Investigation: What We Know

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 21:42:31 -0000

    Prosecutors have reopened the case of a woman who said she was sexually assaulted on campus in 2024. The woman’s lawsuit brought renewed pressure to reopen the investigation.
  7. Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 01:29:49 -0000

    The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
  8. Cornell’s Chi Phi Chapter Faces Scrutiny Over Assault Accusations

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 23:52:41 -0000

    Chi Phi’s Cornell chapter was shuttered after a woman said its members sexually assaulted her. It was one of the oldest fraternities at the school, where Greek life has thrived.
  9. Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration’s Third-Country Deportations, for Now

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 22:20:49 -0000

    The court also announced it would hear arguments in December on the legality of the Trump administration policy to swiftly deport immigrants to countries not their own.
  10. Man Shot by ICE Agent in Austin Is Charged With Assault

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 21:53:04 -0000

    Prosecutors say Wilber Garces Perez struck an agent with his car’s mirror before another agent shot him. The charge reveals the existence of body camera footage of the shooting, though that video has not been released.
  11. In Nine Key Senate Races, Five Republicans Won’t Commit to Campaigning With Trump

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:40:59 -0000

    Three campaigns left their positions unclear, and two said they would not join the president on the trail.
  12. Trump’s Push for AI Data Center Expansion Puts Some Republican Lawmakers in a Bind

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 21:09:58 -0000

    Some Republicans in close races have distanced themselves from President Trump’s effort to speed the construction of A.I. data centers, citing concerns about rising electricity bills.
  13. Victor Marx, Colorado Governor Nominee With Sensational Past, Splinters the G.O.P.

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 22:16:01 -0000

    Some Republicans in the state fear that the sensational biography of Victor Marx, their party’s candidate for governor, could drag down the rest of the ticket.
  14. Black Voting Groups Prepare for Disinformation Campaigns in the Midterms

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:15:02 -0000

    A new “propaganda playbook” aims to demystify common techniques used to target Black Americans, long a powerful voting bloc, with election-related disinformation.
  15. Is Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. Models

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:09:48 -0000

    In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
  16. At A.I. Event, Trump Asks Meta, OpenAI and Microsoft to Make Safety Decisions Themselves

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 23:20:44 -0000

    President Trump’s meetings with tech leaders produced some voluntary safeguards and a commitment to rebrand artificial intelligence as “super intelligence,” the term that Mr. Trump prefers.
  17. OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 22:53:40 -0000

    Employees and security researchers said that they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but that OpenAI did not listen.
  18. A.I. Is ‘Better Informed’ Than Doctors, Kennedy Tells Industry-Backed MAHA Summit

    Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:10:27 -0000

    The health secretary, Vice President JD Vance and other top officials addressed a conference sponsored by corporations, including A.I. companies and others with business before the government.
  19. Trump Launches America.gov, an AI Chatbot That Contradicts Some of His Claims

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 23:39:49 -0000

    Democrats amplified statements from America.gov that frequently contradict the president on tariffs, election fraud and other topics.
  20. MacArthur Foundation Announces 2026 ‘Genius Grant’ Winners

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 16:01:05 -0000

    The 20 fellowship recipients across the arts, humanities and sciences will each receive an $800,000, no-strings-attached stipend for their work.
  21. The Trump Brand Has Tanked. The G.O.P. May Pay the Price.

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 21:45:34 -0000

    He went from outsider businessman to disappointing politician.
  22. Trump Is Going Viral in the Worst Ways

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 23:05:00 -0000

    On the technological, diplomatic and biological fronts, Trump is creating a disaster.
  23. Ukrainian Science Academy, Struck by Drone, Played Key Role in Research

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 19:55:20 -0000

    Over 90 percent of Ukraine’s scientific discoveries have been attributed to Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, including advancements in astronomy and military technology.
  24. How Paweł Pawlikowski Learned to Film Europe’s Fractures

    Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Polish director has made a career out of examining the mysteries of borders, both spiritual and political.
  25. At the Department of Justice, Many Lawyers Are Wondering If It’s Time to Quit

    Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The quandary faced by government lawyers who think that the Trump Administration is subverting justice.
  26. Why Doesn’t Anyone Want to Fix One of America’s Scariest Roads?

    Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Million Dollar Highway, prone to rockfall and avalanches, is the site of horrific crashes and courageous rescues.
  27. Hockey Dads and Hockey Sons

    Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Parenting is a practice. You learn from your mistakes and then repeat them anyway.
  28. A Night Living in Penn Station

    Sat, 26 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    For the outreach workers trying to place homeless New Yorkers in shelters, each evening presents familiar faces and fresh challenges.
  29. The President vs. the Press

    Sun, 27 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Donald Trump’s behavior cannot be called unexpected at this point. What was noteworthy last week, however, was the way that the media responded.
  30. Iran’s Bitterness and Bewilderment Over How to Make Peace with Trump

    Sat, 26 Sep 2026 14:45:36 -0000

    After a heated week at the U.N. General Assembly, a new ceasefire proposal came and apparently went.
  31. Nolan Wells’s Family Still Wants Answers

    Sat, 26 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A Mississippi grand jury declined to bring charges in connection with the death of a Black teen-ager during a boating trip, but it’s still unclear exactly how he died.
  32. Susan Collins’s Maine Money Machine

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 22:06:29 -0000

    The senator uses her seniority in Congress to bring significant resources to her state. Is that enough for voters who hate her party?
  33. 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.
  34. 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?
  35. 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?
  36. 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.
  37. Individual Choices Won’t Fix America’s Public Schools

    Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Nikole Hannah-Jones sent her daughter to a struggling local school and has come to regret it. But personalizing the problem is the wrong approach.
  38. The Week Republicans Finally Panicked About Trump

    Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:25:21 -0000

    The President’s party, facing a midterm reckoning, is begging for a way out of his Iran-war doom loop.
  39. How the Absence of Shame Weakens Democracy

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A sense of shame binds us together—and can hold the powerful in check.
  40. 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.
  41. Ari Emanuel on Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mixing Business with Politics

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:11:57 -0000

    The entertainment agent and executive talks with David Remnick about his dealings with the President, the tech mogul, and Mohammed bin Salman, and operating within “shades of gray.”
  42. There Is No A.I. “Race”

    Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    We’re constantly told that Chinese advances would have catastrophic consequences. But the first to innovate is rarely the one who wins.
  43. What China’s Vibe-Coding Capital Can Tell Us About the A.I. Boom

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:25:32 -0000

    Tech workers have flocked to Liangzhu, a small town outside Hangzhou, looking to escape China’s corporate culture and build their future with A.I.
  44. The Worlds That Donald Trump and Xi Jinping Want

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As the President stages a gala welcome for the Chinese leader, it appears that, in curious ways, the two men mirror each other.
  45. Is Trump’s Latest Press Attack Just Another Distraction?

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:29:05 -0000

    After CNN, MS NOW, and Politico were barred from the White House, the entire TV press pool announced a boycott of the President.
  46. 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.
  47. 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.
  48. 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?