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  1. Trump’s Election Claims and SAVE Act Push Find Muted Response From G.O.P. Lawmakers

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:53:40 -0000

    Most G.O.P. lawmakers had little to say about the president’s claims of election vulnerabilities, and he did not appear to move the needle on the voting restriction bill he championed.

  2. Trump Brings Full Weight of Government to Bolster False Election Claims

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:39:31 -0000

    Intelligence agencies provided the White House with a trove of declassified documents that President Trump cited on Thursday as evidence of election vulnerabilities.

  3. Trump’s Homeland Security Chief Threatens Election Officials With Prison Time

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:34:54 -0000

    Markwayne Mullin reiterated the president’s false claims about voting security while escalating the administration’s legally questionable attempts to control state elections.

  4. Trump Pursues a Deeper Bond With China’s Leader, Despite Hostile Speech

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:29:41 -0000

    Chinese officials appear to think that President Trump’s accusations that China interfered in the 2020 U.S. elections were driven by domestic politics, not foreign policy.

  5. Bridges and Water Plants Attacked as Iran War Escalates

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:43:51 -0000

    Also, U.S. start-up activity is booming. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

  6. War Between U.S. and Iran Expands, With Strikes Across the Region

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:49:49 -0000

    Videos and reports in Iranian state media showed damage to bridges, railways and other infrastructure. U.S. allies in the region reported retaliatory strikes by Iran.

  7. Trump Faces the Limits of U.S. Firepower and the Lessons of Past Wars

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:25:27 -0000

    Like his predecessors, President Trump has struggled to turn battlefield successes into long-term victories.

  8. Oil Prices Rise to Highest Level in a Month as Shipping in the Persian Gulf Nears a Halt

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:28:52 -0000

    Shipping traffic was at its lowest level in more than a month and oil prices moved higher as the Iran war continued to disrupt the supply of energy.

  9. China’s Moonshot AI Unveils Kimi Model, Threatening America’s Lead

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:04:57 -0000

    China’s Moonshot AI unveiled a freely available artificial intelligence model that seemed to narrow the gap with cutting-edge offerings from U.S. tech companies.

  10. Stocks Sink on Anxiety About Tech and A.I. Spending

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:17:16 -0000

    Investors are growing uneasy about increasing competition from China in the global race to dominate artificial intelligence.

  11. Meta in Talks to Lease Computing Power to Anthropic in Potential $10 Billion Deal

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:44:24 -0000

    A deal would underline how scarce computing power is for artificial intelligence development, and could create a new business for Meta.

  12. Trump Threatens Canada With Tariffs for Wildfire Smoke Over U.S.

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 03:06:42 -0000

    The president said on Friday in a social media post that Canada was failing to manage its wildfire response as smoke has blanketed U.S. cities including New York and Chicago.

  13. Dozens of Wildfires Are Suddenly Burning in Oregon

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:12:39 -0000

    The state told thousands of people to be ready to evacuate.

  14. When Will the Smoke End? Our Meteorologist Explains Why It’s Complicated.

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:40:54 -0000

    The interplay between the burning fires, the smoke itself and quickly changing weather patterns is making the next few days more uncertain than usual.

  15. Watch the Wildfire Smoke Ooze Across North America From Space

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:22:05 -0000

    Satellite imagery shows the wide footprint of the smoke across the continent.

  16. Taking Out the Trash: These Old Ladies Are Cleaning Up Cape Cod

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:54:45 -0000

    The Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage estimate they’ve removed 6,000 pounds of refuse from ponds on Cape Cod. “There’s no better feeling,” one said.

  17. The Rise and Fall of Ukraine’s Drone Warfare Mastermind

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:29:05 -0000

    The popularity of drones, and the defense minister who heavily promoted them, helped lead to a clash in which President Volodymyr Zelensky sided with the military brass.

  18. Mourning One Tragedy at Sea, a Family Is Devastated by Another

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:42:34 -0000

    The Boisas went out on the San Francisco Bay to spread the ashes of one of their own. Then a wave toppled their boat.

  19. Firms With Checkered Pasts Tied to Troubled Midtown Construction Project

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:01:02 -0000

    Among those connected to companies that worked on 235 East 42nd Street were a man who once bribed city officials and a developer who gave a loan to Bernard Kerik.

  20. Sara Rodriguez, Lieutenant Governor, Quits Wisconsin Governor’s Race

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 01:17:10 -0000

    One establishment candidate dropped out and another rejoined the race amid worries from some moderate Democrats that a democratic socialist might win the primary.

  21. Billionaires Prepare $87 Million Ad Campaign to Block California Wealth Tax

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:02:03 -0000

    A coalition backed by the Google co-founder Sergey Brin and wealthy tech investors is trying to neutralize a proposed one-time tax on the state’s richest residents.

  22. Trump Endorses Graham for Senate, Scrambling South Carolina Primary

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:50:44 -0000

    Senator Darline Graham had been seen as a caretaker for her brother’s seat after his sudden death. Now she has the president’s nod in what was shaping up to be a crowded fight to succeed Lindsey Graham.

  23. Who Really Has the 2026 Midterms Cash Edge?

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:31:37 -0000

    The fund-raising race is tighter than it seems.

  24. The World Cup, in Photos

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:11:00 -0000

    See some of the best images from the world’s most popular sporting event.

  25. On Fire. Again.

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:28:47 -0000

    There were orange skies in 2023, 2025 and now again in 2026. Over the last few years, one thing has become glaringly clear: The East Coast is totally unequipped for the next climate disaster, wildfires. The Opinion writer David Wallace-Wells explains that with every climate disaster, we’re not just adapting to a “new normal,” but bracing ourselves for what’s next.

  26. How Trump Abused the Power to Declassify America’s Secrets

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:06:52 -0000

    The president is manipulating the intelligence community into a tool of misinformation.

  27. Taylor Farms to Remove Products After Lettuce Is Linked to Cyclospora Cases

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:46:32 -0000

    The California company grows produce in more than 12 states, and in Mexico and Canada. Taco Bell and food distributor Sysco have pulled Taylor Farms lettuce from supply chains.

  28. 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.

  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. When A.I. Is a Member of the Family

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A single mom, her two daughters, and the chatbots that fill in the gaps.

  31. Inside ICE’s Largest Detention Center

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    On a military base in West Texas, where the government has built a sprawling tent complex to hold thousands of immigrants, deprivation and dire conditions are part of the design.

  32. The Art of Ana Mendieta Comes Into Focus at the Tate Modern

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Four decades after her death, her bold innovations are finally coming into focus.

  33. 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.

  34. 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?

  35. 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.

  36. 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.

  37. 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.

  38. 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.

  39. 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.

  40. 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.

  41. 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.

  42. 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.

  43. 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.

  44. 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.

  45. 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.

  46. 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.

  47. 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.

  48. Can Office-to-Residential Conversions Survive the Pfizer-Building Crisis?

    Sat, 11 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The thirty-seven-story tower in midtown was stabilized, after almost falling over earlier this week. Now Nathan Berman, the real-estate developer behind its renovation, will have to deal with the fallout.

  49. The Story of France vs. Morocco

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:49:57 -0000

    The match began as a snooze, then became a romp. But the brilliance of the French team, and of its biggest star, Kylian Mbappé, shone through.

  50. Michigan Is the Next Big Test for the Democratic Party

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Senate primary race between Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed reflects the Party’s growing ideological schism, but it’s also a contest of competing campaign styles.

  51. The Race to Be the First Democratic Primary State

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    How the debate over the first-in-the-nation primary became a battle over the future of the Democratic Party.

  52. Can A.I. Keep a Parent Alive?

    Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    You can now make a virtual replica of a loved one. The question is what it can give you in return.