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  1. Shri Thanedar Is Ousted by a Democratic Socialist in a Michigan House Primary

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:57:39 -0000

    Representative Shri Thanedar is among a wave of Democratic incumbents in Congress whom primary voters have sent packing in a surge of anti-incumbent fervor this cycle.
  2. Takeaways From the Primary Elections in Michigan

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:41:31 -0000

    Dr. Abdul El-Sayed narrowly prevailed over Representative Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary for Senate in Michigan, setting up a nervy race to November for the party.
  3. Rep. Chuck Edwards Drops Re-election Bid in North Carolina After Ethics Rebuke

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:29:46 -0000

    Chuck Edwards made the announcement after the House Ethics Committee recommended he be censured for “persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct” toward two female staff members.
  4. A Growing Data Center Pollution Threat, and the Last of the Jan. 6 Cases

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:00:08 -0000

    Plus, why veterinarians are learning to handle honeybees.
  5. How the Ukraine War Became a Fight for the Skies

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:10:54 -0000

    Russia and Ukraine are producing ever larger numbers of innovative aerial weapons, hoping for a breakthrough as ground combat is largely frozen.
  6. Russia’s Deadly Missile Attack on Kyiv Exploits Ukraine’s Depleted Air Defenses

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:47:55 -0000

    At least 17 people were killed, officials said, as the country runs desperately low on interceptor missiles that could fend off Russian bombardments.
  7. Inside the Oval Office Showdown Between Trump and Jeanine Pirro

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 05:03:29 -0000

    Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, told President Trump that his interior secretary, Doug Burgum, had misled him with a self-serving cover story for his own mistakes.
  8. Trump’s Push for More A.I. Data Centers Will Mean Major Air Pollution

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:00:14 -0000

  9. Trump Administration Revokes Visa of Brazil’s Ambassador in the U.S.

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 01:47:42 -0000

    The State Department has canceled the visa of the Brazilian ambassador in Washington, deepening a diplomatic crisis between the two countries.
  10. The U.S. Relies on Family Caregivers. Millions of Them Are Kids.

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:54:29 -0000

    The modern health care system requires the work of caregiving to fall to whoever else lives in a household — even if they’re kids.
  11. Israeli Strikes May Undermine Trump’s Peace Plan for Gaza

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:05:18 -0000

    President Trump announced a proposal aimed at achieving the disarmament of Hamas and an Israeli withdrawal. Israel ramped up attacks on the Palestinian enclave.
  12. Israel Strikes Lebanon After Accusing Hezbollah of Cease-Fire Violation

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:52:36 -0000

    At the same time, Israeli and Lebanese negotiators were holding talks in Rome aimed at fostering a long-term diplomatic settlement.
  13. Houthis Threaten to Expand Red Sea Attacks, and Claim Strike on Saudi Tanker

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:46:19 -0000

    Saudi Arabia has not commented on the claim by the Houthis, who are backed by Iran and have vowed to close “all access routes” to Saudi oil shipments.
  14. They Were Voted Out. They Refuse to Leave. Now What?

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:00:33 -0000

    Avenal, Calif., a city in the rural Central Valley, has become an unlikely example of election denialism months after a recall election.
  15. Migrant Crisis Reveals Vast Differences Between Ceuta and Its Moroccan Neighbor

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:09:18 -0000

    Ceuta, Spain, and Fnideq, Morocco, are physically separated by only a mile, but they are intertwined by family and trade. A recent border crisis is the latest chapter in their story.
  16. What One Witness Saw Before a Spokane Wildfire Started 

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 02:51:04 -0000

    A resident of Spokane County, Wash., said he noticed a man acting suspiciously and called 911 after seeing smoke. The police later arrested a suspect tied to one of the wildfires in the area.
  17. He Had Tenure. The New School Laid Him Off Anyway.

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:32:34 -0000

    The professor, a longtime critic of the university, was among 19 educators who lost their positions as the institution navigated financial woes.
  18. ‘Ted Lasso’ Draws Fans to Richmond, a Bucolic London Suburb

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:55:25 -0000

    Fans of the warmhearted Apple TV show flock to Richmond-upon-Thames, which has long been a destination for visitors and film location scouts.
  19. On ‘Ted Lasso,’ Hannah Waddingham Is Ruthless. Off Camera, She’s ‘Quite a Goofy Nugget.’

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:48:34 -0000

    Hannah Waddingham is a rare British actor to beat a path from musical theater to the screen.
  20. The Tradwife Illusion Meets the Anti-Trump Reality

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:28:39 -0000

    Nara Smith’s illusion meets the anti-Trump reality.
  21. Lessons on the Way to 100

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:24:55 -0000

    We want to hear from people who aspire to live long lives — maybe even to 100 or beyond — about how you hope to do it and, perhaps, how you have been inspired by others who have made it there.
  22. Finland Tries to Protect Children Against Deepfakes, With Russia in Mind

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:29:47 -0000

    Finland, wary of misinformation from Moscow and beyond, has a leg up on other nations in spotting fake news. But A.I. is a whole new challenge.
  23. The Electability of Abdul El-Sayed

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:05:43 -0000

    The former public-health official won Michigan’s Democratic primary with an unapologetically progressive platform—and a total defiance of the Party establishment.
  24. The Man Who Was Kidnapped Twice

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

    Thousands of people in Nigeria have been held for ransom by bandit groups. One professor escaped his captors—only to be abducted again.
  25. The American Art of Blowing Stuff Up

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

    Fireworks by Grucci has been in the pyrotechnics business for six generations.
  26. The Future, Made in China

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

    Beijing is competing with the U.S. for tech supremacy. Who wins will have huge political implications.
  27. How Roy Cohn Taught Donald Trump Everything

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

    The lawyer who showed an outer-borough striver how to ignore the rules, avoid a paper trail, and make up a good story for the media.
  28. Why Donald Trump Talks So Much About Foreign Election Interference

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

    The White House is distorting intelligence assessments instead of working to protect the midterm elections.
  29. What Does It Even Mean to Be a Moderate?

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

    The Michigan Senate primary has turned into a referendum on a word that has never had a fixed meaning.
  30. Why Is Europe Burning?

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    “We put all these ingredients in a cocktail shaker, and the result is massive fires that far exceed the extinguishing capacity of firefighting teams,” a Spanish firefighter said.
  31. The Failures of the Fauci Hearing

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Senator Rand Paul may have approached the matter with theatrics and ill will, but Dr. Anthony Fauci’s decision not to testify was a loss.
  32. 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.
  33. 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.”
  34. 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.
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. Kevin Warsh Is Facing More Than a Communication Problem

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

    The Fed chair’s biggest challenge is demonstrating his independence from Donald Trump.
  38. The World Cup Is Not for Sale

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 22:17:46 -0000

    Gianni Infantino’s private-equity scheme backfired—but the commodification of soccer is already well under way.
  39. The Kids Are Kind of All Right

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Recently, there has been much hand-wringing about downwardly mobile young adults living with their parents into their twenties or thirties. What’s really going on?
  40. Michigan Primary-Election Live Results: Abdul El-Sayed Wins

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:18:48 -0000

    The former public-health official’s victory in a closely watched Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate carries major implications for the direction of the Party.
  41. Glen Hansard’s Street-Corner Stories

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 22:41:00 -0000

    Both as a young busker and as a famous singer-songwriter, Hansard understood how to make people stop and listen and feel one single thing.
  42. The Outlandish Case Against James Comey

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The prosecution’s central claim “would be laughable,” one former federal judge noted, if it weren’t intended “to deprive a man of his liberty.”
  43. Inside OpenAI’s Hack of Hugging Face

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:01:36 -0000

    Hugging Face’s chief science officer recounts the cybercrime that signals a terrifying new era for A.I.
  44. How Donald Trump Silenced the Voice of America

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

    The agency was created to spread the story of freedom and democracy around the world. Now, with many of its journalists being paid to stay home, it’s delivering a very different message.
  45. Trump’s Isolationism Is Losing the Great E.V. Race

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The United States risks becoming a theme park of internal combustion, as the rest of the world moves on.
  46. Which Way Should the Democratic Party Go Now?

    Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    It’s been a tumultuous primary season, but is this the Democrats’ Tea Party moment? Or is something more pragmatic emerging?
  47. The Complications of Graham Platner’s Veteran Identity

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    How much of the former Senate candidate’s behavior should be read through the lens of what combat did to him, and how much of it is simply who he is, independent of war?