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  1. At War With Iran Again, Trump Finds an Opponent He Cannot Easily Dominate

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:01:39 -0000

    The president is accustomed to forcing other countries to bend to his will. But he is struggling to come up with a strategy to extract Iranian concessions as the cease-fire he brokered collapses.
  2. Trump Flip-Flops on Strait of Hormuz, Creating New Risks for Global Economy

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:50:34 -0000

    The president now wants Gulf nations to invest in the U.S. in exchange for safe passage. Shipping industry experts worry other nations will follow that lead.
  3. Senate Democrats Block Defense Bill Over War in Iran

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:44:27 -0000

    The vote reflected how the political debate over the conflict in the Middle East has sapped bipartisan support for a normally popular measure.
  4. Videos Detail Moments Surrounding Fatal ICE Shooting in Biddeford, Maine

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:31:20 -0000

    Footage obtained by The New York Times shows ICE agents in the moments before and after the killing of Joan Sebastian Guerrero. The circumstances of the shooting remain unclear.
  5. ICE Shootings Put Spotlight on Lack of Body Cameras

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:55:35 -0000

    Kristi Noem, the former homeland security secretary, said five months ago that the Trump administration would “rapidly” deploy body cameras to immigration agents across the country. About half still don’t have them.
  6. ICE Is Ordered to Pause Most Vehicle Stops

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:57:14 -0000

    Also, Trump drops his plan for a Strait of Hormuz fee. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
  7. As Confirmation Hearing Nears, Todd Blanche’s Role in Epstein Case Draws Scrutiny

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:26:15 -0000

    Todd Blanche’s role in interviewing Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime associate of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, will be front and center as he seeks to become attorney general.
  8. Trump Says His Thursday Speech Will Focus on Election Security and Voting Machines

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:35:08 -0000

    The planned prime-time address comes as an administration task force has been working to declassify documents, including some related to elections, according to people familiar with the process.
  9. Trump Administration Subpoenas Law Firms, Escalating Pressure Campaign

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:50:48 -0000

    The uneasy truce between the administration and the law firms it cut deals with last year has erupted into a pitched legal battle behind closed doors.
  10. Opportunities Narrow for Women as Hegseth Blocks More Promotions

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:46:50 -0000

    For the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year.
  11. Takeaways From Justices Kagan and Barrett’s Congressional Testimony on Supreme Court Security

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:29:25 -0000

    Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett, the first Supreme Court justices to testify since 2019, talked about ethics and security threats during collegial hearings.
  12. An Elite N.Y.C. Public School Admitted 777 Students. Only 3 Were Black.

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:50:30 -0000

    New York’s specialized high schools give disproportionately few seats to Black and Hispanic students, continuing a pattern that has drawn criticism.
  13. Ban on Horse-Drawn Carriages Is Backed by Key N.Y.C. Official

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:20:52 -0000

    The City Council speaker, Julie Menin, said she would support a bill to ban the rides in Central Park after a tourist was killed in an accident last month.
  14. E. Jean Carroll Receives $5.6 Million Payment From Trump in Civil Case

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:58:26 -0000

    A federal jury found President Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming Ms. Carroll. He exhausted his appeals last month, prompting a judge to order that the money be paid.
  15. A Beastie Boy Returns to the Mic, With Some Help

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:02:18 -0000

    Thanks to an assist from his sons, Mike D is set to release “Thank You,” the first new music from a member of the pioneering rap trio in 15 years.
  16. House Votes for Permanent Daylight Saving Time

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:33:07 -0000

    House Republicans and Democrats united in favor of a bill to eliminate semiannual clock-changing, but it faces an uncertain fate in the Senate.
  17. Texas Faces Potentially ‘Catastrophic’ Amounts of Rain

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:13:14 -0000

    Intense storms overnight dropped heavy rain, and more was falling Tuesday. Forecasters warned about the increasing likelihood of flooding across the state.
  18. Tornadoes in Maine? A Rare Forecast for Parts of U.S. and Canada

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:47:05 -0000

    Storms on Tuesday could produce damaging winds, large hail and even tornadoes in areas where they are not common.
  19. Restaurant Review: Ambassadors Clubhouse in New York

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:02:06 -0000

    At the high-flying New York outpost of Ambassadors Clubhouse, the Punjabi cooking is beguiling and the city feels miles away.
  20. Lindsey Graham’s Choice

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:00:05 -0000

    Would the world have been safer if Graham hadn’t cozied up to Trump?
  21. Lindsey Graham Made Trumpism in His Own Image

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:00:04 -0000

    He bent the knee and made the most of it.
  22. One Dead and Two Missing in San Francisco Bay After Boat Capsizes Near Alcatraz

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:01:23 -0000

    Sixteen other passengers were rescued after the pleasure boat sank in the San Francisco Bay on Tuesday.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
  26. 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?
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. 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.
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. 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.
  33. 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.
  34. 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.
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. 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.
  38. The U.S. Crashes Out of the World Cup

    Tue, 07 Jul 2026 13:49:25 -0000

    Despite a strong start to the tournament, and an egregious intervention by President Trump into FIFA’s suspension of its star striker, the U.S. men’s soccer team couldn’t keep up with Belgium.
  39. A New American Soccer Culture Is Emerging

    Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:34:18 -0000

    A decade ago, the fandom around Major League Soccer and the U.S. men’s national team was very white and very imitative. That’s starting to change.
  40. 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.
  41. 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.
  42. 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.
  43. An Inconvenient Moment for an Extreme Global Heat Wave

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

    Will it light a fire under politicians?
  44. Trump and NATO Court Erdoğan, Turkey’s Strongman

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

    In Ankara, the leaders of the alliance appeared more concerned about Western geopolitical power than about Western democratic values.
  45. Graham Platner’s Point of No Return

    Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:29:20 -0000

    Following an allegation of sexual assault, the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine is considering his future. What would his exit mean for the race, and for the broader direction of American politics?
  46. Donald Trump Celebrates America’s Two-Hundred-and-Fiftieth Birthday

    Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    At the Great American State Fair, in Washington, D.C., and at the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Library, in North Dakota, the President casts himself as the rightful heir to American greatness.
  47. The Intimate Legacies of a White-Supremacist Coup

    Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A racist takeover in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898, has reverberated across generations as a reminder of American democracy’s terrifying vulnerability.