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  1. Officials Pressed Schumer to Help Name Penn Station and Dulles Airport for Trump

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 01:01:16 -0000

    Administration officials told the top Senate Democrat the president would release frozen funding for the Gateway project if the transportation hubs were renamed for him.
  2. U.S. Judge Says Trump Cannot Halt Funding for Gateway Tunnel Project

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 02:18:17 -0000

    Nearly all of the work had stopped on Friday while negotiations continued in Washington and litigation played out in court.
  3. Hegseth Says Defense Department Will Cut Ties With Harvard

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 02:44:48 -0000

    Mr. Hegseth’s order appeared to target his alma mater, Harvard’s Kennedy School for public policy.
  4. Trump Is Hosting Governors at the White House, but Only Republicans

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:17:21 -0000

    The president’s decision to exclude Democratic governors from an annual meeting later this month breaks a longstanding tradition.
  5. Trump Deletes Racist Video Portraying the Obamas as Apes

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 02:47:29 -0000

    The video clip that President Trump posted in a late-night flurry of social media activity caused an unusually strong and public outcry from members of his own party.
  6. Olympics Officials Signal Sanctions on Russia in Sports May End

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 05:01:07 -0000

    In Milan this week, Olympics officials signaled a willingness to ease years of restrictions imposed on the country over its state-backed doping program and invasion of Ukraine.
  7. How Is Security Different at These Olympic Games?

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 01:04:47 -0000

    Our sports correspondent Tariq Panja talks with Katrin Bennhold about the security at the Olympics in Italy, including the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, who the U.S. says are there only in an advisory role.
  8. JD Vance Is Booed at Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in Milan

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:12:41 -0000

    Before the event, protesters marched in Milan in opposition to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, whose personnel are in Italy to advise local officials in securing the Winter Games.
  9. Authorities Investigate a New Message in Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping Case

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 03:59:33 -0000

    The F.BI. and local law enforcement gave no details about the note, which came on the sixth day of the search for Ms. Guthrie, the mother of the “Today” host Savannah Guthrie.
  10. Nancy Guthrie’s Disappearance Rekindles Kidnapping Fears

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 01:22:42 -0000

    High-profile abductions, like those of Patty Hearst and J. Paul Getty III, have captured the nation’s attention, but experts say kidnappings by strangers are exceedingly rare.
  11. U.S. Seeks to Expedite Deportation of 5-Year-Old Liam Conejo Ramos

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 01:29:31 -0000

    Liam was detained last month near Minneapolis during an immigration enforcement operation in which his father was also taken into custody by federal agents.
  12. Cuban Deportees Who Were Transferred to Guantánamo Sent Back to U.S.

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 23:19:10 -0000

    Dozens of men appear to be caught up in a political standoff between the Trump administration and Cuba.
  13. Bard College President Leon Botstein Was Close With Jeffrey Epstein

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:28:16 -0000

    Bard College’s president, Leon Botstein, said his school needed cash. But a rare watch and a Caribbean visit show how his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein sometimes veered into the personal.
  14. Paul Weiss Partners Turned on Brad Karp After Learning Extent of His Epstein Ties

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 23:05:01 -0000

    Mr. Karp resigned as chairman of the elite law firm after senior partners met to decide his future.
  15. China Reverses Death Sentence for Canadian in a Small Win for Carney

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 03:36:52 -0000

    The ruling by China’s highest court followed a recent meeting between China and Canada’s top leaders that led to a thaw in the two countries’ relations.
  16. Trump Says Talks With Iran Were Good, but There’s More Work to Do

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 03:17:19 -0000

    President Trump said the negotiations would resume next week. Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister, said the talks were off to a “good start.”
  17. In Talks, Trump Won’t Allow Iran to Have Any Enriched Uranium

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 02:06:59 -0000

    Can the two sides get past Iran’s claim that it has a “right” to enrich uranium?
  18. In a Close Election, Voters Send a Sharp Anti-Trump Message

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 01:38:21 -0000

    The Democratic primary to replace Gov. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey in Congress is still too close to call. Much of the advertising focused on opposition to the president and his immigration policies.
  19. Why Are These Women Being Denied Visits With Loved Ones in NY Prisons?

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:00:12 -0000

    Women hoping to visit their loved ones at New York prisons are being turned away after scanners pick up what they say are menstrual products. Some have had their visitation rights suspended.
  20. N.Y.P.D. Sergeant Found Guilty in Death of Bronx Man He Threw Cooler At

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:36:14 -0000

    Erik Duran was convicted of second-degree manslaughter, making him the first New York City police officer to be found guilty of killing a civilian while on duty in a decade.
  21. Super Bowl Visitors Find San Francisco Better Than Its Apocalyptic Image

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 01:15:47 -0000

    Problems with homelessness and open-air drug use have been widely broadcast, but many visitors this week said they found the city surprisingly pleasant.
  22. The Finance Industry Is a Grift. Let’s Start Treating It That Way.

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 02:19:30 -0000

    Regulating the industry is useful. Shaming it is crucial.
  23. We Didn’t Ask for This Internet

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 21:15:58 -0000

    Cory Doctorow and Tim Wu explain why the internet failed to live up to its early promise.
  24. Stocks Rebound After Volatile Week as Dow Hits Record High

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 01:49:27 -0000

    The Dow Jones industrial average surpassed 50,000 points for the first time, as old line stocks come back into vogue.
  25. Saalumarada Thimmakka Dies; Planted and Nurtured Thousands of Trees

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 22:45:03 -0000

    Believed to be 113, she spent decades building an environmental legacy in India, inspired by her grief at being unable to conceive children.
  26. Haiti Reaches ‘Full Crisis’ as Transition Government Expires

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 08:40:37 -0000

    The tenure of a presidential council that has been running Haiti expires on Saturday. It’s unclear what will come next.
  27. Body of Nathan Smith, Lil Jon’s Son, Found in Georgia Pond, Police Say

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 23:15:12 -0000

    Nathan Smith, whose stage name is DJ Young Slade, was reported missing on Tuesday after running out of his home in a community north of Atlanta.
  28. The Pope’s Man Arrives in New York

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:47:59 -0000

    In appointing Ronald Hicks to the most prominent post in the U.S. Church, is Leo XIV assembling his own Team U.S.A.?
  29. Inside Russia’s Secret Campaign of Sabotage in Europe

    Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    How Russian military intelligence is recruiting young people online to carry out espionage, arson, and other attacks across the Continent.
  30. Living in Tracy Chapman’s House

    Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Fresh out of college, we were a bunch of misfits, in a chaotic, run-down communal home, desperately trying to figure out who we were meant to be.
  31. Deepfaking Orson Welles’s Mangled Masterpiece

    Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Will an A.I. restoration of “The Magnificent Ambersons” right a historic wrong or desecrate a classic?
  32. David Remnick on S. N. Behrman’s “The Days of Duveen”

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    In a wry Profile of the British-born art dealer Joseph Duveen, Behrman captures the workings of a canny commercial intelligence wreathed in connoisseurship and charm.
  33. Dan Bongino’s Podcast Homecoming

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The short-lived No. 2 at the F.B.I. returns to the MAGA mediaverse he helped create. What’s changed?
  34. The Assault on Ukraine’s Power Grid

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    How Russia has weaponized the most frigid winter in more than a decade.
  35. Why the D.H.S. Disaster in Minneapolis Was Predictable

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    For decades, ICE and Border Patrol have operated with fewer constraints than typical law-enforcement agencies.
  36. ICE’s Assault on a Minnesota School District

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Liam Ramos, whose photo became a symbol of Operation Metro Surge, is one of several students in Columbia Heights who are now in federal custody.
  37. Is ICE Leading Us Into a Constitutional Crisis?

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:48:28 -0000

    A look at the agency’s astonishing record of defying court orders, and what the judiciary might do to respond.
  38. Do Federal Officials Really Have “Absolute Immunity”?

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 23:03:11 -0000

    After killings by ICE and Border Patrol in Minneapolis, a legal expert discusses how agents might be held to account by local authorities.
  39. How Europe Can Respond to Trump’s Greenland Imperialism

    Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:25:06 -0000

    The President’s obsession with acquiring the Danish territory has put the transatlantic alliance at risk.
  40. Can Trump Really Use the Insurrection Act?

    Sat, 17 Jan 2026 21:40:07 -0000

    An expert on Presidential emergency powers discusses the history and legality of military deployments in American cities.
  41. A Theology of Immigration

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:43:51 -0000

    “None of us have a permanent residence here in this world,” the Reverend Dan Groody says.
  42. How Trump Is Debasing the Dollar and Eroding U.S. Economic Dominance

    Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The President’s coercive policies, including his latest threats against Greenland, are prompting some foreign investors to think twice about parking their money with Uncle Sam.
  43. What We Expect Athletes to Say Now

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Not long ago, taking political stands almost seemed to become part of the job. These days, in another moment of social crisis, expectations have shifted.
  44. Why an Agnostic Animal-Rights Activist Went to Seminary

    Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Wayne Hsiung has gone to court and done jail time to improve the lives of animals. Now he’s going to church.
  45. Ben Shapiro Is Waging Battle Inside the MAGA Movement

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 19:00:04 -0000

    The conservative commentator on the antisemitism in MAGA media and why he condemns President Trump as corrupt yet sticks with him.
  46. Donald Trump Already Knows the 2026 Election Is “Rigged”

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:08:13 -0000

    The question is not if he will undermine confidence in the midterms but how.
  47. The People Who Will Actually Make Universal Child Care Happen

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Zohran Mamdani delivered a political victory—but making his plans a reality will require the help of a workforce that’s already struggling.
  48. How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:43:46 -0000

    The Amazon founder bought the paper to save it. Instead, with a mass layoff, he’s forced it into severe decline.
  49. What Happens When the Snow Doesn’t Melt?

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:24:30 -0000

    The icy buildups blocking crosswalks around New York have been dubbed sneckdowns. Some urbanists think they offer a vision of a less car-dependent city.
  50. Trump’s Profiteering Hits $4 Billion

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    In August, I reported that the President and his family had made $3.4 billion by leveraging his position. After his first year back in office, the number has ballooned.
  51. Miami’s Haitian Community Braces for Deportations

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:15:20 -0000

    The Trump Administration’s plan to end Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Haiti puts hundreds of thousands at risk of returning to a country in crisis.
  52. Are Democrats Right to Cut an Immigration Deal with Trump?

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 21:26:34 -0000

    Congress has justifiably been criticized for rolling over to the President. But how it actually uses its leverage involves genuinely difficult trade-offs.