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  1. What to Know About the U.S. Attacks on Iran

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 18:08:04 -0000

    The United States and Israel launched a major assault, as President Trump called on Iranians to overthrow the government.
  2. Iran Hits Back Across the Mideast, Targeting U.S. Bases and Allies

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 18:17:36 -0000

    Waves of retaliatory strikes were reported in Israel and across several Gulf countries on Saturday. The Emirati government said at least one person was killed from falling missile debris.
  3. Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 18:15:51 -0000

    A small stable of doctors gave V.I.P. medical services to the sex offender and the women around him. Some doctors bent or broke the ethical rules of their profession.
  4. QAnon Faithful See Validation in the Epstein Files

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:00:54 -0000

    The nearly decade-old conspiracy theory does not align neatly with the facts emerging from the documents. That does not seem to matter.
  5. Epstein Effort to Finance a Dick Cavett Film Undone by Background Check

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 18:51:54 -0000

    Jeffrey Epstein joined Mr. Cavett’s wife in an effort to create a PBS documentary on the talk-show legend. But then the producers did a background check on the financier.
  6. Kash Patel’s Girlfriend Seeks Fame and Fortune, Escorted by an F.B.I. SWAT Team

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:00:43 -0000

    Former F.B.I. officials say Mr. Patel beefed up field office staffing near his girlfriend in Nashville and ordered a team to ferry her on errands and to events.
  7. OpenAI Reaches A.I. Agreement With Defense Dept. After Anthropic Clash

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 15:53:57 -0000

    The deal came hours after President Trump had ordered federal agencies to stop using artificial intelligence technology made by Anthropic, an OpenAI rival.
  8. A Tale of Two Seasons at Columbia, and Two Responses to Student Arrests

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 08:00:10 -0000

    When Mahmoud Khalil was detained by immigration agents last year, the university’s response was restrained. It was different with Elmina Aghayeva this week.
  9. The Bloody Rise and Fall of Mexico’s Top Crime Boss

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:02:16 -0000

    El Mencho’s brutality and business acumen put him atop the cartel world, until he made a fatal mistake.
  10. How The Times Covers Cartels and Other Criminal Enterprises

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 12:46:45 -0000

    Cultivating sources. Verifying claims. Staying safe. After the death of El Mencho, four journalists share their approach to this difficult, dangerous work.
  11. Abrupt Change for Warner Bros. Prompts Many Grim Faces

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 18:58:36 -0000

    Employees at the company had started to warm to the idea of Netflix as its corporate owner. Now they face the prospect of major cuts under Paramount.
  12. Netflix Lost Warner. Maybe That’s a Good Thing.

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:02:28 -0000

    It is entirely possible, analysts say, that Netflix will be better off by bailing from its $83 billion deal with Warner Bros. Discovery.
  13. Why Have You Started This War, Mr. President?

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 14:29:43 -0000

    Donald Trump promised voters that he would end wars, not start them.
  14. War With Iran Is a Mistake

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 18:48:26 -0000

    We don’t know how likely it is that the attacks will be successful, nor what costs or risks they bring.
  15. The United States and Israel Attack Iran

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 13:35:06 -0000

    The country is retaliating, and the Middle East is in crisis.
  16. No Clear Endgame in the Conflict Between Afghanistan and Pakistan

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 19:04:29 -0000

    Pakistan’s airstrikes in Afghanistan showed its overwhelming superiority in conventional warfare, but the Taliban have refined a lethal repertoire of guerrilla tactics.
  17. In the Northwest, Polyamory Finds Something New: Legal Protection

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:01:09 -0000

    From big cities like Seattle and Portland, Ore., to small ones like Astoria, Ore., proponents of “nontraditional” romantic relationships are making headway in getting legal recognition.
  18. Could the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act Decision Affect the Midterms?

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:00:12 -0000

    The court is set to decide a major case that could scramble the country’s congressional maps. One crucial factor for this year’s elections is when the ruling lands.
  19. Lloyd Blankfein on Trump, Epstein and Life After Goldman Sachs

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 16:26:42 -0000

    In a wide-ranging interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin, Goldman’s former C.E.O. discussed his life and new memoir.
  20. How High-Powered Lasers Became Part of Donald Trump’s Border-Security Complex

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The funding debate in Congress is over immigration-enforcement practices, but the Administration is still spending unprecedented sums on military-grade equipment at the southern border.
  21. The True Story of ISIS’s Rise in Syria

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The rebellion against Assad led to sudden freedom, but also to crime and inequality. The Islamic State took advantage.
  22. Cash and Carry, by David Sedaris

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    I guessed correctly that the woman had found this cabinet on the curb, just as I had found my current desk chair and countless pieces of furniture in the past.
  23. The Migrants in the Ancient Forest

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Five years ago, Belarus began enabling people from high-conflict countries to migrate into Europe. Despite high walls and backlash, they’re still coming.
  24. James Talarico Puts His Faith in Texas Voters

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The Senate candidate believes that Democrats can win by appealing to higher values. Can he succeed in the age of Trump?
  25. The Ellison Media Empire Grows Again

    Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:24:37 -0000

    After torpedoing Netflix’s bid to buy Warner Bros., Paramount Skydance is poised to have multiple major news organizations under its control.
  26. The Right-Wing Nonprofit Serving A.I. Slop for America’s Birthday

    Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    PragerU, a fount of Judeo-Christian edutainment, is now a key partner in the Trump Administration’s “civic education” campaign.
  27. How Trump’s F.C.C. Is Reshaping TV

    Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    An under-the-radar merger could create a broadcasting behemoth that controls local news stations across more than forty states. Why do some MAGA diehards oppose it?
  28. The Russians Turning to Google Maps in Search of Missing Soldiers

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:55:47 -0000

    Around a million Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, four years ago. Family members, who often aren’t informed of their loved ones’ fates, have been relying on a digital place of last resort.
  29. Trump Is Still Deporting People Wherever He Wants

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:14:14 -0000

    How the Administration is overwhelming federal courts and getting away with third-country removals.
  30. The Growing Rift Between Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E.

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    What this shocking split might mean for the future of the Middle East.
  31. Xi Jinping’s Purge and What Trump’s Foreign Policy Means for China

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The machinations behind his recent military purge, and whether China sees an opportunity in Donald Trump’s aggression toward Europe.
  32. The Woman Behind Japan’s Rightward Shift

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:22:11 -0000

    How Sanae Takaichi, the country’s first female Prime Minister, won big in last weekend’s election.
  33. Jesse Jackson’s Timeless Economic Platform

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    He ran for President twice on the concerns that still define American political life—inequality, affordability, and vanishing jobs.
  34. An Olympic Final Worthy of a Rivalry

    Sun, 22 Feb 2026 22:31:01 -0000

    The U.S.-Canada men’s gold-medal hockey match and the Games as a whole serve as a reminder that national pride isn’t always a bad thing.
  35. At the 2026 Winter Olympics, Peril and Promise Coincide

    Sun, 22 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    In Italy, some of the world’s greatest athletes encountered physical risk, and even failure. But the most memorable moments of the Games were not just feats of skill but examples of resilience—and reasons for hope.
  36. How the University Replaced the Church as the Home of Liberal Morality

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    As progressive Americans have become more secular, the academy has become their primary moral training ground. The results have not been good.
  37. Donald Trump’s State of the Union Was Long and Wrong

    Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:19:26 -0000

    But at least the President thinks everything is going great.
  38. The Betrayal of a Friend’s False Testimony

    Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Under pressure from interrogators, a teen-ager helped send three of his friends to prison for murder. How could he ever make amends?
  39. The Supreme Court’s Complicated Takedown of Trump’s Tariffs

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    There are seven separate opinions—and even the Justices who agree with one another are in some ways at odds.
  40. One Vaccine-Schedule Change That Actually Makes Sense

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Amid R.F.K., Jr.,’s vandalism of the public-health system, there’s shocking good news about a cancer-preventing vaccine.
  41. Donald Trump’s Pantomime United Nations

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 19:23:14 -0000

    The Board of Peace might be destined to fail, but it still threatens to undermine an international system in which the U.S. was once the linchpin.
  42. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s Life in Pictures

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Following his arrest last week, Andrew spent his first birthday as a commoner in circumstances as degraded as earlier celebrations had been grand.
  43. The E.P.A. Rescinds a Landmark Finding

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    But it’s not game over for future climate action—and understanding why allows for a more nuanced picture of where the fight actually stands now.
  44. The Chaos of an ICE Detention

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    When Manuela’s husband texted her that he’d been apprehended on the street, her life in New York instantly capsized.