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  1. Trump Is Expected to Announce Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 07:24:44 -0000

    President Trump is set to announce his choice to replace Jerome H. Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve, saying it is someone “known to everybody in the financial world.”
  2. Did Trump Really Give Nicki Minaj a $1 Million ‘Gold Card’ Visa?

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 01:13:00 -0000

    “Gold Trump card free of charge,” the rapper wrote on social media. But the White House says it’s not what it seems.
  3. Trump Weighs New Military Options Against Iran

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:48:14 -0000

    The plans being weighed by the president go beyond those he considered weeks ago amid widespread protests against Iran’s government.
  4. War Threats and Ambiguous Evidence: Trump Again Confronts Iran

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 03:21:25 -0000

    There is little sign that Iran has made significant progress in reconstituting its nuclear program, leaving questions about the timing and motive behind potential plans for further attacks.
  5. Maps: Where the U.S. Is Building Up Military Force Near Iran

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 01:28:14 -0000

    President Trump has not authorized military action in Iran, but the U.S. has built up its presence in the region in recent days.
  6. Democrats Reach Spending Deal With Trump, Seeking to Rein In ICE

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 04:30:56 -0000

    Democrats and the White House agreed to fund the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks while they negotiate restrictions on an immigration crackdown. Senators said they hoped to vote on the deal on Friday.
  7. Patrick Schiltz, an Ethicist, Is the Minnesota Judge Blasting ICE

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:40:33 -0000

    Judge Patrick Schiltz, an appointee of George W. Bush, became an unlikely critic of the Trump administration’s tactics in Minnesota.
  8. What Domestic Terrorism Means, and Doesn’t

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 07:58:48 -0000

    The Trump administration has called the Minneapolis shooting victims “domestic terrorists.” Our criminal justice reporter Jonah E. Bromwich explains what that term actually means.
  9. Collins Took Credit for ICE Leaving Maine. Her Democratic Opponents Pounced.

    Thu, 29 Jan 2026 23:59:04 -0000

    Political maneuvering by the Democrats hoping to unseat Senator Susan Collins shifted into high gear with the news that ICE had ended its surge there.
  10. Xi’s Military Purge May Set Back His Taiwan Ambitions

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:40:11 -0000

    By ousting his top generals, Xi Jinping has secured absolute control but also hollowed out the command structure preparing for possible war over Taiwan.
  11. Panama Court Strikes Down Hong Kong Firm’s Canal Contract

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 09:10:18 -0000

    The ruling delivers a victory to President Trump, who said he wants American control of the canal, and a blow to the longtime ports operator, CK Hutchison.
  12. Trump and First Lady Attend Premiere of ‘Melania’ at Kennedy Center

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:05:16 -0000

    Amazon paid Melania Trump’s production company $40 million for the movie and then paid another $35 million to promote it.
  13. Melania Trump Documentary Premiere: Who Was at the Kennedy Center

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 02:00:10 -0000

    Top White House officials streamed into the Kennedy Center on Thursday for a screening of Amazon’s new documentary about the first lady, Melania Trump.
  14. Venezuelan Lawmakers Approve Sweeping Overhaul of Oil Sector

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:25:43 -0000

    Bowing to Trump administration pressure, the new legislation improves conditions for foreign oil companies and opens the way to slash the taxes they pay.
  15. U.S. Trade Deficit Widens Despite Trump’s Tariffs

    Thu, 29 Jan 2026 19:52:52 -0000

    The monthly trade deficit and imports rebounded in November after shrinking significantly in prior months, new data show.
  16. Trump’s Trade Policies Sort Manufacturers Into Winners and Losers

    Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:02:13 -0000

    Tariffs have protected some companies, but more often they’ve hit the parts and materials many factories need to make finished goods.
  17. Canada Signs Auto Deal With South Korea, Moving Further from the U.S.

    Thu, 29 Jan 2026 21:10:36 -0000

    The agreement, while scarce on details, is the latest step by Prime Minister Mark Carney to reduce Canada’s reliance on trade with the U.S.
  18. Washington Post Plans Cuts to Reshape Newsroom

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:54:15 -0000

    The changes are expected to include significant layoffs in areas like sports and international coverage.
  19. Murdoch and News Corp Take on the West Coast with The California Post

    Thu, 29 Jan 2026 22:47:19 -0000

    The expansion of the Murdoch tabloid from its New York roots to the West Coast is the latest sign of the outlet’s national ambitions.
  20. Trump Says Putin Agreed to a Weeklong Pause in Attacks Amid Extreme Cold

    Thu, 29 Jan 2026 22:53:32 -0000

    Russia has left thousands of apartment buildings in Kyiv without heat in recent weeks, in a campaign that has appeared aimed at breaking Ukraine’s morale.
  21. Moscow Airport Sells for Half Off, a Sign of Russia’s Global Isolation

    Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:36:54 -0000

    The government opened the sale to cut-rate bidding for Domodedovo Airport after it received no offers at its initial asking price of $1.7 billion.
  22. Pizza Cutter and a Fork: A Bizarre Bid to Break Mangione Out of Jail

    Thu, 29 Jan 2026 23:57:16 -0000

    Federal prosecutors said a man was arrested after he impersonated an F.B.I. agent during a visit to the federal jail in Brooklyn where Luigi Mangione is being held.
  23. How the A.I. Boom Could Push Up the Price of Your Next PC

    Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:13:37 -0000

    A.I. companies are buying up memory chips, causing the prices of those components — which are also used in laptops and smartphones — to soar.
  24. California Jury Convicts Ex-Google Engineer of Stealing AI Secrets

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 02:24:58 -0000

    A federal jury found that Linwei Ding stole thousands of confidential files to help him start a company in Beijing.
  25. One Solution for Too Many A’s? Harvard Considers Giving A+ Grades.

    Thu, 29 Jan 2026 23:06:32 -0000

    Harvard University has been trying to cut back how many A grades professors give. Now, 53 percent of grades are A’s, down from 60 percent.
  26. South Korean Stocks, Kospi Index Are Trading at a Record High

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:03:26 -0000

    Spurred by government policies and the global A.I. boom, the market’s value has jumped by hundreds of billions of dollars. Individual investors have piled in.
  27. Genes May Control Your Longevity, However Healthily You Live

    Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:54:38 -0000

    A new study suggests that those with long-lived families probably have the best prospects of making it to a very old age.
  28. The Department of Homeland Security Was a Mistake From The Start

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 10:03:53 -0000

    Since its founding in 2002, DHS has evolved into the unaccountable domestic security apparatus we have today, one that views the very people it is supposed to protect as threats not humans.
  29. This Moment Is Asking What Kind of America We Are

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 10:04:10 -0000

    The clash in Minneapolis has revealed a profound cleavage over the meaning of citizenship.
  30. Jimmy Kimmel Teases ‘Melania’

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 06:41:11 -0000

    The late night host said, “Not since ‘The Terminator’ has there been this much excitement for a movie about a European cyborg.”
  31. Michael Beck, 65, Dies; First to Report Symptoms of ‘Havana Syndrome’

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 01:55:43 -0000

    As an employee with the N.S.A., he claimed he was exposed to a direct-energy device that led to a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease at the age of 45.
  32. Newsom Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Dr. Oz Over Fraud Video

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 02:12:07 -0000

    Dr. Mehmet Oz, a top federal health official, posted a video that accuses Armenian Americans in California of health care fraud.
  33. Winter Storm Forecast to Bring Deep Snow to the Carolinas and Virginia

    Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:59:45 -0000

    Up to a foot is possible this weekend in parts of the Southeast and on Cape Cod, with smaller amounts expected for much of the East Coast.
  34. Operation Trump Rehab

    Thu, 29 Jan 2026 23:57:25 -0000

    After a wave of public revulsion over the President’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota, he offers a familiar playbook: distraction, disinformation, denial, delay.
  35. Did a Celebrated Researcher Obscure a Baby’s Poisoning?

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    After a newborn died of opioid poisoning, a new branch of pediatrics came into being. But the evidence doesn’t add up.
  36. What MAGA Can Teach Democrats About Organizing—and Infighting

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Republicans have become adept at creating broad coalitions in which supporting Trump is the only requirement. Democrats get tied up with litmus tests.
  37. How Shinzo Abe’s Assassination Brought the Moonies Back Into the Limelight

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    A shocking act of political violence exposed the cult’s deep influence.
  38. Emily Nussbaum on Jane Kramer’s “Founding Cadre”

    Sun, 25 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Her startling 1970 article, based on months of reporting on radical feminist pioneers, was an outlier for the period—coolly observational but full of emotion.
  39. The Cruel Conditions of ICE’s Mojave Desert Detention Center

    Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    How immigration authorities have weaponized medical neglect to encourage self-deportations.
  40. Maybe the United States Can Be One of Mark Carney’s “Middle Powers”

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The Canadian Prime Minister offers the possibility of a calmer future.
  41. Trump’s Greenland Fiasco

    Sun, 25 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The President caused a crisis in NATO and deepened European distrust toward the U.S. to end up with basically the same set of options that existed months ago.
  42. The Overlooked Deaths of the Attack on Venezuela

    Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    To many on the ground, civilian fatalities were simply the cost of ousting Nicolás Maduro.
  43. 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.
  44. 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.
  45. 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.
  46. How Donald Trump Has Transformed ICE

    Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:46:06 -0000

    A former D.H.S. oversight official on what, legally, the agency can and can’t do—and the accountability mechanisms that have been “gutted beyond recognition.”
  47. 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.
  48. Amanda Anisimova’s Resilient Return

    Sun, 25 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    After stepping away from the game in 2023, the tennis star had a dream run at Wimbledon last year end with a humiliating defeat in the final. But it’s the clarity of her confidence that continues to define her.
  49. Can American Churches Lead a Protest Movement Under Trump?

    Tue, 20 Jan 2026 21:49:54 -0000

    The Sanctuary Movement was led by clergy, and many religious leaders are activists today. But, as congregations have shrunk, dissent has diminished.
  50. How a Sixtysomething Football Coach from a So-So School Turned Indiana Into World-Beaters

    Sun, 18 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Curt Cignetti has the Hoosiers on the verge of a national championship. Everyone wants to know the blueprint for his stunning success.
  51. Revisiting Minnesota’s “Open House” Exhibition in the Age of ICE

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:36:05 -0000

    Long before the federal onslaught, a Twin Cities museum showed what it meant to find a home in America.
  52. The Battle for Minneapolis

    Sun, 25 Jan 2026 21:06:49 -0000

    As Donald Trump brings his retribution to a liberal city, citizens, protesters, and civic leaders try to protect one another.
  53. The Mayor of an Occupied City

    Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:13:48 -0000

    Jacob Frey, of Minneapolis, is governing a city under siege by its own federal government.
  54. It’s Time to Talk About Donald Trump’s Logorrhea

    Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:33:08 -0000

    How many polite ways are there to ask whether the President of the United States is losing it?
  55. Two New Yorker Films Receive 2026 Oscar Nominations

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:59:09 -0000

    The dark comedy “Two People Exchanging Saliva” and the dreamy animation “Retirement Plan” will vie in short-film categories at the ceremony in March.
  56. A Massacre in Mashhad

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Under the cover of an internet blackout, Iranian security forces killed hundreds of demonstrators. Only now are details of the carnage starting to emerge.
  57. The Battle for One of the Richest and Smallest Counties in Texas

    Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:34:02 -0000

    A few families have been duelling for control of Loving County for decades. Then the followers of a hustle-culture influencer moved in.
  58. Bringing Zohran Mamdani to the Big Screen

    Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    In 2023, Julia Bacha began filming a backbench state assemblyman. Little did she know that she was making a documentary about the next mayor of New York City.