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  1. Can Tom Homan De-escalate ICE Tensions in Minnesota?

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 19:11:32 -0000

    The White House border czar wants to focus more on getting immigrants already in jails. He’ll have to persuade Democrats to do it.
  2. Federal Courts Undercut Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 18:11:47 -0000

    A policy intended to keep immigrants detained indefinitely has led to a deluge of lawsuits, overwhelming some federal courts and resulting in many releases.
  3. How Alex Pretti’s Death Became a National Tipping Point

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:00:59 -0000

    Several factors converged to force a remarkable shift in the federal government’s aggressive efforts in Minnesota.
  4. How Trump Appears in the Epstein Files

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 21:36:04 -0000

    The New York Times found more than 5,300 files with references to Mr. Trump and related terms. They include salacious and unverified claims, as well as documents that had already been made public.
  5. U.A.E. Firm Quietly Took Stake in the Trump Family’s Crypto Company

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 19:43:12 -0000

    The $500 million agreement raises new concerns about the propriety of the president negotiating foreign policy with his own business partners.
  6. ‘Melania’ Arrives With Strong Box Office Showing for a Documentary

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 17:47:41 -0000

    Amazon backed up the Brink’s trucks for the vanity film, resulting in weekend ticket sales of about $7 million in North America, enough for third place.
  7. Judge Who Ruled Against Trump Administration Cleared of Justice Dept. Complaint

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 18:28:27 -0000

    Trump allies have called for Judge James E. Boasberg to be investigated and impeached after decisions that questioned the administration’s respect for the rule of law.
  8. Democratic Upset in Deep Red Texas District Rattles Republicans

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 15:50:57 -0000

    A Democrat won a state legislative special election in a district that President Trump carried by 17 percentage points, unnerving Republicans in Texas and beyond.
  9. Gavin Newsom Memoir Describes Difficult Childhood, Contrary to Image

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:00:52 -0000

    Mr. Newsom, the California governor and a potential presidential candidate, writes that the privileged caricature of his background is mistaken.
  10. Takeaways From Gavin Newsom’s New Memoir, ‘Young Man in a Hurry’

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 17:39:34 -0000

    His introspective memoir tries to challenge the conventional wisdom about his upbringing, explores his marriages and airs a little dirty laundry — but says relatively little about politics.
  11. The Richest 2026 Players: A.I., Crypto, Pro-Israel Groups and Trump

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 05:02:21 -0000

    All have amassed enormous war chests, new filings show, making them the financial wild cards of this year’s midterm elections and feared political spenders.
  12. The Secret Egyptian Air Base Powering Sudan’s Drone War

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 21:05:16 -0000

    The covert base offers new evidence of how the Sudanese conflict is morphing into a theater for high-tech warfare, driven by foreign interests.
  13. Grammys 2026 Red Carpet Photos: Looks From Tyla, Sabrina Carpenter and More

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 23:26:14 -0000

    See what nominees for the 68th Grammy Awards wore to arrive to the ceremony.
  14. Grammy Nominations 2026: See the Full List of Nominees

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 23:18:46 -0000

    Artists, albums and songs competing for trophies at the 68th annual ceremony were announced on Friday. The show will take place on Feb. 1, 2026, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
  15. A ‘Historic’ Snowfall Hits the Carolinas

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 18:59:11 -0000

    Blanketed beaches. Frozen suburbs. Football fields buried in snow. Everywhere in the region, people felt the storm, which caused two deaths.
  16. Mamdani Announces New Shelter Beds as Death Toll During Cold Rises to 14

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 17:19:00 -0000

    The 50 units in Upper Manhattan will house single people who may be reluctant to stay in group shelters.
  17. Could the Hudson River Freeze Over?

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 01:52:02 -0000

    New York City is icy and cold right now, but you’re probably not going to be able to walk to New Jersey any time soon.
  18. Snow Drought in the West Reaches Record Levels

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 22:02:10 -0000

    Warm temperatures and extremely low snowfall threaten water resources for the year.
  19. Physician Assistants Want a New Name and More Power. Not Everyone Is Happy.

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 15:57:19 -0000

    How increased responsibilities and a push to be called “physician associates” are raising tensions with doctors.
  20. Physician Assistants Are Everywhere. Should You See One?

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 14:30:51 -0000

    They wear white coats and do many things a doctor would do — and their numbers are increasing rapidly.
  21. This Hasidic Reporter Has a Few Questions for Mayor Mamdani

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 15:39:45 -0000

    Jacob Kornbluh, a former lox-slinger with no degrees, became an unlikely fixture in New York politics. Now he is chasing the story of a lifetime, inside the new City Hall.
  22. Escape to Alcatraz: Coyote Swims a Mile in Search of New Turf

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 20:39:10 -0000

    The coyote struggled onto the rocky shore this month. It is the first documented coyote on Alcatraz since the island was transferred to the National Park Service in 1972.
  23. Why Is Taking the Rest of the Donetsk Region So Important to Putin?

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 11:13:45 -0000

    Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the question “the one remaining item” in Abu Dhabi peace talks. Russia disputed that.
  24. Russia Strikes Ukraine’s Energy Sector, Killing 12 Miners

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 19:08:01 -0000

    The attack comes during a winter freeze and despite efforts by President Trump and others to get the two countries to negotiate a truce.
  25. Youth Sports Training: Why Some Preteens Are Turning to Private Coaches

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:00:06 -0000

    As youth sports become increasingly competitive, more preteen athletes are working with private coaches to level up.
  26. My Patient Was Dying. His Wife Would Not Accept It.

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 06:44:16 -0000

    How doctors can better navigate difficult patients and families.
  27. Trump Has Overwhelmed Himself

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 17:55:11 -0000

    This is a presidency that is, by any measure, failing.
  28. Hazing Death in Arizona Leads to Charges for 3 Fraternity Leaders

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 22:26:35 -0000

    Three 20-year-old students in Delta Tau Delta at Northern Arizona University were arrested on Saturday. The fraternity has been suspended.
  29. Rare Albatross Coasts Above California Waters Far From Home

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 17:07:14 -0000

    The unexpected sighting of a waved albatross, which was thousands of miles from its typical range, earned it a label ornithologists reserve for the unexpected: an avian “vagrant.”
  30. X.J. Kennedy, a Poet of Wit Who Clung to Rhyme and Meter, Dies at 96

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 16:53:03 -0000

    Spurning the free verse of many of his contemporaries, he held to an older tradition. He also wrote spirited poems for children.
  31. 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.
  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. Gavin Newsom Is Playing the Long Game

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

    California’s governor has been touted as the Democrats’ best shot in 2028. But first he’ll need to convince voters that he’s not just a slick establishment politician.
  34. 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.
  35. 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.
  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. 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.
  38. 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.
  39. What ICE Should Have Learned from the Fugitive Slave Act

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Americans took to the streets to defend their neighbors in the nineteenth century, too.
  40. 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.
  41. 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.
  42. 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.
  43. 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.”
  44. 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.
  45. 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.
  46. 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.
  47. 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.
  48. 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.
  49. 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.
  50. 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.
  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. 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.
  53. 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.
  54. 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.
  55. 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.