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  1. China’s Leader Xi Seeks to Extend Truce with Trump During U.S. Summit

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 02:00:10 -0000

    Facing an American president constrained by war and politics, China’s leader may seek to lock in a tactical truce while he shores up a fragile economy at home.
  2. China’s Continued Control of Rare Earths Looms Over Trump-Xi Meeting

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 02:00:06 -0000

    Manufacturers are struggling with constrained supplies as U.S. and Chinese officials negotiate over export restrictions with consequences for global industry.
  3. Japan Meets With Trump, Hoping to Get His Help on China

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 07:58:46 -0000

    Japan’s prime minister will meet President Trump to discuss China’s economic and security pressure while also seeking to de-escalate tensions with Beijing.
  4. Why Xi Is Coming to Washington, and White House TV Feeds Go Dark

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:00:10 -0000

    Plus, the man who helped put bugs on the menu.
  5. How Trump Has Cracked Down on Dissent Since the Killing of Charlie Kirk

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:01:48 -0000

    The White House has labeled critics terrorists, attributed violence to a left-wing conspiracy and investigated unions, nonprofits and other groups in a battle over free speech.
  6. Will Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Run for President in 2028? Here’s What She Said.

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:03:21 -0000

    In a wide-ranging interview, the New York congresswoman offered her most detailed insight yet into how she is thinking about a possible presidential run.
  7. Many Democrats Are Avoiding Kamala Harris. Abdul El-Sayed Is Welcoming Her.

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:02:37 -0000

    The former vice president wants to help her party in the midterms, but not many are taking her up on the offer. Except for the Senate nominee in Michigan, who will appear with her on Tuesday.
  8. ‘I Was Sold a Bill of Goods’: Americans and the Distrust Election

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:01:33 -0000

    Americans have a pervasive sense they are being lied to. That has created an unpredictability in politics unseen since Donald Trump said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue without losing voters.
  9. George W. Bush and Cornyn Leave Out Paxton as They Raise Cash for Senate Candidates

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 02:21:50 -0000

    The former president and Texas senator are headlining a fund-raiser in Dallas for top Republican Senate candidates. Not included: Ken Paxton, the nominee in their own state.
  10. Trump Faces the Sting of a Media Boycott After Press Pool Withdrawal

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 01:47:47 -0000

    A boycott of the White House press pool by the major networks deprives the president of the oxygen of screen time. But he is still finding ways to get on the air.
  11. Trump’s U.N. Speech Comes at a Time of Tumult

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 04:26:04 -0000

    The president, who has been dogged by the war in Iran and eroding alliances, is also expected to sign a security deal on Greenland and meet with world leaders.
  12. Trump and Mamdani Show Their Unlikely Rapport, This Time in New York

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:10:51 -0000

    Mayor Zohran Mamdani invited the president to his official residence in Manhattan, where the two spoke about policing, immigration and affordable housing.
  13. New Hope for Diagnosing C.T.E. in Brain Injured Patients

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:01:36 -0000

    Scientists are developing imaging techniques and blood tests that one day may enable doctors to identify the disease definitively in living patients.
  14. The ‘Kid’ Takes Over: David Ellison Becomes a Hollywood Colossus

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:03:36 -0000

    With Paramount and Warner Bros. under his control, Mr. Ellison will be “the Hollywood equivalent of Superman, Caesar and Midas combined.” But challenges remain.
  15. The Big Threat Has Been Climate Change. Now Comes A.I.

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:02:26 -0000

    Both are human-caused, both are frightening, and one of them has raced to the forefront of the global conversation.
  16. What to Know About Recent A.I. Hacks

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:03:32 -0000

    OpenAI, Google and others recently disclosed breaches by their artificial intelligence models that amplified concerns about the advancing capabilities of the technology.
  17. Specter of Rogue A.I. Looms Over U.N. Talks on Digital Cooperation

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:31:59 -0000

    Diplomats, dignitaries and tech experts gathered amid the United Nations General Assembly to debate how to address the threats and harness the potential of artificial intelligence.
  18. Earl Spencer Book Blasts Diana’s Treatment by UK Royal Family

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 04:01:12 -0000

    The decades have not lessened Earl Spencer’s anger over the House of Windsor’s treatment of the former Princess of Wales. King Charles comes in for special vitriol.
  19. Book Review: “Swan Song: Diana, My Sister,” by Charles Spencer

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 04:02:04 -0000

    “Swan Song,” Charles Spencer’s memoir of Lady Diana, is full of love and vengeance.
  20. Takeaways From Charles Spencer’s Memoir, “Swan Song,” About Princess Diana

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 04:01:05 -0000

    Nearly 30 years after Princess Diana died, her brother has written a book about her life, her marriage to Prince Charles and the suffering she endured at the hands of the tabloid press.
  21. Videos Reveal New Details About ICE Shooting in Austin

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:25:46 -0000

    A video analysis finds that a federal immigration officer was standing to the side of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez’s car when the officer apparently fired through the rear passenger window. But the events surrounding the shooting remain murky.
  22. Man Shot by ICE Agent Says His Car Was Struck Twice Before He Was Shot

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 02:15:15 -0000

    A Venezuelan immigrant, Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, was shot in Austin, Texas, on Sunday after a traffic stop. The shooting prompted calls from local officials for a transparent investigation.
  23. German Leaders Prepare to Deny Far Right Access to Secret War Plan

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 04:00:10 -0000

    With the Alternative for Germany party close to power in a German state, federal officials are planning to limit the group’s access to classified intelligence.
  24. They Had No Connection to Costa Rica. America Sent Them There Anyway.

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:07:45 -0000

    The Trump administration’s policy of deporting migrants to third countries is undermining a bedrock notion of international law for the past 75 years.
  25. The National Book Awards Are No Longer National

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:03:24 -0000

    The National Book Awards longlists are a study in tedious political orthodoxy.
  26. Talk of the Town

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:33:10 -0000

    The conversation about A.I. is at a fever pitch.
  27. Late Night Responds to Trump’s White House Press Ban

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 07:11:00 -0000

    “Have you tried presidenting better?” Jon Stewart said after Trump barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico, saying he was tired of their “negative stories.”
  28. South Korean President Calls for Easing Sanctions on the North

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 01:39:34 -0000

    President Trump should demand that North Korea freeze, not eliminate, its nuclear weapons program, President Lee Jae Myung said in an interview.
  29. The Lost Descendants of Thomas Jefferson

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:08:19 -0000

    Scientists have new proof that the President had children with his enslaved chambermaid Sally Hemings—and that their bloodline endures across the country.
  30. Is A.I. Above the Law?

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Our legal system isn’t ready for machines that act on their own.
  31. What Barbara Kingsolver Believes the Novel Can Do

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    One of the country’s most popular novelists writes what she calls socially engaged fiction. In her new book, she considers the role of art—and who it’s for.
  32. The Fallout of a Charlie Kirk Campus Scandal

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Students and faculty across the country were punished for their reactions to the conservative activist’s murder. A recent graduate of Texas Tech’s law school is still trying to clear her name.
  33. Israel’s Qatargate Scandal

    Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Did Benjamin Netanyahu’s aides peddle influence to a foreign power?
  34. A Populist Revival in Iowa

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In close contests for governor and a Senate seat, candidates from both parties claim that they’re fighting a corrupt system.
  35. Our A.I. Problem

    Sun, 20 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Why can’t the people who produced the technology, which has already shown that a different world is possible, just do the things that would prevent extinction?
  36. Why the Houthis Are Saudi Arabia’s Problem

    Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The U.S. opted not to intervene as Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized a major choke point for Saudi oil shipments on the Red Sea.
  37. The New Lucy Letby Report Misses the Point

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:04:34 -0000

    The Thirlwall Inquiry looked at why the nurse wasn’t prevented from murdering babies. But it didn’t address the question of whether she had actually done so.
  38. What Life Is Actually Like in Gaza Today

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Nearly a year after the ceasefire, the analyst Jaser AbuMousa explains the impediments to rebuilding, and the devastation of his own family.
  39. Why China Isn’t Getting Existential About A.I.

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    China’s fears about the technology are increasingly distinct from those of the U.S. What does that mean for international coöperation?
  40. How, Exactly, Could A.I. Kill Us?

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0000

    Employees of A.I. companies are increasingly sounding the alarm. What should we make of their warnings?
  41. Can East Germany’s Cold War History Explain the Rise of the AfD?

    Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:46:03 -0000

    After winning a state election this past weekend, the German far right is closer to power than it has been in decades.
  42. How the Absence of Shame Weakens Democracy

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A sense of shame binds us together—and can hold the powerful in check.
  43. Will A.I. Overwrite Our Sense of Shame?

    Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The tech world has long been run by iconoclasts whose ideas about right and wrong are self-consciously different from those of most people.
  44. Ben Shelton Comes Into Full Focus

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:42:36 -0000

    In a riveting U.S. Open semifinal against Frances Tiafoe, the twenty-three-year-old showed that his composure and problem-solving are as central to his game as his extraordinary athleticism.
  45. The Death of Shame Is Tearing Us Apart

    Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Increasingly, people are ignoring social norms in favor of a narrow self-interest. The results are disastrous.
  46. Malcolm Gladwell on “The American Way of Killing”

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    The New Yorker staff writer examines America’s unique problem with gun violence, and why he thinks under-policing is at the root of our problem.
  47. The Sheep That Stop Wildfires

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Herds of livestock are munching through overgrown, hard-to-reach vegetation that could otherwise become fuel for firestorms.
  48. Is Beef the Next Internal-Combustion Engine?

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:31:00 -0000

    Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., eats it every day, but more Americans, faced with rising prices and another climate warning, might want something else for dinner.
  49. Donald Trump Returns to the U.N. Amid the Collapse of the Old Order

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Trump is at the heart of this geopolitical moment, catalytic in his alliance-fraying bullying, unprovoked warmongering, and protectionist demagoguery.
  50. Mail-In Voting Survives

    Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:28:50 -0000

    In an unsigned ruling, the Supreme Court demonstrated that it is willing to limit Donald Trump’s agenda.
  51. “The Journey,” a Five-Part Audio Investigation from The New Yorker

    Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Why did a mysterious couple collect babies in a Los Angeles mansion? Examining a scandal that threatens to undermine the surrogacy industry.
  52. How to Protect Democracy

    Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The emergence of Germany’s far right as a political force represents an old dilemma.
  53. On Not Being a Homeowner

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Generational wealth shapes our futures and friendships, whether we talk about it or not.