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  1. Platner’s Democratic Support Evaporates After Sexual Assault Allegation

    Tue, 07 Jul 2026 02:33:42 -0000

    Graham Platner, the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, called the allegation false but said he would “reflect” on his political path forward, as many allies rescinded their endorsements.
  2. In CNN Interview, Woman Details Alleged Sexual Assault by Graham Platner

    Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:50:45 -0000

    “This is something that I tried for many years to forget,” the woman, Jenny Racicot, said on CNN.
  3. Who Might Replace Graham Platner if He Drops Out of the Maine Senate Race?

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:30:20 -0000

    Graham Platner can be replaced on the ballot if he withdraws in the next week. If he does, Maine Democrats would face an uncertain two-week race to choose a replacement.
  4. Trump Wanted a U.S. Soccer Star to Play in the World Cup. FIFA Found a Way.

    Tue, 07 Jul 2026 02:06:01 -0000

    There was nothing unusual about a call from President Trump or the reversal of Folarin Balogun’s suspension, said the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino.
  5. ‘Excited but Shocked’: U.S. Soccer Fans Struggle With Trump’s FIFA Call

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:06:08 -0000

    Americans wrestled with definitions of fairness, after the president intervened in the World Cup to reinstate a star player.
  6. Inside Trump’s Call With FIFA and How The New York Times Reported the Story

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 20:38:44 -0000

    A White House correspondent and a sports reporter confirmed that President Trump had called Gianni Infantino of FIFA to review the suspension of a top U.S. goal scorer.
  7. McConnell Has Been Hospitalized for 3 Weeks, and Aides Won’t Say Why

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:41:43 -0000

    Senator Mitch McConnell was admitted to the hospital on June 14, and his office has provided few updates about his condition. Here’s what we know.
  8. Michigan Senate Primary Gives Democrats Stark Choice Between Progressive and Moderate Candidate

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:29:13 -0000

    The state’s important Senate primary just became a head-to-head battle between Abdul El-Sayed, an outspoken left-wing candidate, and Haley Stevens, a moderate backed by party leaders.
  9. Canada Bets on NATO Partners for Its Expanded Submarine Fleet

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:48:59 -0000

    In selecting a joint bid from Germany and Norway, Prime Minister Mark Carney is elevating Canada’s naval power and reducing its military and economic dependency on the United States.
  10. Inside Trump’s Ideological Fight With the Smithsonian

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:01:35 -0000

    Publicly and behind the scenes, the president continues to try to impose his own views of American history and culture, presenting an ongoing challenge to Lonnie Bunch, the institution’s leader.
  11. Historians Reject Trump Administration’s Criticism of Smithsonian Museum

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:02:47 -0000

    The nation’s largest group of scholars of U.S. history denounced a White House report attacking the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
  12. New Videos of Charlie Kirk’s Killing Emerge in Court, but Few Can Watch

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:10:21 -0000

    On Day 1 of what is expected to be a weeklong hearing, prosecutors played videos of the shooting for a judge, but they were graphic and kept from public view. Erika Kirk and Donald Trump Jr. were in court.
  13. George E. Johnson, Who Built a Black Hair-Care Empire, Dies at 99

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:24:08 -0000

    Mr. Johnson’s hair product company, a longtime sponsor of “Soul Train,” was the first Black-owned company listed on a major American stock exchange.
  14. Trump Passports Debut, Delighting Some and Dismaying Others

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:05:11 -0000

    The Washington Passport Agency started issuing the limited-release documents with President Trump’s image on Monday, catching a few applicants by surprise.
  15. Trump Tries to Take Credit for Walmart Price Cuts of Beef and Other Products

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:40:55 -0000

    The retailer said it will lower prices for beef, produce, drinks, pools, toys, grills and summer clothing.
  16. Key Health Care Panel Is Again Blocked From Meeting Under RFK Jr.

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:54:58 -0000

    The United States Preventive Services Task Force has been stymied under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
  17. Nancy Ward, the Cherokee Leader, Stokes Division Even 250 Years Later

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:13:55 -0000

    In 1776, Cherokee leaders looked for ways to navigate a foreboding future. Nanyehi, a.k.a. Nancy Ward, is venerated and reviled for her choice.
  18. Death Toll From Oppressive Heat in New Jersey May Be as High as 29

    Tue, 07 Jul 2026 01:00:30 -0000

    In New York City, emergency rooms last week logged the highest number of patients treated for heat-related illnesses in years.
  19. Heat Waves Are Taking a Big Toll on Chickens

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:39:08 -0000

    The birds are particularly vulnerable to high temperatures, and France’s torrid June took a heavy toll.
  20. Extreme Heat Hits Europe for the Third Time This Year

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:49:18 -0000

    It is continent’s third spell of scorching weather since May. Europe is the world’s fastest-warming continent.
  21. ‘Confessions II’ Review: Madonna Returns to the Dance Floor

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 20:07:00 -0000

    On “Confessions II,” a successor to her hit 2005 album “Confessions on a Dance Floor,” the pop superstar gives new energy to her origin story and shines light on the troubles she’s danced away.
  22. Lessons From the Graham Platner Disaster

    Tue, 07 Jul 2026 01:58:44 -0000

    Many Democrats want representatives as furious as they are. That makes it easier for unfit candidates to escape proper vetting.
  23. The Liberal American Jew’s Dilemma

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:59:39 -0000

    Over the years, I have moved toward the way of being Jewish that my father rejected.
  24. Spate of Shark Attacks Means More Drones for Australia’s Beaches

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:05:48 -0000

    The country is stepping up measures to keep swimmers and surfers safe after a teacher was mauled by a great white shark at Coogee Beach.
  25. How Political Is This Supreme Court?

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:57:53 -0000

    The legal commentator Elie Honig thinks that the Trump-appointed Justices are getting unfair criticism.
  26. The Tick That Hunts Down Its Hosts—Including Us

    Mon, 29 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Lone-star ticks don’t just pursue and bite people. The affliction they’re spreading, an allergy to red meat known as alpha-gal syndrome, attacks a way of life.
  27. Did a Climber Leave His Girlfriend to Die at the Top of a Mountain?

    Mon, 29 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    An Austrian court pieces together the mysterious circumstances of a couple’s disastrous hike.
  28. The Billionaires’ Vagina Club

    Mon, 29 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    With her motto, “Sexual health is health,” Dr. Sally Greenwald aims to optimize orgasms for the women of Silicon Valley.
  29. Are Humanoid Robots Ready to Be Deployed?

    Mon, 29 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Neo and a dozen other robots with human forms are scheduled to hit the market. Experts are nervous.
  30. Donald Trump Celebrates America’s Two-Hundred-and-Fiftieth Birthday

    Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    At the Great American State Fair, in Washington, D.C., and at the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Library, in North Dakota, the President casts himself as the rightful heir to American greatness.
  31. The Unprecedented Profiteering Revealed by Donald Trump’s Financial Disclosure

    Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:20:31 -0000

    The President cashed in on his office to the tune of billions of dollars last year, largely through the sale of crypto tokens. His investors weren’t so fortunate.
  32. Why Have Liberals Abandoned a Moral Reading of the Constitution?

    Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    From slavery to abortion, conservatives and liberals alike have reached for “natural law” to resolve many of the country’s most important cases. But, in recent years, the balance has shifted.
  33. Behind the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Transgender Athletes

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:53:55 -0000

    The decision, unanimous on Title IX but split 6–3 on equal protection, upheld bans in twenty-seven states on transgender female athletes playing on girls’ and women’s teams.
  34. Do Netanyahu’s Domestic Opponents Offer a Real Alternative?

    Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:51:53 -0000

    Moshe Tur-Paz is one of many centrist Israeli politicians criticizing Donald Trump’s deal to temporarily stop the war with Iran.
  35. Is Putin Finally Feeling Pressure?

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:50:54 -0000

    The Russian President is facing growing domestic discontent after a series of successful attacks by the Ukrainian Army, including a major attack on Moscow.
  36. Hillary Rodham Clinton Slams Joe Biden’s “Terrible Mistake”—and More

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    The retired politician speaks frankly about the Democratic Party, the threat of Trumpian authoritarianism, and the “failure” in Iran.
  37. The Israeli Ultra-Hawks Who Feel Betrayed by Trump’s Iran Deal

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:22:24 -0000

    Shimon Riklin, an anchor on the country’s right-wing Channel 14, and a Netanyahu ally, thinks America stabbed Israel in the back.
  38. The U.S. Men’s Soccer Team Is Rewriting Its History

    Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:35:12 -0000

    The Yanks won their first knockout-round match in more than twenty years. But, after a controversial red card, they will be down their breakout star in the round of sixteen.
  39. Serena Williams Returns to Wimbledon

    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:22:34 -0000

    For a moment, it looked like the forty-four-year-old would pull off another stunning comeback in the tournament she has won seven times. Then reality sank in.
  40. The Joyful Pointlessness of World Cup Sticker Books

    Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    For a parent, finding a children’s activity that hasn’t been digitized, optimized, or turned into gambling feels like a balm.
  41. Donald Trump Has Officially Lost the Plot

    Mon, 29 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    His refusal to sign a bipartisan affordable-housing bill demonstrates his obliviousness to the economic concerns of voters.
  42. The Intimate Legacies of a White-Supremacist Coup

    Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A racist takeover in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898, has reverberated across generations as a reminder of American democracy’s terrifying vulnerability.
  43. Why the Last Battle of the American Revolution Was Fought In India

    Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:03:07 -0000

    The conflicts that took place elsewhere in the world have receded from our collective imagination, but the American rebellion was, in many ways, a sideshow to a far greater imperial drama.
  44. The Supreme Court Upheld Birthright Citizenship—but the Fight May Not Be Over

    Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:13:15 -0000

    The decision that rejected Donald Trump’s attempts to rewrite the Constitution was much too close.
  45. The Supreme Court’s Check on Trump’s Power Was Too Close for Comfort

    Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:53:20 -0000

    Despite some rulings that limited the President’s authority, the Court made clear its commitment to a conservative agenda.
  46. Searching for Survivors After Venezuela’s Historic Earthquakes

    Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:49:13 -0000

    With nearly fifty thousand people still missing, an improvised rescue operation comprising civilians, local firefighters, and foreign brigades is racing to sift through the wreckage.
  47. An Ecuadorian Fishing Boat Disappears Amid Trump’s Strikes in the Pacific

    Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The President claims to be targeting vessels involved in drug trafficking. Were the fishermen who went missing with the Fiorella collateral damage?
  48. How the Mass Shooting at Bondi Beach Shattered Australia’s Political Consensus

    Mon, 29 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    After the country’s most deadly act of gun violence in nearly thirty years, some politicians asked whether the real problem wasn’t gun control but antisemitism. Were they right?
  49. Can J. D. Vance Serve Both God and Donald Trump?

    Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Vice-President has written a book about his faith that leaves out the most important questions.