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  1. Military’s Use of Anti-Drone Technology Said to Cause El Paso Airspace Closure

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:16:27 -0000

    Federal Aviation Administration officials said privately that the agency did not have enough time or information to assess the technology’s risk to commercial aircraft.
  2. What We Know About the El Paso Airspace Shutdown

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:48:54 -0000

    The Trump administration blamed the disruptive halt on a cartel drone incursion, but others have disputed that explanation.
  3. NYPD Asks Trump Administration for Authority to Take Down Drones

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:53:35 -0000

    The request, by Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, came a day before federal authorities closed the airspace in El Paso because of what they said was a drone threat.
  4. Weapons Used to Fight Drones Don’t Mix Well With Civilian Airspace

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 22:10:27 -0000

    In the race to build anti-drone weapons intended for use in a war zone, it is unclear how they may be used safely in crowded skies.
  5. Lawmakers Question Bondi Over Justice Dept. Under Her Watch

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:25:52 -0000

    Her appearance came as the department was under scrutiny over its handling of the Epstein files, its approach toward the shootings in Minneapolis and its move to prosecute six Democratic lawmakers.
  6. Casey Wasserman Will Stay as Head of 2028 Olympics Despite Epstein Ties, Organizers Say

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 22:59:06 -0000

    Casey Wasserman exchanged flirtatious messages over 20 years ago with Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime companion of Jeffrey Epstein. The 2028 board said its review found no other indiscretions related to Mr. Epstein.
  7. Epstein Files Include Grainy Videos From Inside His Florida Home

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:13:18 -0000

    The clips from Jeffrey Epstein’s home office appear to show him with young women.
  8. James Van Der Beek, ‘Dawson’s Creek’ Actor, Dies at 48 After Cancer Battle

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:31:30 -0000

    He first appeared in a hit TV drama as a wide-eyed 15-year-old who then grew up over six seasons. He announced he had cancer in 2024.
  9. In His Second Act, James Van Der Beek Starred Online as a Proud Dad and Family Man

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:06:33 -0000

    The actor, who died on Wednesday, was most famous for “Dawson’s Creek,” but as he got older, he let fans into his real life as a father of six.
  10. U.S. Health Officials Defend Rejection of Moderna’s Flu Vaccine

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:53:31 -0000

    The F.D.A.’s refusal to examine the company’s mRNA shot drew widespread criticism from doctors and was divisive within the agency.
  11. Four States Sue Administration Over Loss of Public Health Funds

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:45:05 -0000

    The states, all led by Democrats, claim the cuts were intended as retribution and will harm efforts to control H.I.V. and other sexually transmitted infections.
  12. Trump Orders Dept. of Defense to Buy Electricity From Coal Sources

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:11:26 -0000

    Mr. Trump is trying to revive coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel. At the White House, coal executives awarded him a trophy as the “Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal.”
  13. What Homeowners Need to Know About Smart Home Cameras

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 22:19:57 -0000

    A new Super Bowl ad is raising questions about the power of doorbell cameras.
  14. House Passes Strict Voter ID Bill, Amplifying Trump’s Claims of Fraud

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:04:31 -0000

    The measure had no path forward in the Senate, where Democrats are all but certain to block it and Republicans have said they will not try to skirt filibuster rules to ram it through.
  15. Gallup Will No Longer Track Presidential Approval Ratings

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 22:36:16 -0000

    The monthly poll has been used to measure presidential performance for almost nine decades.
  16. Democratic Hopefuls in Michigan’s Senate Race Jostle for Union Support

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:09:50 -0000

    Can Democrats win back working-class voters? These candidates are trying.
  17. After Hurricane Helene, Grief Came for the Gravedigger

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:32:39 -0000

    In pursuit of an interesting life, he came face to face with death.
  18. Are Antidepressants Safe During Pregnancy?

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:29:56 -0000

    Confusion about the safety of taking the drugs during pregnancy has led to mental health emergencies for some expectant mothers, experts say.
  19. Republicans Face Uphill Fight for N.Y. Governor: ‘We’re in Bad Shape’

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:06:05 -0000

    Bruce Blakeman, the Republican nominee against Gov. Kathy Hochul, has shown he can win in the suburbs. But political winds are blowing in his face.
  20. Mamdani Finds Allies, and Skeptics, in Albany as He Asks for Funding

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 22:05:31 -0000

    Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City visited the State Capitol to press lawmakers for their cooperation in helping fund some of his initiatives.
  21. Mamdani Wants to Test Free Bus Service During World Cup

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:23:34 -0000

    The mayor is seeking the governor’s help in making bus service free when the New York City area plays host to the soccer tournament this summer.
  22. Bud Cort, Who Starred in 1971’s ‘Harold and Maude,’ Dies at 77

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:23 -0000

    The role, one of his first, made him a household name and a film idol of the anti-establishment 1970s. But it also limited his growth as an actor.
  23. Man Accused of Murdering His Father Once Sought to Seize Stranger’s Baby

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:44:32 -0000

    Henry McGowan of New York is on trial for murder in Ireland and has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Prosecutors outlined a previous psychotic break.
  24. When It’s Finally Cold Enough to Race Ice Yachts

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:23:04 -0000

    On the Navesink River, a long and frigid winter has allowed a 135-year-old rivalry to be renewed.
  25. Trump Is Best at Cashing In on the Presidency

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:08:14 -0000

    New disclosures underscore that the White House is enveloped in a culture of corruption with no precedent in American history.
  26. Donald Trump, Pagan King

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 20:41:52 -0000

    The president is returning to an ancient world, before morality mattered and when human actions were governed only by power.
  27. The El Paso Airspace Closed After the Military Tested New Technology

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 22:49:45 -0000

    Also, the attorney general faces lawmakers’ anger over Epstein files. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
  28. Mexico May Be on Brink of Losing Its Measles-Free Status

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:04:31 -0000

    The country’s confirmed cases have topped 9,000 since last year, raising fears that a high-stakes evaluation in April could lead to its status being revoked.
  29. LaMonte McLemore, Founding Singer With the 5th Dimension, Dies at 90

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 22:27:21 -0000

    His group notched smooth hippie-era hits like “Up, Up and Away” and “The Age of Aquarius” in embracing a genre-blurring sound they called “champagne soul.”
  30. In North Carolina, a Tight Primary Could Upend the Balance of Conservative Power

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:41:40 -0000

    Phil Berger has led the State Senate for years with an iron grip. But in a March election, he faces a popular, horse-riding sheriff who could topple his reign.
  31. New Mexico Rebukes Federal Agency Over Nuclear Waste at Los Alamos

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 20:05:49 -0000

    State environmental regulators will also fine the Energy Department up to $16 million for exceeding safe groundwater standards near the nuclear lab.
  32. Even the Hospitals Aren’t Safe in Iran

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

    As the regime imposes a forced forgetting of the massacres in January, it has begun targeting not only wounded protesters but medical workers, who have borne witness to some of the worst atrocities.
  33. Can Ozempic Cure Addiction?

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    GLP-1 drugs, which have helped some people curb drug and alcohol use, may unlock a pathway to moderation.
  34. The Babies Kept in a Mysterious Los Angeles Mansion

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    A wealthy couple obtained dozens of children through surrogates. Did they want a family, or something else?
  35. The Landscape Artist Andy Goldsworthy Contemplates His Own Natural Decay

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    In rural Scotland, Andy Goldsworthy, the sculptor famed for his use of natural materials, contemplates his own decay.
  36. What Is Claude? Anthropic Doesn’t Know, Either

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Researchers at the company are trying to understand their A.I. system’s mind—examining its neurons, running it through psychology experiments, and putting it on the therapy couch.
  37. Is There a Remedy for Presidential Profiteering?

    Sun, 08 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Until now, Trump always seemed unembarrassed to crow about his side hustles. But, if the Emirati payment was kept secret, what else might be?
  38. The Pope’s Man Arrives in New York

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:47:59 -0000

    In appointing Ronald Hicks to the most prominent post in the U.S. Church, is Leo XIV assembling his own Team U.S.A.?
  39. Dan Bongino’s Podcast Homecoming

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The short-lived No. 2 at the F.B.I. returns to the MAGA mediaverse he helped create. What’s changed?
  40. The Assault on Ukraine’s Power Grid

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    How Russia has weaponized the most frigid winter in more than a decade.
  41. 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.
  42. Is ICE Leading Us Into a Constitutional Crisis?

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:48:28 -0000

    A look at the agency’s astonishing record of defying court orders, and what the judiciary might do to respond.
  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. “McMindfulness” and the Fate of Spirituality Under Capitalism

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

    Thich Nhat Hanh saw mindfulness as a way to understand the “interbeing” between all forms of life, but its social dimension has been largely forgotten.
  46. Jeffrey Epstein’s Bonfire of the Élites

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    His correspondence illuminates a rarefied world in which money can seemingly buy—or buy off—virtually anything, and ethical qualms are for the weak-minded.
  47. How Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin Have Defined Greatness

    Sun, 08 Feb 2026 13:17:47 -0000

    The two skiers have each had claims to be the best ever in their sport. But they have chased that ideal in very different ways.
  48. A Theology of Immigration

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:43:51 -0000

    “None of us have a permanent residence here in this world,” the Reverend Dan Groody says.
  49. Ben Shapiro Is Waging Battle Inside the MAGA Movement

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The conservative commentator on the antisemitism in MAGA media and why he condemns President Trump as corrupt yet sticks with him.
  50. A Bridge to Venezuela

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The Colombian border city of Cúcuta braces for more turmoil.
  51. Donald Trump Already Knows the 2026 Election Is “Rigged”

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:08:13 -0000

    The question is not if he will undermine confidence in the midterms but how.
  52. The People Who Will Actually Make Universal Child Care Happen

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Zohran Mamdani delivered a political victory—but making his plans a reality will require the help of a workforce that’s already struggling.
  53. How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:43:46 -0000

    The Amazon founder bought the paper to save it. Instead, with a mass layoff, he’s forced it into severe decline.
  54. What Happens When the Snow Doesn’t Melt?

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:24:30 -0000

    The icy buildups blocking crosswalks around New York have been dubbed sneckdowns. Some urbanists think they offer a vision of a less car-dependent city.
  55. How Trump Is Debasing the Dollar and Eroding U.S. Economic Dominance

    Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The President’s coercive policies, including his latest threats against Greenland, are prompting some foreign investors to think twice about parking their money with Uncle Sam.
  56. 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.