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  1. Trump’s Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:23:05 -0000

    President Trump has engaged in a spree of self-aggrandizement unlike any of his predecessors, fostering a mythologized superhuman persona and making himself the inescapable force at home and around the world.
  2. Like Trump, U.S. Embassies Are Raising Cash for Lavish July Fourth Parties

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 19:35:07 -0000

    Some of Washington’s diplomatic outposts in Asia are raising millions for events to mark the 250th independence anniversary. One ambassador offered to sing and dance.
  3. Canada Gives U.S. Arms Makers the Cold Shoulder on Military Spending

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 22:34:09 -0000

    Canada plans to unveil a new strategy that will shift its current reliance on American companies to Canadian military suppliers.
  4. Trump Administration Ends Credit for Start-Stop Feature in Cars

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 20:01:41 -0000

    Manufacturers will no longer get a credit toward vehicle emissions standards by installing engines that automatically stop at red lights.
  5. Three American Speeches at Munich, and Plenty of Confusion

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 21:01:09 -0000

    As the U.S. message veered from shared heritage and values to shared interests and back again, Europeans wondered what kind of alliance they were left with.
  6. In Munich, Lawmakers Concede Scars Remain After Trump’s Greenland Threat

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 22:48:47 -0000

    Congress members said that President Trump’s coveting of Greenland had left a mark, even as they expressed hope for a less bellicose approach to foreign relations.
  7. Trump’s Stinging Attack on Israel’s President Touches a Nerve

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:04:39 -0000

    President Trump called President Isaac Herzog of Israel “disgraceful” because he has not yet pardoned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his corruption trial.
  8. Republican State Legislators Rush to Limit Their Own Regulators

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:35:22 -0000

    South Carolina’s state legislature is one of 17, mainly in heavily Republican states, that is moving to handcuff state agencies at a moment of tectonic changes in energy, technology and finance.
  9. What to Know About the Homeland Security Shutdown

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:47:39 -0000

    Funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapsed on Saturday amid a standoff over restrictions that Democrats have demanded for federal immigration agents. But much of its work continues.
  10. Winter Storms Could Bring 8 Feet of Snow to Parts of California

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:25:04 -0000

    The greatest impact is expected across Northern California, where a pair of powerful storms are expected to begin on Sunday night and last into the week.
  11. Light Snowfall Coming to New York, New Jersey and Long Island

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 18:46:42 -0000

    Forecasters said snowfall totals of one to two inches were likely Sunday night, with isolated amounts of up to three inches across New York City, northeastern New Jersey and much of Long Island.
  12. Diplomatic Feud With China Weighs on Japan’s Economy

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:53:12 -0000

    A standoff over the security of Taiwan has led to a steep decline in the number of Chinese visitors to Japan, which is heavily dependent on the tourists.
  13. How A.I. Salaries Are Causing Couples to Rethink Money in Relationships

    Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:01:00 -0000

    The artificial intelligence frenzy is creating personal fortunes rarely seen in modern technology and changing people’s attitudes about fairness and money in relationships.
  14. Tax Missteps Happen — Even When Two Financial Pros are Married

    Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:02:12 -0000

    You’d think a financial planner married to another financial planner would have it easy come tax time. Alas, no.
  15. Warner Bros. Is Said to Consider Reopening Talks With Paramount

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 23:47:45 -0000

    Warner Bros. Discovery had agreed to sell itself to Netflix, but its contract allows it to pursue offers that may lead to a superior deal.
  16. In the East Village, Hiding in Plain Sight: A Secret Passage to the Underground Railroad

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 21:04:06 -0000

    A passageway hidden below a dresser at the Merchant’s House Museum had long been a mystery. Then researchers learned that the home’s original builder was an abolitionist.
  17. On the Las Vegas Strip, Local Acts at Delilah and Elsewhere Set the Vibe

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:00:16 -0000

    On the Strip and beyond, clubs, bars and restaurants spotlight local performers who deliver some of the city’s best entertainment.
  18. What C.E.O.s Are Worried About

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:00:37 -0000

    Fractured politics, disruptive technologies and a distrust in institutions are making it harder to focus on the traditional tasks of growing sales and profits.
  19. How $40-a-Pack Cigarettes Pushed Australians to the Black Market

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 05:01:13 -0000

    Tax hikes made cigarettes in Australia the most expensive in the world. They have also helped fuel a multibillion-dollar criminal enterprise in bootleg tobacco.
  20. Gisèle Pelicot, the Woman at the Center of Rape Trial That Shook France, Shares Her Story

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 13:08:14 -0000

    In her first interview with an American media outlet, Pelicot opens up about surviving years of secret abuse — and a trial that shocked the world.
  21. ‘A Hymn to Life’ Review: Gisèle Pelicot’s Memoir Is a Powerfully Written Feminist Manifesto

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:00:30 -0000

    With matter-of-fact precision, “A Hymn to Life” powerfully chronicles the shock of discovering her husband’s sex crimes, and the rallying cry that followed.
  22. Ro Khanna Is Shaken by What He’s Learned From the Epstein Files

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 02:08:47 -0000

    Epstein’s network may not have known everything, but it is hard to deny that many of them knew enough to know better.
  23. The War in Ukraine Has Become a Way of Life

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 06:00:10 -0000

    The war in Ukraine can look like the future and the past at once. But it’s just our present, the only one we know.
  24. Bans on Many CBD Products Loom This Year

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:00:41 -0000

    A federal law taking effect in November severely limits the amount of THC, the euphoric cannabis compound, allowed in over-the-counter items. Many groups are fighting back.
  25. ‘Wuthering Heights’ Gallops Toward $82 Million in Global Ticket Sales

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 18:46:28 -0000

    Warner Bros. spent an estimated $80 million on the R-rated romance, directed by Emerald Fennell, not including hefty marketing costs.
  26. In First Public Comments Since Trump’s Racist Video, Obama Laments Lost Decorum

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 14:04:31 -0000

    In a podcast interview, former President Barack Obama did not directly address the video posted by Mr. Trump but denounced a “clown show” on social media.
  27. The Trial of Gisèle Pelicot’s Rapists United France and Fractured Her Family

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    After fifty-one men were convicted, Pelicot became a feminist hero. But additional accusations left her children struggling to accept her new role.
  28. 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.
  29. 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?
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. The Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie

    Sat, 14 Feb 2026 02:09:16 -0000

    The search for the “Today” show host’s mother, nearing its second week, has transfixed the public in Arizona and beyond.
  33. Gifted and Talented in Mamdani’s New York

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:59:37 -0000

    Four mayors in a row have inflamed the debate over gifted-and-talented programs. Why does G. & T. stir such strong emotions?
  34. Pam Bondi’s Contempt for Congress

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:28:38 -0000

    The Attorney General treats oversight like roller derby.
  35. 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.
  36. Xi Jinping’s Purge and What Trump’s Foreign Policy Means for China

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The machinations behind his recent military purge, and whether China sees an opportunity in Donald Trump’s aggression toward Europe.
  37. 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.
  38. 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.
  39. 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.
  40. Alysa Liu Comes of Age

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The figure skater retired in 2022, at sixteen years old. Now she’s back at the 2026 Winter Olympics with a newfound confidence and sense of control—in her skating and in her life.
  41. “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.
  42. 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.
  43. 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.
  44. The Epstein Files Reveal What Trump Knew

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 19:00:00 -0000

    A newly released F.B.I. report shows that Donald Trump contacted the police about Epstein’s crimes as early as 2006. The Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown discusses the revelations.
  45. “If We Don’t Have Free Speech, Then We Just Don’t Have a Free Country”

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 23:57:31 -0000

    Donald Trump’s attempt to criminalize political expression is crossing a line that’s held since 1798.
  46. 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.
  47. 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?
  48. A Bridge to Venezuela

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

    The Colombian border city of Cúcuta braces for more turmoil.
  49. 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.?
  50. 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?
  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.