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  1. Ukraine’s Vulnerability Grows as Starlink Is Restricted and Russia Escalates

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:11:09 -0000

    A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.
  2. What Is Starshield, SpaceX’s Military-Grade Satellite Internet Service Ukraine Relies On?

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:06:40 -0000

    For years, Ukraine’s armed forces have relied on satellite communication services developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Recent restrictions have hampered its war effort.
  3. As Ukraine Raises Alarm Over U.S. Backing, Europeans Pledge Support

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:18:52 -0000

    President Volodymyr Zelensky, who met with Britain’s prime minister, has said Ukraine received no warning of Russian attacks, but President Trump has said Washington is still “sharing intel.”
  4. Higher Energy Prices Pushed U.S. Inflation Up to 3.7% Ahead of Midterm Elections

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:12:52 -0000

    September’s Consumer Price Index report will keep pressure on President Trump and the Federal Reserve to tame intensifying price pressures.
  5. Social Security COLA for 2027 Will Be 3.6%

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:31:11 -0000

    The cost of living adjustment, or COLA, for next year will be the largest since 2023. Retirees will see the extra money in their benefit checks starting in January.
  6. Surging Inflation Complicates Trump’s Final Push to Sell Voters on Strong Economy

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:35:02 -0000

    The final inflation report before the 2026 election — showing price increases and stagnant wages — spelled bad political news for the White House.
  7. A Trump Backlash Endangers Susan Collins in the Maine Senate Race

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:26:57 -0000

    The race in Maine, which could decide Senate control, is testing whether there is still room for Ms. Collins’s brand of moderation during a sharply polarizing presidency.
  8. He’s Played It Safe. But He Could Make California History as Governor.

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:36:02 -0000

    Xavier Becerra is a heavy favorite to become California’s first Latino governor in the modern era, though he does not talk much about the milestone.
  9. A New World of Lung Cancer Therapy Awaits Pope Leo

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:02:21 -0000

    Lung cancer is still a leading cause of cancer death, but that rate is half what it was in the 1990s, partly because newly developed treatments are working.
  10. Pope Leo’s Cancer Diagnosis: What Happens Next

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:32:23 -0000

    Pope Leo XIV was diagnosed with a common form of lung cancer. The Vatican said that he was walking and receiving therapy after an operation to remove a cancerous nodule.
  11. Coming Out at 50 Can Be Hard. Shelly Found a Coach.

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:09:01 -0000

    She spent decades building an identity as a wife and mother. Could she disrupt “a perfectly good family dynamic” to live her own truth?
  12. 22 People Got Together For a Dinner Party. So Did Their A.I. Agents.

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:35:24 -0000

    As artificial intelligence bots spread, we are increasingly glimpsing how these digital entities interact and what they talk about with one another.
  13. Rogue A.I. Agents from China Chatted with Researchers

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:21:46 -0000

    Researchers discovered that the agents were trying to bypass security controls on websites and made contact with them. A Times reporter was invited to join the discussion.
  14. Inside California’s Battle With the Ultra Rich Over a Billionaire Tax

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:51:20 -0000

    Billionaires feel like they “have become piñatas for politicians.” Instead of taking a hit, they’re swinging back.
  15. Trump’s Latest Effort to Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook Underscores Political Motives

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:02:27 -0000

    President Trump tapped his political appointees to determine whether he could oust Lisa Cook, a Fed governor he had already tried to oust.
  16. ‘Why Did They Kill Him?’ Mourning Victims of Houthi Attack on a Saudi Airport

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:15:31 -0000

    The strike was the Iran-backed militia’s most lethal against Saudi Arabia, by far, during their long conflict.
  17. Attacks on Ships in Strait of Hormuz Escalate Sharply

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:20:24 -0000

    In a volatile moment in the region, a significant increase in attacks on vessels passing through the vital waterway is raising alarm.
  18. Five Who Lived Along Walking Trail Are Dead and the Police Hunt a Killer

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:03:33 -0000

    Lansing’s police chief says the string of attacks along a greenway raises the possibility that a serial killer has been at work. A man is under arrest in one of the deaths.
  19. How Top Trump Officials Stoked Fears of a Nuke That Could Fry the Power Grid

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:59:10 -0000

    For more than a decade, conservative activists held that a single atomic bomb could, without killing Americans directly, lay waste to the country — a claim that built fervor for war with Iran.
  20. If Democrats Win the Senate, They Cannot Mess Around

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:56:35 -0000

    The party will need to make the most of whatever majority it has.
  21. America Is in Decline, and Trump Is Leading the Fall

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:10:52 -0000

    The old world order is fraying. Who gets to shape the next one?
  22. America First?

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:35:19 -0000

    We look at the state of the U.S.-Ukraine relationship.
  23. Sexual Assault Report at Chicago Frat Upends Another Elite Campus

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:50:11 -0000

    The University of Chicago said the suspect and victim were not students at the school. But the accusation drew scrutiny after revelations of a reported gang rape at Cornell University in New York.
  24. What a Public Execution Looks Like

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Dexter Filkins on Pete Hegseth’s planned public execution of Nidal Hasan and his memory of a public execution by the Taliban in Kabul.
  25. We’re Learning to Live with Waymos. It’s Going Weird

    Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A view from the back seat.
  26. Cinema of Wayward Souls

    Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The director Lee Chang-dong excavates the traumas of contemporary Korean history in starkly personal terms.
  27. In Argentina, Rural Residents Send Messages Over the Radio

    Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In rural Argentina, isolated residents exchange messages over AM radio.
  28. My Education on the Border of the Syrian War

    Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In the last Turkish town on the road to Aleppo, jihadis and spies mixed with reporters trying to prove themselves.
  29. Pity the Poor Passport

    Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Americans’ most valued official document is the latest national treasure to get a Trump makeover.
  30. Donald Trump After the Midterms

    Sun, 11 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    If the coming election does result in a blue wave, Trump will be faced with the fact of his diminishment. The rest of us will be faced with the wreckage.
  31. What’s Driving the French Student Protests

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:15:17 -0000

    A movement born in the Paris banlieues has mobilized young people against diminished school conditions and accumulating problems at home and beyond.
  32. How the Billions from the Opioid Settlement Are Being Spent

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Some of the money, which is difficult to track, has gone to recovery programs, but much of it has gone to law enforcement—for squad cars, jail costs, drones, and more.
  33. Is This the Beginning of the End of Indian Democracy?

    Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:38:26 -0000

    The Modi government has removed more than a hundred million people from voter rolls and is cracking down on a vigorous protest movement.
  34. Why the War in Iran Is Likely to Heat Up Again

    Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:16:05 -0000

    Oil exports in the Gulf have rebounded as the U.S. escorts ships through the Strait of Hormuz. But the obstacles to a lasting peace are greater than ever.
  35. 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.
  36. 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?
  37. What Is the Jameis Winston Experience, Really?

    Sun, 11 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The New York Giants quarterback has spent more than a decade wowing crowds with his daring and charisma—when he isn’t baffling them.
  38. The Dumocrats Are Coming for Trump, and All He Can Do Is Call Them Names

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:05:07 -0000

    A report from the President’s campaign tour through the formerly safe precincts of red America.
  39. The Soccer Club Fighting Against the Premium Experience

    Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As the global game gets entwined with global capital, some fans are finding relief in the ninth tier of English football.
  40. Baseball Is Better with a Little Risk

    Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Analytics have transformed how teams manage pitching, unlocking new approaches and fantastic creativity. But the experience of playing and watching the game is about more than what the numbers can tell us.
  41. Marco Rubio’s Wild, Wild West

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In Greece, the Secretary of State cast the West as a civilization defined by its warriors and conquerors, not by its democracies.
  42. An Unlikely Taylor Swift Fan Gets Out of Prison, in “Daylight”

    Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Joe Garcia, who wrote about finding Swift’s music after a murder conviction, searches for redemption in a new short film by Jon Kasbe.
  43. Who Won the Redistricting War?

    Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Democrats and Republicans are in a race to the bottom—and the worst consequences will extend far beyond next month’s midterms.
  44. “Fear Fokol” Looks Inside the Private-Security Forces That Patrol Johannesburg

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The patrolmen hired to protect the city’s wealth operate in a culture of paranoia, inequality, and fragile but well-armed masculinity.
  45. The Fighting in Ethiopia Is Part of a Far Bigger Conflict

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Powers in the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, and beyond are being drawn toward the conflict, which diplomatic efforts have failed to stop.
  46. Back to School, in Gaza

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    My nephews study in a big tent surrounded by bombed-out houses. They have no access to chairs or desks, so they sit on the dirt.
  47. Will Netanyahu Escape His Reckoning?

    Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In his bid for reëlection, the Israeli Prime Minister is doing everything in his power to smear his opponents and evade blame for the security fiasco of October 7th.
  48. ICE Is Everywhere and Acting with Impunity

    Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Arrests have reached a record high—nearly fifty-one thousand in August alone—with agents conducting operations nationwide at hospitals, at airports, and outside schools.