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  1. Blanche Is Confirmed as Attorney General After Overcoming G.O.P. Concerns

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:38:07 -0000

    Todd Blanche, who has served as acting attorney general since April, eked out Senate approval, despite growing unease about his willingness to rein in President Trump.
  2. Senate Passes Stopgap Bill to Avert Shutdown, Avoiding Skirmish Before Midterms

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 08:04:22 -0000

    The move came more than a month before the spending deadline, reflecting an eagerness in both parties to avoid a messy fight before the midterm elections.
  3. Iran Issues List of Demands, Dampening Hopes of Reopening Strait of Hormuz

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 16:12:26 -0000

    The head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until the United States met certain conditions.
  4. Yemen Teeters on Civil War as Regional Stability Hangs in the Balance

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 14:57:24 -0000

    While the Middle East waits to hear whether a deal can be reached to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the Yemeni government’s conflict with Iran-backed Houthi rebels escalated overnight.
  5. Democrats Vow to Unite Behind Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, but Tensions Remain

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 13:22:43 -0000

    The party is racing to get behind Dr. Abdul El-Sayed after a poisonous Senate primary in Michigan, but some Democrats still have reservations.
  6. Fact-Checking 3 Competitive Senate Races in Maine, Michigan and Ohio

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:02:19 -0000

    Republican attacks have focused on terrorism and illegal immigration, while Democrats have sought to capitalize on the unpopularity of President Trump’s cuts to Medicaid.
  7. Amid Abuse Claims Against Max Miller, This Democrat Thinks He Can Win His Seat

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 14:16:27 -0000

    Brian Poindexter, an ironworker, is in the spotlight in Ohio’s 7th Congressional District, where Mr. Miller faces multiple calls to step aside.
  8. Pellet Guns, Sticks and Tear Gas: How India’s Police Halted a Youth March

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 05:21:06 -0000

    A New York Times analysis details the July 20 crackdown on unarmed protesters in New Delhi that has provoked public outrage and accusations of excessive force.
  9. As Ukraine Strikes Wildberries, Russia’s Richest Businesswoman Faces Her Biggest Test Yet

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:01:50 -0000

    As Ukraine repeatedly strikes warehouses of the e-commerce site Wildberries, Tatyana Kim, its billionaire co-founder, faces her biggest test yet.
  10. What to Know About Wildberries, the Company in Ukraine’s Cross Hairs

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:01:17 -0000

    Ukrainian drones have increasingly targeted warehouses belonging to Wildberries, which many Russians rely on as the country’s largest e-commerce business.
  11. Billy Strings Escaped the Darkness. He’s Playing to Not Go Back.

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:15:05 -0000

    The genre-straddling musician could have been lost to addiction and trauma. Instead he’s filling arenas.
  12. Who Is My Enemy? I’m No Longer Sure.

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:27:21 -0000

    Where does the side of the angels really lie?
  13. A Lot of the Attacks on Higher Ed Are Unfair. Not This One.

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:51:41 -0000

    By protecting a star from plagiarism charges, a storied college undermined its values.
  14. Edge of Your Seat

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 10:19:58 -0000

    A superfan of thrillers recommends some of her favorites.
  15. Italy’s Heat Will Spread to Western Europe Ahead of Solar Eclipse

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:02:19 -0000

    Red high-temperature warnings remained in effect for much of southern and western Italy through Saturday.
  16. The Senate’s Shameful Acquiescence to Todd Blanche as Attorney General

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 22:15:22 -0000

    A number of Republicans resisted his confirmation, but enough ultimately accepted the notion that Trump could do even worse.
  17. The Man Who Was Kidnapped Twice

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Thousands of people in Nigeria have been held for ransom by bandit groups. One professor escaped his captors—only to be abducted again.
  18. The Future, Made in China

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Beijing is competing with the U.S. for tech supremacy. Who wins will have huge political implications.
  19. The American Art of Blowing Stuff Up

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Fireworks by Grucci has been in the pyrotechnics business for six generations.
  20. How Roy Cohn Taught Donald Trump Everything

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The lawyer who showed an outer-borough striver how to ignore the rules, avoid a paper trail, and make up a good story for the media.
  21. Are Psychedelics Right-Wing Now?

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    How the conservative activist Bryan Hubbard, with help from Rick Perry and Joe Rogan, persuaded Trump and the G.O.P. to embrace ibogaine, a psychedelic drug derived from an African shrub.
  22. Max Miller’s Victim Mentality

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:24:23 -0000

    The Republican congressman’s bitter domestic dispute—in which he’s accused of physical abuse by his ex-wife, the daughter of an Ohio senator—is testing his party’s willingness to defend the indefensible.
  23. The Electability of Abdul El-Sayed

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:05:43 -0000

    The former public-health official won Michigan’s Democratic primary with an unapologetically progressive platform—and a total defiance of the Party establishment.
  24. What Does It Even Mean to Be a Moderate?

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Michigan Senate primary has turned into a referendum on a word that has never had a fixed meaning.
  25. What Do India’s Gen Z Protests Mean for Modi?

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:19:00 -0000

    A movement of young people frustrated with India’s education system and economy has become the most serious challenge yet to an increasingly authoritarian government.
  26. Abdul El-Sayed’s Argument for America—and Against His Own Party

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Michigan U.S. Senate candidate on campaigning with Hasan Piker, being a capitalist, and why his fellow-Democrats need to “stop compromising.”
  27. Will Left-Wing Democrats Reinvent the Party or Hurt Its Chances in November?

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Bernie Sanders’s erstwhile campaign manager explains why he thinks it’s the former.
  28. The Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused.
  29. Subaru Socialists and the Great Disappointed

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The voters who are determining the future of the Democratic Party.
  30. Kevin Warsh Is Facing More Than a Communication Problem

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Fed chair’s biggest challenge is demonstrating his independence from Donald Trump.
  31. The World Cup Is Not for Sale

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 22:17:46 -0000

    Gianni Infantino’s private-equity scheme backfired—but the commodification of soccer is already well under way.
  32. The Kids Are Kind of All Right

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Recently, there has been much hand-wringing about downwardly mobile young adults living with their parents into their twenties or thirties. What’s really going on?
  33. How Socialist Is the D.S.A.? Megan Romer Explains

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    Romer, a co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, defends some of the D.S.A.’s controversial positions: “I think people like us being rather bold. . . . People want a fighter.”
  34. Can Extreme Morning Sickness Be Cured?

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    For decades, the condition was thought to be psychological, and women were shamed for their illness. Now a scientist has found a biological cause.
  35. G.P.S. and the Lost Art of Getting Lost

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A new book, “Little Blue Dot,” by Katherine Dunn, raises questions about the unintended consequences of knowing where we are.
  36. Michigan Primary-Election Live Results: Abdul El-Sayed Wins

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:18:48 -0000

    The former public-health official’s victory in a closely watched Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate carries major implications for the direction of the Party.
  37. Why Donald Trump Talks So Much About Foreign Election Interference

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The White House is distorting intelligence assessments instead of working to protect the midterm elections.
  38. Why Is Europe Burning?

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    “We put all these ingredients in a cocktail shaker, and the result is massive fires that far exceed the extinguishing capacity of firefighting teams,” a Spanish firefighter said.
  39. The Failures of the Fauci Hearing

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Senator Rand Paul may have approached the matter with theatrics and ill will, but Dr. Anthony Fauci’s decision not to testify was a loss.
  40. Glen Hansard’s Street-Corner Stories

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 22:41:00 -0000

    Both as a young busker and as a famous singer-songwriter, Hansard understood how to make people stop and listen and feel one single thing.