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  1. Trump Administration Rolls Back Dozens of Gun Regulations

    Sun, 05 Jul 2026 20:37:10 -0000

    Critics say the administration is weakening public safety. Proponents say regulations would be where they were before President Joseph R. Biden took office.
  2. At Trump’s Direction, Federal Agencies Are Abandoning Discrimination Cases

    Sun, 05 Jul 2026 09:00:08 -0000

    President Trump has tried to scale back anti-discrimination regulations that date back decades. Federal agencies have heeded his call.
  3. White House Criticizes Smithsonian Museum for ‘Extreme Political Activism’

    Sun, 05 Jul 2026 20:42:28 -0000

    A scathing report released on the Fourth of July says the National Museum of American History downplays the role of the founders while emphasizing social justice.
  4. Trump Asked FIFA to Review U.S. Player’s Suspension. Now He’s Eligible to Play.

    Sun, 05 Jul 2026 22:41:52 -0000

    The reversal of Folarin Balogun’s World Cup suspension is highly unusual. It was the first time since 1962 that FIFA has nullified a suspension for a red card received during the World Cup.
  5. Infantino’s Yearslong Effort to Woo Trump for the World Cup

    Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:56:02 -0000

    Gianni Infantino, the FIFA president, has unabashedly courted the president’s favor. Soccer officials privately ask, who really benefits?
  6. Exhausted by Iran War, Tehran Transforms for Khamenei’s Funeral

    Sun, 05 Jul 2026 17:45:44 -0000

    Throughout the capital, the government is using Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral to project strength at a time of great uncertainty for Iran.
  7. Mallory McMorrow Suspends Senate Bid in Democrats’ Heated Michigan Primary

    Sun, 05 Jul 2026 19:10:29 -0000

    The state senator sought to carve a middle path between a left-wing candidate and one backed by the party establishment, but she gained little traction.
  8. Wikipedia Is Battling for the Soul of the Internet

    Sun, 05 Jul 2026 16:28:27 -0000

    The internet’s largest stockpile of free knowledge is under threat from MAGA, A.I. and foreign autocrats. A bibliophile ex-ambassador is here to help.
  9. How Meta’s Threads Became as Popular as X

    Sun, 05 Jul 2026 14:39:41 -0000

    The social platform that Meta once positioned as a rival to Elon Musk’s X now has 500 million monthly users. It increasingly resembles Reddit.
  10. As Xi Looks to Extend His Rule, He Leans on a Longtime Ally

    Sun, 05 Jul 2026 04:01:07 -0000

    Xi Jinping is preparing to extend his rule as China’s leader and bring fresh blood into the Communist Party elite. Cai Qi is the man he’s tasking to help.
  11. Years of Warnings About Public Housing Preceded Venezuela’s Earthquakes

    Sun, 05 Jul 2026 09:02:15 -0000

    Residents, construction experts and seismologists said for years that Venezuela’s public housing would be vulnerable in a natural disaster.
  12. Searching for What Pretty Means After an Acid Attack

    Sun, 05 Jul 2026 07:00:13 -0000

    Nafiah Ikram was steps from her home when a stranger threw acid in her face. Five years later, she is trying to rebuild her life and cope with a stunning twist in her case.
  13. Obama vs. Trump Is the Election Day We Needed but Never Got

    Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:49:29 -0000

    The proxy battles we got instead have not settled questions we have to settle.
  14. The Main Attraction at Africa’s Most Lucrative Horse Race? Black Wealth.

    Sun, 05 Jul 2026 18:46:36 -0000

    In South Africa, where the Black majority was excluded from the economy for generations, the annual Durban July event is a chance to celebrate luxury and high society.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. 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.
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. 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.
  33. 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.
  34. 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.
  35. 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.
  36. 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?
  37. 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?
  38. 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.
  39. The Supreme Court Enables Trump’s Cruel Immigration Agenda

    Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:58:56 -0000

    Two new rulings make it easier for the Administration to prevent migrants from claiming asylum and to expel lawful refugees.