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  1. How The New York Times Investigated Videos of ICE Agents Killing Alex Pretti

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 22:41:57 -0000

    Using more than a dozen videos related to the shooting of Alex Pretti, The Times worked to establish what is called ground truth: what happened, how it happened and who might be responsible.
  2. White House Distances Trump From Initial Response to Minnesota Killing

    Tue, 27 Jan 2026 07:08:06 -0000

    The departure of Gregory Bovino, whose tactics have drawn sharp criticism, is an indication that officials see Alex Pretti’s killing as a political threat to President Trump.
  3. Winter Storm Debilitates the South, Encasing Cities in Ice and Snow

    Tue, 27 Jan 2026 01:04:08 -0000

    The forecasts had predicted that the storm could be among the worst in a generation to hit the region. By Monday, it was clear that is exactly what happened.
  4. Scenes From the Winter Storm

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 22:05:09 -0000

    Images from across much of the United States illuminate snow-covered streets and the storm’s aftermath.
  5. How Does Climate Change Affect Winter Storms?

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 23:12:42 -0000

    A warmer atmosphere has the potential to hold more moisture, which can contribute to heavier precipitation in any season, scientists say.
  6. Winter Storm Linked to at Least 22 Deaths in the US

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 22:53:31 -0000

    The storm deaths were reported in New York, Tennessee, Louisiana, Kansas, Texas, Massachusetts, Arkansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Kentucky and New Jersey, and other deaths were under investigation.
  7. What to Expect for a Cold NYC Commute: Trains, Buses and Rail

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 23:07:24 -0000

    Mass transit is slowly getting back to normal around the city.
  8. No Snow Day? In New York City Parks, It Felt Like One.

    Tue, 27 Jan 2026 01:09:38 -0000

    Some children skipped remote classes in city schools in favor of activities they felt were more important: sledding and snowball fights.
  9. After Mamdani Nods to ‘Heated Rivalry,’ Library E-Book Downloads Surge

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 23:03:03 -0000

    As a snowstorm arrived, Mayor Zohran Mamdani reminded New Yorkers that they could access the romance series that inspired the TV show through their public library.
  10. Record Debt in the World’s Richest Nations Threatens Global Growth

    Tue, 27 Jan 2026 05:01:11 -0000

    The cost of borrowing is already choking crucial public spending in many developing economies. Now it’s raising broader alarms.
  11. In Trump’s Shadow, India and the European Union Expand Trade Ties

    Tue, 27 Jan 2026 09:05:03 -0000

    After nearly 20 years of negotiations, the two sides struck a far-reaching agreement that officials called “the mother of all trade deals.”
  12. Trump Vows Higher Tariffs for South Korea Months After Trade Deal

    Tue, 27 Jan 2026 07:34:26 -0000

    President Trump said Seoul was not moving fast enough to implement the agreement, which calls for South Korea to invest billions in the United States.
  13. UK Seeks Trade With China Without Triggering Trump’s Fury

    Tue, 27 Jan 2026 05:01:21 -0000

    Prime Minister Keir Starmer hopes to boost his country’s lagging economy with a trip to Beijing. But he must carefully navigate between two superpowers.
  14. Home Sourdough Bakers Are Turning Their Hobbies Into Full-Time Jobs

    Tue, 27 Jan 2026 01:45:22 -0000

    Home bakers are finding devoted customer bases that allow them to stay home with family and still make a decent living — but they do have get up in the middle of the night.
  15. Social Media Giants Face Landmark Legal Tests on Child Safety

    Tue, 27 Jan 2026 05:00:06 -0000

    Starting this week, a series of trials will test a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products.
  16. The Social Media Addiction Trials: What to Know

    Tue, 27 Jan 2026 05:00:07 -0000

    Landmark trials beginning this week will test a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products.
  17. Trump Briefed on Intelligence Saying Iran’s Government Is Weaker

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 23:44:28 -0000

    Protests that erupted late last year shook elements of the Iranian government, according to the reports.
  18. Democrats Embrace a Shutdown Fight They Wanted to Avoid

    Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:38:13 -0000

    After a second fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis, Democrats say public opinion is on their side and they are willing to risk a backlash to counter what they see as police-state tactics.
  19. Court Affirms Ruling That Alina Habba Served Unlawfully as U.S. Attorney

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:53:50 -0000

    The Justice Department lost a bid to challenge a decision that had found Ms. Habba was serving unlawfully as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor.
  20. Trump Administration Takes Another Stake in Rare Earth Sector

    Tue, 27 Jan 2026 03:26:49 -0000

    The administration announced a $1.6 billion deal with USA Rare Earth. The firm also does business with Cantor Fitzgerald, which is run by the sons of President Trump’s commerce secretary.
  21. NATO Chief Says Europe Is ‘Dreaming’ if It Thinks It Can Defend Itself Without U.S.

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 23:30:41 -0000

    Mark Rutte, the secretary general of the alliance, told members of the European Parliament that President Trump was “doing a lot of good stuff.”
  22. A Year After DC Plane Crash, Concerns About Airport’s Safety Continue

    Tue, 27 Jan 2026 01:33:55 -0000

    The Federal Aviation Administration says it has reduced traffic in and out of the airport and designed safer routes. Crash victims’ families want more.
  23. F.A.A. Rolls Out Agency Overhaul for Improving Air Safety

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 23:31:06 -0000

    The announcement of a reorganization comes nearly a year after a midair collision killed 67 people and prompted a public outcry for enhancing the security of aviation travel.
  24. All-Night Concerts in War-Ravaged Myanmar

    Tue, 27 Jan 2026 06:44:51 -0000

    But the shows, which combine dance, drama and music, are also part of an effort by Myanmar’s military rulers to project a veneer of legitimacy.
  25. Mike Lawler: Minneapolis Deaths Show America Needs a New Immigration Plan

    Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:04:05 -0000

    A Republican member of Congress argues that neither Biden nor Trump had the right solution on immigration.
  26. Trump’s Fantasies Are Killing Us

    Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:04:04 -0000

    But being a “hot” country does not make you a good country. Or a decent one.
  27. How Bad Are A.I. Delusions? We Asked People Treating Them.

    Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:54:45 -0000

    Dozens of doctors and therapists said chatbots had led their patients to psychosis, isolation and unhealthy habits.
  28. Chinese Pandas Leave Japanese Zoo

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:59:41 -0000

    As Japan and China feud, an animal long used in Chinese diplomacy has been summoned back home.
  29. Thomas Fogarty, 91, Who Helped Revolutionize Vascular Surgery, Dies

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 23:33:43 -0000

    Drawing on his love of fly-fishing, he developed a balloon catheter that removes blood clots from patients’ limbs in a minimally invasive way. It has saved millions of lives.
  30. Canada’s Marineland Whales Could Find New Homes in U.S.

    Tue, 27 Jan 2026 02:29:30 -0000

    Marineland, a closed aquatic park in Ontario, had threatened to euthanize its whales after the government denied an application to send them to China.
  31. 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.
  32. Did a Celebrated Researcher Obscure a Baby’s Poisoning?

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    After a newborn died of opioid poisoning, a new branch of pediatrics came into being. But the evidence doesn’t add up.
  33. What MAGA Can Teach Democrats About Organizing—and Infighting

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Republicans have become adept at creating broad coalitions in which supporting Trump is the only requirement. Democrats get tied up with litmus tests.
  34. How Shinzo Abe’s Assassination Brought the Moonies Back Into the Limelight

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    A shocking act of political violence exposed the cult’s deep influence.
  35. Emily Nussbaum on Jane Kramer’s “Founding Cadre”

    Sun, 25 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Her startling 1970 article, based on months of reporting on radical feminist pioneers, was an outlier for the period—coolly observational but full of emotion.
  36. Maybe the United States Can Be One of Mark Carney’s “Middle Powers”

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The Canadian Prime Minister offers the possibility of a calmer future.
  37. Trump’s Greenland Fiasco

    Sun, 25 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The President caused a crisis in NATO and deepened European distrust toward the U.S. to end up with basically the same set of options that existed months ago.
  38. The Overlooked Deaths of the Attack on Venezuela

    Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    To many on the ground, civilian fatalities were simply the cost of ousting Nicolás Maduro.
  39. An Unhappy Anniversary: Trump’s Year in Office

    Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The toll of a destructive twelve months—and what can be done to repair the damage.
  40. 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.
  41. Can Trump Really Use the Insurrection Act?

    Sat, 17 Jan 2026 21:40:07 -0000

    An expert on Presidential emergency powers discusses the history and legality of military deployments in American cities.
  42. How Donald Trump Has Transformed ICE

    Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:46:06 -0000

    A former D.H.S. oversight official on what, legally, the agency can and can’t do—and the accountability mechanisms that have been “gutted beyond recognition.”
  43. What Makes the Iranian Protests Different This Time

    Sat, 10 Jan 2026 20:43:40 -0000

    Unrest has spread across the Islamic Republic as it faces economic disaster at home and a profound weakening of its network of regional allies.
  44. Amanda Anisimova’s Resilient Return

    Sun, 25 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    After stepping away from the game in 2023, the tennis star had a dream run at Wimbledon last year end with a humiliating defeat in the final. But it’s the clarity of her confidence that continues to define her.
  45. Can American Churches Lead a Protest Movement Under Trump?

    Tue, 20 Jan 2026 21:49:54 -0000

    The Sanctuary Movement was led by clergy, and many religious leaders are activists today. But, as congregations have shrunk, dissent has diminished.
  46. How a Sixtysomething Football Coach from a So-So School Turned Indiana Into World-Beaters

    Sun, 18 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Curt Cignetti has the Hoosiers on the verge of a national championship. Everyone wants to know the blueprint for his stunning success.
  47. What Comes After the Protests

    Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis will continue to bring people to the streets. Can it bring change?
  48. Revisiting Minnesota’s “Open House” Exhibition in the Age of ICE

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:36:05 -0000

    Long before the federal onslaught, a Twin Cities museum showed what it meant to find a home in America.
  49. The Battle for Minneapolis

    Sun, 25 Jan 2026 21:06:49 -0000

    As Donald Trump brings his retribution to a liberal city, citizens, protesters, and civic leaders try to protect one another.
  50. The Mayor of an Occupied City

    Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:13:48 -0000

    Jacob Frey, of Minneapolis, is governing a city under siege by its own federal government.
  51. It’s Time to Talk About Donald Trump’s Logorrhea

    Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:33:08 -0000

    How many polite ways are there to ask whether the President of the United States is losing it?
  52. Two New Yorker Films Receive 2026 Oscar Nominations

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:59:09 -0000

    The dark comedy “Two People Exchanging Saliva” and the dreamy animation “Retirement Plan” will vie in short-film categories at the ceremony in March.
  53. A Massacre in Mashhad

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Under the cover of an internet blackout, Iranian security forces killed hundreds of demonstrators. Only now are details of the carnage starting to emerge.
  54. The Battle for One of the Richest and Smallest Counties in Texas

    Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:34:02 -0000

    A few families have been duelling for control of Loving County for decades. Then the followers of a hustle-culture influencer moved in.
  55. Bringing Zohran Mamdani to the Big Screen

    Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    In 2023, Julia Bacha began filming a backbench state assemblyman. Little did she know that she was making a documentary about the next mayor of New York City.