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  1. Oil Prices Hit a New Wartime High as Iran Standoff Shows No End in Sight

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:16:40 -0000

    The longer the disruption to Middle East fuel supplies lasts, the risk grows that higher energy costs will feed into broader inflation that could dent economic growth.
  2. Why the U.A.E. is Quitting OPEC

    Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:51:18 -0000

    The United Arab Emirates is walking away from OPEC this May. The New York Times’ energy reporter, Rebecca Elliott, breaks down how the war with Iran provided the perfect opening for the U.A.E. to go solo.
  3. Iranians Live With Pain and Powerlessness, Beneath a Smooth Veneer

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:04:27 -0000

    After months of upheaval, many are attempting to get on with their lives while quietly grappling with grief, economic stress and a loss of hope.
  4. Rising Fuel Prices Could Force Excruciating Choices on Economic Policies

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:17:14 -0000

    The European Central Bank and Bank of England were expected to hold interest rates steady on Thursday while searching for signs of possible longer-term damage.
  5. What the Voting Rights Act Decision Means, and Hegseth’s Heated Testimony

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:00:08 -0000

    Plus, chatbots told scientists how to make bioweapons.
  6. In Blow to Voting Rights Act, Supreme Court Embraces Claim of Racial Progress

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:04:38 -0000

    The majority said the law was a victim of its own success and no longer needed. Dissenters responded that Congress should make the call.
  7. Some Black Southerners Say Voting Rights Ruling ‘Missed the Mark’

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:04:45 -0000

    Veterans of the civil rights movement and others said the Supreme Court decision felt like a bleak end to decades of gains in Black representation in the region.
  8. Democrats Regret Creating Independent Redistricting Commissions After Supreme Court Ruling

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:04:46 -0000

    A decade ago, the party sought independent redistricting commissions. Now, in an era of extreme gerrymandering, such efforts could slow Democrats as they try to keep up with Republicans.
  9. British Royals Crisscross Manhattan in Brief Visit Packed With Photo Ops

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:17:13 -0000

    King Charles III and Queen Camilla laid flowers at the Sept. 11 memorial before stopping by an urban farm, the New York Public Library, a business event and a gala.
  10. What the Royal State Dinner Guest List Says About Trump’s America

    Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:12:35 -0000

    There were at least 10 American billionaires, six Fox News hosts, assorted presidential pals, no Democratic politicians and not so many British.
  11. Mamdani Suggested UK Should Return the Koh-i-Noor Diamond. Here’s the Back Story.

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:34:40 -0000

    Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York suggested that Britain should return the gem, a symbol of colonial plunder. Here’s the back story.
  12. Attacks on Jewish Targets in Europe Suggest Hybrid Warfare

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:18:04 -0000

    Officials are investigating similar attacks across Europe, all claimed by a shadowy Islamist group that may be using low-cost, unsophisticated methods to sow fear in Jewish communities.
  13. Police in Australia Were Warned of Terror Risk Before Bondi Attack, Report Says

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:26:15 -0000

    A Jewish security group told police an attack on the community was “likely” because of heightened antisemitism, days before December’s mass shooting in Sydney.
  14. Mariah Explains Her Hit-Producing Songwriting Process

    Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:09:57 -0000

    The artist talks about writing her era-defining hits, the pleasures of collaboration and some of the ways she has been undercredited as a writer.
  15. How Taylor Swift Writes a Song, In Her Own Words

    Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:14:43 -0000

    The artist shares stories behind some of her biggest hits, her love of a “rant bridge” and how life in the public eye informs the stories she tells in her songs.
  16. Fed Meeting Underscores Tough Task Ahead for Warsh

    Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:06:29 -0000

    Jerome H. Powell on Wednesday announced he would stay on as a governor at the central bank as internal divisions sharpen about the policy path forward.
  17. In France, Trump’s Triumphal Arch Draws Eye Rolls

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:01:07 -0000

    The Arc de Triomphe in Paris, which the president vows to top in Washington, offers a lesson in the complicated history of monuments.
  18. Minimal Comfort Feeding Is a New, Controversial Approach in Late Dementia

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:00:11 -0000

    Some consider the regular feeding of late-stage dementia patients to be nonnegotiable. Others see it as extending life unnecessarily.
  19. J. Craig Venter, Scientist Who Decoded the Human Genome, Dies at 79

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:52:13 -0000

    A risk-taking outsider, he brought speed, competition and controversy to one of science’s biggest races.
  20. High-Profile Squatting Incidents Are on the Rise Across the Country

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:01:29 -0000

    States are responding to a rise in high-profile squatting cases, in luxury homes and public housing alike.
  21. The U.S. Military Was Losing Its Edge. After Iran, Everyone Knows It.

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:04:06 -0000

    Somehow, the weaker nation is in the stronger negotiating position.
  22. Silicon Valley Is Bracing for a Permanent Underclass

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:00:33 -0000

    The people building A.I. fear that we have only a short time before advanced A.I. disrupts the labor force.
  23. Who’s a Threat?

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:43:02 -0000

    We look at when political criticism can be considered a threat of violence.
  24. Josh Johnson Gives King Charles Props for His Comedy Chops

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:09:43 -0000

    “You know, I’ve always wondered what white Def Jam would be like,” Johnson said after King Charles cracked a few jokes at the White House.
  25. Forest Service Research Labs Are Closing

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:01:06 -0000

    A research lab in Washington State tracks ecological changes in a warming climate and provides scientific guidance for forest managers. It is one of 57 such facilities being shuttered.
  26. A Way to Slow Down ‘Super-Speeders’ Who Keep Breaking the Law

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:03:27 -0000

    City and state officials want speed-limiting devices installed in the cars of drivers who get more than 16 speeding tickets in a year, in hopes of preventing injuries and deaths.
  27. Trump and Putin Talk, and Ukraine Shrugs

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:07:08 -0000

    More than a year of similar conversations have failed to bring the country any closer to peace, so Ukrainians have stopped hoping they will.
  28. House Adopts Budget to Unlock $70 Billion for Immigration Enforcement

    Thu, 30 Apr 2026 02:47:13 -0000

    The measure will allow the G.O.P. to begin working on a filibuster-proof bill to fund ICE and C.B.P., part of their plan to reopen the long-shuttered Department of Homeland Security.
  29. The Irish Drug Kingpin Daniel Kinahan Is Arrested in Dubai

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

    After living freely in Dubai for a decade, the notorious Irish drug dealer has finally been arrested, and is likely to be sent back to Dublin to stand trial.
  30. Laurie Metcalf’s Third Act

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The once cancelled producer Scott Rudin has staked his own comeback on making her the First Lady of American Theatre.
  31. Can the E.P.A. Survive Lee Zeldin?

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The agency, which was founded to protect the environment and human health, has cancelled safety regulations, supported coal, and stopped caring about climate change.
  32. Donald Trump’s Pardon Economy

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    For some wealthy offenders, clemency is just a golf game—or a million-dollar plate at Mar-a-Lago—away.
  33. What Happens When Someone Throws a Message in a Bottle Into the Sea?

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Most simply disappear. One enthusiast is on a quest to find the notes—and the people behind them.
  34. King Charles and Queen Camilla Come to Washington

    Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:18:44 -0000

    A flag flub, a White House construction zone, a pollinator photo op, and Trump’s love of royal cosplay all contributed to the bizarre atmosphere of Charles and Camilla’s visit.
  35. How Putin and Zelensky View the War in Iran

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

    The war’s ripple effects have exacerbated conflicts, economic insecurity, and regional tensions around the world, including in Ukraine.
  36. Kash Patel’s Implausible Lawsuit Against The Atlantic

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The F.B.I. director’s lawyers seem to misunderstand how the law (or logic) works.
  37. Donald Trump’s Spring Cleaning

    Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The exact reasons are often left vague and the successors to be determined, but people are leaving the Administration—including three Cabinet secretaries.
  38. Donald Trump’s Lose-Lose Negotiations with Iran

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:50:31 -0000

    How the President’s insistence on Tehran’s unconditional surrender made it impossible to make a deal.
  39. What the U.S.-Iran War Means for China

    Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Jonathan Czin, a fellow at the Brookings Institution’s China Center, discusses how the ties between China and Iran have been overstated, and what the conflict might mean for the future of Taiwan.
  40. The Extremes of Israeli Public Opinion

    Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:42:29 -0000

    Israeli voters are against a ceasefire with Iran, and think Benjamin Netanyahu has not gone far enough.
  41. Israel’s War in Lebanon Has Not Stopped

    Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:20:29 -0000

    While America and Iran negotiate a ceasefire, Beirut remains under siege.
  42. The Lessons from Jerome Powell’s Defiance of Donald Trump

    Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    An independent Fed needs an independent leader. Is Kevin Warsh up to the job?
  43. After Magnus Carlsen, Chess Has Entered a New Age

    Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A new book by Jordan Himelfarb follows the game’s rising young players, including the reigning world champion Gukesh Dommaraju, as they compete in an era defined by computers.
  44. LIV Golf Is Dying of Boredom

    Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Once you got past the Saudi-backed league’s business drama, what you were left with was watching sensationally wealthy, morally compromised middle-aged men go to work.
  45. Is Dynamic Pricing Ruining the World Cup?

    Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Soccer fans and host-city politicians are up in arms about the prices that FIFA is charging for tickets under its new sales system.
  46. Has Steve Kerr Had Enough?

    Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The head coach for the Golden State Warriors on his future with the team, his complicated relationship with Draymond Green, and whether he might give politics a try.
  47. Inside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner as Gunshots Rang Out

    Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:39:34 -0000

    I thought a caterer might have dropped a stack of plates, but then I heard shouts of “Shots fired!”
  48. A Chernobyl Widow’s Tragedy, Forty Years Later

    Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Nataliia Khodymchuk lived in memory of her late husband, the first worker to die at the nuclear reactor, until she fell victim to a Russian attack.
  49. How Big a Threat Are Iranian-Backed Cyberattacks?

    Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A recent CISA advisory was a blunt reminder that, in the digital age, the battlefield has expanded to encompass the geography of everyday life.
  50. The Rise of the Epstein Democrat

    Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In demanding the release of the Epstein files, the Party has embraced a radically new way of fighting Donald Trump. Is it a good idea?
  51. Trump and the Iran Deal That Wasn’t

    Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:38:13 -0000

    It’s tough to reach an agreement with a President whose word is not his bond.
  52. What Nicolás Maduro’s Life Is Like in a Notorious Brooklyn Jail

    Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The President of Venezuela has reportedly been stuck in a unit for high-profile inmates, known for housing rappers and tech moguls, while his country forms an uneasy relationship with Trump.
  53. A Genocide Scholar Asks “What Went Wrong” in Israel

    Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Israeli historian Omer Bartov argues in his new book that a “state ideology” of Zionism has led to what he calls genocide in Gaza.