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  1. How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center

    Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:22:38 -0000

    Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.
  2. Trump Faced Loss After Loss. He Then Turned to a Familiar Target: The Press.

    Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:37:09 -0000

    The president’s ban of three media outlets from the White House fits a pattern of using the apparatus of government to crack down on his perceived enemies.
  3. Markwayne Mullin Lost His Pick to Lead ICE, as He Struggles to Prove His Toughness on Immigration

    Sun, 20 Sep 2026 09:03:07 -0000

    Markwayne Mullin is working to overcome hard-liners’ doubts about his leadership, his position undermined by missteps with the White House.
  4. Trump Says His D.C. Arch Would Be a ‘Military Complex’ Housing Drones and Snipers

    Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:18:26 -0000

    The president’s announcement on Sunday echoed his justification for the White House ballroom: that the project was necessary for national security.
  5. In China, A.I. Is Moving Forward While the Economy Lags Behind

    Sun, 20 Sep 2026 09:01:40 -0000

    As Xi Jinping arrives in the United States this week for a state visit, China’s advances in artificial intelligence will be in the air. Less discussed: China’s economy in its worst shape in decades.
  6. A.I. Gone Rogue? Trump Proposes Not New Rules but an ‘A.I. Force.’

    Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:19:34 -0000

    The president proposed a follow-up to his Space Force but continued to dismiss worries about A.I.’s pace or potential for harm.
  7. Who Gets to Decide A.I.’s Moral Code?

    Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:33:27 -0000

    A small number of people are shaping what chatbots value. Those choices are already influencing how people think.
  8. In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?

    Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:00:07 -0000

    A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
  9. Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City

    Sun, 03 Jul 2016 01:09:07 -0000

    How one school became a battleground over which children benefit from a separate and unequal system.
  10. Reality Bites

    Sun, 20 Sep 2026 11:42:18 -0000

    We look at how one mother approached the decision of where her child should go to school.
  11. Troy Jackson, a Progressive Brawler, Tries to Flip a Senate Seat in Maine

    Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:11:05 -0000

    Mr. Jackson landed in the race unexpectedly. Democrats are hoping he can unseat Susan Collins, a Republican, in their bid to retake the Senate.
  12. Republicans Seize on Democrat’s Defense Contractor Ties in N.Y. House Race

    Sun, 20 Sep 2026 07:00:05 -0000

    Cait Conley, who is trying to flip a Republican seat held by Representative Mike Lawler, is fending off attacks concerning her work after she left the Biden administration.
  13. Pennsylvania Measles Outbreak Leads to an Increase in Vaccinations

    Sun, 20 Sep 2026 09:03:12 -0000

    As the outbreak grows to more than 700 confirmed cases, the largest in the country, some people remain opposed to vaccines and others are rushing to get the shots.
  14. A.G. Sulzberger: The Story of America, Told in 15 Million First Drafts of History

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 20:50:19 -0000

    The Times has witnessed the country’s transformation. It will keep its eyes open.
  15. Mistakes? We’ve Made a Few

    Sun, 20 Sep 2026 09:00:56 -0000

    For most of its life, The New York Times has tried to correct its errors. These efforts have not always been perfect.
  16. Is Audrey Hobert the Most Honest Voice in Pop?

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:49:48 -0000

    The rising pop star talks songwriting with her BFF Gracie Abrams, knowing when to log off and the difference between being weird (yes!) and awkward (no way).
  17. JD Vance Has a Twisted Idea of What It Means to Be American

    Sun, 20 Sep 2026 11:00:11 -0000

    I am a “heritage American,” too. How should that guide my life?
  18. This Is What I Fear Most About A.I.

    Sun, 20 Sep 2026 08:14:04 -0000

    Letting A.I. patrol its own frontier is like asking Jesse James to patrol the Wild West.
  19. Ed Sheeran Addresses War in Gaza After Macklemore Is Dropped From Tour

    Sun, 20 Sep 2026 14:47:40 -0000

    Back onstage, Sheeran acknowledged “mistakes” over the departure of supporting acts, and discussed the “horrific” attack on Israel and the “humanitarian crisis” in Gaza.
  20. Our A.I. Problem

    Sun, 20 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Why can’t the people who produced the technology, which has already shown that a different world is possible, just do the things that would prevent extinction?
  21. Israel’s Qatargate Scandal

    Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Did Benjamin Netanyahu’s aides peddle influence to a foreign power?
  22. Jared Kushner’s Dollar Diplomacy

    Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Donald Trump’s son-in-law represents the kind of Washington figure for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth.
  23. The American Religion of Self-Storage Facilities

    Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Why are we so obsessed with putting our belongings in metal boxes and then never looking at them again?
  24. She Made Me Do It

    Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A prominent dressage trainer shot a belligerent student—and now maintains that he’s the real victim.
  25. Why the Houthis Are Saudi Arabia’s Problem

    Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The U.S. opted not to intervene as Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized a major choke point for Saudi oil shipments on the Red Sea.
  26. The New Lucy Letby Report Misses the Point

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:04:34 -0000

    The Thirlwall Inquiry looked at why the nurse wasn’t prevented from murdering babies. But it didn’t address the question of whether she had actually done so.
  27. Is Beef the Next Internal-Combustion Engine?

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:31:00 -0000

    Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., eats it every day, but more Americans, faced with rising prices and another climate warning, might want something else for dinner.
  28. Mail-In Voting Survives

    Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:28:50 -0000

    In an unsigned ruling, the Supreme Court demonstrated that it is willing to limit Donald Trump’s agenda.
  29. 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?
  30. How, Exactly, Could A.I. Kill Us?

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0000

    Employees of A.I. companies are increasingly sounding the alarm. What should we make of their warnings?
  31. Can East Germany’s Cold War History Explain the Rise of the AfD?

    Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:46:03 -0000

    After winning a state election this past weekend, the German far right is closer to power than it has been in decades.
  32. Why Israeli Authorities Are Encouraging Settler Violence Against Palestinians

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:30:10 -0000

    The retired I.D.F. colonel Doron Meiner, who was arrested while trying to protect a Palestinian community from settlers in the West Bank, discusses Israel’s strategy in the run-up to October’s election.
  33. Will A.I. Overwrite Our Sense of Shame?

    Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The tech world has long been run by iconoclasts whose ideas about right and wrong are self-consciously different from those of most people.
  34. Ben Shelton Comes Into Full Focus

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:42:36 -0000

    In a riveting U.S. Open semifinal against Frances Tiafoe, the twenty-three-year-old showed that his composure and problem-solving are as central to his game as his extraordinary athleticism.
  35. The Death of Shame Is Tearing Us Apart

    Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Increasingly, people are ignoring social norms in favor of a narrow self-interest. The results are disastrous.
  36. Has the A.I. Job Apocalypse Been Postponed?

    Mon, 07 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    So far, the proliferation of A.I. models such as Claude and ChatGPT hasn’t led to mass displacement of workers. But deployment is accelerating and economic pressures are rising.
  37. Malcolm Gladwell on “The American Way of Killing”

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    The New Yorker staff writer examines America’s unique problem with gun violence, and why he thinks under-policing is at the root of our problem.
  38. The Sheep That Stop Wildfires

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Herds of livestock are munching through overgrown, hard-to-reach vegetation that could otherwise become fuel for firestorms.
  39. Donald Trump Returns to the U.N. Amid the Collapse of the Old Order

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Trump is at the heart of this geopolitical moment, catalytic in his alliance-fraying bullying, unprovoked warmongering, and protectionist demagoguery.
  40. “The Journey,” a Five-Part Audio Investigation from The New Yorker

    Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Why did a mysterious couple collect babies in a Los Angeles mansion? Examining a scandal that threatens to undermine the surrogacy industry.
  41. How to Protect Democracy

    Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The emergence of Germany’s far right as a political force represents an old dilemma.
  42. On Not Being a Homeowner

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Generational wealth shapes our futures and friendships, whether we talk about it or not.
  43. Colin Kaepernick Misses the Game

    Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    In his new memoir, “The Perilous Fight,” the former N.F.L. star recounts the backlash he faced from the league.
  44. The U.S. Was Never Going to Win the “War on Terror”

    Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In the twenty-five years since 9/11, the U.S. has waged several military campaigns against extremism around the world, resulting in the deaths of almost a million people. What has it accomplished?