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  1. House Cancels Contempt Vote As Clintons Agree to Testify on Epstein

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:29:54 -0000

    Bill and Hillary Clinton agreed to be deposed this month by an investigative panel but requested that it be in public, a request that the Republican chairman ignored.
  2. Jeffrey Epstein’s Trust Reveals Beneficiaries of His Fortune

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 19:00:42 -0000

    Jeffrey Epstein wanted most of his money to go to his girlfriend. Mr. Epstein’s brother and a Harvard math professor were also named beneficiaries.
  3. Trump, Changing Course, Throws Harvard Deal Talks Into Chaos

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 01:14:57 -0000

    In the latest example of his mercurial negotiating style, President Trump went from dropping his ask for a $200 million fine to demanding $1 billion from the university.
  4. Trump Repeats Call to ‘Nationalize’ Elections, as White House Walks It Back

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 23:57:59 -0000

    President Trump’s extraordinary comments were the latest iteration of his unsubstantiated claims that U.S. elections are rigged as Republicans face potentially big losses next year.
  5. Trump Scolds CNN’s Kaitlan Collins for ‘Not Smiling’

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 23:22:12 -0000

    Testy remarks from a president who has frequently singled out female journalists for criticism and personal attacks.
  6. Renee Good’s Brothers Call on Congress to Rein In Immigration Crackdown

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:05:57 -0000

    At a forum on Capitol Hill held by congressional Democrats, the brothers of the 37-year-old American citizen fatally shot by an ICE agent said immigration enforcement tactics must be dialed back.
  7. Don Lemon Takes Stage at NYC Event After Arrest Over Minnesota Protest

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 02:57:49 -0000

    The anchorman, who was arrested over a protest in Minnesota, told an audience in Manhattan, “I’m not going to let them turn me around,” and sang lines from a civil rights era freedom song.
  8. How 2026 Winter Olympics Security Is Preparing For The Opening Ceremony

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 06:54:34 -0000

    Thousands of police and security officers will work during the Milan-Cortina Games’ opening ceremony. The involvement of some U.S. ICE personnel has stirred opposition.
  9. South Korea Questions Cram School Culture and Childhood Stress

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 05:01:18 -0000

    Academic pressure has become so intense that even preschoolers are taking private extracurricular classes, raising worries about children’s rights.
  10. Catherine O’Hara, Star of ‘Best in Show,’ Honored in Westminster Tribute

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 05:57:44 -0000

    Fans remembered the actress, who died last week at 71, for her role as the doting owner of a Norwich terrier destined for glory in the movie, a sendup of dog show culture.
  11. ‘Neoroyalism’ and What It Says About Trump

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 05:01:09 -0000

    Experts are reaching to divine the president’s approach to global policy and economics, with one theory seeing antecedents in centuries-old dynastic rule.
  12. Plastic Surgeons’ Group Advises Delaying Gender-Affirming Procedures Until Age 19

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 23:56:00 -0000

    The organization’s latest guidance is a departure from the prevailing views of several other major medical organizations.
  13. Woman Wins Malpractice Suit Over Gender Surgery as a Minor

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:24:01 -0000

    In a legal first, a jury in New York awarded $2 million to a patient who said that doctors had deviated from accepted medical standards.
  14. Ruptures in China’s Leadership Could Be Due to Paranoia and Power Plays

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:17:05 -0000

    U.S. intelligence analysts say that Xi Jinping, China’s leader, has a remarkable level of fear. He has carried out mass purges, and surprised many by removing his top general.
  15. Savannah Guthrie to Skip Olympics as Search for Mother, Nancy Guthrie, Yields Few Clues

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 03:45:57 -0000

    The ‘Today’ anchor withdrew from NBC’s coverage of the Winter Games in Italy as investigators acknowledged they had few answers about who may have taken her mother, Nancy Guthrie, 84, from her home.
  16. What to Know About the Disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s Mom, Nancy

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:41:31 -0000

    Nancy Guthrie, 84, the “Today” show host’s mother, was last seen on Saturday night, the authorities said. The disappearance is being investigated as a crime.
  17. Colleges See Major Racial Shifts in Student Enrollment

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:13:52 -0000

    An analysis finds that flagship state universities, as well as less selective colleges, had major increases in Black and Hispanic students following a ban on race-conscious admissions.
  18. Racial Debate Rattles Texas Democratic Primary for Senate

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 02:53:23 -0000

    State Representative James Talarico used the word “mediocre” in connection with a former House member who is Black. The controversy has repercussions for a key contest.
  19. Walmart Joins Tech Giants With $1 Trillion Market Valuation

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:36:25 -0000

    The company’s rapid e-commerce growth and push into automation and artificial intelligence propelled its stock into the trillion-dollar club.
  20. Everyone Is Missing the Point About the ‘Melania’ Movie

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:58:32 -0000

    It’s not really a movie at all. It’s a marketing deck.
  21. William Stevenson, Jill Biden’s Ex-Husband, Is Accused of Killing His Current Wife

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 06:13:12 -0000

    William Stevenson was arrested after being indicted on charges of first-degree murder in the death of his wife in December. He was married to Dr. Biden in the 1970s.
  22. Will Newsom Be the Democrats’ Next Mistake?

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 05:19:41 -0000

    The California governor’s record is exactly what Republicans want to run against.
  23. In Counting the Dead in Iran, a Picture of Ferocity

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 06:00:03 -0000

    The high number of dead and wounded demonstrates the depths of the regime’s fears.
  24. Tyler Robinson’s Lawyers Press to Remove Prosecutors From Kirk Murder Case

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 02:16:40 -0000

    Mr. Robinson’s lawyers argue that the entire prosecution team has a conflict of interest because one prosecutor’s daughter was present when Charlie Kirk was killed.
  25. Mamdani Seeks New Mission for Pro-Business Agency: Fighting for Workers

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 04:27:03 -0000

    According to a Jan. 2 memo obtained by The New York Times, Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to remake the Economic Development Corporation to address affordability and workers’ rights.
  26. Virginia Oliver, Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ and Folk Hero, Dies at 105

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:44:31 -0000

    She fished off the New England coast for more than 80 years, and intended to continue until she died. “It’s not hard work for me,” she said at 101.
  27. Backed by Mamdani, D.S.A. Candidate Wins Election for Mayor’s Old Seat

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 03:26:26 -0000

    Diana Moreno will serve the remainder of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s term in the New York State Assembly in one of four special legislative elections decided on Tuesday.
  28. Is ICE Leading Us Into a Constitutional Crisis?

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:48:28 -0000

    A look at the agency’s astonishing record of defying court orders, and what the judiciary might do to respond.
  29. Inside Russia’s Secret Campaign of Sabotage in Europe

    Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    How Russian military intelligence is recruiting young people online to carry out espionage, arson, and other attacks across the Continent.
  30. Deepfaking Orson Welles’s Mangled Masterpiece

    Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Will an A.I. restoration of “The Magnificent Ambersons” right a historic wrong or desecrate a classic?
  31. Living in Tracy Chapman’s House

    Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Fresh out of college, we were a bunch of misfits, in a chaotic, run-down communal home, desperately trying to figure out who we were meant to be.
  32. Gavin Newsom Is Playing the Long Game

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    California’s governor has been touted as the Democrats’ best shot in 2028. But first he’ll need to convince voters that he’s not just a slick establishment politician.
  33. Why the D.H.S. Disaster in Minneapolis Was Predictable

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    For decades, ICE and Border Patrol have operated with fewer constraints than typical law-enforcement agencies.
  34. ICE’s Assault on a Minnesota School District

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Liam Ramos, whose photo became a symbol of Operation Metro Surge, is one of several students in Columbia Heights who are now in federal custody.
  35. Miami’s Haitian Community Braces for Deportations

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:15:20 -0000

    The Trump Administration’s plan to end Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Haiti puts hundreds of thousands at risk of returning to a country in crisis.
  36. Are Democrats Right to Cut an Immigration Deal with Trump?

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 21:26:34 -0000

    Congress has justifiably been criticized for rolling over to the President. But how it actually uses its leverage involves genuinely difficult trade-offs.
  37. 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.
  38. 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.
  39. 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.
  40. 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.”
  41. A Theology of Immigration

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:43:51 -0000

    “None of us have a permanent residence here in this world,” the Reverend Dan Groody says.
  42. How Trump Is Debasing the Dollar and Eroding U.S. Economic Dominance

    Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The President’s coercive policies, including his latest threats against Greenland, are prompting some foreign investors to think twice about parking their money with Uncle Sam.
  43. What We Expect Athletes to Say Now

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Not long ago, taking political stands almost seemed to become part of the job. These days, in another moment of social crisis, expectations have shifted.
  44. Why an Agnostic Animal-Rights Activist Went to Seminary

    Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Wayne Hsiung has gone to court and done jail time to improve the lives of animals. Now he’s going to church.
  45. What Happens When the Snow Doesn’t Melt?

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:24:30 -0000

    The icy buildups blocking crosswalks around New York have been dubbed sneckdowns. Some urbanists think they offer a vision of a less car-dependent city.
  46. Trump’s Profiteering Hits $4 Billion

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    In August, I reported that the President and his family had made $3.4 billion by leveraging his position. After his first year back in office, the number has ballooned.
  47. What ICE Should Have Learned from the Fugitive Slave Act

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Americans took to the streets to defend their neighbors in the nineteenth century, too.
  48. Operation Trump Rehab

    Thu, 29 Jan 2026 23:57:25 -0000

    After a wave of public revulsion over the President’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota, he offers a familiar playbook: distraction, disinformation, denial, delay.
  49. The Cruel Conditions of ICE’s Mojave Desert Detention Center

    Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    How immigration authorities have weaponized medical neglect to encourage self-deportations.
  50. 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.
  51. 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.
  52. 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.