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  1. Almost Half of House Democrats Vote to End Aid to Israel

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:42:59 -0000

    The measure failed, but the level of support among Democrats exposed a stark shift in the party away from backing the Jewish state.
  2. Iranian American Woman Held in Iran on Spying Charges Is Released

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 03:21:53 -0000

    The dual Iranian-U.S. citizen, Dena Karari, had her passport seized in December 2024 and had not been able to leave Iran as she faced espionage charges.
  3. U.S. Military Again Blockades Iranian Ports After Collapse of Cease-Fire

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:02:36 -0000

    President Trump ordered U.S. warships and aircraft to stop vessels going to and from Iran. Enforcing a blockade takes a huge commitment of warships and aircraft.
  4. Todd Blanche, Trump’s Attorney General Pick, Faces Crucial Hurdle After Rocky Hearing

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:49:30 -0000

    Even a single Republican “no” vote would block Mr. Blanche’s nomination from consideration by the full Senate, which could sink his confirmation.
  5. Hegseth Plans to Screen All Troops, Including Women, for Low Testosterone

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:48:51 -0000

    Pete Hegseth, as defense secretary, has sought to cultivate an image as a manosphere-friendly leader.
  6. Trump Administration to Impose New Tariffs on Brazil

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 04:43:45 -0000

    The United States accused the country of unfair trade practices. The tariff will replace ones that the Supreme Court struck down.
  7. Wildfire Smoke Spreads Across the Northeast as Temperatures Spike

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 02:06:45 -0000

    A heat dome is responsible for miserably high temperatures, and it’s also helping to push smoke from wildfires to the east.
  8. Flash Flood Emergency Is Issued in Texas After Days of Pounding Rain

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:47:57 -0000

    Roads became rivers on Wednesday as emergency officials in towns around San Antonio raced to rescue people who were stranded.
  9. Video Pushed Local Police to Come Clean. D.H.S. Is Ignoring the Lessons.

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:15:30 -0000

    The agency has said little about two fatal encounters in the past week. Local police departments have learned to be forthcoming.
  10. F.B.I. Searches Houston ICE Shooting Van for Drugs

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:06:33 -0000

    Federal investigators believe illegal drugs were inside the vehicle, though the immigration agents involved in the encounter do not appear to have known that.
  11. Trump Says He’ll Seek to Replace Immigrant Truck Drivers With Veterans

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:14:44 -0000

    The president has pushed to curtail the commercial licenses of immigrants, including legal residents, whom he has blamed for crashes.
  12. India Is Moving Fast to Build A.I. Data Centers. A Coastal City May Pay the Price.

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:24:49 -0000

    With India lagging in the technology, officials are embracing giant data centers. But critics say the megaprojects will use up energy and water, without providing long-term jobs.
  13. Europe Wants to Break Free From American and Chinese Technology. But How?

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 04:01:08 -0000

    France and Germany want to quit relying on America and China for key technology like artificial intelligence, but they’re having to choose where to do it.
  14. Australia to Impose Energy and Water Guardrails on Data Centers Amid A.I. Boom

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:03:27 -0000

    The country will also seek to protect the rights of creators of work used to train artificial intelligence models, as it aims to impose parameters on the growing industry.
  15. New York Times Files Motion to Quash Subpoenas of Its Journalists

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:38:22 -0000

    The Justice Department is seeking to compel grand jury testimony as part of an investigation into Times reporting on the president’s new Air Force One jet.
  16. Our Top Editor on Subpoenas of Times Journalists

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:17:43 -0000

    The Trump administration issued subpoenas to reporters who wrote about security concerns involving the new Air Force One. Joe Kahn, the executive editor of The New York Times, responds to what he calls a “naked attempt to intimidate” the newspaper.
  17. Investigators Seek Information From Government Officials as Part of Air Force One Leak Investigation

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:36:50 -0000

    After The New York Times reported on security concerns related to the Qatari-donated jet, the F.B.I. sought to speak with several people who flew aboard the plane with President Trump last week and asked for their phones.
  18. ‘The Odyssey’ Review: Passion in Every Frame

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 03:38:01 -0000

    Few directors close the divide between the art film and the blockbuster like Christopher Nolan.
  19. Archaeologists Unearth a 2,400-Year-Old Sanctuary for the Worship of Odysseus

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:33:04 -0000

    The ruins of a 2,400-year-old complex suggest that, to the Greeks of antiquity, Homer’s protagonist was not just a character in a poem but a figure of genuine devotion.
  20. Cyclospora Outbreak: What to Know About Symptoms and Food Safety

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:34:57 -0000

    The parasite has sickened thousands across the United States. Experts have tips on how to stay safe.
  21. Inside Maine Democrats’ Search for a New Senate Nominee After Graham Platner’s Exit

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 02:39:11 -0000

    Democratic candidates are hastily building bare-bones campaigns and forgoing traditional outreach like TV ads in a sprint to appeal to party delegates, rather than Maine voters.
  22. Here Are the Maine Democrats Running to Replace Graham Platner

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:21:03 -0000

    To win, they’ll have to convince Democrats at a July 25 convention that they’re the best candidate to take on Senator Susan Collins, a Republican.
  23. G.O.P. Appears to Boost Socialist’s Primary Campaign for Wisconsin Governor

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:34:31 -0000

    Republicans seem to view Francesca Hong as their weakest opponent in a general election. They are spending $2.2 million in an apparent attempt to aid her primary campaign.
  24. Boat That Sank Near Alcatraz Rolled After Wave Struck, Officials Say

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:50:34 -0000

    Rescuers described survivors trying to stay afloat in the San Francisco Bay. A brother of the boat’s owner died, and the authorities say they will end the search for the missing.
  25. Meet Earth’s Newest Monkey. (And Check Out Its Orange Lips.)

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:31:04 -0000

    It is only the fifth new African monkey identified as a new species in the past 75 years.
  26. An American Strike Killed Iranian Civilians. Where’s the Accountability?

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:00:03 -0000

    The Trump administration has failed to publicly address the mistaken missile strike that killed children during the Iran war.
  27. England Lost in the World Cup. They Were Always Going to Lose.

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:49:11 -0000

    The football team, like Britain itself, is burdened by the dead weight of impossible expectations.
  28. Jimmy Fallon Pokes Fun at Joe Biden’s New Memoir

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 06:09:54 -0000

    “It’s the second book Biden has written,” Fallon said of the former president. “The first was ‘The Odyssey.’”
  29. Superagent? Obviously. Secret Weapon in 2028? Maybe.

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:11:53 -0000

    Ari Emanuel’s empire has grown beyond Hollywood to include the U.F.C., WWE and some key figures in the manosphere. That could work out well for his brother Rahm Emanuel.
  30. How Ukraine Brought the War to Russia

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Long-range drone and missile strikes on Russian soil have shifted the balance of the conflict—will they be enough to end it?
  31. When A.I. Is a Member of the Family

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A single mom, her two daughters, and the chatbots that fill in the gaps.
  32. Rope-a-Dope

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Are the Enhanced Games an existential threat to fairness or a cure for death?
  33. Inside ICE’s Largest Detention Center

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    On a military base in West Texas, where the government has built a sprawling tent complex to hold thousands of immigrants, deprivation and dire conditions are part of the design.
  34. The Art of Ana Mendieta Comes Into Focus at the Tate Modern

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Four decades after her death, her bold innovations are finally coming into focus.
  35. Democratic Schadenfreude and the Latino Vote

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Trump’s once strong approval rating among Latinos has collapsed, but Democrats can’t count on their support.
  36. The Remaking of Lindsey Graham

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 20:30:19 -0000

    Once a harsh critic of Donald Trump, the South Carolina senator became one of the President’s most dependable allies—a sign of what it takes to remain influential in today’s Republican Party.
  37. An O.M.B. Plan to Defund Science—and Anything Trump Doesn’t Like

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Under a new proposal, Administration officials could deny government grants to any group or project on the ground that it didn’t fit the President’s agenda.
  38. Can Office-to-Residential Conversions Survive the Pfizer-Building Crisis?

    Sat, 11 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The thirty-seven-story tower in midtown was stabilized, after almost falling over earlier this week. Now Nathan Berman, the real-estate developer behind its renovation, will have to deal with the fallout.
  39. The Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused.
  40. How Political Is This Supreme Court?

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:57:53 -0000

    The legal commentator Elie Honig thinks that the Trump-appointed Justices are getting unfair criticism.
  41. 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.
  42. 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.
  43. Spain’s Beautiful Balance

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:07:32 -0000

    Lamine Yamal, the team’s wunderkind, is thrilling, but discipline and patience have seen them through to the final.
  44. V.A.R. and the Rise of Our New Tech Overlords

    Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The World Cup replay system has fostered a very contemporary kind of paranoia about who controls the machines.
  45. Donald Trump’s Needless War with Iran Is His Biggest Economic Blunder

    Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As the midterm elections approach, gas prices have started to rise again, and the President’s poll ratings are in the cellar.
  46. The Story of France vs. Morocco

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:49:57 -0000

    The match began as a snooze, then became a romp. But the brilliance of the French team, and of its biggest star, Kylian Mbappé, shone through.
  47. Michigan Is the Next Big Test for the Democratic Party

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Senate primary race between Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed reflects the Party’s growing ideological schism, but it’s also a contest of competing campaign styles.
  48. The Race to Be the First Democratic Primary State

    Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    How the debate over the first-in-the-nation primary became a battle over the future of the Democratic Party.
  49. Can A.I. Keep a Parent Alive?

    Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    You can now make a virtual replica of a loved one. The question is what it can give you in return.
  50. Trump and NATO Court Erdoğan, Turkey’s Strongman

    Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In Ankara, the leaders of the alliance appeared more concerned about Western geopolitical power than about Western democratic values.
  51. An Inconvenient Moment for an Extreme Global Heat Wave

    Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Will it light a fire under politicians?
  52. Graham Platner’s Point of No Return

    Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:29:20 -0000

    Following an allegation of sexual assault, the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine is considering his future. What would his exit mean for the race, and for the broader direction of American politics?
  53. The U.S. Crashes Out of the World Cup

    Tue, 07 Jul 2026 13:49:25 -0000

    Despite a strong start to the tournament, and an egregious intervention by President Trump into FIFA’s suspension of its star striker, the U.S. men’s soccer team couldn’t keep up with Belgium.
  54. A New American Soccer Culture Is Emerging

    Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:34:18 -0000

    A decade ago, the fandom around Major League Soccer and the U.S. men’s national team was very white and very imitative. That’s starting to change.