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  1. Trump’s Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:02:19 -0000

    President Trump has engaged in a spree of self-aggrandizement unlike any of his predecessors, fostering a mythologized superhuman persona and making himself the inescapable force at home and around the world.
  2. More Than Ever, Videos Expose the Truth. And Cloud It, Too.

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:02:09 -0000

    In Minneapolis, videos of the Alex Pretti killing undermined the federal government’s account. But an A.I. video of Brad Pitt shows the dangers ahead.
  3. Texas Students Protest ICE Despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s Threats

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:00:44 -0000

    In dozens of states, students have staged walkouts over immigration enforcement. In Texas, they’re doing so despite threats from Gov. Greg Abbott.
  4. U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 01:15:44 -0000

    Most had court orders protecting them from removal to their home countries, so they were sent to detention in Cameroon.
  5. Republican State Legislators Rush to Limit Their Own Regulators

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:01:04 -0000

    South Carolina’s state legislature is one of 17, mainly in heavily Republican states, that is moving to handcuff state agencies at a moment of tectonic changes in energy, technology and finance.
  6. Shivering Americans Snap Up Firewood as Winter Grinds On

    Sat, 14 Feb 2026 14:25:57 -0000

    Weeks of freezing temperatures and winter storms across parts of the United States have increased the demand for firewood and manufactured fire logs.
  7. Making the Dancing Lions for Lunar New York Celebrations

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 05:01:21 -0000

    In a San Francisco garage, Corey Chan and his team create giant, spectacular lions that will lead the festivities.
  8. What They Wanted From Jeffrey Epstein

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 12:00:06 -0000

    His network may not have known everything, but it is hard to deny that many of them knew enough to know better.
  9. The Olympics Take Themselves Too Seriously. Bring Back Ski Ballet.

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 12:00:06 -0000

    You want at least one weird entree on the Olympics menu, even if only for the pleasure of not ordering it.
  10. Everybody’s Mom

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 12:36:26 -0000

    We explore why we care so much about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.
  11. Iran Protester Dies in Custody, Raising Fears of Execution

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:01:01 -0000

    Rights groups are investigating the death of Ali Rahbar as a potential extrajudicial killing. Iran denies executions have taken place.
  12. Islamist Party’s Rise Overshadows Student Revolution in Bangladesh

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:36:09 -0000

    The party is dedicated to running the country under Islamic law, but ran on a more moderate platform. It gained far more seats in last week’s election than it ever had before.
  13. Software? No Way. We’re an A.I. Company Now!

    Sat, 14 Feb 2026 15:54:04 -0000

    As their stocks tank, software makers are rebranding themselves as A.I. innovators. Sparkle emojis are everywhere, but some efforts have been more successful than others.
  14. What We Know About the Kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, Savannah Guthrie’s Mother

    Sat, 14 Feb 2026 19:45:01 -0000

    Nancy Guthrie, 84, the “Today” show anchor’s mother, vanished from her Arizona home on Feb. 1. In the time since, very little new information has come to light.
  15. The Trial of Gisèle Pelicot’s Rapists United France and Fractured Her Family

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    After fifty-one men were convicted, Pelicot became a feminist hero. But additional accusations left her children struggling to accept her new role.
  16. Can Ozempic Cure Addiction?

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    GLP-1 drugs, which have helped some people curb drug and alcohol use, may unlock a pathway to moderation.
  17. The Babies Kept in a Mysterious Los Angeles Mansion

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    A wealthy couple obtained dozens of children through surrogates. Did they want a family, or something else?
  18. What Is Claude? Anthropic Doesn’t Know, Either

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Researchers at the company are trying to understand their A.I. system’s mind—examining its neurons, running it through psychology experiments, and putting it on the therapy couch.
  19. The Landscape Artist Andy Goldsworthy Contemplates His Own Natural Decay

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    In rural Scotland, Andy Goldsworthy, the sculptor famed for his use of natural materials, contemplates his own decay.
  20. The Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie

    Sat, 14 Feb 2026 02:09:16 -0000

    The search for the “Today” show host’s mother, nearing its second week, has transfixed the public in Arizona and beyond.
  21. Gifted and Talented in Mamdani’s New York

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:59:37 -0000

    Four mayors in a row have inflamed the debate over gifted-and-talented programs. Why does G. & T. stir such strong emotions?
  22. Pam Bondi’s Contempt for Congress

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:28:38 -0000

    The Attorney General treats oversight like roller derby.
  23. Even the Hospitals Aren’t Safe in Iran

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    As the regime imposes a forced forgetting of the massacres in January, it has begun targeting not only wounded protesters but medical workers, who have borne witness to some of the worst atrocities.
  24. Xi Jinping’s Purge and What Trump’s Foreign Policy Means for China

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The machinations behind his recent military purge, and whether China sees an opportunity in Donald Trump’s aggression toward Europe.
  25. The Woman Behind Japan’s Rightward Shift

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:22:11 -0000

    How Sanae Takaichi, the country’s first female Prime Minister, won big in last weekend’s election.
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. Alysa Liu Comes of Age

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The figure skater retired in 2022, at sixteen years old. Now she’s back at the 2026 Winter Olympics with a newfound confidence and sense of control—in her skating and in her life.
  29. “McMindfulness” and the Fate of Spirituality Under Capitalism

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Thich Nhat Hanh saw mindfulness as a way to understand the “interbeing” between all forms of life, but its social dimension has been largely forgotten.
  30. Jeffrey Epstein’s Bonfire of the Élites

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    His correspondence illuminates a rarefied world in which money can seemingly buy—or buy off—virtually anything, and ethical qualms are for the weak-minded.
  31. How Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin Have Defined Greatness

    Sun, 08 Feb 2026 13:17:47 -0000

    The two skiers have each had claims to be the best ever in their sport. But they have chased that ideal in very different ways.
  32. The Epstein Files Reveal What Trump Knew

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 19:00:00 -0000

    A newly released F.B.I. report shows that Donald Trump contacted the police about Epstein’s crimes as early as 2006. The Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown discusses the revelations.
  33. “If We Don’t Have Free Speech, Then We Just Don’t Have a Free Country”

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026 23:57:31 -0000

    Donald Trump’s attempt to criminalize political expression is crossing a line that’s held since 1798.
  34. Ben Shapiro Is Waging Battle Inside the MAGA Movement

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The conservative commentator on the antisemitism in MAGA media and why he condemns President Trump as corrupt yet sticks with him.
  35. Is There a Remedy for Presidential Profiteering?

    Sun, 08 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Until now, Trump always seemed unembarrassed to crow about his side hustles. But, if the Emirati payment was kept secret, what else might be?
  36. A Bridge to Venezuela

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The Colombian border city of Cúcuta braces for more turmoil.
  37. The Pope’s Man Arrives in New York

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:47:59 -0000

    In appointing Ronald Hicks to the most prominent post in the U.S. Church, is Leo XIV assembling his own Team U.S.A.?
  38. Dan Bongino’s Podcast Homecoming

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The short-lived No. 2 at the F.B.I. returns to the MAGA mediaverse he helped create. What’s changed?
  39. Donald Trump Already Knows the 2026 Election Is “Rigged”

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:08:13 -0000

    The question is not if he will undermine confidence in the midterms but how.