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  1. Somalis Fled Civil War and Built a Community. Now They Are a Target.

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 15:05:16 -0000

    A fraud scandal has made the Somali community in Minnesota a focus of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants.
  2. Who Was Renee Good, the Woman Killed by an ICE Agent in Minneapolis?

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:44:16 -0000

    Ms. Good, 37, was a poet and a mother who grew up in Colorado. Her wife said the couple had “stopped to support our neighbors” when Ms. Good was shot.
  3. As Death Toll Surges in Iran, Leaders Take Tough Line Against Protesters

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:08:55 -0000

    President Masoud Pezeshkian expressed sympathy for protesters’ economic pain, but said the state must respond to “rioters.” Rights groups reported a big spike in the death toll.
  4. Trump Is Briefed on Options for Striking Iran as Protests Continue

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 03:57:21 -0000

    The president has said he will be “hitting them very hard” if Iranian leaders kill protesters amid widespread demonstrations calling for wholesale changes in the country.
  5. Trump’s ‘Superstar’ Appellate Judges Have Voted 133 to 12 in His Favor

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:00:18 -0000

    President Trump promised to fill the appeals courts with “my judges.” They have formed a nearly united phalanx to defend his agenda from legal challenges.
  6. Trump Shakes up Latin American Politics

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:16:31 -0000

    The U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro has divided the region. But every nation wants to avoid being next.
  7. Smithsonian Removes Label Noting Trump Impeachments

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 03:59:35 -0000

    When the National Portrait Gallery replaced a portrait of President Trump this week, it took down a biography of his first term.
  8. Bob Weir Was the Dead’s Invisible Thread

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 14:12:29 -0000

    The songwriter, guitarist and singer, who died at 78, animated the Grateful Dead from within.
  9. Bob Weir, Guitarist and Founding Member of The Grateful Dead, Dies at 78

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:15:16 -0000

    His songwriting and rhythm guitar playing helped shape the San Francisco band’s sound as it became an American institution.
  10. Bob Weir: 10 Essential Songs

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 14:35:58 -0000

    The guitarist, singer and songwriter, who died at 78, cut his own path among his elders in the Grateful Dead, and beyond.
  11. How Wagner Moura Stayed True to Himself and Earned a Golden Globe Nomination

    Sat, 10 Jan 2026 10:01:50 -0000

    The Brazilian star of “The Secret Agent” is a major Oscar contender, though some at home turned against him for criticizing the right-wing government.
  12. Golden Globe 2026 Nominees: Full List Including ‘One Battle After Another’

    Tue, 06 Jan 2026 21:04:09 -0000

    The movies and TV series competing for the 83rd Golden Globes. The ceremony will air on Jan. 11.
  13. How to Watch the Golden Globes 2026: Date, Time and Streaming

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:10:12 -0000

    Nikki Glaser is back as host, there’s a new podcast category and “One Battle After Another” looks to have a big night.
  14. Why on Earth Have I Seen the Same Broadway Show 13 Times? An Investigation.

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:00:50 -0000

    As a journalist, I thought I’d never join the ranks of obsessive superfans — until I suddenly became one.
  15. Venezuela, Renee Good and Trump’s ‘Assault on Hope’

    Sat, 10 Jan 2026 12:02:27 -0000

    The Opinion columnist M. Gessen examines how the president governs through spectacle, and the message his displays of force are meant to send.
  16. An Education Success Story

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 13:04:02 -0000

    We bring you some good news about schools in a place you might not expect.
  17. Thiel Gives $3 Million to Group Seeking to Block California Wealth Tax

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:00:41 -0000

    More large donations from wealthy Silicon Valley figures are expected as they try to marshal opposition to a proposed ballot measure that would impose a new tax on billionaires.
  18. Where Does Candidate Mamdani End and Mayor Mamdani Begin?

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 08:00:12 -0000

    In his first week as mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani tried to bridge the political theater of his campaign with the much harder work of governing.
  19. New York Seeks Ban on A.I.-Generated Images of Candidates

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:01:11 -0000

    Last year, the Cuomo campaign released a video created by artificial intelligence that depicted Zohran Mamdani eating rice with his hands. Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to ban such tactics.
  20. U.S. Launches Major Strikes on Islamic State Targets in Syria

    Sat, 10 Jan 2026 23:39:24 -0000

    The airstrikes followed an even larger attack in December to avenge the killing of three Americans last year.
  21. Patrick Radden Keefe on Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood”

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Capote’s journalistic transgressions were serious, but there is no denying the awesome influence of his work.
  22. Denmark Is Sick of Being Bullied by Trump

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The U.S., once Denmark’s closest ally, is threatening to steal Greenland and attacking the country’s wind-power industry. Is this a permanent breakup?
  23. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Big Breakup

    Mon, 05 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The congresswoman split with the President over the Epstein files, then she quit. Where will she go from here?
  24. Can We Save Wine from Wildfires?

    Mon, 05 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The industry has lost billions of dollars, largely because smoke makes the drink taste like licking an ashtray. Now a team of scientists is chasing a solution.
  25. The Making of the First American Pope

    Mon, 05 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Will Pope Leo XIV follow the progressive example of his predecessor or chart a more moderate course? His work in Chicago and Peru may shed light on his approach.
  26. Donald Trump Was Never an Isolationist

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

    He once defied the G.O.P. by blasting military interventions. But what looked like anti-interventionism is really a preference for power freed from the pretense of principle.
  27. How an Attack on Obamacare Saved Abortion in Wyoming

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

    In the most conservative state in the U.S., libertarianism can lead in surprising directions.
  28. Minneapolis Reacts to ICE’s Killing of Renee Nicole Good

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 21:20:36 -0000

    The city where George Floyd was murdered finds itself again at the epicenter of a national crisis.
  29. The Aggressive Ambitions of Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine”

    Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:00:28 -0000

    After his assault on Venezuela, the President is turning his attention to the rest of the Western Hemisphere.
  30. What Makes the Iranian Protests Different This Time

    Sat, 10 Jan 2026 20:43:40 -0000

    Unrest has spread across the Islamic Republic as it faces economic disaster at home and a profound weakening of its network of regional allies.
  31. The Former Trump Skeptics Getting Behind His War in Venezuela

    Wed, 07 Jan 2026 18:47:02 -0000

    A onetime adviser to Marco Rubio and Mitt Romney argues that the U.S. has been “too cautious” in its use of force since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  32. The Maduro Regime Without Maduro

    Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:47:43 -0000

    A political scientist explains how the Venezuelan President ran the country, why he was so unpopular, and, after his seizure by the Trump Administration, who might take over.
  33. The Brazen Illegality of Trump’s Venezuela Operation

    Sat, 03 Jan 2026 21:35:35 -0000

    A scholar of international law on the implications of the U.S. arrest of President Nicolás Maduro.
  34. Aaron Rodgers, Football’s Rorschach Quarterback

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The Pittsburgh Steelers gambled on the forty-two-year-old, one of the N.F.L.’s most polarizing players, to try to end their playoff disappointments. Will it pay off?
  35. What a Viral YouTube Video Says About the Future of Journalism

    Tue, 06 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    A streamer’s investigation of fraud in Minnesota garnered millions of views. His content was questionable, but his methods will likely inspire scores of imitators.
  36. The Folly of Trump’s Oil Imperialism

    Sun, 04 Jan 2026 23:55:14 -0000

    The President has made clear he wants to exploit Venezuela’s vast oil reserves; history suggests that it won’t be easy.
  37. Can Professional Women’s Soccer in the U.S. Keep Up with the Global Market?

    Sun, 04 Jan 2026 22:36:34 -0000

    The ability of the National Women’s Soccer League to retain Trinity Rodman, one of its biggest stars, could determine its future.
  38. Why Donald Trump Wants Greenland (and Everything Else)

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:33:20 -0000

    There’s no Trump Doctrine, just a map of the world that the President wants to write his name on in big gold letters.
  39. Mr. Mamdani’s (New) Neighborhood

    Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The corner of the Upper East Side the Mayor will call home is both far and not so far from Astoria.
  40. What Will Become of Venezuela’s Political Prisoners?

    Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Jésus Armas, a prominent opposition leader, has been in prison in Caracas for the past year. With the country in turmoil, his mother worries about his fate.
  41. J. D. Vance’s Notable Absence on Venezuela

    Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:55:57 -0000

    Was the Vice-President’s exclusion from the operation in Venezuela an expression of his anti-interventionist ideology—or a political calculation?
  42. The Dramatic Arraignment of Nicolás Maduro

    Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:17:40 -0000

    By forcibly bringing the ousted President and his wife into jurisdiction of U.S. federal courts, Trump will now have to accept that at least two Venezuelans deserve the basic right to due process.
  43. How Did Astoria Become So Socialist?

    Tue, 06 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    One neighborhood in New York has elected so many democratic socialists—including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Zohran Mamdani—that people have started calling it “the People’s Republic.”
  44. Jack Smith’s Closing Argument

    Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:16:26 -0000

    The former special prosecutor has no regrets about pursuing a case against Donald Trump.
  45. Who’s Running Venezuela After the Fall of Maduro?

    Mon, 05 Jan 2026 14:40:41 -0000

    The country’s interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, is in the awkward position of having to appease two hard-line, opposing audiences: the Trump Administration and what remains of the Venezuelan regime.