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  1. When Voters Worry About ‘Affordability,’ Many Point to Health Care

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:00:32 -0000

    Democrats have had limited political success running on the Affordable Care Act, even with its relative popularity. Now President Trump’s health care cuts may have given the issue new resonance.
  2. In California, a Republican Sheriff Seizes Ballots, Prompting Concerns

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:27:08 -0000

    Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a candidate for governor, recently took possession of more than 650,000 ballots as part of a fraud probe. Election officials say his investigation is baseless.
  3. How Obama’s Strategist Discouraged Biden From Running in 2016

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:32:17 -0000

    In a new set of oral histories, David Plouffe, President Barack Obama’s political adviser, described how he urged Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. not to challenge Hillary Clinton for the nomination.
  4. Energy Attacks in War on Iran Could Turn Economic Shock Into Long-Term Damage

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:39:51 -0000

    A new phase targeting oil and gas infrastructure in the Persian Gulf threatens to hurt businesses and customers around the world for months or even years.
  5. Stocks Bounce as Trump Backs Off Iran Infrastructure Threat

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:30:27 -0000

    Oil prices tumbled and yields on government bonds pulled back from highs. But the response faded as the day went on.
  6. For Western Oil Companies, War in Iran Means Bigger Profits, and Risks

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:11:28 -0000

    American and European oil and gas companies are expected to earn a lot more as prices surge but are worried about the future.
  7. Deadly Plane Crash at LaGuardia Airport: What We Know

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:42:05 -0000

    Two pilots were killed and dozens of others were injured when a regional jet collided with a fire truck on the runway.
  8. Trump Administration to Pay $1 Billion to Energy Giant to Cancel Wind Farms

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:28:06 -0000

    In exchange, the French company TotalEnergies would invest in oil and natural gas projects in Texas and elsewhere.
  9. Trump Is Digging Up Washington. Can Lawsuits Stop the Bulldozers?

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:42:39 -0000

    As the president develops plans to fundamentally alter the White House, the Kennedy Center and other sites, federal lawsuits are beginning to catch up.
  10. A Professional’s Guide to Spring Cleaning Your Life

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:00:07 -0000

    Tackle clutter, let go of sentimental objects and create a home that reflects who you are now.
  11. Takeaways From The Times’s Inside Look at the C.D.C.

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:22:55 -0000

    Many current and former employees say the actions of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are undermining the agency’s role in safeguarding public health.
  12. Born Abroad and Fearful of ICE, Adoptees Try to Prove They Belong

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:01:29 -0000

    Up to 200,000 people adopted as children from abroad are vulnerable to deportation by an administration searching for problems with their citizenship.
  13. Immigrant Detentions and Deportations Leave Pets Behind

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:45:41 -0000

    As immigrant detentions and self-deportations soar, animal welfare groups in cities like New Orleans scramble to feed, foster and re-home the pets left behind.
  14. How Epstein Helped Solve a Billionaire’s Problems With Women

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:39:42 -0000

    The Wall Street titan Leon Black paid Jeffrey Epstein $170 million for what he said was tax and estate work. But his services went beyond that.
  15. What’s It Like to Be Back in Print After 20 Years? A Bit Odd.

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:38:09 -0000

    Nancy Lemann published her first novel at 28. Then came “the doom.” Now she’s back in the spotlight, and not exactly comfortable with it.
  16. Review: On ‘Arirang,’ BTS Is Too Big to Fail. But Not Too Big to Succeed.

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:01:51 -0000

    The K-pop superstars’ new album, “Arirang,” comes with huge commercial expectations. The group made room for artistic experimentation, too.
  17. Why the BTS Comeback Concert Was a ‘Disaster’ for Some Businesses

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:58:35 -0000

    The turnout for the K-pop titans’ show was much lower than projected by officials, hitting the bottom line of some restaurants. Shares in the group’s management company also fell.
  18. We Shouldn’t Want a World Run by Prediction Markets

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:17:22 -0000

    Prediction markets teach us to look at the future as gamblers, rather than as citizens.
  19. Chuck Schumer: What the SAVE Act Would Really Do

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:20:47 -0000

    Republicans want to pretend the SAVE Act is a voter ID bill.
  20. Death by Paper

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:05:07 -0000

    We examine a new innovation in drug smuggling.
  21. N.Y.U. Professors Go on Strike, Seeking Better Pay and Job Protections

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:15:42 -0000

    About 950 full-time faculty members who are not on the tenure track walked out. The university told students that classes would continue.
  22. Diabetes, Overlooked and Unchecked, Poses New Risks in Africa

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:28:05 -0000

    As deaths from diabetes start to rival those from infectious threats like malaria, a new form of the condition linked to malnutrition is surfacing in patients who can afford neither screening nor care.
  23. A Choice of Deadly Drones Is Only a Few Clicks Away for Ukrainian Troops

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:41:48 -0000

    Ukraine has created online marketplaces to let units select their own drones, a break from generations of standardized and centralized weapons procurement.
  24. Does A.I. Need a Constitution?

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Jill Lepore writes about “The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist” and A.I. constitutions, like that of Anthropic’s chatbot Claude.
  25. Robyn, on Her Own

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The pop star brings motherhood and middle age to the dance floor.
  26. The Last Generation

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Life on a family farm.
  27. Is Cuba Next?

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Trump’s campaign to topple foreign adversaries encounters a battered but defiant regime.
  28. Lisa Kudrow Is Back—Again

    Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Twenty-two years after the end of “Friends,” the actress returns with a new installment of “The Comeback.”
  29. The Return of Staten Island’s Secession Movement

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    For more than a hundred years, the city’s most isolated borough has threatened to leave. After the election of Zohran Mamdani, some on the island think it’s time.
  30. The Distant Promise of Iran’s Would-Be King

    Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The U.S.-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic is Reza Pahlavi’s best chance to resume his family’s reign in nearly fifty years—will it pass him by?
  31. The First Casualty of Trump’s War in Iran Was the Truth

    Sat, 21 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The cruellest irony is that of a President who addresses the Iranian people in the language of liberation and then threatens freedom of the press back home.
  32. The Unravelling of Dubai as a Safe Haven

    Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    What drew many people to the city was not luxury but, rather, stability and the feeling of remove from war. As Iran attacks the U.A.E., that sense of distance is eroding.
  33. Why Israel Is Attacking Lebanon

    Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:12:57 -0000

    Hezbollah, Iran, and Israel helped fuel a disastrous political crisis in Lebanon. Now the Netanyahu government is using it to justify a larger conflict.
  34. Why David Boies Thinks We Should Support Trump’s Iran War

    Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:35:58 -0000

    The prominent lawyer says that Democrats should get behind the President, and make sure that he finishes the job.
  35. How Israel Used the War in Gaza to Accelerate Settlements in the West Bank

    Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Netanyahu government is pushing expansionist policies, while America looks the other way.
  36. How Donald Trump’s Iran War Is Destabilizing the Gulf

    Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:03:29 -0000

    Despite their animosity toward Iran, America’s allies in the Middle East are worried that the region is headed for wider conflict.
  37. How Trump’s Iran War Could Torch the Global Economy

    Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A conflict that was supposed to be brief has sent oil prices soaring and raised the risk of a worldwide recession.
  38. LeBron James Is Making His Last Great Adjustment

    Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    After two decades of domination, he is ceding control, and becoming a different kind of star.
  39. How Should We Remember the Hippies?

    Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    They’ve often been a punch line, but by fusing their political convictions to a broader cultural identity they seemed to find something that we’ve lost.
  40. Trump’s Inexcusable Unpreparedness for the Iranian Oil Crisis

    Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In the President’s first term, Iran demonstrated what tactics it would use in a confrontation with the U.S. Yet the Administration seems to have no game plan.
  41. The Right to a Bed in Zohran Mamdani’s New York

    Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The closing of the Bellevue shelter marks the end of an era. But what comes next?
  42. What the War Has Done to Iranians

    Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A civilian in Tehran chronicles a country trapped between bombardment and repression—too terrorized to move, let alone start an uprising.
  43. The Iran War Is Another Reason to Quit Oil

    Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    What if the drone is to warfare as the solar panel is to energy?
  44. Illinois Primary-Election Results: Juliana Stratton Wins

    Wed, 18 Mar 2026 03:19:41 -0000

    The state’s lieutenant governor has won the Democratic race to fill Dick Durbin’s U.S. Senate seat; Republicans elect Darren Bailey to challenge Governor J. B. Pritzker.
  45. Israel’s Gulf-State Gamble in the Iran War

    Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Benjamin Netanyahu has predicted that the conflict could draw Israel closer to its Arab neighbors. That may be wishful thinking.
  46. Seeking a Second Passport

    Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    For some Americans, citizenship in a country their ancestors fled is now an insurance plan.
  47. Can We Save Kids from Social Media?

    Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The social psychologist Jonathan Haidt discusses social media’s “subversion of the ability to pay attention on a species-wide level,” how policymakers are intervening, and what more we should be doing to protect children.
  48. The New Yorker’s “Two People Exchanging Saliva” Wins a 2026 Oscar

    Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:28:08 -0000

    The dark satire, shot largely in a Paris department store, claimed the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short, in a rare tie.