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  1. How the Reflecting Pool Came to Mirror Trump’s Washington

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:03:16 -0000

    A hospitality manager for the Trump Organization traveled to Las Vegas to find a solution to problems at a national landmark. This is the untold back story of the fallout.
  2. Judge Dismisses Former Olympian’s Felony Charge in Reflecting Pool Case

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 01:31:40 -0000

    The move ends the criminal case for David Hearn, a former Olympic canoeist, after prosecutors acknowledged that the Trump administration’s claims of vandalism were false.
  3. Trump Targets Birthright Citizenship Again, and Activists Describe Abuse in Israeli Custody

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:00:09 -0000

    Plus, the Friday news quiz.
  4. Abdul El-Sayed Talks About His Victory, Chuck Schumer and His Mom

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:04:04 -0000

    In an interview with The New York Times, Dr. El-Sayed recalled some of his conversations with establishment figures who once opposed his candidacy.
  5. Candidate Field Set After Republicans Redrew Tennessee District Lines

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:02:24 -0000

    Tennessee’s primary elections on Thursday came after Republican legislators carved up the state’s only majority-Black district in a bid to win all nine of the state’s House seats.
  6. Blackburn Wins Republican Nomination for Tennessee Governor

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 02:02:26 -0000

    Senator Marsha Blackburn easily beat two Republican rivals and is now favored to become the state’s first female governor after the November elections.
  7. Seized on Their Way to Gaza, Activists Tell of Abuse in Israeli Custody

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:14 -0000

    In interviews, more than 20 people who tried to break an Israeli blockade described beatings, electric shocks and other abuse after being captured. Israel denied the accusations.
  8. The State of Iran’s Three Key Nuclear Sites

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:46:29 -0000

    The conflict may have slowed, but not stopped, Iran’s nuclear program, officials and experts said.
  9. The Gospel According to Anthony Bourdain

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:01:00 -0000

    Fans of the late writer and chef are cultlike in their devotion. But have they misunderstood his message?
  10. ‘Tony’ Review: An Appetite for Experiences

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:32:26 -0000

    On 1970s Cape Cod, a young Anthony Bourdain chases love and finds his future in this rambunctious, utterly charming little movie.
  11. Twin Falls Embraces Man Who Confronted Idaho In-N-Out Shooting

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:03:49 -0000

    While the motive in the strip mall shooting rampage in Twin Falls, Idaho, remains elusive, a community embraces a bystander who stepped in.
  12. Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million Fine by New Mexico Judge

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:50:23 -0000

    The penalty, imposed by a state judge, is on top of a $375 million fine ordered by a jury that found Meta misled users about the safety of its platforms.
  13. Drought and Aging Pipes Plunge Puerto Rico Into Another Water Crisis

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:57 -0000

    The disaster has put yet another spotlight on the government’s inability to provide basic services, deepening frustration among residents already plagued by regular power outages.
  14. Luigi Mangione Is Facing Two Trials. Isn’t That Double Jeopardy?

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 07:00:13 -0000

    The legal principle prevents a person from being tried twice for the same crime. But Mr. Mangione’s situation shows how complicated the judicial system can be.
  15. Residents of London’s Barbican Are Battling a New Tower

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 04:01:14 -0000

    The Barbican, a once divisive housing complex in central London, is now considered an architectural masterpiece. Residents are fighting plans for a 20-story building next door.
  16. A Generation on Antidepressants Searches for the Exit

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:01:54 -0000

    Many people feel that antidepressants block their true emotions, but they don’t have guidance about how to get off these drugs.
  17. What Black Voters in Georgia Want and Aren’t Getting

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:21:06 -0000

    In Georgia, where Black voters could help decide control of the Senate, Mara Gay asks what they want from America and the Democratic Party.
  18. Thailand School Shooting Leaves at Least Eight Dead

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:49:53 -0000

    A student killed his grandparents at their home before opening fire at a high school near Bangkok and turning the gun on himself, the authorities said.
  19. Are Psychedelics Right-Wing Now?

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    How the conservative activist Bryan Hubbard, with help from Rick Perry and Joe Rogan, persuaded Trump and the G.O.P. to embrace ibogaine, a psychedelic drug derived from an African shrub.
  20. The Future, Made in China

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Beijing is competing with the U.S. for tech supremacy. Who wins will have huge political implications.
  21. The Man Who Was Kidnapped Twice

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Thousands of people in Nigeria have been held for ransom by bandit groups. One professor escaped his captors—only to be abducted again.
  22. The American Art of Blowing Stuff Up

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Fireworks by Grucci has been in the pyrotechnics business for six generations.
  23. How Roy Cohn Taught Donald Trump Everything

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The lawyer who showed an outer-borough striver how to ignore the rules, avoid a paper trail, and make up a good story for the media.
  24. Max Miller’s Victim Mentality

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:24:23 -0000

    The Republican congressman’s bitter domestic dispute—in which he’s accused of physical abuse by his ex-wife, the daughter of an Ohio senator—is testing his party’s willingness to defend the indefensible.
  25. The Electability of Abdul El-Sayed

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:05:43 -0000

    The former public-health official won Michigan’s Democratic primary with an unapologetically progressive platform—and a total defiance of the Party establishment.
  26. What Does It Even Mean to Be a Moderate?

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Michigan Senate primary has turned into a referendum on a word that has never had a fixed meaning.
  27. Why Donald Trump Talks So Much About Foreign Election Interference

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The White House is distorting intelligence assessments instead of working to protect the midterm elections.
  28. What Do India’s Gen Z Protests Mean for Modi?

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:19:00 -0000

    A movement of young people frustrated with India’s education system and economy has become the most serious challenge yet to an increasingly authoritarian government.
  29. Abdul El-Sayed’s Argument for America—and Against His Own Party

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Michigan U.S. Senate candidate on campaigning with Hasan Piker, being a capitalist, and why his fellow-Democrats need to “stop compromising.”
  30. Will Left-Wing Democrats Reinvent the Party or Hurt Its Chances in November?

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Bernie Sanders’s erstwhile campaign manager explains why he thinks it’s the former.
  31. 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.
  32. Subaru Socialists and the Great Disappointed

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The voters who are determining the future of the Democratic Party.
  33. Kevin Warsh Is Facing More Than a Communication Problem

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Fed chair’s biggest challenge is demonstrating his independence from Donald Trump.
  34. The World Cup Is Not for Sale

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 22:17:46 -0000

    Gianni Infantino’s private-equity scheme backfired—but the commodification of soccer is already well under way.
  35. The Kids Are Kind of All Right

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Recently, there has been much hand-wringing about downwardly mobile young adults living with their parents into their twenties or thirties. What’s really going on?
  36. Can Extreme Morning Sickness Be Cured?

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    For decades, the condition was thought to be psychological, and women were shamed for their illness. Now a scientist has found a biological cause.
  37. G.P.S. and the Lost Art of Getting Lost

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A new book, “Little Blue Dot,” by Katherine Dunn, raises questions about the unintended consequences of knowing where we are.
  38. Michigan Primary-Election Live Results: Abdul El-Sayed Wins

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:18:48 -0000

    The former public-health official’s victory in a closely watched Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate carries major implications for the direction of the Party.
  39. Why Is Europe Burning?

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    “We put all these ingredients in a cocktail shaker, and the result is massive fires that far exceed the extinguishing capacity of firefighting teams,” a Spanish firefighter said.
  40. The Failures of the Fauci Hearing

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Senator Rand Paul may have approached the matter with theatrics and ill will, but Dr. Anthony Fauci’s decision not to testify was a loss.
  41. Glen Hansard’s Street-Corner Stories

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 22:41:00 -0000

    Both as a young busker and as a famous singer-songwriter, Hansard understood how to make people stop and listen and feel one single thing.
  42. The Outlandish Case Against James Comey

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The prosecution’s central claim “would be laughable,” one former federal judge noted, if it weren’t intended “to deprive a man of his liberty.”
  43. Inside OpenAI’s Hack of Hugging Face

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:01:36 -0000

    Hugging Face’s chief science officer recounts the cybercrime that signals a terrifying new era for A.I.