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  1. Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace

    Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:02:51 -0000

    The F.A.A., citing “a grave risk of fatalities” from a new technology being used on the Mexican border, got caught in a stalemate with the Pentagon, which deemed the weapon “necessary.”
  2. Department of Homeland Security Shuts Down, Though Essential Work Continues

    Sat, 14 Feb 2026 05:48:49 -0000

    Though funding for the department ran out early Saturday, officials said its essential functions would continue.
  3. T.S.A. Workers Brace for Another Shutdown They Didn’t Cause

    Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:02:44 -0000

    As Congress leaves town without funding their department, airport security officers wonder, “How many more times am I going to be able to do this?”
  4. How ICE Failed to Justify the Shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis

    Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:02:57 -0000

    The collapse of the Trump administration’s version of events in the case was only the most recent instance in which officials gave an account of a shooting that was later contradicted.
  5. Homeland Security Demands Social Media Sites Reveal Names Behind Anti-ICE Posts

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 23:24:03 -0000

    The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said.
  6. Sick Detainees Describe Poor Care at CoreCivic ICE Facilities

    Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:02:23 -0000

    Problems at detention centers operated by CoreCivic extend far beyond recent measles outbreaks.
  7. Olympic Figure Skating Is a Young Woman’s Sport. Deanna Stellato-Dudek Wants to Change That.

    Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:00:21 -0000

    Deanna Stellato-Dudek, a Canadian pairs skater, is trying to make history at the Olympics — despite a training accident a week before the Games.
  8. Their Secret to a Happy Marriage? A Translation App

    Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:00:12 -0000

    He speaks English. She speaks Mandarin. The secret to their happy marriage: Microsoft Translator.
  9. Bondi’s Incompetence Is the Latest Insult for Epstein’s Victims

    Sat, 14 Feb 2026 12:00:16 -0000

    The attorney general’s behavior reveals a deeper rot in the American justice system.
  10. Pam Bondi’s ‘Cage Match’ and Trump’s Fraying Coalition

    Sat, 14 Feb 2026 12:00:18 -0000

    The round table reflects on a chaotic week of incompetence and meltdowns.
  11. Open Road

    Sat, 14 Feb 2026 11:33:52 -0000

    On Valentine’s Day, consider the ways in which we’re sticking to established paths — and the places where we yearn to deviate.
  12. Casey Wasserman Will Sell Entertainment Agency Amid Epstein Files Fallout

    Sat, 14 Feb 2026 05:25:21 -0000

    Casey Wasserman, a Los Angeles entertainment executive and the head of the 2028 Olympic Games, has lost clients since his emails with Ghislaine Maxwell surfaced.
  13. Harris Sold Email List to D.N.C., Then Paid Off 2024 Debts

    Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:02:24 -0000

    The national party, which is nearly $100 million behind its G.O.P. counterpart, bought the list for $6.5 million.
  14. Floods. Smoke. Soaring Bills. Mamdani’s Climate Czar Has a Full Agenda.

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

    Louise Yeung relishes the intricacies of policy debates and the magic of rom-coms. She lives in Brooklyn with her cat and two snails.
  15. Florida Couple Arrested After Pickleball Match Turns Into a Brawl

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026 23:51:04 -0000

    The couple, who were banned for life from a country club in Port Orange, Fla., face felony battery charges after the fight, which involved 20 people, the authorities said.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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?
  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. 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.
  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. 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?
  25. 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.
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  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. A Theology of Immigration

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:43:51 -0000

    “None of us have a permanent residence here in this world,” the Reverend Dan Groody says.
  33. 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.
  34. “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.
  35. 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.
  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.
  40. The People Who Will Actually Make Universal Child Care Happen

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Zohran Mamdani delivered a political victory—but making his plans a reality will require the help of a workforce that’s already struggling.