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  1. Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit.

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 13:52:38 -0000

    An agreement between the U.S. and Kazakhstan has given a group of American investors with ties to the president and the commerce secretary access to one of the world’s largest untapped reserves of tungsten.
  2. Kazakhstan’s Leader Deepens U.S. Ties, Saying Trump Was ‘Sent by Heaven’

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 09:39:19 -0000

    The Central Asian nation is aggressively courting President Trump’s Washington to counterbalance its powerful neighbors, Russia and China.
  3. What Life Is Like in Dahiya Amid a Hezbollah-Israel Truce in Lebanon

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 09:00:47 -0000

    Dahiya, a sprawling area and Hezbollah stronghold, is stirring back to life amid a tense truce with Israel. “This war has brought so much loss,” one resident said.
  4. White House Secretly Swayed Board Meant to Protect Federal Workers From Unfair Firings

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 09:00:15 -0000

    Behind the scenes, the Trump White House went to extensive lengths to advance its theory of executive power, potentially giving the president remarkable leeway to install loyalists at nearly every echelon of government.
  5. Rats, Leaks and Broken Elevators: Repair Backlog Plagues Federal Buildings

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:00:59 -0000

    After decades, deferred maintenance totals an estimated $50 billion. But getting repair funds from Congress is a laborious process.
  6. Trump Picks Lance Schroyer as New ICE Director

    Sat, 27 Jun 2026 23:31:00 -0000

    The president said he was nominating Lance Schroyer, an adviser to Markwayne Mullin, the D.H.S. secretary, to lead the high-profile agency.
  7. 12 Hours With Venezuelan Doctors Searching for Earthquake Survivors

    Sat, 27 Jun 2026 23:20:03 -0000

    A medical team set out from the capital to rescue people in the hardest-hit part of the disaster zone, La Guaira. They found silence in the ruins instead.
  8. A Rush of Volunteers in Venezuela Has Slowed Rescue Efforts

    Sat, 27 Jun 2026 23:14:57 -0000

    The outpouring of volunteer aid after Venezuela’s earthquakes clogged the only road into the disaster zone, delaying rescue crews.
  9. Julia Letlow, Lifted by Trump, Wins Republican Senate Runoff in Louisiana

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 02:54:31 -0000

    If she reaches the Senate, Ms. Letlow would replace Senator Bill Cassidy and become the first G.O.P. woman to represent Louisiana in the chamber.
  10. Colorado’s Primary for Governor Pivots to Trump and Who Will Fight Him

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 09:00:34 -0000

    The Democratic primary on Tuesday is likely to decide the next governor, and Senator Michael Bennet, once seen as a shoo-in, is in a dogfight with Attorney General Phil Weiser.
  11. What’s the Hottest Spot in New York for Campaigning? The Club.

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 07:00:14 -0000

    Zohran Mamdani did it last year. So did Claire Valdez in her recent run for Congress. Some candidates are campaigning after dark to court young voters.
  12. ‘After About 10 Minutes, a Car Pulled Up to the Traffic Light’

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 13:54:14 -0000

    Friends of Metropolitan Diary, including the writer Candace Bushnell and the actor Ken Leung of “Industry,” share their stories to mark the column’s 50th anniversary.
  13. How Polymarket Traders Revolted Over One Silly Syllable

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:19:37 -0000

    How one silly syllable ignited a bitter dispute over the nature of reality on Polymarket.
  14. The Real A.I. Race Isn’t America vs. China

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 09:35:22 -0000

    Washington is starting to follow a similar playbook to Beijing when it comes to artificial intelligence policy.
  15. Dear Diary

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:48:26 -0000

    We celebrate 50 years of Metropolitan Diary.
  16. A Mayor Is Taking Maternity Leave in Japan. Some Men Are Furious.

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:01:07 -0000

    Shoko Kawata is the first mayor to take maternity leave in Japan’s history. Her decision has prompted debate about gender discrimination in the work force.
  17. OnlyFans Creators Bare All

    Sun, 28 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Up close with sex workers of the streaming era.
  18. Colson Whitehead’s Big Score

    Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As he closes out his Harlem crime trilogy with “Cool Machine,” the two-time Pulitzer winner turns again to the city that made him, and to the private ghosts behind his restless reinventions.
  19. The Teen Believers in Christian Nationalism

    Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    For Charlie Kirk’s followers, faith and patriotism are intertwined.
  20. What Science Knows About Grief

    Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    After my husband’s death, I had never been more pliable, tender, open, or raw. It was then that I tried E.M.D.R. therapy.
  21. The Repo Man Coming for Your Ride

    Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As America’s auto debt nears $1.7 trillion, repossessions are reaching levels not seen since the Great Recession. Inside an industry at the front line of the country’s affordability crisis.
  22. Can J. D. Vance Serve Both God and Donald Trump?

    Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Vice-President has written a book about his faith that leaves out the most important questions.
  23. The Supreme Court Enables Trump’s Cruel Immigration Agenda

    Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:58:56 -0000

    Two new rulings make it easier for the Administration to prevent migrants from claiming asylum and to expel lawful refugees.
  24. The Israeli Employers Who Want to Bring Palestinian Workers Back

    Fri, 26 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    More than a hundred thousand Palestinians worked in Israel before October 7th. Most can no longer cross the border—and many are now destitute.
  25. Everyone Wants to Touch the Blue Coating in the Reflecting Pool

    Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    How the President’s stalled renovation projects inspired a wave of Schadenfreude sightseeing.
  26. Do Netanyahu’s Domestic Opponents Offer a Real Alternative?

    Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:51:53 -0000

    Moshe Tur-Paz is one of many centrist Israeli politicians criticizing Donald Trump’s deal to temporarily stop the war with Iran.
  27. Is Putin Finally Feeling Pressure?

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:50:54 -0000

    The Russian President is facing growing domestic discontent after a series of successful attacks by the Ukrainian Army, including a major attack on Moscow.
  28. Hillary Rodham Clinton Slams Joe Biden’s “Terrible Mistake”—and More

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    The retired politician speaks frankly about the Democratic Party, the threat of Trumpian authoritarianism, and the “failure” in Iran.
  29. The Israeli Ultra-Hawks Who Feel Betrayed by Trump’s Iran Deal

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:22:24 -0000

    Shimon Riklin, an anchor on the country’s right-wing Channel 14, and a Netanyahu ally, thinks America stabbed Israel in the back.
  30. France Supplies the Spectacle Against Norway

    Sat, 27 Jun 2026 15:06:12 -0000

    With Erling Haaland watching from the bench, Ousmane Dembélé scored three times as Les Bleus won, 4–1, in a much-anticipated World Cup matchup.
  31. Who Is the Real Kevin Warsh?

    Tue, 23 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Before the new Fed chairman got the job, he intimated that the central bank could cut interest rates, but last week he assumed the role of an inflation hawk.
  32. The U.S. Men’s Team Is Building Something, and Marching On

    Sat, 20 Jun 2026 15:19:26 -0000

    The power of the diaspora is the story of this World Cup—and the U.S. team, which beat Australia 2–0 on Friday, embodies it as well as anyone.
  33. The Knicks’ Championship Win Transforms the City

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:53:06 -0000

    A joyous parade up the Canyon of Heroes proved a fitting celebration.
  34. America’s Last Bookie Goes Down

    Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Tim Pughsley built a sports-betting website that moved billions, then the I.R.S. got involved. In the age of FanDuel and DraftKings, where is the line between legal and illegal gambling?
  35. How Bad an Idea Was Brexit?

    Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    It hasn’t done what its supporters promised—but it has reshaped politics not only in the U.K. but across Europe and in the United States.
  36. New York Primary-Election Results

    Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:08:33 -0000

    Micah Lasher, along with a slate of candidates backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the Democratic Socialists of America, won in competitive races across New York City.
  37. Chronicle of a Disaster Foretold

    Tue, 23 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s “Regime Change” is packed with news about the Trump White House that will stay news.
  38. The Torture Chamber of British Politics Crushes Its Latest Prime Minister

    Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:12:11 -0000

    Keir Starmer becomes the sixth Prime Minister over the past decade to resign, surrendering to the U.K.’s manifold problems.
  39. The NY-12 Primary Is Awash with Money but Short on Belief

    Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The race—whose candidates include Micah Lasher, Alex Bores, George Conway, and Jack Schlossberg—is at once glitzy, confusing, and uninspiring.
  40. The Difference Between the Knicks and the White House Cage Fight

    Sun, 21 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Sports, spectacle, and what Juvenal would have made of this moment.
  41. How the Trump Administration Pushed Judges to Deport Children

    Sat, 20 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The D.O.J. has fast-tracked immigration cases for unaccompanied minors and fired judges who appear not to comply.