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  1. The Latest Blows to Iran’s Leadership

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:32:11 -0000

    An Iranian intelligence chief killed overnight on Monday was one of several Iranian officials who occupied their posts for only a few months.
  2. Israel Steps Up Attacks on Lebanon, Killing Dozens

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:05:30 -0000

    Sunday was a particularly deadly day, as Israel targeted areas around the country — including a Christian area long regarded as safe by residents.
  3. Supreme Court Clears the Way for Dismissal of Steve Bannon’s Conviction

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:55:00 -0000

    Stephen K. Bannon, a former close aide to President Trump, was convicted for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena related to the investigation into the Jan. 6 attack.
  4. Trump’s USAID Overhaul Sent Millions More Dollars to Big U.S.-Based Contractors

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:19:50 -0000

    While organizations in the developing world were nearly shut out, the big aid agencies DOGE had called wasteful received huge infusions of cash, a new analysis found.
  5. BNY and Robinhood Will Help Run ‘Trump Accounts’ for Children

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:57:25 -0000

    The new tax-sheltered savings and investment accounts will start accepting deposits this summer.
  6. Newly Obtained Video of Minneapolis Shooting Undermines ICE Account

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:03:16 -0000

    Prosecutors did not watch video of the shooting until weeks after charging the wounded man, an official said.
  7. Plunging International Student Enrollment Under Trump Squeezes Colleges

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:33:49 -0000

    The Trump administration’s campaign to curtail international students is not just hitting the elite schools targeted by the government.
  8. What Does an Ultra-Luxury First Class Ticket Get You? Flying in a Frictionless Bubble.

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:34:31 -0000

    A writer reports from inside the premium bubble, where there’s no such thing as too much, petty annoyances are nonexistent and the real world never intrudes.
  9. In Savannah Guthrie’s Return to ‘Today,’ a Rare TV Example of How to Live With Not Knowing

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:15:10 -0000

    With her mother still missing, the “Today” host’s comeback was a rare TV example of learning to live with not knowing.
  10. What We Know About the Kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, Savannah Guthrie’s Mother

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:27:42 -0000

    Nancy Guthrie, 84, the “Today” show anchor’s mother, vanished from her Arizona home on Feb. 1. In the time since, very little new information has come to light.
  11. The California Lake Billed as the ‘Saudi Arabia of Lithium’

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:19:19 -0000

    Residents of Imperial County, Calif., are in dire need of an economic boost. Experts say the answer lies beneath the Salton Sea, where a lithium trove sits.
  12. Forget the A.I. Apocalypse. Memes Have Already Nuked Our Culture.

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:54:30 -0000

    From our jokes and slang to the White House’s policy messaging, internet “brain rot” has escaped our phones to take over … well, everything.
  13. Epstein in Paris: How a Sex Offender Hustled for Access to France’s Elite

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:32:35 -0000

    Jeffrey Epstein spent his last days of freedom in Paris, meeting with influential figures. It was a playbook he used everywhere he lived to stamp a veneer of respectability on a life of sordid criminality.
  14. Bard College Is Split Over Its President and His Epstein Ties

    Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:01:46 -0000

    Leon Botstein saved Bard from near ruin. Now, as an outside firm conducts a review, the campus is home to arguments about his legacy and future.
  15. Ahead of 2026 Midterms, Republicans Unveil a $342 Million Battle Plan to Keep the Senate

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:00:05 -0000

    The main super PAC for Senate Republicans is focusing on eight states, and plans to spend big money to defend G.O.P.-held seats in Alaska, Iowa and Ohio.
  16. The Big Bang: A.I. Has Created a Code Overload

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:27:31 -0000

    Companies are scrambling to deal with the glut.
  17. A.I. Is on Its Way to Upending Cybersecurity

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:28:29 -0000

    With new systems from companies like Anthropic and OpenAI, hackers can attack with greater speed. The defense is more A.I.
  18. San Francisco Sobers Up

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:20:00 -0000

    San Francisco gets its act together.
  19. These Wall Street Investors Are Starting to Panic

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:21:11 -0000

    The cockroaches are starting to emerge.
  20. A Hidden Russian Hand in Hungary’s Election? Actually, It’s Quite Open.

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:04:32 -0000

    Prime Minister Viktor Orban has made hostility to Ukraine a centerpiece of his campaign. Moscow seems determined to repay the favor.
  21. Trump’s Board of Peace Gives Hamas Disarmament Deadline

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:54:20 -0000

    The demand reflects both the U.S. administration’s eagerness to secure a lasting cease-fire in Gaza and its growing impatience with the Palestinian militant group.
  22. Shots Fired at Indianapolis Councilman’s Home, After Vote Backing Data Center

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:40:12 -0000

    No one was injured, but the councilman, Ron Gibson, called it “deeply unsettling.”
  23. Federal Agency Unveils Three Potential Osteoarthritis Treatments

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:00:12 -0000

    With funding from ARPA-H, three teams of researchers have regrown bone and cartilage, even entire knees, in animal studies. Human trials are not far off.
  24. How the Internet Fringe Infiltrated Republican Politics

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Inside the battle for the post-MAGA G.O.P.
  25. Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.
  26. Can Sponge Cities Save Us from the Coming Floods?

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As the planet gets warmer and the rains fall harder, the future of flood control is looking less like a wall and something more like a park.
  27. Why Are People Injecting Themselves with Peptides?

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Health and wellness influencers are hawking unapproved treatments on the gray market. The future of the F.D.A.—and the health of consumers—is at stake.
  28. The Camps Promising to Turn You—or Your Son—Into an Alpha Male

    Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    At the Men of War Crucible, you bear-crawl through rivers. At Warrior Week, you dig your own grave. At the Squire Program, your teen-ager can take part, too.
  29. This Easter, an American Pope Confronts an American War

    Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Last week, when asked if he had a message about the war in Iran for President Trump, Leo XIV said, “Hopefully, he’s looking for an off-ramp.”
  30. The Strange (Partial) End to the (Partial) Government Shutdown

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:39:27 -0000

    Democrats are claiming victory. But what did they really gain?
  31. Pam Bondi’s Legacy of Flattery and Destruction

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:40:24 -0000

    No Attorney General has done more damage to the Justice Department. Her successor could be even more dangerous.
  32. Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth’s Warped Vision of the Iran War

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The two men might wish that they lived in a world where whoever dropped the most bombs got whatever he wanted. But the war has shown that this isn’t true.
  33. How Pakistan Became a Major Player in Peace Negotiations Between the U.S. and Iran

    Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:40:23 -0000

    The Pakistani military has wooed Donald Trump, and fallen out with its former Taliban allies, as it looks to wield more influence in the region.
  34. How Donald Trump May Have Sabotaged His Chances for a Deal with Iran

    Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:38:52 -0000

    The Iranian regime has shut down the Strait of Hormuz, destabilizing global markets and leaving the U.S. with no good options.
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. An Economist’s Quest to Solve America’s Wage Problem

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Arindrajit Dube argues that the answer is empowering workers and setting mandatory wage standards across industries.
  38. The N.B.A.’s Race to the Bottom

    Sun, 05 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Despite the league’s many attempts to combat tanking, the incentive to lose remains strong for teams hoping to strategize for the future. Is there a fix?
  39. The Spectacle of War and the Struggle to Protest

    Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    On social media, images of destruction in Iran are giving way to commentary from talking heads, dulling the reality of war.
  40. Who Struck It Rich in the Markets When Trump Postponed Bombing Iran?

    Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A series of uncannily timed bets on the price of oil and stocks deserves a proper investigation. It’s far from clear that they’ll get one.
  41. Trump’s Offshore-Drilling Dream Is a Recipe for Poisoning the Oceans

    Sun, 05 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Trump envisions a new era of offshore oil drilling. Scientists know all too well how that story ends.
  42. Searching for Iran’s Disappeared Prisoners

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Families are doing ad-hoc forensics to confirm the whereabouts of their detained loved ones, who have been transferred to undisclosed locations, and are at risk of abuse or execution.
  43. The Woman Who Made the Machine That Made Zohran Mamdani

    Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:01:46 -0000

    Tascha Van Auken helped turn the D.S.A. into an electoral force. What will she do inside City Hall?
  44. Donald Trump’s Case for War Fails to Mention How to Win It

    Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:47:53 -0000

    The President poses an existential question: Can everything be going according to the plan with Iran if there is no plan?
  45. The Long Odds of Undoing Birthright Citizenship

    Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:34:50 -0000

    In arguments at the Supreme Court, a clear majority of the Justices seemed inclined to uphold the right.
  46. How the Guillotine Got Axed

    Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In the U.S., capital punishment is resurgent. What lessons can we glean from France’s successful campaign to abolish it?
  47. The Rise of a Spanish-Language News Influencer

    Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:26:27 -0000

    How Carlos Eduardo Espina reaches millions of followers.
  48. Trump, Iran, and the Shadow of Suez

    Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As Iran imposes a chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, squeezing the global economy, Trump faces a crisis that echoes one of history’s most revealing strategic failures.