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  1. Stocks Hit a Record as Worries About Middle East and A.I. Ease

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:08:14 -0000

    The S&P 500 rose 1.8 percent, pushing past its previous peak at the start of June and capping a big turnaround from a recent sell off in technology stocks.
  2. Warsh Wanted ‘Regime Change.’ A Reset Might Need to Come First.

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:08:06 -0000

    After his latest appearance set off a bout of volatility, Kevin M. Warsh, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, is under pressure to clear up mixed signals about his commitment to getting inflation down.
  3. An Angry Trump Struggles to Understand Iran’s Defiant Leaders

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:20:37 -0000

    Iran’s leaders have perplexed several American presidents, perhaps none more than President Trump.
  4. Strait of Hormuz Deal With Iran Possible Soon, Bessent Says

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:57:27 -0000

    Qatar said that draft language of a deal was being circulated, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed optimism about the talks but added that nothing was final yet.
  5. Parts of Trump’s New White House Helipad Disassembled, Photos Show

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:08:27 -0000

    Last week, construction workers had begun to decorate the new South Lawn helipad with a giant presidential seal. By Tuesday, the design was gone.
  6. Max Miller Shrugs Off Trump’s Warning and Pushes Ahead in Ohio

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:49:35 -0000

    Republicans hoped a shove from President Trump would persuade the embattled congressman to drop his re-election bid in the face of abuse allegations.
  7. How Well Is the Progressive Left Actually Doing?

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:47:09 -0000

    Its wins have been largely confined to highly educated and heavily Democratic parts of urban America. But two races could change that.
  8. Ronald Lauder, a Billionaire G.O.P. Backer, Closes His Wallet

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:12:03 -0000

    Ronald S. Lauder, a major funder of conservative political causes, has not given a single dollar this year to Republicans in his home state, and his super PAC has gone idle.
  9. Stressed? Overwhelmed? Have You Tried Being Jack Johnson Instead?

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:00:13 -0000

    His frozen-in-time anthems, odes to going with the flow, are the soundtrack to a summer of “hopecore.”
  10. Uber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:34:48 -0000

    The ride-hailing giant promised to handle legal claims “in a way that is best for the survivor.” Its lawyers are pursuing a far more aggressive strategy.
  11. Pacific Palisades Shopping Center Set to Reopen Following Palisades Fire

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:46:03 -0000

    Rick Caruso, the billionaire real estate developer and former Los Angeles mayoral candidate, is reviving a property still surrounded by burned-out lots.
  12. Using a Gun to Defend Yourself? The Right to Kill Is Growing.

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:00:39 -0000

    States are pushing to pass laws sanctioning more reasons to use lethal violence in self-defense, a distinctly American tradition.
  13. After Midtown Building Buckles, Violations Are Found at Many Other Sites

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:32:32 -0000

    After two steel beams buckled at a Manhattan high-rise last month, city officials conducted inspections at dozens of construction sites across the city. None of the violations posed a danger to the public, the city said.
  14. The New York City Parking Sticker of Shame Is Back

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:21:05 -0000

    After 14 years, the city has returned to slapping bright stickers on cars that do not move for street sweepers.
  15. How the Mohegan Tribe Lost a Billion-Dollar Casino in South Korea

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:17:51 -0000

    Inspire Entertainment Resort — an alternative to Macau, the world’s gambling capital — was supposed to be a “transformational” project for the Native American tribe.
  16. Ariana Grande and the Debate Over Health, Privacy and Celebrity

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:01:55 -0000

    The pop star has long pushed back on comments about her weight loss, urging fans to be “gentler.” As her fame reached new heights, so did the scrutiny.
  17. An Invasive Mosquito Is Spreading With Alarming Speed, Threatening Africa’s Cities

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:37:08 -0000

    The malaria-carrying mosquito is resistant to all insecticides. Scientists are scrambling to find ways to blunt the risk.
  18. Yes, the Show Has Drawn Raves. But Some of the Objects Are Not Real.

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:03:06 -0000

    When the New York Historical realized that sunlight in its new wing would potentially damage some items on display, it scrambled to reproduce or remove them.
  19. What Do Dictators Fear Most? Just Ask Nicaragua.

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:50:55 -0000

    Nicaragua shows what happens when even dictators fear a rigged election.
  20. The Suicide Crisis in Wyoming

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:53:27 -0000

    Wyoming has one of the highest suicide rates in the nation.
  21. Man Arrested on Suspicion of Arson in Spokane Wildfire

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:39:56 -0000

    Aaron Farinacci, 37, was arrested after a witness reported seeing him kneeling near the ignition site, officials said. Winds were forecast to increase Friday and Saturday, bringing a return to extremely critical fire weather.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
  26. 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.
  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 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.
  29. 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.
  30. 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.
  31. 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.”
  32. 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.
  33. 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.
  34. How Political Is This Supreme Court?

    Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:57:53 -0000

    The legal commentator Elie Honig thinks that the Trump-appointed Justices are getting unfair criticism.
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. 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.
  38. 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?
  39. Michigan Primary-Election Map: Live Results

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:12:51 -0000

    A closely watched Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, between Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed, carries major implications for the direction of the Party.
  40. 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.
  41. 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.”
  42. 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.
  43. How Donald Trump Silenced the Voice of America

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

    The agency was created to spread the story of freedom and democracy around the world. Now, with many of its journalists being paid to stay home, it’s delivering a very different message.
  44. Trump’s Isolationism Is Losing the Great E.V. Race

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

    The United States risks becoming a theme park of internal combustion, as the rest of the world moves on.
  45. Which Way Should the Democratic Party Go Now?

    Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    It’s been a tumultuous primary season, but is this the Democrats’ Tea Party moment? Or is something more pragmatic emerging?
  46. The Complications of Graham Platner’s Veteran Identity

    Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    How much of the former Senate candidate’s behavior should be read through the lens of what combat did to him, and how much of it is simply who he is, independent of war?