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  1. Not Long Ago, Trump Accused China of Election Meddling. Today, ‘Great Friendship.’

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:55:01 -0000

    President Trump softened much of his stance toward China as he prepared to host its leader. But his disregard of a topic that has consumed him — the 2020 election — was particularly stark.
  2. Pandas and Eagles and A.I., Oh My! Trump Throws a State Dinner for Xi

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:26:36 -0000

    Altman. Musk. Huang. Bezos. They all came to the White House Thursday night, though you might not have seen it on TV.
  3. Is China Really Stealing A.I. From American Companies?

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:02:21 -0000

    As Xi Jinping visits President Trump in Washington, the leaders are expected to discuss claims that China is surreptitiously copying American A.I. technologies, a process known as distillation.
  4. Supreme Court Allows Use of Trump Administration’s Expansive Database for Voter Screening

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:13:45 -0000

    Critics of a citizenship database built by the Trump administration have raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
  5. Here’s How Trump Is Building a National Citizenship Database to Check Voters

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:02:09 -0000

    The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to deploy a system that merges personal data from across the government. Questions remain about its reliability.
  6. A Quiet ICE Surge That Unfolded ‘Everywhere All at Once’ This Summer

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:40:24 -0000

    A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown.
  7. Fed Faces Prospect of Another Interest Rate Increase Just Before Midterm Elections

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:38:16 -0000

    Financial markets are placing nearly 70 percent odds on the Federal Reserve raising interest rates in late October.
  8. Rising Interest Rates Are Causing Alarm. Here’s What to Know.

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:35:34 -0000

    History shows that the markets and the economy flourished when rates were even higher than today’s. But, our columnist notes, those times didn’t last.
  9. Bracing for Midterm Losses, Republicans in Congress Try a Pre-election Pivot

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:00:43 -0000

    After nearly two years of allowing President Trump to set their agenda, G.O.P. senators are grasping for some quick action on cost-of-living measures they can show voters before November.
  10. After Tough Primaries, Democrats in Key States Feel Unified, New Polls Find

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:01:13 -0000

    A majority of Democrats in Maine and Michigan said the primary process strengthened their party heading into November.
  11. Netanyahu Said to Have Been Warned by Emirati Leader About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:15:17 -0000

    The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel’s security establishment, Israeli officials said.
  12. The Viral In-N-Out Spatula Hero Is Exactly Who You Imagined He Was

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:15:00 -0000

    It started as a bizarre late-night standoff behind the counter of a fast food joint. It ended with no injuries — and free burgers.
  13. Nor’easter Could Bring Heavy Rain, Winds, and Flooding to East Coast

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:07:42 -0000

    Rain, flooding and gusty winds are in the forecast this weekend for the Northeast, including New York and Boston.
  14. What Can Climate Change and Covid Teach Us About A.I. Doom?

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:20:41 -0000

    From climate to Covid to A.I., we face a terrifying feeling of exponential growth spinning out of our control. Are we right?
  15. ‘Hold My Legs’: How Ernie Sisto Shot the Empire State Building Disaster

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:38:01 -0000

    When a B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building in 1945, a Times photographer leaned far out to get close up.
  16. Airline Credit Cards Are Messing Up the Whole Industry

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:02:45 -0000

    Airline loyalty programs are anticompetitive and hurting consumers.
  17. Brain Science Shows Why 18 Is Too Young for the Death Penalty

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:44:21 -0000

    Our brains don’t finish developing until we’re well into our 20s. That matters when deciding who gets the death penalty.
  18. Peak TV

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:45:35 -0000

    We talk about the best television of the 21st century.
  19. Desi Lydic Roasts Trump for Pulling Out All the Stops for Xi

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:39:55 -0000

    “Trump picked him up at the airport? OK, that is friendship,” Lydic said on Thursday’s “Daily Show.”
  20. This Tiny Village Is Picture Perfect, Apart From All the Tourists

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:33:53 -0000

    The residents of Vlkolinec in Slovakia — there are 17 — say that since the place was named a world heritage site, gawking hordes have made it unlivable.
  21. The Week Republicans Finally Panicked About Trump

    Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:25:21 -0000

    The President’s party, facing a midterm reckoning, is begging for a way out of his Iran-war doom loop.
  22. Is A.I. Above the Law?

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Our legal system isn’t ready for machines that act on their own.
  23. What Barbara Kingsolver Believes the Novel Can Do

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    One of the country’s most popular novelists writes what she calls socially engaged fiction. In her new book, she considers the role of art—and who it’s for.
  24. The Fallout of a Charlie Kirk Campus Scandal

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Students and faculty across the country were punished for their reactions to the conservative activist’s murder. A recent graduate of Texas Tech’s law school is still trying to clear her name.
  25. Israel’s Qatargate Scandal

    Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Did Benjamin Netanyahu’s aides peddle influence to a foreign power?
  26. There Is No A.I. “Race”

    Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    We’re constantly told that Chinese advances would have catastrophic consequences. But the first to innovate is rarely the one who wins.
  27. What China’s Vibe-Coding Capital Can Tell Us About the A.I. Boom

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:25:32 -0000

    Tech workers have flocked to Liangzhu, a small town outside Hangzhou, looking to escape China’s corporate culture and build their future with A.I.
  28. Is Trump’s Latest Press Attack Just Another Distraction?

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:29:05 -0000

    After CNN, MS NOW, and Politico were barred from the White House, the entire TV press pool announced a boycott of the President.
  29. The Lost Descendants of Thomas Jefferson

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:08:19 -0000

    Scientists have new proof that the President had children with his enslaved chambermaid Sally Hemings—and that their bloodline endures across the country.
  30. What Life Is Actually Like in Gaza Today

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Nearly a year after the ceasefire, the analyst Jaser AbuMousa explains the impediments to rebuilding, and the devastation of his own family.
  31. Why China Isn’t Getting Existential About A.I.

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    China’s fears about the technology are increasingly distinct from those of the U.S. What does that mean for international coöperation?
  32. How, Exactly, Could A.I. Kill Us?

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0000

    Employees of A.I. companies are increasingly sounding the alarm. What should we make of their warnings?
  33. Can East Germany’s Cold War History Explain the Rise of the AfD?

    Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:46:03 -0000

    After winning a state election this past weekend, the German far right is closer to power than it has been in decades.
  34. How the Absence of Shame Weakens Democracy

    Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A sense of shame binds us together—and can hold the powerful in check.
  35. Will A.I. Overwrite Our Sense of Shame?

    Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The tech world has long been run by iconoclasts whose ideas about right and wrong are self-consciously different from those of most people.
  36. Ben Shelton Comes Into Full Focus

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:42:36 -0000

    In a riveting U.S. Open semifinal against Frances Tiafoe, the twenty-three-year-old showed that his composure and problem-solving are as central to his game as his extraordinary athleticism.
  37. The Death of Shame Is Tearing Us Apart

    Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Increasingly, people are ignoring social norms in favor of a narrow self-interest. The results are disastrous.
  38. Ari Emanuel on Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mixing Business with Politics

    Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:11:57 -0000

    The entertainment agent and executive talks with David Remnick about his dealings with the President, the tech mogul, and Mohammed bin Salman, and operating within “shades of gray.”
  39. The Worlds That Donald Trump and Xi Jinping Want

    Wed, 23 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As the President stages a gala welcome for the Chinese leader, it appears that, in curious ways, the two men mirror each other.
  40. A Populist Revival in Iowa

    Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In close contests for governor and a Senate seat, candidates from both parties claim that they’re fighting a corrupt system.
  41. Our A.I. Problem

    Sun, 20 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Why can’t the people who produced the technology, which has already shown that a different world is possible, just do the things that would prevent extinction?
  42. Why the Houthis Are Saudi Arabia’s Problem

    Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The U.S. opted not to intervene as Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized a major choke point for Saudi oil shipments on the Red Sea.
  43. Malcolm Gladwell on “The American Way of Killing”

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    The New Yorker staff writer examines America’s unique problem with gun violence, and why he thinks under-policing is at the root of our problem.
  44. The New Lucy Letby Report Misses the Point

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:04:34 -0000

    The Thirlwall Inquiry looked at why the nurse wasn’t prevented from murdering babies. But it didn’t address the question of whether she had actually done so.
  45. The Sheep That Stop Wildfires

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Herds of livestock are munching through overgrown, hard-to-reach vegetation that could otherwise become fuel for firestorms.