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  1. The Looming Taiwan Chip Disaster That Silicon Valley Has Long Ignored

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 05:00:18 -0000

    If China invades Taiwan and cuts off its chip exports to American companies, the tech industry and the U.S. economy would be crippled.
  2. China Amps Up Pressure on Japan With Restrictions on Exports

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:41:24 -0000

    Beijing placed the restrictions on 20 Japanese entities with ties to the defense industry, the latest ratcheting up of its monthslong feud with Tokyo.
  3. ICE Whistle-Blower Says Training Is ‘Broken,’ and OpenAI Faces Questions About Mass Shooter

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:15:43 -0000

    Plus, how Mexico tracked its most-wanted cartel leader.
  4. How Russia Put Its Future at Risk by Remaking Its Economy for War

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:37:11 -0000

    About half of the country’s federal budget goes toward the fight in Ukraine, money that does little to support its long-term development.
  5. These Ukrainians Don’t Want to Be Traded to Russia for Peace

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 05:01:43 -0000

    Four years into the war, a major sticking point in talks is control of the eastern Donetsk region. Residents could face an agonizing choice if Ukraine gives up the territory.
  6. Mexican Forces Say They Tracked El Mencho to Cabin by Following His Lover

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:37:17 -0000

    Top security officials revealed details of the operation that led to the death of Mexico’s most wanted drug cartel leader.
  7. After Six Decades of the War on Drugs, What Works?

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 05:53:29 -0000

    The U.S. and its allies have spilled blood and treasure to kill drug lords and defeat cartels, but the drugs keep coming and the new groups are more violent than ever.
  8. What Travelers Need to Know as Cartel Violence Rattles Mexico

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:35:45 -0000

    The killing of a drug lord and the unrest that followed have prompted flight cancellations, roadblocks, cruise disruptions and “shelter in place” alerts.
  9. New York City’s Homeless Population Faces Another Dangerous Storm

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 01:51:34 -0000

    Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Monday that his administration had taken lessons from the city’s last storm, when at least 20 people died after exposure to the cold.
  10. What to Know in NYC After Blizzard: School Closures, Transportation and More

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:25:21 -0000

    Public schools and Broadway shows will be open, but transit and flight disruptions could linger.
  11. A Blizzard With Record Snowfall for Parts of the Northeast

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:29:53 -0000

    At the storm’s peak, well over half a million homes and businesses in the Northeast were without power.
  12. ‘A Long Speech’: Trump Prepares for State of the Union

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 01:05:49 -0000

    President Trump does not like to practice reading the speech out loud, but he spent time mimicking the setup of the House chamber, officials familiar with his plans said.
  13. Ahead of State of the Union, Cracks Appear in Trump Coalition

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:02:45 -0000

    As the president prepares to speak to the nation, Northeastern Pennsylvania is showing discontent on the edges of the Trump coalition and an energized Democratic opposition.
  14. State of the Union May Be a Trial for ‘Barely Invited’ Justices

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:04:16 -0000

    If tradition holds, members of the Supreme Court will attend Trump’s annual speech, just days after ruling against the legality of his tariffs.
  15. Trump State of the Union Speech 2026: How to Watch, Time and Attendees

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:02:26 -0000

    President Trump will speak at 9 p.m. Eastern time to a joint session of Congress. The New York Times will carry the address live.
  16. Homeownership Is Out of Reach for Many Americans, Despite a Buyer’s Market

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:02:46 -0000

    A growing split between low-to-middle-income families and wealthy households is changing who has access to homeownership now.
  17. Trump Says General Caine Sees Easy Victory if U.S. Attacks Iran

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 02:08:18 -0000

    The remarks differ from what Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is said to have told the president in high-level White House meetings.
  18. Mandelson’s Arrest Adds to Scandal That Has Rattled Starmer and Labour Party

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:22:30 -0000

    The arrest of the British former envoy to Washington, long a key figure in the Labour Party, deepened a scandal that has led to calls for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s resignation.
  19. Peter Attia Leaves CBS News Amid Epstein Files Fallout

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 21:46:01 -0000

    Emails showed that the longevity influencer had provided medical advice to Jeffrey Epstein and had made crude comments about women.
  20. Gustavo Dudamel’s Long Goodbye to L.A., and Long Hello to New York

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:02:57 -0000

    As the conductor prepares to leave the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the New York Philharmonic, he says, “I am in two waters.”
  21. Mamdani’s Vanquished Foes Are Plotting a Comeback, if Not Revenge

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:37:15 -0000

    Many of New York City’s wealthy and well-connected power players find themselves in an unfamiliar place: the wilderness.
  22. In Blow to Mamdani, Left-Leaning Group Breaks With Mayor Over U.S. House Race

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:12:58 -0000

    Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York had lobbied for his preferred candidate, Claire Valdez. But the party backed Antonio Reynoso, the Brooklyn borough president.
  23. I.R.S. Tactics Against Meta Open a New Front in the Corporate Tax Fight

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:00:35 -0000

    The agency is using real-world profit data to challenge how big companies value offshore intellectual property.
  24. What Brontë Country Tells Us About Britain Today

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 05:01:22 -0000

    West Yorkshire, where the original “Wuthering Heights” was written, offers a window into the forces that are disrupting British politics.
  25. Kyiv Is Freezing, but There Is Warmth, Too

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 06:00:17 -0000

    Delegations from Ukraine, Russia and the United States have been meeting in Abu Dhabi for peace talks. I hear it’s warm there.
  26. Trump Is Turning the F.C.C. and F.T.C. Against Free Expression

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:02:11 -0000

    Trump appointees have transformed the F.T.C. and F.C.C. into instruments of ideological enforcement.
  27. Your Tariff Questions

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:12:16 -0000

    We’re addressing some of your concerns about President Trump’s tariff regime.
  28. Late Night Sums Up Trump’s Tariff Tiff with the Supreme Court

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:59:13 -0000

    “Wow, a court composed mostly of his own party’s appointees has struck down the constitutionality of Trump’s go-it-alone tariff regime,” Jon Stewart said. “That’s bound to cause him some introspection.”
  29. Billions in Climate Grants, Frozen for a Year, Are Back in Court

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:03:27 -0000

    A year after the Trump administration blocked money that had been awarded by Congress for clean energy projects, the legal fight over the funds rages on.
  30. Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales Pressured to Resign Over Sexual Messages to Staff Member

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 03:13:29 -0000

    Democrats and Republicans urged Tony Gonzales to step down after allegations that he had sent inappropriate texts to a staff member and had a sexual relationship with her.
  31. After Saks Bankruptcy, Richard Baker Says He Saved Luxury Department Stores

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 01:14:17 -0000

    Richard Baker wanted to create a retail empire when he combined Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. About a year later, it filed for bankruptcy.
  32. Canada to Probe What OpenAI Knew About Tumbler Ridge Shooter

    Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:12:25 -0000

    The company suspended the killer’s ChatGPT account over a policy violation in June, eight months before the attacks in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia.
  33. The Migrants in the Ancient Forest

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Five years ago, Belarus began enabling people from high-conflict countries to migrate into Europe. Despite high walls and backlash, they’re still coming.
  34. Cash and Carry, by David Sedaris

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    I guessed correctly that the woman had found this cabinet on the curb, just as I had found my current desk chair and countless pieces of furniture in the past.
  35. James Talarico Puts His Faith in Texas Voters

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The Senate candidate believes that Democrats can win by appealing to higher values. Can he succeed in the age of Trump?
  36. The Trial of Gisèle Pelicot’s Rapists United France and Fractured Her Family

    Sun, 15 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    After fifty-one men were convicted, Pelicot became a feminist hero. But additional accusations left her children struggling to accept her new role.
  37. 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.
  38. The Supreme Court’s Complicated Takedown of Trump’s Tariffs

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    There are seven separate opinions—and even the Justices who agree with one another are in some ways at odds.
  39. One Vaccine-Schedule Change That Actually Makes Sense

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Amid R.F.K., Jr.,’s vandalism of the public-health system, there’s shocking good news about a cancer-preventing vaccine.
  40. Donald Trump’s Pantomime United Nations

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 19:23:14 -0000

    The Board of Peace might be destined to fail, but it still threatens to undermine an international system in which the U.S. was once the linchpin.
  41. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s Life in Pictures

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Following his arrest last week, Andrew spent his first birthday as a commoner in circumstances as degraded as earlier celebrations had been grand.
  42. Trump Is Still Deporting People Wherever He Wants

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:14:14 -0000

    How the Administration is overwhelming federal courts and getting away with third-country removals.
  43. The Growing Rift Between Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E.

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    What this shocking split might mean for the future of the Middle East.
  44. 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.
  45. 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.
  46. Jesse Jackson’s Timeless Economic Platform

    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    He ran for President twice on the concerns that still define American political life—inequality, affordability, and vanishing jobs.
  47. An Olympic Final Worthy of a Rivalry

    Sun, 22 Feb 2026 22:31:01 -0000

    The U.S.-Canada men’s gold-medal hockey match and the Games as a whole serve as a reminder that national pride isn’t always a bad thing.
  48. At the 2026 Winter Olympics, Peril and Promise Coincide

    Sun, 22 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    In Italy, some of the world’s greatest athletes encountered physical risk, and even failure. But the most memorable moments of the Games were not just feats of skill but examples of resilience—and reasons for hope.
  49. How the University Replaced the Church as the Home of Liberal Morality

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    As progressive Americans have become more secular, the academy has become their primary moral training ground. The results have not been good.
  50. The E.P.A. Rescinds a Landmark Finding

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    But it’s not game over for future climate action—and understanding why allows for a more nuanced picture of where the fight actually stands now.
  51. The Chaos of an ICE Detention

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    When Manuela’s husband texted her that he’d been apprehended on the street, her life in New York instantly capsized.
  52. Zohran Mamdani, the Everywhere Mayor

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    On your phone, on the street, on Taxi TV—you’ve been seeing New York’s new leader wherever you turn, whether you want to or not.
  53. The New Yorker Wins Two Polk Awards for 2025 Reporting

    Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:05:00 -0000

    The staff writer Jon Lee Anderson is honored for chronicling Congo’s devastating war, while Andy Kroll is recognized for a profile of the Trump official Russell Vought.
  54. Remembering the Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:10:39 -0000

    In nearly sixty years of nonfiction filmmaking, Wiseman passionately probed the nodal points of political and social power and connected them in a cinematic universe of his own.
  55. How Legal Immigration Became a Deportation Trap

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Under Trump, the Homeland Security agency responsible for processing visas and green cards has become a site for easy arrests.
  56. The Jeffrey Epstein Files Are Peter Mandelson’s Final Disgrace

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The Labour politician and strategist was a great survivor. Then came revelations that he passed sensitive government information to Epstein during the financial crisis.
  57. What the Royal Family’s Links to Slavery Mean in the Age of Epstein

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Just as the former Prince Andrew will always be royal, so will the trafficking of African people.