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  1. Trump Wanted Canada as the 51st State. He Ended Up Pushing It Toward the European Union.

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 01:58:24 -0000

    The invitation by the E.U. for Canada to become an “associate member” is a sign of Mr. Trump’s brand of diplomacy, which often involves threatening America’s closest friends.
  2. E.U.-Canada Ambitions Face Reality Check as Trump Bristles

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 02:36:23 -0000

    The bloc’s offer of “associate member” status to Ottawa shows how U.S. allies are pulling closer together. But their plans face significant obstacles.
  3. Trump’s Latest Threats Loom Over Fed’s Interest Rate Decision

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:36:33 -0000

    This month, the president threatened to halt a broad swath of trade if interest rates were not cut, a possibility he resurfaced on Wednesday.
  4. Fed Raises Rates in First Major Step by Warsh to Contain Inflation

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 03:06:27 -0000

    The Federal Reserve’s first increase to interest rates since July 2023 comes less than two months before the midterm elections.
  5. Fed Raises Interest Rates

    Wed, 16 Sep 2026 22:49:23 -0000

    Also, Saudi Arabia is scrambling to restore its oil supply. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
  6. OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning' A.I. Behavior

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:12:24 -0000

    The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.
  7. House Passes Bill Taking Aim at Data Center Electricity Costs

    Wed, 16 Sep 2026 22:58:20 -0000

    The measure would direct state regulators to consider rules requiring data centers to cover higher energy costs, but it would not compel them to do so.
  8. Why Israel Wants More One-Ton Bombs From the U.S.

    Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:41:22 -0000

    The Trump administration plans to deliver 60,000 of the powerful munitions at a time when opposition is growing in Washington to arms sales to Israel.
  9. State Department Extends Visa Ban on Abbas, Other Palestinian Officials

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 03:10:35 -0000

    The move would prevent Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of two governing Palestinian groups, from traveling to the United States next week for the United Nations General Assembly.
  10. Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection

    Wed, 16 Sep 2026 22:04:12 -0000

    An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.
  11. U.S. Intelligence Warns of China Theft Over Sale of F-35 Jets to Saudis

    Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:14:29 -0000

    Internal reports, including one from the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency, say China could acquire U.S. jet technology through spying or cooperation with Saudi Arabia.
  12. Emergency Hearing Sought Over Kennedy Center Closure

    Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:37:51 -0000

    After a Democratic lawmaker asked a judge to consider whether the move violates a previous court order, center officials clarified that the closure was intended to last seven days.
  13. Peter Max, Trippy Artist of Counterculture Era and Beyond, Dies at 88

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 02:05:21 -0000

    With work that breathed the spirit of the 1960s, he became fabulously wealthy from licensing his paintings and posters in all their euphoric Day-Glo glory.
  14. Texas Abortion Ban Blamed in Pregnant Woman’s Death in Lawsuit

    Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:18:43 -0000

    The lawsuit claims that state officials created a climate of fear that kept doctors from ending Tierra Walker’s pregnancy before she died.
  15. How Ed Sheeran’s Tour Turned Into a Clash Over Palestinians and Antisemitism

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:43:33 -0000

    Four supporting acts dropped out of Sheeran’s tour, citing the right to free speech after the rapper Macklemore was removed over pro-Palestinian comments he had made onstage.
  16. Julia Louis-Dreyfus Is Ready to Make a Meal of Broadway

    Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:45:21 -0000

    The actress, last onstage over four decades ago, had a “terrifying” desire to return to the stage. “Other Desert Cities” will be her Broadway debut.
  17. The L.A. Helicopter Crash Highlights a Sky Full of Hazards

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:18:26 -0000

    The fatal crash of a news helicopter in Los Angeles on Tuesday brought to light the dangers such aircraft face in big cities.
  18. What to Know About the Victims in the NBC4 Helicopter Crash in Los Angeles

    Wed, 16 Sep 2026 22:42:16 -0000

    A journalist and pilot who were on board the news helicopter when it crashed had flown hundreds of hours together since 2023.
  19. Takeaways From a Wild Primary Season

    Wed, 16 Sep 2026 22:28:29 -0000

    A look back at the good, the bad and the bizarre from the battles that helped set the stage for the coming midterms.
  20. Democrats Meet With El-Sayed, Putting Aside Rifts Ahead of Midterms

    Wed, 16 Sep 2026 22:48:58 -0000

    Despite disagreements on Israel, more than a dozen Democratic senators huddled in Washington with the Michigan Senate nominee and emerged sounding optimistic.
  21. The G.O.P. Has Gone Off the Deep End

    Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:59:14 -0000

    The Republican fringe is becoming the Republican mainstream.
  22. I Led A.I. Diplomacy for the U.S. The Coming Safety Talks Will Not Save Us.

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:21:56 -0000

    Even if Beijing now takes the risks of A.I. seriously, the message has not reached its domestic companies.
  23. Human-Caused Warming Played ‘Very Strong’ Role in Himalayan Floods, Report Finds

    Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:00:06 -0000

    Rising temperatures contributed to the disaster by destabilizing the permafrost and ice around the collapsed rock, scientists concluded.
  24. 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?
  25. The American Religion of Self-Storage Facilities

    Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Why are we so obsessed with putting our belongings in metal boxes and then never looking at them again?
  26. Jared Kushner’s Dollar Diplomacy

    Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Donald Trump’s son-in-law represents the kind of Washington figure for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth.
  27. The Incredible Journey of a Migratory Shorebird

    Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Godwits make the longest non-stop migration in the bird world. That might be the least of their marvels. Can they survive a changing planet?
  28. She Made Me Do It

    Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A prominent dressage trainer shot a belligerent student—and now maintains that he’s the real victim.
  29. Mail-In Voting Survives

    Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:28:50 -0000

    In an unsigned ruling, the Supreme Court demonstrated that it is willing to limit Donald Trump’s agenda.
  30. How to Protect Democracy

    Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The emergence of Germany’s far right as a political force represents an old dilemma.
  31. The U.S. Was Never Going to Win the “War on Terror”

    Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In the twenty-five years since 9/11, the U.S. has waged several military campaigns against extremism around the world, resulting in the deaths of almost a million people. What has it accomplished?
  32. Troy Jackson Is Still Surprised That He’s Running for Senate

    Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:24:56 -0000

    The former state senator replaced Graham Platner as Maine’s Democratic nominee. But, as he reminded voters over Labor Day weekend, “it could have been anyone else.”
  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. Why Israeli Authorities Are Encouraging Settler Violence Against Palestinians

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:30:10 -0000

    The retired I.D.F. colonel Doron Meiner, who was arrested while trying to protect a Palestinian community from settlers in the West Bank, discusses Israel’s strategy in the run-up to October’s election.
  35. 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.
  36. 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.”
  37. 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.
  38. 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.
  39. 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.
  40. Has the A.I. Job Apocalypse Been Postponed?

    Mon, 07 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    So far, the proliferation of A.I. models such as Claude and ChatGPT hasn’t led to mass displacement of workers. But deployment is accelerating and economic pressures are rising.
  41. “The Journey,” a Five-Part Audio Investigation from The New Yorker

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

    Why did a mysterious couple collect babies in a Los Angeles mansion? Examining a scandal that threatens to undermine the surrogacy industry.
  42. On Not Being a Homeowner

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Generational wealth shapes our futures and friendships, whether we talk about it or not.
  43. Colin Kaepernick Misses the Game

    Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    In his new memoir, “The Perilous Fight,” the former N.F.L. star recounts the backlash he faced from the league.
  44. Is the Democratic Party Still Too Woke?

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

    The political operative Adam Jentleson once believed “the way for Democrats to win was to get your base really riled up.” He’s now trying to wrest the Party away from its far-left flank.
  45. Remembrance of September 11th

    Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    It became immediately evident that this was terrorism on an unexampled scale. The twentieth century had ended, and the twenty-first had begun.
  46. The Warning Benjamin Netanyahu Ignored

    Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:29:01 -0000

    New reporting from Haaretz shows that, before October 7th, the Israeli Prime Minister was told to expect an “earthquake” from Gaza—and didn’t inform his security chiefs.
  47. A Political Operative on the Verge of Self-Deportation

    Sun, 06 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Daysi González, who works to elect Democrats, is gearing up to leave the U.S. as soon as this month. She wants her own party to pay attention.
  48. 9/11 at Twenty-Five

    Sun, 06 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A quarter century after the attacks, the grief, wars, and political furies of their aftermath still shape American life.