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  1. Trump Embraces U.S. Military Power After Years of Caution

    Tue, 03 Mar 2026 01:26:00 -0000

    The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq offered a stark lesson in the limits of military force. The Iran attacks suggest an era of postwar wariness is over.
  2. ‘Pray We Make It Through the Night’: Iran’s Capital Under Siege

    Tue, 03 Mar 2026 04:56:29 -0000

    Many residents of Tehran managed to get out of town when the U.S. and Israel attack began, but others who could not described living under bombardment.
  3. U.S. Sends More Troops to the Mideast as Iran War Expands

    Tue, 03 Mar 2026 02:40:53 -0000

    Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged the possibility of an extended campaign, as the military announced that six U.S. service members had been killed so far.
  4. Texas Senate Candidates Make Final Arguments Before Primary Elections

    Tue, 03 Mar 2026 01:49:37 -0000

    The Republicans John Cornyn and Ken Paxton — and the Democrats Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico — are battling in bitter and expensive races.
  5. In Republican Win, Supreme Court Retains G.O.P. District in New York

    Tue, 03 Mar 2026 04:30:00 -0000

    In an emergency ruling, the justices preserved the district of a Republican congresswoman, despite a lower-court ruling that it illegally diluted the power of minority voters.
  6. Can These Democrats Make Combative Centrism Happen for 2028 Election?

    Tue, 03 Mar 2026 01:34:27 -0000

    Third Way, the moderate Democratic advocacy group and think tank, has an expansive and expensive plan to shape the 2028 presidential campaign.
  7. Trump Administration Abandons Efforts to Impose Executive Orders on Law Firms

    Tue, 03 Mar 2026 01:01:45 -0000

    The move amounts to a surrender in a clash that has led many law firms to submit to the president rather than face the threat of his executive orders.
  8. OpenAI Amends A.I. Deal With the Pentagon

    Tue, 03 Mar 2026 03:57:04 -0000

    The new pact includes additional protections to prevent the use of the company’s technology for mass surveillance of Americans.
  9. What Is Trump’s Neck Rash? His Doctor Declines to Explain.

    Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:55:17 -0000

    President Trump’s physician did not explain what the skin condition was or what medication he was using to treat it.
  10. Trump Says He Will End Boycott of White House Correspondents’ Dinner

    Tue, 03 Mar 2026 01:33:43 -0000

    The mentalist Oz Pearlman is this year’s speaker. “Hopefully, it will be something very Special,” the president wrote on Truth Social.
  11. Supreme Court Sides With Religious Parents, Blocking California’s Trans Student Policy

    Tue, 03 Mar 2026 02:17:42 -0000

    Christian teachers and parents challenged the state’s policies, which they say require schools to hide students’ transgender status from their parents.
  12. N.Y. Attorney General Orders Hospital to Resume Youth Transgender Care

    Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:55:39 -0000

    NYU Langone Health had stopped providing puberty-blocking medication and hormone treatments after the federal government threatened to pull its funding.
  13. As Kennedy Turns From Vaccines, MAHA Allies See a ‘Betrayal’

    Mon, 02 Mar 2026 21:30:57 -0000

    As the midterm elections approach, the health secretary is focusing on “real food.” Anger is rising among some of his supporters.
  14. States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment

    Mon, 02 Mar 2026 16:57:08 -0000

    Citing rising costs and shortfalls in federal support, about 20 states are toughening eligibility requirements for patients in drug assistance programs.
  15. America’s Billionaires Continue to Flock to Wyoming

    Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:04:00 -0000

    Jackson, Wyo., has long been a refuge for the rich. But the last five years saw a boom in wealth of a kind never before seen. Across the country, the 2017 tax cuts minted hundreds of new billionaires.
  16. Seven Takeaways From the Clintons’ Epstein Depositions

    Tue, 03 Mar 2026 04:06:30 -0000

    Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was defiant. Former President Bill Clinton spoke of President Trump’s ties to Epstein. A Republican raised a conspiracy theory.
  17. The Pentagon’s Favorite Tech Guy Is This Hawaiian Shirt-Wearing Founder

    Mon, 02 Mar 2026 23:40:11 -0000

    Palmer Luckey, who founded the defense tech start-up Anduril, has become the It Guy as President Trump aims to modernize the U.S. military with autonomous weapons.
  18. Investigators Examine Iran War as Possible Motive in Austin Shooting

    Tue, 03 Mar 2026 02:42:23 -0000

    The shooting happened about 26 hours after the United States and Israel attacked Iran. Officials identified the three who died in the shooting.
  19. Texas Tech Student Identified as One of the Victims in Austin Shooting

    Tue, 03 Mar 2026 02:54:24 -0000

    Ryder Harrington, 19, Savitha Shan, 21, and Jorge Pederson, 30, were confirmed dead by officials on Monday. The shooting is being investigated as a possible act of terrorism.
  20. Under Pressure from Trump, Cuban Leader Calls for ‘Urgent’ Economic Change

    Tue, 03 Mar 2026 03:39:32 -0000

    President Miguel Díaz-Canel said the private sector needed more autonomy, as the island confronts a U.S. oil blockade that has deepened a humanitarian crisis.
  21. When ‘Anora’ Becomes ‘Anorak’: The Art of Wrong Movie Titles

    Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:01:03 -0000

    Staffers at Film at Lincoln Center keep a list of the incorrect movie titles they’ve heard from patrons. That list is very, very long.
  22. Trump Was Never Antiwar

    Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:04 -0000

    Trump’s foreign policy has often been less a repudiation of neoconservatism than a mutation of it.
  23. Americans Need to Know More About The Iran Attacks

    Mon, 02 Mar 2026 21:36:13 -0000

    The American public has received too little information to effectively judge the goals and objectives of the largest U.S. military operation in the Middle East in a generation.
  24. Trump Foresees an Extended War

    Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:56:59 -0000

    Also, how the U.S. decided to strike Iran. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
  25. U.S. Slaps Sanctions on Rwanda, Saying It Sabotaged Trump Peace Deal

    Mon, 02 Mar 2026 23:24:19 -0000

    Rwanda’s government responded by claiming the sanctions unjustly targeted only one party to the conflict and misrepresented the facts.
  26. Your Closest Forest Gets Lit Up by a Hidden Purple Glow

    Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:11:59 -0000

    Research shows that a phenomenon called St. Elmo’s Fire, which occurs during thunderstorms, may be much more common than previously understood.
  27. Blood Moon Total Lunar Eclipse 2026: Time and Visibility Guide

    Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:45:12 -0000

    Earth’s shadow will temporarily drape the moon in a copper hue before sunrise on Tuesday.
  28. Half of Colorectal Cancer Cases Now Occur in Those Under 65, Study Shows

    Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:00:02 -0000

    It isn’t clear what’s driving the shift, but scientists suspect that environmental exposures may be partially to blame.
  29. Can Donald Trump Win a War with Iran If He Can’t Explain Why He Started It?

    Mon, 02 Mar 2026 23:36:41 -0000

    So far, explanations are few and the goals—from regime change to ending a nuclear program the President already claimed to have “obliterated”—are many.
  30. The Tree House and the Oil Pipeline

    Mon, 02 Mar 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    In the fight against climate change, sometimes you have to go out on a limb.
  31. Scandal, Protest, Goofiness, and Grandeur at the U.S. Bicentennial

    Mon, 02 Mar 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    This year marks the two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the nation’s founding. The two hundredth wasn’t exactly smooth sailing.
  32. Buckle Up for Bumpier Skies

    Mon, 02 Mar 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    With climate change, the skies are becoming more turbulent. Can today’s planes still keep us safe?
  33. The Man Who Broke Into Jail

    Mon, 02 Mar 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    In Nashville, a criminal-justice activist commits a baffling crime.
  34. The Republicans Are Messing with Texas

    Mon, 02 Mar 2026 21:23:58 -0000

    Amid the controversy over redrawn district maps, a bitter senatorial primary race between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton, and growing dissatisfaction with Donald Trump, has the Party overreached?
  35. What Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Meant to Iran, and What Comes Next

    Sun, 01 Mar 2026 22:22:54 -0000

    The Supreme Leader, who ruled the Islamic Republic for nearly four decades, has been killed by Israel and the United States. Can the regime survive without him?
  36. Has Trump Thought Through the Endgame in Iran?

    Sun, 01 Mar 2026 17:13:26 -0000

    The country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed by U.S. and Israeli strikes, but the conflict is far from over, and has convulsed the Middle East in a spasm of interstate violence.
  37. Can the Democrats Get It Together?

    Sun, 01 Mar 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The fight over the 2028 primary calendar is one of several proxies for a broader battle about the future of the Party—and the search for the best nominee.
  38. Trump’s Reckless Decision to Pursue Regime Change in Iran

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 19:36:54 -0000

    And the risks Democrats face if they fail to strongly oppose his war.
  39. 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.
  40. 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.
  41. 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.
  42. Can A.I. Be Pro-Worker?

    Mon, 02 Mar 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    As fears of mass unemployment grow, three leading economists advocate some policies to shift the focus from job displacement to job enhancement.
  43. The Detroit Pistons Fight Back to the Top

    Sun, 01 Mar 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Two years ago, the team set records for losing. Now they have the best winning percentage in the N.B.A. They’re doing it their own way.
  44. 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.
  45. 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.
  46. What Mehdi Mahmoudian Saw Inside the Iranian Prison System

    Sun, 01 Mar 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The activist and Oscar-nominated co-writer of “It Was Just an Accident” speaks about the abuses he’s witnessed and endured, war between the U.S. and Iran, and the true stories behind the film.
  47. Donald Trump Launches a War of “Epic Fury” on Iran

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:08:27 -0000

    The U.S. and Israel have ignited a campaign to topple the Islamic Republic—with little thought to what comes after.
  48. How High-Powered Lasers Became Part of Donald Trump’s Border-Security Complex

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The funding debate in Congress is over immigration-enforcement practices, but the Administration is still spending unprecedented sums on military-grade equipment at the southern border.
  49. The True Story of ISIS’s Rise in Syria

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The rebellion against Assad led to sudden freedom, but also to crime and inequality. The Islamic State took advantage.
  50. The Ellison Media Empire Grows Again

    Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:24:37 -0000

    After torpedoing Netflix’s bid to buy Warner Bros., Paramount Skydance is poised to have multiple major news organizations under its control.
  51. The Right-Wing Nonprofit Serving A.I. Slop for America’s Birthday

    Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    PragerU, a fount of Judeo-Christian edutainment, is now a key partner in the Trump Administration’s “civic education” campaign.
  52. How Trump’s F.C.C. Is Reshaping TV

    Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    An under-the-radar merger could create a broadcasting behemoth that controls local news stations across more than forty states. Why do some MAGA diehards oppose it?
  53. Donald Trump’s State of the Union Was Long and Wrong

    Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:19:26 -0000

    But at least the President thinks everything is going great.