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  1. Ukraine-Russia Talks End With Little Progress and Hints of an Impasse

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:23:19 -0000

    American negotiators trumpeted plans for a prisoner swap, but that was small recompense for months of diplomatic efforts by the Trump administration.
  2. China’s Xi Presses Trump on Taiwan in Phone Call

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 07:24:05 -0000

    Both leaders gave versions of what they discussed, but the Chinese president’s take made clear the issue of the island was front and center.
  3. How Trump Brought the Fight Over American History to Philadelphia

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:02:26 -0000

    The administration took a crowbar to a site that focused on George Washington and slavery. But can the contradictions of the Founding Era be erased?
  4. Trump’s Migrant Detention Pipeline Extends From Minnesota to El Paso

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:33:06 -0000

    Immigrants apprehended in Minnesota are being sent to a gigantic West Texas detention center where lawyers and detainees say conditions are deplorable, then released in El Paso to find their way home.
  5. Surge in Immigration Cases in Minnesota Pushes Prosecutors and Judges to Brink

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:04:09 -0000

    Remarks by a prosecutor opened a revealing window onto how the courts in the state are buckling under the weight of a deluge of cases arising from the Trump administration’s campaign.
  6. What Restrictions Are Democrats Demanding for Immigration Agents?

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 14:32:36 -0000

    Democrats say they will not support a spending bill to keep the Homeland Security Department running without new restrictions on federal agents.
  7. Jessie Diggins is the Olympian Testing the Limits of Endurance

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:01:01 -0000

    Jessie Diggins has become the best-ever American cross-country skier because of what she pushes her body through.
  8. 2026 Winter Olympics Guide: How to Watch, Schedule, and Top Events

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:00:51 -0000

    The best athletes in the world on snow and ice get their quadrennial moment this month at the 2026 Winter Games in Italy.
  9. The G.O.P. Senator Who Can’t Stop Thinking About the Boy ICE Detained

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:18:46 -0000

    Katie Britt is uniquely positioned to reason with the Trump administration — when she chooses to speak up.
  10. Brad Karp Resigns as Paul Weiss Chairman Amid Epstein Fallout

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 14:16:49 -0000

    The decision followed the release of a series of embarrassing emails between Mr. Karp and Jeffrey Epstein.
  11. Starmer Apologizes for Ex-Ambassador Mandelson’s Epstein Ties

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:39:25 -0000

    Newly released documents detailed connections between the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Mandelson, who was picked to be the U.S. envoy by the British prime minister, Keir Starmer.
  12. Epstein Often Gifted Luxury Fashion to Curry Favor, Files Show

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 14:38:46 -0000

    Goyard wallets, Apple Watches and cashmere sweaters were just some of the items sent to friends and associates.
  13. Savannah Guthrie Addresses Mother’s Abductor: ‘We Are Ready to Talk’

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 03:54:47 -0000

    Ms. Guthrie, the television anchor, and her siblings released a video on Wednesday night asking for proof that their mother, Nancy, is alive.
  14. What to Know About the Disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s Mom, Nancy

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:46:27 -0000

    Nancy Guthrie, 84, the “Today” show host’s mother, was last seen on Saturday night, the authorities said. The disappearance is being investigated as a possible kidnapping.
  15. ‘It’s Collective Punishment’: Iran Exacts Heavy Price on Protest Supporters

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 13:52:51 -0000

    The authorities are making mass arrests, seizing assets and hunting down doctors who treated protesters. Some Iranians keep showing defiance anyway.
  16. Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate Starts New Hunger Strike in Prison

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 14:45:49 -0000

    The rights activist Narges Mohammadi is protesting her continued detention, her family said. She was arrested again in December after being given leave from prison for medical treatment.
  17. To Win Back the House, Democrats Take the Fight to Deep-Red Areas

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:00:25 -0000

    Democrats are tapping candidates with unusual résumés — a Tejano recording star, a smokejumper and a fourth-generation farmer — to compete in areas long seen as inhospitable.
  18. How Hochul Improved Her Prospects and Hurt an Adversary Along the Way

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:46:22 -0000

    Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York has warded off most challenges to her re-election, but still faces one from her own deputy, Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado.
  19. Primary for New Jersey Seat Is First House Race in Pivotal Year

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:15:03 -0000

    Eleven candidates are running in a special primary election on Thursday to fill Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s former seat. They include a former member of Congress and the former lieutenant governor.
  20. Bad Bunny Means a Breakthrough for Puerto Rican Athletes, Too

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:22:42 -0000

    Puerto Rican football players are thrilled that Spanish will resound at the Super Bowl. “The stage is bigger than the N.F.L. itself,” one lineman said.
  21. He Was Laid Off at The Washington Post After Working There 60 Years

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 12:36:58 -0000

    Martin Weil, one of hundreds being let go at The Post, has worked on local news there since 1965, witnessing the paper’s rise and now retrenchment.
  22. When the Cold Turns Deadly, What Should New York City Do?

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:48:07 -0000

    Seventeen New Yorkers have died after exposure to frigid temperatures since Jan. 24, raising questions about how Mayor Zohran Mamdani has managed the crisis.
  23. Dozens of Earthquakes Have Rattled San Ramon, California

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 14:00:17 -0000

    San Ramon, Calif., has been rattled by dozens of small earthquakes in recent months. Even in a region used to regular shaking, it’s been a lot.
  24. Trump Brings Out the Worst in Everyone

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:05:25 -0000

    Us included.
  25. ‘Melania’: Watching a First Lady Vanish in Plain Sight

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 13:49:57 -0000

    Glamour, silence and a very big hat.
  26. The Epstein Files

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:55:32 -0000

    We look into the relationships powerful people had with the convicted sex offender.
  27. Woman Charged With Assaulting 3 Muslims in Brooklyn, Including Girl, 12

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:46:58 -0000

    A 34-year-old Staten Island woman has been arrested and charged with hate crimes in connection with attacks that happened in a span of 11 minutes.
  28. Doctors’ Group Endorses Restrictions on Gender-Related Surgery for Minors

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:09:15 -0000

    The A.M.A.’s announcement followed a similar recommendation from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Other medical groups argued for a more personalized approach.
  29. France’s Raid on X Escalates Trans-Atlantic Showdown Over Social Media

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 23:08:40 -0000

    The French investigation into Elon Musk’s X illustrated a fundamental divide between European and American leaders about how to regulate social media — or whether to restrict it at all.
  30. As Silver Prices Soar, Pandora Switches to Platinum

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 14:01:52 -0000

    Pandora, known for its charm bracelets, is trying to reduce its exposure to the volatility in silver prices, the latest setback for a company also facing wary consumers and steep tariffs.
  31. The Assault on Ukraine’s Power Grid

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    How Russia has weaponized the most frigid winter in more than a decade.
  32. Inside Russia’s Secret Campaign of Sabotage in Europe

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

    How Russian military intelligence is recruiting young people online to carry out espionage, arson, and other attacks across the Continent.
  33. Deepfaking Orson Welles’s Mangled Masterpiece

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

    Will an A.I. restoration of “The Magnificent Ambersons” right a historic wrong or desecrate a classic?
  34. Living in Tracy Chapman’s House

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

    Fresh out of college, we were a bunch of misfits, in a chaotic, run-down communal home, desperately trying to figure out who we were meant to be.
  35. David Remnick on S. N. Behrman’s “The Days of Duveen”

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

    In a wry Profile of the British-born art dealer Joseph Duveen, Behrman captures the workings of a canny commercial intelligence wreathed in connoisseurship and charm.
  36. Why the D.H.S. Disaster in Minneapolis Was Predictable

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

    For decades, ICE and Border Patrol have operated with fewer constraints than typical law-enforcement agencies.
  37. ICE’s Assault on a Minnesota School District

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Liam Ramos, whose photo became a symbol of Operation Metro Surge, is one of several students in Columbia Heights who are now in federal custody.
  38. Miami’s Haitian Community Braces for Deportations

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:15:20 -0000

    The Trump Administration’s plan to end Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Haiti puts hundreds of thousands at risk of returning to a country in crisis.
  39. Are Democrats Right to Cut an Immigration Deal with Trump?

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 21:26:34 -0000

    Congress has justifiably been criticized for rolling over to the President. But how it actually uses its leverage involves genuinely difficult trade-offs.
  40. Is ICE Leading Us Into a Constitutional Crisis?

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:48:28 -0000

    A look at the agency’s astonishing record of defying court orders, and what the judiciary might do to respond.
  41. Do Federal Officials Really Have “Absolute Immunity”?

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 23:03:11 -0000

    After killings by ICE and Border Patrol in Minneapolis, a legal expert discusses how agents might be held to account by local authorities.
  42. How Europe Can Respond to Trump’s Greenland Imperialism

    Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:25:06 -0000

    The President’s obsession with acquiring the Danish territory has put the transatlantic alliance at risk.
  43. Can Trump Really Use the Insurrection Act?

    Sat, 17 Jan 2026 21:40:07 -0000

    An expert on Presidential emergency powers discusses the history and legality of military deployments in American cities.
  44. A Theology of Immigration

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:43:51 -0000

    “None of us have a permanent residence here in this world,” the Reverend Dan Groody says.
  45. How Trump Is Debasing the Dollar and Eroding U.S. Economic Dominance

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

    The President’s coercive policies, including his latest threats against Greenland, are prompting some foreign investors to think twice about parking their money with Uncle Sam.
  46. What We Expect Athletes to Say Now

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

    Not long ago, taking political stands almost seemed to become part of the job. These days, in another moment of social crisis, expectations have shifted.
  47. Why an Agnostic Animal-Rights Activist Went to Seminary

    Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Wayne Hsiung has gone to court and done jail time to improve the lives of animals. Now he’s going to church.
  48. The People Who Will Actually Make Universal Child Care Happen

    Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Zohran Mamdani delivered a political victory—but making his plans a reality will require the help of a workforce that’s already struggling.
  49. How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post

    Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:43:46 -0000

    The Amazon founder bought the paper to save it. Instead, with a mass layoff, he’s forced it into severe decline.
  50. What Happens When the Snow Doesn’t Melt?

    Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:24:30 -0000

    The icy buildups blocking crosswalks around New York have been dubbed sneckdowns. Some urbanists think they offer a vision of a less car-dependent city.
  51. Trump’s Profiteering Hits $4 Billion

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    In August, I reported that the President and his family had made $3.4 billion by leveraging his position. After his first year back in office, the number has ballooned.
  52. What ICE Should Have Learned from the Fugitive Slave Act

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Americans took to the streets to defend their neighbors in the nineteenth century, too.
  53. Operation Trump Rehab

    Thu, 29 Jan 2026 23:57:25 -0000

    After a wave of public revulsion over the President’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota, he offers a familiar playbook: distraction, disinformation, denial, delay.
  54. The Cruel Conditions of ICE’s Mojave Desert Detention Center

    Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    How immigration authorities have weaponized medical neglect to encourage self-deportations.
  55. Revisiting Minnesota’s “Open House” Exhibition in the Age of ICE

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:36:05 -0000

    Long before the federal onslaught, a Twin Cities museum showed what it meant to find a home in America.