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  1. They Said They Weren’t Close to Epstein. New Documents Show Otherwise.

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 03:13:03 -0000

    Materials released by the Justice Department revealed that leading business and political figures had enduring relationships with the disgraced financier.
  2. Pentagon Defends Restrictions on Media Outlets

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:47:30 -0000

    The purpose of the new rules is to “stop activity that could compromise national security,” the Defense Department said in response to a New York Times lawsuit.
  3. Danes Who Fought Alongside US Troops March Against Trump’s Comments

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 19:46:47 -0000

    In the latest anti-American gathering in Denmark, veterans who went to war alongside U.S. troops took to the streets of Copenhagen.
  4. Usha Vance’s Pregnancy Becomes a Talking Point

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 18:29:49 -0000

    The announcement that the second family is expecting a fourth child has turned Ms. Vance into a symbol of success for proponents of conservative family values.
  5. Facing Immigration Backlash, Trump Called Schumer to Cut a Deal

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 21:21:42 -0000

    The president and the top Senate Democrat, who are often at each other’s throats, agreed to try to keep the government open and to start talks on new limits on federal immigration agents.
  6. Federal Judge Denies Request to Block ICE Surge in Minnesota

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 20:44:22 -0000

    Minnesota officials had sought a temporary end to the deployment of 3,000 federal agents, claiming state sovereignty had been violated.
  7. Judge Orders Release of 5-Year-Old Detained by Immigration Agents in Minnesota

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 04:18:45 -0000

    The image of Liam Conejo Ramos, wearing a blue winter hat and Spider-Man backpack while in the custody of immigration agents, fueled outrage across the country.
  8. Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 16:12:23 -0000

    Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol field leader, made disparaging remarks in reference to the U.S. attorney in Minnesota, an Orthodox Jew, people with knowledge of the phone call said.
  9. Republican National Committee Enters 2026 With Nearly $100 Million Edge on D.N.C.

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 04:25:52 -0000

    Democrats have struggled to raise money, as is often the case for the party out of power, but the depth of their financial hole against the Republican National Committee is noteworthy.
  10. Should Any Programs Help Minority Groups? In Lawsuits, Conservatives Say No.

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 15:53:02 -0000

    Lawyers have filed a rush of lawsuits against corporations, law firms, health care companies, art groups and nonprofits. And they are mostly winning.
  11. They’re Stepping Up on ‘The Pitt’

    Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:02:16 -0000

    Four actors discuss the evolution of their young clinician characters on “The Pitt.” In Season 2 they are a little older, a little wiser and still soaked in fake blood.
  12. ICE Is a ‘Secret Police’ Americans Didn’t Ask For

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 02:07:25 -0000

    Amid national protests, the round table convenes to debate what anti-ICE tactics should look like.
  13. Do We Want Live in Alex Pretti’s America or Gregory Bovino’s?

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 17:41:57 -0000

    As in the Civil Rights battles of the 1960s, Americans are at a fork and must pick their path.
  14. Winter Storm Hits the Carolinas, Bringing Dangerous Ice and Snow

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 02:51:54 -0000

    Hundreds of crashes were reported on highways throughout the region, as freezing temperatures were predicted in the overnight hours.
  15. 10 Injured in 59-Vehicle Pileup on Fog-Shrouded California Highway, Police Say

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 23:55:24 -0000

    One person died earlier this month in a foggy crash on the same highway.
  16. ‘Melania’ Arrives With Strong Box Office Showing for a Documentary

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 20:19:32 -0000

    Amazon backed up the Brink’s trucks to promote the vanity film, resulting in opening-weekend ticket sales of roughly $8 million, or 60 percent more than expected.
  17. 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.
  18. Did a Celebrated Researcher Obscure a Baby’s Poisoning?

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    After a newborn died of opioid poisoning, a new branch of pediatrics came into being. But the evidence doesn’t add up.
  19. What MAGA Can Teach Democrats About Organizing—and Infighting

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Republicans have become adept at creating broad coalitions in which supporting Trump is the only requirement. Democrats get tied up with litmus tests.
  20. How Shinzo Abe’s Assassination Brought the Moonies Back Into the Limelight

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    A shocking act of political violence exposed the cult’s deep influence.
  21. Emily Nussbaum on Jane Kramer’s “Founding Cadre”

    Sun, 25 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Her startling 1970 article, based on months of reporting on radical feminist pioneers, was an outlier for the period—coolly observational but full of emotion.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. How Donald Trump Has Transformed ICE

    Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:46:06 -0000

    A former D.H.S. oversight official on what, legally, the agency can and can’t do—and the accountability mechanisms that have been “gutted beyond recognition.”
  30. 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.
  31. Amanda Anisimova’s Resilient Return

    Sun, 25 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    After stepping away from the game in 2023, the tennis star had a dream run at Wimbledon last year end with a humiliating defeat in the final. But it’s the clarity of her confidence that continues to define her.
  32. Can American Churches Lead a Protest Movement Under Trump?

    Tue, 20 Jan 2026 21:49:54 -0000

    The Sanctuary Movement was led by clergy, and many religious leaders are activists today. But, as congregations have shrunk, dissent has diminished.
  33. How a Sixtysomething Football Coach from a So-So School Turned Indiana Into World-Beaters

    Sun, 18 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Curt Cignetti has the Hoosiers on the verge of a national championship. Everyone wants to know the blueprint for his stunning success.
  34. 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.
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. Maybe the United States Can Be One of Mark Carney’s “Middle Powers”

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The Canadian Prime Minister offers the possibility of a calmer future.
  38. The Battle for Minneapolis

    Sun, 25 Jan 2026 21:06:49 -0000

    As Donald Trump brings his retribution to a liberal city, citizens, protesters, and civic leaders try to protect one another.
  39. Trump’s Greenland Fiasco

    Sun, 25 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The President caused a crisis in NATO and deepened European distrust toward the U.S. to end up with basically the same set of options that existed months ago.
  40. The Mayor of an Occupied City

    Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:13:48 -0000

    Jacob Frey, of Minneapolis, is governing a city under siege by its own federal government.
  41. It’s Time to Talk About Donald Trump’s Logorrhea

    Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:33:08 -0000

    How many polite ways are there to ask whether the President of the United States is losing it?