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  1. Reopening Strait of Hormuz Would Ease Oil Crisis but Only So Much

    Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:11:41 -0000

    Analysts said energy and shipping companies would be reluctant to fully restore operations until they were confident that hostilities were over.
  2. With Vaccines Widely Popular, Kennedy Changes Tone, but Maybe Not His Plans

    Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:32:01 -0000

    Several moves suggest Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could revive his campaign to question the safety and effectiveness of the shots after the midterm elections.
  3. Trump Will Participate in a Marathon Bible Reading

    Sat, 18 Apr 2026 03:15:04 -0000

    He will read a passage from the Old Testament that his Christian supporters cite as a call to national repentance and divine blessing.
  4. White House and Anthropic Hold ‘Productive’ Meeting, Aiming for a Compromise

    Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:45:45 -0000

    Friday’s meeting at the White House followed the introduction of Anthropic’s powerful new artificial intelligence model, Mythos, which U.S. officials believe could be critical for security.
  5. Trump Expected to Loosen Restrictions on Psychedelic Drugs

    Sat, 18 Apr 2026 02:40:47 -0000

    An upcoming executive order is intended to accelerate research into the compounds’ efficacy in treating PTSD, depression and other mental health problems, officials said.
  6. The Doctor Will Seek Your Vote Now

    Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:57:39 -0000

    Dozens of Democratic doctors are running for office in the midterms, including some spurred by opposition to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his anti-vaccine stance.
  7. ‘Turning Point Was Charlie Kirk’: Why This Student Group Moved On

    Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:02:36 -0000

    Students at the University of Arkansas disagreed with Turning Point’s direction, pointing to challenges ahead for the conservative group.
  8. Primary Becomes Purity Test for a State G.O.P.: ‘You Can’t Serve Two Masters’

    Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:01:09 -0000

    For years, Republican state legislators in Montana have been willing to team up with Democrats, but in nearly two dozen races on June 2, a nationally attuned right has those lawmakers in its sights.
  9. Maduro’s Successor Is Purging Allies Who Kept Him in Power in Venezuela

    Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:06:56 -0000

    The successor to Venezuela’s captured President Nicolás Maduro is purging the people who kept him in power.
  10. In Angola, Pope Leo XIV Faces the Legacy of Colonialism

    Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:54:09 -0000

    His visit includes a trip to a shrine where enslaved Africans were baptized before being forced into the treacherous voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
  11. How Trump Helped Pope Leo Find His Voice

    Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:07:03 -0000

    After his election last year, Leo XIV developed a reputation as a mild-mannered mediator. President Trump’s attacks have made him more combative.
  12. Trump’s Dispute With Pope Leo Deepens Divisions on the Right

    Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:56:16 -0000

    Sean Hannity criticized the pope. Tucker Carlson attacked Mr. Hannity. And President Trump suggested ranking MAGA figures: “good, bad, and somewhere in the middle.”
  13. The Pope Bedevils Trump

    Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:39:05 -0000

    A higher authority finally tells Trump he’s no messiah.
  14. JD Vance’s Very Bad Week

    Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:05:48 -0000

    What recent events in Europe can tell us about the future of Trumpism.
  15. Trading Spaces

    Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:23:38 -0000

    With spring comes the urge to spring-clean. It’s about so much more than just organizing your closet.
  16. Federal Court Temporarily Freezes Nexstar’s Merger With Tegna

    Sat, 18 Apr 2026 03:22:48 -0000

    The judge said the two television companies could not combine operations while an antitrust lawsuit proceeded. Nexstar said its deal was already done.
  17. After D4vd Arrest, Lake Elsinore Residents Mourn Celeste Rivas Hernandez

    Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:02:51 -0000

    Celeste Rivas Hernandez went missing from Lake Elsinore, Calif., at age 13. The musician known as D4vd has been detained in connection with her death.
  18. Migrant Children Removed From New York Shelter After Abuse Allegations

    Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:02:40 -0000

    Federal officials received complaints about the treatment of children and adolescents at a facility in Westchester County, N.Y.
  19. Tornados Reported Across the Midwest as Powerful Storms Slam the Region

    Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:53:57 -0000

    One reported tornado downed trees and damaged cars in Lena, Ill., an official said.
  20. El retorno de la detención familiar

    Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:40:01 -0000

    Durante el gobierno de Trump, miles de niños inmigrantes han sido detenidos y muchos han sufrido de negligencia médica.
  21. Why I Wanted to Keep My Marriage a Secret, by David Sedaris

    Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    It’s not that I was embarrassed by Hugh or that I thought someone better might come along. I just shudder when I hear a man say the words “my husband.”
  22. New Orleans’s Car-Crash Conspiracy

    Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    High-speed accidents, crooked lawyers, and poor people desperate for cash—it was the kind of scheme that could have been cooked up only in the Big Easy.
  23. The Return of Family Detention

    Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Under the Trump Administration, thousands of immigrant children have been detained, and many have suffered from medical neglect.
  24. J. D. Vance’s Bumpy Ride

    Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    It wasn’t the first time that Trump had debased someone who serves him. It wasn’t even the first time that Vance had had to downplay a blasphemy-themed A.I. image.
  25. The South Texas Democrat Who Will Sing at Your Quinceañera

    Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:06:55 -0000

    Bobby Pulido, a Tejano musician who’s trying to unseat a Republican in Congress, has turned some of his district’s splashiest parties into campaign stops.
  26. Who Is the U.S. Negotiating with in Iran?

    Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:07:57 -0000

    As Trump searches for a friendly successor to the Ayatollah in Tehran, the leadership vacuum in the Iranian regime has been filled by hard-line members of the Revolutionary Guard.
  27. What Brought Down Eric Swalwell

    Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:52:26 -0000

    How the attention economy produced a moment of congressional reckoning.
  28. The Extremes of Israeli Public Opinion

    Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:42:29 -0000

    Israeli voters are against a ceasefire with Iran, and think Benjamin Netanyahu has not gone far enough.
  29. Israel’s War in Lebanon Has Not Stopped

    Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:20:29 -0000

    While America and Iran negotiate a ceasefire, Beirut remains under siege.
  30. How Pakistan Became a Major Player in Peace Negotiations Between the U.S. and Iran

    Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:40:23 -0000

    Pakistan’s military has wooed Donald Trump, and fallen out with its former Taliban allies, as the country looks to wield more influence in the region.
  31. How Donald Trump May Have Sabotaged His Chances for a Deal with Iran

    Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:38:52 -0000

    The Iranian regime has shut down the Strait of Hormuz, destabilizing global markets and leaving the U.S. with no good options.
  32. How Jomboy Is Changing the Way Baseball Is Watched

    Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:49:59 -0000

    Major League Baseball, in the hope of expanding the game’s appeal and reaching younger fans, bought a minority stake in the popular media company founded by Jimmy O’Brien.
  33. An Economist’s Quest to Solve America’s Wage Problem

    Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Arindrajit Dube argues that the answer is empowering workers and setting mandatory wage standards across industries.
  34. The N.B.A.’s Race to the Bottom

    Sun, 05 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Despite the league’s many attempts to combat tanking, the incentive to lose remains strong for teams hoping to strategize for the future. Is there a fix?
  35. The Spectacle of War and the Struggle to Protest

    Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    On social media, images of destruction in Iran are giving way to commentary from talking heads, dulling the reality of war.
  36. A Genocide Scholar Asks “What Went Wrong” in Israel

    Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    The Israeli historian Omer Bartov argues in his new book that a “state ideology” of Zionism has led to what he calls genocide in Gaza.
  37. Saving a Lost Generation of Young Men—with Chop Saws

    Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The College of St. Joseph the Worker, which combines the trades with a liberal-arts education, is trying to restore its students’ sense of their own competence, and revive the city of Steubenville, Ohio, along the way.
  38. Queen Elizabeth II and the Lost Art of Fashion Diplomacy

    Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    “The Queen’s Style,” a new exhibition at Buckingham Palace, offers a lesson in how to make powerful statements without saying a word.
  39. America’s Orange Jesus

    Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:25:07 -0000

    Reflections on a week in which Donald Trump decided to feud with the Pope while comparing himself to the Saviour.
  40. How Much Has the War in Iran Depleted the U.S. Missile Supply?

    Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Defense officials inside the Trump Administration were already concerned that American stockpiles were insufficient for a potential standoff with China. A war of choice in the Middle East has only made matters worse.
  41. “The Peace President” Gets Belligerent with Iran and the Pope

    Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:27:19 -0000

    After negotiations to end the war failed to produce a deal, Trump imposed a naval blockade to cut off the Islamic Republic’s ability to trade through the Strait of Hormuz.
  42. The Hungarian Election Shows That Even Strongmen Can Lose

    Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:04:45 -0000

    Many people in the country had trouble imagining that Viktor Orbán could be defeated. But a philosopher also warned that defeatism can abet authoritarianism.
  43. Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI

    Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz on the rise of the C.E.O. of OpenAI, and how allegations of deceptive behavior continue to dog one of the most powerful figures in tech.