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  1. Kennedy Center Board Decides to Inscribe Trump’s Name on Building

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:23:53 -0000

    The vote to add “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump” is an aggressive test of a judge’s order to remove his name.
  2. Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them.

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:03:43 -0000

    The agency used a no-bid contract to buy 10 used jets, saying they were urgently needed for deportation flights. But the fleet has largely sat idle for months.
  3. U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:15:50 -0000

    The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.
  4. Trump’s Immigration Policy Echoes 1920s Crackdown, but This Time Congress Isn’t Involved

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:08:37 -0000

    U.S. leaders limited immigration amid economic and social turmoil. Historians see similarities to Trump’s crackdown, with a catch: He’s doing it without Congress.
  5. Inside the Democratic Socialists of America’s Audacious Quest for Power

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:42:17 -0000

    Democratic Socialists are capturing more votes than ever before — even as they run up against the limits of their appeal.
  6. How Thanksgiving Became Political: Francesca Hong’s Tweets Explained

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:28:51 -0000

    Ahead of Wisconsin’s Democratic primary for governor, a past tweet by the assemblywoman that called for the holiday to be canceled was resurfaced.
  7. Luigi Mangione, Facing Stalking Charges in Federal Court, Is Expected to Plead Guilty

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:31:48 -0000

    He is charged with stalking resulting in the death of an executive, but the specifics of his plea were unclear. A murder trial in state court is set for next month.
  8. California May Let Residents Choose ‘Jewish’ as an Ethnic Identifier

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:14:28 -0000

    A bill would allow Jews to identify themselves as an ethnic group on state forms. Supporters argue it’s a step toward acknowledging the complex nature of Jewish identity.
  9. How Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner’s Bromance Led Them to Lakers

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:02:27 -0000

    Bob Iger, the former chief executive of Disney, and Josh Kushner, the venture capitalist, are buying the Los Angeles Lakers. Their wives set them up.
  10. Happy Hour With the Vanishing Nuns of New York

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:25:57 -0000

    As convents are closing all over, the sisters are facing the end of their lives together — and they have brought the party to an assisted living center in the suburbs.
  11. A City Mobilizes Against a Stubborn Health Threat: Mosquitoes

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:49:56 -0000

    The city of Belém in northern Brazil was overwhelmed by an outbreak of dengue two years ago. An all-out municipal effort has reduced cases and may offer lessons to American cities.
  12. How Supreme Court Oral Arguments Have Transformed Since Covid-Era Precautions

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:40:07 -0000

    Live audio, a new format and new voices have transformed and unsettled the court’s signature public ceremony.
  13. After Supreme Court Losses, Trump Keeps Pushing

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:01:05 -0000

    Is the administration defying the court or pursuing lawful alternatives?
  14. How a Long-Shot U.S. Oil Drilling Project Is Shaking Up Greenland

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:22:07 -0000

    A U.S. oil company says it could be on the verge of a major discovery in Greenland. The proposal comes at a tricky time for the Arctic island, and locals are lining up against it.
  15. The Golden Age of Mexican Food Is Here. And It’s Complicated.

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:18:47 -0000

    Even at a time of anti-immigration politics, there has never been a richer variety of Mexican restaurants in the United States.
  16. 41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants In the United States

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:28:08 -0000

    Our favorite choices for seafood from Sonora, carnitas from Michoacán, chalupas from Pueblo and so much more.
  17. What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:52:30 -0000

    Is Kansas just the beginning?
  18. Hamas Has No More Cards to Play

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:35:53 -0000

    The signs point to Hamas being serious about disarming. The recent Board of Peace plan for it to surrender its weapons should be carried out.
  19. In a Chinese Leader’s Death, Mourning for a More Hopeful Time

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:19:57 -0000

    Tributes for former Premier Zhu Rongji reflect nostalgia for an era when China was opening to the world and the future seemed more prosperous and hopeful.
  20. Is D.N.C. Chair the Worst Job in Washington?

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:13:00 -0000

    The organization is holding its annual summer meeting, and onlookers are calling for the head of its leader, Ken Martin. Then again, the Democrats are always doing that kind of thing.
  21. The Doulas Who Help Us Die

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In an aging America, thousands of people have adopted a new vocation: supporting others as they confront the end of life.
  22. Are You a Human?

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    From branding irons to iris scans, the ancient business of proving who you are has never been stranger—or more lucrative.
  23. Inside Russia’s New Gulag

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Human-rights groups estimate that more than ten thousand Ukrainian civilians have disappeared into the Russian prison system. This is the story of one cell.
  24. The Delusions of John Roberts

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Chief Justice insists that his Supreme Court isn’t biased even as it keeps making dramatic leaps rightward.
  25. Who Killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo?

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A death during an ICE traffic stop raises outrage in Houston—and in Mexico.
  26. What Francesca Hong’s Defeat Means for Democrats

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:23:56 -0000

    The democratic socialist’s rise in Wisconsin was supposed to portend a major breakthrough for the left. Her narrow loss should still be a wake-up call for the Party’s establishment.
  27. What a Blighted Beach Town Says About England’s Forgotten North

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Blackpool, a vacation spot known as the Vegas of the North, has become a symbol of working-class fun.
  28. An Israeli Satirist’s Bid to Save His Country’s Democracy

    Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:25:35 -0000

    Lior Schleien used to host hit TV shows. Now he posts videos of discussions with young people, the majority of whom currently tend right, which garner millions of views.
  29. 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.
  30. 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.”
  31. Will Left-Wing Democrats Reinvent the Party or Hurt Its Chances in November?

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Bernie Sanders’s erstwhile campaign manager explains why he thinks it’s the former.
  32. The Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.

    Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused.
  33. If A.I. Takes the Jobs of Young People, How Will They React?

    Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Democratic electorate is already moving left, but that may be nothing compared with what happens when unemployment really starts to rise.
  34. What Does the Humbling of Leopold Aschenbrenner Mean for the A.I. Bubble?

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The troubles of a twenty-four-year-old hedge-fund manager highlight some larger questions about the tech-driven stock boom.
  35. Did the Dodgers Ruin Baseball?

    Sun, 09 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Already the title favorites, Los Angeles acquired the league’s best pitcher at the trade deadline—and may have insured a lockout after the season.
  36. Subaru Socialists and the Great Disappointed

    Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The voters who are determining the future of the Democratic Party.
  37. Israel’s Leaders Find Allies Among the Global Far Right

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:36:48 -0000

    Support for the nation is becoming an increasingly polarizing issue in politics around the world.
  38. Minnesota Primary-Election Results

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:37:23 -0000

    Peggy Flanagan wins the state’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate; Mike Lindell, a close ally to President Donald Trump, loses the Republican gubernatorial primary.
  39. South Carolina Primary-Election Results: Graham and Norman Advance

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:37:02 -0000

    In the special Republican primary to replace Senator Lindsey Graham, who passed away in July, his sister Darline Graham and Representative Ralph Norman will move on to a runoff election in late August.
  40. Wisconsin Primary-Election Results: David Crowley Wins

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:36:31 -0000

    The Milwaukee County executive defeated Francesca Hong, a Democratic Socialist who was widely considered the front-runner in the Democratic primary for governor.
  41. How Socialist Is the D.S.A.? Megan Romer Explains

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:58:53 -0000

    Romer, a co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, defends some of the D.S.A.’s controversial positions: “I think people like us being rather bold. . . . People want a fighter.”
  42. The Great Delegalization

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    More than a million immigrants are seeing protections that granted them safe lives in the U.S. suddenly swept away.
  43. A.I. Is Now a Major Election Issue

    Sun, 09 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan’s newly elected Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, put it, “People really effing hate data centers.”
  44. The Senate’s Shameful Acquiescence to Todd Blanche as Attorney General

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 22:15:22 -0000

    A number of Republicans resisted his confirmation, but enough ultimately accepted the notion that Trump could do even worse.