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  1. Inside the Left’s Playbook for Winning Elections

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:02:42 -0000

    Progressives are being outspent and are receiving little support from the Democratic Party. Their tactics show a different way to succeed.
  2. How Cameras Can Track Every Car in the U.S., and Iran’s Catch-22

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

    Plus, a drying river reveals Nazi-era vessels.
  3. Southern Iran Bears Brunt of U.S. Bombing

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:02:27 -0000

    While fighting has abated in much of Iran, near-constant U.S. airstrikes in Qeshm island and other southern spots have upended lives and livelihoods.
  4. Iran Insists Strait of Hormuz Will Stay Closed Until Trump Agrees to Demands

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:34:13 -0000

    A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that talks with Oman on shipping routes in the Strait of Hormuz were “separate” from discussions to fully reopen the waterway.
  5. Iran Taps Longtime I.R.G.C. Commander Mohsen Rezaei to Top Security Post

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:37:22 -0000

    The appointment of Mohsen Rezaei, a longtime military commander, to a top security post suggests that the country’s establishment is consolidating power.
  6. Oil Prices Climb on Stalemate in Strait of Hormuz

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:40:47 -0000

    Hopes were dashed over the weekend for a breakthrough on shipping traffic through the critical waterway in the Persian Gulf.
  7. A.I.-Driven Chip Crunch Leads to New Rush of Lobbying in Washington

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:02:19 -0000

    As data centers gobble up memory chips, other industries that need the components, including electronics companies like Apple and medical device makers, are asking for government help.
  8. A.I. Agents Are Taking Entire Online Courses for Cheating Students

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:18:18 -0000

    As colleges and students embrace virtual classes, the ease of A.I. cheating is raising questions about the value of an online degree.
  9. Meta Unveils ‘Open Source’ Version of Its Most Powerful A.I. Model

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:00:14 -0000

    The release of Muse Glimmer, a model that can be freely downloaded and modified, is likely to intensify a debate over whether A.I. should be restricted or not.
  10. Private Equity Is Stuck With 33,575 Unsold Businesses

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:01:50 -0000

    Even amid a booming deal-making environment, private equity firms are unable to exit a growing number of investments at values their investors require.
  11. What the Hallmark Channel Knows About Love

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:02:32 -0000

    For 25 years, it’s helped big-city gals find love with hometown hunks — and distracted the rest of us when we need it most.
  12. What to Know About Europe’s Total Solar Eclipse: Where to See It and How to Watch Safely

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 04:01:06 -0000

    We’re answering some questions about the solar eclipse on Aug. 12, and providing a place for you to ask more of them.
  13. America Is Atomizing

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:21:23 -0000

    A nation of us versus them and them and them.
  14. Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America. Police Love Them. Citizens Don’t.

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:34:18 -0000

    In Texas, there’s one thing liberals and conservatives agree on: They don’t want cameras trained on their cars.
  15. Why Are So Many People Upset About Flock Cameras?

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:33:17 -0000

    Flock Safety’s automated license plate-reading cameras, used by thousands of law enforcement agencies in the U.S., have drawn intense criticism from civil liberties groups.
  16. Ukraine Drone Attack on Industrial City in Russia Kills at Least 13

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:32:17 -0000

    A strike on an industrial center in Tatarstan marked one of the deadliest attacks on Russian territory since the start of the war.
  17. After Record-Breaking Summer Start, Europe Braces for New Heat Wave

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:16:54 -0000

    High temperature warnings were in place across western, central and southern Europe on Monday as a heat dome intensifies across the continent.
  18. Extreme Heat Comes for the Red Chile Capital of Pakistan

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 04:01:20 -0000

    The traditional ways of cultivating the peppers may not survive the challenges of climate change and soaring costs, so Pakistani farmers are trying to adapt.
  19. At Edinburgh Fringe, Amanda Knox Takes the Mic to Reclaim Her Story

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:02:41 -0000

    In a solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe, Knox is trying to turn her tabloid infamy into stand-up humor, despite an intense backlash.
  20. With ‘The Galloping Cure’ in Edinburgh, Missy Mazzoli Tackles the Opioid Crisis

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:59:58 -0000

    The composer Missy Mazzoli, driven by personal loss, has turned America’s overdose epidemic into a dark, fantastical allegory.
  21. At Edinburgh Fringe, It’s Time for Comedy, Stunts and Even a Few Owls

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:18:48 -0000

    As the festival brings thousands of shows to the Scottish city, there’s also plenty of merriment out on the streets.
  22. This Is the Winning Formula for Democrats in Red States

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:57:00 -0000

    Just shy of 44 with boyish good looks, Rob Sand is very much a moderate, but he has a withering critique of the political establishment in this country.
  23. I’ve Seen How A.I. Changes Young People’s Social Lives

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:02:11 -0000

    A.I. has become a kind of social sealant, filling the gaps in young people’s relationships.
  24. I, Spied

    Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:37:27 -0000

    We’re looking at the little black cameras that are causing a national uproar.
  25. 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.
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. The Future, Made in China

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Beijing is competing with the U.S. for tech supremacy. Who wins will have huge political implications.
  30. 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.
  31. 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.”
  32. 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.
  33. Are Psychedelics Right-Wing Now?

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    How the conservative activist Bryan Hubbard, with help from Rick Perry and Joe Rogan, persuaded Trump and the G.O.P. to embrace ibogaine, a psychedelic drug derived from an African shrub.
  34. 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.
  35. 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.”
  36. 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.
  37. 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.
  38. 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.
  39. 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.
  40. 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.
  41. Kevin Warsh Is Facing More Than a Communication Problem

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Fed chair’s biggest challenge is demonstrating his independence from Donald Trump.
  42. How Socialist Is the D.S.A.? Megan Romer Explains

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:00:00 -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.”
  43. Can Extreme Morning Sickness Be Cured?

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    For decades, the condition was thought to be psychological, and women were shamed for their illness. Now a scientist has found a biological cause.
  44. G.P.S. and the Lost Art of Getting Lost

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A new book, “Little Blue Dot,” by Katherine Dunn, raises questions about the unintended consequences of knowing where we are.
  45. Max Miller’s Victim Mentality

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:24:23 -0000

    The Republican congressman’s bitter domestic dispute—in which he’s accused of physical abuse by his ex-wife, the daughter of an Ohio senator—is testing his party’s willingness to defend the indefensible.
  46. Michigan Primary-Election Live Results: Abdul El-Sayed Wins

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:18:48 -0000

    The former public-health official’s victory in a closely watched Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate carries major implications for the direction of the Party.
  47. The Electability of Abdul El-Sayed

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:05:43 -0000

    The former public-health official won Michigan’s Democratic primary with an unapologetically progressive platform—and a total defiance of the Party establishment.
  48. Why Donald Trump Talks So Much About Foreign Election Interference

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The White House is distorting intelligence assessments instead of working to protect the midterm elections.
  49. What Does It Even Mean to Be a Moderate?

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Michigan Senate primary has turned into a referendum on a word that has never had a fixed meaning.