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The Daily
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This is what the news should sound like. The biggest stories of our time, told by the best journalists in the world. Hosted by Michael Barbaro and Sabrina Tavernise. Twenty minutes a day, five days a week, ready by 6 a.m. Soon, you’ll need a subscription to keep full access to this show, and to other New York Times podcasts, on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Don’t miss out on exploring all of our shows, featuring everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts. Listen to this podcast in New York Times Audio, our new iOS app for news subscribers. Download now at nytimes.com/audioapp

Episodes
  • 2024 / 10 / 8
    How NAFTA Broke American Politics

    On the campaign trail, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are constantly talking about trade, tariffs and domestic manufacturing.In many ways, these talking points stem from a single trade deal that transformed...

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  • 2024 / 10 / 7
    The Year Since Oct. 7

    Warning: this episode contains descriptions of war and trauma.One year ago, Israel suffered the worst terrorist attack in its history. The conflict that followed has become bigger and deadlier by the day,...

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  • 2024 / 10 / 6
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Blind Side’ Made Him Famous. But He Has a Different Story to Tell.

    It was an overcast Monday afternoon in late April, and Michael Oher, the former football player whose high school years were dramatized in the movie “The Blind Side,” was driving Michael Sokolove on a tour...

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  • 2024 / 10 / 5
    'The Interview': Al Pacino Is Still Going Big

    A conversation with the legendary actor about, well, everything.Soon, you’ll need a subscription to keep full access to this show, and to other New York Times podcasts, on Apple Podcasts and Spotify....

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  • 2024 / 10 / 4
    Four Weeks to Go

    With Election Day fast approaching, polls show the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump to be the closest in a generation.The Times journalists Michael Barbaro, Shane...

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  • 2024 / 10 / 3
    Iran Retaliates

    Israel’s series of military successes against its longtime adversary Hezbollah had raised the question of whether the militant group’s backer, Iran, would retaliate. On Tuesday, that question was answered,...

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  • 2024 / 10 / 2
    The Walz-Vance Debate: Civility and Then a Clash

    Just three weeks after Kamala Harris and Donald J. Trump engaged in a fiery and often hostile presidential debate, their running mates, Tim Walz and JD Vance, met for their own face-off — and struck a very...

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  • 2024 / 10 / 1
    Hurricane Helene’s 600 Miles of Destruction

    Warning: This episode contains strong language and descriptions of death.Over the past few days, Hurricane Helene has left a trail of devastation, killing more than 100 people, driving thousands from their...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 30
    Alliance vs. Isolation: Harris and Trump’s Competing Views on Foreign Policy

    As wars in Ukraine and the Middle East deepen, the U.S. presidential campaign is raising a crucial question: Whose idea of American foreign policy will the world get next?Peter Baker, the chief White House...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 29
    The Deserter: Parts 4 and 5

    In “The Deserter,” Sarah A. Topol reports the story of Ivan, a captain in the Russian Army who fought in Ukraine and then ultimately fled the war and his country with his wife, Anna. Topol spoke to 18...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 29
    The Deserter: Parts 1-3

    In “The Deserter,” Sarah A. Topol reports the story of Ivan, a captain in the Russian Army who fought in Ukraine and then ultimately fled the war and his country with his wife, Anna. Topol spoke to 18...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 28
    'The Interview': John Oliver Is Still Working Through the Rage

    The host of "Last Week Tonight" talks about what he’s learned in the ten years of making the show, why he doesn't consider himself a journalist and not giving in to nihilism.

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  • 2024 / 9 / 27
    The Criminal Indictment of New York City’s Mayor

    For the first time in New York history, federal prosecutors have indicted the city’s sitting mayor, accusing him of accepting illegal campaign donations and luxury gifts in return for political favors.Emma...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 26
    The Profitable Business of Holding Patients Against Their Will

    Warning: This episode contains descriptions of captivity, mental-health trauma and suicidal thoughts.A Times investigation into a leading chain of psychiatric hospitals in the United States reveals a world...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 26
    How One Hospital Chain Traps Patients for Profit

    Warning: This episode contains descriptions of captivity, mental-health trauma and suicidal thoughts.A Times investigation into a leading chain of psychiatric hospitals in the United States reveals a world...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 25
    The Slide Toward War in Lebanon

    In the past few days, Israel has waged intense air raids in Lebanon, killing more than 600 people, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.Ben Hubbard, the Istanbul bureau chief for The Times, explains the...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 24
    How the Cost of Housing Became So Crushing

    Over the past year, frustration over the cost of housing in the United States has become a centerpiece of the presidential race, a focus of government policy and an agonizing nationwide problem.Conor...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 23
    How Telegram Became the Underworld’s Favorite App

    A Times investigation has found that Telegram, one of the world’s biggest messaging apps, with nearly a billion users, is also a giant black market and gathering place for the likes of terrorists and white...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 22
    'Book Review': Robert Caro on 50 Years of 'The Power Broker'

    Robert Caro’s 1974 biography “The Power Broker” is a book befitting its subject, Robert Moses — the unelected parochial technocrat who used a series of appointed positions to entirely reshape New York City...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 21
    'The Interview': Sally Rooney Thinks Career Growth Is Overrated

    The star novelist discusses her public persona, the discourse around her work and why reinvention isn’t her goal.

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  • 2024 / 9 / 20
    Six Weeks to Go

    As the presidential race enters its final 45 days, we assemble a campaign round table with our colleagues from the politics desk.Maggie Haberman, Shane Goldmacher and Nate Cohn interpret this week’s biggest...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 19
    The Day Thousands of Pagers Exploded in Lebanon

    Hundreds of electronic devices carried by Hezbollah members exploded simultaneously across Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday in an audacious plot by Israel.Patrick Kingsley, the Jerusalem bureau chief for The...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 18
    Israel's Existential Threat From Within

    Warning: this episode contains descriptions of violence.In the last year, the world’s eyes have been on the war in Gaza, which still has no end in sight. But there is a conflict in another Palestinian...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 17
    A Second Assassination Plot and the New Era of Political Violence

    A suspect was charged on Monday in connection with what appears to be a second assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump.Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Glenn Thrush, who have been covering the case, and Peter Baker,...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 16
    Three Undecided Voters, Two Swing States, One Big Decision

    From the moment Donald Trump and Kamala Harris walked off the debate stage, both their campaigns have argued about who won the showdown.But the real question is what the debate meant to a small sliver of...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 15
    The Sunday Read: ‘The For-Profit City That Might Come Crashing Down’

    If Próspera were a normal town, Jorge Colindres, a freshly cologned and shaven lawyer, would be considered its mayor. His title here is “technical secretary.” Looking out over a clearing in the trees in...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 14
    'The Interview': Demi Moore Is Done With the Male Gaze

    The actress discusses how her relationship to her body and fame has changed after decades in the public eye.

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  • 2024 / 9 / 13
    The Story Behind ‘They’re Eating the Pets’

    At this week’s presidential debate, Donald J. Trump went into an unprompted digression about immigrants eating people’s pets. While the claims were debunked, the topic was left unexplained.Miriam Jordan, who...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 12
    How the Election Is Sinking a $15 Billion Business Deal

    In a highly unusual move, the Biden administration signaled last week that it would block a Japanese company from buying an iconic American company in a critical swing state.Alan Rappeport, who covers the...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 11
    Harris Baits Trump: Inside Their Fiery Debate

    In their first and possibly only presidential debate, Vice President Kamala Harris dominated and enraged former President Donald J. Trump.Jonathan Swan, who covers politics and the Trump campaign for The...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 10
    Judge Delays Trump Sentencing Until After Election

    Last week, a judge in Manhattan announced that he was delaying the sentencing of Donald J. Trump until after the election. It is the only one of the four criminal cases against the former president that will...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 9
    The Harris Honeymoon Is Over

    Is Kamala Harris’s surge beginning to ebb? That’s the question raised by the recent New York Times/Siena College poll, which finds Donald J. Trump narrowly ahead of Ms. Harris among likely voters...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 7
    'The Interview': Change Can Be Beautiful. Just Ask Will Ferrell and Harper Steele.

    The superstar comedian and his best friend and collaborator discuss the journey that deepened their friendship.

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  • 2024 / 9 / 6
    The First Post-Affirmative Action Class Enters College

    The Supreme Court’s decision to ban affirmative action last summer was expected to drastically change the demographics of college campuses around the country.David Leonhardt, who has written about affirmative...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 5
    Kamala Harris’s Record on Immigration

    As Vice President Kamala Harris moves into the final stretch of her campaign, one of the biggest issues both for voters and for Republicans attacking her is the surge of migrants crossing the southern border...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 4
    The Battle to Control the World’s Most Powerful Technology

    The American company Nvidia has created one of the world’s most sought-after inventions: a computer chip that powers artificial intelligence.Amid concerns that the technology could help China modernize its...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 3
    The Push to Ban Phones in School

    As students around the United States head back to school, many are encountering a new reality: bans on their use of cellphones.Natasha Singer, a technology reporter for The New York Times, discusses the...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 30
    What Phil Donahue Meant to Me

    Phil Donahue, the game-changing daytime television host, died last week at 88. Mr. Donahue turned “The Phil Donahue Show” into a participation event, soliciting questions and comments on topics as varied as...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 29
    Why Tipping Is Everywhere

    Tipping, once contained to certain corners of the economy, has exploded, creating confusion and angst. Now, it is even becoming an issue in the U.S. presidential campaign.Ben Casselman, who covers the U.S....

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  • 2024 / 8 / 28
    The War That Won’t End

    It’s been nearly a year since the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attacks in Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza.Patrick Kingsley, the Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times, explains why the war is still going,...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 27
    The First Major Cyberattack of the 2024 Election

    The U.S. authorities have repeatedly warned that foreign governments would seek to meddle in the upcoming presidential election. It now appears they were right.David E. Sanger, a White House and national...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 26
    Trump vs. Harris on the Economy

    As the 2024 presidential race enters the homestretch, former President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are putting economic policy at the center of their pitches to voters.Jim Tankersley, who...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 25
    Introducing ‘The Wirecutter Show’

    In the very first episode of The Wirecutter Show, which launched on Aug. 21, the team goes deep on laundry—what you’re probably doing wrong, how to actually pretreat stains, and the tips and tricks to make it...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 24
    'The Interview': Jenna Ortega Is Still Recovering From Childhood Stardom

    The actress talks to Lulu Garcia-Navarro about learning to protect herself and the hard lessons of early fame.

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  • 2024 / 8 / 24
    Jenna Ortega Is Still Recovering From Childhood Stardom

    The actress talks to Lulu Garcia-Navarro about learning to protect herself and the hard lessons of early fame.

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  • 2024 / 8 / 23
    At the Democratic Convention, a Historic Nomination

    Last night, at the Democratic National Convention, Vice President Kamala Harris accepted her party’s nomination, becoming the first woman of color in U.S. history to do so.Astead W. Herndon and Reid J....

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  • 2024 / 8 / 22
    The Republican Plan to Challenge a Harris Victory

    At the Democratic National Convention, party officials are celebrating polls showing that Kamala Harris is now competitive with Donald Trump in every major swing state across the country.But in one of those...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 21
    Inside Ukraine’s Invasion of Russia

    Warning: this episode contains descriptions of war.When Ukrainian troops crossed over into Russia two weeks ago, it appeared at first to be a largely symbolic gesture. But in the time since, it has emerged as...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 20
    Biden Leaves the Stage

    On the first night of the Democratic National Convention, the stage belonged to the man who chose to give it up.Katie Rogers and Peter Baker, White House correspondents for The Times, discuss President...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 19
    The Story of Kamala Harris

    Over the next few days at the Democratic National Convention, Vice President Kamala Harris will accept her party’s nomination and reintroduce herself to American voters.Astead W. Herndon, a national politics...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 18
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Man Who Couldn’t Stop Going to College’

    Benjamin B. Bolger has been to Harvard and Stanford and Yale. He has been to Columbia and Dartmouth and Oxford, and Cambridge, Brandeis and Brown. Over all, Bolger has 14 advanced degrees, plus an associate’s...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 17
    'The Interview': Jelly Roll Cannot Believe How His Life Turned Out

    From jail and addiction to music stardom — the singer tells David Marchese he’s living a “modern American fairy tale.”

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  • 2024 / 8 / 16
    How Air-Conditioning Conquered America

    Air-conditioning has become both our answer to a warming planet and a major obstacle to actually confronting it.Emily Badger, who covers cities and urban policy for The Times, explains the increasingly...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 15
    A Controversial Crackdown on Homeless Encampments

    In the weeks since a landmark Supreme Court ruling opened the door for cities and states to crack down on homeless encampments, California — the state with the largest homeless population — has taken some of...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 15
    California’s Crackdown on Homeless Encampments

    In the weeks since a landmark Supreme Court ruling opened the door for cities and states to crack down on homeless encampments, California — the state with the largest homeless population — has taken some of...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 14
    How One Tech Monopoly Paved the Way for Another

    In a landmark antitrust ruling against Google last week, another case was at the heart of the story — one from the 1990s.Steve Lohr, who covers technology and the economy for The Times, explains the influence...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 13
    Harris Takes the Lead in Key States

    New polls by The New York Times and Siena College find that Vice President Kamala Harris has transformed the 2024 presidential race and is now leading former President Donald J. Trump in three crucial...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 12
    Inside the Three Worst Weeks of Trump’s Campaign

    For much of the past year, Donald J. Trump and those around him were convinced that victory in the presidential race was all but certain. Now, everything has changed, after the decision by President Biden not...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 11
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Woman Who Could Smell Parkinson’s’

    Les Milne was a consultant anesthesiologist, and his wife, Joy, typically found that he came home smelling of anesthetics, antiseptics and blood. But he returned one August evening in 1982, shortly after his...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 10
    'The Interview': James Lankford Tried to Solve Immigration for the GOP

    Senator James Lankford discusses how political calculations killed his border bill, the evangelical Christian vote and preparing for life after Trump.

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  • 2024 / 8 / 9
    Breaking’s Olympic Debut

    More than 50 years after its inception, “breaking” — not “break dancing,” a term coined by the media and disdained by practitioners — will debut as an Olympic sport.Jonathan Abrams, who writes about the...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 8
    Dispatches From a Kamala Harris Field Office

    Vice President Kamala Harris’s ascent to the top of the Democratic ticket has transformed the U.S. presidential race. But the real test awaits: Will the party be able to translate that energy into a winning...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 7
    Harris Chooses Walz

    Earlier this summer, few Democrats could have identified Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota.But, in a matter of weeks, Mr. Walz has garnered an enthusiastic following in his party, particularly among the liberals who...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 6
    What Just Happened on Wall Street?

    Every major U.S. stock market plunged on Monday, wiping out billions of dollars in value.Jeanna Smialek, who covers the U.S. economy for The Times, discusses what was behind the dizzying sell-off — and what...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 6
    A Wild Day on Wall Street

    Every major U.S. stock market plunged on Monday, wiping out billions of dollars in value.Jeanna Smialek, who covers the U.S. economy for The Times, discusses what was behind the dizzying sell-off — and what...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 5
    She Used to Be Friends With JD Vance

    Senator JD Vance, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, and Sofia Nelson, his transgender classmate at Yale Law School, forged a bond that lasted a decade. In 2021, Mr. Vance’s support for an Arkansas...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 4
    The Sunday Read: ‘Online Dating After 50 Can Be Miserable. But It’s Also Liberating.’

    When Maggie Jones’s marriage collapsed after 23 years, she was devastated and overwhelmed. She was in her 50s, with two jobs, two teenage daughters and one dog. She didn’t consider dating. She had no time, no...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 3
    'The Interview': Vince Vaughn Turned This Interview Into Self-Help

    I went in expecting a swaggering, overconfident guy. I found something much more interesting.

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  • 2024 / 8 / 2
    The Secret Succession Fight That Will Determine the Future of Fox News

    For years, Rupert Murdoch seemed content to let his children battle it out for control of his conservative media empire once he’s gone.Jim Rutenberg, who writes about media and politics for The Times,...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 1
    The Long Shadow of Julian Assange’s Conviction

    Warning: this episode contains strong language and audio of war.When the long legal saga of Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, came to an end this summer, it marked the first time that the U.S. government...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 31
    An Escalating War in the Middle East

    Warning: This episode contains audio of war.Over the past few days, the simmering feud between Israel and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, has reached a critical moment.Ben Hubbard, the Istanbul bureau chief...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 30
    The V.P.’s Search for a V.P.

    Warning: This episode contains strong language.Although Vice President Kamala Harris has officially been a presidential candidate for only about a week, the race to become her running mate is well...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 29
    A Radical Reboot of Nuclear Energy

    Nuclear power, once the great hope for a clean way to meet the world’s energy needs, fell out of favor decades ago.Brad Plumer, who covers technology and policy efforts to address global warming for The New...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 28
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Kidnapping I Can’t Escape’

    On Nov. 12, 1974, Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s father’s childhood friend Jack Teich was kidnapped out of his driveway in the nicest part of the nicest part of Long Island. He was arriving home from work when two...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 27
    'The Interview': Pete Buttigieg Thinks the Trump Fever Could Break

    The Democrat talks about the election vibe shift and what a Kamala Harris win would mean for both parties.

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  • 2024 / 7 / 26
    Is One Third of Venezuela’s Population About to Flee?

    For years, Venezuelans have been living through one of the most severe economic collapses in modern history — one that has caused millions to flee the country. But this weekend, an election is offering many a...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 25
    The Harris Campaign Is Born

    Over the past 48 hours, as the nomination of Vice President Kamala Harris went from theoretical to inevitable, she has delivered the first glimpses of how her campaign will run.Reid J. Epstein, who covers...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 24
    The Lingering Questions about the Attempt to Kill Trump

    In the week since the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the security mistakes that led to the shooting have come into sharp focus, prompting Kimberly Cheatle, the head of the Secret Service, to...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 23
    The Coronation of Kamala Harris

    As Democrat after Democrat races to anoint Kamala Harris as their party’s presidential candidate, it has become clear that she will face no real challenge for the nomination.Nate Cohn, chief political analyst...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 23
    The New Hope, and New Worry, of Kamala Harris

    As Democrat after Democrat races to anoint Vice President Kamala Harris as their party’s presidential candidate, it has become clear that she will face no real challenge for the nomination.Nate Cohn, chief...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 22
    Joe Biden Drops Out

    President Biden has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, as his replacement.Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times,...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 21
    Sunday Special: The 100 Best Books of the Century (So Far)

    Earlier this month, the New York Times Book Review rolled out the results of an ambitious survey it conducted to determine the best books of the 21st century so far. On this special episode of the Book Review...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 20
    'The Interview': Joel Embiid Believes He Could Have Been the GOAT

    The N.B.A. star talks Philly cheesesteaks, Twitter trolling and playing for Team U.S.A. over France in the Olympics.

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  • 2024 / 7 / 19
    At the Republican Convention, Trump Achieves Mythical Status

    Donald J. Trump’s acceptance of his party’s nomination put an exclamation point on a triumphant week for a Republican Party that emerged from its convention confident and unified. At the same time, the...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 18
    Trump 2.0: He’s Never Sounded Like This Before

    In a special series leading up to Election Day, “The Daily” will explore what a second Trump presidency would look like, and what it could mean for American democracy.Since he began his latest campaign,...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 17
    The Surprise Ending to the Mar-a-Lago Documents Case

    As the Republican National Convention entered its second day, former President Donald J. Trump and his allies absorbed the stunning new reality that the most formidable legal case against him had been thrown...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 16
    Trump Picks His Running Mate — and Political Heir

    On the first day of the Republican National Convention, Donald J. Trump chose his running mate: Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio.We watched the process unfold in real time in Milwaukee.Michael C. Bender, who covers...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 15
    The Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump

    Today’s episode sets out what we know about the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening.Doug Mills, a photographer for The Times, recounts...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 14
    The Sunday Read: ‘A Republican Election Clerk vs. Trump Die-Hards in a World of Lies’

    Cindy Elgan glanced into the lobby of her office and saw a sheriff’s deputy waiting at the front counter. “Let’s start a video recording, just in case this goes sideways,” Elgan, 65, told one of her employees...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 13
    'The Interview': Robert Putnam Knows Why You’re Lonely

    The author of “Bowling Alone” warned us about social isolation and its effect on democracy a quarter century ago. Things have only gotten worse.

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  • 2024 / 7 / 12
    Loving Their Pets to Debt

    Over the past decade, the cost of veterinary care in the U.S. has skyrocketed, as health care for pets has come to look more like health care for people.Katie Thomas, an investigative health care reporter for...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 11
    72 Hours Inside Biden’s Campaign to Save His Candidacy

    For the past three days, President Biden has fought to save his re-election campaign, as panicked congressional Democrats returned to Washington and openly debated whether to call on him to step aside.In this...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 10
    Why Britain Just Ended 14 Years of Conservative Rule

    For more than a decade, Britain has been governed by the Conservative Party, which pushed its politics to the right, embracing smaller government and Brexit. Last week, that era officially came to an end.Mark...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 9
    The Era of Killer Robots Is Here

    Outmanned and outgunned in what has become a war of attrition against Russia, Ukraine has looked for any way to overcome its vulnerabilities on the battlefield. That search has led to the emergence of killer...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 8
    The Supreme Court Is Not Done Remaking America

    When the Supreme Court wrapped up its term last week, much of the focus was one the ruling that gave former President Donald J. Trump sweeping immunity from criminal prosecution. But another set of rulings...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 7
    'Animal,' Episode 6: Bats

    On the final episode of “Animal,” Sam Anderson travels to Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula to meet with a creature he's long been afraid of: bats.For photos and videos of Sam's journey to the Yucatán, and to listen...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 5
    How Bad Is Drinking for You, Really?

    Midway through one of the booziest holiday weekends of the year, we re-examine our love-hate relationship with alcohol.Susan Dominus, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, gets to the bottom of the...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 4
    Biden’s Slipping Support

    A major Times poll has found that voters’ doubts about President Biden deepened after his poor performance in the first debate, with Donald J. Trump taking by far his biggest lead of the campaign.Shane...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 3
    The American Journalist on Trial in Russia

    Evan Gershkovich, an American journalist for The Wall Street Journal, was detained in Russia more than a year ago. He has been locked up in a high-security prison and accused of spying for the U.S....

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  • 2024 / 7 / 2
    Trump Wins Broad Immunity

    On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald J. Trump is entitled to broad immunity from criminal prosecution for actions that he took while in office.Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 1
    Will Biden Withdraw?

    President Biden’s disastrous debate performance last week set off a furious discussion among Democratic officials, donors and strategists about whether and how to replace him as the party’s nominee.Peter...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 30
    'Animal,' Episode 5: Wolves

    In a broken world, what can we gain by looking another animal in the eye? "Animal" is a six-part, round-the-world journey in search of an answer. In Episode 5, the writer Sam Anderson travels to an obscure...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 29
    'The Interview': Eddie Murphy Is Ready to Look Back

    David Marchese talks to the comedy legend about navigating the minefield of fame, “Family Feud” and changing Hollywood forever.

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  • 2024 / 6 / 29
    "The Interview": Eddie Murphy Is Ready to Look Back

    David Marchese talks to the comedy legend about navigating the minefield of fame, “Family Feud” and changing Hollywood forever.

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  • 2024 / 6 / 28
    A Brutal Debate for Biden

    In the first debate of the 2024 race, President Biden hoped to make the case that Donald J. Trump was unfit to return to the White House. Instead, Mr. Biden’s weak performance deepened doubts about his own...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 27
    The Doping Scandal Rocking the Upcoming Olympics

    A new doping scandal is rocking the world of competitive swimming, as the Paris Olympics approach. These allegations are raising questions about fairness in the sport and whether the results at the summer...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 26
    France’s Far Right at the Gates of Power

    The far right in France had a big win this month, crushing the party of President Emmanuel Macron in elections for the European Parliament. But the results did not affect France’s government at home — until...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 25
    The Plan to Defeat Critics of Israel in Congress

    A powerful group supporting Israel is trying to defeat sitting members of Congress who have criticized the country’s deadly war against Hamas.Nicholas Fandos, who covers New York politics for The Times,...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 24
    The Army of Poets and Students Fighting a Forgotten War

    Warning: this episode contains descriptions of injuries.Myanmar is home to one of the deadliest, most intractable civil wars on the planet. But something new is happening. Unusual numbers of young people from...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 23
    'Animal,' Episode 4: Ferrets

    In a broken world, what can we gain by looking another animal in the eye? "Animal" is a six-part, round-the-world journey in search of an answer. In Episode 4, the writer Sam Anderson soothes his anxiety by...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 22
    'The Interview': Gretchen Whitmer Wants a Gen X President — in 2028

    The governor of Michigan isn’t saying it should be her, but she’s not saying it shouldn’t be, either.

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  • 2024 / 6 / 21
    America’s Top Doctor on Why He Wants Warning Labels on Social Media

    Warning: This episode contains mentions of bullying and suicide.A rising tide of mental health problems among teenagers has sent parents, teachers and doctors searching for answers. This week, the U.S....

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  • 2024 / 6 / 20
    The Mysterious Gun Study That’s Advancing Gun Rights

    In the battle to dismantle gun restrictions, raging in America’s courts even as mass shootings become commonplace, a Times’ investigation has found that one study has been deployed by gun rights activists to...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 18
    A Novel Legal Strategy for Mass Shooting Victims’ Families

    As mass shootings plague the United States, victims’ families continue to search for accountability. To that end, a pair of lawsuits by the families of victims of the Uvalde school shooting will try a new...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 17
    Abortion United Evangelicals and Republicans. Now That Alliance Is Fraying.

    The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest denomination of Protestant Christians in the United States, voted at an annual gathering last week to oppose the use of in vitro fertilization.Ruth Graham, who...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 16
    'Animal,' Episode 3: Manatees

    In a broken world, what can we gain by looking another animal in the eye? "Animal" is a six-part, round-the-world journey in search of an answer. In Episode 3, the writer Sam Anderson travels to Florida to...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 15
    'The Interview': Serena Williams’s Next Challenge? The Rest of Her Life.

    The greatest women’s tennis player of all time is trying to find her new normal in retirement.

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  • 2024 / 6 / 14
    How to Retire as Early as Humanly Possible

    Many Americans work their entire lives and end up retiring with nothing. But a group of frugal obsessives is challenging that.They call their approach FIRE: “financial independence, retire early.”Amy X. Wang,...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 13
    Inside Trump’s Search for a Vice President

    The makeup of the 2024 presidential race has felt inevitable from the start — with one notable exception: Donald J. Trump’s choice of a running mate.Michael Bender, a political correspondent for The Times,...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 12
    The Criminal Conviction of Hunter Biden

    A jury on Tuesday found Hunter Biden, President Biden’s son, guilty of three felonies related to the purchase of a gun at one of the low points of his troubled life.Katie Rogers, a White House correspondent...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 11
    Biden’s Hard-Line Effort to Close the Border

    Last week, President Biden announced one of the most restrictive immigration policies by a Democratic incumbent in decades, effectively barring migrants crossing the southern border from seeking asylum in the...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 10
    The Rise and Fall of Congestion Pricing in New York

    On Wednesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York announced that she was indefinitely halting a project that had been decades in the making: congestion pricing in Manhattan’s core business district.Ana Ley, who...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 9
    'Animal,' Episode 2: Puffins

    In a broken world, what can we gain by looking another animal in the eye? "Animal" is a six-part, round-the-world journey in search of an answer. In Episode 2, the writer Sam Anderson travels to Iceland to...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 8
    'The Interview': The Darker Side of Julia Louis-Dreyfus

    The actress is taking on serious roles, trying to overcome self-doubt and sharing more about her personal life — but she’s not done being funny.

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  • 2024 / 6 / 7
    Real Teenagers, Fake Nudes: The Rise of Deepfakes in American Schools

    Warning: this episode contains strong language, descriptions of explicit content and sexual harassmentA disturbing new problem is sweeping American schools: Students are using artificial intelligence to...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 6
    The Fight Over the Next Pandemic

    At the height of the Covid pandemic, nearly 200 countries started negotiating a plan to ensure they would do better when the next pandemic inevitably arrived. Their deadline for that plan was last...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 5
    Biden’s Push to End the War in Gaza

    In an unexpected speech last week, President Biden revealed the details of a secret proposal intended to end the war in Gaza. Perhaps the most surprising thing was where that proposal had come from.Isabel...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 4
    A Conversation With President Zelensky

    Five years ago, a TV personality and comedian, Volodymyr Zelensky, won the presidency in Ukraine in a landslide victory. When Russia launched a full-scale invasion of the country three years later, he faced...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 3
    How Trump’s Conviction Could Reshape the Election

    Last week, Donald J. Trump became the first U.S. former president to be convicted of a crime when a jury found that he had falsified business records to conceal a sex scandal.Maggie Haberman, a senior...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 2
    Introducing ‘Animal’: Walnut

    In a broken world, what can we gain by looking another animal in the eye? "Animal" is a six-part, round-the-world journey in search of an answer. Join the writer Sam Anderson on Episode 1.For more on...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 1
    'The Interview': Richard Linklater Sees the Killer Inside Us All

    David Marchese talks to the acclaimed director about his new film “Hit Man” and life’s big questions.

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  • 2024 / 5 / 31
    Guilty

    Former President Donald J. Trump has become the first American president to be declared a felon. A Manhattan jury found that he had falsified business records to conceal a sex scandal that could have hindered...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 30
    The Government Takes On Ticketmaster

    Over recent years, few companies have provoked more anger among music fans than Ticketmaster. Last week, the Department of Justice announced it was taking the business to court.David McCabe, who covers...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 29
    The Closing Arguments in the Trump Trial

    On Tuesday, lawyers for the prosecution and the defense delivered their final arguments to the jury in the criminal case of The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump.Jonah Bromwich, one of the...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 28
    The Alitos and Their Flags

    The discovery that an upside-down American flag — a symbol adopted by the campaign to overturn the 2020 election result — had flown at the home of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. elicited concerns from...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 25
    'The Interview': Ted Sarandos’s Plan to Get You to Binge Even More

    Netflix won the streaming battle, but the war for your attention isn’t over.

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  • 2024 / 5 / 24
    Whales Have an Alphabet

    Ever since the discovery of whale songs almost 60 years ago, scientists have been trying to decipher the lyrics.But sperm whales don’t produce the eerie melodies sung by humpback whales, sounds that became a...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 23
    I.C.C. Prosecutor Requests Warrants for Israeli and Hamas Leaders

    This week, Karim Khan, the top prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, requested arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the country’s defense minister, Yoav...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 22
    Biden’s Open War On Hidden Fees

    The Biden administration is trying to crack down on sneaky fees charged by hotels, rental cars, internet providers and more.Jim Tankersley, a White House correspondent, explains why the effort is doubling as...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 21
    The Crypto Comeback

    This month, customers of FTX — Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange, which collapsed in 2022 — were told that they would get their money back, with interest.David Yaffe-Bellany, our technology...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 20
    Was the 401(k) a Mistake?

    The first generation to be fully reliant on 401(k) plans is now starting to retire. As that happens, it is becoming clear just how broken the system is.Michael Steinberger, a contributing writer for The New...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 19
    The Sunday Read: ‘Why Did This Guy Put a Song About Me on Spotify?’

    Have you heard the song “Brett Martin, You a Nice Man, Yes”?Probably not. On Spotify, “Brett Martin, You a Nice Man, Yes” has not yet accumulated enough streams to even register a tally. Even Brett Martin, a...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 18
    'The Interview': Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Has an Antidote to Our Climate Delusions

    The scientist talks to David Marchese about how to overcome the “soft” climate denial that keeps us buying junk.

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  • 2024 / 5 / 17
    The Campus Protesters Explain Themselves

    This episode contains explicit language.Over recent months, protests over the war in Gaza have rocked college campuses across the United States.As students graduate and go home for the summer, three joined...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 16
    The Make-or-Break Testimony of Michael Cohen

    This episode contains explicit language.Michael Cohen, Donald J. Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, took the stand in the former president’s hush-money trial. Jonah E. Bromwich, a criminal justice reporter,...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 15
    The Possible Collapse of the U.S. Home Insurance System

    Across the United States, more frequent extreme weather is starting to cause the home insurance market to buckle, even for those who have paid their premiums dutifully year after year.Christopher Flavelle, a...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 14
    Voters Want Change. In Our Poll, They See It in Trump.

    The latest Times polling shows the extent of the challenge that President Biden faces and the strengths that Donald J. Trump retains. A yearning for change — as well as discontent over the economy and the war...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 13
    How Biden Adopted Trump’s Trade War With China

    Donald Trump upended decades of American policy when he started a trade war with China. Many thought that President Biden would reverse those policies. Instead, he’s stepping them up.Jim Tankersley, who...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 12
    Revisiting 'The Mother Who Changed: A Story of Dementia'

    Earlier this year, we shared the story of one family’s dispute over a loved one with dementia. That story, originally reported in The New York Times Magazine by Katie Engelhart, won the Pulitzer Prize for...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 11
    'The Interview': Charlamagne Tha God Won’t Take Sides

    The radio host talks to Lulu Garcia-Navarro about how he plans to wield his considerable political influence during this election cycle.

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  • 2024 / 5 / 10
    Stormy Daniels Takes The Stand

    This episode contains descriptions of an alleged sexual liaison.What happened when Stormy Daniels took the stand for eight hours in the first criminal trial of former President Donald J. Trump?Jonah Bromwich,...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 9
    One Strongman, One Billion Voters, and the Future of India

    India is in the midst of a national election and its prime minister, Narendra Modi, is running to extend his 10 years in power.Mr. Modi has become one of the most consequential leaders in India’s history,...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 8
    A Plan to Remake the Middle East

    If and when Israel and Hamas reach a deal for a cease-fire, the United States will immediately turn to a different set of negotiations over a grand diplomatic bargain that it believes could rebuild Gaza and...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 7
    How Changing Ocean Temperatures Could Upend Life on Earth

    While many of the effects of climate change, including heat waves, droughts and wildfires, are already with us, some of the most alarming consequences are hiding beneath the surface of the ocean.David Gelles...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 6
    R.F.K. Jr.’s Battle to Get on the Ballot

    As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tries to get on the presidential ballot in all 50 states, he’s confronting fierce resistance from his opponents.Rebecca Davis O’Brien, who covers campaign finance and money in U.S....

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  • 2024 / 5 / 4
    'The Interview': Marlon Wayans Lost Nearly 60 Loved Ones. Comedy Saved Him.

    The comedian talks to David Marchese on becoming a different person after unimaginable loss. For more on 'The Interview,' please visit nytimes.com/theinterview.

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  • 2024 / 5 / 3
    The Protesters and the President

    Warning: this episode contains strong language.Over the past week, students at dozens of universities held demonstrations, set up encampments and, at times, seized academic buildings. In response,...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 2
    Biden Loosens Up on Weed

    For half a century, the federal government has treated marijuana as one of the more dangerous drugs in the United States. On Tuesday, the Biden administration signaled a significant shift in approach.Zolan...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 1
    The New Abortion Fight Before the Supreme Court

    As the presidential race moves into high gear, abortion is at the center of it. Republican-controlled states continue to impose new bans, including just this week in Florida.But in Washington, the Biden...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 30
    The Secret Push That Could Ban TikTok

    American lawmakers have tried for years to ban TikTok, concerned that the video app’s links to China pose a national security risk.Sapna Maheshwari, a technology reporter for The Times, explains the...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 29
    Trump 2.0: What a Second Trump Presidency Would Bring

    In a special series leading up to Election Day, “The Daily” will explore what a second Trump presidency would look like, and what it could mean for American democracy.In the first part, we will look at Tump’s...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 28
    Introducing ‘The Interview’: Yair Lapid Says the World Misunderstands Israel

    Frustrated at the growing protest movement, the opposition leader defends his country’s “existential” war. For more on the show, please visit nytimes.com/theinterview.

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  • 2024 / 4 / 27
    Introducing ‘The Interview’: Anne Hathaway Is Done Trying to Please

    On the debut of ’The Interview,' the actress talks to David Marchese about learning to let go of other people’s opinions. For more on the show, please visit nytimes.com/theinterview.

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  • 2024 / 4 / 26
    Harvey Weinstein Conviction Thrown Out

    When the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted of sex crimes four years ago, it was celebrated as a watershed moment for the #MeToo movement. Yesterday, New York’s highest court of appeals...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 25
    The Crackdown on Student Protesters

    Columbia University has become the epicenter of a growing showdown between student protesters, college administrators and Congress over the war in Gaza and the limits of free speech.Nicholas Fandos, who...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 24
    Is $60 Billion Enough to Save Ukraine?

    Lawmakers approved a giant new tranche of support for Ukraine late last night after a tortured passage through the U.S. Congress, where it was nearly derailed by right-wing resistance in the House.Marc...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 23
    A Salacious Conspiracy or Just 34 Pieces of Paper?

    The prosecution and the defense both opened their cases on Monday in the first criminal trial of Donald Trump.Jonah Bromwich, who watched from inside the courtroom, walks us through the arguments.Guest: Jonah...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 22
    The Evolving Danger of the New Bird Flu

    The outbreak of bird flu currently tearing through the nation’s poultry is the worst in U.S. history. Scientists say it is now spreading beyond farms into places and species it has never been before.Emily...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 21
    Sunday Special: 'Modern Love'

    The chef Samin Nosrat lives by the idea that food is love. Her Netflix series, “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat,” and the James Beard Award-winning cookbook that inspired it, were about using food to build community...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 19
    The Supreme Court Takes Up Homelessness

    Debates over homeless encampments in the United States have intensified as their number has surged. To tackle the problem, some cities have enforced bans on public camping.As the Supreme Court prepares to...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 18
    The Opening Days of Trump’s First Criminal Trial

    Political and legal history are being made in a Lower Manhattan courtroom as Donald J. Trump becomes the first former U.S. president to undergo a criminal trial.Jonah Bromwich, who covers criminal justice in...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 17
    Are ‘Forever Chemicals’ a Forever Problem?

    The Environmental Protection Agency has begun for the first time to regulate a class of synthetic chemicals known as “forever chemicals” in America’s drinking water.Kim Tingley, a contributing writer for The...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 16
    A.I.’s Original Sin

    A Times investigation shows how the country’s biggest technology companies, as they raced to build powerful new artificial intelligence systems, bent and broke the rules from the start.Cade Metz, a technology...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 15
    Iran’s Unprecedented Attack on Israel

    Overnight on Saturday, Iran launched its first direct attack on Israeli soil, shooting hundreds of missiles and drones at multiple targets.Eric Schmitt, a national security correspondent for The Times,...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 14
    The Sunday Read: ‘What I Saw Working at The National Enquirer During Donald Trump’s Rise’

    At the center of the criminal case against former President Donald Trump in Manhattan is the accusation that Trump took part in a scheme to turn The National Enquirer and its sister publications into an arm...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 12
    How One Family Lost $900,000 in a Timeshare Scam

    Warning: this episode contains descriptions of violence.A massive scam targeting older Americans who own timeshare properties has resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars sent to Mexico.Maria Abi-Habib, an...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 11
    The Staggering Success of Trump’s Trial Delay Tactics

    For former President Donald J. Trump, 2024 was supposed to be dominated by criminal trials. Instead, he’s found ways to delay almost all of them.Alan Feuer, who covers the criminal cases against Mr. Trump for...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 10
    Trump's Abortion Dilemma

    By the time his first term was over, Donald J. Trump had cemented his place as the most anti-abortion president in U.S. history. Now, facing political blowback, he’s trying to change that reputation.Lisa...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 9
    How Tesla Planted the Seeds for Its Own Potential Downfall

    When Elon Musk set up Tesla’s factory in China, he made a bet that brought him cheap parts and capable workers — a bet that made him ultrarich and saved his company.Mara Hvistendahl, an investigative reporter...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 8
    The Eclipse Chaser

    Today, millions of Americans will have the opportunity to see a rare total solar eclipse.Fred Espenak, a retired astrophysicist known as Mr. Eclipse, was so blown away by an eclipse he saw as a teenager that...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 7
    The Sunday Read: ‘What Deathbed Visions Teach Us About Living’

    Chris Kerr was 12 when he first observed a deathbed vision. His memory of that summer in 1974 is blurred, but not the sense of mystery he felt at the bedside of his dying father. Throughout Kerr’s childhood...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 5
    An Engineering Experiment to Cool the Earth

    Decades of efforts to cut carbon emissions have failed to significantly slow the rate of global warming, so scientists are now turning to bolder approaches.Christopher Flavelle, who writes about climate...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 4
    Israel’s Deadly Airstrike on the World Central Kitchen

    The Israeli airstrike that killed seven workers delivering food in Gaza has touched off global outrage and condemnation.Kim Severson, who covers food culture for The Times, discusses the World Central...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 3
    The Accidental Tax Cutter in Chief

    In his campaign for re-election, President Biden has said that raising taxes on the wealthy and on big corporations is at the heart of his agenda. But under his watch, overall net taxes have decreased.Jim...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 2
    Kids Are Missing School at an Alarming Rate

    Long after schools have fully reopened after the pandemic, one concerning metric suggests that children and their parents have changed the way they think about being in class.Sarah Mervosh, an education...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 1
    Ronna McDaniel, TV News and the Trump Problem

    Ronna McDaniel’s time at NBC was short. The former Republican National Committee chairwoman was hired as an on-air political commentator but released just days later after an on-air revolt by the network’s...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 30
    From Serial: Season 4 - GuantĂĄnamo

    Maybe you have an idea in your head about what it was like to work at GuantĂĄnamo, one of the most notorious prisons in the world. Think again.

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  • 2024 / 3 / 29
    Hamas Took Her, and Still Has Her Husband

    Warning: this episode contains descriptions of violence.It’s been nearly six months since the Hamas-led attacks on Israel, when militants took more than 200 hostages into Gaza.In a village called Nir Oz, near...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 28
    The Newest Tech Start-Up Billionaire? Donald Trump

    Over the past few years, Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, has been dismissed as a money-losing boondoggle.This week, that all changed. Matthew Goldstein, a New York Times business reporter,...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 27
    Democrats’ Plan to Save the Republican House Speaker

    Against all odds and expectations, Speaker Mike Johnson keeps managing to fund the government, inflame the far right of his party — and hold on to his job.Catie Edmondson, a congressional correspondent for...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 26
    The United States vs. the iPhone

    Last week, the Justice Department took aim at Apple, accusing the company of violating competition laws with practices intended to keep customers reliant on their iPhones.David McCabe, who covers technology...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 25
    A Terrorist Attack in Russia

    Warning: this episode contains descriptions of violence.More than a hundred people died and scores more were wounded on Friday night in a terrorist attack on a concert hall near Moscow — the deadliest such...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 24
    The Sunday Read: ‘My Goldendoodle Spent a Week at Some Luxury Dog ‘Hotels.’ I Tagged Along.’

    By the time Sam Apple pulled up with his goldendoodle, Steve, to their resting place, he was tired from the long drive and already second-guessing his plan. He felt a little better when they stepped inside...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 22
    Chuck Schumer on His Campaign to Oust Israel’s Leader

    In a pointed speech from the Senate floor this month, the majority leader, Chuck Schumer, called for Israel to hold a new election and for voters to oust the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.Soon after,...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 21
    The Caitlin Clark Phenomenon

    This year, the star of college basketball is Caitlin Clark, a woman who is changing everything about the game — from the way it’s played, to its economics, to who is watching.Matt Flegenheimer, a profile...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 20
    The Bombshell Case That Will Transform the Housing Market

    For decades, an invisible hand has been guiding and controlling the American real estate industry, dictating how much buyers and sellers pay to their agents and how homes are sold. A few days ago, after a...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 19
    Trump’s Plan to Take Away Biden’s Biggest Advantage

    Over the past week, Donald J. Trump has burned down and rebuilt the Republican National Committee, gutting the leadership and much of the staff.Shane Goldmacher, a national political correspondent for The...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 18
    Your Car May Be Spying on You

    Warning: this episode contains a discussion about domestic abuse.As cars become ever more sophisticated pieces of technology, they’ve begun sharing information about their drivers, sometimes with unnerving...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 17
    The Sunday Read: ‘Sure, It Won an Oscar. But Is It Criterion?’

    In October 2022, amid a flurry of media appearances promoting their film “Tàr,” the director Todd Field and the star Cate Blanchett made time to visit a cramped closet in Manhattan. This closet, which has...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 15
    A Journey Through Putin’s Russia

    Russians go to the polls today in the first presidential election since their country invaded Ukraine two years ago.The war was expected to carry a steep cost for President Vladimir V. Putin. Valerie Hopkins,...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 14
    It Sucks to Be 33

    Jeanna Smialek, who covers the U.S. economy for The Times, will be 33 in a few weeks; she is part of a cohort born in 1990 and 1991 that makes up the peak of America’s population.At every life stage, that...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 13
    The Alarming Findings Inside a Mass Shooter’s Brain

    Warning: this episode contains descriptions of violence and self harm.Last fall, an Army reservist killed 18 people at a bowling alley and restaurant in Lewiston, Maine, before turning the gun on himself.Dave...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 12
    Oregon Decriminalized Drugs. Voters Now Regret It.

    In 2020, motivated to try a different way to combat drug use, Oregon voted to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of hard drugs including fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine.Things didn’t turn out...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 11
    The Billionaires’ Secret Plan to Solve California’s Housing Crisis

    For years, a mysterious company has been buying farmland on the outskirts of Silicon Valley, eventually putting together a plot twice the size of San Francisco.At every step, those behind the company kept...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 10
    The Sunday Read: ‘Can Humans Endure the Psychological Torment of Mars?’

    That people will travel to Mars, and soon, is a widely accepted conviction within NASA. Rachel McCauley, until recently the acting deputy director of NASA’s Mars campaign, had, as of July, a punch list of 800...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 7
    The Miseducation of Google’s A.I.

    When Google released Gemini, a new chatbot powered by artificial intelligence, it quickly faced a backlash — and unleashed a fierce debate about whether A.I. should be guided by social values, and if so,...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 6
    The Unhappy Voters Who Could Swing the Election

    Millions of voters in states across the country cast their ballots in the presidential primary on Super Tuesday, leaving little doubt that the November election will be a rematch between President Biden and...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 5
    A Deadly Aid Delivery and Growing Threat of Famine in Gaza

    Late last week, an effort to get food into northern Gaza turned deadly, as thousands of desperate Gazans descended on aid trucks, and Israeli troops tasked with guarding those trucks opened fire.Exactly how...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 4
    An F.B.I. Informant, a Bombshell Claim, and an Impeachment Built on a Lie

    A single piece of unverified intelligence became the centerpiece of a Republican attempt to impeach President Biden.Michael S. Schmidt, an investigative reporter for The Times, explains how that intelligence...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 3
    The Sunday Read: ‘How Tom Sandoval Became the Most Hated Man in America’

    At the end of a quiet, leafy street in the Valley in Los Angeles, the reality TV star Tom Sandoval has outfitted his home with landscaping lights that rotate in a spectrum of colors, mimicking the dance floor...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 1
    Biden, Trump and a Split Screen at the Texas Border

    President Biden and Donald J. Trump both made appearances at the southern border on Thursday as they addressed an issue that is shaping up to be one of the most important in the 2024 election:...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 29
    How Poisoned Applesauce Found Its Way to Kids

    A Times investigation has revealed how applesauce laced with high levels of lead sailed through a food safety system meant to protect American consumers, and poisoned hundreds of children across the...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 28
    An Arms Race Quietly Unfolds in Space

    U.S. officials have acknowledged a growing fear that Russia may be trying to put a nuclear weapon into orbit.Eric Lipton, an investigative reporter for The Times, explains that their real worry is that...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 27
    The Voters Willing to Abandon Biden Over Gaza

    In the past few weeks, activists in Michigan have begun calling voters in the state, asking them to protest President Biden’s support for the Israeli military campaign in Gaza by not voting for him in the...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 26
    The Alabama Ruling That Could Stop Families From Having Kids

    A surprise ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court has halted fertility treatments across the state and sent a shock wave through the world of reproductive health.Azeen Ghorayshi, who covers sex, gender, and...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 25
    The Sunday Read: ‘How Do You Make a Weed Empire? Sell It Like Streetwear.’

    The closest thing to a bat signal for stoners is the blue lettering of the Cookies logo. When a new storefront comes to a strip mall or a downtown shopping district, fans flock to grand-opening parties, drawn...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 23
    Trump’s Cash Crunch

    Last week, when a civil court judge in New York ruled against Donald J. Trump, he imposed a set of penalties so severe that they could temporarily sever the former president from his real-estate empire and...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 22
    Putin’s Opposition Ponders a Future Without Aleksei Navalny

    Last week, the Russian authorities announced that Aleksei A. Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader and an unflinching critic of President Vladimir V. Putin, had died in a remote Arctic prison at...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 21
    What Happens if America Turns Its Back on Its Allies in Europe

    Over the past few weeks, a growing sense of alarm across Europe over the future of the continent’s security has turned into outright panic.As Russia advances on the battlefield in Ukraine, the U.S. Congress...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 20
    Stranded in Rafah as an Israeli Invasion Looms

    This episode contains strong language and descriptions of war.After months of telling residents in the Gaza Strip to move south for safety, Israel now says it plans to invade Rafah, the territory’s...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 19
    The Booming Business of Cutting Babies’ Tongues

    A Times investigation has found that dentists and lactation consultants around the country are pushing “tongue-tie releases” on new mothers struggling to breastfeed, generating huge profits while often...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 18
    Sunday Special: Un-Marry Me!

    Today we’re sharing the latest episode of Modern Love, a podcast about the complicated love lives of real people, from The New York Times.Anna Martin, host of the show, spoke to David Finch, who wrote three...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 16
    An Explosive Hearing in Trump’s Georgia Election Case

    In tense proceedings in Georgia, a judge will decide whether Fani T. Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, and her office should be disqualified from their prosecution of former President Donald J....

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  • 2024 / 2 / 15
    How China Broke One Man’s Dreams

    A crisis of confidence is brewing inside China, where the government is turning believers in the Chinese dream into skeptics willing to flee the country.Li Yuan, who writes about technology, business and...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 14
    The Biden Problem Democrats Can No Longer Ignore

    Questions about President Biden’s age sharpened again recently after a special counsel report about his handling of classified information described him as a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 13
    Why the Race to Replace George Santos Is So Close

    Voters in New York are choosing the successor to George Santos, the disgraced Republican who was expelled from Congress in December.Nicholas Fandos, who covers New York politics and government for The Times,...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 12
    Why Boeing’s Top Airplanes Keep Failing

    When a piece of an Alaska Airlines flight blew out into the sky in January, concern and scrutiny focused once more on the plane’s manufacturer, Boeing.Sydney Ember, a business reporter for The Times, explains...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 11
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Unthinkable Mental Health Crisis That Shook a New England College’

    The first death happened before the academic year began. In July 2021, an undergraduate student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute was reported dead. The administration sent a notice out over email, with the...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 9
    Kick Trump Off the Ballot? Even Liberal Justices Are Skeptical

    In December, the Colorado Supreme Court issued a bombshell ruling that said Donald Trump was ineligible to be on the state’s ballot for the Republican presidential primary, saying he was disqualified under...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 8
    A Guilty Verdict For a Mass Shooter’s Mother

    Warning: this episode contains strong language and descriptions of violence.A few days ago, for the first time, an American jury convicted a parent for a mass shooting carried out by their child.Lisa Miller,...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 7
    El Salvador Decimated Gangs. But at What Cost?

    El Salvador has experienced a remarkable transformation. What had once been one of the most violent countries in the world has become incredibly safe.Natalie Kitroeff, the New York Times bureau chief for...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 6
    The U.N. Scandal Threatening Crucial Aid to Gaza

    Late last month, an explosive allegation that workers from a crucial U.N. relief agency in Gaza had taken part in the Oct. 7 attacks stunned the world and prompted major donors, including the United States,...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 5
    The 1948 Economic Moment That Might Explain Our Own

    President Biden has struggled to sell Americans on the positive signs in the economy under his watch, despite figures that look good on paper. That could have important ramifications for his re-election...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 4
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Great Freight-Train Heists of the 21st Century’

    Of all the dozens of suspected thieves questioned by the detectives of the Train Burglary Task Force at the Los Angeles Police Department during the months they spent investigating the rise in theft from the...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 2
    On the Ballot in South Carolina: Biden’s Pitch to Black Voters

    The Democratic presidential nomination process begins tomorrow in South Carolina, and President Biden is running largely uncontested. But his campaign is expending significant resources in the race to try to...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 1
    Secure the Border, Say Republicans. So Why Are They Killing a Plan to Do That?

    For the past few weeks, Democrats and Republicans were closing in on a game-changing deal to secure the U.S.-Mexico border: a bipartisan compromise that’s unheard-of in contemporary Washington.Karoun...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 31
    Is the Future of Medicine Hidden in Ancient DNA?

    In a major advance in science, DNA from Bronze Age skeletons is providing clues to modern medical mysteries.Carl Zimmer, who covers life sciences for The Times, explains how a new field of study is changing...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 30
    Trump’s Voters vs. Haley’s Donors

    Inside the Republican Party, a class war is playing out between the pro-Trump base, which is ready for the nomination fight to be over, and the anti-Trump donor class, which thinks it’s just getting...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 29
    The Failed Promise of Police Body Cameras

    This episode contains strong language and audio excerpts of violence.About a decade ago, police departments across the United States began equipping their officers with body cameras. The technology was meant...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 28
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Whale Who Went AWOL’

    On April 26, 2019, a beluga whale appeared near Tufjord, a village in northern Norway, immediately alarming fishermen in the area. Belugas in that part of the world typically inhabit the remote Arctic and are...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 26
    The Mother Who Changed: A Story of Dementia

    Across the United States, millions of families are confronting a seemingly impossible question: When dementia changes a relative, how much should they accommodate their new personality and desires?Katie...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 25
    The Hybrid Worker Malaise

    The era of hybrid work has spawned a new kind of office culture — one that has left many workers less connected and less happy than they have ever been.Emma Goldberg, a business reporter covering workplace...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 24
    Why the G.O.P. Nomination Fight Is Now (All But) Over

    On Tuesday, Donald J. Trump beat Nikki Haley in New Hampshire. His win accelerated a push for the party to coalesce behind him and deepened questions about the path forward for Ms. Haley, his lone remaining...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 23
    The Shadowy Story of Oppenheimer and Congress

    Nominations for the Oscars are announced on Tuesday and “Oppenheimer,” a film about the father of the atomic bomb, is expected to be among the front-runners. Catie Edmondson, a congressional correspondent for...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 22
    The Rules of War

    In the International Court of Justice, South Africa is accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.Amanda Taub, a human rights lawyer-turned-journalist at The Times, walks through the arguments of the...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 21
    The Sunday Read: ‘Podcasters Took Up Her Sister’s Murder Investigation. Then They Turned on Her’

    Liz Flatt drove to Austin, Texas, mostly out of desperation. She had tried talking with the police. She had tried working with a former F.B.I. profiler who ran a nonprofit dedicated to solving unsolved...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 19
    The Fishermen Who Could End Federal Regulation as We Know It

    On its surface, the case before the Supreme Court — a dispute brought by fishing crews objecting to a government fee — appears to be routine.But, as Adam Liptak, who covers the court for The Times explains,...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 18
    What the Houthis Really Want

    Attacks by Houthi militants on shipping in the Red Sea, a crucial global trade route, once seemed like a dangerous sideshow to the war in Gaza. But as the attacks have continued, the sideshow has turned into...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 17
    The Messy Fight Over the SAT

    Concerned about the effect on diversity, many colleges have stopped requiring standardized tests. New research suggests that might be a mistake.David Leonhardt, a senior writer for The Times, discusses the...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 16
    Trump’s Domination and the Battle for No. 2 in Iowa

    At the Iowa Republican caucuses on Monday night, Donald J. Trump secured a runaway victory. The only real drama was the fight for second place.Reid Epstein, who covers politics for The Times, takes us inside...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 14
    The Sunday Read: ‘How an Ordinary Football Game Turns Into the Most Spectacular Thing on TV’

    Arrowhead Stadium, the home of the Kansas City Chiefs, the N.F.L.’s defending champions, is a very loud place. During a 2014 game, a sound meter captured a decibel reading equivalent to a jet’s taking off,...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 12
    In Iowa, Two Friends Debate DeSantis vs. Trump

    On Monday, Iowa holds the first contest in the Republican presidential nominating process and nobody will have more on the line than Ron DeSantis. The Florida governor staked his candidacy on a victory in...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 11
    The Threat of a Wider War in the Middle East

    A recent string of attacks across the Middle East has raised concerns that the war between Hamas and Israel is spreading, and might put pressure on other countries like Iran and the United States to get more...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 10
    Trump’s Case for Total Immunity

    Donald Trump has consistently argued that as a former president, he is immune from being charged with a crime for things he did while he was in office.Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The Times,...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 9
    The Afterlife of a Gun

    Across the United States, hundreds of towns and cities are trying to get guns off the streets by turning them over to businesses that offer to destroy them.But a New York Times investigation found that...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 8
    The Wild World of Money in College Football

    Tonight, millions of Americans are expected to tune in to watch one of the biggest sports events of the year, college football’s national championship game. On the field, the game will be determined by the...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 7
    The Sunday Read: ‘Ghosts on the Glacier’

    Fifty years ago, eight Americans set off for South America to climb Aconcagua, one of the world’s mightiest mountains. Things quickly went wrong. Two climbers died. Their bodies were left behind.Here is what...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 5
    A Confusing New World for College Applicants

    In a landmark ruling last summer, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned nearly 50 years of precedent and banned the use of affirmative action in college admissions.The decision eliminated the most powerful tool...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 4
    Why Are So Many More Pedestrians Dying in the U.S.?

    A puzzling new pattern has taken hold on American roads: pedestrian traffic deaths, which had been on the decline for years, have skyrocketed.Emily Badger, who covers cities and urban policy for The Upshot at...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 3
    Biden’s 2024 Playbook

    Yesterday, we went inside Donald Trump’s campaign for president, to understand how he’s trying to turn a mountain of legal trouble into a political advantage. Today, we turn to the re-election campaign of...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 2
    Trump's 2024 Playbook

    As former President Donald J. Trump enters an election year leading his Republican rivals by wide margins in the polls, multiple court cases are taking up an increasing amount of his campaign schedule. They...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 29
    Baseball’s Plan To Save Itself From Boredom: An Update

    This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran.Major League Baseball is putting in effect some of the...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 28
    A Mother, a Daughter, a Deadly Journey: An Update

    This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran.With mountains, intense mud, fast-running rivers and thick...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 27
    Inside Russia’s Crackdown on Dissent: An Update

    This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran.Days after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Kremlin made it a...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 26
    How A Paradise Became A Death Trap: An Update

    This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since.Warning: This episode contains descriptions of death.When fires swept West...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 22
    Biden Supports Israel. Does the Rest of America?

    A New York Times/Siena College poll has found that voters disapprove of President Biden’s handling of the war in Gaza, though voters are split on U.S. policy toward the conflict and whether or not Israel’s...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 21
    The New State of the War in Gaza

    The accidental killing of three hostages by Israel’s military has shocked Israelis and is raising new questions about the way Israel is conducting its war against Hamas. Afterward, Israel’s defense minister...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 20
    Why a Colorado Court Just Knocked Trump Off the Ballot

    The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that former President Donald J. Trump is barred from holding office under the 14th Amendment, which disqualifies those who engage in insurrection, and directed Mr....

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  • 2023 / 12 / 19
    Football’s Young Victims

    Warning: this episode contains mentions of suicide.A recently released study from researchers at Boston University examined the brains of 152 contact-sport athletes who died before turning 30. They found that...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 18
    The Man Who Counts Every Shooting in America

    Warning: this episode contains descriptions of violenceIn 2023, the unrelenting epidemic of gun violence in the United States has claimed the lives of more than 41,000 people. Throughout the year, each and...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 17
    The Sunday Read: ‘Bariatric Surgery at 16’

    Last fall, Alexandra Duarte, who is now 16, went to see her endocrinologist at Texas Children’s Hospital, outside Houston. From age 10, she had been living with polycystic ovary syndrome and, more recently,...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 15
    The Year of Taylor Swift

    Taylor Swift grabbed many headlines in 2023. Her widely popular Eras Tour, which proved too much for Ticketmaster to handle, has been both a business and a cultural juggernaut. And Time magazine named her as...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 14
    The Woman Who Fought the Texas Abortion Ban

    A major case in Texas this week drew attention to the question of who can get exempted from an abortion ban. Most states that have banned the procedure allow for rare exceptions, but while that might seem...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 13
    Antisemitism and Free Speech Collide on Campuses

    Warning: this episode contains strong language.Universities across the country strained under pressure to take a public position on the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas.Nicholas Confessore, a political and...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 12
    Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Fizzled. U.S. Funding May Be Next.

    Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is making a rare trip to Washington this week, pleading his case for American military aid, something which has long been a lifeline for his country but is now...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 11
    Can an ‘Anarcho-Capitalist’ President Save Argentina’s Economy?

    Warning: this episode contains strong language.With Argentina again in the midst of an economic crisis, Argentine voters turned to Javier Milei, a far-right libertarian who has drawn comparisons to Donald J....

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  • 2023 / 12 / 10
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Bodily Indignities of the Space Life’

    As an incubator of life, Earth has a lot going for it, something we often fail to appreciate fully from within its nurturing bounds. Merely sending probes and rovers to the moon and Mars won’t do. For various...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 8
    Biden Is Trying to Rein In Israel. Is It Working?

    As the cease-fire in Gaza has ended and the fierce fighting there has resumed, the United States has issued sharper warnings to Israel’s leaders that they have a responsibility to avoid civilian...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 7
    Nikki Haley’s Moment

    Over the last few months, Nikki Haley has gained enough in the polls to suggest she is on the verge of surpassing Ron DeSantis as the main threat to Donald J. Trump in the race to become the Republican...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 6
    Opioid Victims Have a Settlement. Will the Supreme Court Undo It?

    The opioid epidemic has been one of the biggest public health disasters in generations. The drug company at the heart of the crisis, Purdue Pharma, maker of the prescription painkiller OxyContin, agreed to a...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 5
    The Blurry Line Between Rap Star and Crime Boss

    As a racketeering trial begins in Atlanta, much of the focus is on the high-profile defendant, the best-selling rapper Young Thug.Joe Coscarelli, a culture reporter for The New York Times, explains why, in a...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 4
    The Oct. 7 Warning That Israel Ignored

    In the weeks since Hamas carried out its devastating terrorist attack in southern Israel, Times journalists have been trying to work out why the Israeli security services failed to prevent such a huge and...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 3
    Sunday Special: Elon Musk at 'DealBook'

    Tech billionaire Elon Musk has come to define innovation, but he can also be a lightning rod for controversy; he recently endorsed antisemitic remarks on X, formerly known as Twitter, which prompted companies...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 1
    Should You Rent or Buy? The New Math.

    For many millennials, buying a home has become almost entirely out of reach. Average 30-year mortgage rates are hovering around 7 percent — the highest they’ve been since 2007 — largely because of the Federal...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 30
    The Bad Vibes Around a Good Economy

    The American economy, by many measures, is doing better than it has done in years. But for many Americans, that is not how it feels. Their feelings point to an enduring mystery: Why do Americans feel so bad...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 29
    Ending Roe Was Supposed to Reduce Abortions. It Didn’t.

    From the moment that Roe v. Wade was overturned, the question was just how much the change would reduce abortions across the United States. Now, more than a year later, the numbers are in.Margot Sanger-Katz,...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 28
    Israel and Hamas’s Fragile Cease-Fire

    Hostages are at the heart of the fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, now in its fifth day. As of Monday night, 50 Israeli hostages had been released, as had 150 Palestinian prisoners. More releases...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 27
    Botox, Hermùs and OnlyFans: Why This May Be George Santos’s Last Week in Congress

    Only five members of the U.S. House of Representatives have ever been expelled from the institution. This week, Representative George Santos, Republican of New York, could become the sixth.In a damning ethics...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 24
    'Hard Fork': An Interview With Sam Altman

    It was a head-spinning week in the tech world with the abrupt firing and rehiring of OpenAI’s chief executive, Sam Altman. The hosts of “Hard Fork,” Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, interviewed Altman only two...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 23
    Thanksgiving With 'The Run-Up': Are Black Voters Leaving Democrats Behind?

    Polls suggest that they are – and that Black voters’ support for former President Donald J. Trump, especially among men, is rising. Astead W. Herndon, host of "The Run-Up," convened a special Thanksgiving...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 22
    Inside the Coup at OpenAI

    The board of OpenAI, the maker of the ChatGPT chatbot and one of the world’s highest-profile artificial intelligence companies, reversed course late last night and brought back Sam Altman as chief...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 21
    A Reporter’s Journey Into Gaza

    As the war against Hamas enters a seventh week, Israel finds itself under intense pressure to justify its actions in Gaza, including the raid of Al-Shifa Hospital, which it says is a center of Hamas activity....

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  • 2023 / 11 / 20
    The New Speaker Avoided a Shutdown. Can He Avoid Being Ousted?

    By working with Democrats to avert a government shutdown this past week, Speaker Mike Johnson seemed to put himself on the same path that doomed his predecessor. Or did he?Catie Edmondson, who covers Congress...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 19
    The Sunday Read: ‘What Does the U.S. Space Force Actually Do?’

    The Space Force, the sixth and newest branch of the U.S. military, was authorized by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump in December 2019. The initiative had been shaped within the armed...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 17
    Two Superpowers Walk Into a Garden

    One of the most highly anticipated diplomatic events of the year took place this week in a mansion outside San Francisco. President Biden and Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, met to repair their countries’...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 16
    Biden’s Electric Car Problem

    A little over a year ago, at President Biden’s urging, congressional democrats passed a sweeping plan to supercharge the production and sale of electric vehicles.Jim Tankersley, who covers economic policy for...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 15
    A Strategy to Treat Big Tech Like Big Tobacco

    A historic set of new lawsuits, filed by more than three dozen states, accuses Meta, the country’s largest social media company, of illegally luring children onto its platforms and hooking them on its...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 14
    Hamas’s Bloody Arithmetic

    To much of the outside world, Hamas’s decision to murder hundreds of Israelis and trigger a war that has since killed many thousands of its own people looks like a historic miscalculation — one that could...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 13
    The Doctors of Gaza

    Warning: This episode contains descriptions of injuries and death.As Israel’s war on Hamas enters its sixth week, hospitals in Gaza have found themselves on the front lines. Hospitals have become a refuge for...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 12
    From Serial: ‘The Kids of Rutherford County’

    In April 2016, 11 Black schoolchildren, some as young as 8 years old, were arrested in Rutherford County, Tenn. The reason? They didn’t stop a fight between some other kids. What happened in the wake of those...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 10
    What Adidas Knew About Kanye

    Warning: this episode contains some explicit language.When Adidas terminated its multibillion-dollar partnership with Kanye West over his antisemitic and other offensive public remarks, it seemed like a...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 9
    The Supreme Court Tests Its Own Limits on Guns

    A critical gun case was argued before the Supreme Court this week. But instead of opening further freedoms for gun owners — as the court, with its conservative supermajority, did in a blockbuster decision...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 8
    The Trumps Take the Stand

    Of all the legal cases that former President Donald J. Trump is facing, perhaps the most personal is playing out in a courtroom in Manhattan: a civil fraud trial that could result in him losing control of his...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 7
    The Growing Republican Battle Over War Funding

    It’s been one month since the attack on Israel, but Washington has yet to deliver an aid package to its closest ally. The reason has to do with a different ally, in a different war: Speaker Mike Johnson has...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 6
    Swing State Voters Are Souring on Biden

    In a major new campaign poll from The New York Times and Siena College, former President Donald J. Trump leads President Biden in five of the six battleground states likeliest to decide the 2024 presidential...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 5
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Botched Hunt for the Gilgo Beach Killer’

    The beginning of the story was strangely familiar, like the opening scene in a shopworn police procedural: A woman runs screaming down a street in Oak Beach, a secluded gated community on Long Island’s South...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 3
    1948

    As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict enters its darkest chapter in decades, both sides are evoking the same foundational moment in their past: the events of 1948.David K. Shipler, a former Jerusalem bureau...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 2
    The Many Missed Warnings Before Maine’s Mass Shooting

    The mass shooting in Maine last week, which killed 18 people, was the country’s deadliest of the year. It may have also been one of the most avoidable.More than five months earlier, the Army Reserve and a...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 1
    Lessons From an Unending Conflict

    In late September, one of the world’s most intractable conflicts ended suddenly and brutally when Azerbaijan seized the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh and tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians fled their...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 31
    A Historic Strike (And Win) For Auto Workers

    A wave of strikes that has paralyzed the auto industry came to an end on Monday, when the last of the three big car manufacturers, General Motors, reached a deal with the United Automobile Workers union.Neal...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 30
    Israel's Invasion Begins

    Over the weekend, the Israeli military appears to have begun an invasion of the Gaza Strip, with tanks rolling into the enclave and Israeli soldiers fighting Hamas inside. But the operation remains shrouded...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 29
    The Sunday Read: ‘Who Hired the Hitmen to Silence Zitácuaro?’

    On Oct. 19, 2021, Armando Linares LĂłpez was writing up notes from an interview when his cellphone buzzed with an unknown number. Linares, 49 and stocky with black hair that was just starting to show gray...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 27
    A New Threat: Surprise Hurricanes

    Hurricane Otis, which killed more than two dozen people in southern Mexico this week, exemplified a phenomenon that meteorologists fear will become more and more common: a severe hurricane that arrives with...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 26
    Introducing ‘The War Briefing’

    As the Israel-Hamas war intensifies, fears are growing that the conflict could spread beyond Gaza. And with an expected Israeli ground invasion, the coming days are likely to have enormous consequences. To...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 26
    The House Finally Has a Speaker

    Warning: this episode contains strong language.After 21 days without a leader, and after cycling through four nominees, House Republicans have finally elected a speaker. They chose Representative Mike Johnson...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 25
    Why Israel Is Delaying the Ground Invasion

    Almost immediately after Israel was attacked on Oct. 7, it began preparing for a ground invasion of Gaza, drafting hundreds of thousands of its citizens and amassing forces along its southern border.But more...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 24
    The Lawyers Now Turning on Trump

    Over the past few days, two of the lawyers who tried to help former President Donald J. Trump stay in power after losing the 2020 election pleaded guilty in a Georgia racketeering case and have agreed to...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 23
    The Problem With a $2 Trillion Deficit

    Over a year, the federal deficit — the gap between what the U.S. government spends and what it earns — has doubled, to nearly $2 trillion.That figure seems to validate the worries of congressional Republicans...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 22
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Genius Behind Hollywood’s Most Indelible Sets’

    Kihekah Avenue cuts through the town of Pawhuska, Okla., roughly north to south, forming the only corridor you might call a “business district” in the town of 2,900. Standing in the middle is a small...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 20
    Hamas Took Her Son

    Warning: This episode contains strong language and descriptions of violence.When Hamas attacked Israel, they took two hundred hostages back with them into the Gaza Strip, including grandparents and children...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 19
    A Texas Town Wanted Tougher Border Security. Now It’s Having Regrets.

    When the governor of Texas announced an extraordinary plan to use local law enforcement to try to deter migrants from crossing from the border with Mexico, few communities were more receptive than the city of...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 18
    The Diplomatic Scramble to Contain the Israel-Hamas War

    A devastating blast at a hospital in Gaza on Tuesday killed hundreds and ignited protests across the broader Middle East, deepening the crisis in the region.As President Biden visits Israel looking to ease...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 17
    The Arm-Twisting, Back-Stabbing Battle for House Speaker

    The House of Representatives still has no speaker, crippling a vital branch of the government. And the Republican who seems to be in the strongest position to take the role, Jim Jordan of Ohio, was once...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 16
    Voices from Gaza

    Warning: This episode contains descriptions of death.As the conflict continues, Israel has blocked food, water and electricity from entering Gaza and has bombarded the area with airstrikes that have killed...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 15
    The Sunday Read: ‘Is MĂ„neskin the Last Rock Band?’

    The triumphant return to Rome of MĂ„neskin — arguably the only rock stars of their generation, and almost certainly the biggest Italian rock band of all time — coincided with a heat wave across Southern...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 13
    Golan’s Story

    Warning: this episode contains descriptions of death.In the week since Israel suffered the deadliest day in its modern history, fresh accounts have emerged in village after village of just how extreme and...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 12
    The Spoiler Threat of R.F.K. Jr.

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was once dismissed as a fringe figure in the 2024 presidential race. But this week, as he announces an independent run for the White House, he’s striking fear within both the Democratic...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 11
    Israel’s Plan to Destroy Hamas

    For years, Israel’s leaders believed that they could coexist with Hamas. After this weekend’s massacre, that belief is over.Steven Erlanger, a former Jerusalem bureau chief at The New York Times, explains...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 10
    The New Supreme Court Cases to Watch

    Last week, the Supreme Court began its new term, picking up where it left off on the most contentious issues of the day, with cases connected to government power, gun rights and abortion.Adam Liptak, who...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 9
    War in Israel

    Warning: This episode contains descriptions of violence.Over the weekend, Palestinian militants with Hamas, the Islamic group that controls the Gaza Strip, mounted a stunning and highly coordinated invasion...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 8
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Dungeons & Dragons Players of Death Row’

    The first time Tony Ford played Dungeons & Dragons, he was a wiry Black kid who had never seen the inside of a prison. His mother, a police officer in Detroit, had quit the force and moved the family to West...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 6
    Chaos or Conscience? A Republican Explains His Vote to Oust McCarthy.

    The ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy a few days ago demonstrated how powerful a small group of hard-right House Republicans have become and how deep their grievances run.We speak to one of the eight...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 5
    The Mosquitoes Are Winning

    For decades, the world seemed to be winning the war against mosquitoes and tamping down the deadly diseases they carried. But in the past few years, progress has not only stalled, it has reversed.Stephanie...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 4
    The Ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

    The vote on Tuesday to remove Representative Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House of Representative has left the chamber mired in chaos.Luke Broadwater, a congressional correspondent for The Times,...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 3
    Sam Bankman-Fried Goes on Trial

    Sam Bankman-Fried, the fallen golden boy of crypto, is going on trial for what prosecutors are calling the largest financial fraud in recent history.David Yaffe-Bellany, a technology reporter for The Times,...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 2
    Amazon’s Most Beloved Features May Turn Out to Be Illegal

    The U.S. government has filed a landmark antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, pointing to a set of familiar features that have made, the internet retail giant so beloved by consumers.Karen Weise, a technology...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 1
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Art of Telling Forbidden Stories in China’

    As China strove for a larger role on the international stage at the turn of the century, the arrival of the internet and a relatively relaxed political environment spurred a boom in self-expression. Many...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 29
    Why the Government is About to Shut Down

    A showdown between House Republicans and their leader, Speaker Kevin McCarthy, is heading toward a government shutdown.Carl Hulse, chief Washington correspondent for The Times, explains the causes and...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 28
    The Presidential Politics of the Autoworkers’ Strike

    Although one major strike, against Hollywood studios, was finally resolved this past week, another, against U.S. vehicle makers, is expanding. The plight of the autoworkers has now become a major point of...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 27
    Did Hollywood Writers Get Their Happy Ending?

    After 148 days on strike, writers of movies and television are returning to work on Wednesday with an agreement in hand that amounts to a major win for organized labor in Hollywood.John Koblin, a media...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 26
    Gold Bars, Wads of Cash and a Senator’s Indictment

    In one of the most serious political corruption cases in recent history, federal prosecutors have accused a senior U.S. senator of trading the power of his position for cash, gifts and gold.Tracey Tully, who...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 25
    An Unexpected Battle Over Banning Caste Discrimination

    California is poised to become the first state to outlaw discrimination based on a person’s caste. The system of social stratification, which dates back thousands of years, has been outlawed in India and...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 24
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Kidnapped Child Who Became a Poet’

    “The weird thing about growing up kidnapped,” Shane McCrae, the 47-year-old American poet, told me in his melodious, reedy voice one rainy afternoon in May, “is if it happens early enough, there’s a way in...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 22
    He Tried to Save a Friend. They Charged Him With Murder.

    Warning: This episode contains descriptions of rape, sexual abuse and death.As an epidemic of fentanyl use continues in America, causing tens of thousands of deaths each year, lawmakers and law enforcement...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 21
    Canada Confronts India Over Alleged Assassination

    Warning: This episode contains descriptions of violence.The relationship between two democratic allies fell to its lowest point in history this week, after Canada accused India of assassinating a Sikh...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 20
    Is College Worth It?

    New research and polling show that more and more Americans now doubt a previously unquestioned fact of U.S. life — that going to college is worth it.Paul Tough, a contributing writer for The New York Times...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 19
    Inside Ukraine’s Drone Attacks on Russia

    As Ukraine’s counteroffensive grinds on, it’s increasingly turning to a secret drone program that is hitting targets deep inside Russian territory. At least three different Ukrainian-made drones have been...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 18
    The Ozempic Era of Weight Loss

    Drugs like Ozempic are revolutionizing the treatment of obesity. The medications, originally used to treat diabetes, keep gaining attention as celebrities and other influencers describe taking them to lose...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 17
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Inheritance Case That Could Unravel an Art Dynasty’

    Twenty years ago, a glamorous platinum-blond widow arrived at the Paris law office of Claude Dumont Beghi in tears. Someone was trying to take her horses — her “babies” — away, and she needed a lawyer to stop...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 15
    The Republican Attempt to Impeach President Biden

    Speaker Kevin McCarthy has ordered an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, putting into motion the third formal attempt by Congress to remove a president in the past four years.Luke Broadwater, a...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 14
    An Armored Train and a Dangerous New Alliance

    In a rare move, the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, traveled outside his country this week to meet with the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin. Julian Barnes, a national security reporter for The New...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 13
    A New Covid Shot for a New Covid Era

    On Tuesday afternoon, the U.S. government recommended that almost every American begin taking a new annual vaccine for Covid, a milestone in the nation’s three-year battle against the virus.Apoorva...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 12
    A Breaking Point for the U.S. Auto Industry

    Later this week, as many as 150,000 U.S. autoworkers may walk out in a historic strike against the three Detroit automakers, General Motors, Ford and Stellantis. The United Auto Workers union and the Big...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 11
    U.S. v Google

    For years, the government has been trying to rein in Big Tech, pursuing some of the largest and most powerful companies on the internet. This week, the government takes on Google in the first monopoly trial...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 11
    U.S. v. Google

    For years, the government has been trying to rein in Big Tech, pursuing some of the largest and most powerful companies on the internet. This week, the government takes on Google in the first monopoly trial...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 10
    The Sunday Read: ‘Wikipedia’s Moment of Truth’

    In early 2021, a Wikipedia editor peered into the future and saw what looked like a funnel cloud on the horizon: the rise of GPT-3, a precursor to the new chatbots from OpenAI. When this editor — a prolific...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 8
    A Tragic Fire and Broken Promises in South Africa

    This episode contains descriptions of severe injuries. Last week, a devastating fire swept through a derelict building in Johannesburg that housed desperate families who had no place else to go. The...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 7
    Why One Drug Company Held Back a Better Drug

    For decades, drugmakers have argued that patents are critical to bringing new drugs to the market. But in 2004, when a promising H.I.V. treatment emerged, Gilead Sciences decided to slow-walk its release to...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 6
    How 100,000 Migrants Became a Political Crisis in New York

    In New York, the arrival of more than 100,000 migrants seeking asylum over the past year has become a crisis for the city’s shelter system, schools and budget.As another critical election season begins to...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 5
    Passenger Planes Nearly Collide Far More Than You Know

    A Times investigation found that U.S. passenger planes come dangerously close to crashing into each other far more frequently than the public knows.Sydney Ember, an economics reporter for The Times, explains...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 1
    Arizona’s Pipe Dream

    A Times investigation revealed that in much of the United States, communities and farms are pumping out groundwater at alarming rates. Aquifers are shrinking nationwide, threatening supplies of drinking water...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 31
    A Major Overhaul of Prescription Drug Prices

    A year ago, Congress overhauled the way drugs for older Americans get paid for, by giving Medicare the power to bargain with drug makers over prices in the biggest change to health care for more than a...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 30
    A Breakout Moment for Vivek Ramaswamy

    In the Republican presidential race, the battle for second place has been jolted by the sudden rise of a political newcomer whose popularity has already eclipsed that of far more seasoned candidates — Vivek...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 29
    A Marriage, a Secret and a Crackdown in China

    Over the past decade, China has placed more and more restrictions on the lives of its citizens — tightening its hold over what people can do, read and say.When Bei Zhenying’s husband was arrested and...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 28
    A New Race to the Moon

    Last week, India landed its spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 on the moon, becoming the first country to land such a craft near the south pole, where scientists believe vital reserves of water could be found frozen....

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  • 2023 / 8 / 27
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Fight for the Right to Trespass’

    The signs on the gate at the entrance to the path and along the edge of the reservoir were clear. “No swimming,” they warned, white letters on a red background.On a chill mid-April day in northwest England,...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 25
    A Plane Crash, 10 Dead People and a Question: Was This Putin’s Revenge?

    The mysterious crash of a private jet outside Moscow is believed to have killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, the boss of the Wagner militia who led an armed rebellion against Moscow in June. Anton Troianovski, the...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 24
    A Fiery First Republican Debate — Without Trump

    Last night, Republicans held their first debate of the 2024 presidential cycle without the party’s dominant candidate onstage: Donald J. Trump.Maggie Haberman, a senior political correspondent for The Times,...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 23
    Ready or Not, Driverless Cars Are Here

    After a closely watched vote, driverless cars, once a Silicon Valley fantasy, have become a 24-hour-a-day reality in San Francisco. Are autonomous vehicles an interesting and safe transportation alternative?...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 22
    Why the Coral Reef Crisis in Florida Is a Problem for All of Us

    A marine heat wave is warming the waters off the coast of Florida, pushing temperature readings as high as 101 Fahrenheit and endangering a critical part of sea life: the coral reef.Catrin Einhorn, who covers...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 21
    Inside the Sputtering Campaign of Ron DeSantis

    Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida began the race for the Republican nomination with high expectations and a clear argument: that he was a political fighter with a solid record of conservative achievements in his...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 20
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Ongoing Mystery of Covid’s Origin’

    Where did it come from? More than three years into the pandemic with untold millions of people dead, that question about the origin of Covid-19 remains widely disputed and fraught, with facts sparkling amid a...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 18
    How a Paradise Became a Death Trap

    Warning: This episode contains descriptions of death.When fires swept West Maui, Hawaii, many residents fled for their lives — but soon discovered they had nowhere to go. Thousands of structures, mostly...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 17
    Hunter Biden’s Legal Problems Keep Getting Worse

    A plea deal struck between the Department of Justice and Hunter Biden was supposed to bring his years of legal troubles to an end. Instead, that deal has unraveled and a special counsel has been named to take...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 16
    Why a Coup in Niger Has the World’s Attention

    In a region of Africa where authoritarianism has been rising, Niger seemed to be on a different path of democracy and partnership with the United States.Declan Walsh, chief Africa correspondent for The Times,...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 15
    A Law Used Against the Mafia — and Now Trump

    On Monday, former President Donald J. Trump and 18 others were indicted by an Atlanta grand jury, with Mr. Trump and some of his former top aides accused of orchestrating a “criminal enterprise” to reverse...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 14
    What Lahaina Lost in Hawaii’s Wildfires

    Last week, wildfires broke out on the Hawaiian island of Maui that became the deadliest in the United States in over a century. The town of Lahaina, once the royal capital of the kingdom of Hawaii, was one of...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 13
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Silicon Blockade’

    Last October, the United States Bureau of Industry and Security issued a document that, underneath its 139 pages of dense bureaucratic jargon and minute technical detail, amounted to a declaration of economic...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 11
    The End of An Era for U.S. Women’s Soccer

    A few days ago, when the U.S. team was eliminated from the FIFA Women’s World Cup, it marked the end of a history-making run.Rory Smith, chief soccer correspondent for The Times, argues that it also marked...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 10
    Lives, Livelihoods, and the High Cost of Heat

    This summer, unrelenting heat waves have taken a devastating toll in many parts of the world, putting this year on track to be the hottest ever recorded.Coral Davenport, who covers energy and environmental...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 9
    Elon Musk’s Quest to Own the Stars

    Satellites owned by Elon Musk’s Starlink orbit the earth and beam an internet connection to almost anywhere. In 2019, the company sent its first 60 or so satellites into orbit — today, it has some 4,500...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 8
    The Legal Strategy Behind the Latest Trump Indictment

    To win a conviction against former President Donald J. Trump for trying to subvert the results of the 2020 election, Jack Smith, the special counsel, is applying laws in ways that have never been used...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 7
    The Economy is on an Upswing. Should Biden Get Credit for It?

    The latest economic figures are some of the best of President Biden’s tenure so far. It appears increasingly likely that the United States has managed to tame high inflation without causing a recession.Jim...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 6
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Vanishing Family: Life in the Shadow of a Cruel Genetic Mutation’

    When Barb’s father all but left, her mother turned inward, sitting quietly in front of the television, always smoking, often with a cocktail. Something had overtaken her, though it wasn’t clear what.Six years...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 4
    Fighting Canada’s Unending Fires

    The wildfires sweeping Canada have become the largest in its modern history. Across the country, 30 million acres of forest have burned — three times as much land as in the worst American fire in the past 50...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 3
    43% vs. 43%: Why Trump and Biden Are Tied in Our New Poll

    With Donald Trump facing charges in three different criminal cases, the biggest questions in American politics are whether that creates an opening for his Republican rivals in the presidential race — and...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 2
    The Charges Against Trump for Conspiring to Overturn the Election

    On Tuesday afternoon, the special counsel Jack Smith filed criminal charges against former President Donald Trump over his wide-ranging attempt to overthrow the 2020 election.Luke Broadwater, a congressional...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 1
    The Secret History of Gun Rights

    How did the National Rifle Association, America’s most influential gun-rights group, amass its power?A New York Times investigation has revealed the secret history of how a fusty club of sportsmen became a...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 31
    Italy’s Giorgia Meloni Charts a Path for the Far Right

    Last year, Giorgia Meloni, an Italian far-right politician, became prime minister on an agenda that many feared would mark a radical turn for the country. Now, her visit to the White House last week has...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 30
    The Sunday Read: ‘The America That Americans Forget’

    On the weekends, when Roy Gamboa was a little boy, his grandfather would wake him before dawn. He would pour some coffee into a bowl of rice, and that would be the boy’s breakfast. Roy knew better than to...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 28
    Menopause Is Having a Moment

    Some of the worst symptoms of menopause — including hot flashes, sleeplessness and pain during sex — have an established treatment. Why aren’t more women offered it?Susan Dominus, a writer for The New York...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 27
    Affirmative Action for the 1 Percent

    A major new study has revealed just how much elite colleges admissions in the U.S. systematically favor the rich and the superrich.David Leonhardt, a senior writer for The Times and The Morning, walks through...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 26
    Hunter Biden’s Day in Court

    On Wednesday morning, Hunter Biden was scheduled to a guilty plea in a Delaware courtroom, marking the end of a yearslong federal investigation that many Republicans believed would put the president’s son in...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 25
    Russia’s Newest Target: The Global Food Supply

    When Russia invaded Ukraine, it put the global food supply at risk — until the two countries struck an unusual deal to keep shipments flowing. Last week, that deal fell apart.Marc Santora, who has been...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 24
    A One-Man Blockade Against the U.S. Military

    For the past few months, a single senator — Tommy Tuberville — has blocked hundreds of promotions in the U.S. military.Karoun Demirjian, a congressional correspondent for The Times, explains what’s behind the...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 23
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Trillion- Gallon Question’

    On the morning of Feb. 7, 2017, two electricians were working on a warning siren near the spillway of Oroville Dam, 60 miles north of Sacramento, when they heard an explosion. As they watched, a giant plume...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 21
    Can Barbie Be Rebranded as a Feminist Icon?

    “Barbie” is premiering this weekend and is trying to pull off a seemingly impossible task: taking a doll best known for reinforcing conventional stereotypes of women and rebranding it as a symbol of feminism,...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 20
    The Man Trying to Save Phoenix From Historic Heat

    As a historic heat wave grips much of the world and the United States, no city has become more emblematic of the crisis than Phoenix, where temperatures have exceeded 110 degrees for the past three...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 19
    How the Birth Control Pill Got Over the Counter

    Last week, for the first time in U.S. history, federal regulators approved the sale of a birth control pill without a prescription.Pam Belluck, a health and science correspondent for The Times, explains why,...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 18
    The Writers’ Revolt Against A.I. Companies

    To refine their popular technology, new artificial intelligence platforms like Chat-GPT are gobbling up the work of authors, poets, comedians and actors — without their consent.Sheera Frenkel, a technology...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 17
    China’s Economic Rebound Hits a Wall

    When China suddenly dismantled its lockdowns and other Covid precautions last December, officials in Beijing and many investors expected the economy to spring back to life. It hasn’t worked out that...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 16
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Moral Crisis of America’s Doctors’

    Some years ago, a psychiatrist named Wendy Dean read an article about a physician who died by suicide. Such deaths were distressingly common, she discovered. The suicide rate among doctors appeared to be even...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 14
    How Clarence Thomas Came to Reject Affirmative Action

    Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the second Black justice to sit on the court after Thurgood Marshall, has spent years opposing affirmative action. When the high court struck down the policy last month,...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 13
    How Affirmative Action Changed Their Lives

    Two weeks ago, the United States Supreme Court struck down affirmative action, declaring that the race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina were unlawful.Today, three...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 12
    The Great Resignation is Over

    Tens of millions of Americans changed jobs over the past two years, a rare moment of worker power as employees demanded higher pay, and as employers, short on staff, often gave it to them.The tidal wave of...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 11
    Many Countries Banned Cluster Munitions. The U.S. Is Sending Them to Ukraine Anyway.

    For months, President Biden has been wrestling with one of the most vexing questions in the war in Ukraine: whether to risk letting Ukrainian forces run out of the artillery rounds they desperately need to...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 10
    Will Threads Kill Twitter?

    Last week, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, released Threads, a social media platform to compete with Twitter. In just 16 hours, Threads was downloaded more than 30 million times.Mike...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 9
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Spy Who Called Me’

    The wave of scandals that would engulf Spain began with a police raid on a wooded property outside Madrid. It was Nov. 3, 2017, and the target was José Manuel Villarejo Pérez, a former government spy....

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  • 2023 / 7 / 7
    The Complicated Future of Student Loans

    Last week, the Supreme Court struck down President Biden’s sweeping plan to cancel billions of dollars in student loan debt.Stacy Cowley, a finance reporter for The New York Times, explains what the decision...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 6
    Russia After the Rebellion

    Last month, a rebellion inside Russia left lingering questions about what really happened and about what the ramifications would be for President Vladimir V. Putin.Anton Troianovski, the Moscow bureau chief...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 5
    How MrBeast Became the Willy Wonka of YouTube

    Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, has become a sensation on YouTube for ostentatious and sometimes absurd acts of altruism.Today, Max Read, a journalist and contributor to The Times, discusses what...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 4
    From Serial: ‘The Retrievals’

    The patients in this story came to the Yale Fertility Center to pursue pregnancy. They began their I.V.F. cycles full of expectation and hope. Then a surgical procedure called egg retrieval caused them...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 3
    A Clash Between Religious Faith and Gay Rights

    The Supreme Court delivered another major decision this past week, ruling in favor of a web designer who said she had a First Amendment right to refuse to create wedding websites for same-sex couples.Adam...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 2
    The Sunday Read: ‘A Week With the Wild Children of the A.I. Boom’

    HF0, or Hacker Fellowship Zero, is a start-up accelerator that provides 12-week residencies for batches of fellows from 10 different start-ups. Their experience, which culminates in a demonstration day, is...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 30
    The Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action

    On Thursday, the Supreme Court overturned decades of precedent by striking down affirmative action and declaring that the race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 29
    Is Washington Finally Ready to Take On Big Tech?

    In a San Francisco courtroom, federal regulators are fighting to block one of the biggest deals in the history of Silicon Valley. David McCabe, who covers technology policy for The New York Times, talks about...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 28
    Suspicion, Cheating and Bans: A.I. Hits America’s Schools

    Since its introduction less than a year ago, ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence platform that can write essays, solve math problems and write computer code, has sparked an anguished debate in the world of...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 27
    Speaker McCarthy Has Lost Control of His House

    Earlier this month, a group of hard-right Republicans hijacked the floor of the House of Representatives in protest against Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The mutiny, staged by nearly a dozen members of the...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 26
    A 36-Hour Rebellion in Russia

    An armed rebellion in Russia over the weekend stunned the world and amounted to the single biggest challenge to President Vladimir V. Putin’s rule since he came to power 23 years ago.Anton Troianovski, the...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 23
    Understanding Ukraine’s Counteroffensive

    For months, much of the world has been watching and waiting as Ukraine prepares for a major counteroffensive in its war with Russia. That battle is now underway, and it’s not what was expected.Andrew E....

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  • 2023 / 6 / 22
    Lost 2 Miles Below the Ocean

    A few days ago, when passengers set off on a deep sea expedition in the Atlantic Ocean, they were aboard a vessel that many experts had already concluded was dangerously designed.William Broad, a science...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 21
    The Re-Militarization of Germany

    In the decades after World War II and the atrocities of the Holocaust, Germany deliberately underinvested in its military. But that’s about to change.Katrin Bennhold, a correspondent in Europe and former...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 20
    Inflation Is Way Down. Is It by Design or Just Luck?

    Rapid inflation has been a problem in the United States for more than two years, but the tide appears to be turning. Annual inflation is now less than half of what it was last summer.Jeanna Smialek, who...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 18
    The Sunday Read: ‘The High-Risk Feat of Bringing ‘American Born Chinese’ to TV’

    Almost everyone who reads “American Born Chinese,” Gene Luen Yang’s groundbreaking graphic novel, is a little afraid of Chin-Kee.The book is a classic of young-adult literature, threading together stories of...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 16
    The Kids Take the Climate Change Fight to Court

    This week, a historic case has landed in a Montana courtroom. A group of young environmentalists is suing the state, arguing that its embrace of fossil fuels is destroying pristine environments, upending...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 15
    How Saudi Arabia Took on Pro Golf — and Won

    Last week, golf’s premier circuit, the PGA Tour, announced it was partnering with its rival circuit LIV Golf, an upstart league backed by Saudi Arabia, giving the country a powerful new seat at the table of...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 14
    Arraigned, Again: Trump’s Federal Court Hearing in Miami

    Donald Trump was arraigned in Miami yesterday on 37 criminal counts covering seven different violations of federal law, including the handling of classified documents.Three New York Times journalists covered...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 13
    A Forced Reckoning in the Restaurant Industry

    When the #MeToo movement gained momentum in exposing abuses at the highest levels of power, the restaurant industry was exposed as a chief offender. In 2020, the James Beard Awards, the food world’s main...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 12
    Nuclear Secrets and Taped Conversations: A Look at the Evidence Against Trump.

    Last week, Donald Trump was charged with federal violations relating to his handling of classified material after leaving office.Ben Protess, who covers the government and law enforcement for The Times,...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 11
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Most Dangerous Person in the World Is Randi Weingarten’

    When the former secretary of state and C.I.A. director Mike Pompeo, a man who had dealt firsthand with autocrats like Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, described Randi Weingarten as “the most dangerous person in...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 9
    Special Episode: A Second Trump Indictment

    The seven new criminal charges against Donald Trump relate to his handling of classified material upon leaving office and then obstructing the government’s efforts to reclaim them. Michael S. Schmidt, who...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 9
    There’s No Escaping Wildfire Smoke

    Smoke from wildfires in Canada has created a crisis in the American Northeast and beyond, with air pollution in New York reaching its worst level in modern history.David Wallace-Wells, a climate columnist for...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 8
    A Guide to the Suddenly Crowded Republican Primary

    Candidates for the Republican presidential nomination keep entering the field, despite the fact that Donald Trump polls consistently as the front-runner and Ron DeSantis has emerged as the clear No. 2. Why do...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 7
    Turned Away and Left at Sea

    A few weeks ago, footage showing asylum seekers, including young children, being rounded up, taken to sea and abandoned on a raft by the Greek Coast Guard was sent to The New York Times.Matina...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 6
    The Fight Over Phonics

    About 50 years ago, the educator Lucy Calkins pioneered a technique called balanced literacy, which de-emphasized the use of phonics to teach reading. It was widely adopted in the United States, including in...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 5
    The New Afghanistan, Through the Eyes of Three Women

    This episode contains descriptions of violence.In the two years since the United States pulled out of Afghanistan, the Taliban has shut women and girls out of public life.Christina Goldbaum, a correspondent...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 3
    Special Episode: A Crash Course in Dembow, a Misunderstood Pantry Staple and Simple Tips to Keep Calm and Carry On

    This weekend, we’re bringing dispatches from Times critics and writers on great music, TV, movies, recipes and more. They’re all part of a new series called “NYT Shorts,” available only on NYT Audio, our new...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 2
    America’s Big City Brain Drain

    In recent years, well-paid and college-educated Americans have shed major cities like New York, San Francisco and Washington for places like Philadelphia or Birmingham, Ala.Emily Badger, who writes about...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 1
    How the G.O.P. Picked Trans Kids as a Rallying Cry

    With stunning speed, the status of trans youth has become the rallying cry of the Republican Party, from state legislatures to presidential campaigns.Adam Nagourney, who covers West Coast cultural affairs for...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 31
    Republicans Impeach One of Their Own

    Since 2016, the cardinal rule of Republican politics has been to defend Donald J. Trump and his allies at all costs, no matter the allegation. That appeared to change last week, when Texas lawmakers issued 20...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 30
    The Godfather of A.I. Has Some Regrets

    As the world begins to experiment with the power of artificial intelligence, a debate has begun about how to contain its risks. One of the sharpest and most urgent warnings has come from a man who helped...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 27
    Special Episode: An Interplanetary Jazz Legend, a Cosmic Vegetable and a Psychic Prodigy

    This weekend, we’re bringing dispatches from Times critics and writers on great music, TV, movies, recipes and more. They’re all part of a new series called “NYT Shorts,” available only on NYT Audio, our new...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 26
    The Ticking Clock of a U.S. Debt Default

    Top White House officials and Republican lawmakers are racing to reach an agreement as the date when the United States is projected to default on its debt approaches.Jim Tankersley, who covers the White House...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 26
    The Headlines: May 26

    Our new show brings you the biggest stories in about 10 minutes. It's the complement to The Daily you’ve been waiting for. This episode includes: Oath Keepers Leader Is Sentenced to 18 Years in Jan. 6...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 25
    Millions of Dollars, Thousands of Robocalls and 1 Legal Loophole

    A New York Times investigation has found that a group of Republican operatives used robocalls to raise $89 million on behalf of veterans, police officers and firefighters.David A. Fahrenthold, an...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 25
    The Headlines: May 25

    Our new show brings you the biggest stories in about 10 minutes. It's the complement to The Daily you’ve been waiting for. This episode includes: DeSantis’s Entry into the 2024 Race Goes Awry With a Twitter...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 24
    Ukraine Lost in Bakhmut. But It Has Much Bigger Plans.

    After almost a year of deadly battle, Russia has claimed victory in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. But what happens now is uncertain.Eric Schmitt, who covers national security for The New York Times,...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 24
    The Headlines: May 24

    Our new show brings you the biggest stories in about 10 minutes. It's the complement to The Daily you’ve been waiting for. This episode includes: A Year After a School Shooting, Divisions Run Through Uvalde,...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 23
    The Supreme Court vs. Andy Warhol

    A few days ago, the Supreme Court tried to answer a question that has long bedeviled the world of art: When is borrowing from an earlier artist an act of inspiration, and when is it theft? Adam Liptak, who...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 23
    The Headlines: May 23

    Our new show brings you the biggest stories in about 10 minutes. It's the complement to The Daily you’ve been waiting for. This episode includes: Prosecutors Sought Records on Trump’s Foreign Business Deals...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 22
    Is Trump's Nomination Now Inevitable?

    Voters in the 2022 midterms seemed to send a clear message — a rejection of Trumpism and extremism. And yet it appears increasingly likely that he will win the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 22
    Introducing The Headlines: May 22

    Our new show brings you the biggest stories in about 10 minutes. It's the complement to The Daily you’ve been waiting for. This episode includes: A Group of 7 Summit Wrap-Up, with our chief White House...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 20
    Special Episode: Classic TV, New Music and a Side of Pasta

    This weekend, we’re bringing you something a little different: dispatches from Times critics and writers on great music, TV, movies, recipes and more. They’re all part of a new series called “NYT Shorts,” and...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 19
    When the Culture Wars Came for NASA

    The James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful ever made, has revolutionized the way we see the universe. The name was chosen for James E. Webb, a NASA administrator during the 1960s. But when doubts about...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 18
    An Anonymous #MeToo Source Goes Public

    This episode contains descriptions of alleged sexual assault. It’s been more than five years since the #MeToo movement, driven by reporting at publications like The New York Times, toppled powerful and...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 17
    Turkey’s President Fights for Political Survival

    For two decades, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has loomed large over Turkish politics. But skyrocketing inflation and a devastating earthquake have eroded his power and, in a presidential election over the...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 16
    The Day Title 42 Ended

    For weeks, officials have feared that the end of Title 42 would create a crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border that would strain and possibly cripple America’s immigration system.Natalie Kitroeff, the New York...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 15
    The U.S. Banned Spyware — and Then Kept Trying to Use It

    A little over a decade ago, a small Israeli company created what would become the world’s most powerful and notorious hacking tool.Mark Mazzetti, who is a Washington investigative correspondent for The Times,...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 14
    The Lifesaving Power of 
 Paperwork?

    In the final days of Marleny Mesa’s pregnancy, she could not shake the feeling that something was wrong. She could barely breathe, for one thing. For another, her anxiety and physical discomfort were...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 12
    Biden’s Radical Option to End the Debt Fight

    In a high-stakes showdown this week, President Biden and the leaders of congress met face to face in an effort to avoid the United States defaulting on its debt for the first time in history.Jim Tankersley, a...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 11
    Even More Trouble for George Santos

    Last year, Times reporting revealed the many lies that the freshman Republican congressman George Santos had told about his life and career. Now he is facing legal consequences.Michael Gold, who covers...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 10
    Trump Liable for Sexual Abuse

    This episode contains detailed descriptions of sexual assault.A jury in Manhattan has found former President Donald J. Trump legally liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll.Ben...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 9
    A Big Policy Change at the Border

    For the past three years, the United States has relied on Title 42, a pandemic restriction that has allowed the swift expulsion of many migrants at the southern border. But by the end of the week, that rule...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 8
    A Crisis of Ethics at the Supreme Court

    Debate about ethical standards for Supreme Court justices has intensified after a series of revelations about undisclosed gifts, luxury travel and property deals. Adam Liptak, who covers the court for The...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 7
    The Sunday Read: ‘The School Where the Pandemic Never Ended’

    Lakishia Fell-Davis is aware that at this point, in 2023, most people are treating the coronavirus pandemic as a thing of the past. For her, though, Covid still poses a real threat: Fell-Davis has Type I...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 5
    How Streaming Hurt Hollywood Writers

    This week, thousands of writers went on strike against Hollywood studios over what they say is an existential threat to their livelihoods.John Koblin, a media reporter for The New York Times, explains how...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 4
    What if You Could Save Someone From an Overdose?

    In the face of an escalating opioid epidemic, the F.D.A. recently approved over-the-counter sales for Narcan — a lifesaving nasal spray that can reverse an opioid overdose. Jan Hoffman, who covers health law...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 3
    The Democrats’ Dianne Feinstein Problem

    For the past few months, a single lawmaker has prevented Democrats from carrying out their agenda in Congress. For now, there is no simple solution in sight. Annie Karni, a congressional correspondent for The...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 2
    A Third Bank Implodes. Now What?

    On Monday morning, the federal government took over a third failing bank — this time, First Republic.Jeanna Smialek, an economy correspondent for The Times, discusses whether we are at the end of the banking...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 1
    Kevin McCarthy’s Debt Ceiling Dilemma

    Last week, Speaker Kevin McCarthy persuaded Republicans to narrowly pass a bill to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, setting up high-stakes negotiations with the Biden administration.Catie Edmondson, who covers...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 30
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Agony of Putting Your Life on Hold to Care for Your Parents’

    In January 2022, Randi Schofield was a 34-year-old single mother who, not long before, left her full-time job of eight years as a personal bailiff to a local judge. She pulled $30,000 from her retirement...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 28
    The Ballad of ‘Deepfake Drake’

    This month, an anonymous producer jolted the music industry by using artificial intelligence to impersonate the singers Drake and the Weeknd, creating a fake track, “Heart on My Sleeve,” that quickly went...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 27
    Can India Become the Next Global Superpower?

    This month, India reached a notable milestone. The country’s population surpassed that of China, which had held the No. 1 position for at least three centuries.Alex Travelli, who covers South Asia and...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 26
    Voters Are Wary of Biden. Here’s Why He Might Win Anyway

    President Biden has announced that he will seek another term in the Oval Office, despite the fact that he will be 81 on Election Day 2024.Not everyone is overjoyed about that prospect — more than half of...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 25
    Fox News Fires Its Biggest Star

    Less than a week after Fox News agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle the Dominion lawsuit, the network has abruptly fired Tucker Carlson — an anchor at the center of the case.Jeremy W. Peters, who covers...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 24
    How Two Generals Led Sudan to the Brink of Civil War

    Sudan was supposed to be moving away from military rule and toward democracy. But over the past week, the country has been thrown into violent chaos as two factions battle for control.Declan Walsh, chief...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 23
    The Sunday Read: ‘Why Are These Italians Massacring Each Other With Oranges?’

    One Sunday in February, in a northern Italian town called Ivrea, the facades of historic buildings were covered with plastic sheeting and nets. And in several different piazzas, hundreds of wooden crates had...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 21
    Why Low-Ranking Soldiers Have Access to Top Secret Documents

    Last week, a 21-year old airman from Massachusetts, Jack Teixeira, was arrested under the Espionage Act and charged with violating federal laws by sharing top secret military documents with an online gaming...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 20
    The Blockbuster Fox Defamation Trial That Wasn’t

    At the very last minute, both Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News decided to settle their closely watched defamation lawsuit, rather than make their cases at trial.Jeremy W. Peters, who covers media and...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 19
    Abortion Goes to the Supreme Court (Again)

    In overturning Roe v. Wade last year, the Supreme Court’s message was that it was done with the issue of abortion. Now, dueling rulings on abortion pills will send the issue back to the highest court in the...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 18
    How the I.R.S. Became a Political Boogeyman

    Earlier this month, the Internal Revenue Service unveiled an $80 billion plan to transform itself into a “digital first” tax collector focused on customer service and cracking down on wealthy tax...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 17
    China and Taiwan: A Torrid Backstory

    The posturing between the United States and China has been intensifying in recent weeks — China responded with condemnations and military drills after Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, met the speaker of the...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 16
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Daring Ruse That Exposed China’s Campaign to Steal American Secrets’

    In March 2017, an engineer at G.E. Aviation in Cincinnati received a request on LinkedIn. The engineer, Hua, is in his 40s, tall and athletic, with a boyish face that makes him look a decade younger. He moved...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 14
    Broadway’s Longest-Running Musical Turns Out the Lights

    “The Phantom of the Opera,” the longest running show in the history of Broadway, will close its doors on Sunday after more than three decades.We went backstage during one of the final performances before the...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 13
    What We’re Learning From the Leaked Military Documents

    A week ago, the world discovered that dozens of classified documents from the American government had been leaked online, including highly sensitive information about Russia’s war in Ukraine and damaging...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 12
    How Strong (or Not) Is New York’s Case Against Trump?

    In the week since Donald Trump was arraigned on 34 felony charges, debate about the strength of the case against him has only intensified.Charlie Savage, a Washington correspondent at The Times, has closely...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 11
    Inside Russia’s Crackdown on Dissent

    Days after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Kremlin made it a crime to oppose the war in public. Since then, it has waged a relentless campaign of repression, putting Russian citizens in jail for offenses as small...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 10
    An Extraordinary Act of Political Retribution in Tennessee

    Last week, Tennessee’s Republican-controlled House expelled two of its members — both young Black Democrats. Emily Cochrane, a national correspondent for The New York Times, explains the story behind the...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 9
    ‘The Run-Up’: The Republican Party Sorts Through Its Mess

    The Times reporter Astead W. Herndon and the team are back for a new season of “The Run-Up” and they’re looking ahead to the 2024 presidential election, which in many ways has already begun. In this first...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 7
    The Outsourcing of America’s Border Problem

    This episode contains descriptions of severe injuries.Tough new border policies introduced by the Biden administration have sharply reduced the number of migrants crossing into the United States. But the...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 6
    America Has a Problem in Africa: China

    Vice President Kamala Harris’s visit to Africa last week was designed to send a simple message to its governments and people — China is not your friend. The United States is.Abdi Latif Dahir, The New York...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 5
    What It Was Like at Donald Trump’s Arraignment

    The line for reporters seeking to be in the courtroom for Donald J. Trump’s arraignment in Manhattan started forming at 2 p.m. on Monday, more than a day before the former president was scheduled to face a...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 4
    The Election That Could Reshape Wisconsin, and the Country

    Wisconsin will hold an election for a seat on its Supreme Court today, and it is no exaggeration to say that the result could end up reshaping U.S. politics for years to come.The Times political correspondent...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 3
    Fear and Bravado: Inside Trump’s Reaction to the Indictment

    After Donald J. Trump was indicted over his role in paying hush money to a porn star during the 2016 presidential campaign, he called the move an act of political persecution.But his impending arrest could...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 2
    The Sunday Read: ‘A Sandwich Shop, a Tent City and an American Crisis'

    For more information on today’s episode visit nytimes.com/thedaily.For more information on today’s episode visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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  • 2023 / 3 / 31
    The Indictment of Donald Trump

    A Manhattan grand jury has indicted Donald J. Trump for his role in paying hush money to a porn star, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The precise charges are not yet known, but the case...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 30
    The Plan to Save Baseball From Boredom

    Major League Baseball is putting in effect some of the biggest changes in the sport’s history in an effort to speed up the game and inject more activity.As the 2023 season opens, Michael Schmidt, a Times...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 29
    Israel’s Far Right Government Backs Down

    For months in Israel, the far-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been pushing a highly contentious plan to fundamentally change the country’s Supreme Court, setting off some of the...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 28
    The Fight Over ‘Cop City’

    This episode contains descriptions of violenceIn a patch of woods southwest of Atlanta, protesters have been clashing with the police over a huge police training facility that the city wants to build there....

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  • 2023 / 3 / 27
    A Sweeping Plan to Protect Kids From Social Media

    A few days ago, Utah became the first state to pass a law prohibiting social media services from allowing users under 18 to have accounts without the explicit consent of a parent or guardian. The move, by...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 26
    The Sunday Read: ‘How Danhausen Became Professional Wrestling’s Strangest Star’

    Like a lot of people who get into professional wrestling, Donovan Danhausen had a vision of a different version of himself. Ten years ago, at age 21, he was living in Detroit, working as a nursing assistant...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 24
    Should The Government Pay for Your Bad Climate Decisions?

    A few days ago, the Biden administration released a report warning that a warming planet posed severe economic challenges for the United States, which would require the federal government to reassess its...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 23
    Our Film Critic on Why He’s Done With the Movies

    A.O. Scott started as a film critic at The New York Times in January of 2000. Next month he will move to the Book Review as a critic at large.After 23 years as a film critic, Mr. Scott discusses why he is...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 22
    Barney Frank on His Role in the Banking Crisis

    Barney Frank was one of the people most responsible for overhauling financial regulation after the 2008 economic crisis. After retiring from Congress, he supported a change to his own law that would benefit...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 21
    China, Russia and the Risk of a New Cold War

    As Xi Jinping, China’s leader, meets with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Moscow this week, Chinese officials have been presenting his trip as a mission of peace. But American and European officials...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 20
    How TikTok Became a Matter of National Security

    TikTok, the app known for short videos of lip syncing, dancing and bread baking, is one of the most popular platforms in the country, used by one out of every three Americans.In recent weeks, the Biden...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 19
    The Sunday Read: ‘Spirited Away to Miyazaki Land’

    As an American, Sam Anderson knows what it feels like to arrive at a theme park. “The totalizing consumerist embrace,” he writes. “The blunt-force, world-warping, escapist delight.” He has known theme parks...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 17
    Why the Banking Crisis Isn’t Over Yet

    In the past week, as spooked customers frantically withdrew $42 billion from Silicon Valley Bank, the U.S. government stepped in to craft a rescue operation for the failed lender.But efforts to contain the...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 16
    France’s Battle Over Retirement

    This episode contains strong languageMillions of people have taken to the streets in France to protest a government effort to raise the retirement age to 64, from 62, bringing the country more in line with...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 15
    What to Know About the Covid Lab Leak Theory

    Three years after the start of Covid, the central mystery of the pandemic — how exactly it began — remains unsolved. But recently, the debate about the source of the coronavirus has re-emerged, this time in...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 14
    The Implosion of Silicon Valley Bank

    With federal regulators planning to take over the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank, a 40-year-old institution based in California, nearly $175 billion in customer deposits will be placed under the authorities’...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 13
    What Is E.S.G., and Why Are Republicans So Mad About It?

    The principle behind E.S.G. is that investors should look beyond just whether a company can make a profit and take into account other factors, such as its environmental impact and action on social issues.But...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 12
    The Sunday Read: ‘Can Germany Be a Great Military Power Again?’

    After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February last year, Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany told Parliament that the attack was a Zeitenwende — a historic “turning point” for Europe and Germany....

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  • 2023 / 3 / 10
    Protests and the Future of Democracy in Israel

    Almost immediately after taking power in December, Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition in Isreal proposed a highly contentious overhaul of the Supreme Court.The court has long been seen as a crucial...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 9
    A New Child Labor Crisis in America

    Slaughterhouses, construction sites, factories. A Times investigation has found that migrant children have been thrust into jobs in some of the most demanding workplaces in the United States.How did this...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 8
    Who Blew Up the Nord Stream Pipelines?

    The sabotage in September of the Nord Stream pipelines carrying Russian gas to Europe has become one of the central mysteries of the war in Ukraine, prompting months of finger-pointing and guesswork.Now, new...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 7
    Ron DeSantis’s Rise From Unknown to Heir Apparent

    As the race to be the Republican Party’s presidential candidate gets underway, one figure has emerged as a particularly powerful rival to Donald J. Trump.That person, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, has broken...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 6
    How a Derailed Train Galvanized an Ohio Town, and Congress

    On Feb. 3, a nearly two-mile long freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed near East Palestine, Ohio, a town of about 4,700 people.The railroad company and local officials decided to do a chemical...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 5
    Sunday Special: An Episode of ‘The Coldest Case in Laramie’

    Today, we’re taking some time out of our regularly scheduled programming to share the first episode of “The Coldest Case in Laramie.” In the new series from The Times and Serial, Kim Barker, a Times...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 3
    Why Russia Is Taking Thousands of Ukrainian Children

    As Russian troops pushed into Ukraine, children who were fleeing newly occupied territories were swept up. Many became part of a Russian effort to portray itself as a charitable savior. The children were...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 2
    Will the Supreme Court Let Biden Cancel Student Debt?

    In August, President Biden announced a loan cancellation plan that would erase an astonishing $400 billion in student debt — one of the most ambitious and expensive executive actions ever.Now, in a...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 1
    A Threat to Abortion Pills. Plus, the U.S. Shares Secrets

    In 2000, the F.D.A. approved the medication abortion drug mifepristone. Now a federal judge in Texas is set to rule on a case filed by anti-abortion groups urging the agency to revoke its approval of...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 28
    Why So Many Buildings Collapsed in Turkey

    The 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6 left more than 50,000 people dead. The sight of rescuers combing the rubble has prompted questions about why so many buildings seemed so...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 27
    Why Election Denialism Might Cost Fox News $1.6 Billion

    After the 2020 election, wild theories ran rampant on the right of an election stolen from Donald Trump through a coordinated conspiracy. The news channel Fox News became one of the loudest voices amplifying...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 26
    The Sunday Read: ‘Elon Musk’s Appetite for Destruction’

    In February, the first lawsuit against Tesla for a crash involving its driver-assistance system, Autopilot, will go to trial. The slew of trials set to follow will be a costly fight that the company’s chief...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 24
    A Year of War in Ukraine

    The war has already done untold damage. By some estimates, tens of thousands have died, and the country has sustained tens of billions of dollars’ worth of damage that has left cities flattened. But Ukraine...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 23
    A Ruling That Could End the Internet as We Know It

    Since 1996, the modern internet has been defined by a sweeping law that prevents tech companies such as Facebook and Google from being held responsible for the content posted on their sites.This week, the...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 22
    The Veterans Fighting to Legalize Psychedelics

    In a major shift that would modify laws set half a decade ago, states and cities around the United States are moving to legalize psychedelics for use as a medical treatment.The sudden change of heart has a...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 21
    Why ‘Made in China’ Is Becoming ‘Made in Mexico’

    The great supply chain disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic scrambled the shipping system across the Pacific.Although mostly over, the turmoil has led to alterations in the way the global economy...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 19
    Sunday Special: An Episode of ‘Hard Fork’

    Times tech columnist Kevin Roose stopped by The Daily twice this week to chronicle the debut of Bing’s new chatbot — and the creepy things that transpired. Today, we’re bringing you the latest episode of...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 17
    The Online Search Wars Got Scary. Fast.

    Microsoft recently released a new version of its search engine Bing that is powered by artificial intelligence software from OpenAI, the maker of the popular chatbot ChatGPT.On Valentine’s Day, after a meal...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 16
    A Crisis Within a Crisis in Syria

    When a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Syria and Turkey last week, it killed thousands and created a crisis within a crisis.International aid began pouring into Turkey, but northwestern Syria, which was also...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 15
    The Online Search Wars

    Microsoft recently released a new version of Bing, its search engine that has long been kind of a punchline in the tech world.The company billed this Bing — which is powered by artificial intelligence...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 14
    Why the U.S. Keeps Shooting Objects Out of the Sky

    Last week, after the Air Force shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon, examination of its wreckage revealed that it could not only take images, but also scoop up radio and cellphone communications. The...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 13
    The Navy’s Very Expensive Mistake

    Amid growing threats from rivals like China, the United States military is determined to invest in new forms of defense and abandon those that no longer meet its needs.On that list: a combat ship rife with...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 12
    The Sunday Read: ‘Women Have Been Misled About Menopause’

    Menopausal hormone therapy was once the most commonly prescribed treatment in the United States. In the late 1990s, some 15 million women a year were receiving a prescription for it. But in 2002, a single...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 10
    How Sports Betting Hit the Mainstream in America

    This weekend, one of the most watched sporting events of the year, the Super Bowl, will draw an estimated $16 billion in bets from Americans, more than double last year’s total.The booming trade is a sign of...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 9
    The Most Empty Downtown in America

    For the past decade, San Francisco has worked hard to turn its downtown into a vibrant hub, providing a model that other cities in the United States looked to emulate.In the wake of the pandemic, however,...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 8
    The Police Unit That Was Supposed to Keep Memphis Safe

    This episode contains descriptions of violence. The death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, at the hands of officers in Memphis last month has intensified calls for fundamental reform in policing....

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  • 2023 / 2 / 7
    The Deadly Earthquake in Turkey and Syria

    On Monday, a giant 7.8-magnitude earthquake and an aftershock almost as big shook the earth in southern Turkey. The quakes sent ripples through neighboring countries, but the area along the Syrian-Turkish...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 6
    A Chinese Balloon and a Diplomatic Showdown

    On Wednesday, residents in Montana saw a mysterious object — a balloon — hovering and bobbing around in the skies. The enigma brought Americans out to squint at the heavens, caused a diplomatic visit to be...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 5
    The Sunday Read: ‘The Man Who Made Spain the Magic Capital of the World’

    Going out to dinner with Juan Tamariz in Madrid is a little like accompanying a cartoon character on a journey to the real world. As Shuja Haider, the author of today’s Sunday Read, walked with him on side...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 3
    The End of the Pandemic Emergency in the U.S.

    The Biden administration said this week that it would end the public health emergency for Covid, a sign that federal officials believe that the pandemic has moved into a new, less dire phase.The move carries...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 2
    A Revolution in How Democrats Pick a President

    For the past 50 years, the race to become the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee has been shaped by the where the contest begins: Iowa.But that process could soon be overhauled. In a coming meeting of...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 1
    The State of the U.S. Economy in 4 Numbers

    The typical sales price of an existing family home in the United States in December: 372,700. The number of layoffs in the tech sector since the beginning of the year: 76,000. The number by which consumer...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 31
    7 States, 1 River and an Agonizing Choice

    In the United States, 40 million people in seven states depend on water provided by the Colorado River.After 20 years of drought, the situation is dire and the river is at risk of becoming a “deadpool,” a...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 30
    The Death of Tyre Nichols

    This episode contains descriptions of violence and strong language.Tyre Nichols was a 29-year-old Black man who lived in Memphis. His mother described him as living a simple and pleasant life. He worked for...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 29
    The Sunday Read: ‘Has the Amazon Reached Its “Tipping Point”?’

    In the past half-century, 17 percent of the Amazon — an area larger than Texas — has been converted to croplands or cattle pasture. Less forest means less recycled rain, less vapor to cool the air, less of a...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 27
    Arrests, Executions and the Iranian Protesters Who Refuse to Give Up

    This episode contains descriptions of violence and injury. In September, protests began in Iran over the death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, at the hands of the government. The demonstrations have since...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 26
    An Aggressive New Approach to Childhood Obesity

    Recent advice from the American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended a bold approach to treating the millions of children in the United States who are affected by obesity. Counseling, drug treatment and even...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 25
    How Nonprofit Hospitals Put Profits Over Patients

    Nonprofit hospitals — which make up around half of hospitals in the United States — were founded to help the poor.But a Times investigation has revealed that many have deviated from those charitable roots,...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 24
    What Biden Miscalculated About His Classified Documents

    Over the weekend, F.B.I. agents found classified documents at President Biden’s residence in Wilmington, Del., after conducting a 13-hour search.The search — at the invitation of Mr. Biden’s lawyers —...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 23
    The Debt Ceiling Showdown, Explained

    In the past decade or more, votes over increasing the U.S. debt ceiling have increasingly been used as a political tool. That has led to intense showdowns in 2011, 2013 and, now, 2023. This year, both sides...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 22
    The Sunday Read: ‘Could I Survive the “Quietest Place on Earth”?’

    In a room in a modest concrete building in a leafy Minneapolis neighborhood is silence exceeding the bounds of human perception. Technically an “anechoic chamber,” the room is the quietest place on the planet...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 20
    Crossing the Darién Gap

    With mountains, intense mud, fast-running rivers and thick rainforest, the Darién Gap, a stretch of land between South and Central America, is among the most forbidding terrains in the world.Over the past few...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 20
    A Mother, a Daughter, a Deadly Journey

    With mountains, intense mud, fast-running rivers and thick rainforest, the Darién Gap, a strip of terrain connecting South and Central America, is one of the most dangerous places on the planet.Over the past...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 19
    Why the U.S. Is Sending More Powerful Weapons to Ukraine

    Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the United States and allies have held back from sending Kyiv their most potent arms.Over the past few weeks, that has started to change.Guest: Eric Schmitt, a...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 18
    The ‘Enemies List’ at Madison Square Garden

    With little warning or regulation, companies are increasingly using facial recognition technology on their customers — as a security measure, they say.But what happens when the systems are actually being used...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 17
    China’s Abrupt Reversal of ‘Zero Covid’

    For nearly three years, China had one of the lowest coronavirus death rates in the world, thanks to its strict yet effective “zero Covid” approach.But last month, the government suddenly abandoned the policy....

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  • 2023 / 1 / 15
    The Sunday Read: ‘Risking Everything to Offer Abortion Access Across State Lines’

    In states where abortion is severely limited or illegal, clinicians face imminent prosecution if they continue to provide abortions. What is much less clear is what happens if providers in blue states offer...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 13
    The Presidents and the Classified Documents

    The Justice Department is scrutinizing how both former President Donald J. Trump and President Biden came to have classified records after they left office.Attorney General Merrick B. Garland appointed a...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 12
    The California Floods

    For weeks, a string of major storms have hit California, causing extreme flooding. While it might seem as if rain should have a silver lining for a state stuck in a historic drought, the reality is far more...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 11
    A Jan. 6 Moment for Brazil

    After Jair Bolsonaro lost October’s Brazilian presidential election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, many believed that the threat of violence from the defeated leader’s supporters would recede. They were...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 10
    The Southwest Airlines Meltdown

    Air travel was a mess over the holidays — in the last 10 days of December, 30,000 flights were canceled. While every airline was affected, one stood out: Southwest, which over the past few decades has...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 9
    Speaker McCarthy. But at What Cost?

    Representative Kevin McCarthy’s bid to become speaker of the House turned into a rolling disaster last week, played out over five long days and 15 rounds of voting. Today, the inside story of how it went so...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 8
    The Sunday Read: ‘She Fell Nearly 2 Miles, and Walked Away’

    On Christmas Eve in 1971, Juliane Diller, then 17, and her mother boarded a flight in Lima, Peru. She was headed for Panguana, a biological research station in the belly of the Amazon, where for three years...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 6
    Consider the Burying Beetle. (Or Else.)

    The current level of biodiversity loss is extraordinary in human history: The global rate of species extinction is at least tens to hundreds of times higher than the average over the past 10 million years. At...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 5
    The Life and Lies of George Santos

    George Santos, the Republican representative-elect from New York, ran for office and won his seat in part on an inspiring personal story.But when Times reporters started looking into his background, they made...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 4
    Inside Russia’s Military Catastrophe

    This episode contains strong language and descriptions of violence.When Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, many believed the country’s army would quickly crush the Ukrainian forces. Instead,...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 3
    A Crisis of Kevin McCarthy’s Own Making

    This episode contains strong language. Republicans are set to take control of the House of Representatives for the first time in four years. The transition is shaping up to be chaotic. Today, the 118th...

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  • 2022 / 12 / 30
    One Man Flees Putin’s Draft: An Update

    This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran.Kirill, 24, worked at a nonprofit for homeless people in the...

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  • 2022 / 12 / 29
    A Post-Roe America: An Update

    This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since.In May, the United States was stunned by the leak of a Supreme Court draft...

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  • 2022 / 12 / 28
    A View of the Beginning of Time: An Update

    This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran.In July, NASA released new images captured from a point in...

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  • 2022 / 12 / 27
    How Two Friends Beat Amazon and Built a Union: An Update

    This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran.This year, we explored the story of Christian Smalls and...

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  • 2022 / 12 / 26
    On the Road With Ukraine’s Refugees: An Update

    This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran.This episode contains strong language.This year, in response...

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  • 2022 / 12 / 23
    A Restaurant Critic (Ours) On the Year That Changed Him Forever

    During his time as a restaurant critic for The Times, Pete Wells has become both feared and revered in the world of dining — crowning those at the top and dethroning those whose time has passed.But when the...

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  • 2022 / 12 / 22
    A Crisis in Peru Signals Trouble for South America

    A few weeks ago, when President Pedro Castillo of Peru attempted an illegal power grab and ended up in jail, the response was unexpected: Thousands of protesters took to the streets to support him, and some...

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  • 2022 / 12 / 21
    The Lives They Lived

    This episode contains descriptions of violence. At the end of every year, The New York Times Magazine devotes an issue to remembering those who have died in the past year.This year’s focus is gun violence,...

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  • 2022 / 12 / 20
    A Congressional Call to Prosecute Trump

    Every step of the way, the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has been groundbreaking.As it wraps up its work, the panel referred former President Donald J. Trump to...

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  • 2022 / 12 / 19
    How This World Cup Changed Soccer

    For weeks, much of the globe has been riveted by the highs and lows of the World Cup in Qatar. On Sunday, the soccer tournament culminated in a win for Argentina and its star, Lionel Messi, against...

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  • 2022 / 12 / 18
    The Sunday Read: ‘He Had a Dark Secret. It Changed His Best Friend’s Life.’

    “On his first night at the Brooklyn homeless shelter, Tin Chin met his best friend.”So begins an unforgettable story of deceit and friendship, and the loneliness of starting life anew in a foreign country.The...

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  • 2022 / 12 / 16
    Did Artificial Intelligence Just Get Too Smart?

    This episode contains strong language.In the past few weeks, a major breakthrough in the world of artificial intelligence — ChatGPT — has put extraordinary powers in the hands of anyone with access to the...

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  • 2022 / 12 / 15
    Scenes from a Russian Draft Office

    This fall, as Russia’s losses mounted in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin announced a draft. Almost immediately, hundreds of thousands of men fled the country, though many more stayed.Valerie Hopkins, an...

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  • 2022 / 12 / 14
    The Unexpected Ways the Left is Winning in the Abortion Fight

    When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade this year, it appeared to be an unvarnished victory for the anti-abortion movement.But as the year draws to a close, the realities of a post-Roe America are...

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  • 2022 / 12 / 13
    The Far-Right Plot to Overthrow Germany’s Government

    Three thousand security officers fanned out across Germany this past week, raiding 150 homes, arresting 25 people and putting more than 50 others under investigation for plotting to overthrow the national...

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