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The launch of the Kimi K3 AI model by Moonshot is yet another reminder that the AI race between the U.S. and China is no foregone conclusion.
So Sally Quinn sensed a mood, and the Times hit ‘publish.’
The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marria…
A resurfaced video clip shows Mayor Zoran Mamdani calling Israel "an idea" rather than a country, sparking fierce social media backlash and criticism.
Americans have grown frustrated with President Donald Trump over his handling of the war. Here’s what several said about how they’re processing the constant changes.
The income needed to afford a typical starter home has surged roughly $35,000 since 2019, but recovery varies sharply by region for first-time buyers.
This spring I watched Markwayne Mullin's confirmation hearing to become the homeland security secretary. It was most likely the first confirmation hearing I ever watched. I have never been a political person.
Trump urges House Republicans to unify behind the budget reconciliation bill, but some fiscal hawks balk at $95 billion in new spending with no payfors.
Two Army soldiers killed at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan are identified as the first U.S. deaths since Iran violated Trump's peace agreement.
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democr…
When critics start issuing dictates, they end up excluding broad swathes of art and culture as well as whole areas of human experience.
Rep. Andy Biggs, the party’s likely nominee for Arizona governor, faced criticism from fellow Republicans over his handling of a small police force more than a decade ago.
Is this the far left's #MeToo moment?
One other establishment-vs.-progressives race to keep an eye on.
By dismissing the importance of biological sex, Robin Dembroff earned predictable acclaim from fellow scholars. But as a work of philosophy, ’Real Men on Top’ is unconvincing and deeply flawed.
Reconsidering Israel’s wars in 1956, 1982, and 2026.
President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts.
Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who we are and what we believe? Harry Enten is on a mission to find out.
Starlink’s success has made it a target for China and Russia.
Central Command is not required to release information about injured troops, especially when they quickly return to duty, a military official said.
Troy Jackson, a former Republican turned progressive, backs "Medicare-for-all" and abolishing ICE as he nears the Democratic Senate nomination in Maine.
A suspected terrorist is in custody. There are no reported injuries.
Political campaigns have something new to worry about these days: unflattering or incomplete information produced by A.I. programs when voters ask questions about candidates.
Whatever she was doing, the congresswoman reminds us of the glory of regional speech.
The Minnesota Star Tribune faces backlash after praising Tim Walz for defending his pardon of a convicted child rapist who was later deported to Laos.
Troy Jackson, a progressive, solidified his clear edge in the contest to replace Graham Platner, as Shenna Bellows, Jordan Wood and Nirav Shah ended their bids.
Gary Stevenson says Britain's wealth inequality is spiralling out of control. The data says otherwise—and Channel 4 never thought to check.
Trump endorsed Darline Graham for Lindsey Graham's Senate seat, but Ralph Norman and Russell Fry are jumping into the GOP primary race anyway.
The ‘modern audience’ for The Odyssey is seven centuries old.
Such legislation can go too far.
Some Republicans fear the party is poised to repeat past mistakes by nominating candidates in Tuesday’s primaries who are viewed as too extreme to sway moderate voters.
Beijing just launched a nuclear-capable missile into the South Pacific Nuclear-Free Zone and called it routine. It was not.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
GOP leaders want to fund the Iran war, aid farmers and enact voting restrictions before Nov. 3. But internal divisions are again getting in the way.
Mr. Jackson, who has emerged as the clear front-runner to replace Graham Platner, is a Republican turned Democrat who is seen as close to Mr. Platner on policy.
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More US combat deaths and a widening reescalation of the Iran war are putting a new spin on a long unanswered question: What is President Donald Trump's endgame and how will he deliver it?
In March of 2026 President Trump issued Executive Order 14399, "Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections," directing the U.S. Postal Service to create a rule whereby any state that intends to send mail-in ballots to vot…
The Democratic Socialists of America is backing Donavan McKinney as they target progressive Rep. Shri Thanedar in Michigan's primary.
In a post on social media, Mr. Vance said his wife and their son, Alec Neel Vance, were “happy and healthy.”
A rapid-response plan calls for protests at military bases, ICE facilities and federal buildings within 24 hours of any U.S. attack on Cuba.
The norms governing scholarship now often serve to protect a rigid orthodoxy on certain politically charged issues—with ideological tests substituted for proper academic standards.
Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.
The White House Task Force on the 2026 FIFA World Cup deployed $625 million in security funding and $500 million in counter-drone technology.
Under the terms of the Trump-orchestrated settlement agreement creating the fund, it can only be rescinded in a written document signed by the parties.
Andrew Arrabaca is accused of deploying an incendiary device outside 26 Federal Plaza in New York and allegedly had anti-ICE materials on him.
The government is aggressively seeking the confidential sources of Times reporters who wrote about the president’s new Air Force One. The Times has asked a judge to quash the subpoenas.
The Democratic Socialists of America's aim is to import foreign conflicts and alien ideologies that are the antithesis of America's founding principles.
In retrospect, maybe the UAE and Saudi Arabia weren’t the safest place to build massive AI data centers.
The Qatari-donated plane has been under scrutiny over whether it is fitted with sufficient defensive capabilities to adequately protect a U.S. president and others traveling on it.
A fantasy is taking hold among Gulf leaders and Western policymakers: that the Strait of Hormuz can be circumvented using pipelines.
The “threat is empty,” the ambassador, Danny Danon, said in an address to the U.N. General Assembly.
HUD suspended the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority from federal funding over alleged fraud and mismanagement of hurricane relief funds.
Modern audiences would likely not have warmed to the ancient Greeks’ notions of war, violence, and sex.
The recent wave of attacks on her is bizarrely personal and lacking in perspective.
Mr. Trump, who this month referred to Spain as “hopeless,” seemingly had little choice but to exhibit diplomacy on Sunday as he handed the golden trophy to the country’s players.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
Harris’s aides seem to have utterly misread the landscape, and they vastly overrate the leverage their candidate has over the party she seeks to commandeer.
Some Democrats condemned the New York City mayor after he said his staff was discussing whether to arrest the Israeli prime minister when he arrives for the U.N. General Assembly.
Another round of talks with the Iranians in pursuit of a ‘cease-fire’? What are we doing here?
During my time chairing the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, I sometimes felt like the agent of a state-funded extortion ring.
A recent New York Times opinion essay about the death of Ruben Ray Martinez argued that his killing raises profound questions about Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the role the agency should play in our society. Reading it led me to ask a …
Troy Jackson’s emergence as the clear front-runner to replace Graham Platner spares the party some challenges but points to some new ones.
A distinguished historian of the Holocaust views Israel through the wrong prism.
LLMs are incredibly useful, even astonishing. But they aren’t “thinking” about anything.
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Instead of allowing visitors to focus on the best of America, he showed them the worst of himself.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
The president pressed the GOP to embrace his latest allegations, but many candidates kept their focus on issues they see as more salient to voters.
Hasan Piker wore a Mao-style suit while addressing the 2026 College Democrats of America summer convention, generating instant outrage on social media.