The Brains Behind Netanyahu’s Judicial Overhaul
When Israeli lawmakers passed a deeply contentious law last Monday to weaken the Supreme Court, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not linger in the voting chamber to celebrate. Instead, the…
A Spending Boom Fuels Russia’s Wartime Economy, Raising Bubble Fears
After Russia invaded Ukraine, Anna Gromova, a Russian entrepreneur, made a snap decision to open a real estate agency, hoping to create a safety net from the economic fallout of…
Opinion | The Biden Family Drama Is Far From Over
Gail Collins: Bret, I suspect our first big argument today will be about Hunter Biden. But I feel sorta obliged to start with Donald Trump. I mean, how often do…
Phoenix’s Month in Hell: 31 Days of Extreme Heat Tests the City
Patients with heat stroke and burns from the asphalt are swamping hospitals. Air-conditioners are breaking down at homeless shelters. The medical examiner’s office is deploying trailer-sized coolers to store bodies,…
Opinion | Will My Daughter Inherit My Eating Disorder?
When the sonographer told us we were having a girl, I panicked. It was July 2022, and the prospect of giving birth to a girl in the United States was…
Opinion | What Jack Smith Knows
Both the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials convicted senior leaders for atrocities committed while in government, treating their deeds not as acts of state but as personal crimes punishable by law.…
The Best True Crime to Stream: Serial Killers, With Less Glorification
Decades before true crime crept in from the margins and inundated pop culture, I found a humble paperback buried in the stacks of my parents’ bookshelf about America’s most notorious…
Heat Is Costing the U.S. Economy Billions in Lost Productivity
As much of the United States swelters under record heat, Amazon drivers and warehouse workers have gone on strike in part to protest working conditions that can exceed 100 degrees…
Who Paid for a Mysterious Spy Tool? The F.B.I., an F.B.I. Inquiry Found
When The New York Times reported in April that a contractor had purchased and deployed a spying tool made by NSO, the contentious Israeli hacking firm, for use by the…
Trump Crushing DeSantis and G.O.P. Rivals, Times/Siena Poll Finds
Former President Donald J. Trump is dominating his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, leading his nearest challenger, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, by a landslide 37 percentage points nationally…