Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Names Alexandra Bell Its New President
At the end of January, the keepers of the Doomsday Clock announced that the world was 89 seconds to midnight, a metaphor for our proximity to extinction. That’s one second…
Trade War Heats Up, and Government Websites Go Dark
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2025 Grammys: Best and Worst Moments
The most awards at the 67th annual Grammys went to Kendrick Lamar, who swept the biggest song prizes with his Drake diss “Not Like Us” on his way to five…
Opinion | A Presidency That’s Off the Rails. It Took Only Two Weeks.
Bret Stephens: Hi, Gail. Who’s worse: Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or Kash Patel? Gail Collins: Gee, Bret, good question. Easy to imagine R.F.K. Jr. screwing up the vaccination…
As Trump Attacks Diversity, a Racist Undercurrent Surfaces
As Navy divers searched the Potomac River for bodies from the worst air crash in the United States in 20 years, President Trump zeroed in on what he saw as…
Panama Canal Fees Have Become a Flashpoint. Here’s Why They’ve Risen.
The cost of using the Panama Canal has risen in recent years — excessively so, President Trump has asserted. The canal operator says droughts, investments in upgrades and sheer demand…
Opinion | The New Evidence Climate Change Will Upend American Homeownership
This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Houses in the Altadena and Pacific Palisades neighborhoods were still ablaze when talk turned to the…
One Response to Trump’s Tariffs: Trade That Excludes the U.S.
In May, the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations, known as ASEAN, will meet the six Middle Eastern nations that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council. The summit’s host, Malaysia,…
House Democratic Super PAC Creates $50 Million Fund Targeting Working Class
The leading super PAC supporting House Democrats in next year’s midterm elections announced on Monday the creation of a $50 million fund to better appeal to working-class voters, calling the…
After the Los Angeles Fires, Cleanup Is Occurring in Stages
A brick chimney teetering on a pile of rubble. Blackened palm trees, stripped of their crowns. Ash-covered clay pots and warped steel beams. The infernos that whipped across Los Angeles…