MacArthur Foundation Announces 2026 ‘Genius Grant’ Winners

The 20 fellowship recipients across the arts, humanities and sciences will each receive an $800,000, no-strings-attached stipend for their work.

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The Migrants Being Shipped Back to a War Zone

Malaysia says it is repatriating undocumented migrants from Myanmar who want to return. Critics say it is putting their lives at risk.

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Trump Administration Asks Justices to Allow It to Deny Hormones to Trans Inmates

The Bureau of Prisons policy, which has been blocked by lower courts, would give transgender prisoners access to psychotherapy and antidepressants instead of certain gender-transition medical treatments.

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Saturday Night, No Mask Required, at the Last Ditch Lesbian Bar in Massachusetts

Last Ditch, a bar and art space, ended its Covid mask requirement as a way to attract more people. What it got instead was outsized attention.

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Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own?

An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.

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A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government

The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran.

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Giant Pandas, Icons of China’s Soft Diplomacy, Arrive in Atlanta

A male named Ping Ping and a female named Fu Shuang landed on Sunday, days after China’s leader said he would dispatch “envoys of friendship” to the United States.

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The U.N. Is Terrible. We Need the U.N.

Trump’s attack on global institutions leaves us helpless before a growing array of challenges.

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How El Niño Is Shaping Storms on Two Sides of the U.S.

Hurricanes near Hawaii. A nor’easter on the East Coast. The ocean phenomenon’s influence on storms around the country may just be getting started.

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Charges of A.I. Writing in a Lauded Novel, and a Fight Over the Literary Future

“It Was Either That Or Die,” by the Haitian-Canadian author Thélyson Orélien, was the hit of the French literary season. Now it has been pulled from the shortlist for a prestigious prize.

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After Tough Primaries, Democrats in Key States Feel Unified, New Polls Find

A majority of Democrats in Maine and Michigan said the primary process strengthened their party heading into November.

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Senate Defeats Bid to Direct Trump to End Iran War or Seek Approval

The vote came as a growing number of Republicans has broken from President Trump on the conflict, reflecting voters’ concerns ahead of midterm elections.

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The Wild West of A.I. Needs to End. Here’s How.

It’s time to give the public what it wants: A.I. regulation.

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Wildfire Converted Me From Tree-Hugger to Tree-Worshipper

I used to view trees as ecologically angelic beings. No longer.

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Many Americans Use GLP-1 Drugs Without a Medical Reason, Study Shows

A new study identified more than 1 million people taking weight-loss drugs without any apparent medical reason to do so.

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This Is the Thinking Behind Trump’s Puzzling Foreign Policy

What is “civilizationism”?

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Russia’s Election Was Engineered to Send a Message: Putin Remains in Control

A parliamentary vote demonstrated that President Vladimir V. Putin’s autocratic system was still able to deliver the results he wanted, analysts said.

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Trump Is Lashing Out at the Media to Distract From His Failures

The new ban continues Mr. Trump’s attempt to prevent the free flow of information in American society.

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Texas Billionaire John Poindexter Plans to Revive Shafter Ghost Town

An 81-year-old billionaire has a vision for preserving a tiny West Texas mining town, even as other forces are reshaping the land around it.

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Abdul-El Sayed, a Democrat, Has an Unlikely Defender: Tucker Carlson

Mr. Carlson, the far-right podcaster, has promoted Dr. El-Sayed’s comments and sharply criticized his Republican rival in a key Senate race. Strategists are scratching their heads.

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The Day Before The Times Began

Most newspapers offered scandals and ads. With The New-York Daily Times, Henry Raymond saw room for something else.

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A.G. Sulzberger: The Story of America, Told in 15 Million First Drafts of History

The Times has witnessed the country’s transformation. It will keep its eyes open.

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Behold the Most Handsome Melons in Mexico

In the eastern city of Xalapa, what started as a joke among friends over two decades ago has become a vibrant annual tradition that highlights creativity and absurdity with melons.

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Amodei, Anthropic’s Leader, Exposed A.I.’s Dangers. It’s Time to Act.

Times columnist Kevin Roose sees reasons for optimism — and worry — as the world wakes up to what Silicon Valley has been talking about for years.

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James Talarico, Seeking Black Votes in Texas Senate Rate, Wins Crucial Endorsement

The Congressional Black Caucus’s political wing backed James Talarico, who defeated a Black opponent in the primary. He faces Ken Paxton, the Republican state attorney general, in November.

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Who Is Howard Buffett, the New Berkshire Hathaway Chairman?

Mr. Buffett, 71, is succeeding his father, Warren, but will not be running the company’s day-to-day operations.

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This Rare Gene Drastically Raises Lung Cancer Risk in People Who Never Smoked

The gene is found predominantly in Southern Appalachia and may be one of the most powerful cancer-risk mutations ever found.

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A.I. Agents as ‘Co-Scientists’? This Lab Says They Could Speed Drug Research.

A.I. is already a powerful tool for scientific discovery. Now, some biomedical researchers are teaching it to do even more.

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Russia and China Veto U.S. Bid to Renew U.N. Monitoring of Iran Nuclear Program

The conflict underscored the distance between world powers over the United States’ pressure campaign on Iran.

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House Holds Leon Black in Contempt Over Epstein Subpoenas

Lawmakers unanimously agreed to the move without a formal roll-call vote just before leaving Washington to campaign for the midterm congressional elections.

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What to Know About the Victims in the NBC4 Helicopter Crash in Los Angeles

A journalist and pilot who were on board the news helicopter when it crashed had flown hundreds of hours together since 2023.

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At Least 21 Dead in Gaza After Building Collapse, Officials Say

The building was previously damaged by an Israeli strike, the local rescue service said. Its fall underscored the severe risks for many people living among Gaza’s ruins.

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Independent Budget Office Estimates Iran War Has Cost $38 Billion

The Congressional Budget Office said its analysis had been limited by the fact that the Defense Department did not respond to requests for information on the costs of the conflict.

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Bob Mackie: A Life in Pictures

The designer was known for his flashy, sparkly designs for Cher, Diana Ross, Tina Turner and countless others.

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As Millions of Birds Migrate, Residents Are Asked to Turn Off the Lights

Birds are drawn to lights, and more than a billion die each year after crashing into buildings, experts said.

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Why Did Trump Order Up 660 Million Pounds of Mystery Meat?

On second thought, I’m not that hungry.

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Inside the $440 Million Collapse of Guidepost Montessori

A man with a vision set out to revolutionize preschool. It became a $440 million fiasco.

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India Wants to Buy Fewer Chinese Imports, but Keeps Needing More

Trade between India and China has nearly doubled in five years, leaving New Delhi with a widening deficit and a difficult choice over how to build its industrial future.

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Trump Demands Smithsonian Install ‘Colossus’ George Washington Statue

The president’s latest attack on the National Museum of American History reflects his longstanding desire for “patriotic” history.

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Was Francis Fukuyama Right All Along?

The political scientist Francis Fukuyama looks back on his 1992 book, “The End of History and the Last Man,” and what it has predicted about the state of liberalism today.

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Holdout Juror in Lindsay Clancy’s Mistrial Highlights a Divide in America

The nation’s reaction to the 11-1 deadlock that resulted in a mistrial for Lindsay Clancy was, like the jury itself, fiercely and unbridgeably divided.

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UK Sanctions Against Israeli Settlers Divide British Rabbis

Prominent rabbis reacted with a mix of support, condemnation and concern about the ramifications for Jews in Britain.

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Gander Welcomed Americans in 2001. Now, U.S.-Canada Tensions Hit Home

The Newfoundland town welcomed thousands of frightened airline passengers on Sept. 11, but 25 years later, mixed emotions run through anniversary plans amid an escalating trade war.

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Crypto, Gold and Foreign Money: Is This What the Presidency Is Now?

And how Trump gets away with it.

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Why Israel Reacted With Fury to U.K. Sanctions on West Bank Settlements

The fierce retaliation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to the new restrictions is a reflection of his tough re-election fight, analysts say.

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JD Vance Doesn’t Want to Help Married Parents. He Wants to Hurt Single Mothers.

Redistributing money from single working parents to married ones is not a pro-family policy.

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There Is Still a Void at Ground Zero. Here’s How We Fill It.

At 25 years, the World Trade Center is an undeniable feat of urban redevelopment. Now we can make it a real neighborhood.

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Gloria Steinem Knew How to Live

I miss her already.

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In the Shadow of a Tragic Death, Jacob’s Pillow Looks to Move Forward

A year after a longtime staff member was killed at the celebrated dance center in Western Massachusetts, the recovery continues.

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For Trump’s Former Fixer, a Tortured Path From ‘Rat’ to Reconciliation

The president has made peace with Michael D. Cohen, his onetime lawyer who turned against him. But contrary to Mr. Trump’s claims, Mr. Cohen has not recanted the testimony that helped convict his former boss.

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Cargo Plane Crashes at Miami Airport, Striking Vehicles

Officials said there were “multiple patients” but their injuries were not immediately known. Flights were halted at Miami International Airport after the Boeing 767-300 cargo plane overran its landing.

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I Went to Princeton to Become a So-So Indian

I realized that in this country Indians were not supposed to be happy or to pursue happiness. We were supposed to suffer and to pursue suffering.

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A Sympathetic Plaintiff and Well-Crafted Defense Dominated Clancy Trial

The defense lawyer for Lindsay Clancy showed empathy for his client in showcasing her mental health problems. That may have made all the difference.

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Is There Alien Debris on the Moon? Some Scientists Plan to Find Out.

Researchers want to explore the idea that microscopic particles shed by alien civilizations have accumulated on the lunar surface, making it an archive of extraterrestrial technology.

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The Lindsay Clancy Jury Had an Impossible Task

Postpartum psychosis is misunderstood and a poor fit for the justice system.

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To Save Gaza, Resist Hamas

If Western supporters of the Palestinians want to help Gaza, denounce Hamas.

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Maria Bartiromo Is Out at Fox News

The host, who appeared on Fox Business and Fox News, had been with the network for more than 12 years.

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Hillary Clinton, Lena Dunham and Others Celebrate Gloria Steinem

After Ms. Steinem’s death at 92, celebrities and politicians reflected on her decades of activism for women’s rights and equality.

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What Happened When Gloria Steinem Was 22, Pregnant and Fleeing Her Old Life

Gloria Steinem got to be who she was because of a pre-Roe abortion.

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Inside the Fight Against a Flesh-Eating Fly in Mexico

For the first time in a year, the U.S.-Mexico border partly reopened to cattle imports following a screwworm infestation across the region. The battle against the flesh-eating fly has only just begun deep in Mexico.

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How the Met’s Galliano Show Fell Apart

Anna Wintour put her full power and prestige behind a designer convicted of an antisemitic hate crime. Behind the scenes, influential New Yorkers revolted.

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These Ukrainian Children Go to School Underground. They’re the Lucky Ones.

In a frontline city, parents don’t see schools built below ground as apocalyptic. Instead, they offer relief from worry about the threat of Russian strikes.

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