| How Top Trump Officials Stoked Fears of a Nuke That Could Fry the Power Grid
- For more than a decade, conservative activists held that a single atomic bomb could, without killing Americans directly, lay waste to the country — a claim that built fervor for war with Iran.
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:59:10 +0000
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| Ukraine’s Vulnerability Grows as Starlink Is Restricted and Russia Escalates
- A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:56:23 +0000
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| America Is in Decline, and Trump Is Leading the Fall
- The old world order is fraying. Who gets to shape the next one?
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:54:00 +0000
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| Attacks on Ships in Strait of Hormuz Escalate Sharply
- In a volatile moment in the region, a significant increase in attacks on vessels passing through the vital waterway is raising alarm.
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:49:25 +0000
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| 22 People Got Together For a Dinner Party. So Did Their A.I. Agents.
- As artificial intelligence bots spread, we are increasingly glimpsing how these digital entities interact and what they talk about with one another.
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:37:28 +0000
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| Pope Leo’s Cancer Diagnosis: What Happens Next
- Pope Leo XIV was diagnosed with a common form of lung cancer. The Vatican said that he was walking and receiving therapy after an operation to remove a cancerous nodule.
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:32:23 +0000
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| What Is Starshield, SpaceX’s Military-Grade Satellite Internet Service Ukraine Relies On?
- For years, Ukraine’s armed forces have relied on satellite communication services developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Recent restrictions have hampered its war effort.
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:23:57 +0000
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| Sexual Assault Report at Chicago Frat Upends Another Elite Campus
- The University of Chicago said the suspect and victim were not students at the school. But the accusation drew scrutiny after revelations of a reported gang rape at Cornell University in New York.
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:50:11 +0000
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| A New World of Lung Cancer Therapy Awaits Pope Leo
- Lung cancer is still a leading cause of cancer death, but that rate is half what it was in the 1990s, partly because newly developed treatments are working.
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:46:17 +0000
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| Zelensky Visits U.K. as Ukraine Presses Allies on Intelligence Sharing
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine had received “no early warning from our partners” about Russian attacks. President Trump has said Washington is still “sharing intel.”
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:38:50 +0000
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| Rogue A.I. Agents from China Chatted with Researchers
- Researchers discovered that the agents were trying to bypass security controls on websites and made contact with them. A Times reporter was invited to join the discussion.
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:21:46 +0000
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| Coming Out at 50 Can Be Hard. Shelly Found a Coach.
- She spent decades building an identity as a wife and mother. Could she disrupt “a perfectly good family dynamic” to live her own truth?
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:18:17 +0000
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| If Democrats Win the Senate, They Cannot Mess Around
- The party will need to make the most of whatever majority it has.
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:56:35 +0000
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| Inside California’s Battle With the Ultra Rich Over a Billionaire Tax
- Billionaires feel like they “have become piñatas for politicians.” Instead of taking a hit, they’re swinging back.
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:51:20 +0000
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| Social Security COLA for 2027 Will Be 3.6%
- The cost of living adjustment, or COLA, for next year will be the largest since 2023. Retirees will see the extra money in their benefit checks starting in January.
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:31:11 +0000
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| ‘Why Did They Kill Him?’ Mourning Victims of Houthi Attack on a Saudi Airport
- The strike was the Iran-backed militia’s most lethal against Saudi Arabia, by far, during their long conflict.
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:15:31 +0000
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| He’s Played It Safe. But He Could Make California History as Governor.
- Xavier Becerra is a heavy favorite to become California’s first Latino governor in the modern era, though he does not talk much about the milestone.
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:36:02 +0000
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| A Trump Backlash Endangers Susan Collins in the Maine Senate Race
- The race in Maine, which could decide Senate control, is testing whether there is still room for Ms. Collins’s brand of moderation during a sharply polarizing presidency.
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:26:57 +0000
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| America First?
- We look at the state of the U.S.-Ukraine relationship.
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:35:19 +0000
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| Trump’s Latest Effort to Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook Underscores Political Motives
- President Trump tapped his political appointees to determine whether he could oust Lisa Cook, a Fed governor he had already tried to oust.
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:02:27 +0000
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