Japan Election 2025: What to Know - Shigeru Ishiba of the long-governing Liberal Democratic Party could face calls to resign if his party fares poorly in Sunday’s Upper House elections. Sat, 19 Jul 2025 10:36:36 +0000

Open Season - The popular notions of summer fun and the things we actually feel like doing can sometimes be at odds with each other. Sat, 19 Jul 2025 10:12:50 +0000

More Than 20 Injured in Los Angeles as Vehicle Drives Into Crowd - At least four people were in critical condition, the Los Angeles Fire Department said early Saturday. Sat, 19 Jul 2025 10:08:31 +0000

Democrats’ 2024 Autopsy Is Described as Avoiding the Likeliest Cause of Death - An audit being conducted by the D.N.C. is not looking at Joe Biden’s decision to run or key decisions by Kamala Harris’s team, according to six people briefed on the report. Sat, 19 Jul 2025 09:01:54 +0000

Why Are More Than 100 People Still Missing in Texas, 2 Weeks After the Floods? - The number of people unaccounted for dropped this week but remains stubbornly high as some searchers lose hope of finding them. Sat, 19 Jul 2025 09:01:50 +0000

Vance Boelter’s Life Before the Minnesota Shootings - Periods of religious zealotry and an unsettled professional career were intertwined for years before he was accused of murder. Sat, 19 Jul 2025 09:01:27 +0000

How a Sequoia Capital Partner’s Mamdani Posts Dragged the Firm Into Politics - Sequoia Capital, which backed Nvidia, Google and Apple when they were start-ups, has long stayed above the fray. But one partner’s post about Zohran Mamdani set off a chain reaction. Sat, 19 Jul 2025 09:00:57 +0000

Russia Makes Gains in Ukraine in Summer Offensive - The most important factors may be far from the battlefield. Sat, 19 Jul 2025 09:00:40 +0000

An Ancient Law Could Shape the Modern Future of America’s Beaches. Here’s How. - The growing battle over how to manage sea level rise turns partly on a legal principle set down in Roman times. Sat, 19 Jul 2025 09:00:05 +0000

Scams and a Rent Spike Follow New York City’s New Broker Fee Law - The law mostly shifts fees from tenants to landlords. But since it took effect, some landlords have raised rents, and tenants say some brokers still try to make them pay fees. Sat, 19 Jul 2025 07:00:14 +0000

In Response to Epstein Letter Report, Trump Says He Doesn’t ‘Draw Pictures’ - The president disputes reporting from The Wall Street Journal that he drew a picture for Jeffrey Epstein, but as a real estate mogul, he often sketched for charity. Sat, 19 Jul 2025 04:19:02 +0000

Tear It Down, They Said. He Just Kept Building. - Defying demolition orders, a Chinese man turned his home into a rickety 11-story tower. Now tourists are coming. Sat, 19 Jul 2025 04:01:10 +0000

Sohei Kamiya Brings Trump-Style Populism to Japan’s Election - With his calls to limit foreign workers, fight globalism and put “Japanese First,” Sohei Kamiya has brought a fiery right-wing populism to Japan’s election on Sunday. Sat, 19 Jul 2025 04:01:08 +0000

E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm - The decision comes after a Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to slash the federal work force and dismantle agencies. Sat, 19 Jul 2025 02:13:37 +0000

Trump Sues Wall Street Journal for Article on Note to Epstein - The lawsuit argues that The Journal falsely claimed President Trump “authored, drew and signed” a lewd birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein. Sat, 19 Jul 2025 01:13:22 +0000

Mamdani Meets Jeffries in Brooklyn as He Seeks to Expand His Coalition - No endorsement emerged from the meeting between Zohran Mamdani and Representative Hakeem Jeffries, but both said the gathering had been productive. Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:53:20 +0000

Under Trump, a New Focus for a Birth Control Program: Helping Women Get Pregnant - A little-noticed plan for an “infertility training center” signals that the administration intends to take a new approach with Title X, which has long helped low-income women access contraception. Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:46:23 +0000

Jane Austen’s Best Books - A peerless chronicler of class and romance, the “Pride and Prejudice” author was never prolific. But her work remains remarkably relevant, more than two centuries after her death. Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:18:49 +0000

Trump Administration Requests Release of Epstein Grand Jury Records. What’s Next? - The records are at the center of President Trump’s effort to manage fallout from the Epstein case. But unsealing them is complex and requires a judge to sign off. Fri, 18 Jul 2025 23:13:37 +0000

Stephen Colbert Could Never Save Us From Trump - Mocking Donald Trump will not destroy him. Fri, 18 Jul 2025 23:11:15 +0000