| Once a Source of Life and Renewal, Monsoon Brings Death to Pakistan
- With villages swept away and Pakistan’s largest city assailed by monsoon floods, climate change has brought a catastrophic new normal to the country.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 22:13:55 +0000
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| Abrego Garcia’s Lawyers Accuse Trump Administration of Vindictive Prosecution
- It was the second time that Mr. Abrego Garcia’s lawyers have sought to hold the Trump administration accountable over its handling of his expulsion to El Salvador and its aftermath.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 22:10:49 +0000
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| He Tried to Endorse From the Pulpit. He Wound Up Without a Church.
- The I.R.S. says churches can now support candidates during services, but many denominations still forbid it. A Wisconsin pastor learned the hard way.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 22:00:17 +0000
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| Trump Says He’s Ended 6 (or 7) Wars. Here’s Some Context.
- President Trump has cast himself as a global peacemaker. His interventions have calmed some conflicts, while in others his role is less clear.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 21:50:50 +0000
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| Will Putin meet with Zelensky to end the Ukraine war?
- The Kremlin is keeping its options open, but analysts said the Russian leader would probably only meet with his Ukrainian counterpart to accept a capitulation.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 21:26:40 +0000
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| Manhunt Underway After Texas Jail Mistakenly Releases Inmate
- The release of a man who had been serving a five-year sentence for assault is the second time the jail has released someone prematurely this year.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 21:19:29 +0000
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| ICE Wrongly Suggests Lawmaker Doxxed Agents, and Racist Threats Follow
- A state representative in Connecticut had posted on Instagram about immigration enforcement efforts in his district but did not give detailed information.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 21:11:13 +0000
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| Ukraine Diplomacy Reveals How Un-American Trump Is
- Trump doesn’t feel any gut need to bring Ukraine into the West or understand that Putin’s invasion of that country was just his latest march to break up the West.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 21:02:33 +0000
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| OpenAI’s GPT-5 Launch Causes Backlash Due to Colder Responses
- When OpenAI released a new version of ChatGPT, people were quick to protest its colder responses. Acknowledging the emotional attachment with chatbots, the company quickly backtracked.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 20:54:29 +0000
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| Adams Asks Trump Administration to Stop Courthouse Migrant Detentions
- Federal prosecutors dropped charges against Mayor Eric Adams of New York so that he could help with deportations. But the administration and the city have been jousting in court.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 20:09:47 +0000
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| Hurricane Erin Brings Rip Currents Closing NYC and NJ Beaches
- Beaches along the New Jersey coast and in Delaware were closed Tuesday as the powerful storm churned in the Atlantic. New York City announced its beaches would close on Wednesday and Thursday.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 20:02:59 +0000
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| Texas Rep. Nicole Collier Slept on the House Floor in Protest
- Nicole Collier, a state representative, slept in the Capitol rather than agree to police surveillance imposed by Republicans after a Democratic walkout. “I am resisting,” she said.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:57:57 +0000
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| Trump Wants Universities to Show Him the Money, or No Deal
- President Trump has personally stipulated that hefty financial penalties be part of agreements his administration is negotiating with the elite universities. Critics call it extortion.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:55:02 +0000
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| Zuckerberg Again Overhauls Meta’s A.I. Efforts
- Meta internally announced a new restructuring of its artificial intelligence division amid internal tensions over the technology, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:46:59 +0000
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| Pirro Orders Office to Maximize Criminal Charges on Street Arrests
- The instruction amounts to a declaration that the understaffed U.S. attorney’s office will seek to ramp up criminal charges arising from the president’s takeover of law enforcement in the capital.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:33:52 +0000
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| How Europe Learned to Speak So Trump Would Listen
- The leaders of Germany, France, Britain and other supporters of Ukraine have come together in exceptional ways to help sway the U.S. president.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:29:39 +0000
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| In Battle Over D.C. Police, Federal Prosecutors Open Inquiry Into Crime Data
- The same U.S. attorney’s office that praised a drop in crime in the capital in April has begun an investigation into the Police Department resisting President Trump’s takeover.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:19:46 +0000
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| A ‘Dexter’ Obsessed Man Highlights a Gap in British Law
- Inspired by the TV serial killer, Jacob Power wrote out detailed murder plans and dug graves. Still, prosecutors could not charge him with attempted murder.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:19:35 +0000
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| National Guard Troops in Washington Stick to Tourist Areas
- The number of troops in the city is expected to grow. But Army officials appear to be trying to keep them on the sidelines of President Trump’s mission.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:15:15 +0000
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| Richard Lee, Activist Who Founded a Pot ‘University,’ Dies at 62
- After he was paralyzed in an accident, his use of marijuana for medical purposes led him to become one of the nation’s most influential cannabis activists.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:06:20 +0000
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