| 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 20:44:35 +0000
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| The Real Meaning of the Zelensky Summit Was Not as It Appeared
- And while we’re at it, let’s think about the phrase “land swap.”
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 20:40:34 +0000
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| Are Marathons and Extreme Running Linked to Colon Cancer?
- A small, preliminary study found that marathoners were much more likely to have precancerous growths. Experts aren’t sure why.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 20:25:21 +0000
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| Trump Revokes Security Clearances of 37 Former and Current Officials
- The move is the latest effort by the Trump administration to shift the public’s attention to the 2016 election.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 20:22:01 +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 20:18:09 +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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| 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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| ‘I Want to Try and Get to Heaven’: Trump Gets Reflective on ‘Fox & Friends’
- President Trump cast his effort to broker peace in Ukraine in existential terms.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:42:59 +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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| 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 19:06:19 +0000
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| No Tariff Exemption for European Wine and Spirits, at Least for Now
- As the text of a trade agreement comes together, European Union negotiators haven’t persuaded the Americans to cut alcohol tariffs to zero.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 18:35:56 +0000
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| How Zelensky Made Progress With Trump
- President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine had a remarkably different White House visit on Monday than the ambush he walked into six months ago. Michael Schwirtz, the global intelligence correspondent for The New York Times, explains how President Zelensky courted President Trump and managed to put the ball back in Vladimir V. Putin’s court.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 18:18:11 +0000
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| OpenAI Employee Stock Sale Would Value ChatGPT Maker at $500 Billion
- At $500 billion, OpenAI would become the world’s most valuable privately held company.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 18:16:29 +0000
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| TV Giant Nexstar Agrees to Acquire a Rival, Tegna, for $6.2 Billion
- To close the deal, Nexstar will need approval from the Federal Communications Commission, which could cement its position as the biggest provider of local TV in the U.S.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 17:54:38 +0000
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| California Republicans File Suit Seeking to Block Newsom Redistricting Plan
- Republican state lawmakers argue that Democratic lawmakers violated 30-day disclosure rules in the California Constitution.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:42:36 +0000
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