| Trump-Putin Meeting: What Time, Where and How to Watch
- The leaders of the United States and Russia will hold talks at an American military base in Alaska and are expected to hold a news conference afterward.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 11:03:00 +0000
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| Why Russia Sold Alaska to the U.S.
- The Trump-Putin summit will take place in a former Russian colony that the United States bought for $7.2 million in 1867. Here’s how the deal came together and why its legacy matters.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 11:00:42 +0000
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| Federal Raids Target D.C. Homeless Camps
- It was unclear how widespread or effective the raids were, after district officials and advocates had spent much of the day trying to clear the camps, urging people to go to shelters ahead of the raids.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:13:37 +0000
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| What Could Happen at the Trump-Putin Summit, and a Game of Chicken Over Voting Maps
- Plus, your Friday news quiz.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:00:36 +0000
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| Trump’s Attempt to Make Museums Submit Feels Familiar
- MAGA would fill museums with self-glorifying kitsch, the aesthetic lingua franca of all authoritarians.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:54:32 +0000
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| How Trump’s Meeting With Putin Could Unfold, as Trump Seeks Cease-Fire in Ukraine
- A sudden feud, an impasse or a first step toward a cease-fire are all possible at the summit in Alaska as the two leaders navigate thorny issues such as Ukraine’s territory and NATO expansion.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:03:29 +0000
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| Feds Turn Into Beat Cops in Trump’s D.C. Policing Surge
- In the nation’s capital, federal agents have operated a sobriety checkpoint, made gun and drug busts and carried out other day-to-day police work. Some residents are uneasy.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:03:22 +0000
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| Tariffs Are High. So Is the Stock Market.
- Strong corporate earnings, mostly stable tariff rates and the expectation of interest rate cuts have eased worries of a market reckoning.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:03:21 +0000
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| Sarah Jessica Parker on ‘And Just Like That ...’ and Carrie Bradshaw’s Legacy
- The “Sex and the City” revival reached its bittersweet end this week. Does the actress like where Carrie Bradshaw landed? “Absolutely.”
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:02:19 +0000
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| Even as ‘And Just Like That . . .’ Ends, Carrie Bradshaw’s Clothes Live On
- Throughout the beloved series “Sex and the City” and its reboot “And Just Like That …,” the protagonist’s wardrobe was the most reliable through line.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:02:14 +0000
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| How Ambitious Democratic Governors Are Navigating Trump’s Redistricting War
- Some have emerged as a front line against Trump’s push to grab more seats in Congress, putting the issue at the center of their party’s politics. Others are ceding the spotlight.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:02:10 +0000
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| With a Shovel and a Dream, Woman Finds 2.3 Carat Diamond in Arkansas
- After three weeks, with bug bites and tattered hiking boots, Micherre Fox found the stone at Crater of Diamonds State Park.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:02:07 +0000
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| Boy Crisis of 2025, Meet the ‘Boy Problem’ of the 1900s
- It takes a village to raise a child. But some of the villagers must be men.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:02:02 +0000
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| Why Hands-Off Investing Pays Off
- Put money into low-cost stock and bond funds, but don’t forget the rest of the recipe: Leave your investments alone.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:01:52 +0000
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| The Last Refugees Let Into the U.S. Wonder if Their New Country Wants Them
- After President Trump suspended the refugee admissions program, some new arrivals found themselves out in the Wisconsin cold. With help, they have survived.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:00:37 +0000
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| Evo Morales, Barred from Bolivia’s Election, Urges Null Votes
- Despite being barred from running again for president and being sought for arrest, a towering figure of Bolivian politics is trying to rally supporters to cast null votes.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:00:31 +0000
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| Tribal Colleges Rely on Federal Funding. Their Leaders Fear the Trump Years.
- As the Trump administration has publicly targeted elite universities, it has also quietly pursued funding cuts for the nation’s tribal colleges, which rely on federal dollars to operate.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:00:18 +0000
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| Elon Musk’s SpaceX Most Likely Doesn’t Pay Taxes
- Elon Musk’s rocket company relies on federal contracts, but years of losses have most likely let it avoid paying federal income taxes, according to internal company documents.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:00:16 +0000
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| They’re Losing Their Vision. They Still Love Playing Tennis.
- For the visually impaired people who participate in blind tennis, the sport delivers joy. “This is what I’ve been missing,” one player said.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 07:00:06 +0000
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| Jackie Bezos, Jeff Bezos’ Mother and an Early Amazon Investor, Dies at 78
- Ms. Bezos and her husband invested about $245,000 in Amazon when the online bookstore was in its first year.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 05:51:34 +0000
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