Trump Takes Aim at the Department of Education
In the coming days, President Trump is expected to sign an executive order that would follow through on one of his major campaign promises:...
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The Sunday Read: ‘How I Learned That the Problem in My Marriage Was Me’
One thing I’ve learned from being married to my wife, Jess, who is a couples therapist, is how vast the distance is between the masks...
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'The Interview': Lady Gaga's Latest Experiment? Happiness.
The pop superstar reflects on her struggles with mental health, the pressures of the music industry and why she’s returned to the sound...
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The Cinematic Masterpiece You Won’t Get to See
Warning: This episode contains descriptions of child abuse and domestic abuse.Over the past few years, a celebrated filmmaker has tried to...
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How Tariffs Are Shaking Up the War on Fentanyl
For years, even as fentanyl has killed Americans at an astonishing rate, Mexico has claimed that it was doing everything possible to crack...
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Partisan Taunts and Defiant Protests: Trump’s First Speech to Congress
In his first address to Congress on Tuesday night, President Trump took a highly partisan victory lap as Democratic lawmakers openly...
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DOGE Has a Math Problem
Since President Trump took office, Elon Musk and DOGE have wielded an unprecedented level of power to help the administration cut the U.S....
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The Fallout From Zelensky and Trump’s Oval Office Meltdown
On Friday, President Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in an explosive televised Oval...
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The Sunday Read: ‘The Cryptocurrency Scam That Turned a Small Town Against Itself’
Jim Tucker could hardly believe what he was hearing. It sounded like fiction, a nightmare too outlandish for an unassuming town like his.It...
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'The Interview': Gov. Maura Healey Wants Democrats to Put Up a Fight
The Massachusetts leader, whose influence goes well beyond her state, discusses how the Democratic Party can pick its battles and rebuild...
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Trump 2.0: The Art of the Deal
This week, President Trump proposed two deals that would require allies to put his needs ahead of their own.Times’ Journalists Michael...
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He Was America’s Highest-Ranking Military Officer. Then Came the War on D.E.I.
During his decades-long path to become America’s highest-ranking military officer, Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. won the crucial support of...
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Can the Cease-Fire in Gaza Hold?
Today, as the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas enters its most fragile phase, no one knows who will control the future of Gaza.Patrick...
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She Fell in Love With ChatGPT. Like, Actual Love. With Sex.
Warning: This episode discusses sexual themes.Artificial intelligence has changed how millions of people write emails, conduct research and...
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Exporting America’s Immigration Problem
Warning: This episode contains mentions of suicide.Since President Trump took office, his plan to deport millions of undocumented people...
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The Sunday Read: ‘What Happened When America Emptied Its Youth Prisons’
When David Muhammad was 15, his mother moved from Oakland, Calif., to Philadelphia with her boyfriend, leaving Muhammad in the care of his...
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'The Interview': Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World
The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.
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Trump 2.0: Rewriting Histories
This week, President Trump falsely claimed that Ukraine started the war against Russia, ordered federal agencies created by Congress to...
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The Sordid Saga of President Trump and Mayor Adams
The sweeping federal corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams seemed to spell the end of his career. Then he got a sudden reprieve from...
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Inside the Trump Purge: Federal Workers Tell Their Stories
On the campaign trail, Donald J. Trump and his allies left little doubt that, if they returned to power, federal workers would face...
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