A Controversial Crackdown on Homeless Encampments
In the weeks since a landmark Supreme Court ruling opened the door for cities and states to crack down on homeless encampments, California...
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How One Tech Monopoly Paved the Way for Another
In a landmark antitrust ruling against Google last week, another case was at the heart of the story — one from the 1990s.Steve Lohr, who...
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Harris Takes the Lead in Key States
New polls by The New York Times and Siena College find that Vice President Kamala Harris has transformed the 2024 presidential race and is...
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Inside the Three Worst Weeks of Trump’s Campaign
For much of the past year, Donald J. Trump and those around him were convinced that victory in the presidential race was all but certain....
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The Sunday Read: ‘The Woman Who Could Smell Parkinson’s’
Les Milne was a consultant anesthesiologist, and his wife, Joy, typically found that he came home smelling of anesthetics, antiseptics and...
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'The Interview': James Lankford Tried to Solve Immigration for the GOP
Senator James Lankford discusses how political calculations killed his border bill, the evangelical Christian vote and preparing for life...
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Breaking’s Olympic Debut
More than 50 years after its inception, “breaking” — not “break dancing,” a term coined by the media and disdained by practitioners — will...
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Dispatches From a Kamala Harris Field Office
Vice President Kamala Harris’s ascent to the top of the Democratic ticket has transformed the U.S. presidential race. But the real test...
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Harris Chooses Walz
Earlier this summer, few Democrats could have identified Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota.But, in a matter of weeks, Mr. Walz has garnered an...
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What Just Happened on Wall Street?
Every major U.S. stock market plunged on Monday, wiping out billions of dollars in value.Jeanna Smialek, who covers the U.S. economy for...
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She Used to Be Friends With JD Vance
Senator JD Vance, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, and Sofia Nelson, his transgender classmate at Yale Law School, forged a bond...
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The Sunday Read: ‘Online Dating After 50 Can Be Miserable. But It’s Also Liberating.’
When Maggie Jones’s marriage collapsed after 23 years, she was devastated and overwhelmed. She was in her 50s, with two jobs, two teenage...
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'The Interview': Vince Vaughn Turned This Interview Into Self-Help
I went in expecting a swaggering, overconfident guy. I found something much more interesting.
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The Secret Succession Fight That Will Determine the Future of Fox News
For years, Rupert Murdoch seemed content to let his children battle it out for control of his conservative media empire once he’s gone.Jim...
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The Long Shadow of Julian Assange’s Conviction
Warning: this episode contains strong language and audio of war.When the long legal saga of Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, came to...
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An Escalating War in the Middle East
Warning: This episode contains audio of war.Over the past few days, the simmering feud between Israel and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah,...
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The V.P.’s Search for a V.P.
Warning: This episode contains strong language.Although Vice President Kamala Harris has officially been a presidential candidate for only...
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A Radical Reboot of Nuclear Energy
Nuclear power, once the great hope for a clean way to meet the world’s energy needs, fell out of favor decades ago.Brad Plumer, who covers...
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The Sunday Read: ‘The Kidnapping I Can’t Escape’
On Nov. 12, 1974, Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s father’s childhood friend Jack Teich was kidnapped out of his driveway in the nicest part of the...
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'The Interview': Pete Buttigieg Thinks the Trump Fever Could Break
The Democrat talks about the election vibe shift and what a Kamala Harris win would mean for both parties.
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