Secure the Border, Say Republicans. So Why Are They Killing a Plan to Do That?
For the past few weeks, Democrats and Republicans were closing in on a game-changing deal to secure the U.S.-Mexico border: a bipartisan...
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Latest firstIs the Future of Medicine Hidden in Ancient DNA?
In a major advance in science, DNA from Bronze Age skeletons is providing clues to modern medical mysteries.Carl Zimmer, who covers life...
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Trump’s Voters vs. Haley’s Donors
Inside the Republican Party, a class war is playing out between the pro-Trump base, which is ready for the nomination fight to be over, and...
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The Failed Promise of Police Body Cameras
This episode contains strong language and audio excerpts of violence.About a decade ago, police departments across the United States began...
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The Sunday Read: ‘The Whale Who Went AWOL’
On April 26, 2019, a beluga whale appeared near Tufjord, a village in northern Norway, immediately alarming fishermen in the area. Belugas...
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The Mother Who Changed: A Story of Dementia
Across the United States, millions of families are confronting a seemingly impossible question: When dementia changes a relative, how much...
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The Hybrid Worker Malaise
The era of hybrid work has spawned a new kind of office culture — one that has left many workers less connected and less happy than they...
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Why the G.O.P. Nomination Fight Is Now (All But) Over
On Tuesday, Donald J. Trump beat Nikki Haley in New Hampshire. His win accelerated a push for the party to coalesce behind him and deepened...
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The Shadowy Story of Oppenheimer and Congress
Nominations for the Oscars are announced on Tuesday and “Oppenheimer,” a film about the father of the atomic bomb, is expected to be among...
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The Rules of War
In the International Court of Justice, South Africa is accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.Amanda Taub, a human rights...
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The Sunday Read: ‘Podcasters Took Up Her Sister’s Murder Investigation. Then They Turned on Her’
Liz Flatt drove to Austin, Texas, mostly out of desperation. She had tried talking with the police. She had tried working with a former...
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The Fishermen Who Could End Federal Regulation as We Know It
On its surface, the case before the Supreme Court — a dispute brought by fishing crews objecting to a government fee — appears to be...
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What the Houthis Really Want
Attacks by Houthi militants on shipping in the Red Sea, a crucial global trade route, once seemed like a dangerous sideshow to the war in...
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The Messy Fight Over the SAT
Concerned about the effect on diversity, many colleges have stopped requiring standardized tests. New research suggests that might be a...
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Trump’s Domination and the Battle for No. 2 in Iowa
At the Iowa Republican caucuses on Monday night, Donald J. Trump secured a runaway victory. The only real drama was the fight for second...
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The Sunday Read: ‘How an Ordinary Football Game Turns Into the Most Spectacular Thing on TV’
Arrowhead Stadium, the home of the Kansas City Chiefs, the N.F.L.’s defending champions, is a very loud place. During a 2014 game, a sound...
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In Iowa, Two Friends Debate DeSantis vs. Trump
On Monday, Iowa holds the first contest in the Republican presidential nominating process and nobody will have more on the line than Ron...
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The Threat of a Wider War in the Middle East
A recent string of attacks across the Middle East has raised concerns that the war between Hamas and Israel is spreading, and might put...
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Trump’s Case for Total Immunity
Donald Trump has consistently argued that as a former president, he is immune from being charged with a crime for things he did while he...
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The Afterlife of a Gun
Across the United States, hundreds of towns and cities are trying to get guns off the streets by turning them over to businesses that offer...
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