Bessent Pushes Senate on Fed Confirmation Amid Backlash Over Criminal Inquiry

13/02/2026 14:34 New York Times

President Trump’s effort to get Kevin M. Warsh confirmed as the next Federal Reserve chair has been complicated by a criminal investigation into Jerome H. Powell.

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Ukraine Says U.S. Is Increasing Pressure for a Deal as the Midterms Loom

It is unclear what the Trump administration is prepared to do if it does not get the concessions it wants from Kyiv on issues like territory and elections....

13/02/2026 13:46 New York Times

California Investigates Why Most of the Eaton Fire Victims Were Black

The state’s attorney general opened an investigation into whether emergency responders failed to adequately warn the residents of a Black middle-class neighborhood that was devastated in the blaze....

12/02/2026 22:18 New York Times

Do Drug Cartels Actually Use Drones at the Border?

U.S. officials warn that cartel-operated drones on the border pose a major threat. Mexican officials are less certain. Analysts say the answer is likely in between....

12/02/2026 22:01 New York Times

Judge Temporarily Blocks Hegseth From Punishing Mark Kelly Over ‘Illegal Orders’ Video

Judge Richard J. Leon found that attempts to discipline Mark Kelly for a video that warned against following illegal orders would violate the senator’s First Amendment rights....

12/02/2026 20:19 New York Times

How A.I. Companies Are Preying on College Students

In a short time, A.I. companies have warped the landscape of higher education....

12/02/2026 20:00 New York Times

Ukrainian Olympian Is Disqualified Over Helmet Honoring War Dead

Olympic officials ruled that Vladyslav Heraskevych’s helmet violated a prohibition on political speech, setting off outrage at the Winter Games in Italy....

12/02/2026 19:10 New York Times

Strong Storm Is Forecast to Hit the South This Weekend With a Risk of Heavy Rain

It’s finally warming up, which means the storm will most likely bring rain instead of more dreaded ice. But forecasters warned that there may be a lot of it....

12/02/2026 17:31 New York Times

These Ukrainian Drones Don’t Just Kill. They Deliver Oatmeal Cookies.

In a war where drones are synonymous with destruction, some are also used to drop care packages to Ukraine’s frontline soldiers....

12/02/2026 10:00 New York Times

Weapons Used to Fight Drones Don’t Mix Well With Civilian Airspace

In the race to build anti-drone weapons intended for use in a war zone, it is unclear how they may be used safely in crowded skies....

11/02/2026 22:10 New York Times

House Is Set to Vote on Canceling Trump’s Canada Tariffs

Republican leaders have blocked challenges to President Trump’s trade war for a year, but dissent in their own ranks will force a vote....

11/02/2026 21:41 New York Times

Iran Commemorates Revolution, With U.S. Warships Lurking Off the Coast

The authoritarian clerical regime in Tehran came to power in 1979. Today, it presides over a country that is deeply polarized and under threat of an American attack....

11/02/2026 19:30 New York Times

Federal Debt to Hit Record Levels, Budget Office Warns

President Trump has reshaped the country’s economic policies, but the outlook for the budget remains dire....

11/02/2026 18:45 New York Times

NATO Is Expected to Step Up Arctic Security. Here’s Why.

As Russia displays its military might in the Arctic region, the Western alliance is beginning a mission to increase its presence there....

11/02/2026 18:04 New York Times

Russia Further Restricts Telegram, Escalating Internet Clampdown

The throttling of the communication app, used by more than 100 million Russians, endangers what remains of the country’s free internet....

10/02/2026 23:04 New York Times

Behind the E.P.A.’s Rush to Repeal the Endangerment Finding

The agency is racing to repeal a scientific finding that requires it to fight global warming. Experts say the goal is to get the matter before the justices while President Trump is still in office....

10/02/2026 20:17 New York Times

Epstein Files Reveal Efforts to Build Ties With Russian Officials, Including Putin

New documents detail Jeffrey Epstein’s efforts to foster strategic, sometimes reciprocal relationships with Russian officials....

10/02/2026 19:29 New York Times

Russia Nears Capture of Key Ukrainian Towns After Year of Grinding Assaults

Russian troops have advanced at a glacial pace in recent months, but gains in southern and eastern Ukraine could give Moscow an edge in U.S.-mediated peace talks....

10/02/2026 16:28 New York Times

Russia Knocked Out the Heat. So She Slept in a Tent on Her Bed.

With defiant ingenuity, Kyiv residents are trying to find ways to stay warm in a cruel winter....

10/02/2026 10:02 New York Times

How Ukrainians Are Coping Without Heat

Our Kyiv bureau chief, Andrew E. Kramer, describes how Kyiv residents are coping with Russia’s unrelenting assaults on their country’s heating and electrical systems and finding ways to stay warm in a cruel winter....

10/02/2026 10:02 New York Times

Here’s What a Warm Night Looks Like for Homeless New Yorkers

As weekend temperatures fell into the single digits, New York City operated 65 warming centers where people could find cots, chairs and a respite from the cold....

10/02/2026 01:36 New York Times

Newly Unbound, Trump Weighs More Nuclear Arms and Underground Tests

It remains to be seen whether the three big nuclear powers are headed into a new arms race, or whether President Trump is trying to spur negotiations on a new accord now that a last Cold War treaty has expired....

09/02/2026 23:46 New York Times

The Death Toll in Ukraine

We are covering the latest from the war....

09/02/2026 11:36 New York Times

Five Years After Myanmar Coup, ‘Even Hope Has Become a Risk’

The country’s cities have been spared the violence of a hard-fought civil war. But as the economy has hollowed out, many urbanites have become desperate....

09/02/2026 05:01 New York Times

Talks on Immigration Enforcement Still Stuck as DHS Funding Deadline Nears

Democrats’ demands include that immigration officers be required to show visible identification and have judicial warrants when they enter private property to make arrests....

08/02/2026 17:13 New York Times

As American Views of ICE Dim, Warehouses Become a Symbol of Resistance

Plans to confine migrants in retrofitted buildings have ignited bipartisan dissent as the country has grown more critical of immigration officials....

08/02/2026 08:00 New York Times

The Demise of U.S.A.I.D. Was a Warning

The brutality of U.S.A.I.D.’s closure and the disregard for the human toll betrayed a vision of a crueler, meaner, more insular world....

08/02/2026 06:00 New York Times

Hims & Hers Withdraws Knockoff Weight-Loss Pill After Regulatory Scrutiny

Federal officials had warned that the new product from the online provider of weight loss drugs might be illegal....

07/02/2026 23:19 New York Times

Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.

Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Ms. Good’s vehicle, but Trump administration leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have departed, leaving the Minnesota U.S. attorney’s office in turmoil....

07/02/2026 15:14 New York Times

Trump Reverts to Diplomacy With Iran, but the Road Is Narrow

Iran is skilled at prolonging negotiations over its nuclear program, and seems to be hoping President Trump is out for a quick win, rather than a prolonged regional war....

07/02/2026 12:10 New York Times

Russian Strikes Pummel Ukraine’s Power Grid

The drone and missile bombardments were the latest attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure during a winter freeze, as peace talks have made little progress....

07/02/2026 11:47 New York Times

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