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Russians go to the polls today in the first presidential election since their country invaded Ukraine two years ago.
The war was expected to carry a steep cost for President Vladimir V. Putin. Valerie Hopkins, who covers Russia for The Times, explains why the opposite has ha...
Jeanna Smialek, who covers the U.S. economy for The Times, will be 33 in a few weeks; she is part of a cohort born in 1990 and 1991 that makes up the peak of America’s population.
At every life stage, that microgeneration has stretched a system that was often too small to ac...
Warning: this episode contains descriptions of violence and self harm.
Last fall, an Army reservist killed 18 people at a bowling alley and restaurant in Lewiston, Maine, before turning the gun on himself.
Dave Philipps, who covers military affairs for The Times, had already...
In 2020, motivated to try a different way to combat drug use, Oregon voted to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of hard drugs including fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine.
Things didn’t turn out as planned.
Mike Baker, a national reporter for The Times, explain...
For years, a mysterious company has been buying farmland on the outskirts of Silicon Valley, eventually putting together a plot twice the size of San Francisco.
At every step, those behind the company kept their plans for the land shrouded in secrecy. Conor Dougherty, an eco...
That people will travel to Mars, and soon, is a widely accepted conviction within NASA. Rachel McCauley, until recently the acting deputy director of NASA’s Mars campaign, had, as of July, a punch list of 800 problems that must be solved before the first human mission launch...
President Biden used his State of the Union address last night to push for re-election and to go on the attack against Donald J. Trump, his likely adversary in November.
Jim Tankersley, who covers economic policy at the White House for The Times, discusses the speech’s big m...
When Google released Gemini, a new chatbot powered by artificial intelligence, it quickly faced a backlash — and unleashed a fierce debate about whether A.I. should be guided by social values, and if so, whose values they should be.
Kevin Roose, a technology columnist for Th...
Millions of voters in states across the country cast their ballots in the presidential primary on Super Tuesday, leaving little doubt that the November election will be a rematch between President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump.
But in a race that is increasingly...
Late last week, an effort to get food into northern Gaza turned deadly, as thousands of desperate Gazans descended on aid trucks, and Israeli troops tasked with guarding those trucks opened fire.
Exactly how people died, and who was responsible, remains contested. Hiba Yazbe...
A single piece of unverified intelligence became the centerpiece of a Republican attempt to impeach President Biden.
Michael S. Schmidt, an investigative reporter for The Times, explains how that intelligence was harnessed for political ends, and what happened once it was di...
At the end of a quiet, leafy street in the Valley in Los Angeles, the reality TV star Tom Sandoval has outfitted his home with landscaping lights that rotate in a spectrum of colors, mimicking the dance floor of a nightclub. The property is both his private residence and an ...
President Biden and Donald J. Trump both made appearances at the southern border on Thursday as they addressed an issue that is shaping up to be one of the most important in the 2024 election: immigration.
Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a White House correspondent for The Times, discus...
A Times investigation has revealed how applesauce laced with high levels of lead sailed through a food safety system meant to protect American consumers, and poisoned hundreds of children across the U.S.
Christina Jewett, who covers the Food and Drug Administration for The T...
U.S. officials have acknowledged a growing fear that Russia may be trying to put a nuclear weapon into orbit.
Eric Lipton, an investigative reporter for The Times, explains that their real worry is that America could lose the battle for military supremacy in space.
Guest: Er...
In the past few weeks, activists in Michigan have begun calling voters in the state, asking them to protest President Biden’s support for the Israeli military campaign in Gaza by not voting for him in the Democratic primary.
The activists are attempting to turn their anger o...
A surprise ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court has halted fertility treatments across the state and sent a shock wave through the world of reproductive health.
Azeen Ghorayshi, who covers sex, gender, and science for The Times, explains what the court case means for ...
The closest thing to a bat signal for stoners is the blue lettering of the Cookies logo. When a new storefront comes to a strip mall or a downtown shopping district, fans flock to grand-opening parties, drawn by a love of the brand — one based on more than its reputation for...
Last week, when a civil court judge in New York ruled against Donald J. Trump, he imposed a set of penalties so severe that they could temporarily sever the former president from his real-estate empire and wipe out all of his cash.
Jonah Bromwich, who covers criminal justice...
Last week, the Russian authorities announced that Aleksei A. Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader and an unflinching critic of President Vladimir V. Putin, had died in a remote Arctic prison at the age of 47.
Yevgenia Albats, his friend, discusses how Mr. Naval...
Over the past few weeks, a growing sense of alarm across Europe over the future of the continent’s security has turned into outright panic.
As Russia advances on the battlefield in Ukraine, the U.S. Congress has refused to pass billions of dollars in new funding for Ukraine’...
This episode contains strong language and descriptions of war.
After months of telling residents in the Gaza Strip to move south for safety, Israel now says it plans to invade Rafah, the territory’s southernmost city. More than a million people are effectively trapped there ...
A Times investigation has found that dentists and lactation consultants around the country are pushing “tongue-tie releases” on new mothers struggling to breastfeed, generating huge profits while often harming patients.
Katie Thomas, an investigative health care reporter at ...
Today we’re sharing the latest episode of Modern Love, a podcast about the complicated love lives of real people, from The New York Times.
Anna Martin, host of the show, spoke to David Finch, who wrote three Modern Love essays about how hard he had worked to be a good husban...
In tense proceedings in Georgia, a judge will decide whether Fani T. Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, and her office should be disqualified from their prosecution of former President Donald J. Trump.
Richard Fausset, a national reporter for The Times, talks throu...
A crisis of confidence is brewing inside China, where the government is turning believers in the Chinese dream into skeptics willing to flee the country.
Li Yuan, who writes about technology, business and politics across Asia for The Times, explains why that crisis is now sh...
Questions about President Biden’s age sharpened again recently after a special counsel report about his handling of classified information described him as a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”
Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent for The Times, expla...
Voters in New York are choosing the successor to George Santos, the disgraced Republican who was expelled from Congress in December.
Nicholas Fandos, who covers New York politics and government for The Times, explains how the results of the race will hold important clues for...
When a piece of an Alaska Airlines flight blew out into the sky in January, concern and scrutiny focused once more on the plane’s manufacturer, Boeing.
Sydney Ember, a business reporter for The Times, explains what has been learned about the incident and what the implication...
The first death happened before the academic year began. In July 2021, an undergraduate student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute was reported dead. The administration sent a notice out over email, with the familiar, thoroughly vetted phrasing and appended resources. Kather...
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