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MacArthur Foundation Announces 2026 ‘Genius Grant’ Winners
The 20 fellowship recipients across the arts, humanities and sciences will each receive an $800,000…
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Judge Blocks FEMA From Tying Antiterrorism Grants to Election Changes
The Trump administration had threatened to withhold some Homeland Security money unless states expl…
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Trump Administration Asks Justices to Allow It to Deny Hormones to Trans Inmates
The Bureau of Prisons policy, which has been blocked by lower courts, would give transgender prison…
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Saturday Night, No Mask Required, at the Last Ditch Lesbian Bar in Massachusetts
Last Ditch, a bar and art space, ended its Covid mask requirement as a way to attract more people. …
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Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own?
An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the comp…
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A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government
The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the w…
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Giant Pandas, Icons of China’s Soft Diplomacy, Arrive in Atlanta
A male named Ping Ping and a female named Fu Shuang landed on Sunday, days after China’s leader sai…
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TV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN
The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Net…
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Trump Administration Plans to Gut Clean Car Rules
New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal …
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The U.N. Is Terrible. We Need the U.N.
Trump’s attack on global institutions leaves us helpless before a growing array of challenges.
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How El Niño Is Shaping Storms on Two Sides of the U.S.
Hurricanes near Hawaii. A nor’easter on the East Coast. The ocean phenomenon’s influence on storms …
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South Carolinians: Do You Have a Short-Term, High-Interest Personal Loan? Share Your Bills.
We want to hear from borrowers who have taken out installment, payday or title loans, and those who…
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Charges of A.I. Writing in a Lauded Novel, and a Fight Over the Literary Future
“It Was Either That Or Die,” by the Haitian-Canadian author Thélyson Orélien, was the hit of the Fr…
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Senate Defeats Bid to Direct Trump to End Iran War or Seek Approval
The vote came as a growing number of Republicans has broken from President Trump on the conflict, r…
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The Wild West of A.I. Needs to End. Here’s How.
It’s time to give the public what it wants: A.I. regulation.
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Wildfire Converted Me From Tree-Hugger to Tree-Worshipper
I used to view trees as ecologically angelic beings. No longer.
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Hollywood Surrenders to the Ellison Empire
There’s no sense of triumph or even defeat, merely numb exhaustion.
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Netanyahu Falsely Accuses Mamdani of Supporting Hamas After Mayor’s CNN Interview
The Israeli prime minister falsely accused Mayor Zohran Mamdani of supporting Hamas after CNN inter…
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This Is the Thinking Behind Trump’s Puzzling Foreign Policy
What is “civilizationism”?
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Germany’s Merz Vows to Stay After Another State Election ‘Disaster’
Chancellor Friedrich Merz faced growing pressure on Sunday after his center-right party finished be…