| Have We Turned Personality Into Diagnosis?
- Why we keep searching for new ways to explain ourselves.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:12:19 +0000
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| Cost of Trump’s Namesake Warships Likely to Rise by 50 Percent or More
- President Trump’s goal of building a “golden fleet” of 15 battleships could cost $275 billion, according to a government estimate.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:11:00 +0000
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| Israel Strikes Lebanon After Accusing Hezbollah of Cease-Fire Violation
- At the same time, Israeli and Lebanese negotiators were holding talks in Rome aimed at fostering a long-term diplomatic settlement.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:45:17 +0000
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| Abdul El-Sayed Thinks Progressives Have a Way to Win. I Hope He’s Right.
- Abdul El-Sayed is quick, magnetic, overflowing with infectious confidence. But he also has a blind spot endemic to his movement.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:43:33 +0000
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| U.S. Cuts Ties With Organ Donor Group After Reports of Abuses
- The federal government is ending its contract with a Kentucky nonprofit that it says pressured medical workers to remove organs from patients who were getting better.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:23:11 +0000
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| Butterflies Take Flight in Face of Climate Change and Extreme Weather
- In 32 of the countries included in a recent study, at least a quarter of the native butterfly species had moved to new areas.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:59:15 +0000
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| Lobga Rangzen, the Tibetan Activist Who Set Himself on Fire in Manhattan
- No one doubted the intensity of Lobga Rangzen’s commitment to a Tibet free of Chinese control. But they were not prepared for what he did next.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:56:37 +0000
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| How China’s A.I. Is Surging Across Africa
- In African tech hubs, developers are picking China’s cheap, freely available artificial intelligence models over more powerful U.S. ones.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:53:31 +0000
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| A Four-Ton SpaceX Rocket Stage Hit the Moon, but No One Saw It
- Amateur and professional astronomers pointed their telescopes at the impact site. Most did not detect anything.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:41:20 +0000
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| How Malta Became a Tax Haven for Crocs and Other U.S. Companies
- The Mediterranean archipelago is a hot destination for U.S. companies seeking to shield profits from income taxes.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:38:57 +0000
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| Why Congress Wants a Closer U.S.-Israel Defense Partnership
- A proposal making its way through Congress would integrate the U.S. and Israeli defense and intelligence apparatuses more tightly. Some worry that it is a bad idea.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:38:29 +0000
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| Perez Hilton Is Hospitalized After Appearing to Harm Himself on Livestream
- Law enforcement and emergency workers responded to Mr. Hilton’s house after he appeared to hurt himself on a TikTok stream Tuesday.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:35:05 +0000
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| Trump’s Push for More A.I. Data Centers Will Mean Major Air Pollution
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Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:05:54 +0000
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| Suspected Iran Cyberattacks on U.S. Water Supply Follow Years of Warnings and Neglect
- Federal and state officials are racing to address an assault on the nation’s water supply that they believe is the work of Iranian hackers.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:00:01 +0000
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| Blanche Defends Pirro but Says Trump Can Fire Her at Any Time
- The head of the Justice Department praised the U.S. attorney in Washington after her tense meeting with the president.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:35:45 +0000
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| Windy Weather Could Worsen Pacific Northwest Fires
- Forecasters expect winds to pick up in eastern Washington and Oregon on Friday and Saturday, but not to be as strong as last weekend’s were.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:18:36 +0000
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| Iran Says It Is Nearing Final Agreement With Oman on Strait of Hormuz
- The agreement on an acceptable route for ships to pass through the strait would effectively ratify Tehran’s control over the crucial waterway.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:08:46 +0000
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| El-Sayed’s Michigan Senate Primary Win Sets Up the Left’s Biggest Test of the Fall
- Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate candidacy poses a critical challenge for Democrats’ ascendant progressive wing: Can an insurgent candidate, with unabashedly liberal positions, win a general election in a moderate state?
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:08:09 +0000
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| Trump Seeks a Boost for Hemp That Would Benefit a Top Aide’s Family
- At the White House’s request, senators tucked a change sought by the hemp industry into a crucial spending bill. It would benefit the son-in-law of Susie Wiles, the president’s chief of staff.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:26:49 +0000
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| It’s the Summer of Soundwalking. He Is Your Sherpa.
- “We may be hearing but not listening,” Jacek Smolicki said, showing a reporter how sound travels through tree roots in Central Park and amplifying the scraping of aquatic snails.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:07:48 +0000
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