| What JD Vance Knew About the War, and New Warnings About A.I.
- Plus, your Friday news quiz.
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:00:14 +0000
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| Oil Remains Elevated and Diesel Hits $6 a Gallon as Middle East Tensions Mount
- Prices for diesel fuel jumped to a new high over mounting fears that fighting in the Middle East could further threaten oil supplies.
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:44:06 +0000
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| For China, a Mock A.I. Attack on WeChat Signals a Dangerous New Era
- The demonstration of a potent cyberweapon has exposed China’s vulnerabilities and added to the urgency of A.I. safety talks between Beijing and Washington.
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:43:29 +0000
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| Inside an Ancient Lebanese City Engulfed by War
- The Lebanese city of Tyre, one of the oldest metropolises in the world, has been left scarred.
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:37:54 +0000
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| Unstitching the 1,000-Year-Old Story of the Bayeux Tapestry
- The medieval masterpiece has traveled from France to England for a once-in-a-lifetime show. It is not what our critic Jason Farago expected.
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:34:24 +0000
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| How to Make Sense of Mayhem in the Bond Market
- The stock market is easy to talk about. But bonds are a different story. Our columnist has some pointers to help make you a bond maven.
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:03:06 +0000
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| How Trump Is Using the Postal Service to Intervene in Elections
- Our politics reporter Reid Epstein explains how the Trump administration is using the Postal Service to intervene in mail-in voting in state elections.
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:02:55 +0000
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| How the Heroic Response to 9/11 Went Awry
- Twenty-five years later, it is important to step back from today’s cynicism and remember the heroism and national unity in the hours and days after the attacks.
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:02:36 +0000
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| The A.I. Threat Is Real. We Need to Act Now.
- We can no longer pretend that this technology is safe.
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:02:29 +0000
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| As Russia Again Draws Near, a Frontline City Fears Obliteration This Time
- The Ukrainian city of Izium still bears the scars of Russian occupation from four years ago. As Moscow’s forces approach, residents are bracing for the worst.
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:00:38 +0000
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| 7 Takeaways From the Republican Midterm Convention
- On the second night of the Republican gathering in Dallas, Vice President JD Vance was the headliner. But President Trump returned to center stage.
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:22:25 +0000
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| After 9/11, Islamophobia Shaped a Generation of Muslim New Yorkers
- The attacks unleashed a wave of hate, but the years since have seen Muslim Americans’ political and cultural influence grow.
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:00:08 +0000
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| Why Emerging Powers Keep Joining BRICS, Even When They Disagree
- Leaders of China, Russia, India and other BRICS club nations meet in New Delhi this weekend, but wars and soaring energy prices threaten to undermine unity.
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 05:12:37 +0000
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| Vance, Eying 2028, Relishes the Spotlight at Trump’s Convention
- The vice president, widely seen as a potential White House candidate, sought to use his speech in Dallas to show a more personal side to the MAGA faithful.
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 05:11:25 +0000
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| At BRICS Summit, China and India Vie for Influence
- China sees the BRICS group as a vehicle for challenging American power. India wants to keep the group broad enough to avoid choosing sides.
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:22:12 +0000
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| Behind the Scenes, Vance Gathered Unvarnished Views of the Iran War
- Vice President JD Vance received sobering assessments about the war that did not line up with what he, President Trump and other top administration officials were saying publicly.
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 01:17:31 +0000
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| A.I. Could Possibly End Humanity. How Are Humans Supposed to Process That?
- The technology is far from the only existential risk our species faces. But weighing such cosmic fears can become a mind-bending exercise.
Thu, 10 Sep 2026 21:58:48 +0000
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| 25 Years After 9/11, Trump Personifies a Nation Moving On
- The president has de-emphasized and shifted the war on terrorism at a time when fear of foreign attack has receded into the background of American life.
Thu, 10 Sep 2026 21:35:33 +0000
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| Moscow Claims Ukraine Planned to Start a War Between Russia and the U.K.
- Britain warned that Russia uses disinformation to divide Ukraine from its international partners.
Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:47:10 +0000
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| Where to See the World’s Bayeux Tapestry Replicas
- There are full-size replicas in a U.S. sports arena, an abbey in Denmark and a home in rural New Zealand. There’s even a more modest version for those who don’t like the original’s nudity.
Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:29:18 +0000
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