| U.S. and Iran to Hold Talks in Oman on Friday
- The White House confirmed a meeting would take place after days of conflicting reports on the talks’ timing, location and format.
Thu, 05 Feb 2026 13:17:56 +0000
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| Primary for New Jersey Seat Is First House Race in Pivotal Year
- Eleven candidates are running in a special primary election on Thursday to fill Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s former seat. They include a former member of Congress and the former lieutenant governor.
Thu, 05 Feb 2026 13:06:51 +0000
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| Starmer Apologizes for Ex-Ambassador Mandelson’s Epstein Ties
- Newly released documents detailed connections between the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Mandelson, who was picked to be the U.S. envoy by the British prime minister, Keir Starmer.
Thu, 05 Feb 2026 12:54:39 +0000
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| He Was Laid Off at The Washington Post After Working There 60 Years
- Martin Weil, one of hundreds being let go at The Post, has worked on local news there since 1965, witnessing the paper’s rise and now retrenchment.
Thu, 05 Feb 2026 12:36:58 +0000
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| Quick End to Second Day of Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks Hints at Impasse
- American negotiators trumpeted plans for a prisoner swap, but that was small recompense for months of diplomatic efforts by the Trump administration.
Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:49:00 +0000
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| Major Nuclear Arms Treaty Expires, and Federal Prosecutor in Minnesota Says ‘This Job Sucks’
- Plus, Savannah Guthrie makes a plea to her mother’s abductor.
Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:00:09 +0000
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| Silver Is So Pricey That the World’s Largest Jeweler Is Switching to Platinum
- Pandora, known for its charm bracelets, is trying to reduce its exposure to the volatility in silver prices, the latest setback for a company also facing wary consumers and steep tariffs.
Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:51:50 +0000
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| Jimmy Kimmel Hints ‘Melania’ Box Office Was a ‘Rigged Outcome’
- Late night hosts were skeptical of a $7 million opening weekend for the new Amazon film about the first lady.
Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:44:44 +0000
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| Bad Bunny Means a Breakthrough for Puerto Rican Athletes, Too
- Puerto Rican football players are thrilled that Spanish will resound at the Super Bowl. “The stage is bigger than the N.F.L. itself,” one lineman said.
Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:22:42 +0000
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| ‘It’s Collective Punishment’: Iran Exacts Heavy Price on Protest Supporters
- The authorities are making mass arrests, seizing assets and hunting down doctors who treated protesters. Some Iranians keep showing defiance anyway.
Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:22:01 +0000
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| Trump Brings Out the Worst in Everyone
- Us included.
Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:07:33 +0000
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| William Shatner Pitches Raisin Bran in Super Bowl Commercial
- WK Kellogg is promoting Raisin Bran with William Shatner during the big game as cereal sales decline. It’s also tapping the latest health and wellness trend.
Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:07:32 +0000
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| Surge in Immigration Cases in Minnesota Pushes Prosecutors and Judges to Brink
- Remarks by a prosecutor opened a revealing window onto how the courts in the state are buckling under the weight of a deluge of cases arising from the Trump administration’s campaign.
Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:04:09 +0000
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| How Trump Brought the Fight Over American History to Philadelphia
- The administration took a crowbar to a site that focused on George Washington and slavery. But can the contradictions of the Founding Era be erased?
Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:02:25 +0000
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| Maureen Dowd and Carlos Lozada on the Empty Propaganda of ‘Melania’
- Glamour, silence and a very big hat.
Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:01:54 +0000
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| Jessie Diggins is the Olympian Testing the Limits of Endurance
- Jessie Diggins has become the best-ever American cross-country skier because of what she pushes her body through.
Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:01:00 +0000
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| To Win Back the House, Democrats Take the Fight to Deep-Red Areas
- Democrats are tapping candidates with unusual résumés — a Tejano recording star, a smokejumper and a fourth-generation farmer — to compete in areas long seen as inhospitable.
Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:00:25 +0000
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| When the Cold Turns Deadly, What Should New York City Do?
- Seventeen New Yorkers have died after exposure to frigid temperatures since Jan. 24, raising questions about how Mayor Zohran Mamdani has managed the crisis.
Thu, 05 Feb 2026 08:00:17 +0000
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| After Taking on Trump and Backing Mamdani, Hochul Sees Her Star Rise
- Gov. Kathy Hochul has warded off most serious challenges to her re-election, but still faces a primary contest against her lieutenant governor, Antonio Delgado.
Thu, 05 Feb 2026 08:00:06 +0000
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| China’s Xi Presses Trump on Taiwan in Phone Call
- Both leaders gave versions of what they discussed, but the Chinese president’s take made clear the issue of the island was front and center.
Thu, 05 Feb 2026 07:24:05 +0000
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