| LA Mayor Karen Bass Eases Street Vending Crackdown After Debate
- Mayor Karen Bass said food vendors discourage restaurant patrons, mentioning them alongside homeless encampments. Her opponent, Nithya Raman, said vendors should be brought into the system.
Fri, 28 Aug 2026 05:21:18 +0000
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| C.I.A. Chief Delivered Bleak Assessment of Russia’s War in Secretive Moscow Visit
- John Ratcliffe’s meeting this week with a Russian intelligence chief was aimed at pushing the Kremlin to pursue a peace deal with Ukraine.
Fri, 28 Aug 2026 04:23:38 +0000
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| Judge Once Again Bars Postal Service From Restricting Mail-In Vote
- After reviewing the agency’s final plan to comply with President Trump’s demands, a federal judge barred the Postal Service from imposing new restrictions on mail-in voting.
Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:53:55 +0000
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| Climate Change Raises Risk of Disasters Like Nepal Floods
- Glaciers and permafrost in the Himalayas are melting faster as temperatures rise, though scientists are still studying the exact causes of this week’s landslide.
Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:22:45 +0000
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| Judge Says Trump’s Name Should Stay Off Kennedy Center for Now
- After the court forced the removal of the president’s name from the building’s title, the center devised a plan to add an inscription honoring President Trump.
Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:04:30 +0000
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| Gwyneth Paltrow’s Hamptons Dinner for Sam Altman Postponed
- The actress and wellness entrepreneur did not deny her plans to host an intimate gathering for Sam Altman. But it will have to wait.
Fri, 28 Aug 2026 02:39:02 +0000
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| Trump Administration’s Blacklisting of Anthropic Was Illegal, Judge Rules
- The government retaliated against the A.I. start-up “for constitutionally protected expressive activities,” a federal judge in California wrote.
Fri, 28 Aug 2026 02:28:13 +0000
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| Survivors of Nepal Flood Left in Stunned Disbelief: ‘They All Died, and I Lived’
- A visit near the border with Tibet laid bare the effects of a swollen river’s furious speed. Miles of devastation were left behind in a flash flood that killed more than 300.
Fri, 28 Aug 2026 01:59:34 +0000
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| On Night of Deadly Air Canada Crash, Two LaGuardia Controllers Left Early
- The two controllers are among a dozen that the Federal Aviation Administration has taken steps to fire as part of an inquiry into timecard fraud, according to people familiar with the matter.
Fri, 28 Aug 2026 01:13:27 +0000
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| Wall Street Loved Scott Bessent and Kevin Warsh. Not Anymore.
- We are approaching a credibility crisis with Scott Bessent and Kevin Warsh leading our economy.
Fri, 28 Aug 2026 01:00:28 +0000
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| There Is a Sickness Worse Than Wokeness
- The anti-woke movement’s “cure” was more intolerance and more repression.
Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:49:06 +0000
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| Trump Plans to Mark 9/11 at the Pentagon, Not Ground Zero
- President Trump originally intended to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 with remarks at ground zero, but the memorial’s organizers do not allow speeches. Mr. Trump changed his plans.
Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:43:09 +0000
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| Climber Stranded for Hours on 6-Inch Rock Ledge Before Rescue
- Racing against the darkness, rescuers in California on Saturday saved a man who had become stranded on a ledge perched atop a soaring peak on the Sierra Nevada.
Thu, 27 Aug 2026 22:58:39 +0000
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| Yielding on French Could Restart Trade Talks, Canadian Officials Say
- Canada’s minister in charge of trade with the U.S. was responding to comments by Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative. But that was before any mention of Lake Ontario.
Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:47:18 +0000
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| In Trump’s Washington, Ballooning National Debt Stirs Little Action
- The relative indifference to the news that the U.S. government now owes $40 trillion demonstrates how drastically the politics of deficit spending has changed.
Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:15:00 +0000
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| Trump Administration to Expand Deportation Flights to Haiti
- Flights to the Caribbean nation will increase from once a month to once a week now that the Supreme Court allowed President Trump to cancel a humanitarian program.
Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:14:41 +0000
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| Progressives Condemn Pick of Pro-Israel Democrat Atop House Panel
- Outrage over making Representative Jared Moskowitz, who is vocally pro-Israel, the top Democrat on a Middle East policy subcommittee reflected the party’s rift over Israel.
Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:10:24 +0000
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| Trump Signs Executive Order to Rename Lake Ontario to Lake America
- The president also reiterated his criticism that Canada “treats us very badly.” Trade talks between the nations collapsed last week.
Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:55:49 +0000
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| Fans Push to Rename Nashville Airport for Dolly Parton
- A surging online push to rename Nashville International Airport for the beloved Tennessean superstar could get snagged in bureaucracy and politics.
Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:16:04 +0000
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| In ‘9 to 5,’ Dolly Parton Put a Friendly Face on Feminism
- In 1980, feminists were often stereotyped as man-hating or out of touch. Then Parton gave the movement a boost — and an anthem.
Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:05:44 +0000
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