| Bond Yields Jump and Stocks Slip as Iran Stalemate Unsettles Investors
- The yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond rose to its highest level in nearly 20 years.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:39:08 +0000
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| Google Just Made It Easier for Campaigns to Send You Fund-Raising Emails
- Republicans previously sued Google claiming its spam filter was biased, but the case was dismissed. The company will now allow verified campaigns to more easily bypass the spam filter.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:34:21 +0000
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| OpenAI Introduces ‘ChatGPT for Teens’ as Safety Concerns Grow
- The artificial intelligence start-up announced a chatbot mode that will automatically limit some conversations to better protect young users.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:14:55 +0000
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| Ship Exiting the Strait of Hormuz Is Attacked
- At least 17 commercial sailors have been killed in and around Iranian and Omani waters since March. Six months into the conflict, the vital waterway remains exceptionally dangerous.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:12:55 +0000
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| Gulf Oil Giants Push to Expand Overseas Stockpiles as Iran War Drags On
- Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are seeking larger oil reserves in Japan and South Korea as regional conflict threatens supply routes.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:03:33 +0000
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| Chocó, Colombia, Faces Deeper Hardship After an Earthquake
- In Chocó, a remote region, “pain, hunger and homelessness await” survivors of last week’s earthquake, the governor said. Shakira visited to help draw awareness.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:41:22 +0000
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| Trump Takes Aim at CNN Reporter Kristen Holmes During Event to Honor California Lifeguard
- President Trump told a journalist to “be quiet” at a White House event for a California lifeguard and a boy he saved.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:37:02 +0000
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| The Blackout That Could Devastate America
- The power grid relies on thousands of aging, hand-built transformers. If enough fail, the blackout could last years.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:20:38 +0000
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| How Israel’s Financial Chokehold Is Stifling the West Bank Economy
- Intensifying restrictions have hit every part of the territory’s dealings, spurring worries about whether the Palestinian Authority can remain solvent.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:16:16 +0000
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| ABC Sues Trump Administration Over F.C.C. Threat to Its TV Licenses
- The network asked a court to stop the agency from taking steps that could force ABC stations off the air and accused the F.C.C. of violating its First Amendment rights.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:53:15 +0000
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| It’s Crunchtime Again for Canada to Avoid Trump’s New Tariffs
- Canada is seeking a deal to dodge further economic pain at the hands of the Trump administration on midnight Tuesday. But at what cost?
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:15:47 +0000
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| Working Capital
- We look into the exploding business of buy-now-pay-later loans.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:39:31 +0000
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| ‘Les Miz’ Offers a Lifeline to a Battered Theater Industry
- Regional theaters can once again produce “Les Misérables” because a national tour has ended. One veteran actor called the popular show “an instant moneymaker.”
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:37:27 +0000
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| Trump’s $47 Billion-Dollar Border Wall Plan, and Why a Tupac Murder Trial Is Starting After 30 Years
- Plus, inside the scramble to track cyclospora.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:00:08 +0000
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| At Ex-Premier Zhu Rongji’s Funeral, China’s Past Shadows Its Present
- Beijing wants to portray today’s China as carrying forward Zhu Rongji’s era of growth, but for many Chinese, the optimism of that time has since faded.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:11:52 +0000
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| Florida Primary Underscores State’s New Identity as a Republican Juggernaut
- Republicans hold every statewide elected office and have drastically swung voter registration in the state. A newly gerrymandered congressional map has added four Republican-leaning seats.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:03:48 +0000
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| Hayden Panettiere Grew Up in Front of the Camera. It Took a Toll.
- The “Heroes” and “Nashville” star, who died Sunday at 36, endured personal struggles that were compounded by her public profile.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:03:07 +0000
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| Searching for Answers From the Man Accused of Sabotaging Alaska’s Senate Race
- Dan Sullivan, a retired schoolteacher from tiny Petersburg, Alaska, shares a name with the incumbent senator he hopes to defeat. Is he a spoiler trying to divide the Republican vote? We traveled to Alaska to find out.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:02:59 +0000
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| Colman Domingo Discusses His Emmy-Nominated Roles in ‘Euphoria’ and ‘Four Seasons’
- The actor went from oracle to angel of vengeance in the HBO drama. In an interview, he discusses his two Emmy nods for two very different characters.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:02:34 +0000
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| The A.I.s Are Already Out of Control
- Helen Toner, who served on OpenAI’s board, hopes the recent hack by that company’s models serves as a warning.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:02:27 +0000
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