| With Possible Iran Strike Looming, U.S. Says Staff Can Leave Israel, and Urges Speed
- In an email to embassy workers Friday morning, Ambassador Mike Huckabee warned them that if they wanted to leave Israel, they “should do so TODAY.”
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:26:24 +0000
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| Prosecutors Plan to Drop Some Charges Against Alexander Brothers
- A federal judge must decide whether she will approve the request. Prosecutors cited a pattern of intimidation against witnesses as a reason for dropping some of the charges in the sex-trafficking trial.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:00:45 +0000
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| Pentagon-Anthropic Standoff Is a Decisive Moment for How A.I. Will Be Used in War
- The Pentagon’s contract dispute with Anthropic is part of a wider clash about the use of artificial intelligence for national security and who decides on any safeguards.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:44:00 +0000
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| U.S. Birthrate Declines to an All-Time Low, but There’s a Story of Success
- The political class is worried about the historic drop. But the biggest change is among the youngest women, who are the least ready to have children.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:35:46 +0000
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| EEOC Says Agencies Can Restrict Bathroom Use by Gender Identity
- The ruling extends the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s intervention on President Trump’s gender and race priorities.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:26:16 +0000
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| Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for Paramount Takeover
- The move was a stunning development in the long-running corporate battle for the storied media giant.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:22:18 +0000
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| What Larry and David Ellison Would Own After Warner Bros. Takeover
- If Paramount can close its deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, Larry and David Ellison will influence nearly every corner of news, entertainment and tech.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:15:50 +0000
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| Trump Media Explores Spinning Off Truth Social
- The move would split off the money-losing social media platform as the company pursues a merger with a fusion power company.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:07:27 +0000
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| You Can’t Shame People Into Vaccinating Their Kids
- For a long time, I was angry at my mom for not vaccinating me.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:07:16 +0000
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| 4 Takeaways About the U.S. Birthrate Decline
- There is good news buried behind the worries about population decline, some experts say.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:52:55 +0000
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| Were Duterte’s Speeches Orders to Kill or Hyperbole?
- Judges at the International Criminal Court have heard starkly different interpretations this week of the words of former President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:45:41 +0000
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| Transgender Kansas Residents Sue After Driver’s Licenses Are Invalidated
- As Kansas invalidates hundreds of licenses and birth certificates, transgender people say their constitutional rights have been violated.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:44:19 +0000
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| Pentagon Attacks Anthropic Chief as Deadline Looms in Standoff
- The A.I. firm had rejected military officials’ latest offer. Anthropic has until 5:01 p.m. on Friday to give them unrestricted access to its model.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:41:26 +0000
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| Pakistan Strikes Afghanistan in ‘Open War’ Against Taliban Regime
- The airstrikes came hours after Afghan troops had attacked Pakistani border positions and follow months of worsening relations between the neighboring countries.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:28:05 +0000
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| Iran’s Students Are Protesting Again. Here’s Why.
- The unrest underlines the intensity of domestic discontent, even as Tehran’s government grapples with the threat of U.S. strikes. Here’s what to know.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:10:23 +0000
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| Mapping the Risks of Attacking Iran
- Our national security correspondent David E. Sanger maps Iran’s options for retaliation if the United States or Israel strikes.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:23:17 +0000
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| The Many Shades of Complicity in the Epstein Files Fallout
- Philosophers have long wrestled with what to do about the onlookers and profiteers surrounding those who have done terrible things.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:04:06 +0000
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| A Trump Call Ignited Saudi-U.A.E. Feud
- A request made to President Trump about the war in Sudan is at the heart of a diplomatic dispute between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:18:04 +0000
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| Pentagon Fires Another Laser at a Drone, Prompting a New Air Closure
- After the downing of a Customs and Border Protection drone, the F.A.A. closed the airspace above Fort Hancock, Texas.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:12:32 +0000
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| The Plunging Birthrate
- We asked women about their views on having kids.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:06:45 +0000
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