| 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 12:41:33 +0000
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| 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 12:41:23 +0000
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| Green Party Defeats Labour in U.K. Special Election, in Blow to Starmer
- The result marks the first time the Greens have won a British parliamentary by-election and signals the frustration of left-leaning voters with Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:32:52 +0000
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| How India Became One of the World’s Biggest Economies
- India has grown rapidly despite its slow industrialization, and its economy is now nearly as big as Japan’s.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:32:08 +0000
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| What Both Anthropic and the Pentagon Get Wrong
- Neither Anthropic nor the Pentagon are thinking about this issue in a meaningful way.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:03:34 +0000
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| The Plunging Birthrate
- We asked women about their views on having kids.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:49:48 +0000
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| Why Are Pakistan and Afghanistan Fighting?
- The renewed violence between the neighboring countries stems from Pakistan’s accusations that Afghanistan’s Taliban government has harbored a militant group.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:11:53 +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 11:11:48 +0000
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| The Clintons’ Epstein Testimony, and the Pentagon’s New Laser Strike
- Plus, the company that just cut 4,000 jobs because of A.I.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:00:09 +0000
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| In a New War, Would Israel Run Out of Missile Interceptors?
- The June 2025 conflict with Iran depleted Israeli and U.S. stocks of antiballistic missiles. If there is another war, the pressure will be on to destroy Iranian missiles before they can be launched.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:56:43 +0000
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| Hungary Plays the Spoiler in Europe, as Orban Seeks Votes at Home
- Facing a serious election challenge, Prime Minister Viktor Orban is holding up a big E.U. loan for Ukraine. Analysts say the timing is no coincidence.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:06:24 +0000
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| For CNN, a Takeover by Paramount Means a Suddenly Uncertain Future
- Paramount’s apparent victory over Netflix in securing Warner Bros. Discovery has led to concerns within the CNN newsroom.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:04:31 +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 10:04:29 +0000
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| Chris Fleming Uses Dance to Make Us Laugh in His HBO Special
- The kind of performer other stand-ups rave about, Chris Fleming turns to choreography to land jokes in his new HBO special.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:04:07 +0000
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| A World Where All Is Free? That’s Elon Musk’s Theory of ‘Sustainable Abundance.’
- The Tesla and SpaceX chief has told his followers that they will live in a world where robots will take care of every need and people do not have to work, in what has become his latest slogan.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:02:41 +0000
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| What Does ‘Complicity’ Mean for Epstein’s Friends, and Mere Acquaintances?
- Philosophers have long wrestled with what to do about the onlookers and profiteers surrounding those who have done terrible things.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:02:24 +0000
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| Elon Musk’s Secret Web of Companies in Texas
- The megabillionaire was tied to about 90 companies in the state, which he uses for everything from paying nannies to buying land to supporting Donald Trump’s re-election, according to a Times examination.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:00:35 +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 10:00:24 +0000
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| Late Night Lampoons Trump’s State of the Union Ratings
- Stephen Colbert joked that the president “is really dragging down broadcast television” with lower ratings for Tuesday’s State of the Union than last year’s address.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 07:43:43 +0000
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| Trump’s Shields Are Down
- Personnel once meant policy; now it means flattery.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:39:36 +0000
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