The Onion’s Latest Joke: Taking Over Infowars
Last Thursday, the satirical newspaper The Onion started its own version of Infowars, the infamous online hub of misinformation created by Alex Jones. The takeover has been years i...
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The Landmark Housing Bill That Trump Refuses to Sign
President Trump called a major bill to address the housing crisis “the most comprehensive and consequential housing legislation in the history of our country,” and a Congress contr...
The Most American Episode of The Daily, Ever.
In celebration of the United States of America’s 250th birthday, we posed a simple question to some of our favorite critics, columnists and editors across the New York Times newsro...
250 Years Later, Why We’re Still Fighting About Our Founding
Two hundred and fifty years ago, the founding fathers gave rise to a new nation. They also gave rise to an enduring myth about their virtue and what that meant about America’s virt...
The Fallout of Massive Earthquakes for Venezuela — and the U.S.
The rare doublet earthquake in Venezuela was one of the most powerful tectonic events to strike the country in the past century, and the death toll was virtually certain to rise as...
Why Americans Will Get Less Help Paying for College
As the cost of higher education has soared in recent decades, universities have attracted more scrutiny about the value of a four-year degree. Now, the Trump administration is taki...
The Supreme Court Expands Presidential Power. Again.
The Supreme Court on Monday delivered one of the biggest changes in decades to how the federal government works when it ruled that President Trump could fire independent government...
Why Everyone Cares About This World Cup
Two weeks into the World Cup soccer tournament, it has already broken records. It has had its highest attendance ever, and generated the most goals scored in history. But one of th...
The Last 12 Weeks
In 1992, David Wood became El Paso’s most notorious convicted serial killer. He has been on death row ever since. More than 30 years later, his lawyers have just a few months to ar...
Robby Hoffman Will Always Feel Poor, No Matter How Rich She Gets
The comedian and actor says class and the way she grew up inform everything about the way she lives now. Thoughts? Email us at theinterview@nytimes.com Watch our show on YouTube: y...
Supreme Court Delivers Big Wins for Trump’s Immigration Agenda
The Supreme Court delivered big wins for President Trump’s immigration agenda on Thursday. Two polarized decisions closed off another path to seek legal status in the United States...
Mayor Mamdani Flexes His Power in the Midterms
On Tuesday, a blowout in the New York primaries cemented Mayor Zohran Mamdani as a local kingmaker. All of his chosen candidates won, and their victories pointed to a growing movem...
How the Iran Deal Is Testing the U.S.-Israel Alliance
As the United States and Iran try to reach a lasting end to the war, a major hurdle has emerged: the volatile conflict in Lebanon. President Trump needs Israel to stop attacking He...
As Trump Purges Immigration Judges, One Speaks Out
Through his second term, President Trump has systematically pressured judges to carry out his agenda in a little-known court system that oversees immigration. Nicholas Nehamas, a W...
R.F.K. Jr.’s Newest Mission: Getting Us Off Antidepressants
In his latest public health crusade, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, is asking why millions of Americans have been taking psychiatric drugs for far longer than ever in...
Can a Bad Man Be a Good Father?
The writer Tom Junod has spent a career crafting profiles for men’s magazines like GQ and Esquire, often of famously complicated men like Norman Mailer, Kevin Spacey and Tony Curti...
Danny McBride Thinks Men Learned All the Wrong Lessons From Movies
The writer and actor, known for his profane comedic antiheroes, likes to find universal truths in human flaws. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spot...
Did Iran Come Out on Top in the Peace Deal?
After three months of war, Iran and the United States have agreed to end the conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The news, which was first met with joy and relief, drew a wav...
The Untold Story of Jeffrey Epstein’s Death
Warning: This episode discusses suicide. Hours after Jeffrey Epstein arrived at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, an employee expressed concern over his distraught...
The Battle Over A.I. in the Classroom
With the school year ending, all over the country educators and parents are taking stock of the drastic shift caused by artificial intelligence in the classroom. Today, Natasha Sin...
A Gen Z Revolution at the Movies
For years, Hollywood has been trying to figure out how to get young people into movie theaters. This spring, it has happened at an unthinkable scale thanks to two low-budget horror...
Inside Trump’s New Deal With Iran
After days of promising that a cease-fire was near, President Trump announced late Sunday that he had reached a deal with Iran. Today, David Sanger, who spoke to the president, exp...
Do Aliens Exist? Steven Spielberg Believes They Do
Almost 50 years ago, Steven Spielberg directed “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” the story of an average man who discovers that humanity may not be alone in the universe. Over ...
Seth Rogen Knows the Secret to Marriage — and Being Rich in Hollywood
The actor-writer-director-producer on successful relationships (platonic and romantic), Hollywood’s volatility and his role in normalizing weed. Thoughts? Email us at theinterview@...
1979: How the U.S. and Iran Went From Allies to Enemies
At the heart of the current U.S. war against Iran is an inconvenient truth: that the United States is, in many ways, responsible for creating the very regime it now seeks to topple...
The Young Economic Populists Reshaping the Left
College graduates used to lean right politically, but over the past few decades, they have increasingly moved to the left. Today, Noam Scheiber, the author of “Mutiny: The Rise and...
The Iran War's Devastating Butterfly Effect
The war in Iran has had some visible consequences, like skyrocketing energy costs and higher gas prices, but the effects of this war are often far less obvious and much more seriou...
Maine Votes as Graham Platner’s Past Poses New Conundrums
On Tuesday, Maine will vote in a high-stakes primary contest for a Senate seat that Democrats think they can win back from Republicans for the first time in decades. Democrats are ...
Congressional Republicans Try a New Approach: Telling Trump No
From the war in Iran to his plan to use taxpayer money to pay his allies, the Republican-controlled Congress has begun rebelling against President Trump. Today, Julie Hirschfeld Da...
Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ’60 Minutes’
An exclusive sit-down with the now-former CBS News correspondent. Thoughts? Email us at theinterview@nytimes.com Watch our show on YouTube: youtube.com/@TheInterviewPodcast For tra...
Everything You Need to Know About the World Cup
The 2026 World Cup is about to descend on North America — spread across three countries, with 48 teams, and 104 games, and with billions of fans across the globe tuning in to watch...
One Town's Blueprint for Resegregating America
A real estate investor’s pursuit of cheap land has prompted a lawsuit against a compound in Arkansas that will test whether civil rights laws can stop a whites-only town from exist...
How Trump Was Persuaded to Regulate A.I.
President Trump has begrudgingly accepted that artificial intelligence requires oversight and on Tuesday signed an executive order asking companies to voluntarily give the governme...
Why the Ebola Outbreak Has Been Nearly Impossible to Stop
At the front lines of the Ebola crisis in Central Africa, badly equipped health workers with little outside support are losing the fight against one of the worst outbreaks in histo...
How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s Biggest I.P.O.
SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite maker, is set to go public and begin selling shares as soon as next week. Ryan Mac, who reports on business, explains the plan for the comp...
Inside Trump’s Mad Dash to Renovate Washington
In the lead-up to America’s 250th anniversary, President Trump is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on a major renovation of the nation’s capitol. David A. Fahrenthold, who ...
Popcast: Olivia Rodrigo Tried Writing Love Songs. Then Life Got Messy.
Olivia Rodrigo sat down with Joe and Jon for her first in-depth conversation about her new album, “you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love,” out June 12. She discussed the many w...
Want to ‘Optimize’ Your Happiness? This Happiness Expert Says: Don’t.
Laurie Santos on what will really bring meaning and fulfillment to your life, and what won’t. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also...
Stranded in the Strait of Hormuz
While the United States and Iran have each signaled that they may be making progress toward a peace deal, the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. Thousands of crew members have been s...
Can A.I. Make People Feel Less Lonely?
For years, caretakers and health officials have been raising alarms about loneliness and social isolation among older Americans. Eli Saslow, a reporter at The New York Times, tells...
The Whiplash Over a Possible Peace Deal With Iran
President Trump claimed over the long weekend that he was on the brink of a peace deal with Iran but offered few details. The United States then carried out new strikes against the...
A Flood of New, Deadlier Drugs
As America is beginning to wrap its arms around the fentanyl crisis, a new kind of drug epidemic is emerging. It is faster, more addictive, more lethal and powered by synthetic dru...
Sites Unseen: What’s Revealed by Traveling With the Blind
Andy Isaacson is a writer and photographer. His work for The Times has taken him to every corner of the world, and he has transmitted what he’s experienced through his images. But ...
Nicolas Cage Made Himself a Legend. Then He Had to Live With It.
The iconic actor on his thrillingly risky choices, on screen and off, and becoming a meme. Thoughts? Email us at theinterview@nytimes.com Watch our show on YouTube: youtube.com/@Th...
Trump’s National Support Is Cratering
A new major poll from The Times/Siena suggests that despite his seemingly unchecked power over the federal government and his own party, President Trump’s national support is crumb...
Why the U.S. Just Indicted Cuba’s Former President
The U.S. charged Raúl Castro, Cuba’s former leader and Communist general, with murder on Wednesday. It was the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s campaign to force pol...
Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Revenge Plan
The Trump administration announced the creation of a $1.8 billion fund to compensate those who claim they were targeted by the Biden Justice Department and Democrats. Andrew Duehre...
A Trump Dissenter Fights for His Political Life
In Kentucky today, amid record-low approval ratings, President Trump is asking Republican primary voters to reject Representative Thomas Massie, who has broken with Mr. Trump on a ...
The Courtroom Showdown Between Elon Musk and Sam Altman
For the last three weeks, a messy, dramatic battle has played out between two of the most powerful titans of tech in the world: Elon Musk and Sam Altman. As jury deliberations begi...
Can We Reverse Aging?
The quest for a “cure” for aging — a way to remain youthful, even as we get older — is a project as old as humanity. It’s also a big business; products, therapies and treatments in...
Graham Platner Thinks a Political Revolution Is Coming
The presumptive Democratic Senate nominee from Maine on his controversies, contradictions and pitch for radical change. Thoughts? Email us at theinterview@nytimes.com Watch our sho...
Lessons From the Hantavirus Outbreak
Inside a hospital in Nebraska, 16 Americans who may have been exposed to the hantavirus have begun an unusually long quarantine. In some cases, it will last up to 42 days. Apoorva ...
A New Leader — and a New Showdown — at the Fed
After a year of harassing and threatening Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, President Trump replaced him on Wednesday. Colby Smith, who covers the Fed, explains h...
Two Superpowers Across the Table
Here’s what to expect from the summit between President Trump and China’s top leader, Xi Jinping. For the first time in nearly a decade, President Trump will meet with President Xi...
Why More Americans Are Seeking Religion
After decades of declining church attendance and a profound rise in secularism, religion is having a moment in America. Lauren Jackson, the host of the Believing newsletter , talks...
Is China Winning the A.I. Race?
President Trump is preparing to make a crucial trip to China this week to meet with its leader, Xi Jinping. A key issue hanging over the meeting is artificial intelligence, and whe...
For Mother’s Day, Classic Mom-isms
For Mother’s Day, we asked you about your “Mom mantras”: the oft-repeated mottos or go-to expressions that your moms have said over the years. In partnership with the Well desk , w...
A Personal Finance Star on What Millennials Need From Their Boomer Parents
Ramit Sethi wants everyone to have a healthier relationship to money, and thinks he knows how to get us there. Thoughts? Email us at theinterview@nytimes.com Watch our show on YouT...
The Resurrection of Michael Jackson
The new biopic about Michael Jackson has been a record-shattering box office success. The subsequent outpouring of love for the musician was the result of a painstaking, yearslong ...
What the End of Spirit Airlines Means for the Future of Flying
When Spirit Airlines shut down over the weekend, it brought an end to a company that had revolutionized air travel in the United States with its ultra-low-cost approach. Niraj Chok...
Your Kids Asked the Artemis Astronauts Questions. They Answered.
Last month, the astronauts of NASA’s Artemis II mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, bringing their journey around the moon to a close. “The Daily” asked children to send in...
Democratic Anger and Republican Revenge: Welcome to the Primaries
In primary elections across the United States, the Republican Party will test its voters appetite for revenge, and the Democratic Party will test its voters appetite for change. Th...
What Drives Political Violence in America
In the midst of a cascade of violent acts against political figures in the United States, a few questions keep coming up — how did we get here, and how much worse could it really g...
The 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters
Roughly a year ago, a team at The New York Times Magazine set about tackling a nearly impossible task: creating a list of the greatest living American songwriters. But how to take ...
What Does Tucker Carlson Really Believe? I Went to Maine to Find Out.
The conservative media commentator split with the administration over the war in Iran. Will the breakup last? Thoughts? Email us at theinterview@nytimes.com Watch our show on YouTu...
Hegseth in the Hot Seat
Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, went before Congress to answer for a war in Iran that has reached a stalemate and a management style that has caused controversy at the Pent...
A Landmark Supreme Court Ruling on Voting Rights
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court dealt what may be a final blow to the landmark Voting Rights Act when it struck down Louisiana’s voting map as unconstitutional. Adam Liptak explain...
Why Even Some Democrats Hate California’s Billionaire Tax Proposal
A landmark proposal for a one-time tax on billionaires in California recently reached a milestone. The labor union backing it said it had collected enough signatures to put the mea...
Assassination Attempt Suspect Charged
What we know about the man in custody after the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner, and how the incident unfolded. The man accused of storming the White House Corre...
Who’s Really Running Iran?
Over the weekend, President Trump called off a trip to Pakistan by two of his negotiators for a potential additional round of talks with Tehran, leaving the fate of the cease-fire ...
Daniel Radcliffe, Mariska Hargitay and the Happiest List on Earth
With war, political wrangling and price hikes jockeying for headlines, it’s a rare thing to sit for an hour with a large group of strangers and focus on the small pleasures in life...
Bob Odenkirk Would Like to Remind You That Life Is a Meaningless Farce
The actor and comedian is keenly aware of humanity’s limitations, but he’s not giving up. Thoughts? Email us at theinterview@nytimes.com Watch our show on YouTube: youtube.com/@The...
Trump’s View of the War
On Tuesday, President Trump extended the cease-fire with Iran that had been about to expire, even as a second round of negotiations with Iran was paused. Maggie Haberman and Jonath...
Ticketmaster’s Big Loss in Court
For years, music fans have said they felt ripped off by Ticketmaster and Live Nation, its parent company. Last week, a jury ruled that they were right, and that the company is a mo...
Inside Kash Patel’s F.B.I.
From the moment Kash Patel was appointed as the director of the F.B.I., he has invited controversy and concern about what his leadership would look like and how it might affect the...
How Iranians See the War
Since the war with Iran began, President Trump has gone from urging Iranians to take cover to threatening to annihilate them. With the cease-fire scheduled to expire this week, Cla...
Inside the Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court
For the past decade, the Supreme Court has relied on a rushed and secretive system to make major rulings on issues from immigration to the presidential power. Now, a New York Times...
Dating on the Spectrum
The reality show “Love on the Spectrum” — which just released its fourth season — has become a big hit; it’s currently one of the most watched shows on Netflix in the United States...
How Charlize Theron Overcame Her Dark Family Past
The Oscar-winning actress reflects on pain, healing and becoming an action hero. Thoughts? Email us at theinterview@nytimes.com Watch our show on YouTube: youtube.com/@TheInterview...
A Week of Scandal, Reckoning and Resignations in Congress
Warning: This episode discusses suicide. This week, Congress was on the cusp of doing something that has never happened in U.S. history: forcibly removing four House members. Two o...
Trump vs. the Pope
This week, an unusual disagreement broke out between the president of the United States and Pope Leo XIV. The New York Times Rome bureau chief, Motoko Rich, explains why President ...
Trump’s Risky Strategy to Blockade Iran’s Blockade
Over a month into a war with Iran that has no clear end, President Trump has enforced a blockade, which went into effect on Monday at the Strait of Hormuz. The New York Times repor...
The Workers Letting A.I. Do Their Jobs
Since the release of generative A.I., questions have been raised about how it would change our lives and jobs. Now, many software developers who were early adopters of the technolo...
Why U.S.-Iran Negotiations Failed
After negotiations over the weekend between the United States and Iran ended without a breakthrough, the temporary cease-fire appears to be increasingly precarious. The New York Ti...
One Reporter’s Life-Altering Psychedelic Trip
The first time Robert Draper heard about the psychedelic drug ibogaine, it was from an unlikely source: the retired U.S. senator Kyrsten Sinema. As a political reporter for The New...
'The Interview': Lena Dunham Is Still Trying to Figure Out Why People Hated Her So Much
The writer, actor and lightning rod is not done sharing yet. Thoughts? Email us at theinterview@nytimes.com Watch our show on YouTube: youtube.com/@TheInterviewPodcast For transcri...
The Miracle Unfolding in Mississippi Schools
Mississippi has seen a stunning turnaround in national test scores in the past decade, even as they have fallen almost everywhere else. Sarah Mervosh, an education reporter, explai...
Unmasking the Creator of Bitcoin
Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? Bitcoin’s pseudonymous founder has hidden his identity for 17 years despite many attempts to unmask him, even as his cryptocurrency has revolutionized fina...
A Cease-Fire in Iran
Warning: This episode contains strong language. The United States and Iran announced a two-week cease-fire last night, shortly before President Trump’s deadline for Iran to unblock...
A Daring Rescue Behind Enemy Lines
Over the weekend, the U.S. military pulled off a risky mission to save an injured airman whose fighter jet had been shot down in Iran. Eric Schmitt, who covers national security fo...
Trump’s Lonely War
As the war in Iran drags on, President Trump keeps signaling that it is about to end. But the fighting shows no signs of letting up. All the while, America’s closest allies in Euro...
She Risked Her Voice to Become a Mother
Lise Davidsen is one of the greatest opera singers of our time — a soprano with a voice so rare, critics reach back a century for comparison. This spring, she has been starring in ...
'The Opinions': General Stanley McChrystal on Iran
Did President Trump fall for the myth of surgical warfare? Gen. Stanley McChrystal joins the columnist David French, both veterans of the Iraq War, to discuss what may have been ov...
Epstein Blunders and Tossed Indictments: The Downfall of Pam Bondi
President Trump announced that he would be replacing Pam Bondi as attorney general on Thursday. Tyler Pager, who broke the story of her removal, discusses how she fell out of favor...
The Supreme Court Takes On Birthright Citizenship
The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday morning over President Trump’s efforts to limit birthright citizenship. In a historic first, the president himself showed up to the h...
Today’s Mission to the Moon
Today, NASA is set to send four astronauts on a trip around the moon and back. If the mission succeeds, a return of astronauts to the moon’s surface could follow. Kenneth Chang, wh...
How Cesar Chavez Abused His Power
Warning: this episode contains mentions of suicide. The civil rights icon had a history of sexually abusing women and girls, which the Times reporters Manny Fernandez and Sarah Hur...
Trump Says He’s Ready for Diplomacy. Iran? Not So Much.
Despite his threats of escalation, President Trump seems increasingly determined to end the war in Iran through negotiations. The Iranian government doesn’t appear to be on the sam...
Our Enduring Fascination With the Kennedys
“Love Story,” the FX limited series about John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette’s relationship, has taken audiences by storm. Its unstoppable wave of ’90s nostalgia has swept th...
'The Interview': What Is YouTube’s Dominance Doing to Us? We Asked Its C.E.O.
Neal Mohan on A.I. slop, parental controls and his platform’s impact on our lives. Thoughts? Email us at theinterview@nytimes.com Watch our show on YouTube: youtube.com/@TheIntervi...