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FILE — Inmates stands at windows at the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, N.J., as demonstrators gather outside, May 28, 2026. The deaths of three Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in less than eight months have raised urgent questions about the medical services provided at Delaney Hall and at other detention centers, with immigrants and local officials describing haphazard health care. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)

Deaths of 3 ICE detainees prompt questions about medical care

August 14, 2026 at 8:25 a.m.

The deaths of three ICE detainees in less than eight months have raised urgent questions about the medical services provided at detention centers.

Michael Alfonso, a candidate for U.S. House in Wisconsin’s 7th congressional district, speaks during a campaign event, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, in New Richmond, Wis. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)

Son-in-law of Sean Duffy wins GOP house primary in northern Wisconsin

August 12, 2026 at 2:30 p.m.

Michael Alfonso, 26, clinched the Republican nomination for Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District on Tuesday in a crowded primary, according to The Associated Press, buoyed by the support of his father-in-law,...

Former President Barack Obama plays air guitar along with Stevie Wonder’s performance at the Obama Presidential Center dedication ceremony, June 18, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Barack Obama to host podcast exploring influential books

August 11, 2026 at 6:46 a.m.

Barack Obama plans to delve into a collection of books that have influenced him in a new podcast that will debut in September.

President Donald Trump listens as Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Netanyahu rejects Trump’s plan to disarm Hamas

August 9, 2026 at 12:30 p.m.

The Israeli government has rejected a 15-point plan backed by the Trump administration aimed at disarming the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Children wade in the water with cargo ships at anchor in the background and a fisherman nearby, in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP,File)

Iran issues list of demands, dampening hopes reopening Strait of Hormuz

August 8, 2026 at 11:21 a.m.

A top Iranian national security official delivered a sweeping set of demands Saturday that he said the United States must meet before the Strait of Hormuz can reopen to maritime...

Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) attends a House Committee on Armed Services hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 29, 2026. Mills is running for re-election in a solidly Republican district and has President Trump’s endorsement; yet two of his fellow Republicans on Florida’s congressional delegation would prefer he lose his upcoming primary election. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)

Some House Republicans are backing a challenger in Cory Mills’ reelection bid

August 7, 2026 at 6:26 p.m.

Rep. Cory Mills of Florida is running for reelection in a solidly Republican district and has President Donald Trump’s endorsement. Yet two of his fellow Republicans on Florida’s congressional delegation...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. For the third time this election season, Schumer this week had to approach a newly minted Democratic nominee for Senate who had openly opposed keeping him as party leader — Abdul El-Sayed, who triumphed in Michigan — and try to make common cause for a tough race ahead. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)

Schumer forges ahead in Fight for Senate, despite setbacks

August 7, 2026 at 5:10 p.m.

For the third time this election season, Sen. Chuck Schumer this week had to approach a newly minted Democratic nominee for Senate who had openly opposed keeping him as party...

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is seen from the Washington Monument, Friday, July 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Jeanine Pirro refutes President Donald Trump’s claim that Reflecting Pool was damaged by vandals

August 1, 2026 at 7:07 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Saturday sharply criticized U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's assessment that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was the result of shoddy construction and not the work...

In an undated photo from Martti Pärssinen and Fabio de Novaes, a lidar image of an earthwork site in the Amazon rainforest in Acre, Brazil. The geometric earthwork structures, carved into the ground with embankments and ditches, in the Amazon are in some cases more than 2,500 years old, researchers said. (Martti Pärssinen via The New York Times) — NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY RAINFOREST EARTHWORKS BY ALAN YUHAS FOR JULY 31, 2026. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. —

Archaeologists find hundreds of ancient glyphs in the Amazon

July 31, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.

Flying over the southwestern Amazon, archaeologists have discovered hundreds of ancient, monumental designs carved in the earth that hint at complex societies in the rainforest a millennium before Spanish and...

FILE — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott during an event in Kerrville, Texas, July 4, 2026. The federal government designates terrorism groups. But Governors Ron DeSantis in Florida and Abbott in Texas have gotten into the game, and a focus is CAIR, one of the largest Muslim civil rights groups in the country. (Christopher Lee/The New York Times)

CAIR, a Muslim nonprofit, gets a terrorism label in Florida and Texas

July 31, 2026 at 4:26 p.m.

CAIR is challenging the Texas and Florida terror designations in court, arguing that they violate its rights to free speech, assembly and due process.

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