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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...
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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.
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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.
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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 t...
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Prosecutors Plan to Drop 2 of the Charges Against Alexander Brothers
A federal judge in the case must decide whether she will approve dropping the charges against the brothers, who are accused of sex trafficking. The th...
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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.
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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 ...
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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.
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Pentagon Attacks Anthropic Chief as Deadline Looms in Standoff
Defense officials criticized the A.I. firm after it rejected their latest offer. Anthropic has until 5:01 p.m. on Friday to give them unrestricted acc...
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Hungary Plays Spoiler in Europe as Orban Strains for 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....
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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.
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Trump’s Foreign Policy: Resurrecting Empire
President Trump’s approach is a revival of the mission of empire — acquiring the territories and resources of sovereign peoples.
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OpenAI Raises $110 Billion to Fuel Growth, Extending A.I. Boom
Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank led the investment, valuing the parent of ChatGPT at $730 billion.
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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.
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E.U. Pushes Ahead With South American Trade Deal Despite Legal Challenge
The provisional application of the agreement with Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay is intended to diversify Europe’s trading relationships.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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 destr...
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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.”
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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.
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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...
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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 ...
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Hillary Clinton Denies Knowing Epstein or His Crimes in a Tense Deposition
After resisting testifying for months, the former secretary of state entered the session defiant, and grew irate after a Republican leaked a photo fro...
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Google Workers Seek ‘Red Lines’ on Military A.I., Echoing Anthropic
More than 100 Google A.I. employees sent a letter to Jeff Dean, a chief scientist, opposing Gemini’s use for U.S. surveillance and some autonomous wea...
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Fact-check: In Trump’s Case for an Attack on Iran, False or Unproven Claims
Key elements of the Trump administration’s arguments this week for another military campaign against Iran do not hold up.
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Trump Ally Expands Inquiry of Former Officials Who Investigated the President
The office of a prosecutor based in Miami has issued new subpoenas in a wide-ranging inquiry aimed at President Trump’s perceived foes.
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Federal Judge Accuses Trump Administration of Repeatedly Disobeying Orders
The federal judge identified 210 orders issued in 143 cases in Minnesota in which he said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials had not compli...
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Supreme Court Lawyer Who Moonlit in High-Stakes Poker Is Convicted of Tax Fraud
The lawyer Thomas C. Goldstein, who co-founded the SCOTUSblog website, hid millions in gambling income from the government, federal prosecutors said.
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U.S. and Iranian Officials Wrap Up Latest Round of Talks
Representatives of the countries were in Geneva this week to discuss the fate of Iran’s nuclear program.
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Testimony Offers New Details on Justice Dept. Role in Abrego Garcia Prosecution
A top prosecutor, Robert E. McGuire, painted an extraordinary picture of senior Justice Department leaders peering over his shoulder and hurrying him ...
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Los Angeles School Board Will Meet to Discuss Superintendent After F.B.I. Raid
The meeting comes after agents raided the home and office of Alberto Carvalho, the Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent. The F.B.I. also...
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Anthropic Says Little Progress Made With Pentagon in Talks Over A.I.
The Pentagon has imposed a Friday deadline over a demand that Anthropic provide unfettered access to its A.I. system without safeguards for military o...
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‘We’re Going to the Moon and Mars’
Can NASA and Elon Musk get us to Mars and beyond?
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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.
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War or a Deal? U.S. and Iran Discuss What’s Next
Also, mortgage rates fall below 6 percent. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
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Why Are So Many Teen Girls Still Tearing Their A.C.L.s?
For years, ligament tears have been a crisis among young athletes — even though a few simple exercises can prevent them.
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Jesse Jackson Memorials Begin in Chicago
Mourners lined up outside Rainbow PUSH, the organization Mr. Jackson founded decades ago. He died last week at 84.
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ICE Car Chase Leads to Crash Involving Children, Newark Mayor Says
The crash happened on Wednesday morning, Mayor Ras Baraka said, as federal immigration agents were pursuing a man who had been issued a final order of...
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Trump Declared Victory in Minneapolis. But What Did He Accomplish?
The Trump administration came under fire for an operation that turned lethal and politically toxic. But the show of force may also have had a bigger p...
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In Landmark Trial, Plaintiff Says Social Media Harm Started at Age 6
The plaintiff, a 20-year-old identified only as K.G.M., took the stand to testify against Meta and Instagram in a bellwether case over tech addiction....
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Warner Bros. Discovery Deems Paramount’s $111 Billion Bid ‘Superior’
Netflix now has four business days to decide whether it wants to counter Paramount’s offer.
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Serial Stowaway Is Said to Be Arrested After Sneaking Onto a Plane Again
Svetlana Dali was detained in Milan after she boarded a United flight without a ticket, according to two people. She was convicted last year of doing ...
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Europe Needs Some Space From China and Trump. Its Firms Don’t.
Germany’s chancellor seeks to reduce Europe’s reliance on China and the United States. He speaks with a bluntness that few business leaders share.
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Teresa de Lauretis, Coiner (and Critic) of Queer Theory, Dies at 87
She came up with the term as the title of a 1990 conference but saw its later popularity as a little superficial.
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C.D.C.’s New Acting Director Draws Unexpected Praise From Agency Staff
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who was appointed to the role last week, has offered to publicly endorse vaccination, in particular the measles vaccine, winning...
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The Incompetence of Trump 2.0
President Trump’s top officials are often portrayed as cunning political strategists. But too often, it’’s their carelessness and incompetence that pu...
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What Your DNA Reveals About the Sex Life of Neanderthals
Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate understanding of the ancient en...
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Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen Calls Snap Elections in Denmark
Experts say Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is trying to capitalize on her success standing up to President Trump.
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