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A Timeline of Warren Buffett’s Career Defining Moments
Mr. Buffett, 96, was crowned the “Oracle of Omaha” because of smart investments he made as the chief executive of Berksh...
Ashley Hinson, a Republican ‘Minivan-Driving Mom,’ Steers Away From Trump in Midterm Elections
Representative Ashley Hinson is hoping to keep a crucial Senate seat red in Iowa, where the president has created major ...
German Art Institutions Prepare for a Fight as Far Right Looks to Take Power
As the Alternative for Germany party seeks to control a state government for the first time, its push for “patriotic” ar...
A.G. Sulzberger: The Story of America, Told in 15 Million First Drafts of History
The Times has witnessed the country’s transformation. It will keep its eyes open....
Warren Buffett Steps Down as Berkshire Chairman, Names Son to Replace Him
“Father Time always wins,” the 96-year-old, who turned Berkshire Hathaway into an investing powerhouse, said in a letter...
How the Kremlin Gets the Election Results It Wants, and R.F.K. Jr. Rallies Vaccine Skeptics
Plus, the Friday news quiz....
Why Autocrats Care What People Think
Russia is staging an election that matters to almost no one — except President Vladimir V. Putin and his inner circle....
Israel Is Going to War Against a Documentary
It’s hard to tell whether Israelis are enraged by “NAZA” because they think it’s full of lies, or because they know or f...
Humanity Has Avoided Apocalypse Before. Let’s Do It Again.
It is up to all of us, through our government, to shape what A.I. becomes....
G.O.P. Representative Breaks With Trump in Ad Criticizing the Immigration Crackdown
Representative María Elvira Salazar, a three-term representative from Miami, won re-election by 20 percentage points in ...
Why Russia Holds Elections, and How the Kremlin Gets the Results It Wants
Russian elections like the parliamentary vote that begins today are hardly free. But they are critical to the government...
Iran’s Isolation Grows After U.S. Imposes Sweeping Sanctions on Airlines
Mahan Air, a major airline, said it would stop flying to Turkey and Oman just over a week after new restrictions were an...
Rejecting Trump, South Korean Leader Says He Will Not Send Troops to Iran
President Lee Jae Myung’s comments followed President Trump’s repeated demand for “a little hand” from South Korea, a de...
Scientists Warn of Flood Risks to 8 Himalayan Countries after Nepal Disaster
The catastrophe set off alarms in a region with thousands of glaciers spanning eight nations. Better monitoring and coop...
Japan Raises Interest Rates to 31-Year High Under U.S. Pressure
The Bank of Japan’s widely expected move followed an unusual campaign by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for tighter mo...
Trump Moves Ahead With F-35 Jet Sales to Saudi Arabia Despite Intelligence Concerns
U.S. intelligence agencies have warned in internal reports that China could acquire or steal U.S. warplane technology if...
This Rare Gene Drastically Raises Lung Cancer Risk in People Who Never Smoked
The gene is found predominantly in Southern Appalachia and may be one of the most powerful cancer-risk mutations ever fo...
Montana Ballot Measure Would Strike at Political ‘Dark Money’
A measure aimed at stemming the tide of corporate money in politics will be on the November ballot. Opponents say it vio...
Blanche’s Political Activity Breaks an Ethical Norm Going Back to Watergate
The attorney general’s campaign politicking for Republicans adds to the degradation of post-Watergate values at the Just...
RFK Jr. Names New Members to Powerful Health Panel Whose Work He Has Blocked
The selections suggest the Trump administration may be trying to move the United States Preventive Services Task Force i...
Republicans Face a Tough Path Ahead
Also, Kennedy tells anti-vaccine group they have a friend in the White House. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday....
RFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’
The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success o...
For a Border Tribe, Trump’s Wall Is a Betrayal: ‘They Want to Erase Us’
An escalating confrontation on Native land southwest of Tucson threatens to upend decades of uneasy cooperation between ...
C.J. Huff Rebuilt Joplin’s Devastated Schools. Then Came the Backlash.
A former superintendent in Joplin, Mo., is trying to apply what he learned to other shattered districts — and reckoning ...
Hasan Piker’s Comments Create Headaches for Abdul El-Sayed
Under pressure, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan this week rejected Hasan Piker’s argument that the U.S. has ca...
Yemen War Intensifies as Houthi Militia Advances on Marib
Clashes between Iranian-backed Houthi fighters and Saudi-backed government forces have been reported near oil-rich Marib...
U.S. Strike on Iranian School May Have Been War Crime, U.N. Report Says
Mistakes that led to the deaths of more than a hundred children “went beyond negligence,” investigators said. They also ...
What Happens When A.I. Stops Doing What Humans Want?
“Alignment” is the science of teaching A.I. to do what is in line with human preferences, ethics and judgment. But, at t...
Judge Allows Kennedy Center to Remain Temporarily Closed
The federal judge denied a Democratic lawmaker’s request for an emergency hearing on the closure, which began on Tuesday...
Russia and China Veto U.S. Bid to Renew U.N. Monitoring of Iran Nuclear Program
The conflict underscored the distance between world powers over the United States’ pressure campaign on Iran....
Trump Air Force One Photos Fuel Kennedy Center Demolition Speculation
Images captured through the windows of Air Force One show President Trump reviewing a poster with the title “Kennedy Cen...
Fed Chairman Warsh Escapes Trump’s Ire Over Interest Rate Increase
The president blasted the rest of the Fed — and kept up his demand for a cut — but spared Fed Chairman Kevin M. Warsh fr...
Jon Kyl, Senator Known for His Skills Behind the Scenes, Dies at 84
The Arizona politician rose to the second-highest position in the Republican-held Senate caucus thanks to his policy sma...
Stung by Voting Rights Decision, Many Black Southerners Plan for November
Black Democratic candidates for governor, the Senate and the House are hoping that attacks on Black representation will ...
What Is the E1 Project, Israel’s Disputed Settlement Plan in the West Bank?
Israel’s right-wing government is opening bidding for thousands of housing units in a patch of the West Bank, a move tha...
As a New Oil Power, China Gains More Sway Over Energy Markets
The war with Iran revealed just how much influence the world’s biggest oil importer has over prices and other countries’...
Global Economy Is Running Out of Wiggle Room
Many countries blunted the most painful effects of the energy shock from the war in Iran. But prices remain elevated and...
Who Will Win the Midterms? Republicans Are Reeling.
The party is putting up a costly defense of states and districts that President Trump won easily in 2024. And in places ...
The L.A. Helicopter Crash Highlights a Sky Full of Hazards
The fatal crash of a news helicopter on Tuesday brought to light the dangers such aircraft face in big cities....
A New Play in Budapest Signals a Cultural Reawakening for Hungary
A one-woman show about the perils of authoritarianism draws on a memoir by the Hungarian-American writer Kati Marton. Un...
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