A Mosque Bombing Undercuts Pakistan’s Bid for Security
In recent years, Pakistan has arrested, jailed or killed dozens of Islamic State militants along its border with Afghanistan. It...
5 Weeks Alone on an Island, With a Rifle and a License to Kill
ERADICATION: A Fable, by Jonathan Miles In the early aughts, teams of sharpshooters were dispatched in helicopters to eliminate a...
5 Sleep Habits to Steal From Winter Olympians
Tess Johnson has always had trouble sleeping the night before a competition. The 25-year-old, who will be representing Team U.S.A....
Meet the Rubinsteins. They’re Messy, but They’re Mensches.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT US, by Allegra Goodman Allegra Goodman’s 11th book, “This Is Not About Us,” is about our...
Trump Reverts to Diplomacy With Iran, but the Road Is Narrow
Even with President Trump’s “beautiful armada” off its shores, Iran has once again resorted to a familiar strategy: kicking the...
Lessons for America From Asia
When I began to cover Taiwan in the 1980s for The New York Times, it was a dictatorship under martial...
They Used to Rule the West. Now They’re Dying.
It is a familiar conundrum by now. Yet in the opening weeks of 2026 — as President Trump kidnapped a...
When Streets Go Quiet
I first noticed it in late autumn in front of the Queens Public Library in Flushing, where Chinese immigrants gather...
Jeffrey Epstein, the Devil’s Concierge
Jeffrey Epstein, as has become clear again with the latest Department of Justice file dump, will go down in history...
How Hard Is It to Rig an American Election, Really?
Can President Trump really nationalize elections? This week at the round table for “The Opinions,” the Times Opinion national politics...
Trump’s Obama Derangement Syndrome
It seems etymologically, metaphysically, geologically and ethically impossible that President Trump could reach a new low. But he has. Every...
This ‘Summer House’ Star Loves to Eat Like a Child
When Ciara Miller joined the Bravo reality series “Summer House,” the coronavirus pandemic was raging. Cast members typically travel back...
Why Some Couples Are Turning Their Weddings Into Trivia Night
At their wedding last August, Joanne and Adrian Kimmok offered their 140 guests more than just the standard sit-down dinner...
5 Super Bowl Halftime Shows That Sparked Controversies
Throughout almost six decades of Super Bowl history, halftime shows have typically been anodyne affairs, chances for football fans to...
Elon Musk Is Betting Another Tech Conglomerate (His) Can Win Over Wall St.
SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite company and the crown jewel of his business empire, and xAI, his cash-burning artificial...
