Inside Xi Jinping’s Strategy to Export Ideas on State Control
The first sign that something unusual was unfolding in the Solomon Islands was when the Chinese police showed up at...
Oil Prices Fall as Uneasy Truce Holds Between U.S. and Iran
Oil prices retreated on Wednesday as the temporary cease-fire between Iran and the United States appeared to hold, despite recent...
A Blue Texas May Be More Than a Dream for Democrats
Could Texas really turn blue in 2026? While it’s tempting to be skeptical, a blue Texas is increasingly easy to...
Nigel Farage’s Far-Right Party Is Now Central to British Politics
Until recently, Nigel Farage was the leader of small but loud political start-ups in Britain. For decades, his anti-Europe parties...
Time Gave Me Back What Prison Took
In conversations about prison, people often mistake punishment for justice. Instead of investing in prevention, repair and healing, the carceral...
Is a Cruise the Place to Find Wellness? Testing Crystals and Gongs at Sea.
Moving through the yoga flow sequence at sunrise, I became so locked into the rhythm of my breath that my...
The ‘Becky Shaw’ Star Who ‘Does Horrible Things’ Oh So Well
Alden Ehrenreich is — was?— a romantic, not that you would know it from his Broadway debut in the morally...
For Years, Democrats Refused to Primary Him. This Year Is Different.
Thomas P. DiNapoli has been in office for nearly two decades, longer than any statewide elected official in New York....
The Battle Over Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Comes to a Parking Lot
Atop an empty patch of pavement in Newark, dozens of demonstrators arrived at dawn on Tuesday hoisting cardboard protest signs....
Evacuation Orders Lifted as Southern California Chemical Tank Cools
Southern California officials lifted a sweeping evacuation order in Orange County late Tuesday after firefighters announced they had stabilized a...
Jimmy Kimmel Slams Trump for Missing His Son’s Wedding
Welcome to Late Night Roundup, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us...
Lebanon, Where Cease-Fires Pave the Way to War
On the morning of April 16, when the latest cease-fire was announced in Lebanon, I allowed myself — for a...
How Key Is Lea Michele to ‘Chess’? It Will Now Close When She Leaves.
Lea Michele seems to be irreplaceable. In 2022, she stepped into “Funny Girl,” reversing the fortunes of that flagging show....
4 Takeaways From the ‘Summer House’ Season 10 Reunion
The 10th season of “Summer House” was nearly halfway through airing when scandal struck. The reality show, which chronicles a...
He Invented the Basque Cheesecake. He Prefers Chocolate.
On a stormy afternoon in San Sebastián, the foodie paradise of northern Spain, Santiago Rivera left his cheesecake factory and...
