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Sep 17, 2026
"Alignment" is the science of teaching A.I. to do what is in line with human preferences, ethics and judgment. But, at times, the systems have gone rogue.
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Sep 17, 2026
The federal judge denied a Democratic lawmaker's request for an emergency hearing on the closure, which began on Tuesday.
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Sep 17, 2026
The gene is found predominantly in Southern Appalachia and may be one of the most powerful cancer-risk mutations ever found.
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Sep 17, 2026
The conflict underscored the distance between world powers over the United States' pressure campaign on Iran.
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Sep 17, 2026
A.I. is already a powerful tool for scientific discovery. Now, some biomedical researchers are teaching it to do even more.
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Sep 17, 2026
Scientists have discovered a powerful gene-targeting system in viruses. Billions of years old, VIPR seems to predate CRISPR and may be even more powerful.
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Sep 17, 2026
Images captured through the windows of Air Force One showed President Trump reviewing a poster with the title "Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED."
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Sep 17, 2026
The president blasted the rest of the Fed — and kept up his demand for a cut — but spared Fed Chairman Kevin M. Warsh from the criticism.
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Sep 17, 2026
This is what I see when I look at the picture Bo French hates.
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Sep 17, 2026
The Arizona politician rose to the second-highest position in the Republican-held Senate caucus thanks to his policy smarts and deft political sensibilities.
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Sep 17, 2026
One superintendent is trying to apply what he's learned to other shattered districts — and reckoning with the toll of the disaster on his own life.
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Sep 17, 2026
The war with Iran revealed just how much influence the world's biggest oil importer has over prices and other countries' supplies of jet fuel, gasoline and diesel.
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Sep 17, 2026
The administration argues that presidential papers are like those of Supreme Court justices.
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Sep 17, 2026
The institution shut its doors to the public on Tuesday in a decision that a federal judge will scrutinize.
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Sep 17, 2026
Representative María Elvira Salazar, a three-term representative from Miami, won re-election by 20 percentage points in 2024. Her ad suggests worry among some Republicans about their standing with Hispanic voters.
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Sep 17, 2026
There has been considerable debate over regulating the artificial intelligence industry, but much of that effort has stalled. Cecilia Kang, a technology reporter for The New York Times, explains why.
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Sep 17, 2026
For decades, his bold colors and benign peace-and-love message captivated those who saw America shining.
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Sep 17, 2026
The New York Philharmonic's season started with a barnstorming tour of Manhattan to celebrate Dudamel's arrival as music and artistic director.
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Sep 17, 2026
An escalating confrontation on Native land southwest of Tucson threatens to upend decades of uneasy cooperation between the Tohono O'odham Nation and the United States.
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Sep 17, 2026
Black Democratic candidates for governor, the Senate and the House are hoping that attacks on Black representation will motivate more voters.
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Sep 17, 2026
Israel's right-wing government is opening bidding for thousands of housing units in a patch of the West Bank, a move that would thwart efforts at Palestinian statehood.
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Sep 17, 2026
The war with Iran revealed just how much influence the world's biggest oil importer has over prices and other countries' supplies of jet fuel, gasoline and diesel.
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Sep 17, 2026
A 35-foot fall didn't kill Michael Wagner. The nearly 18-year failure of the safety net did. Before he died, he recorded 694 videos explaining how.
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Sep 17, 2026
Bruce Blakeman is trying to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, attacking her on the economy, crime and immigration by using Trump-like tactics and A.I.
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Sep 17, 2026
The Federal Reserve's unanimous vote to raise its benchmark lending rate has rankled President Trump, who continues to demand lower borrowing costs.
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Sep 17, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney told European lawmakers that an alliance would help to secure sovereignty and independence for his country. The moves come amid a historic low for U.S. ties with Canada.
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Sep 17, 2026
Plus, the rise of shopping sites that don't sell anything.
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Sep 17, 2026
We look at revenue-sharing deals in college sports.
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Sep 17, 2026
A one-woman show about the perils of authoritarianism draws on a memoir by the Hungarian-American writer Kati Marton. Under Viktor Orban's government, it might not have happened.
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Sep 17, 2026
Kevin M. Warsh, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, on Wednesday left open-ended how much more interest rates may have to rise to tame inflation.
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Sep 17, 2026
Many countries blunted the most painful effects of the energy shock from the war in Iran. But prices remain elevated and risks are multiplying.
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Sep 17, 2026
The party is putting up a costly defense of states and districts that President Trump won easily in 2024. And in places like Georgia, strategists wonder if it's too late.
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Sep 17, 2026
The public petition comes after other Michigan Jews registered their discontent with Abdul El-Sayed, the state's Democratic Senate nominee.
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Sep 17, 2026
The U.S. says its sanctions are not aimed at depriving Cuba of essential goods. Thousands of stranded shipping containers tell a different story.
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Sep 17, 2026
A billion-dollar behemoth that looks like a spaceship houses the art collection of the "Star Wars" filmmaker George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson. It's an instant landmark.
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Sep 17, 2026
Black Democratic candidates for governor, the Senate and the House are hoping that attacks on Black representation will bring out Black voters in November.
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Sep 17, 2026
A 35-foot fall didn't kill Michael Wagner. The nearly 18-year failure of the safety net did. Before he died, he recorded 694 videos explaining how.
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Sep 17, 2026
In a rare interview, Patrick Schiltz, who served as the federal court's chief judge last winter, called the administration's actions "a grave threat to the rule of law."
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Sep 17, 2026
The collected essays of Dario Amodei help explain why some people are so worried about artificial intelligence.
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Sep 17, 2026
"Here comes the bribe, from a Russian guy," Josh Johnson sang in response to news that a Russian businessman helped pay for the event.
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Sep 17, 2026
The gathering in Scotland brings together industry leaders amid a growing debate about the safety risks of unchecked artificial intelligence.
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Sep 17, 2026
The North Korean leader's financial and diplomatic leverage rests on the brutal exploitation of his own people, from coal miners to diplomats, at home and abroad.
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Sep 16, 2026
The move would prevent Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of two governing Palestinian groups, from traveling to the United States next week for the United Nations General Assembly.
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Sep 16, 2026
Four supporting acts dropped out of Sheeran's tour, citing the right to free speech after the rapper Macklemore was removed over pro-Palestinian comments he had made onstage.
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Sep 16, 2026
This month, the president threatened to halt a broad swath of trade if interest rates were not cut, a possibility he resurfaced on Wednesday.
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Sep 16, 2026
Even if Beijing now takes the risks of A.I. seriously, the message has not reached its domestic companies.
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Sep 16, 2026
The fatal crash of a news helicopter in Los Angeles on Tuesday brought to light the dangers such aircraft face in big cities.
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Sep 16, 2026
The bloc's offer of "associate member" status to Ottawa shows how U.S. allies are pulling closer together. But their plans face significant obstacles.
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Sep 16, 2026
The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.
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Sep 16, 2026
The invitation by the E.U. for Canada to become an "associate member" is a sign of Mr. Trump's brand of diplomacy, which often involves threatening America's closest friends.
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Sep 16, 2026
The Federal Reserve's first increase to interest rates since July 2023 comes less than two months before the midterm elections.
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Sep 16, 2026
Rising temperatures contributed to the disaster by destabilizing the permafrost and ice around the collapsed rock, scientists concluded.
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Sep 16, 2026
The measure would direct state regulators to consider rules requiring data centers to cover higher energy costs, but it would not compel them to do so.
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Sep 16, 2026
Also, Saudi Arabia is scrambling to restore its oil supply. Here's the latest at the end of Wednesday.
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Sep 16, 2026
Despite disagreements on Israel, more than a dozen Democratic senators huddled in Washington with the Michigan Senate nominee and emerged sounding optimistic.
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Sep 16, 2026
Internal reports, including one from the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency, say China could acquire U.S. jet technology through spying or cooperation with Saudi Arabia.
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Sep 16, 2026
A look back at the good, the bad and the bizarre from the battles that helped set the stage for the coming midterms.
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Sep 16, 2026
A look back at the good, the bad and the bizarre from the battles that helped set the stage for the coming midterms.
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Sep 16, 2026
With work that breathed the spirit of the 1960s, he became fabulously wealthy from licensing his paintings and posters in all their euphoric Day-Glo glory.
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Sep 16, 2026
New York landlords are seeking to invalidate a city panel's vote to freeze rents on rent-stabilized homes, arguing that Mayor Zohran Mamdani's office improperly influenced the panel.
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Sep 16, 2026
An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.
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Sep 16, 2026
The Trump administration plans to deliver 60,000 of the powerful munitions at a time when opposition is growing in Washington to arms sales to Israel.
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Sep 16, 2026
The face of London in the 1960s is living her best life at the age of 77.
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Sep 16, 2026
The lawsuit claims that state officials created a climate of fear that kept doctors from ending Tierra Walker's pregnancy before she died.
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Sep 16, 2026
Critics argue the legislation would limit the rights of college athletes while maintaining the power and financial gains of schools and coaches.
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Sep 16, 2026
Members from both parties say the legislative branch has descended into a state of dysfunction in the Trump era.
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Sep 16, 2026
An experiment with roots at M.I.T. used A.I. and satellite images to grow a coastline in the Maldives. More projects are planned for Boston and Miami.
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Sep 16, 2026
Lawyers for Representative Joyce Beatty, a Democrat who is suing the center, has asked a federal judge to consider whether the closure violates a previous court order.
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Sep 16, 2026
The billionaire investor had refused to appear for a deposition and turn over documents to a key panel investigating Jeffrey Epstein.
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Sep 16, 2026
Here's how to read the Federal Reserve's economic projections like a pro.
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Sep 16, 2026
The bloc's offer of "associate member" status to Ottawa shows how U.S. allies are pulling closer together. But their plans face significant obstacles.
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Sep 16, 2026
A journalist and pilot who were on board the news helicopter when it crashed had flown hundreds of hours together since 2023.
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Sep 16, 2026
The building was previously damaged by an Israeli strike, the local rescue service said. Its fall underscored the severe risks for many people living among Gaza's ruins.
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Sep 16, 2026
The actress, last onstage over four decades ago, had a "terrifying" desire to return to the stage. "Other Desert Cities" will be her Broadway debut.
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Sep 16, 2026
Lower wage growth and slower hiring in some sectors may be the result of artificial intelligence, especially for younger workers.
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Sep 16, 2026
An extended digital detox is freeing, but it can be hard on friends and family.
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Sep 16, 2026
The removal of José Serrano, a critic of President Daniel Noboa who has been accused of criminal activity, underscores how the Trump administration has asserted control over U.S. immigration courts.
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Sep 16, 2026
The Republican fringe is becoming the Republican mainstream.
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Sep 16, 2026
Swarms of helicopters traverse the vast region to capture its mayhem. Then, one became the story. "It was the day we all dread," one pilot said.
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Sep 16, 2026
A new simulation suggests little red dots, unusually compact objects seen in photos from space, might be one stage in the evolution of black holes.
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Sep 16, 2026
The absence of the annual estimate on the tax gap could make it more difficult to assess whether more taxes are going unpaid since President Trump took office.
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Sep 16, 2026
Canada and the European Union have been confronting an increasingly challenging relationship with the United States under President Trump.
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Sep 16, 2026
Lower wage growth and slower hiring in some sectors may be the result of artificial intelligence, especially for younger workers.
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Sep 16, 2026
Her Thoreau-like account of journeys in the woods, published when she was 28, was the first of many ruminations on life and nature, good and evil.
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Sep 16, 2026
The Iran-backed militia in Yemen said it had downed a Saudi jet, while the Saudi-led military coalition accused it of firing a drone near Mecca. The Houthis denied doing so.
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Sep 16, 2026
The government has called the campaign an effort to protect families. Rights organizations have accused the authorities of criminalizing L.G.B.T.Q. people and of seeking to thwart political activism.
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Sep 16, 2026
The American invasion of Iraq in 2003 set the path for Tehran to dominate its neighbor and whetted its appetite to expand its influence across the greater Middle East.
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Sep 16, 2026
Russians are braced for what may follow for the military and economy after a parliamentary election that the Kremlin sees as a means of legitimizing its policies.
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Sep 16, 2026
In a letter, the Interior Department detailed what it hoped to convey on 12 signs to be installed outside the National Museum of American History.
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Sep 16, 2026
If the Fed opts against raising interest rates on Wednesday, investors will probably increase their forecasts for inflation, injecting new turmoil into the government bond market.
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Sep 16, 2026
Mr. Guckian, a self-described "compassionate conservative," will face Helena Foulkes, a former CVS executive, in the general election.
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Sep 16, 2026
Our White House and national security correspondent, David Sanger, compares past "forever wars" that President Trump campaigned against with an Iran War that has no clear endgame.
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Sep 16, 2026
We look at Yemen's Houthi militia.
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Sep 16, 2026
Canada and the European Union have been confronting an increasingly challenging relationship with the United States under President Trump.
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Sep 16, 2026
A colorful undercover recording draws attention in a country worried that graft threatens the war effort, and its future.
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Sep 16, 2026
The accidents occurred back to back when an S.U.V. broadsided a bus and then a local news helicopter covering the story crashed and burst into flames.
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Sep 16, 2026
Dario Vitale, whose sole collection with Versace became almost mythic for fashion insiders, is taking on a corner of the Armani empire.
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Sep 16, 2026
Washington says South Africa has not done anything to fix what President Trump sees as discrimination. South Africa's president has called Mr. Trump's policies racist.
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Sep 16, 2026
Plus, the Russian businessman who rented an island for Donald Trump Jr.
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Sep 16, 2026
A Times/Siena poll shows many voters are still uncertain on the issue, including which party would do a better job on it.
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