How the Trump Administration declared war on Venezuelan migrants in the U.S.https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/09/15/enemies-of-the-state
Nate Cohn, the New York Times’ chief political analyst, on a consequential Supreme Court case and why Republicans are registering so many new voters.https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/texas-gerrymander-may-not-be-the-worst-threat-to-democrats-in-2026
A dismal jobs report affirms earlier warnings about the economic impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs, immigration restrictions, and DOGE-led firings.https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/maganomics-isnt-working
McNeil and three other Black freshmen held a famous sit-in at Woolworth’s in 1960, which inspired peaceful protests across the countryhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/joseph-mcneil-member-of-greensboro-four-who-protested-deegregation-at-lunch-counters-dies-at-83-180987303/
Iberian harvester ant queens produce offspring of their own species and of the builder harvester ant, seemingly by cloning maleshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-ant-queens-seem-to-defy-biology-they-lay-eggs-that-hatch-into-another-species-180987292/
Some of the microbes might have been benign or helpful, while others could have caused deadly diseaseshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-investigate-the-bacteria-that-colonized-extinct-mammoths-and-uncover-the-oldest-known-microbial-dna-from-a-host-180987299/
Critics of the list, which features 100 artworks and other cultural creations from before 1975, say the selections are exclusionaryhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sweden-releases-an-official-cultural-canon-that-featutes-ikea-and-pippi-longstocking-but-no-abba-180987298/
Ashraf Omar Eldarir failed to declare the stolen goods when he entered the United States through New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport in 2020https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/man-who-tried-to-smuggle-600-looted-ancient-egyptian-artifacts-in-three-checked-suitcases-is-going-to-prison-180987297/
As human-caused sound gets louder around the world, some animals change their behavior and many creatures suffer health issueshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/five-dramatic-ways-animals-respond-to-human-noise-from-mimicking-car-alarms-while-wooing-mates-to-calling-higher-over-the-din-of-traffic-180987190/
If the president persuades courts on his expansive claims of authority, it would shrink the domain of the legislative branch.https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/cases-on-trumps-powers-raise-stakes-for-congress-dbf44dd8
The Citadel CEO wrote in an opinion piece that President Trump’s attack on the Federal Reserve “carries steep costs.”https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/ken-griffin-republican-megadonor-is-wall-streets-loudest-trump-critic-00a18a6f
Since June, Russia has attacked Ukrainian cities nightly, launching at times hundreds of attack drones and dozens of missiles, and killing hundreds of civilians.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/09/ukraine-russia-glide-bomb-yarova/
K.P. Sharma Oli stepped down hours after a ban on social media was overturned, amid demonstrations dubbed “Gen Z protests” due to the youth of many participants.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/09/nepal-social-media-protests-prime-minister-resigns/
That Syrians are still going missing — during outbreaks of violence or the settling of old scores — has been too much for victims’ families to bear.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/09/syria-disappearance-sweida-assad/
The demonstrations in Nepal over government corruption and restrictions to apps such as WhatsApp and Facebook were driven by widespread anger among young people.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/08/nepal-protests-social-media-ban/
Long known for industriousness, Germany is facing an economic and existential crisis as its population works fewer and fewer hours.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/09/germany-work-hours-existential-crisis/
The unannounced trip coincides with the Trump administration’s plan to dramatically ramp up operations targeting Latin American drug cartels.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/08/puerto-rico-hegseth-cartels/
Speech advocates called the arrests of demonstrators holding “I support Palestine Action” signs of a “new low” for protest rights.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/08/arrest-uk-protest-gaza-israel-arms-palestine/
Israeli authorities identified the two gunmen, who were killed at the scene, as Palestinians from the West Bank.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/08/jerusalem-bus-shooting-israel/
Tom Phillips went missing with his children in 2021, sparking a New Zealand search. His children were found unharmed.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/08/tom-phillips-new-zealand-fugitive/