Why the FBI and CIA’s infatuation with disinformation ended in the empowerment of Trump.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/russiagate-and-the-worlds-growing-information-chaos-174576f1
The National Anticorruption Bureau of Ukraine has long been a battleground in Ukrainian politics, where graft is rife.https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/ukraine-nabu-anticoruption-agency-9ff64124
Top American astronomers are hunting for clues about a 48-foot-wide scope that Beijing isn’t talking about.https://www.wsj.com/world/china/a-cosmic-mystery-is-china-building-the-worlds-biggest-telescope-d436cdef
Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral primary victory in New York follows wins by other big-city progressives. Are voters more open to backing progressive stances?https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/nyregion/mamdani-wu-progressive-democrats.html
Officials warned young children and those with respiratory illnesses to take precautions. For weeks, smoke from Canadian wildfires has been drifting across the border.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/nyregion/new-york-air-quality-canada-wildfires.html
Firefighters are battling several blazes, with officials warning that extreme heat will pose a risk of more in the coming days.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/world/europe/greek-wildfires-athens-evacuations.html
Newton, Mass., replaced a street’s red, white and green centerline with standard yellow stripes, citing traffic safety concerns, weeks before an annual Italian American festival.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/us/italy-street-newton-massachusetts.html
A mathematician by training, he acquired a devoted following with songs that set sardonic lyrics to music that was often maddeningly cheerful.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/arts/music/tom-lehrer-dead.html
“The Bear” asks the question, how do we live together when someone always seems to be going too far?https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/opinion/the-bear-carmy-jeremy-allen-white.html
Protein is remaking the food economy. How much do you really need?https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/briefing/the-protein-boom.html
One person was in custody after what the authorities said was a random attack at a store near Traverse City, Mich.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/us/stabbing-traverse-city-walmart.html
Widely admired if long underrecognized for his collage-based art, he died only days after the closing of his first retrospective at a major museum, in his native Pittsburgh.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/arts/raymond-saunders-dead.html
After Israeli restrictions on aid, hunger has risen across Gaza. Doctors and nurses, struggling to find food themselves, lack the resources to stem the surge.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/world/middleeast/gaza-hunger-doctors-nurses.html
Operations in parts of the enclave were put on hold to allow more aid into the enclave, the Israeli military said. It was unclear if the decision would relieve the hunger crisis.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-aid-hunger.html
It was at least the third vessel blocked this year while challenging Israel’s naval blockade and seeking to deliver supplies by sea to a population facing rising starvation.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-ship.html
To hide the cost of renovating the plane Qatar donated to President Trump, the Air Force appears to have tucked it inside an over-budget, behind-schedule nuclear modernization program.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/us/politics/air-force-one-trump-cost.html
Some conservative influencers have celebrated the move to approach the longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, but it comes with risks.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/us/ghislaine-maxwell-trump-epstein.html
Glenn Valley Foods tried to verify every hire through a federal system. After a raid, the company is wondering how it can keep going.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/us/ice-glenn-valley-foods.html
At Austin’s Alpha School, students spend just two hours a day on academics, led by artificial intelligence tools. New Alpha schools are set to open in about a dozen cities this fall.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/us/politics/ai-alpha-school-austin-texas.html
The pandemic supercharged interest. Now, a cultural and political emphasis on women staying at home is continuing to fuel growth.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/style/home-schooling-movement.html