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Trump’s Very Long, Very Partisan State of the Union Speech

25 Feb 2026

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In his first State of the Union address of his second term, President Trump offered a rosy portrait of a United States that has lost confidence in his...

Trump Weighs War With Iran

24 Feb 2026

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The United States has been building up a military presence around Iran for weeks, even as negotiators from both countries plan to meet later this week...

Chaos, Confusion and Defiance: The Global Fallout From the Tariff Ruling

23 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that President Trump exceeded his authority when he imposed sweeping tariffs on imports from nearly every U.S. tradi...

Is the Swipe Era Over?

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In 2012, Tinder revolutionized dating apps with its swipe feature. With the flick of a finger, singles could accept or reject a potential mate. While ...

'The Interview': Wellness Guru Jay Shetty Has Raised Some Doubts. Including His Own.

21 Feb 2026

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The self-help influencer on his values, his journey and criticism of his work. Thoughts? Email us at [email protected] Watch our show on Yo...

Special Episode: Trump's Tariffs Struck Down

20 Feb 2026

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In a historic 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump’s sweeping global tariffs were illegal, jeopardizing a pillar of the presid...

A Royal Arrest and Global Fallout Over Epstein

20 Feb 2026

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Warning: This episode mentions suicide. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Prince Andrew, was arrested by the British police on Thursday amid wide...

‘Thugs’: The Moderate Democrat Railing Against ICE

19 Feb 2026

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Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada is nobody’s idea of a partisan firebrand. She’s a moderate, swing-state Democrat with a résumé steeped ...

Can A.I. Already Do Your Job?

18 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

“Vibecoding,” or using artificial-intelligence tools such as Claude Code to generate code for websites or apps, is the newest A.I. trend, and it c...

After Venezuela, Is Cuba Next?

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

For more than six decades, the United States has tried to topple the regime in Cuba. After ousting President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, who was one...

When A.I. Comes to Town: The Backlash Over Data Centers

16 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Tech companies are racing to build thousands of huge data centers to power the artificial intelligence revolution. To find the land they need, they ar...

Boos, Rivalries and Records: Inside the 2026 Olympics

15 Feb 2026

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In this episode of “The Sunday Daily,” the host Rachel Abrams is joined by her New York Times colleagues Motoko Rich, Shawna Richer and Juliet Mac...

'The Interview': The Woman at the Center of the French Rape Trial That Shocked the World

14 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Gisèle Pelicot opens up about surviving years of secret abuse and her life today.Thoughts? Email us at [email protected] our show on You...

The Government Shutdown Fight Over Immigration

13 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The U.S. government this weekend is expected to find itself in yet another shutdown. This time, it is only one agency shutting down: the Department of...

The Secret Plan to End U.S. Climate Regulations

12 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is expected on Thursday to repeal a scientific finding that requires the federal government t...

TrumpRx Opens for Business

11 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, the Trump administration unveiled TrumpRx to try to counteract the high cost of prescription drugs. The president hailed the website as a “...

Deception and Dependency: Inside the Latest Epstein Files

10 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The latest release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein has revealed deep and intense relationships with the global elite, long after he became a c...

Why Trump Voters Are Torn Over Minneapolis

09 Feb 2026

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The question of what to do about undocumented immigrants has long bonded President Trump and his supporters — and an overwhelming majority of them b...

At the Super Bowl, It’s Nice Guy vs. Underdog

08 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

For football fans nationwide, this year’s Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks is inherently exciting. For non-footb...

'The Interview': Michael Pollan Says Humanity Is About to Undergo a Revolutionary Change

07 Feb 2026

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The best-selling author grapples with big questions about A.I., consciousness and the distractions polluting our minds.Thoughts? Email us at theinter...

When Anesthesia Fails and the Patient Is Cut Open

06 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Women’s pain is too often dismissed in medicine. An alarming number of women report feeling major surgery and dealing with doctors and nurses who ma...

Bezos Guts The Washington Post

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

When Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post more than a decade ago, journalists inside and outside the newsroom were cautiously optimistic. But those h...

How to Bet on (Literally) Anything

04 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The explosion of prediction markets in the United States, where people bet on everything from Taylor Swift’s wedding date to election outcomes, has ...

The F.B.I.’s Extraordinary Seizure of Voting Records

03 Feb 2026

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Last week, F.B.I. agents searched an election center in Fulton County, Ga., seizing truckloads of ballots from 2020. The move escalated the investigat...

Can Trump Force Blue Cities to Cooperate With ICE?

02 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Homan, President Trump’s border czar, traveled to Minneapolis a few days ago with a message: the faster local officials cooperate with federal i...

The Sunday Daily: Bad Bunny Takes Over America.

01 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

At the Grammy Awards tonight, the Puerto Rican pop sensation Bad Bunny is the first Spanish-language artist to be nominated for album, record and song...

“A Terrifying Line Is Being Crossed”: Mayor Jacob Frey on the Turmoil in Minneapolis

31 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Minnesota Democrat on the battle between his city and the federal government.Thoughts? Email us at [email protected] our show on YouT...

Trump 2.0: The President’s Affordability Problem

30 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

President Trump was elected in 2024 on the promise that he would fix the economy. Now, a new poll from The New York Times/Siena reveals that the issue...

Social Media on Trial

29 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

For years, social media companies have relied on an impenetrable first amendment protection to shield them from legal claims that their products are d...

Trump Changes Course in Minneapolis

28 Jan 2026

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The intense fallout from Alex Pretti’s death has forced President Trump to publicly change course in Minneapolis.The White House reporters Zolan Kan...

The ‘Ghost Fleets’ Moving Oil Around the World

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Since December, the U.S. has been stopping and seizing oil tankers traveling in and out of Venezuela. They are part of what is known as a ghost fleet ...

10 Shots: Federal Agents Kill Another Person in Minnesota

26 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Warning: This episode contains strong language.Border Patrol agents shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a Minneapolis resident, on Saturday. It was t...

The Sunday Daily: Our Neanderthals, Ourselves

25 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Pop culture has not been kind to the Neanderthal. In books, movies and even TV commercials, the species is portrayed as rough and mindless, a brutish ...

'The Interview': Chloé Zhao Is Yearning to Know How to Love

24 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The “Hamnet” director on trying to overcome her deepest fears — and open her heart.Thoughts? Email us at [email protected] our sho...

Trump’s Investigator Breaks His Silence

23 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Three years after his appointment as special counsel, Jack Smith finally delivered the legal argument against President Trump on Thursday that he was ...

The Global Showdown Over Greenland

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

President Trump has been raising tensions around the world for weeks by claiming that he would stop at nothing in his quest to seize Greenland from De...

On the Front Line of Minnesota’s Fight With ICE

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

For weeks, protests around Minneapolis have caught nationwide attention as the city shows open defiance to a federal immigration crackdown.But behind ...

Trump 2.0: A Year of Unconstrained Power

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In the 365 days since Donald J. Trump was sworn into his second term as president, he has fired, pardoned, prosecuted, tariffed, deployed, deposed, di...

The Sunday Daily: Hollywood’s A.I. Moment

18 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a lot of anxiety about artificial intelligence invading Hollywood; the general mood there right now could be called “doom and gloom.” Bu...

'The Interview': Kílian Jornet on What We Can Learn From Pushing Our Bodies to Extremes

17 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The ultrarunner and mountaineer finds peace through doing unimaginably hard things. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and S...

An I.V.F. Mix-Up and an Impossible Choice

16 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

For millions of families, in vitro fertilization is a modern medical miracle. But the field is largely unregulated, and for a small number of parents,...

Trump’s D.O.J. Went After the Fed. It Backfired.

15 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Trump administration’s decision to open a criminal investigation into the Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome H. Powell, has stunned the worlds of ...

Iran on the Brink

14 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Iran is experiencing expansive protests after economic grievances snowballed over the past two weeks into a broader challenge to the country’s autho...

The United States' Aspirations for Venezuela's Oil

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In the days since deposing Nicolás Maduro, President Trump has given several justifications for his dramatic actions in Venezuela. But perhaps most c...

‘A Breaking Point’: The Minneapolis Police Chief on ICE

12 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Warning: This episode contains strong language.Just hours before a federal immigration officer killed Renee Good in her car, Brian O’Hara, the Minne...

'The Wirecutter Show': The True Cost of Recovering from the L.A. Wildfires, Part 1

11 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On January 7, 2025, the Palisades and Eaton Fires erupted, eventually burning down more than 16,000 structures and killing at least 31 people, becomin...

'The Interview': George Saunders Is No Saint (Despite What You May Have Heard)

10 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The celebrated author on the challenges of being kind, the benefits of meditation and the reality check of death.Thoughts? Email us at theinterview@n...

An Interview With the President

09 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Four White House reporters from The New York Times sat down with President Trump on Wednesday for an extended interview in the Oval Office.David E. Sa...

The R.F.K. Jr. Era of Childhood Vaccines

08 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Warning: This episode contains strong language.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday released new guidelines that dramaticaly cut d...

The 2026 Battle for Control of Congress

07 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This year, the 2026 midterm elections will decide which party controls Congress, and whether Republicans can hold on to every lever of influence in Wa...

Venezuela, After Maduro

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On Monday, President Trump picked Vice President Delcy Rodríguez of Venezuela, now the interim leader, to continue to preside over the country instea...

From President to Defendant: The Legal Case Against Maduro

05 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

 Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela was brought to New York with his wife over the weekend to face criminal charges.Charlie Savage, who covers national sec...

Inside the U.S. Operation to Oust Venezuela’s President

04 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The United States captured Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan president, over the weekend in a swift and overwhelming military operation. Mr. Maduro was ...

‘The Headlines’: The US Captures Nicolás Maduro

03 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A special episode from The Headlines on the U.S. military operation in Venezuela. Tomorrow, The Daily will publish an episode with more details about ...

50 States, 50 Fixes

02 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As the U.S. government reverses course on renewable energy projects and other policies related to climate change, environmental solutions may seem out...

She Fell in Love With ChatGPT: An Update

31 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since.Warning: This epis...

Family Separation 2.0: An Update

30 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since.In his first 100 d...

Why One Lawyer Resigned When His Firm Caved to Trump: An Update

29 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since.President Trump ha...

Sunday Special: The Best Movies of 2025

28 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As 2025 comes to an end, The Sunday Special is looking back on the year in culture.This week, on our final episode of the podcast, we’re talking abo...

Marriage and Sex in the Age of Ozempic: An Update

26 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since.In the past few ye...

Trump Goes After Venezuela’s Oil

24 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In it escalating campaign against Venezuela, the Trump administration has gone from shooting drug boats to trying to seize oil tankers in the Caribbea...

The Origins of Jeffrey Epstein

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The latest release of files related to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein left key questions unanswered about his rise to power and his connections to t...

The Messy Reality of ‘Made in America’

22 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The construction of a giant factory complex in Arizona was supposed to embody the Trump administration’s ability to bring manufacturing back to the ...

Sunday Special: The Best TV of 2025

21 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In these final weeks of 2025, The Sunday Special is looking back at the year in culture.Today, we’re talking about the TV we watched this year — t...

'The Interview': Raja Shehadeh Believes Israelis and Palestinians Can Still Find Peace

20 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The writer and lawyer has been documenting the occupation for decades. Somehow, he maintains hope.Thoughts? Email us at [email protected]...

Trump Says the Economy Is Good. Is It?

19 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With anxieties building over affordability, President Trump made a push to reassure Americans just as the government released long-awaited data that r...

Congress Failed to Extend the Health Care Subsidies. Now What?

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, despite a last-ditch effort by some House Republicans to strike a deal on health care, Congress remains deadlocked on whether to extend sup...

The Tragic Death and Enduring Legacy of Rob Reiner

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Reiner, the classic film director, and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were killed on Sunday at their home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los A...

Inside the Tech Company Powering Trump’s Most Controversial Policies

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Warning: This episode contains strong language.Palantir, a data analysis and technology company, has secured federal contracts worth hundreds of milli...

How Biden Lost Americans’ Faith in Immigration

15 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A New York Times review of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s actions on immigration showed that decisions he and his closest advisers made created an ...

Sunday Special: The Best Music of 2025

14 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As 2025 comes to an end, The Sunday Special is looking back on the year in culture.This week, we’re listening to the songs and albums that defined t...

'The Interview': 3 Senators Who Quit on Why Congress Won’t Stand Up to Trump

13 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The current and former lawmakers get candid about bipartisan politics, party leadership and the state of the Senate.Thoughts? Email us at theintervie...

Trump’s Plan to Reorder the World

12 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

President Trump has overseen an aggressive foreign policy, including harsh words about Europe and a lethal military campaign in the Caribbean.Last wee...

The Cracking of the Trump Coalition

11 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the year since President Trump roared back to power, one of the most surprising story lines of his second term has been a series of public ruptures...

The Liberal Justices Aren’t as United as You Might Think

10 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Supreme Court’s liberal minority has voted, over and over again, to oppose the court’s conservative majority in what might look like a united ...

Netflix vs. Paramount: Inside the Epic Battle Over Warner Brothers

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Netflix announced plans on Friday to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business, in a deal that would send shock waves through H...

Trump Sent Them to a Notorious Prison. Torture Followed.

08 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Warning: This episode mentions suicide.In March, the U.S. government sent more than 200 Venezuelan men to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Ov...

Sunday Special: ’Tis the Season for Cookies

07 Dec 2025

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The first week of December at The New York Times is known as “Cookie Week.” Every day, for seven days, our cooking team highlights a new holiday c...

'The Interview': Kristen Stewart Wants to Show Us a Different Kind of Sex

06 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The actress and director says the world of filmmaking needs a “full system break.”Thoughts? Email us at [email protected] our show on...

The Lonely Work of a Free-Speech Defender

05 Dec 2025

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Over the past year, the federal government has taken a series of actions widely seen as attacks on the First Amendment.Greg Lukianoff, the head of a l...

Trump Rants: ‘Let Them Go Back to Where They Came From’

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

President Trump on Tuesday delivered blatantly xenophobic public remarks, which included attacking Somali immigrants in Minnesota and calling them “...

Did a U.S. Boat Strike Amount to a War Crime?

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Over the past three months, the U.S. military has been firing on boats from South America, killing more than 80 people and prompting Democrats to rais...

The ‘Clean’ Technology That’s Poisoning People

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lead is an essential but toxic element of car batteries. The U.S. auto industry promotes the recycling of it as an environmental success story. An inv...

The Fallout From the National Guard Shooting

01 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What began as a horrific shooting of two National Guard members in downtown Washington last week has now led to a set of far-reaching changes to the U...

Sunday Special: Gifting Books for the Holidays

30 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The holiday season is here, which means it’s the time to think of great gifts for everyone on your list. While it can feel like a daunting task to c...

'The Interview': Simon Cowell Is Sorry, Softer and Grieving Liam Payne

29 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The competition-TV judge changed the music industry. Now he says he’s changed too.Thoughts? Email us at [email protected] our show on Y...

Eating What You Kill This Thanksgiving

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here at “The Daily,” we take our annual Thanksgiving episode very seriously.A few years ago, we rang up an expert from the Butterball Turkey Talk-...

The Ukrainian Peace Plan Written by ... Russia?

26 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When President Trump’s peace plan to end the war in Ukraine was leaked last week, many felt as though Russia had written the proposal, and to a larg...

A Disastrous Day in Court for Trump

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A federal judge on Monday tossed out separate criminal charges against the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey and New York’s attorney general, Le...

The Autism Diagnosis Problem

24 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Once primarily limited to severely disabled people, autism began to be viewed as a spectrum that included children and adults far less impaired. Along...

Sunday Special: Wicked, Good?

23 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“Wicked” was one of the biggest movies of 2024. It was culturally ubiquitous, a box office smash and an Oscar nominee for Best Picture. Now, a yea...

'The Interview': John Green Knows That No One Really Loves You on the Internet

22 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The writer and YouTube star on trying to get back to the experiences that make us feel alive.Thoughts? Email us at [email protected] our ...

Parenting a Trans Kid in Trump’s America

21 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Since starting his second term, President Trump has thrown the full weight of the federal government behind the denying the idea of transgender identi...

Is There an A.I. Bubble? And What if It Pops?

20 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After years of soaring optimism and colossal investment, Wall Street has begun to seriously question whether the frenzy for A.I. is justified.Cade Met...

Congress Orders Trump to Release the Epstein Files

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Congressional Republicans on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill to release all of the files related to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — a bill...

The Future of Energy Has Arrived — Just Not in the U.S.

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For the first time in 30 years, the annual U.N. conference on climate change is taking place without top government representation from the United Sta...

Unpacking Trump’s 50-Year Mortgage Proposal

17 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When President Trump proposed the introduction of a 50-year mortgage, he challenged a bedrock of the American housing market and financial system. He ...

Sunday Special: A Sea of Streaming Docs

16 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There was once a time when documentaries could be found only on public television or in art-house cinemas. But today, documentaries are more popular a...

'The Interview': Tina Brown Thinks the Über-Rich Have It Coming

15 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The longtime editor and chronicler of the elite says she’s liberated and is letting it rip. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podc...

Ozempic for All?

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound have revolutionized weight loss. And starting next year, the drugs are going to become more affordable for Americans b...