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'The Interview': The Head of NATO Thinks President Trump 'Deserves All the Praise'
05 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Secretary general Mark Rutte has only good things to say about the mercurial U.S. leader and his impact on the world stage. Unlock full access to New ...
How The Megabill Will Change America
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After months of debate, weeks of tense negotiations and 24 hours of Republican arm-twisting, President Trump has muscled his giant domestic-policy bil...
The Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Verdict
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After a eight-week trial whose every turn has grabbed headlines, a jury found Sean Combs, the music mogul known as Diddy, not guilty of the most serio...
The Republicans’ $3 Trillion Vanishing Act
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With a tiebreaking vote from Vice President JD Vance, the Senate has adopted President Trump’s giant domestic policy bill, which now heads back to t...
Steve Bannon’s Battle for the Soul of MAGA
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Warning: This episode contains strong language.From the outside, the political movement created by Donald J. Trump has never seemed more empowered or ...
Supreme Court Hands Trump Even More Power
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a major ruling on Friday, the Supreme Court limited the ability of judges to block President Trump’s policies nationwide, including his order to ...
‘Modern Love’: 'Materialists' Director Celine Song Believes in Love at First Conversation
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The director Celine Song won over audiences and critics alike with her first feature film, “Past Lives,” the semi-autobiographical tale of a marri...
The Trial of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last fall, the Justice Department unveiled a series of shocking allegations against Sean Combs, the music mogul known as Diddy.Prosecutors charged Mr....
Breaking Down the Massive Cuts to Science Funding
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the months since taking office, President Trump has made billions of dollars in cuts to scientific research, essentially saying science has become ...
Will the Cease-Fire Hold?
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After President Trump’s announcement of a cease-fire between Israel and Iran, all sides are claiming victory, but perhaps no country has emerged as ...
An Iran Cease-Fire — and Why N.Y.C.’s Mayoral Race Matters for Democrats Everywhere
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Overnight, Iran and Israel said they had agreed to a cease-fire — after an Iranian attack on a U.S. air base in Qatar that appeared to be a largely ...
The U.S. Bombed Iran. Now What?
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In an address to the nation on Saturday night, President Trump confirmed that the U.S. military had carried out an attack on Iran’s nuclear faciliti...
'Modern Love': He’s Gay. She’s Straight. They’re Newlyweds.
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Jacob Hoff and Samantha Greenstone met, they became instant best friends. Then, even though Jacob was gay, they realized that their feelings for ...
'The Interview': Andrew Schulz, 'Podcast Bro,' Might Be America's Foremost Political Journalist
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The defiantly anti-woke comedian and podcast host reflects on the responsibilities of being appointment listening for millions.Unlock full access to N...
Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Transgender Care for Minors
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling this week that effectively upheld bans on some medical treatments for transgender youth in nearly half...
An Interview With Trump’s Border Czar, Tom Homan
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past several weeks, federal agents have mounted increasingly aggressive immigration raids across the country.They have met with intense pushb...
Will the U.S. Join Israel’s War With Iran?
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the growing conflict between Israel and Iran, one questions now looms over Washington: How far will President Trump go to entangle the United State...
Have We Been Thinking About A.D.H.D. All Wrong?
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past three decades, A.D.H.D. diagnoses in the U.S. have been climbing steadily, and so have prescriptions for the medication to manage the sy...
An Assassination in Minnesota and a Growing War Between Israel and Iran
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
During a dark and tumultuous weekend, two shootings in Minnesota left one lawmaker dead and another seriously injured.Overseas, Israel and Iran traded...
‘Modern Love’: Open Your Heart and Loosen Up! Therapist Terry Real’s Advice for Fathers
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For Father’s Day, the Modern Love team asked for your stories about fatherhood and emotional vulnerability. They heard from listeners who said that ...
'The Interview': Lisa Murkowski Went Viral for Saying ‘We Are All Afraid.’ Now She Explains.
14 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The senator from Alaska reflects on her many years in Washington and what is happening in the country right now. Unlock full access to New York Times ...
Israel’s Massive Attack on Iran — and Why Tomorrow’s Military Parade Is So Fraught
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tomorrow night, for the first time in decades, the United States military will put its unrivaled might on display in a parade through downtown Washing...
Gavin Newsom on the L.A. Protests, Trump’s Response and Why It’s a Defining Moment for Democracy
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, says that President Trump’s decision to send federal troops into Los Angeles is a “brazen abuse of power”...
Inside a Trump ICE Raid
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s protests and clashes in California are the biggest flare-up yet over President Trump’s immigration enforcement.They follow months of e...
China's Upper Hand: Rare Earth Metals
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the trade war between the United States and China, the biggest sticking point is a handful of metals that are essential to the U.S. and almost enti...
Federal Troops Enter L.A. — and the Trump-Musk Feud Hardens
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
During an extraordinary weekend, President Trump deployed 2,000 troops from the National Guard to suppress protests in Los Angeles against his own imm...
‘Modern Love’: Gen X? More Like Gen Sex.
08 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mireille Silcoff recently wrote an article for The New York Times Magazine titled “Why Gen X Women Are Having the Best Sex.” At a time of life whe...
'The Interview': Misty Copeland Changed Ballet. Now She's Ready to Move On.
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The American Ballet Theater’s first Black female principal dancer on everything she’s fought for and the decision to end her historic career with ...
‘The Protocol’: The Story Behind Medical Care for Transgender Kids
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode contains strong language.Since 2021, nearly half the states in the U.S. have passed bans on medical treatments for transgender minors. Th...
The Big Ugly Battle Over the Big Beautiful Bill
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump has called the sweeping domestic policy bill that recently passed in the House the most important piece of legislation in his second t...
Inside Operation Spider’s Web
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Operation Spider’s Web was an audacious Ukrainian sneak attack that caused billions of dollars in damage to Russian warplanes — using drones that ...
The New Co-Hosts of 'The Daily'
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Abrams and Natalie Kitroeff officially join Michael Barbaro as co-hosts of the show. Welcome to the next chapter. Unlock full access to New Yor...
A 1,400-County Crisis for Democrats
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s conventional wisdom that President Trump has transformed American politics. But a new county-by-county voting analysis from The New York Times ...
The Chaotic Personal Life of Elon Musk
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A Times investigation has found that as Elon Musk became one of President Trump’s closest and most influential advisers, he was juggling an increasi...
‘Modern Love’: If You Want This Kind of Love, Don’t Expect it to be Easy
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Samaiya Mushtaq was growing up, she imagined marrying a kind Muslim man, and at 21, she did. But while studying to become a psychiatrist in medic...
'The Interview': Miley Cyrus Told Us to Ask Her Anything
31 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Grammy-winning singer on overcoming child stardom, accepting her parents and being in control. Also, we have exciting news: You can check us out o...
Did a Wine Importer Just Sink Trump’s Trade War?
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A panel of federal judges ruled on Wednesday that many of President Trump’s tariffs were illegal, a decision that has threatened to derail his trade...
Harvard Is Trying to Resist Trump. It Might Not Be Working.
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For Harvard students, this year’s graduation ceremony comes amid an intense standoff between one of America’s most prestigious universities and th...
R.F.K. Jr. Sends a Message on Vaccines
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump administration on Tuesday bypassed the traditional system of vaccine guidance and abruptly ended the government’s recommendation that two ...
A New Front Line for Abortion Rights
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortions in the United States actually went up, in part because of a novel legal strategy that pitted...
‘Modern Love’: Why Boys and Men Are Floundering, According to Therapist Terry Real
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A session with Terry Real, a marriage and family therapist, can get uncomfortable. He’s known to mirror and amplify the emotions of his clients, som...
An Outcry in Europe, a Shooting in Washington and a Blockade in Gaza
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For the past week, an international outcry has been building, particularly in Europe, over Israel’s plans to escalate its military campaign in Gaza ...
A Conversation With Vice President Vance
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vice President JD Vance met with the new pope a few days ago. He then sat down with The Times to talk about faith, immigration, the law and the partis...
Trump Said Peace in Ukraine Would Come Easy. It Hasn’t.
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump once approached the challenge of ending Russia’s war in Ukraine as a straight-ahead deal that he could achieve easily. But after mon...
A Reckoning Over Joe Biden’s Health
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past few days, the health of former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has been called into focus with the disclosure that he has an aggressive fo...
No More Refugees, Trump Said. Except White South Africans.
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, white South Africans ruled with an iron fist, overseeing the country’s apartheid system of racial oppression.Why is President Trump now...
‘Modern Love’: How to Fall (and Stay) in Love
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When did you realize you were falling in love? The Modern Love podcast asked listeners this question, and the voice messages came pouring in. Listener...
'The Interview': Rutger Bregman Wants to Save Elites From Their Wasted Lives
17 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The historian and writer is on a mission to get the best and brightest out of their lucrative jobs and into morally ambitious work. Unlock full access...
Birthright Citizenship Reaches The Supreme Court
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Thursday, the Trump administration’s effort to limit birthright citizenship ended up in front of the Supreme Court.Adam Liptak, who covers the Su...
The End of Fast Fashion?
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For years, American consumers have been able to spend next to nothing on the latest fashion trends, thanks in large part to Chinese clothing companies...
Qatar Force One
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump is in the Middle East on the first major international trip of his second term. At the same time, a firestorm has erupted over his pla...
The Secret Power of Siblings
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Parents try everything to influence their children. But new research suggests that brothers and sisters have their own profound impact.Susan Dominus, ...
A Vulnerable China Comes to the Table
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over the weekend, top negotiators from the U.S. and China met for the first time since President Trump rapidly escalated a trade war between the world...
The Sunday Read: ‘My Miserable Week in the “Happiest Country on Earth’’’
11 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For eight years running, Finland has been rated the happiest country in the world by a peculiar United Nations-backed project called the World Happine...
'The Interview': Can Whitney Wolfe Herd Make Us Love Dating Apps Again?
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Bumble CEO has returned to run the struggling company she founded, and says she has a plan for getting Gen Z back. Unlock full access to New York ...
An American Pope
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The world’s 1.4 billion Catholics have a new pope, and for the first time, he is from America.Jason Horowitz, the Rome bureau chief of The New York ...
A Frightening Moment to Fly
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A 90-second failure of Newark Airport’s air-traffic safety systems, which blacked out communication to planes carrying thousands of passengers, has ...
What Warren Buffett Understood About Capitalism
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A few days ago, Warren Buffett, the most successful investor in history, said he would retire as C.E.O. of Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate that h...
A Climate Warning From the Fertile Crescent
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the Middle East braces for another year of extreme heat, climate change is turning the soil to dust in the landscape that has long been known as th...
You Have Questions About the Economy. We Have Answers.
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At a time of enormous economic upheaval and uncertainty prompted by President Trump’s trade war, we asked our listeners what they wanted to understa...
The Sunday Read: ‘This Is the Holocaust Story I Said I Wouldn’t Write’
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Taffy Brodesser-Akner became a writer, Mr. Lindenblatt, the father of one of her oldest friends, began asking to tell his story of survival durin...
'The Interview': Ocean Vuong Was Ready to Kill. Then a Moment of Grace Changed His Life.
03 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The poet and novelist on the real reason he became a writer.Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop ...
Family Separation 2.0
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his first 100 days in office, President Trump has struggled to fulfill his promise to carry out mass deportations, a reality that has prompted his ...
The Crypto President
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump was once a loud skeptic of cryptocurrency — one who called it a haven for drug dealers and scammers. But over the past few months, h...
100 Days
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday, the second Trump presidency officially reached the 100-day mark.It’s been a hundred days of transformation, tariffs, retribution, firing...
The Housing Market Has New Rules. Realtors Are Evading Them.
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last year, a historic legal settlement resulted in sweeping rule changes that were supposed to lower the price of buying and selling a home across the...
Americans to Trump: You’ve Gone Too Far
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Warning: This episode contains strong language.One question that has hung over the first 100 days of President Trump’s second term: Is his aggressiv...
The Sunday Read: ‘The Strange, Post-Partisan Popularity of the Unabomber’
27 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Online, there is a name for the experience of finding sympathy with Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber: Tedpilling. To be Tedpilled means to read Paragraph ...
'The Interview': Isabel Allende Understands How Fear Changes a Society
26 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The beloved author left Chile at a time of great turmoil and has longed for the nation of her youth ever since. Unlock full access to New York Times p...
Children’s Books Go Before the Supreme Court
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard a case that could hand parents with religious objections a lot more control over what their kids learn in the clas...
What an Iowa Farmer Fears About the Trade War
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the increasingly bitter trade war between the United States and China, perhaps nobody has more at stake than America’s soybean farmers, whose cro...
Trump Says They’re Foreign Gang Members. Are They?
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In recent weeks, the Trump administration has deported hundreds of Venezuelan migrants by quickly labeling them as gang members and foreign enemies, a...
How Pope Francis Changed the Catholic Church
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Church bells rang out across the world on Monday to mark the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88.Jason Horowitz, the Rome bureau chief at The New Y...
Is the Era of Student Loan Forgiveness Officially Over?
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Across the country, millions of Americans with unpaid student loans are discovering that years of patience and forgiveness from the U.S. government ha...
The Sunday Read: ‘How Analytics Marginalized Baseball’s Superstar Pitchers’
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One day at Wrigley Field in Chicago last May, Paul Skenes was pitching for the Pittsburgh Pirates, carving out a small piece of baseball history in hi...
'The Interview': Nate Bargatze Doesn’t Mind if You Think He’s an Idiot
19 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The self-deprecating stand-up comic discusses having a magician for a father, the challenge of mainstream comedy and his aspirations to build the next...
Do Trump Voters Like His Tariffs? We Went to Michigan to Find Out.
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump’s tariffs have terrified stock markets, business owners and anyone with a 401(k). Does that mean that his approach to trade is becom...
The Trial Mark Zuckerberg Couldn’t Prevent
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Testimonies began this week in one of the most aggressive cases the government has ever brought against a big tech company. Over the next eight weeks,...
Trump Trashed the Iran Nuclear Deal. Will His Be Any Better?
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For years, President Trump has mocked the Obama administration for the nuclear agreement that it reached with Iran — a plan he disliked so much that...
Trapped Abroad: The Man at the Center of a Constitutional Standoff
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When President Trump met with El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, at the White House, the fate of one man was hanging in the balance.Adam Liptak,...
Her Business Was Thriving. Then Came the Tariffs.
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When President Trump raised tariffs against China to an astonishing 145 percent last week, he radically changed the cost of doing business for thousan...
The Sunday Read: ‘Unburying the Remains of the Third Reich’
13 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Daniel and Victoria Van Beuningen first toured their future home, a quiet villa in the Polish city of Wroclaw, it had been abandoned for years, i...
'The Interview': Ramy Youssef Is Just Trying to Be ‘Emotionally Correct’
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The creator and comedian discusses his penchant for self-reflection, how politics fits into his work and why he’s not interested in representing any...
The Conservative Activist Pushing Trump to Attack U.S. Colleges
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we interviewed two people with leading roles in the rapidly escalating conflict between the Trump administration and American higher educat...
A U-Turn on Tariffs
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After promising that tariffs against dozens of countries were here to stay, no matter how much they hurt businesses or the stock market, President Tru...
The University President Willing to Fight Trump
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past few weeks, some of the most prestigious universities in the country have faced a threat to their very existence.President Trump has froz...
How Trump Wiped Out $10 Trillion in Wealth in 3 Days
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday, global stocks whipsawed over President Trump’s tariffs, a bear market briefly became official in the United States and tit-for-tat retali...
‘I Felt Ashamed.’ Why One Lawyer Resigned When His Firm Caved to Trump
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past few weeks, President Trump has used executive orders to wage war on law firms, specifically targeting those whose lawyers have investiga...
The Sunday Read: ‘What Happened to Val Kilmer?’
06 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“The force of his will is the thing I remember about him,” says Taffy Brodesser-Akner, who wrote a profile of Val Kilmer for The New York Times Ma...
'The Interview': Bill Murray Says He's Not the Man He Used to Be
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The actor talks about his new film “The Friend,” his jerky past and what he doesn’t get about himself. Unlock full access to New York Times podc...
Fear and Fury: The Fallout From Trump’s Tariffs
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The reverberations from President Trump’s new global tariffs have rocked financial markets and world capitals. American stocks have plunged, and for...
The Trump Tariffs Poised to Remake Global Trade
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a history-making day of tariffs, President Trump imposed charges of at least 10 percent on nearly all of America’s trading partners.Ana Swanson, ...
Shen Yun: The Dark Side of a Dance Troupe
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A few days ago, one of the most ubiquitous live shows in the country, Shen Yun, began its latest run at Lincoln Center, drawing thousands of people to...
Is Elon Musk Buying Today’s Election in Wisconsin?
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On paper, the election in Wisconsin on Tuesday is about who should control the state’s highest court. In reality, it has become a referendum on Elon...
ICE on Campus
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Immigration arrests are taking place at universities across the country. The story of three Columbia students helps explain what’s happening, and wh...
The Sunday Read: ‘Why Airline Pilots Feel Pushed to Hide Their Mental Illness’
30 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Troy Merritt, a pilot for a major U.S. airline, returned from his 30th birthday trip in Croatia in October 2022 — sailing on a catamaran, eating gre...
'The Interview': Megyn Kelly Is Embracing Her Bias and Rejecting the 'Old Rules'
29 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The former Fox News and current YouTube host on her professional evolution, conservative media and why she endorsed Trump.Unlock full access to New Yo...
Trump 2.0: Group Chats and a New Spat
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does the continuing fallout from the Signal text security breach tell us about President Trump’s cabinet’s approach to blame and accountabili...
J.F.K., the C.I.A. and the Original ‘Deep State’
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For the past three decades, the U.S. government has released documents related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy with an overriding goal of disp...
The Editor Who Was Accidentally Texted War Plans
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, top Trump officials inadvertently shared secret U.S. military plans with a prominent journalist after mistakenly adding him to a group chat...