Blasting Bullhorns and Water Cannons, Chinese Ships Wall Off the Sea

We know because we were there. This boat was carrying Times journalists off the island of Palawan, in the Philippines, looking at how China was imposing its territorial ambitions on the South China Sea.

The Wrecking-Ball Caucus: How the Far Right Brought Washington to Its Knees

Representative Bob Good of Virginia, one of the Republican rebels, said he had had just one constituent express concern about a government shutdown.

Right-wing Republicans who represent a minority in their party and in Congress have succeeded in sowing mass dysfunction, spoiling for a shutdown, an impeachment and a House coup.

In Hospitals, Viruses Are Everywhere. Masks Are Not.

Amid an uptick in Covid infections, administrators, staff and patients are divided over the need for masks in health care settings.

Clams Ruled This Town Until the Crabs Moved In

Goro, on the Adriatic Sea, is famous for its clams — essential for the beloved spaghetti alle vongole. But an infestation of crabs is threatening the town’s cash crop.