HARPER’S MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘How Seniors Became America’s Ruling Class’…
Confronting America’s gerontocratic crisis by Samuel Moyn
Rehearsing for humanity’s future on Mars by Elena Saavedra Buckley
On love, shit, and parking by Kristin Dombek
President Trump told Fox Business that the war was “close to over.” Iran threatened to expand its influence over shipping routes if a U.S. blockade continued.
In a thinly veiled critique of President Trump and the war in Iran, Xi Jinping said the world could not risk reverting “to the law of the jungle.”
The vice president, who is Catholic, took issue with Pope Leo XIV’s statement that disciples of Christ never side with “those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs.”
A look at the sights, sounds, and characters that put the University on the frontlines of history
Before his heroic death, General Joseph Warren was dubbed “the greatest incendiary in all of America.”
College students broke hearts and windows during their year in exile.
Darby Vassall, an enslaved child freed after the Battle of Bunker Hill, dedicated his life to fighting for liberty.
Ship-tracking data showed that several vessels, including some that had been docked at Iranian ports, had moved through the strait as the U.S. military began its blockade.
As the war in Iran extends into its seventh week and a truce feels shaky, many Americans expressed bewilderment about a conflict that came with little warning.
Viktor Orban, the Hungarian prime minister, and his right-wing playbook were embraced by parts of the American right. Now some are worried by his defeat.
From the first day of his Presidency, Trump has posed an emergency to both his country and the world. By David Remnick
High-speed accidents, crooked lawyers, and poor people desperate for cash—it was the kind of scheme that could have been cooked up only in the Big Easy. By Patrick Radden Keefe
New scholarship reconsiders the apostle who turned a Jewish sect into a world religion—and whose legacy remains contested two millennia later.
By Adam Gopnik
The U.S. said it would block ships entering or exiting Iranian ports or coastal areas starting at 10 a.m. Eastern today.
The regime in Iran has not changed and the nuclear and missile threats have not been eliminated, leaving many Israelis to wonder what this was all for.
Pope Leo XIV said he was unafraid of the Trump administration, hours after President Trump lashed out at the pontiff on social media, calling him too liberal and “weak on crime.”
Prime Minister Viktor Orban has stymied the European Union for years. With the victory of Hungary’s opposition party, that could begin to change.
Viktor Orban’s pro-Moscow tilt cemented his reputation in Kyiv as a spoiler. Now, Ukraine hopes a 90-billion-euro loan he blocked will be disbursed.
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 4.12.26 Issue features Katie Engelhart on people considered in vegetative states; C.J. Chivers on how Russian weaponized the cold in the war with Ukraine; Willy Staley on meme culture; and Coralie Kraft on MAHA teens; and more.
New research is upending what we thought about the consciousness of patients, leaving families with agonizing choices.
Inside one Kyiv neighborhood as it braved the harshest conditions since World War II. By C.J. Chivers
Disillusioned with doctors, they went on a search for answers. They found supplements and a lot of red meat. By Coralie Kraft
From our jokes and slang to the White House’s policy messaging, internet “brain rot” has escaped our phones to take over … well, everything. By Willy Staley
Vice President JD Vance said that a marathon session of negotiations had failed to immediately produce an agreement to end the war.
The U.S. had demanded that Iran immediately reopen the strait, but Iran said it would do so only after a final peace deal, according to Iranian officials.
Israel’s campaign targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon has been a source of tension in the U.S.-Iran cease-fire. Israeli and Lebanese officials plan to meet for rare talks in Washington this week.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s party has repeatedly tweaked Hungary’s electoral system to its advantage, making Sunday’s vote free, but not entirely fair.
The exact format of the talks in Pakistan was unclear. The White House declined to comment about Vice President JD Vance’s potential meetings with the Iranians.
China may have recently sent a shipment of shoulder-fired missiles to Iran for its conflict with the U.S. and Israel, American officials said.
The astronauts — three Americans and one Canadian — captivated the world with their historic mission.
A mission that took four astronauts farther than any human has ever traveled has made people feel a little trippy.
Even after a cease-fire, Iran is keeping a chokehold on traffic, forcing countries to cut deals that could put them at odds with the U.S.
Israel said it would continue striking the Iran-backed militia. Iran said it would not attend talks with the U.S. in Pakistan if the truce was not extended to Lebanon.
President Trump is citing European nations’ unwillingness to back the U.S. in the war as a reason to scale back or abandon the alliance. And he still wants Greenland.
In a social media post, President Trump attacked Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly, and criticized the editorial board of The Wall Street Journal.
The Consumer Price Index for March will reflect the rising costs for energy and other goods affected by disruptions from the conflict in the Middle East.
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