The Honey Pot: What’s Behind the Rise of the New Feminine Care Brand
On a recent July evening in Midtown Manhattan, a trio of teenage girls swooped into the feminine care aisle at Target. Skipping over the boxes of Always and Tampax tampons,…
Ukraine’s Government Downplays Uncertainty Over Support From Washington
Ukraine’s government said on Sunday it was confident that the United States would continue to support it in its war against Russia, even after the House passed a stopgap spending…
Gaetz Says He Will Move to Oust McCarthy for Working With Democrats
Representative Matt Gaetz, the far-right Republican from Florida, said on Sunday that he would move this week to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his leadership post, promising to follow through…
Hunting Contest Reveals Rifts Over Invasive Species in New Zealand
The pickup trucks rolled up one by one, ferrying a stream of animal carcasses into the show grounds. Pigs, deer, possums, even feral cats — all would be weighed and…
Private Security Guards Have Become a Last Resort for Public Safety
Michael Bock was still on his way into work for his shift as a private security guard when he came upon his first emergency of the day. He drove into…
Why Can’t We Stop Unauthorized Immigration? Because It Works.
Periodically, American presidents have tried to release pressure from these systems by granting amnesty or temporary protection from deportation to large groups of migrants, as Biden recently did for Venezuelans.…
To Many Americans, Government Dysfunction Is the New Normal
As the nation’s capital seemed to be barreling toward another debilitating federal government shutdown this weekend, America, well, did not exactly seem to be on the edge of its collective…
Shutdown Avoided – The New York Times
A government shutdown seemed all but certain. Millions of federal workers and members of the military braced for late paychecks. National parks planned to close. Then came a stunning reversal.…
Dianne Feinstein’s Lasting Impact on Women in Office
“I was so inspired that I drove six hours to L.A. in a falling-apart Toyota and slept on somebody’s floor,” Ms. Schaaf, now 57, recalled. Decades later, after a career…
Inside McCarthy’s Shutdown Turnabout That Left His Speakership at Risk
Speaker Kevin McCarthy began the final day before a government shutdown pinned against the ropes, facing dim prospects of passing any stopgap funding measure to avert the crisis that was…
Opinion | Will Biden’s Climate Law Change Your Life Before November 2024?
If the programs fail, they could seriously mar the I.R.A.’s public image. And right now, they are faltering. Perhaps the biggest problem is inherent to their design. The most successful…
Opinion | Christian Nationalism May Not Be Serious, but It’s Dangerous
The more I consider the challenge posed by Christian nationalism, the more I think most observers and critics are paying too much attention to the wrong group of Christian nationalists.…
Four Seconds to Impact: On the Front Line With Ukraine’s Snipers
The Russian position was marked with the blue flag of Moscow’s elite airborne units but the fabric looked almost translucent through the Ukrainian sniper’s scope. The flag, atop a Russian-occupied…
Opinion | This Is Why I Hate Banned Books Week
Consider what gets left out of your standard anti-censorship success story. A few years ago, in Ruston, La., the Lincoln Parish Library removed several children’s books, including those with L.G.B.T.Q.…