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Departing U.N. chief calls this ‘a moment of truth’ in fight to curb global warming
UNITED NATIONS — As United Nations climate talks kick off in Turkey on Monday, Secretary-General António Guterres has an urgent message for world leaders: “This is a moment of truth.” In the last decade, he’s delivered variations of this ominous warning about climate change, often with increasingly hyperbolic language. Three years ago, he even said, “The era…
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Bitter MAGA feud ensnares Susie Wiles as Trump world melts down after midterm rout
A public brawl between two of President Donald Trump’s former insiders spilled across social media this weekend. It included accusations of harassment, a lawsuit warning and a jab about Balkan cash, all days after Republicans lost both chambers of Congress. On one side is Calley Means, a former deputy to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy…
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I Used NYT Cooking’s New AI-Powered Recipe Modifier, and It’s Actually Pretty Good
In an aside in the New York Times Cooking video I watched recently, where Melissa Clark made her lemony white bean soup with turkey and greens, the food reporter and recipe columnist invited viewers to leave a comment telling her what they do with the kale stems. It highlighted this sweet, funny relationship between a…
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Trump’s grip on his party is in question as Republicans reel from the midterm wipeout
WASHINGTON — Republicans aren’t holding back. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis described last week’s elections as an “extinction-level event” for the GOP. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas likened it to a “Watergate-level repudiation.” Former Vice President Mike Pence called it a “reckoning.” For all the apocalyptic talk emerging from a midterm that relegated Republicans to their thinnest ranks…
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Iran executes 3 men accused of links to US and Israel, protesting against regime
Iran executed three men on Sunday after they were convicted of carrying out operations for Israel and the US and taking part in armed unrest during anti-government protests in January, state media reported. The executions are the latest in a series Iran has carried out in recent months over the January protests, including of people…
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Republicans Went All In on Redistricting Ahead of the Midterms. Why Did It Fail?
Rep. Shomari Figures, a Democrat from Alabama, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2026. —Graeme Sloan—Bloomberg/Getty Images Ahead of the midterms, Republicans in states across the U.S. redrew congressional maps in the hopes of increasing their chances of beating out Democrats come Election Day. But those efforts failed to stem the…
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After the U.S. midterm rout of Trumpism, the world struggles to trust America again
LONDON — For Joe Reeve, the midterm afterglow faded fast. The London startup founder was among the wave around the Trump-weary world awakening to the stunning news that American voters had sharply rejected President Trump’s fist-in-the-eye stewardship of the United States that had started a war with Iran, forged no peace in Ukraine or the Mideast and…
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Did the midterms kill MAGA?
In 2015, Donald Trump descended a golden escalator and launched a presidential campaign that reshaped American politics. More than a decade later, with his record-low approval ratings and the US embroiled in a war with Iran, he asked voters to treat the 2026 midterms as a referendum on him. “Please pretend I’m on the ballot.…
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Bass ran on her strong relationship skills. So why did pivotal allies turn on her?
It wasn’t that long ago that campaign strategist Estevan Montemayor was an enthusiastic booster for Karen Bass. During her first run for mayor in 2022, Montemayor was working with Communities United for Bass, a campaign committee that spent $6 million on television ads, text messages and other voter outreach efforts. The 35-year-old political consultant took…
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Wandrd’s Magnetic Camera Straps Are My New Favorite Accessory
More than a decade ago, Peak Design rethought the humble camera strap. This was a necessary development. When you buy a camera, manufacturers almost always toss in a chintzy, uninspired strap with their logo on it. These cheap straps have cheap mounting systems that make it hard to quickly remove the strap from the camera…