In Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members
9/4/2026 7:08 PM Open Story
About 50 people were tested, an unparalleled inquiry that comes in the wake of news reports about the war with Iran and the U.S. military’s diminished stocks of munitions.
Judge Orders Trump Officials to Divulge Names of Those Who Set Up $1.8 Billion Fund
9/4/2026 1:52 PM Open Story
The plan to create a fund that could have funneled taxpayer money to the president’s allies drew repeated scrutiny, including a rare rebuke from Senate Republicans.
Trump’s Latest Clemency Grants Benefit Drug Offenders, Union Boss
9/4/2026 3:57 PM Open Story
The president issued pardons or commutations to 30 people on Thursday, continuing his unorthodox and unpredictable use of clemency power.
Trump Plans to Use Qatari Jet for Another Overseas Flight Despite Security Concerns
9/4/2026 1:47 PM Open Story
The president intends to travel to Ireland on the plane, the first time he will have used it overseas since questions were raised about its defensive capabilities.
In Complex Cases Like Lindsay Clancy’s, a Unanimous Verdict Can Be Hard to Reach
9/4/2026 4:47 PM Open Story
Hung juries are not common, but the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy was emotionally wrenching and uniquely complicated.
Lindsay Clancy’s Murder Trial Ended With a Hung Jury. What Now?
9/4/2026 11:31 AM Open Story
Ms. Clancy still faces murder charges for killing her three children. She is likely to remain in a hospital, and prosecutors may decide to retry her.
Supreme Court Sides With Republicans in TV Ad Fight
9/4/2026 3:23 PM Open Story
Republican groups had asked the court to clear the way for political parties to pay the same low-cost ad rates as candidates, a move that could undercut a Democratic advantage in the midterms.
Judge Once Again Blocks Trump Administration’s Plans to Restrict Mail-In Ballots
9/4/2026 4:27 PM Open Story
The ruling arrived before the Supreme Court could decide whether to intervene but appeared certain to set off yet another round of appeals.
A More Confident Iran Emerges After Six Months of War With the U.S.
9/4/2026 8:21 AM Open Story
New intelligence reports have assessed that Iran now has a far better understanding of its capabilities and the limits of U.S. power.
Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman and the Other ‘Practical Magic 2’ Stars on the Unlikely Sequel
9/4/2026 2:01 AM Open Story
Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Joey King and Maisie Williams on the unlikely sequel, embracing their witchiness and their hopes for a third film.
German Far-Right Surges, in Threat to Postwar Taboo on Extremists in Power
9/4/2026 9:01 PM Open Story
Sunday’s vote in the state of Saxony-Anhalt could produce the strongest showing in the history of the Alternative for Germany party, and potentially a far-right government in the statehouse.
Gloria Steinem Stayed Positive, Even as the Manosphere Took Hold
9/4/2026 11:25 AM Open Story
The feminist icon thought many women would carry on her legacy. But at an unsteady time for feminism, how will the movement carry on?
‘It Was Insulting’: When Steinem Said Young Women Backed Sanders to Chase Men
9/4/2026 1:37 PM Open Story
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Gloria Steinem was asked about the young women supporting Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton. Her answer created a brief hullabaloo.
Six-Week-Old Infant Died From Measles, Lancaster Coroner Says
9/4/2026 2:43 PM Open Story
The ruling casts doubt on statements from the federal health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who speculated that measles deaths reported by the state may have been “fabricated.”
C.D.C. Says No Deaths This Year Attributed to Measles
9/4/2026 3:28 PM Open Story
The agency’s weekly update escalates a political fight after Pennsylvania said two deaths had been caused by the virus.
RFK Jr. Hires Army Doctor Who Opposed Covid Shots to Investigate if They Killed 2,500 Troops
9/4/2026 1:43 PM Open Story
In a legal deposition, the doctor, Theresa Long, compared immunizing service members against Covid to Nazi doctors experimenting on concentration camp prisoners.
The Heart Drug Pelacarsen Fails, Shocking Novartis and Cardiologists
9/4/2026 4:42 PM Open Story
Doctors were hopeful the drug, which was being tested in a large clinical trial by Novartis, was going to be a powerful new tool to fight heart disease.
What Lindsay Clancy’s Trial Tells Us About Ourselves
9/4/2026 12:48 PM Open Story
Postpartum psychosis is misunderstood and a poor fit for the justice system.
Something Alarming Is About to Happen in Germany
9/4/2026 11:26 AM Open Story
The government is seemingly incapable of stopping the far right.
Families Turn to Symbolic Cremation After Nepal Floods
9/4/2026 5:35 AM Open Story
Thousands are missing, and some families have lost hope of recovering their bodies. To carry out his sacred duty, a son lights the funeral pyre for a straw effigy of his father.