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How Harvard’s Epic Fight With Trump Is Costing the University
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8/21/2026 5:52 AM
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| The federal government has slowed Harvard’s funding, despite the university’s legal victories. The conflict is forcing hard choices on campus. |
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Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic
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8/21/2026 7:51 AM
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| It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment. |
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Iran Must Plan to Overcome U.S. Sanctions After Trump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ Threats, Tehran Official Says
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8/21/2026 7:41 AM
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| Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, lead negotiator in talks with Washington, made the comments after President Trump vowed an “economic D-Day” against Iran. |
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Why China Thinks It Can Resist Trump’s Economic Threats on Iran
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8/21/2026 7:48 AM
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| Beijing can squeeze U.S. critical mineral supplies and has enough oil to withstand the loss of Iranian crude, Chinese analysts say. |
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Iran War Raises Risk of Collisions and Oil Spills in Strait of Hormuz
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8/21/2026 2:02 AM
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| More vessels are navigating the Strait of Hormuz with their location devices turned off to evade attacks by Iran, adding to the threat of collisions. |
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Return of Harry and Meghan to U.K. Renews Questions About Their Security Fears
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8/21/2026 4:10 AM
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| The couple lost their publicly funded security after deciding to leave Britain in 2020, deepening their split with the royal family. |
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‘They’re Always Going to Be Polarizing’: Britons Split on Harry and Meghan’s Return
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8/21/2026 8:23 AM
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| Recent surveys suggest the broader public views both of them negatively, especially in comparison to Harry’s brother, William, and his wife, Kate. |
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Prince Harry, Elton John and Others Told to Pay Daily Mail Publisher $13 Million
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8/21/2026 8:24 AM
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| Harry and six other high-profile figures lost a privacy lawsuit against Associated Newspapers. They may eventually have to pay more than twice the initial sum, a judge said. |
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Should You Invest in Bonds Right Now?
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8/21/2026 7:59 AM
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| High-quality bonds are still safer than stocks, but they have been swinging in value, so move cautiously, our columnist says. |
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Giorgia Meloni Cuts the Hard Right a Path to Power
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8/21/2026 2:01 AM
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| In a rare interview, the onetime political outcast reflects on her route from “the uncomfortable side of history” to the threshold of leading Italy’s most durable postwar government. |
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Giorgia Meloni Has a Lot to Say: The Takeaways
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8/21/2026 2:04 AM
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| The Italian prime minister is leading what will soon be the longest-lasting government in the country’s postwar history. She shows herself by turns funny and fierce in a rare interview. |
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Bryan Johnson Wants to Live Forever. But Why?
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8/21/2026 8:18 AM
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| The longevity guru intensely monitors his diet and health. At a dinner party, he was asked about his quest for immortality. There was silence. |
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Flock Cameras. Canoodling Lawyers. How Much Surveillance Are We Comfortable With?
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8/21/2026 2:02 AM
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Open Story
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| Americans say they hate prying cameras. But they can’t look away. |
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Palestinian Teenager Killed After Israeli Settlers Enter West Bank Village
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8/21/2026 6:57 AM
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| Palestinian and Israeli authorities offered divergent accounts of the incident, which came as settler violence has surged across the Israeli-occupied territory. |
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N.Y. State Senator’s Former Aides Say She Double-Billed for Travel
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8/21/2026 6:47 AM
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| For years, Jessica Ramos used campaign money to pay for hotels and Amtrak tickets while also receiving state payments for travel, records and interviews show. |
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Landmarks Panel Approves Designs to Replace Parking Lot With High Rises
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8/21/2026 12:00 AM
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| Local groups in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan opposed the plan, saying designs for two apartment buildings did not reflect the neighborhood’s historical character. |
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FBI Arrests Woman in Plot to Bomb New York State Capitol Building
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8/20/2026 2:20 PM
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| Federal prosecutors say the woman met with an F.B.I. informant several times to plan an attack on the building, which houses the governor’s office. |
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Shein, a Fast-Fashion Giant, Struggles to Grow Ahead of a Much-Delayed IPO
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8/21/2026 7:58 AM
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| Facing pressure in the United States and Europe, Shein is struggling to find new ways to grow ahead of its much-delayed initial public offering. |
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Richard Gadd Had Never Heard of the Manosphere
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8/21/2026 2:02 AM
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| The creator and star of “Half Man” didn’t have a particular agenda for this dark tale of male repression. But “people think that it’s a political piece of work,” he said. |
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Why Do We Keep Imagining a New Civil War?
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8/21/2026 8:57 AM
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Open Story
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| Art doesn’t predict the future, but it can be an early warning system. |
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The China Shock 2.0
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8/21/2026 2:02 AM
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| China is winning the industries of the future. What should the U.S. do about it? |
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A City Under Siege
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8/21/2026 3:31 AM
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| We look at how dire the situation has become inside Kyiv. |
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Rosie O’Donnell Ends Late Night Stint With a Ditty to ‘Donny Boy’
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8/20/2026 10:44 PM
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| “It’s kind of weird to think he spent more nights with me this week than Melania,” O’Donnell said of President Trump on her last night guest-hosting “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” |
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U.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Risk
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8/21/2026 7:47 AM
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| Samuel Tunick, who faces a felony charge for deleting his phone’s data during an airport customs search, called the government’s peering into people’s private lives “creepy.” |