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What to Know About the U.S. Attacks on Iran
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2/28/2026 5:27 PM
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| The United States and Israel launched a major assault that reportedly has killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. |
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See a Breakdown of Ayatollah Khamenei and Other Top Iranian Leaders
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2/28/2026 3:15 PM
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| Among those killed in strikes, according to the U.S. and Israel, were Iran’s supreme leader and three of his top military commanders. |
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Mapping the U.S.-Led Attacks on Iran
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2/28/2026 4:00 PM
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| Maps show where U.S. and Israel have struck Iran, and where Iran has retaliated. |
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Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’
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2/28/2026 5:05 PM
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| A small stable of doctors gave V.I.P. medical services to the sex offender and the women around him. Some doctors bent or broke the ethical rules of their profession. |
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QAnon Faithful See Validation in the Epstein Files
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2/28/2026 2:00 AM
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Open Story
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| The nearly decade-old conspiracy theory does not align neatly with the facts emerging from the documents. That does not seem to matter. |
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Epstein Effort to Finance a Dick Cavett Film Undone by Background Check
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2/28/2026 10:51 AM
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| Jeffrey Epstein joined Mr. Cavett’s wife in an effort to create a PBS documentary on the talk-show legend. But then the producers did a background check on the financier. |
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Kash Patel’s Girlfriend Seeks Fame and Fortune, Escorted by an F.B.I. SWAT Team
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2/28/2026 2:40 PM
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| Former F.B.I. officials say Mr. Patel beefed up field office staffing near his girlfriend in Nashville and ordered a team to ferry her on errands and to events. |
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A Tale of Two Seasons at Columbia, and Two Responses to Student Arrests
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2/28/2026 12:00 AM
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| When Mahmoud Khalil was detained by immigration agents last year, the university’s response was restrained. It was different with Elmina Aghayeva this week. |
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The Bloody Rise and Fall of Mexico’s Top Crime Boss
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2/28/2026 2:02 AM
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| El Mencho’s brutality and business acumen put him atop the cartel world, until he made a fatal mistake. |
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How The Times Covers Cartels and Other Criminal Enterprises
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2/28/2026 4:46 AM
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| Cultivating sources. Verifying claims. Staying safe. After the death of El Mencho, four journalists share their approach to this difficult, dangerous work. |
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How Wesley Hunt of Texas Is Working in Plain Sight With Outside Groups
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2/28/2026 3:13 PM
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| Exchanges between two X accounts appear to offer a vivid example of how campaigns may sidestep campaign-finance law to share strategic information. |
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Trump Decision to Strike Iran Opens Fissures in Midterms
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2/28/2026 3:45 PM
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| Republicans largely supported the decision, while Democrats mostly opposed it — but divisions appeared in both parties. |
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Could the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act Decision Affect the Midterms?
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2/28/2026 2:00 AM
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Open Story
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| The court is set to decide a major case that could scramble the country’s congressional maps. One crucial factor for this year’s elections is when the ruling lands. |
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Regime Change in Iran? 4 Opinion Writers on Khamenei Strike.
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2/28/2026 3:35 PM
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| How should Americans feel about the potential for regime change? What happens now? |
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The Man Who Destroyed Iran
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2/28/2026 5:37 PM
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| The supreme leader organized his existence around one big idea: resistance. |
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Death of Girl From Los Angeles School Investigated as a Homicide, Police Say
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2/28/2026 3:59 PM
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| The Los Angeles police did not offer details on the death of a student at Reseda High School, but a family said that a 12-year-old girl attending the school died after being struck with a water bottle. |
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How the BAFTAs Bungled Its Response to a Racial Slur
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2/28/2026 3:02 PM
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| The awards show didn’t mention racist slurs when it told the audience that a man with Tourette’s might make “involuntarily noises.” |
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New Geothermal Technology Aims to Produce Clean Energy in Germany
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2/27/2026 9:00 PM
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| Developers are using a new geothermal technology in Germany to produce clean energy. |
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No Clear Endgame in the Conflict Between Afghanistan and Pakistan
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2/28/2026 11:04 AM
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| Pakistan’s airstrikes in Afghanistan showed its overwhelming superiority in conventional warfare, but the Taliban have refined a lethal repertoire of guerrilla tactics. |