Israel and Hamas Were Not Ready for a Comprehensive Peace Deal, Mediator Says
The Qatari prime minister told The New York Times that Gaza war mediators decided to delay talks on more difficult issues so a hostage-prisoner swap could be concluded quickly.Read More
These Students Are Scared. Friends and Teachers Are Their Protectors.
Sometimes, they offer a place to stay to immigrant children. Other times, they provide help navigating the legal system. They have become part of the resistance.Read More
How Trump’s Chicago Immigration Crackdown Escalated, in 10 Videos
Week by week, the federal campaign to ramp up immigration enforcement in the Chicago area has created fear and inflamed tensions.Read More
Israelis and Palestinians Await Hostage-Prisoner Swap With Relief and Elation
Under the first phase of the new cease-fire deal, all living hostages in Gaza are expected to be released in the next 24 hours in exchange for about 2,000 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.Read More
Jon Favreau on Where the Democrats Went Right
Jon Favreau considers how the government shutdown could help Democrats rebuild their fractured party.Read More
When Mental Illness Shapes Life-or-Death Transplant Decisions
Patients’ mental health problems can make transplant decisions even more fraught.Read More
She Despised Charlie Kirk. He Resolved to Make People Like Her Pay.
In rural Texas, just 40 miles apart, a paramedic and a former small-town mayor got caught up on two sides of a digital “civil war.”Read More
Who Are the Louisiana Voters Behind a Major Supreme Court Challenge?
There is little information in court filings about the dozen plaintiffs who challenged the state’s voting map as an illegal racial gerrymander.Read More
Air Traffic Controllers Reject Credit for Ending the Last Shutdown
Controllers missing work was widely cited as the reason the last shutdown came to an end. But that assumption might have been overblown, according to controllers, aviation safety experts and congressional aides.Read More
Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.
Federal layoffs and an end to diversity initiatives have weakened a historically strong labor market for Black workers.Read More