You Asked for More of Mel Taub’s Puzzles. Here Are Three.
With his Puns and Anagrams puzzles, Mr. Taub made solvers groan and grin for decades. After he died this month, readers expressed appreciation for his work.Read More
What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed
For those who felt denigrated by his rhetoric, the bipartisan tributes to him as a champion of free speech augured something dangerous: the mainstreaming of formerly extremist views.Read More
Fear and Hope in Venezuela as U.S. Warships Lurk
On a visit to Venezuela, The Times found a nation bracing for potential U.S. military action.Read More
Greene, Straying From Trump, Reflects an Emerging MAGA Split
The right-wing Republican congresswoman from Georgia has grown disillusioned with her own party and with President Trump, and increasingly willing to say so.Read More
With Scant Information, Federal Workers Brace for Possible Shutdown
After a tumultuous year of staffing cuts, government employees now face the prospect of going without pay — or facing even more layoffs.Read More
For Many Moldovans, Their Election Is a Choice Between Russia and the E.U.
Parliamentary elections in this nation bordering Ukraine come at a critical moment in Moldova’s push for European Union membership.Read More
Des Moines Schools Superintendent Arrested By ICE Is Placed on Leave
School Board members in Iowa’s capital made the decision one day after immigration officials accused the superintendent, Ian Roberts, of being in the country illegally.Read More
Inside the Trump Administration’s Push to Prosecute James Comey
President Trump’s campaign of retribution began to intensify in mid-July and hit a fever pitch over the last week, culminating in the indictment of one of his foremost enemies.Read More
Restoring the Sound, if Not the Fury, of William Faulkner’s Piano
Hoping to draw more visitors to Rowan Oak, Faulkner’s home in Oxford, Miss., a group helped refurbish its piano.Read More
Iranians Brace for Economic Impact of New U.N. Sanctions
Already suffering a 40 percent inflation rate and critical shortages of power and water, many in Iran expect conditions to get worse.Read More