How the I.R.S. Became a Political Boogeyman
Earlier this month, the Internal Revenue Service unveiled an $80 billion plan to transform itself into a “digital first” tax collector focused on customer service and cracking down on wealthy tax evad...
18 Apr 202328min
China and Taiwan: A Torrid Backstory
The posturing between the United States and China has been intensifying in recent weeks — China responded with condemnations and military drills after Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, met the speaker...
17 Apr 202325min
The Sunday Read: ‘The Daring Ruse That Exposed China’s Campaign to Steal American Secrets’
In March 2017, an engineer at G.E. Aviation in Cincinnati received a request on LinkedIn. The engineer, Hua, is in his 40s, tall and athletic, with a boyish face that makes him look a decade younger. ...
16 Apr 202354min
Broadway’s Longest-Running Musical Turns Out the Lights
“The Phantom of the Opera,” the longest running show in the history of Broadway, will close its doors on Sunday after more than three decades.We went backstage during one of the final performances bef...
14 Apr 202334min
What We’re Learning From the Leaked Military Documents
A week ago, the world discovered that dozens of classified documents from the American government had been leaked online, including highly sensitive information about Russia’s war in Ukraine and damag...
13 Apr 202327min
How Strong (or Not) Is New York’s Case Against Trump?
In the week since Donald Trump was arraigned on 34 felony charges, debate about the strength of the case against him has only intensified.Charlie Savage, a Washington correspondent at The Times, has c...
12 Apr 202329min
Inside Russia’s Crackdown on Dissent
Days after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Kremlin made it a crime to oppose the war in public. Since then, it has waged a relentless campaign of repression, putting Russian citizens in jail for offenses ...
11 Apr 202335min
An Extraordinary Act of Political Retribution in Tennessee
Last week, Tennessee’s Republican-controlled House expelled two of its members — both young Black Democrats. Emily Cochrane, a national correspondent for The New York Times, explains the story behind ...
10 Apr 202329min
