The Sunday Read: ‘Why Are These Italians Massacring Each Other With Oranges?’
One Sunday in February, in a northern Italian town called Ivrea, the facades of historic buildings were covered with plastic sheeting and nets. And in several different piazzas, hundreds of wooden cra...
23 Apr 202327min
Why Low-Ranking Soldiers Have Access to Top Secret Documents
Last week, a 21-year old airman from Massachusetts, Jack Teixeira, was arrested under the Espionage Act and charged with violating federal laws by sharing top secret military documents with an online ...
21 Apr 202325min
The Blockbuster Fox Defamation Trial That Wasn’t
At the very last minute, both Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News decided to settle their closely watched defamation lawsuit, rather than make their cases at trial.Jeremy W. Peters, who covers media ...
20 Apr 202324min
Abortion Goes to the Supreme Court (Again)
In overturning Roe v. Wade last year, the Supreme Court’s message was that it was done with the issue of abortion. Now, dueling rulings on abortion pills will send the issue back to the highest court ...
19 Apr 202325min
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
