https://www.nytimes.com en-us Copyright 2026 The New York Times Company Sat, 05 Sep 2026 11:23:07 +0000 Sat, 05 Sep 2026 11:20:33 +0000 https://static01.nyt.com/images/misc/NYT_logo_rss_250x40.png https://www.nytimes.com https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/health/fauci-morens-covid-prosecutions.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/health/fauci-morens-covid-prosecutions.html As Dr. Anthony Fauci has faced public scrutiny from congressional Republicans, the D.O.J. has pursued a quieter and more expansive effort against a wider circle of researchers. Benjamin Mueller and Glenn Thrush Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:49 +0000 United States Politics and Government Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Presidential Election of 2024 Disease Rates Research Ethics and Official Misconduct Epidemics Science and Technology Academic Freedom Rumors and Misinformation Coronavirus Origins Investigation Politics and Government Wildlife Trade and Poaching Deaths (Fatalities) Medicine and Health Subpoenas EcoHealth Alliance Federal Bureau of Investigation National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health Republican Party University of North Carolina Baric, Ralph Steven Chan, Alina Fauci, Anthony S Kennedy, Robert F Jr Morens, David M Trump, Donald J Relman, David A China United States Doug Mills/The New York Times President Trump and Dr. Anthony S. Fauci were shown models of the coronavirus during a tour of the National Institutes of Health in March 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/pentagon-staff-polygraph-tests.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/pentagon-staff-polygraph-tests.html About 50 people were tested, an unparalleled inquiry that comes in the wake of news reports about the war with Iran and the U.S. military’s diminished stocks of munitions. Jonathan Swan, Adam Entous, Maggie Haberman and Eric Schmitt Sat, 05 Sep 2026 02:08:40 +0000 US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026) Classified Information and State Secrets United States Defense and Military Forces Lie Detectors Defense Department Kenny Holston/The New York Times U.S. government investigators are subjecting up to 50 members of the military’s Joint Staff to polygraph tests, according to officials briefed on the move. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/us/politics/feehans-iran-war-family.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/us/politics/feehans-iran-war-family.html First Lt. Tyler James Feehan, who was 25, had been deployed to an air base in Jordan when enemy missiles and drones lit up the sky. He is among the 18 Americans who have died since the war began. Katie Rogers Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:02:53 +0000 US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026) United States Defense and Military Forces United States Politics and Government Military Bases and Installations Drones (Pilotless Planes) Defense and Military Forces Defense Department United States Central Command Trump, Donald J Cobb County (Ga) Dover Air Force Base (Del) Fort Bragg (NC) Georgia Iran Jordan Matteo de Mayda for The New York Times Stephen and Shari Feehan have stayed in close touch with their son’s fiancée, Claire Fletcher, whom he was supposed to marry right after returning from his deployment to Jordan. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/world/europe/russia-war-mobilization-draft.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/world/europe/russia-war-mobilization-draft.html The Kremlin has denied that a mass mobilization is being prepared, but some military-age men are taking no chances. Ivan Nechepurenko Sat, 05 Sep 2026 11:11:06 +0000 Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) Draft and Recruitment (Military) Putin, Vladimir V Russia Nanna Heitmann for The New York Times Russian soldiers during military drills in Minsk, Belarus, last year. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/world/europe/russia-ukraine-witkoff-kushner-moscow.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/world/europe/russia-ukraine-witkoff-kushner-moscow.html Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s special envoy, and Jared Kushner, his son-in-law, plan to visit Kyiv next, in an effort to revive peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Ivan Nechepurenko Sat, 05 Sep 2026 10:05:20 +0000 Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) Russia Ukraine Kushner, Jared Witkoff, Steven Moscow (Russia) Putin, Vladimir V Zelensky, Volodymyr Trump, Donald J Kyiv (Ukraine) Anastasia Barashkova/Reuters A view of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, in August. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/world/europe/ukraine-russia-talks-wtk.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/world/europe/ukraine-russia-talks-wtk.html A deadly campaign of Russian and Ukrainian airstrikes has escalated since the last U.S.-brokered negotiations stalled in February. Aurelien Breeden Sat, 05 Sep 2026 10:10:43 +0000 Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) Ukraine Russia Putin, Vladimir V Zelensky, Volodymyr Witkoff, Steven Kushner, Jared Trump, Donald J Tyler Hicks/The New York Times A Russian FPV drone on the road after being shot down by a Ukrainian police officer with a rifle in January in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/us/lindsay-clancy-psychiatric-hospital.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/us/lindsay-clancy-psychiatric-hospital.html Even as a jury failed to reach a verdict in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial, her future is unlikely to include freedom, at least for a long time. But Americans have been divided over the goal of her confinement. Mark Arsenault and Christina Morales Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:04:11 +0000 Mental Health and Disorders Psychiatry and Psychiatrists Decisions and Verdicts Pregnancy and Childbirth Clancy, Lindsay (1990- ) Massachusetts Pool photo by Greg Derr Lindsay Clancy at her murder trial in Plymouth, Mass., on Friday. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/lindsay-clancy-trial-unanimous-verdicts.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/lindsay-clancy-trial-unanimous-verdicts.html Hung juries are not common, but the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy was emotionally wrenching and uniquely complicated. Jacey Fortin Fri, 04 Sep 2026 23:47:39 +0000 Decisions and Verdicts Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides Plymouth (Mass) Clancy, Lindsay (1990- ) Jury System Pool photo by Greg Derr Judge William Sullivan addressing the jury during deliberations on Friday in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial in Plymouth, Mass. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/business/media/maria-bartiromo-fox-news.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/business/media/maria-bartiromo-fox-news.html The network this week took Maria Bartiromo off the air, pulling one of the last hosts whose coverage of Dominion Voting Systems drew an expensive defamation lawsuit. Jim Rutenberg, Erik Wemple and Benjamin Mullin Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:04:10 +0000 United States Politics and Government Television News and News Media Ethics and Official Misconduct Midterm Elections (2026) Presidential Election of 2020 Voter Fraud (Election Fraud) Rumors and Misinformation Fox News Channel Fox Business Network Dominion Voting Systems Corp Smartmatic SGO Group Bartiromo, Maria Navarro, Peter Brendan McDermid/Reuters Maria Bartiromo was among the Fox hosts whose coverage regarding conspiracy theories about Dominion voting machines was cited in a defamation lawsuit. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/us/red-states-republicans-flock-cameras.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/us/red-states-republicans-flock-cameras.html The governors of Texas and Florida have taken steps to curtail the use of license-plate readers, even as the police say they help with solving crime. Jesus Jiménez and David Ovalle Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:02:36 +0000 Flock Group Inc Surveillance of Citizens by Government Cameras Desiree Rios for The New York Times Vehicles driving past a Flock license-plate reading camera in Farmers Branch, Texas, north of Dallas. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/us/politics/democrats-republicans-voters-gallup-midterms.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/us/politics/democrats-republicans-voters-gallup-midterms.html Data from Gallup shows that Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents have their largest advantage over Republicans since 2008. Ruth Igielnik and Caroline Soler Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:03:09 +0000 Midterm Elections (2026) Gallup Organization Pew Research Center Polls and Public Opinion Voting and Voters Democratic Party Republican Party The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/us/elections/appeals-court-voter-data.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/us/elections/appeals-court-voter-data.html A federal appeals court panel declined to let Homeland Security reopen access to a voter-screening tool that incorporated Social Security data. Zach Montague Sat, 05 Sep 2026 05:11:47 +0000 Decisions and Verdicts Federal-State Relations (US) United States Politics and Government Illegal Immigration Midterm Elections (2026) Voting Rights, Registration and Requirements Homeland Security Department Postal Service (US) Katsas, Gregory G Trump, Donald J Srinivasan, Sri Wilkins, Robert L Sean Rayford for The New York Times Voting machines in West Columbia, S.C., last month. The Trump administration has launched a legal effort to put in place new restrictions on voting before the midterm elections in November. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/business/media/gloria-steinem-ms-magazine.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/business/media/gloria-steinem-ms-magazine.html The feminist icon insisted that women were not a niche audience — and proved it in 1971 with the start of an influential publication owned and operated by them. Katie Robertson Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:47:12 +0000 Women and Girls Women's Rights Minorities Magazines News and News Media United States Politics and Government Abortion Gender Feminist Majority Foundation Ms (Magazine) New York (Magazine) Steinem, Gloria New York City PL Gould, via Getty Images Gloria Steinem at the offices of Ms. magazine circa 1974 in New York City. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/arts/gloria-steinem-ms-new-york-times-abe-rosenthal.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/arts/gloria-steinem-ms-new-york-times-abe-rosenthal.html In the 1970s, Ms. Steinem confronted the newspaper’s executive editor about the honorific in an exchange of letters, pressing it to use the alternative to Miss or Mrs. Adam Nagourney Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:41:03 +0000 Newspapers Women's Rights English Language New York Times Steinem, Gloria Rosenthal, A M Robert R. McElroy/Getty Images Gloria Steinem, the founder of Ms. magazine, told the executive editor of The New York Times, “It isn’t possible to continue forcing women to disclose marital status when men are not forced to do the same.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/style/naomi-osaka-fashion-us-open.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/style/naomi-osaka-fashion-us-open.html At the U.S. Open she is playing a whole new style game. Vanessa Friedman Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:10 +0000 United States Open (Tennis) Tennis Fashion and Apparel Osaka, Naomi (1997- ) Iverson, Allen Flushing (Queens, NY) your-feed-fashion Miranda Barnes for The New York Times Naomi Osaka photographed at her childhood tennis court in Queens, N.Y., which she had refurbished a few years ago. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/books/review/harlan-coben-plot-twist-writing-guide.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/books/review/harlan-coben-plot-twist-writing-guide.html Even a very successful thriller writer fights self-doubt. His new tough-talking writing guide doubles as a memoir that explains why, and how to beat it. Elisabeth Egan Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:01:57 +0000 Books and Literature Writing and Writers Coben, Harlan Plot Twist: Life, Craft, and the Messy First Draft: A Memoir on Writing (Book) New Jersey Ahmed Gaber for The New York Times “I’m not a guy who looks back too often,” says Harlan Coben, the author of 38 novels. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/business/notre-dame-sofi-jersey-patch.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/business/notre-dame-sofi-jersey-patch.html Alumni have varying opinions about the school’s deal with the personal finance company SoFi to advertise on Notre Dame athletic uniforms. Joe Drape and Tania Ganguli Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:52:02 +0000 Colleges and Universities Football Advertising and Marketing College Athletics University of Notre Dame Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Notre Dame Fighting Irish taking the field before a game against Stanford at Notre Dame Stadium in October 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/opinion/not-so-supreme-mr-roberts.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/opinion/not-so-supreme-mr-roberts.html Courting authoritarianism with a rapacious Trump. Maureen Dowd Sat, 05 Sep 2026 11:00:05 +0000 United States Politics and Government Building (Construction) White House East Wing and Ballroom (Washington, DC) Roberts, John G Jr Trump, Donald J Ethics and Official Misconduct Historic Buildings and Sites Supreme Court (US) Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/briefing/scenic-route.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/briefing/scenic-route.html The season’s new releases give us a cultural road map, but the most rewarding reading, listening and watching comes from the detours. Melissa Kirsch Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:56:32 +0000 internal-storyline-no internal-open-access-from-nl https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/world/africa/sudan-chemical-weapons-war.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/world/africa/sudan-chemical-weapons-war.html The documents bolster allegations that the Sudanese military developed and used toxic bombs to gain an edge in the country’s devastating civil war. 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