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In Ukraine, Fraud and Waste Are Rewarded With More Weapons Contracts
Secret military audits reveal a military procurement system riddled with mismanagement. In 2024 alone, Ukraine lost $1.2 billion to fraud and waste.
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Venice Film Festival 2026: Ink, Moragheb, Too Much Sugar
“Ink,” Danny Boyle’s movie about the London newspaper scene in the 1960s and ‘70s, is a Frankenstein story. Strangely, however, the monster is not Rupert Murdoch, the most notorious and powerful character in the tale, and the architect of a very saleable brand of right-wing mob-pandering journalism that did much to reshape the world into…
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The Places Underneath Words: Cassandra Wilson (1955-2026)
Cassandra Wilson traversed this world for seven magical decades. The news of her passing reached me while seated in the shade on the very hot dusk at the Chicago Jazz Festival, before her sister in jazz, Dee Dee Bridgewater closed the first night. I wrote the brief reflection on the tribute screen off, as if…
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The 92-Year-Old Mathematician and the Teenage Apprentice
Joan Birman thought her major discoveries were behind her. Then came an email from a young neighbor — a girl who knew little but wanted to learn.
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Oil Prices Rise Slightly After U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes
Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil, was up about 1 percent as trading resumed on Sunday, while the national average price of gas was nearly $4.15 a gallon.
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Cargo Plane Crashes at Miami Airport, Striking Vehicles
Officials said 5 others were injured. Flights were halted for hours at Miami International Airport after the Boeing 767-300 cargo plane overran its landing.
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OPEC Plus Holds Oil Production Steady as U.S.-Iran Strikes Resume
The decision on Sunday by the cartel of oil-producing nations and some of its allies came after the resumption of U.S. and Iranian military strikes in the Persian Gulf.
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Man Arrested After Pushing Toward Democratic Candidate for Ohio Governor
A spokeswoman for the campaign of Amy Acton, the Democratic nominee, said “multiple people” were injured when an “armed individual” lunged at her during a county fair.
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For Trump’s Former Fixer, a Tortured Path From ‘Rat’ to Reconciliation
The president has made peace with Michael D. Cohen, his onetime lawyer who turned against him. But contrary to Mr. Trump’s claims, Mr. Cohen has not recanted the testimony that helped convict his former boss.
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Trump Administration Again Asks Supreme Court to Allow Mail Voting Restrictions
The filing puts the legality of the president’s push to impose limits on mail voting squarely before the justices even as states begin sending out ballots.