Politics Updated on Feb 4, 2026 1:59 PM EST — Published on Feb 4, 2026 12:00 PM EST Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will announce updates on the construction of the U.S. Southern border wall ...

The first in a weekly series exploring where we’re headed one number at a time. Five years ago when we started Headway, an initiative at The Times that considers the world’s challenges through the ...

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I am longtime devotee of the God of Progress. Forward is good. More is better. Faster means I’m winning. If something hurts, it’s probably growth. If something feels empty, well, that is just the ...

Bill Gates is as optimistic about the world's future as ever, despite the fact that we're living through "an era with so many challenges and so much polarization," the billionaire philanthropist and ...

A tech C.E.O. explains why A.I. probably won’t cure diseases anytime soon. Hint: You still need humans. By Kevin Roose Casey Newton and Rachel Cohn The leaders of the biggest A.I. labs argue that ...

SAN DIEGO — For the past week, academics, startup founders and researchers representing industrial titans from around the globe descended on sunny San Diego for the top gathering in the field of ...

Paul Klee’s Angelus Novus recently touched down in Berlin. For a few months this summer, U-Bahn stations were covered with posters bearing blown-up images of Klee’s iconic beige angel, advertising its ...

In a news conference on Oct. 21 in Stuart, Fla., Governor Ron DeSantis highlighted recent success in Everglades restoration and invasive species removal. Social Security, Medicare are "going to be ...

The report reveals that only 17 per cent of the SDG targets are currently on track, with nearly half showing minimal or moderate progress, and over one-third stalled or regressing. The lingering ...

The block opposite San Diego Bay at the corner of Broadway and North Harbor Drive, formerly home to a dated Navy office and warehouse building, is now a 1.5-acre waterfront park. Monday, San ...