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COULD A EUROPEAN MILITARY GO IT ALONE?

Donald Trump's threat to abandon NATO allies that don't pay their FAIR SHARE has put the continent on high alert and facing the prospect of defending itself without U.S. support

The D.C. Brief

TO LIBERALS, MITCH MCCONNELL IS a master of the political dark arts, willing to do anything to serve his conservative aims. He enabled multiple GOP White Houses to play the long game.

THE BLACK COUNTRY LEGACY

Beyoncé becomes the spiritual heir to a lineage long ago erased by the mainstream

Exit Plans

This foreign correspondent's last war isn't on a distant battlefield, but fighting for his life at home

The pains and paintings of Frida Kahlo, reanimated

FRIDA KAHLO'S EARLY 1940s self-portraits, in which monkeys hang from her neck, may seem playful. In reality, she painted them during a suffocating period when she was tangled in a messy divorce and desperate for work.

How do you solve a Problem like the human race?

NETFLIX'S 3 BODY PROBLEM MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST TV series to hit Earth this year.

Wiigging out in 1960s Palm Beach

VIETNAM. STONEWALL. CHARLES Manson. Woodstock.

Pakistan's generals fail to fix an election

PAKISTAN'S WORSTkept secret is that its military dominates its government. Whether to safeguard the nation against chaos or to protect their own privileged access to power and wealth, its generals have manipulated the country's politics for decades. Pakistan's voters, like voters elsewhere, want change.

No recession? Thank women

REMOTE WORK ALLOWED ALYSON VELASQUEZ TO JUGGLE her demanding roles as a Wells Fargo talent recruiter and as a mother of two young children, including a son with special needs.

Texas' scorched Panhandle

A million acres swept by fire

Spring won't bring Gaza relief

THE WAR IN GAZA IS ENTERING ITS sixth month and its third season. More than 30,000 people have been killed there since the Israeli offensive answering Hamas' Oct. 7 massacre, and some 1.9 million displaced people have endured homelessness in punishing winter weather, marked by heavy rain and low temperatures.

IT'S TRUMP'S PARTY

The MAGA movement's takeover of the GOP is now complete

Country Has Won Our Achy Breaky Hearts

The genre has never been so popular-and with the likes of Beyoncé reminding fans of its roots, its mainstream appeal looks set to grow and grow

'Deadly Risk' of Fat-Loss Drugs

Diabetes treatment Ozempic has become popular among dieters due to its weightloss side effect, but a study warns of a link between the drug and suicidal thoughts

THE EASTERN FRONT

Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister, on nuclear weapons, getting used to war, and what Europe must do to protect itself

A one-trick pony with many lives

IF YOU DIDN'T GROW UP WITH A WELL-WORN COPY OF Sounds of Silence, Bookends, or Bridge Over Troubled Water among the LPs stacked near the family hi-fi, your parents or grandparents probably did. From the mid- to late 1960s, the sounds of Simon & Garfunkel were so ubiquitous you couldn't escape them if you wanted to.

After the Miracle

Cystic fibrosis once guaranteed an early deathbut a medical breakthrough has given many patients a chance to live decades longer than expected. What do they do now?

The Radio Squirrels of Point Reyes

\"Calling all. This is our last cry before our eternal silence.\" With that, in January 1997, the French Coast Guard transmitted its final message in Morse code.

JODIE FOSTER'S LIFE ON-SCREEN

SINCE CHILDHOOD, SHE'S STRUGGLED WITH ONE QUESTION: HOW MUCH DOES SHE WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW HER?

Why Do Animals Play?

Scientists want an evolutionary explanation. But maybe the answer is simply: Its fun.

Saint Dismas

Carlito held one end of the rope, Omar the other.

THE SECRET GOSPEL

A Columbia history professor claimed that he discovered a sacred text with shocking details about the life of Jesus. Was it real?

The Insider

Is Kara Swisher tearing down tech billionaires—or burnishing their legends?

THE END OF THE GOLDEN AGE

ANTI-SEMITISM ON THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT THREATENS TO END AN UNPRECEDENTED PERIOD OF SAFETY AND PROSPERITY FOR JEWISH AMERICANS-AND DEMOLISH THE LIBERAL ORDER THEY HELPED ESTABLISH.

A Bloody Retelling of Huckleberry Finn

Percival Everett transforms Mark Twain’ classic.

THE GRUMPY ECONOMY

Why Americans trust feelings more than facts when it comes to prosperity

Defiant Until the End

In an exclusive excerpt from a new book, political prisoner Alexei Navalny, who died in jail, reveals his thoughts on life, family, and the country he called home

How China's 'Thought Eradication' Led to Genocide

President Xi Jinping's 'medicine' for separatism escalated into mass internment and forced sterilization in the Muslim-majority Xinjiang region, a report has found

THE WORLD'S BEST HOSPITALS 2024

This year's expanded ranking of more than 2,000 PREMIER DESTINATIONS for general medical care around the globe and throughout the U.S.

THE BEST OF THE BEST

These leading institutions are RANKED HIGHEST in this year's list of the world's best hospitals