Thomas L. Friedman How to Think About Trump’s War With Iran Ending the Islamic Republic’s regime will be long and arduous, but perhaps a softer version will emerge. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/o...

Canada’s Leader Hails New Ties With India, Setting Aside Rift Over Killing Prime Minister Mark Carney focused on business during a meeting with his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, with little mention of India’s alleged role in a deadly shooting in 2023. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/w...

DESPICABLE: Palestinian Brothers Killed as Settler Violence Surges in the West Bank Israeli extremists appear to have escalated their campaign to take over more of the occupied lands as world attention shifts to the war with Iran. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/w...

DealBook The Costs of the Strikes on Iran Rising oil prices, volatile stocks and potentially higher inflation are all weighing on investors’ minds as the military campaign continues. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/b...

(GIFT ARTICLE) Multiple women alleged to prosecutors that they were sexually assaulted by high-profile associates of Jeffrey Epstein, according to the recently released Epstein files. None of the men was charged. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

(GIFT ARTICLE) Epstein’s New Mexico Ranch Gets Scrutiny at Last. It May Be Too Late. Heinous allegations have prompted state officials to restart an inquiry, which went cold in 2019, into the convicted sex offender’s lesser-known property. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/u...

DANGER: In Latest Turn From Talks to War, U.S. Casts Doubt on Diplomacy President Trump again deployed heavy force against a country with which he had been negotiating, continuing a pattern seen in previous attacks on Iran and Venezuela. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/u...

Stakes Quickly Rise for U.S. in War, With 3 Service Members Killed The grim toll signaled that Iran was more prepared for war than the Trump administration anticipated, U.S. military officials said. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/u...

For Immigrants in Detention, Spiritual Care Can Be Hard to Find Some religious groups have sued for access, others have been denied entrance to detention facilities. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/u...

The New York Times Editorial Board A Tyrant Falls. Dangerous Uncertainty Begins. No one should mourn Ayatollah Khamenei, but Trump is creating the opportunity for chaos and violence with his campaign against Iran. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/o...

Big Change Seems Certain in Iran. What Kind Is the Question. Experts say that Iran’s clerical rulers may be too deeply entrenched for Iranians to topple them, and that the U.S. and Israeli strikes risk setting off deeper radicalization or violence. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/w...

(GIFT ARTICLE) The fate of the Iranian people has never been of great concern to American administrations, and this one is no exception. By Anne Applebaum www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Live Updates: The death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ruled his nation with an iron fist for nearly 37 years, raised the prospect of broader conflict across the region. It was unclear who was now in charge in Iran. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

Who Could Take Over for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei? President Trump has declared that Iran’s supreme leader was dead. If that is true, the next question is which of his possible successors might carry on his work. By Farnaz Fassihi www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/w...

U.S. AND ISRAEL SAY IRAN SUPREME LEADER KHAMENEI IS DEAD www.axios.com/2026/02/28/i...

(GIFT ARTICLE) Nicholas Kristof The Folly of Attacking Iran We don’t know how likely it is that the attacks will be successful, nor what costs or risks they bring. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/o...

REPREHENSIBLE: Pentagon to Cut Ties With Top Universities and Think Tanks Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he was banning attendance at Yale, Princeton, Brown and other elite colleges and think tanks, accusing them of indoctrinating service members with liberal ideologies.

Fact-Checking Trump’s Justifications for Attacking Iran The president made unsupported and exaggerated claims in a speech announcing the attack on Iran. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

Can Nations Agree How to Mine the Sea? This Is the Year, She Says. Leticia Carvalho heads a global authority that’s been struggling to set rules for a decade. President Trump’s aggressive push on ocean mining makes her task more urgent. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/c...

Maureen Dowd Real Despots Hijack Artificial Intelligence Don’t give Trump and Hegseth unfettered control of dangerous A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/o...

Hollywood Isn’t Celebrating Ellison’s Win Anxiety about Netflix gives way to anxiety about layoffs. By Sharon Waxman www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/o...

In Tehran on Saturday. In telephone and text interviews in the hours after the attacks, many Iranians said they had been left to fend for themselves. By Farnaz Fassihi www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/w...

The President of War The U.S. military was once a tool of last resort for American presidents. By W.J. Hennigan www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/o...

(GIFT ARTICLE) The New York Times Editorial Board Trump’s Attack on Iran Is Reckless Donald Trump promised voters that he would end wars, not start them. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/o...

GIFT ARTICLE: In Trump’s Case for War, a Series of False or Unproven Claims Key elements of the Trump administration’s arguments this week for another military campaign against Iran do not hold up. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/u...

Elon Musk’s Secret Web of Companies in Texas The megabillionaire was tied to about 90 companies in the state, which he uses for everything from paying nannies to buying land to supporting Donald Trump’s re-election, according to a Times examination. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/t...

(GIFT ARTICLE) Michelle Goldberg How Israel Lost Americans Netanyahu and his government deserve the growing bipartisan opprobrium they’re receiving. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/o...

The Photographer Who Helped Launch Melania Trump’s Modeling Career Is a Recurring Character in the Epstein Files Melania Trump and Antoine Verglas were fixtures of the 1990s fashion circuit—a rarefied ecosystem that Jeffrey Epstein would continue to penetrate long after his conviction.

India Built the World’s Back Office. A.I. Is Starting to Shrink It. Artificial intelligence promises to automate the white-collar work that made India a tech powerhouse. The country is racing to adapt before it’s too late. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/t...

How India Became One of the World’s Biggest Economies India has grown rapidly despite its slow industrialization, and its economy is now nearly as big as Japan’s. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/b...

I’m So Used to Gay Tragedies That I Almost Missed Romance After a lifetime of settling for shame, secrecy and death onscreen, I had my doubts about “Heated Rivalry.” Then it seduced me, too. By Wesley Morris www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/a...

Many homeland-security officials said Noem’s handling of the inspector general report fits a pattern in which she has ignored or played down national-security concerns. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

(GIFT ARTICLE) DANGER: Government Agencies Raise Alarm About Use of Elon Musk’s Grok Chatbot Warnings about xAI’s safety and reliability preceded Pentagon decision to approve Grok for use in classified settings. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

A visually impaired refugee from Myanmar, who could not speak English, had spent a year at a county jail in Buffalo, when, on a cold winter day, he was picked up by Border Patrol agents and left alone at a coffee shop. His family had searched for him for days, but he was found dead.

DealBook from Andrew Ross Sorkin and team Paramount Is Set to Win Warner Bros. Now Comes the Hard Part. The media company controlled by the Ellisons out-dueled Netflix for control of Warner Bros. Discovery. The next step is making the combined media empires work. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/b...

How Paris is turning into 'Frollywood,' a refuge for American actors Whether George Clooney, Matt Dillon or Kristen Stewart, France is attracting more and more actors from across the Atlantic. This trend speaks to both the Trump-era crisis and the decline of the Hollywood model.

GIFT ARTICLE: Paramount Wins Bidding War for Warner Discovery After Netflix Drops Out Netflix said it wouldn’t match Paramount’s revised offer for the storied entertainment company www.wsj.com/business/med...

GIFT ARTICLE: The Sickest Burns on the Internet Right Now Are Coming From French Bureaucrats The country’s politicians have spent centuries mastering the art of saying nothing. That all changed in September. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Behind the Chaos at the Louvre, a French Leader’s Legacy Hangs in the Balance President Emmanuel Macron has championed a refurbishment of the museum, but the fallout from a sensational heist has put his plans at risk. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/w...

DealBook Newsletter Why Nvidia’s Big Profits Aren’t Lifting Markets The chip giant at the center of the artificial intelligence boom again beat expectations. But it didn’t overcome investor jitters. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/b...

The Athletic is hiring a six sports reporters who were laid off by the Washington Post. The New York Times is seizing an opportunity to grow as the Post shrinks, deepening its sports bench and reaching fans in a key local market. www.axios.com/2026/02/26/a...

The Foreign Press Association just released a petition saying "Israel must allow international media into Gaza." www.change.org/p/israel-mus...

DANGER: Dr. Casey Means is poised to become the next U.S. surgeon general – but she is a divisive figure within the medical community who has repeatedly struck out against mainstream medicine. www.nytimes.com/video/well/1...

DESPICABLE: The Justice Department did not release key records in the Epstein files about a woman who made an unverified accusation against Donald Trump, in which she said Trump assaulted her in the 1980s when she was a minor. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

DealBook What Trump Did (and Didn’t) Say The president boasted about a strong economy in his State of the Union address. But he spent less time on a potential weakness, affordability. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/b...

Chicago’s Snowplow Naming Contest Got Political. The Pick: ‘Abolish ICE.’ An annual contest usually draws lighthearted quips. This year, Chicagoans chose a political pun. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/u...

Mr. Clean, the Bald, Broad-Shouldered Cleaning Mascot, Retires The character became the face of a household cleaner in 1958. It’s not clear what the brand plans for its next mascot. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/u...

It Was Paradise for American Retirees—Until It Became the Center of a Drug War Mexico’s Puerto Vallarta has been a big destination among the growing number of Americans who retire abroad www.wsj.com/us-news/puer...

They Met in an E.R. and Were Married at the Super Bowl The wedding of Eleisa Aparicio and Thomas Wolter was seen by millions, but in their first interview, the newlyweds share the story of how they got to Santa Clara, Calif., with Bad Bunny signing as their witness. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/s...

DESPICABLE: A new report from the Committee to Protect Journalists finds that nearly all Palestinian journalists imprisoned by Israel were subject to abuse, sometimes including torture, rape and starvation. cpj.org/special-repo...