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Thomas Neff, Who Turned Soviet Warheads Into Electricity, Dies at 80

An M.I.T. physicist, he engineered an East-West deal that reduced nuclear threats and produced one of the greatest peace dividends…

Israeli Jets Bomb Sites in Yemen Linked to Iran-Backed Houthi Militia

The strike was in retaliation for a drone attack launched from Yemen a day earlier, which evaded Israel’s defenses and…

I Watched the Republican Convention. The Democrats Can Still Win.

Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ This year’s Republican National Convention was Donald Trump’s third as the party’s nominee, but…

Trump and Zelensky Speak by Phone as Ukraine Worries About U.S. Backing

Former President Donald J. Trump and Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, spoke over the phone late this week amid mounting concern…

Lord Almighty, Joe, Let It Go!

Everyone wants Joe Biden gone. Even the people who don’t want him gone really want him gone. “Everyone’s waiting for…

Biden and Trump Have Succeeded in Breaking Reality

Four years ago the Republican convention was a bizarre spectacle, a cross between a Napoleonic fantasy and a Leni Riefenstahl…

How Trump Sabotaged His Own Apotheosis

The six days that carried Donald Trump from the stage in Butler, Pa., to the rostrum at the Republican National…

The Week When So Much Changed

An assassination attempt. An official Republican presidential nominee who is also the most polarizing figure in modern American history. Growing…

The Republican Party Has a Split-Personality Problem

There is a paradox at the heart of Donald Trump’s campaign, a potentially irreconcilable divide that could damage his potential…

Some Seniors Readily Step Back. Some Never Will.

Researchers are only beginning to understand why some people embrace retirement while others won’t even consider it.

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