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The Untold Story of the Ukraine Crisis
Great wars sometimes start over small offenses. A murdered duke. An angered pope. The belief of a lonely king that his rivals aren’t playing fair. When historians study why armies began gathering in Europe during the plague of 2021, their interest might turn to a teenage girl, the goddaughter of Moscow’s isolated sovereign. Her name…
How the Biden Administration Lost Its Way
One year in, U.S. President Joe Biden faces a long list of troubles and growing doubts that he’s fit for the job
How the Biden Administration Lost Its Way
One year in, U.S. President Joe Biden faces a long list of troubles and growing doubts that he’s fit for the job
‘They’re Very Close.’ U.S. General Says Iran Is Nearly Able to Build a Nuclear Weapon
“They're very close this time. I think they like the idea of being able to break out,” General Kenneth McKenzie tells TIME
U.S. Conservatives Want to Save Australia From ‘COVID Tyranny.’ Australians Aren’t Interested
One rightwing pundit even suggested the deployment of U.S. troops to Australia over the country’s anti-epidemic policies
Biden’s Refusal to Back Trump’s Executive Privilege Claim Is the Right Call
An executive-privilege controversy that has been brewing boiled over on Oct. 8, when President Joe Biden said that he will waive the privilege and direct the National Archives to produce to congressional investigators records pertaining to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Former President Donald Trump contends that documents and conversations with certain…
Kathy Hochul Faced Childcare Struggles and Sexism at Work. Now She’s New York’s First Woman Governor
A month into New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s term, Andrew Cuomo has become a ghost. Almost nobody in the governor’s office mentions his name. In a recent hour-long interview, Hochul called him only “this past governor,” when she referred to him at all. When I asked about a model of a ship on display in…
America’s War in Afghanistan Is Over. But in the Horn of Africa, Its War on Terror Rages On
In a remote corner of eastern Africa, behind tiers of razor wire and concrete blast walls, it’s possible to get a glimpse of America’s unending war on terrorism. Camp Lemonnier, a 550-acre military base, houses U.S. special-operations teams tasked with fighting the world’s most powerful al-Qaeda affiliates. Unfolding over miles of sun-scorched desert and volcanic…
Is Ukraine’s New Holocaust Memorial Also an Instrument of Kremlin Propaganda?
On a breezy afternoon last spring, the Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman took me on a tour of a public park near the center of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, along with a team of aides, architects, historians and artists. They had spent several years building a complex of memorials on the grounds, honoring the victims…
‘A Decision Was Made.’ Biden Faces the Fallout for His Chaotic Retreat in Afghanistan
For 35 minutes, as flag-draped cases were carried down a ramp, Biden stood in front of the cold reality of his decisions
‘Was This All Worth It?’ Grieving the Death of One of the Last U.S. Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
Javier Jaguar Gutierrez was one of the last US soldiers killed in Afghanistan. America’s withdrawal opens old wounds for his grieving family
I Was Nervous About Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine While Pregnant. Here’s What Convinced Me to Do It
In March, when President Biden announced that COVID-19 vaccines would soon be available to all Americans, my husband and I decided to press pause on the whole maybe-getting-pregnant-soon thing. We would get our vaccines first, have a Hot Vaxxed Summer full of booze and parties, and then go back to the kids question once we…