The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

As voted on by 503 book lovers — with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

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U.S. Cuts Ties With Organ Donor Group After Reports of Abuses

The federal government is ending its contract with a Kentucky nonprofit that it says pressured medical workers to remove organs from patients who were getting better.

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Trump Seeks a Boost for Hemp That Would Benefit a Top Aide’s Family

At the White House’s request, senators tucked a change sought by the hemp industry into a crucial spending bill. It would benefit the son-in-law of Susie Wiles, the president’s chief of staff.

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Suspected Iran Cyberattacks on U.S. Water Supply Follow Years of Warnings and Neglect

Federal and state officials are racing to address an assault on the nation’s water supply that they believe is the work of Iranian hackers.

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Cost of Trump’s Namesake Warships Likely to Rise by 50 Percent or More

President Trump’s goal of building a “golden fleet” of 15 battleships could cost $275 billion, according to a government estimate.

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Trump's Immigration Crackdown Has Detained More Than 50 Military Spouses And Parents

For decades, families of service members were largely shielded from deportation under bipartisan consensus. Now, they’re being detained for months.

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Russia’s Deadly Missile Attack on Kyiv Exploits Ukraine’s Depleted Air Defenses

At least 17 people were killed, officials said, as the country runs desperately low on interceptor missiles that could fend off Russian bombardments.

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Exclusive | FAA Investigates Marine One Safety Incident in Washington

The president’s helicopter took off from the White House despite commercial traffic flying at Reagan National Airport.

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Exclusive | Hegseth’s Pick for Top Army Job Is Losing Republican Support

Some lawmakers and experts say Gen. Christopher LaNeve lacks experience at the four-star level.

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WOW! Trump's BIG OIL Allies MAKE BILLIONS While CRUSHING Americans!!

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Bernie Moreno Accuses Max Miller Of Holding Granddaughter’s Bunny ‘Hostage’

Miller on Tuesday called on the House Ethics Committee to investigate him.

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2026 primary live: Voting underway in Michigan, Kansas, Missouri, Virginia, Washington state

Live updates from the Aug. 4 primaries: Abdul El-Sayed vs. Haley Stevens for Michigan's Democratic Senate nomination, Cori Bush vs. Wesley Bell in Missouri and more.

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Jennifer Hegseth’s Pentagon portfolio expands in new and unusual ways

If there’s ever been a defense secretary’s spouse with a portfolio like this one, I’m not aware of it.

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Exclusive | Wells Fargo to Roll Out Tokenized Deposits for Corporate Clients

The bank is the latest to embrace blockchain to make payments and transfers faster and more efficient.

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Trump Has Discussed Ousting Jeanine Pirro After Reflecting Pool U-Turn

The U.S. attorney in D.C. and longtime ally of the president had dropped criminal charges over damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

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How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against Its Critics

The agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements.

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Trump Live Updates: Blanche Wins Over G.O.P. Holdouts; Iran Denies Direct U.S.-Iran Talks

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Opinion | A brutal new poll for Trump shows why Democrats must run against his corruption

Running on corruption may be more difficult than many Democrats suspect, but that makes their doing so all the more necessary.

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FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount

Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to...

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How China Keeps Tabs on Foreigners

An unsecured police dashboard was a rare window into how the authorities track foreigners by collecting and aggregating vast amounts of private data.

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Blanche Gives G.O.P. Senators Written Assurances on Trump’s I.R.S. Deal

Todd Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general has been held up over concerns about a planned $1.8 billion fund for Trump allies and the president’s immunity from tax scrutiny.

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California Billionaire Tax Wins Support From State Democratic Party

Endorsement of the ballot proposal at party meeting comes despite deep divisions among major Democrat figures.

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