A vaccine expert warns that the Secretary of Health and Human Services is deliberately sowing confusion in order to drive down immunization uptake.https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/robert-f-kennedy-jrs-anti-vax-agenda-is-infecting-our-public-health-system
Listening to the convicted sex offender’s lengthy interview reveals that she and her interviewer had one goal—to satisfy Donald Trump.https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-ghislaine-maxwell-told-the-justice-department
The tennis star has been fixing her flawed serve at the U.S. Open, subjecting herself to the exquisite torture of public scrutiny.https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/coco-gauffs-long-game
‘We’re trying to chip away at it,’ Howard Buffett says, describing the programs he is funding to coax drug farmers to switch to legal crops.https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/howard-buffett-colombia-cocaine-industry-f84ccd37
For the first time, far-right parties are leading in the U.K., France, and Germany—the latest sign of growing voter discontent across the continent.https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/right-wing-europe-dd4f1156
Days of confusion over the fate of one of the leaders of the Houthi rebel movement in Yemen ended when the militia said its prime minister had been killed in an Israeli airstrike.https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/key-houthi-leader-killed-in-israeli-airstrike-6a2e9b87
Andriy Parubiy, killed in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, was known for his hard line against Russia.https://www.wsj.com/world/former-ukrainian-parliamentary-leader-gunned-down-29b067bd
The leaders of three of the world’s four most powerful nations will meet in China this weekend to discuss how to react to the upending of the international order by the U.S. president.https://www.wsj.com/world/while-trump-rattles-the-world-china-basks-in-the-limelight-e3de45a7
Despite the Israeli government’s quiet planning to relocate Palestinians from Gaza, it remains difficult for most Gazans to leave the enclave, even if they need urgent medical care.https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/even-the-injured-are-struggling-to-get-out-of-gaza-b9428ad6
Trump’s tariffs on India to discourage it from buying Russian oil could have a severe impact on the already stretched budget as the economy reaches a decision point.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/31/russia-economy-shanghai-india-tariffs-oil/
The push to build the Messina bridge linking Sicily to mainland Italy illustrates how European governments are capitalizing on NATO’s pledge to boost defense spending.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/31/italy-sicily-bridge-nato-military/
President Donald Trump and international partners are discussing plans to build a “Riviera of the Middle East” on the rubble of Gaza. One would establish U.S. control and pay Palestinians to leave.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/31/trump-gaza-plan-riviera-relocation/
Prime Minister Ahmad al-Rahawi and several ministers were killed in an Israeli strike Thursday on Sanaa, the Houthis said.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/30/houthi-leader-ahmad-al-rahawi-killed/
In the 1970s, a Catholic priest began investigating forced labor on an Amazon ranch. Now a Brazilian judge has ordered Volkswagen to pay $30 million in damages.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/30/brazil-volkswagen-slave-labor-amazon/
This rare account sheds light on the experience of civilians during Ukraine’s occupation of Kursk, the first foreign incursion into Russia since World War II.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/30/kursk-russian-civilians-ordeal/
Small businesses and shippers are in flux as they scramble to set up systems to conform with the new guidelines. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/30/de-minimis-tax-canceled-orders-delays/
Budots, a genre of deliberately tacky dance music from the slums of the Philippines, is shaped by the noise, joy and violence of the streets. Take a listen.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2025/philippines-budots-dance-music/
Guadalajara, a World Cup site next year, lies in a cartel stronghold. As Trump considers attacking drug gangs, it offers a cautionary tale.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/30/disappearances-jalisco-cartel-world-cup/
Anti-government protests have escalated since a motorcyclist was fatally struck by a police vehicle. A city government building was among structures set alight.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2025/indonesia-protests-jakarta-prabowo/
New evidence suggests that legendary Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser of "Walking Tall" fame killed his wife, police said.https://abcnews.go.com/US/famed-sheriff-inspired-walking-tall-movie-implicated-wifes/story?id=125126955