How Elon Musk Is Bringing Sexy A.I. Chatbots to the Mainstream

In July, the billionaire’s A.I. company introduced two sexually explicit chatbots, pushing a new version of intimacy.

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Bessent Taps Social Security Chief to Serve as C.E.O. of I.R.S.

Frank Bisignano, who already leads the Social Security Administration, will also take on the day-to-day duties of the tax collector.

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Retrial in 1993 Buffalo Murder Case Ends With a Deadlocked Jury

Brian Scott Lorenz’s conviction in the strangling of Deborah Meindl in a Buffalo suburb was overturned in 2023, but prosecutors had forged ahead with a new trial.

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Harvard Has Identified Another Problem: Its Own Students

Many students don’t do the reading and don’t speak up in class, according to a report. Now, professors are trying to change a campus culture they say hurts achievement and stifles speech.

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Processing the Government Shutdown in a Divided America

As the government shutdown entered its first full week, emotions across the country ranged from uneasy to unconcerned.

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What Is the National Guard, and Who Controls It?

The state-based military force is made up mainly of part-time soldiers and organized by state. It can be activated by the state governor or by the president.

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A judge’s order blocked Trump from sending troops to Portland. It doesn’t apply to Chicago.

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Elected but Not Seated, Grijalva Waits to Sign Epstein Petition

The Democratic representative-elect won her Arizona seat overwhelmingly. But so far, the Republican speaker will not swear her in.

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Russia Welcomes Trump’s Blessing of Proposal to Extend Caps on Nuclear Weapons

President Trump said a Russian proposal to extend by one year the limits on long-range nuclear weapons sounded “like a good idea to me.”

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Greta Thunberg Among Hundreds From Gaza Aid Flotilla Deported by Israel

Israel intercepted the boats at sea and detained the participants for days before expelling them. Some of the activists say they were mistreated, which Israel denied.

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