When I covered George H.W. Bush’s presidential campaign in 1988, he was so eager to wrap himself in the American flag that he took us to a New Jersey flag factory. That way, he could claim that the G.O.P. was “on the American side” while caressing pieces of striped, red-and-white nylon. At the time, it […]
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Tucker Carlson’s Lesson in the Perils of Giving Airtime to an Autocrat
Tucker Carlson left Moscow more than a week ago, riding high from an interview with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia that returned him to the spotlight after his abrupt cancellation by Fox News last spring. But the interview with the wartime autocrat, mocked in various corners of the political-media world for its soft touch, […]
Read MorePutin Says He Prefers Biden Over Trump
President Vladimir V. Putin said on Wednesday that it was in Russia’s interest for President Biden to win a second term, calling his American counterpart experienced and predictable, and dismissing concerns about Mr. Biden’s age. It was the first time that Mr. Putin had directly expressed a preference ahead of the U.S. presidential election in […]
Read MoreBiden Has a Week He Would Like to Forget
Bret Stephens: Hi, Gail. It was a no good, very bad week for the “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory” who happens to be the 46th president. If you were his closest friend, what advice would you give him? Gail Collins: Oh gosh, Bret. We’re talking of course about the report a Justice Department […]
Read MoreTrump Says He Gave NATO Allies Warning: Pay In or He’d Urge Russian Aggression
Former President Donald J. Trump said on Saturday that, while president, he told the leaders of NATO countries that he would “encourage” Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to countries that had not paid the money they owed to the military alliance. Mr. Trump did not make clear whether he ever intended to […]
Read MoreU.S. Rejects Putin’s Latest Call for Ukraine Negotiations
The Biden administration dismissed on Friday a call by President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia for negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, showing no sign that flagging political support for American military aid to Kyiv had made President Biden more inclined to make concessions to Moscow. During his two-hour interview at the Kremlin with […]
Read MoreTucker Carlson Urges Putin to Release American Journalist
In an interview released on Thursday, Tucker Carlson urged President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to release an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal who has been held in a notorious Moscow prison for nearly a year. Mr. Carlson’s appeal on behalf of the reporter, Evan Gershkovich, was only the second time that Mr. […]
Read MoreTucker Carlson’s Putin Interview Puts Him Back on Center Stage, for Now
Last spring, it seemed Tucker Carlson might have reached the end of his fiery path through American media and politics. Fox News canceled his top-rated show, depriving Mr. Carlson of his nightly platform in prime time. But it kept him under a contract, worth more than $15 million a year, that prohibited him from taking […]
Read MorePutin Calls on U.S. to ‘Negotiate’ on Ukraine in Tucker Carlson Interview
President Vladimir V. Putin called on the United States to “make an agreement” ceding Ukrainian territory to Russia in order to end the war, speaking for two hours with a former Fox News host in an interview broadcast Thursday that was the Kremlin’s most direct appeal to American audiences since his invasion began two years […]
Read MoreTucker Carlson Says His Putin Interview Will Be Shown on Thursday
Tucker Carlson said late Wednesday that his much-anticipated interview with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia would be broadcast on Thursday night, even as a bill to send tens of billions of dollars to Ukraine remains hung up in Congress. Mr. Carlson, the former Fox News host, made the announcement in an Instagram post, which […]
Read MoreTucker Carlson Says He Will Soon Interview Putin
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia will “soon” sit for an interview with Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News host said on Tuesday, a sign that the Russian leader is seeking to make a direct appeal to American conservatives as American aid to Ukraine hangs in the balance. “We’re here to interview the president of […]
Read MoreNevada’s Weird Election Week, and King Charles’s Cancer
The New York Times Audio app is home to journalism and storytelling, and provides news, depth and serendipity. If you haven’t already, download it here — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and sign up for our weekly newsletter. The Headlines brings you the biggest stories of the day from the Times journalists […]
Read MoreTucker Carlson’s Visit to Russia Draws Speculation of Putin Interview
Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News host who now has a show on the social network X, has been spotted in Moscow in recent days, leading to speculation in Russia and the United States that he is about to achieve his long-stated goal of interviewing President Vladimir V. Putin. If so, Mr. Carlson would be […]
Read MoreHow X Is Trying to Win Over Influencers
The last time Don Lemon sat down to film a TV segment in April, he perched on a stool in front of the glaring lights of a CNN studio. When he starts filming again after a nearly yearlong hiatus, Mr. Lemon will have a different backdrop — and he will be calling his own shots. […]
Read MoreHow Group Chats Rule the World
I am texting all the time. I am, at the very least, receiving texts all the time, a party to conversations in which I am alternately an eavesdropper and an active participant. This is because I am in a lot of group chats — constant, interlinked, text-message-based conversations among multiple friends that happen all day long. […]
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