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Biden Administration Prompts Largest Permanent Increase in Food Stamps

The jump in benefits, the biggest in the program’s history, comes after a revision of the initiative’s nutrition standards that supporters say will reduce hunger and better reflect how Americans eat.

Rushed Evacuation in Kabul Highlights Disconnect in Washington

Pentagon officials had warned the White House about delaying a drawdown or full evacuation of American personnel from Afghanistan.

Taliban Takeover Could Extinguish U.S. Influence in Kabul

Teaching a New Generation of Balloonists to Go Up, Up and Away

Where the Racial Makeup of the U.S. Shifted in the Last Decade

‘Our Hands and Feet Are Tied’: Hong Kong’s Opposition Quits in Droves

Flash Floods in Turkey Kill 59, and Dozens Are Still Missing

Donald Kagan, Leading Historian of Ancient Greece, Dies at 89

Leos Carax on ‘Annette’ and the Cinema of Doubt

Review: ‘The Threepenny Opera’ Returns Home, Liberated

Now Going Viral: Meeting Online Friends in Real Life

You’ve Never Heard of the Biggest Digital Media Company in America

The New Skaters of New York