TIME’s new cover: @SachaBaronCohen has spent a career provoking people through his famous characters. As he revisits his most well-known creation, Ali G, he writes about the power and purpose of satire in a new essay for TIME. time-magazine.visitlink.me/w…

Raye is adding another win to her year. The singer behind “Where Is My Husband!” has won the 2026 Mercury Prize for her second album, “This Music May Contain Hope.” A cover star on this year’s TIME100 Next list, she spoke to TIME about finding her voice, going independent, and making music with hope at its heart. Revisit the interview: time.com/article/2026/09/30/…

The tech is changing, so is America. From the modern rocket to the comments section, TIME collected the list of twenty five innovations that define American life today, according to tech experts. Here’s the history behind five of them:

Calley Means, one of the key figures in the Make America Healthy Again movement, said on Thursday that he was stepping down from his role as a senior health adviser in the Trump Administration time-magazine.visitlink.me/U…

The Morgan-Sasha romance on 'Nobody Wants This' has somehow surpassed the electric connection between Joanne and Noah. But what can we expect from their relationship? time-magazine.visitlink.me/z…

Midterm ad spending has topped $10 billion and is on track to surpass the 2024 presidential cycle. Here’s how billionaires and super PACs are funding the ads you keep seeing, in 60 seconds.

"American businesses must be free to challenge a president without fearing retaliation and their owners must remain accountable for their conduct," writes Jeffrey Sonnenfeld. time-magazine.visitlink.me/e…

An essay cannot establish whether that person understands the harm they have caused or whether their behavior will change, writes Debbie Millman. time.com/article/2026/10/22/…

Older Americans are embracing Meta’s Muse for everyday tasks and companionship—even as experts warn about the AI agent’s privacy risks. time.com/article/2026/10/22/…

As the cost of health insurance continues to rise, more people are dropping coverage. time.com/article/2026/10/22/…

The ultra-nationalist party is led by Itamar Ben-Gvir, a far-right firebrand once deemed too extreme to serve in Israel’s military. He now sits in Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet as national security minister, overseeing the country’s police and prison services. In an interview with TIME, the ultra-nationalist security minister lays out his ambitions in Israel’s Oct. 27 election. time.com/article/2026/10/22/…

Meta sued in Australia over alleged harm to children time.com/article/2026/10/22/…

U.S. reportedly considering major strikes on Iran after midterms time.com/article/2026/10/22/…

“We now deserve to lose this race.” Old-guard Republicans were baffled that Vivek Ramaswamy would dare to deploy Democratic nominee Amy Acton’s own mother in his latest ad time-magazine.visitlink.me/7…

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan says that the conservative justices have “created a democracy that does not work as well as it should" time-magazine.visitlink.me/D…

Here are the biggest takeaways from the U.N.'s Emissions Gap report time-magazine.visitlink.me/c…

Caution: Spoilers ahead. 'You Can See Everything' scored the second-biggest opening weekend in documentary history. But is it really as revolutionary as some claim? TIME film critic Stephanie Zacharek isn’t convinced.

"This latest Stanford Prison Experiment becomes as pointless as the first one" time-magazine.visitlink.me/F…

In several states, the race for governor is among the tightest, and most consequential, races on the ballot. Here are the governor races to watch: time-magazine.visitlink.me/m…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed "in principle" to resume U.S.-mediated talks with Ukraine, the Kremlin said. time-magazine.visitlink.me/v…