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“You play it, you breathe it, you live it, you love it. Even those who never pick up a ball catch Knicks fever.” TIME’s new cover: Why the first New York Knicks championship since 1973 means everything to New Yorkers. time.com/article/2026/0… Photo-illustration by Neil Jamieson for TIME

Inside the massive arena constructed for the UFC’s White House cage match time.com/article/2026/0…

The Trump Administration's decision to block access to AI models for foreign nationals shows it increasingly views the technology as a national security asset. time.com/article/2026/0…

Steven Spielberg has been making movies about aliens for half a century: 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind,' 'E.T.,' 'War of the Worlds' –– and now 'Disclosure Day.' We tested how well Colman Domingo, Emily Blunt, and Josh O'Connor, the stars of Spielberg's new film about a planet on the brink of war, know the director's cinematic universe. Read the full interview with the cast: time-magazine.visitlink.me/CRFGa7

The U.S. team defied expectations in a rousing 4-1 victory over Paraguay in their first game of the tournament. time.com/article/2026/0…

Column: A decade on from the referendum that led to Britain's exit from the European Union, the issue continues to divide and drive debate in Westminster. time.com/article/2026/0…

How Christian Pulisic is facing all that World Cup pressure: time.com/article/2026/0…

A train ride from Manhattan to MetLife Stadium for the World Cup costs nearly $100. So TIME's Sean Gregory walked 13 miles from Penn Station to see if getting to New Jersey mostly on foot was a cheaper alternative. Here's how long it took—and what it cost.

A surveillance law that allows U.S. intelligence agencies to collect the communications of foreign targets abroad without a warrant is set to expire at midnight on Friday time-magazine.visitlink.me/cfRbwf

Here's what's at stake for Elon Musk after SpaceX's IPO time-magazine.visitlink.me/-BZKuR

"There’s a big fight over the future of how companies set climate targets and show progress toward them," writes @JustinWorland for Future Proof time-magazine.visitlink.me/DBCnkw

With the World Cup underway, health experts are on alert for infectious diseases. Here's what to know: time-magazine.visitlink.me/nxIvIp

The documentary "Maternal Instinct" explores the murder of 21-year-old Reagan Simmons Hancock. Read about the true story behind the documentary here: time-magazine.visitlink.me/BNp8TW

How does an "unapologetically masculine" sports brand connect with female fans? Dana White believes the answer has nothing to do with demographics, and everything to do with the energy of the sport. The UFC boss has turned the organization into a $1.5 billion operation and is on TIME's inaugural list of 100 most influential people in sports. See who else made the list: time.com/collection/tim…

President Trump on Friday dismissed an Iranian version of a peace deal that suggested Washington had made significant concessions to Tehran time-magazine.visitlink.me/zN2Fbp

Dana White says the UFC's secret to success is simple: representation. From Brazil and Canada to the U.S. and beyond, fighters get to represent where they come from. "When somebody comes from where you come from, looks like you, talks like you ... the entire country rallies around it," says White. The UFC CEO is featured on TIME's list of the 100 most influential people in sports, see who else made the list: time.com/collection/tim…

Washingtonians have been keeping a close eye on the Kennedy Center as the court-ordered deadline for Trump's name to be removed nears time-magazine.visitlink.me/DrxGu2

“There’s so much more beyond the Olympics.” Olympic alpine skier and TIME100 Sports honoree @MikaelaShiffrin wants you to watch more skiing—she thinks there’s so much you’ll miss by waiting every four years. See who else made the list here: time.com/collection/tim…

A'ja Wilson, TIME100 Sports honoree, is the first Black WNBA player to get her own sneaker in 14 years, since Candace Parker in 2011. We asked her how she felt about it. This is just a cherry on top of the mind-blowing 2025 Wilson had. The Las Vegas Aces superstar won a record fourth WNBA MVP award. She became the fastest player in league history to reach 5,000 points. And she became the first player in WNBA or NBA history to—deep breath—win a championship, claim the scoring title, and be named Finals MVP, league MVP, and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season. Wilson is on this year’s TIME100 Sports list. From athletes and coaches to advocates and investors, see who else made the list: time-magazine.visitlink.me/XE5mrR

For the first time ever, the FIFA World Cup final will feature a star-studded halftime show time.com/article/2026/0…