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  1. Israel’s Election: When Will We Know the Next Prime Minister?

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:32:08 -0000

    Israelis turned out in huge numbers on Tuesday for an election that will determine the country’s next prime minister. But it can take weeks, months or longer to determine who that will be.
  2. For Israel’s Arab Minority, a Historic Show of Strength

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 08:49:40 -0000

    Voters supporting two leading Arab parties turned out in record numbers to voice their opposition to the Netanyahu government in Tuesday’s election.
  3. Flávio Bolsonaro Flees Brazil for the U.S., and How ChatGPT Laid Out a Dangerous Medical Plan

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:00:07 -0000

    Plus, robot-dog walkers wanted: $20 an hour.
  4. Justice Dept. Steps Up Moves on Comey and Others as Midterm Elections Near

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:15:54 -0000

    In some cases, court paperwork bears unmistakable signs of urgency — typos, unorthodox tactics and the signatures of the department’s senior political leadership.
  5. The U.S. Attorneys Carrying Out Trump’s Election and Grievance Cases

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:02:47 -0000

    Together, they have pursued cases against the president’s enemies and protesters and amplified false claims of widespread election fraud, often citing thin evidence.
  6. Justice Dept. Declines to Unseal Warrant for Search of Ilhan Omar’s Home

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 08:58:07 -0000

    More than a dozen news organizations have asked a federal judge to unseal documents related to a search warrant executed at Ms. Omar’s home this month.
  7. Heavily Republican South Carolina’s Senate Race Is a Tossup, Poll Finds

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:05:43 -0000

    Senator Darline Graham, the South Carolina Republican, is struggling to replicate her late brother’s success. Republicans lead in the Florida Senate race and Democrats are up in Minnesota.
  8. What Our Three New Senate Polls Are Saying About the State of the Midterms

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:15:09 -0000

    South Carolina seems like a serious race; Minnesota may not be; and Florida still appears out of reach for Democrats.
  9. Can You Trust the Midterm Polls? Three Times Journalists Talk It Out.

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:05:35 -0000

    Members of the team behind the Times/Siena Poll on what the data show, how they’ve improved their methodology and what it means to be “right.”
  10. Flávio Bolsonaro Leaves Brazil for the U.S. After Election Defeat

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:43:41 -0000

    Officials in Argentina said Mr. Bolsonaro entered the country by land then flew to Ecuador. Brazilian police had asked him to hand over his passports because of his links to an investigation.
  11. Horror Bookstores Are (Gasp!) Multiplying

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:00:47 -0000

    More shops are opening their doors, providing genre fans the chance to browse, buy and find creepy community.
  12. The Perfect Books for Classic Horror Movie Fans

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:00:55 -0000

    The author Nick Medina recommends novels that capture the vibes of beloved scary movies like “The Thing,” “Scream” and more.
  13. A Punishing Housing Market Is Squeezing Renters

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:05:30 -0000

    Higher mortgage rates and slowing residential construction are again giving landlords the upper hand.
  14. The Federal Reserve Will Release Its Interest Rate Decision Today. Here’s What to Watch.

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:05:48 -0000

    The central bank is widely expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday, just days before the midterm elections.
  15. Trump Administration Backs Down on an Opioid Ban After Kratom Industry Lobbying

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:03:55 -0000

    Health officials will now allow some levels of a powerful substance to remain in products marketed as natural. The change could help a G.O.P. donor facing wrongful death lawsuits.
  16. Italians Protesting High Prices Fear a Listless Future, Too

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:06:08 -0000

    Inspired in part by French demonstrations, protests in Italy by students in the north and truckers in the south could affect national elections next year.
  17. How to Tax and Spend in a ‘Turbulent Time?’ U.K. Tries a Balancing Act.

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:05:37 -0000

    The new government, led by Andy Burnham, will deliver its first budget on Wednesday, a plan expected to tread between wide ambition and narrow financial limits.
  18. A Chinese Port Could Be a Lifeline for Spain, but Also a Threat

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:01:09 -0000

    Residents say a proposed Chinese car plant in northern Spain will create new jobs. Others say it’s a long-term risk, distilling a debate about the costs and perks of ties to China.
  19. California’s High Tides Set Records This Week. They’re Going to Get Higher.

    Tue, 27 Oct 2026 22:33:06 -0000

    El Niño is expected to push this winter’s high tides even higher.
  20. The Rule of Law Is for Suckers

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:03:27 -0000

    Trump has no use for pretense and he’s not interested in playing along.
  21. Jimmy Kimmel Turns Trump Heckler’s Taunt Into a T-Shirt

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 06:12:48 -0000

    Kimmel was inspired after the president’s “‘Tone-Deaf Comedy Jam’ got tripped up by a heckler.”
  22. Grand Jury Declines to Bring Charges Against Cassidy Hutchinson

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 02:21:11 -0000

    The rejection of the indictment was the latest extraordinary setback in President Trump’s wide-ranging campaign to go after his political opponents.
  23. Can Democrats Win Back Labor?

    Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Two years ago, Sherrod Brown, who built his career as an avatar of blue-collar frustration, lost his Senate seat in Ohio as working-class voters defected to Trump. Now he and his party are looking to make up lost ground.
  24. Did an Alternative-Medicine Guru Accidentally Kill Patients?

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In Switzerland, Thomas Rau offers treatments that many conventional doctors would question. Now he’s accused of lethally negligent care.
  25. How Jim Morrison Surmounted Tragedy and Skied Down Everest

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The mountaineer and his partner, Hilaree Nelson, planned a first-ever descent. After her death, he pushed on.
  26. Charles Kushner and the MAGA Ambassador’s Playbook

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Since taking up his post in Paris, Kushner has become known for lobbing provocations onto France’s domestic scene at sensitive moments. As he put it, “Nobody has the courage to say what I say.”
  27. The State Officials Defending the Midterms from the President

    Sun, 25 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Donald Trump has tried to purge voter rolls nationwide. Deidre Henderson, the Republican lieutenant governor of Utah, is among the chief election officers standing in his way.
  28. An Anxious Season for Muslims in Texas

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:38:50 -0000

    Facing severe political attacks and threats, Muslim civil-liberties activists in Texas are urging their communities to vote.
  29. The Republicans’ Remarkably Bad Midterm Campaigns

    Sun, 25 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Things were going poorly even before Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign ran the most offensive ad of the year.
  30. The Political Upstarts That May Decide Israel’s Election

    Sun, 25 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Frustrated with the polarization of the Netanyahu era, voters look for ways to create change.
  31. The Great Schlep

    Sat, 24 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Tens of thousands of Israelis living abroad are flying back to cast votes in what many describe as the most pivotal election in the country’s history.
  32. How Macron Destabilized France

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:44:14 -0000

    Widespread protests against his policies were followed by violent riots across the country. Does this mean Marine Le Pen is all but certain to be the next President of France?
  33. Gina Hinojosa Thinks Texas Is Different This Time

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 22:04:47 -0000

    The Democratic gubernatorial candidate argues that crony capitalism, distrust of data centers, and attacks on public education have disenchanted voters enough to finally bring a blue wave to the state.
  34. Behind the Settler Attack on Palestinians and a Washington Post Journalist

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:18:47 -0000

    Jasper Nathaniel, an independent journalist who filmed the attack, describes the significant increase in West Bank violence on the eve of the Israeli election.
  35. Is This the Beginning of the End of Indian Democracy?

    Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:38:26 -0000

    The Modi government has removed more than a hundred million people from voter rolls and is cracking down on a vigorous protest movement.
  36. The World Series No One Wanted

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:44:14 -0000

    A matchup between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays was considered a “nightmare,” a bloodbath of small-ball hermeneutics. But the two old-school, thrifty teams have turned the Fall Classic into a showcase for what money can’t buy.
  37. Trump’s Repudiation Is at Hand, Right?

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:59:24 -0000

    As Democrats’ midterm expectations soar, history advises only a lowercase, cautious optimism.
  38. Kimi Antonelli Has Always Been (Really) Fast

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    “I don’t like giving compliments to myself,” the Italian driver says, but he may soon become Formula 1’s youngest-ever champion.
  39. Trump’s October Surprise Is a Pivot to Putin

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:45:50 -0000

    No one thinks Russian diesel can save the Republicans, so why is the President doing it?
  40. Texas Democrats Venture Into “No Man’s Land”

    Tue, 27 Oct 2026 16:41:38 -0000

    Democrats around the country dream of a blue wave in Texas. Organizers and voters say they need more of an irrigation system. Can the Party leaders build it?
  41. Love, Sex, and Existential Dread for a Gay Vampire in “Time to Go”

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Renzo Cozza’s short film gives a classic monster a moral dilemma.
  42. Gina Hinojosa’s Populism for Democrats

    Sat, 24 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A candidate’s search for common ground raises hopes in Texas.
  43. Inside Meta’s Efforts to Prevent School Shootings

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Algorithmic social media, which has helped create the conditions for the spread of such violence, is reckoning with how it can be part of the solution.
  44. Alaska’s Senate Race Could Be Decided by Salmon

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Mary Peltola, whose campaign could determine whether the Democrats retake Congress, mostly just wants to talk about fish.
  45. Can Justin J. Pearson Win in Tennessee?

    Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Republicans eliminated the state’s only Black-majority district, in Memphis, so Pearson took a campaign about economic inequality to rural white voters.
  46. How ICE Is Targeting the 2026 Midterms

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:46:51 -0000

    In the run-up to the election, the Trump Administration is turning its immigration crackdown into a desperate hunt for voter fraud.
  47. Lula’s Last Dance

    Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Brazil’s once towering leftist leader may soon be swept away by Latin America’s right-wing tide.