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  1. Obamacare Policies Hit Again With Steep Premium Increases for 2027

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:42:10 -0000

    Premiums will increase an average 13 percent next year for millions of Americans, on top of an earlier steep increase. It adds to the problems facing the program, which the Trump administration has weakened.
  2. El-Sayed Clashes With Former Primary Rival Who Demanded His Apology

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 04:15:26 -0000

    Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Representative Haley Stevens traded sharply critical comments Friday, escalating intraparty tensions in Michigan’s pivotal Senate race.
  3. Polymarket and Kalshi Face a Major Accuracy Test: The Midterms

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 22:46:05 -0000

    Studies have shown that the betting sites can predict races correctly, but their ability to forecast U.S. midterm elections is an important proving ground.
  4. Binance’s $6.3 Billion Hack Is Just the Start of a Risky New Era

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:17:37 -0000

    The largest cyber heist in history came as attackers increasingly use artificial intelligence and other advanced techniques to steal crypto and quickly launder the funds.
  5. Binance Was Hacked. What Protections Exist for Crypto Customers?

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 20:49:27 -0000

    After a $6.3 billion hack, the company said it was going to reimburse customers who had losses.
  6. Alina Habba’s Husband Ignited Drama in Trump’s Circle. Now He’s Under Scrutiny.

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:01:53 -0000

    Turhan Mildon, who married Alina Habba this summer, presents himself as a 29-year-old billionaire with ties to global leaders. His story has inconsistencies.
  7. Prosecutors Suggest They May Seek Additional Comey Charges

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 20:22:31 -0000

    At a hearing in federal court, prosecutors defended an unusual, 11th-hour criminal case accusing the former F.B.I. director of leaking classified information a decade ago.
  8. Curry Barker Narrates a Scene From ‘Obsession’

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 19:41:45 -0000

    Barker, the film’s writer and director, explains how lingering shots heighten the tension and awkwardness in a party scene.
  9. Judge Appoints Special Master to Determine if Trump Officials Lied in Golf Course Suit

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 19:40:42 -0000

    Judge Ana C. Reyes said an outside investigator would help determine whether parks officials or Justice Department lawyers withheld plans for Washington’s East Potomac Park.
  10. Trump’s Plane Flyover Is a Halloween Trick for Startled D.C. Residents

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:25:23 -0000

    A White House social media account said the surprise Air Force One flight was part of a Halloween event hosted by the president and the first lady.
  11. Christa Pike Describes Pain and Isolation After Botched Execution

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:13:56 -0000

    Christa Pike, who was convicted of a 1995 murder, released her first statement since the failed attempt to execute her last month.
  12. Britain’s Prime Minister Says He’s Open to a Formal Apology for Slavery

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 03:32:20 -0000

    The premier’s comments represent a major change in British policy, but they are unlikely to satisfy those who hoped that reparations would follow.
  13. Elon Musk’s Endgame

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 20:50:30 -0000

    What does the world’s richest man believe in?
  14. Patrick Stewart Embraced His Baldness and Became an Icon

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 18:35:37 -0000

    It took him a while to realize that his lack of hair only added to his quietly commanding presence.
  15. The Real Stakes of the Ilhan Omar Case

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In seeking to revoke the citizenship of a sitting congresswoman, the Trump Administration has sent a chilling message about dissent, loyalty, and who gets to be an American.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.”
  19. 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.
  20. How a Kansas Megachurch Pastor Might Determine Who Wins the Senate

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Adam Hamilton’s campaign tests whether Democrats can find religion.
  21. James Talarico’s Final Sprint

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Texas Democrat has stretched his closing message to encompass Beyoncé, the Biblical David, and “Friday Night Lights.” Is that what it takes to flip the state?
  22. Uncertainty in Israel After Election Results

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 22:13:24 -0000

    A majority of Israelis rejected the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but forming a coalition could require breaking taboos.
  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. Jamie Raskin Is Not Afraid to Impeach Trump Again

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    The Maryland congressman talks about how the Democratic Party is fighting the President’s “gangster state.”
  25. The Founder of Arab Americans for Trump Has Some Regrets

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:16:25 -0000

    As the President and his party launch a wave of bigoted attacks on Abdul El-Sayed, Bishara Bahbah reflects on what, exactly, Trump has delivered in his second term.
  26. 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?
  27. 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.
  28. Obama’s Great Skewering of Trump

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 23:10:06 -0000

    The former President’s riff on Saddam Hussein, the Cheesecake Factory, and our gold-besotted leader was not only funny but politically brilliant.
  29. 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.
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. The Final Electric Days of Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate Campaign

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The candidate fears that high-profile attacks have compromised his safety—but he also argues that they’ve given him “one of the biggest and best platforms.”
  33. The Humans Are Coming for A.I.’s Jobs in “We Were Here”

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In India, a group of uncles plan to subvert the A.I. that is replacing them, in a mockumentary that celebrates the weirdness of regular intelligence.
  34. A Long View of the French Protests

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A visual tour of the Place de la République, a site of protests and political conflict in Paris for the past hundred and fifty years.
  35. A Global Anti-Right Backlash

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:08:09 -0000

    After Brazil’s election, and ahead of the U.S. midterms, progressives and liberals around the world find cause to celebrate.
  36. 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?
  37. 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.
  38. 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.
  39. 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.