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  1. María Corina Machado Returns to Venezuela

    Sun, 25 Oct 2026 20:35:51 -0000

    After nearly 10 months in exile, Ms. Machado, a Nobel laureate, came back to challenge leaders who have sidelined her and press for new elections.
  2. Who Is María Corina Machado?

    Sun, 25 Oct 2026 21:05:50 -0000

    The Venezuelan opposition leader returned home from exile to a country firmly under American control. How are her relations with Washington?
  3. Trump’s Election Attacks Enter New Pre-emptive Phase

    Sun, 25 Oct 2026 18:42:12 -0000

    A lawsuit by the Justice Department challenging a potential narrow loss by the GOP Senate incumbent in Alaska reflects a new tactic by the president to try to shape the election results.
  4. In Texas Senate Race, Talarico Leans Into Growing Rivalry With Elon Musk

    Sun, 25 Oct 2026 21:37:43 -0000

    On the trail, James Talarico, the Democratic Senate nominee, has increasingly gone after Mr. Musk, a critic of his who has given big to a group aligned with the Republican candidate, Ken Paxton.
  5. The Epstein Files Produce an Unlikely Weapon for the Houthi Messaging Wars

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:18:37 -0000

    The Yemeni militia is using the culture of its sworn enemies in the renewed fighting with Saudi Arabia.
  6. Can’t Afford a Home. Can’t Afford a Baby. Can’t Afford Life. This Is 30.

    Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:56:13 -0000

    They’re trying to build middle-class lives in New York. But many 30-year-olds in the city feel worse off than their parents. Is it average adult angst? Or something more enduring?
  7. ‘You Can See Everything’ Gives ‘Clayface’ a Run for Its Money at the Box Office

    Sun, 25 Oct 2026 17:16:13 -0000

    “Clayface” was No. 1 at the box office, but “You Can See Everything,” a documentary about the disgraced Theranos founder, surged in its second weekend.
  8. About That Contested Elizabeth Holmes Quote to The Times

    Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:02:18 -0000

    In today’s Backstory, the new Holmes film takes issue with our profile, Nikole Hannah-Jones unpacks her viral essay and a professor shares why he thinks we apply “conservative” and “liberal” labels inconsistently.
  9. How to Straddle the MAGA Divide

    Sun, 25 Oct 2026 17:00:21 -0000

    Beth Wilkinson is a Washington lawyer who has thrived representing the Trump administration’s enemies and allies alike. Does she represent a vanishing type?
  10. Despicable Doesn’t Begin to Cover It

    Sun, 25 Oct 2026 13:13:02 -0000

    Trump’s culture of cruelty spreads.
  11. Thomas L. Friedman: We Just Set Off the Second Big Bang

    Sun, 25 Oct 2026 11:00:04 -0000

    Humanity is entering its most dangerous era yet.
  12. Uriel Simon, Biblical Scholar and ‘Noted Religious Dove,’ Dies at 97

    Sun, 25 Oct 2026 20:19:48 -0000

    Dr. Simon studied Bible stories as literary texts and found guidance for Israel on questions that plague the nation today.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. The Danger of Getting Too Close to a Source

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Richard Darman was my source in the Reagan and Bush Administrations—and my best friend.
  16. The New Age of Reading

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Alarm about declining interest in books is perpetual. But, as bookselling reaches unexpected heights, James Daunt, the chief executive of Barnes & Noble, thinks a different future is at hand.
  17. Computer Chips Are the Most Magnificent Things Humanity Has Ever Made

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    They power our phones, cars, dishwashers—and the A.I. systems that prop up the economy. They’re also at the heart of fierce geopolitical rivalry.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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?
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. 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?
  29. What Is the Jameis Winston Experience, Really?

    Sun, 11 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The New York Giants quarterback has spent more than a decade wowing crowds with his daring and charisma—when he isn’t baffling them.
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. 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.
  33. 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.
  34. “An Unprecedented Case of Child Abuse”

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In an L.A. criminal court, new details emerge about the mysterious couple who collected more than twenty babies through surrogacy.
  35. How Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Gave Florida Democrats a Chance

    Sat, 17 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A competitive House race in Miami, which leads all American cities in ICE arrests, has revealed how mass deportations have eroded the President’s support among Latinos.
  36. Anthony Scaramucci Says the Universe Did Katie Zacharia a Favor

    Sat, 17 Oct 2026 01:00:22 -0000

    The former White House communications director reflects on his record for occupational brevity being broken.
  37. Has MAGA Lost Faith in Donald Trump?

    Fri, 16 Oct 2026 18:00:11 -0000

    Rich Baris, a pollster supportive of the MAGA “big tent,” talks about how the President lost control of his movement, and why that spells disaster for Republicans.