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  1. A Midterm Campaign Dominated by Concerns Over High Prices Nears Its End

    Sun, 01 Nov 2026 10:02:36 -0000

    Across the country, many voters have drawn a straight line between President Trump’s policies and inflation.
  2. Did the Peltola Campaign Seal the Fate of Alaska’s Ranked Choice Vote?

    Sun, 01 Nov 2026 10:03:33 -0000

    Beyond hotly contested Senate and governor’s races, Alaskans will decide Tuesday whether to scrap the state’s unique ballot. The campaign of Mary Peltola may have bolstered critics of the system.
  3. Inside the Times’s Decisions on the Alaska Senate Race Story

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 23:06:52 -0000

    Our investigation found that Democratic operatives were behind a plan to bring a potential spoiler into the Senate race.
  4. Gaffes and Men’s Bodies: Analysis of Trump’s Speeches at Age 80

    Sun, 01 Nov 2026 10:01:59 -0000

    A Times review of the president’s public speeches finds that he is more profane, more absolutist, longer-winded and less coherent than he was in 2016.
  5. Trump Calls Former Lawyer’s $50 Million Deal ‘Obnoxious and Outrageous’

    Sun, 01 Nov 2026 01:37:37 -0000

    At a Halloween event in Florida, President Trump told reporters that Alina Habba Mildon’s lucrative work for someone seeking a pardon was “not acceptable.”
  6. ‘I Came as Donald Trump’: The President Hosts a Luxury Halloween at Mar-a-Lago

    Sun, 01 Nov 2026 03:37:24 -0000

    President Trump attended his jungle-themed Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago dressed as a distinctly recognizable figure.
  7. How to Track Runners During the NYC Marathon

    Sun, 25 Oct 2026 15:32:38 -0000

    The New York Road Runners app allows spectators to follow along the 26.2-mile race scheduled for Nov. 1.
  8. Netanyahu’s Bid to Stay in Power Will Test His Political Savvy

    Sun, 01 Nov 2026 10:20:20 -0000

    After losing ground in Israel’s election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must draw on decades of political capital and reckon with old foes if he is to build a governing coalition.
  9. Where Do Israel’s Arab Parties Stand?

    Sun, 01 Nov 2026 10:03:51 -0000

    Having won a record 19 seats in Israel’s Parliament, the two Arab-led parties say they want to work with opposition factions to take down the Netanyahu government.
  10. India’s Congress Party Holds Mass Protest in New Delhi

    Sun, 01 Nov 2026 14:08:08 -0000

    Tens of thousands gathered in India’s capital in a clamor of banging drums, chants and billowing flags, with participants from across the country.
  11. The Rise, Fall and Rise of Curtis Malone, D.C. Basketball Power Broker

    Sun, 01 Nov 2026 10:00:47 -0000

    Curtis Malone ran a basketball powerhouse in Washington, D.C., before going to prison for drug dealing. Now he wants back in the game.
  12. What a Decade of Pizzagate Has Done to America

    Sun, 01 Nov 2026 11:00:17 -0000

    A decade after the Pizzagate theory began, the Epstein files give the conspiracy theory a new life.
  13. The History Behind Trump’s Arch

    Sun, 01 Nov 2026 14:00:20 -0000

    The history of triumphal arches is long and messy. Where does Donald Trump’s proposed edifice fit in?
  14. How Marathons Changed

    Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:21:32 -0000

    The New York City Marathon is happening this morning.
  15. Putin Breaks Down His Isolation, With a Big Assist From Trump

    Sun, 01 Nov 2026 10:04:00 -0000

    Notching wins from Washington, the Russian leader is talking with foreign leaders and could return to diplomatic center stage with possible summit meetings.
  16. The Year Math Changed Forever

    Sun, 01 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    A.I. is solving problems that stumped the field for decades. Mathematicians look to Terence Tao for guidance on their altered world.
  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. 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.
  19. 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.”
  20. 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.
  21. Corruption on the Ballot

    Sun, 01 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Corruption is always an issue, but this year will it finally catapult from a topic of chronic bellyaching to an actual mechanism for changing votes?
  22. Brazil’s President Faces Down the Online Right

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:57:46 -0000

    In the internet age, national elections are increasingly international. What does Lula’s victory mean for the world?
  23. Inside India’s Cockroach Protests

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The youth movement that has roiled the country prepares its next move.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.”
  26. 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.
  27. 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?
  28. 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.
  29. 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.
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. 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.
  33. 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.”
  34. 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.
  35. 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.
  36. 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?
  37. 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.
  38. 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.
  39. 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.
  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?