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  1. How Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass

    Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:01:00 -0000

    The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.
  2. 5 Takeaways From Our Investigation of Trump’s Waivers for Polluters

    Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:01:26 -0000

    Chemical plants and other industrial facilities had been required to curb their toxic emissions. A New York Times investigation shows how they got out of it.
  3. Trump Officials Seek Block on Alaska Senate Race Results if the Republican Dan Sullivan Loses

    Sat, 24 Oct 2026 02:15:51 -0000

    The department, in a highly unusual lawsuit, argued that confusion over candidates with similar names could taint the election result.
  4. Why Legal Experts See the Justice Dept.’s Alaska Election Challenge as Dubious

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 23:22:41 -0000

    No obvious legal authority supports a pre-emptive effort to block the certification of Alaska’s Senate election if the Republican incumbent narrowly loses.
  5. What to Know About Alaska’s Senate Race

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 23:22:52 -0000

    President Trump told the Justice Department to intervene in the race, where polling shows Republicans at risk of losing a seat.
  6. How Vivek Ramaswamy’s Ruthless Ad in Ohio Divided Republicans

    Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:03:21 -0000

    The fallout from Vivek Ramaswamy’s brutal spot targeting his Democratic rival in the Ohio governor’s race showed that even in the Trump era, a political attack can be seen as going too far.
  7. Justice Dept. Demands That California Counties Help Identify Noncitizen Voters

    Sat, 24 Oct 2026 06:21:05 -0000

    Election officials across the state received letters from the agency saying if they fail to comply, they “risk significant federal scrutiny.”
  8. Ahead of Tight Race, Trump Swaps Tariffs on Some Canadian Goods

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 20:29:40 -0000

    The move was announced by Senator Susan Collins, a Maine Republican who faces a tough re-election fight amid rising prices.
  9. Iran in ‘Advanced Stages’ of Planning Attacks Against Americans, Officials Say

    Sat, 24 Oct 2026 03:46:54 -0000

    The U.S. government has ordered diplomats and other federal employees to leave Saudi Arabia. It is also drawing down staff at other missions in the region.
  10. Netanyahu Has Reinvented Himself. Will Voters Think It’s Enough?

    Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:01:09 -0000

    The Oct. 7 attacks marred Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s image as Mr. Security. Ahead of elections, he’s trying to sell Israelis on the new, hawkish version of himself.
  11. Looting Left Damage and Fear on Paradise Street in Marseille

    Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:04:28 -0000

    Looters ravaged a storied commercial avenue in France’s second-largest city. Its merchants fear that more unrest could follow.
  12. They Were Accused of Illegal Fishing. They Ended Up in ICE Detention.

    Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:48 -0000

    In states like Florida, officers who hand out fishing citations and inspect produce have been deputized by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, expanding the reach of President Trump’s deportation campaign.
  13. Gina Hinojosa Believes She’s the One Who Can Finally Flip Texas

    Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:15:04 -0000

    The Democratic nominee for governor on her appeal to MAGA voters and her refusal to engage in the “culture wars.”
  14. The Meaning of the Republican War Over Ramaswamy’s Vile Ad

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:24:54 -0000

    The G.O.P. nominee in Ohio has given conservatives space to reckon with the ethical degradation of Trumpism.
  15. What Hundreds of Focus Groups With Trump Voters Revealed

    Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:13:11 -0000

    Sarah Longwell has conducted hundreds of focus groups with Trump voters, and many of them are feeling betrayed.
  16. Outside Chance

    Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:22:22 -0000

    We’ve plunged fully into fall, complete with cozy scarves and puffy vests. Why not venture into the woods?
  17. New York Archdiocese Close to Settling Sexual Abuse Claims for Over $800 Million

    Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:12:17 -0000

    The Roman Catholic archdiocese might now avoid bankruptcy by reaching a settlement with 1,300 people who said they had been abused by clergy members and lay leaders.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. How the D.S.A. Learned to Love Elections

    Sun, 18 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Members of the Democratic Socialists of America believe deeply in the possibility of a class revolution. Meanwhile, they’re running for office—and winning.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
  26. “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.
  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. 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.
  30. 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.
  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. 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?
  34. 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.
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. 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.
  38. 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.
  39. 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.
  40. 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.
  41. Facing the Death Penalty

    Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The cases of Christa Pike and Nidal Hasan show how vanishingly fine the line is between a routine execution and an unbearable one.
  42. The Death of a Young Haitian’s American Dream

    Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Pierre Damas Bel was a twenty-year-old college student planning for his future. His family says that ICE monitoring made him lose hope.