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  1. Obamacare Dealt Yet Another Blow as Premiums Rise Again

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 20:56:18 -0000

    Premiums will jump by 13 percent for next year, though much of the price increase will be offset by subsidies. But customers who earn over $64,000 will pay more, on top of this year’s huge increases.
  2. Democrats and Republicans Share Dueling Health Care Messages in Final Midterms Push

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:09:29 -0000

    After concentrating on the high price of gas and groceries, Democrats are using health costs to make their case about an “affordability crisis.”
  3. The Justice Department’s Unusual Election-Year Activity

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:03:34 -0000

    Federal prosecutors have targeted President Trump’s political opponents and sued states over election administration just before the midterms. Devlin Barrett, a reporter for The New York Times, explains how this activity is compared with the Justice Department’s usual election-year behavior.
  4. Polymarket and Kalshi Face a Major Accuracy Test: The Midterms

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:35:45 -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.
  5. 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.
  6. Binance Was Hacked. What Protections Exist for Crypto Customers?

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 20:49:26 -0000

    After a $6.3 billion hack, the company said it was going to reimburse customers who had losses.
  7. Binance Lost Over $6 Billion in Crypto Hack. Here’s What to Know.

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:48:01 -0000

    Hackers made off with around $6 billion in digital currency in what could be the biggest crypto heist in history. Binance said it will cover the losses.
  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. I Covered the Tiananmen Square Massacre. It Still Weighs on Me.

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:04:43 -0000

    The day that changed modern China also taught me how to recognize true courage.
  11. Tech Stocks See Worst Day Since June, Pressuring Broader Market

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 20:40:47 -0000

    The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 had their worst day since June as investors worried about spending on A.I. infrastructure.
  12. Patrick Stewart Was Regal, Stately and Quite Hilarious

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:18:56 -0000

    The actor used his booming voice and Shakespearean pedigree in the service of absurd (and often lewd) comedy.
  13. As Picard on ‘Star Trek’, Patrick Stewart Influenced Generations of Scientists

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:55:14 -0000

    Stewart’s iconic “Star Trek” character inspired astronomers and astronauts in countless ways: “You were the captain of my childhood,” one astrophysicist said.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. Houston Grand Jury Indicts ICE Agent on Charges of Ramming Man in Chase

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 18:43:27 -0000

    The agent is facing charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The immigrant who was struck is recovering from severe leg injuries.
  17. U.S. to Send Dozens Back to Afghanistan, Despite Risk of Persecution

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 18:53:37 -0000

    The Trump administration plans to fly the Afghan immigrants from Louisiana to Pakistan, where they are expected to be expelled over the border to Afghanistan.
  18. Can Scientists Make Football Safer?

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:00:11 -0000

    Researchers are exploring novel ways to treat, even prevent, the brain disease C.T.E. One of the most surprising: near-infrared light.
  19. I’m in ‘You Can See Everything.’ Here’s My Side of the Story.

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:32:31 -0000

    I’m in ‘You Can See Everything.’ Here’s my side of the story.
  20. Elon Musk’s Endgame

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

    What does the world’s richest man believe in?
  21. Mosquito Lasers

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:21:52 -0000

    China has come up with an innovative way to kill the insects.
  22. Marvin Shanken, Publisher of Wine Spectator and Cigar Aficionado, Has Died

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 19:47:00 -0000

    He bought a struggling industry newsletter called Wine Spectator in 1979 and turned it into one of America’s leading tastemakers. He was 83.
  23. 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.
  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. 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.
  29. 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?
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. 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.”
  33. 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.
  34. 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?
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. 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.
  38. 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.
  39. 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.
  40. 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.”
  41. 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.
  42. 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.
  43. 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.
  44. 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?
  45. 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.
  46. 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.
  47. 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.