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  1. Senate Control After the Midterms: Party Switches, Ties and Wild Cards

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 10:03:42 -0000

    The likelihood of a slim majority leaves room for several hard-to-predict scenarios that could affect the balance of power.
  2. Accused of Voter Fraud, They Ended Up in Shackles

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:58:09 -0000

    The Trump administration’s campaign to identify and charge immigrants in connection with voting violations has led to fears of being jailed, or deported.
  3. Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in California Ballot Case

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:35:37 -0000

    In an emergency application, administration lawyers asked the justices to immediately order California to set aside 20,000 mail-in ballots.
  4. They Tried Kratom for Its Purported Health Benefits, Then They Became Addicted

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:42:22 -0000

    Some say they were introduced to the drug through wellness podcasts, free samples at gyms or fitness influencers.
  5. Iran Says It Would Reopen Strait of Hormuz in 2 Days as Part of U.S. Deal

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 19:01:04 -0000

    Iranian officials spoke of some progress in negotiating to reopen the strait, a vital oil and gas shipping lane, even as they prepare for all-out war.
  6. The Streaming Era Has Given Us Great TV, but It Comes at a Price

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 10:03:14 -0000

    The streaming era has provided viewers a lot of great things to watch. But it comes at a price.
  7. How Much Do You Pay for TV Streaming Services? We Want to Know.

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 14:05:51 -0000

    Let us know your thoughts about the costs of streaming television.
  8. 20-Year-Old Nathalia Filgueiras Was a Pilot on Learjet That Crashed in Florida

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:37:57 -0000

    Nathalia Filgueiras received a pilot’s license at 17, had logged more than 1,300 hours of flight time and was the co-pilot on Sunday, her mother said in an interview.
  9. What to Know About the Florida Plane Crash That Killed 9

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:29:55 -0000

    A small jet plummeted to the ground on Sunday, exploding into a fireball and killing everyone on board. The authorities did not immediately release information about the victims.
  10. Robin Greenfield Wants to Be One With Nature. But He Can’t Quit Instagram.

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 17:30:25 -0000

    Once, Robin Greenfield aspired to wealth. Now, he has no home and eats from the earth. He chronicles it all on social media, but does the persona match the man?
  11. Why Orban and Vucic Broke With Trump on Election Denial

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:48:12 -0000

    Rejecting President Trump’s election denial playbook, nationalist leaders in Serbia and Hungary opted for an orderly retreat.
  12. Russia Senses Opportunity in Polish Political Turmoil

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 19:05:52 -0000

    After its sometime allies were ousted in elections in Hungary and Serbia, Moscow has seized on Poland’s constitutional standoff in its effort to weaken Europe’s support for Ukraine.
  13. Why Did Snakes Lose Their Legs? And 9 More Animal Mysteries

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 10:00:21 -0000

    There are more than 1.5 million known zoological species on Earth, with at least as many enigmas. Here are our top 10.
  14. Do Animals Grieve?

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:07:41 -0000

    The feeling of existential loss was long thought to be uniquely human. But studies of coyotes, cockatoos and other creatures are prompting some scientists to reconsider.
  15. Trump Skirts Court Commands as Distrust Between Branches Spirals

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 14:47:09 -0000

    Repeated compliance disputes and personal attacks on judges are straining relations between the executive branch and the judiciary.
  16. Judge Throws Out Charges Against Former F.B.I. Officials

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 17:39:07 -0000

    The magistrate judge, Zia M. Faruqui, said the case was a rushed, political prosecution ordered by the White House intended to affect the midterm elections.
  17. Inside Anthropic’s Hunt for A.I. Computing Power

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:01:24 -0000

    The company went on a deal spree with tech giants, former crypto miners and others to gain computing power to further its artificial intelligence ambitions.
  18. Justice Kagan Sounds an Alarm About the Court

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 19:07:59 -0000

    Of all the Democratic appointees, if not all nine justices, Justice Kagan has a reputation as the most restrained and institutionalist. Until now.
  19. The Big Change Coming in U.S.-China Relations in the Age of A.I.

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:05:49 -0000

    China and the U.S. need mutually assured collaboration to quash the threat of A.I.-empowered bad actors, even while their economic differences sharpen.
  20. Our Final Polls

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:48:42 -0000

    We look at our final polls before the midterms.
  21. An Exiled Filmmaker’s Unsparing View of Contemporary Russia

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Andrey Zvyagintsev’s “Minotaur” is the first independent feature to portray Russian life during the war with Ukraine.
  22. Why Immigration Agents Don’t Quit in Protest

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    How a culture of dehumanization and denial keeps ICE and Border Patrol personnel “at war with an enemy that does not fight back.”
  23. Did the World Just Gain Hundreds of Millions of Alzheimer’s Patients?

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    A new definition of Alzheimer’s includes people without symptoms. Experts are fiercely divided over whether that makes sense—and whether the new drugs really help.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
  26. How Democrats Are Reclaiming the Politics of Populism

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    In the midterms’ most competitive races, Democratic candidates are reviving an old party message: that the Republicans are selling out to the highest bidder.
  27. 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?
  28. 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?
  29. 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.
  30. 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.”
  31. 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.
  32. 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?
  33. 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.
  34. 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.
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. 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.
  38. The MAGA Faithful Eye the Exits

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    With polls suggesting a bleak midterms for the G.O.P., Trumpworld in D.C. is girding itself for congressional subpoenas and preparing pardon requests.
  39. 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.”
  40. 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.
  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. 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?
  44. 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.
  45. 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.