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  1. Inside Team Trump’s Historic Collapse in the 2026 Midterm Elections

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 04:11:05 -0000

    How an unpopular president and an unpopular war provided an opening for Democrats to make sweeping gains in the midterms.
  2. Vance, in Break With Trump, Blames Iran War for Republicans’ 2026 Midterm Losses

    Wed, 04 Nov 2026 23:26:48 -0000

    The vice president offered his striking critique of the administration’s agenda and messaging with Mr. Trump’s apparent approval.
  3. Trump Wrestles With New Reality: A Lame Duck With Two Years Left to Fight

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 01:08:24 -0000

    After a decade at the center of American politics, President Trump is politically wounded, with diminished power. Those who know him say the next two years will be unpredictable.
  4. Trump Emerges After the Midterms: ‘Did You Guys See the Helipad?’

    Wed, 04 Nov 2026 22:43:44 -0000

    His party just suffered a drubbing unseen in decades. But the president, leading a tour of his ballroom project, was placid and eager to wax on about construction instead.
  5. Justice Alito Will Not Retire From Supreme Court Immediately, Despite Election Outcome

    Wed, 04 Nov 2026 23:44:50 -0000

    The conservative justice has told friends he does not plan to step down before the end of the court’s term, even as Democrats are set to seize the Senate in January.
  6. Retracing the Night Katie Suarez Was Attacked During Her Jog in Brooklyn

    Wed, 04 Nov 2026 22:03:02 -0000

    Katie Suarez was a regular runner on a desolate stretch of the Brooklyn waterfront. On Friday, her parents went looking for her after she stopped returning phone calls.
  7. For ‘Dune: Part Three,’ Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya and Friends Weigh in on the Trilogy

    Wed, 04 Nov 2026 10:00:33 -0000

    As Denis Villeneuve’s blockbuster series concludes, the cast recalls dealing with desert shoots and wrestling with the story’s moral implications.
  8. First, France Had Riots and Protests. Now It’s Bracing for a General Strike.

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 05:01:14 -0000

    More than 220 demonstrations are expected to take place across the country on Thursday, escalating weeks of protests against the rising cost of living.
  9. Trump Administration Moves to Oust Arbitrators as Doctor Payouts Soar

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 03:51:21 -0000

    The two companies settled billing disputes between doctors and insurers, keeping patients out of the middle. One let doctors win 96 percent of the time.
  10. Joshua Wong, Hong Kong Democracy Activist, Is Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 06:56:25 -0000

    Mr. Wong, one of the most high-profile members of a movement that was quashed in 2020, was accused of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces, a national security offense.
  11. Golden State Valkyries Reign Supreme in San Francisco, a City of Start-Ups

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 02:09:24 -0000

    San Francisco hosted a victory parade on Wednesday for the new W.N.B.A. champions, a team that’s not even two years old but has made the Bay Area swoon.
  12. Inside the Golden State Valkyries, the Most Valuable Team in Women’s Sports

    Sun, 14 Sep 2025 12:00:29 -0000

    Expectations were low for the Golden State Valkyries, the W.N.B.A.’s first expansion team in 17 years, but they captivated Bay Area sports fans and surprised the league by securing a playoff spot in their first season.
  13. The Bell Tolls for Trumpism

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 03:08:10 -0000

    Ezra Klein and Aaron Retica react to the Democratic Party’s major midterm victory.
  14. Trump Wanted Democrats to Win

    Wed, 04 Nov 2026 22:32:07 -0000

    The president loves combat and chaos. He’s about to get more of it.
  15. Late Night Gets Carried Away by the Blue Wave

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 07:57:32 -0000

    “There’s going to be so many Republicans leaving the Capitol it will look like a reverse January 6,” Jimmy Fallon said after Democrats swept the midterm elections.
  16. Beverly Whipple Has Died. She Introduced the G-Spot to the Mainstream.

    Wed, 04 Nov 2026 23:03:06 -0000

    Dr. Whipple studied the female erogenous zone and, with collaborators, wrote a best seller about women’s sexuality. She was 85.
  17. After the Midterms, Washington Lawyers Up

    Wed, 04 Nov 2026 21:21:14 -0000

    With Democratic majorities in Congress, oversight, and its frustrations, return.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.”
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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?
  24. 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?
  25. 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.
  26. 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.”
  27. 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.
  28. 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?
  29. 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.
  30. Donald Trump’s Repudiation, America’s Revenge in the Midterms

    Wed, 04 Nov 2026 18:06:37 -0000

    Even J. D. Vance admits that the righteous blue wave in the midterms wasn’t a result of Republicans failing to show up—it’s that they showed up for the Democrats.
  31. Finally, the Beginning of Trump’s End

    Tue, 03 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Reflections on a midterm campaign in which our octogenarian President waged war—against algae in the Reflecting Pool.
  32. 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.
  33. 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.
  34. The Night that Texas’s Seemingly Unchangeable Republican Identity Vanished

    Wed, 04 Nov 2026 20:27:15 -0000

    Texans have something to teach the country about fighting for an apparently hopeless cause; conservatives aren’t the only ones who remember the Alamo.
  35. Election 2026: Live Results Map | A Landslide Win For Democrats

    Wed, 04 Nov 2026 17:49:56 -0000

    The vote counts from key Senate, House, and gubernatorial elections around the country.
  36. Midterms Analysis: A Blue Wave Just Crashed on Trump

    Wed, 04 Nov 2026 06:16:09 -0000

    The Republican Party has only the President and his policies to blame for its historic losses in the 2026 midterms.
  37. Haley Stevens’s Chaotic Comments on Her Endorsement of Mike Rogers

    Tue, 03 Nov 2026 21:28:26 -0000

    During a mystifying election week in Michigan, the congresswoman reflects on her endorsement switch, people thinking she’s in “some sort of cahoot” with Republicans, and her fiancé—“the amazing and the one and only Jason Turkish.”
  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. 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.