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  1. What We Know About the Deadly Train Crash in Spain

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:41:58 -0000

    A train accident near Toledo, Spain, which killed at least 68 people, was one of the deadliest in the country’s history.
  2. Inside Democrats’ Secret Effort to Stack Alaska’s Midterm Ballot With Another Dan Sullivan

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:37:47 -0000

    Operatives aligned with Mary Peltola, the Democratic nominee for Senate, spent months recruiting candidates to peel votes from Senator Dan Sullivan, the Republican.
  3. 4 Takeaways From Israel’s Election

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:10:53 -0000

    Votes are still being counted, and much is in flux. But as the stage was set for bitter talks over forming a government, nearly all sides could face disappointment.
  4. Israel’s Election: When Will We Know Who Will Be Prime Minister?

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:38:03 -0000

    Most votes were expected to be counted by Wednesday, but forming a government could take weeks of negotiations — or require another election.
  5. Dolores Huerta, Who Founded United Farm Workers With Cesar Chavez, Dies

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:49:27 -0000

    She founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez. In early 2026, she told The Times that she had been raped by him decades earlier. She was 96.
  6. What Does the Cheesecake Factory’s Designer Think of Obama and Trump’s Jabs at His Décor?

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:04:43 -0000

    Long before its baroque décor and class identity became midterm talking points, this durable restaurant chain survived some withering critiques.
  7. Flávio Bolsonaro Lands in Miami After Fleeing Brazil

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:33:33 -0000

    Mr. Bolsonaro, who lost Sunday’s presidential election, fled Brazil for the United States via Argentina after the police canceled his passport in relation to an investigation.
  8. What to Know About Brazil’s Election and Flávio Bolsonaro’s Departure

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:59:53 -0000

    President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s re-election ended a string of victories by right-wing candidates in Latin America. His opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro, fled Brazil for the United States.
  9. The Senate Race in Heavily Republican South Carolina is a Tossup, Poll Finds

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:35:13 -0000

    Senator Darline Graham, the South Carolina Republican, is struggling to replicate her late brother’s success. Republicans lead in the Florida Senate race and Democrats are up in Minnesota.
  10. What Our New Senate Polls Tell Us About the State of the Midterms

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:50:16 -0000

    South Carolina seems like a serious race; Minnesota may not be; and Florida still appears out of reach for Democrats.
  11. A Punishing Housing Market Is Squeezing Renters

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:04:45 -0000

    Higher mortgage rates and slowing residential construction are again giving landlords the upper hand.
  12. The Special Ops Podcasts Changing the Narrative of the War on Terror

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:03:57 -0000

    Veterans’ complaints about the rules of engagement have reached Pete Hegseth and a generation of new recruits.
  13. The U.S. Attorneys Carrying Out Trump’s Election and Grievance Cases

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:39:18 -0000

    Together, they have pursued cases against the president’s enemies and protesters and amplified false claims of widespread election fraud, often citing thin evidence.
  14. Linda McMahon Spends $43,000 on Furniture as She Looks to Close Education Department

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:03:28 -0000

    The education secretary says her old furniture “cannot be configurationally or aesthetically integrated” into new office space.
  15. Alvin K. Hellerstein, Federal Judge Who Oversaw Maduro Case, Dies

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:25:14 -0000

    Judge Hellerstein died on Wednesday morning, according to a court spokesman. He was appointed in 1998 and was overseeing the trial of Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela.
  16. Trump Cannot Be the End of the Story

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:26:37 -0000

    Trump has no use for pretense and he’s not interested in playing along.
  17. Do You Have Questions About the U.S. Midterm Elections?

    Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:01:44 -0000

    We want to hear from you.
  18. A.I. by the Numbers

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:06:22 -0000

    Plus, Israel’s election, Flávio Bolsonaro and a Gen Z cookbook.
  19. Brain Disease Is Pervasive in N.F.L., New Estimate Suggests

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:31:14 -0000

    Using statistical techniques, a new study has arrived at a harrowing estimate: Three of four retired pro football players most likely had C.T.E. at death.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.”
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. The Political Upstarts That May Decide Israel’s Election

    Sun, 25 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Frustrated with the polarization of the Netanyahu era, voters look for ways to create change.
  29. 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?
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. 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.
  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. 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.
  35. 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.
  36. 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?
  37. 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?
  38. 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.
  39. 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.
  40. 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.
  41. 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.
  42. 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.
  43. 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.
  44. 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.