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  1. In Run-Up to Midterms, Legacy of 2020 Looms Large Over Justice Dept.

    Tue, 03 Nov 2026 03:36:43 -0000

    The refusal of top department officials to acknowledge Donald J. Trump’s loss that year is the engine driving an intensifying effort to intercede in state administration of elections.
  2. Trump Delivers a Closing Midterm Message. Mostly About Landscaping.

    Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:22:03 -0000

    On the eve of the election, the president held forth in great detail on columns, drain pipes and granite at the newly refilled Reflecting Pool.
  3. Supreme Court Rejects Trump Administration Request to Intervene in California Ballot Case

    Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:14:14 -0000

    The court’s ruling came just hours after administration lawyers asked the justices to immediately order California to set aside 20,000 mail-in ballots.
  4. Trump’s Election Fraud Reward Raises Fears of Vigilantism, Local Officials Say

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 22:59:40 -0000

    Election officials across the country have conducted hundreds of exercises to prepare for possible threats or disruptions at polling sites.
  5. Democratic Divisions on Israel Come Thundering Back, in Preview of Fights to Come

    Tue, 03 Nov 2026 01:56:37 -0000

    A shattered alliance in Michigan between Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and his former primary rival, Representative Haley Stevens, underscored broader tensions in the party.
  6. How a Reporter Interviews People About the Midterms, Even Those Who ‘Don’t Talk Politics’

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 21:28:58 -0000

    In purple states like Michigan, sharing political views — especially with reporters — has become a socially risky thing to do.
  7. 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.
  8. 20-Year-Old Nathalia Filgueiras Was a Pilot on Learjet That Crashed in Florida

    Tue, 03 Nov 2026 01:22:04 -0000

    Nine people died, including two young children and a 20-year-old co-pilot, Nathalia Filgueiras, who received her pilot’s license three years ago, when she was still a teenager.
  9. Investigators Looking for Cause of Learjet Crash Say Ice Was ‘Certainly a Factor’

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 23:50:50 -0000

    Ice, experts said, can change the shape of a plane’s wing, disrupting its aerodynamics.
  10. Child Dies From Measles in New York State’s First Fatal Case in 30 Years

    Tue, 03 Nov 2026 03:58:04 -0000

    Gov. Kathy Hochul said that the death in Lewis County reflected eroding vaccination levels. The state is experiencing a significant outbreak of the viral illness.
  11. U.S. Military Strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island in What U.S. Officials Call a Defensive Measure

    Tue, 03 Nov 2026 04:10:38 -0000

    The action was limited, the officials said, with no immediate plans to escalate. The strikes come on the eve of the midterm elections.
  12. Saudi Aramco Profit Jumps Despite Damaging Attacks on Pipelines and Refineries

    Tue, 03 Nov 2026 07:19:06 -0000

    Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company posted a 9 percent increase in third-quarter profit on Tuesday.
  13. Trump Administration Said to Plan Rolling Back Pregnancy-Related Job Protections

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 23:10:21 -0000

    The Biden era law was meant to help women stay in the workplace, but some conservatives say rules to enact it went too far with coverage for abortion and fertility treatment.
  14. William Nordhaus Has Died. Nobelist Influenced Climate Policy.

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 23:13:58 -0000

    The Yale professor moved climate change into mainstream economic analysis.
  15. William Nordhaus Pioneered Putting a Price on Pollution

    Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:27:42 -0000

    Economist William Nordhaus said putting a price on pollution was the best way to reduce climate change. Then came the fossil fuel lobby and the anti-tax movement.
  16. ‘Devastating’ Damage as Hard Rains and Flash Floods Batter the Southwest

    Tue, 03 Nov 2026 01:22:59 -0000

    Some towns received more rain in a single day than they typically get during all of November, forcing evacuations across the Four Corners region.
  17. Latin America’s Swing to the Right Was Never About Trump

    Tue, 03 Nov 2026 06:00:06 -0000

    The Trump administration has profoundly misread Latin America’s political winds.
  18. Don’t Be a Haley Stevens

    Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:23:22 -0000

    History doesn’t give us second chances.
  19. Jimmy Kimmel Mocks the President’s ‘Pettysburg Address’

    Tue, 03 Nov 2026 07:13:47 -0000

    “And where better to reassure the public that they are in good hands than in front of a pool you’ve repeatedly botched to the tune of $16 million?” Kimmel said of Trump’s speech before the midterms.
  20. A 31,000-Mile Walk Ends in England, at Mom’s House

    Mon, 02 Nov 2026 20:00:28 -0000

    Karl Bushby arrived in Hull, England, on Monday after spending 28 years crossing four continents on foot.
  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.