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  1. Trump Administration Pressures California With Expanded Voter Fraud Investigation

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 23:49:56 -0000

    The department has issued grand jury subpoenas to local election officials as part of a widening effort to prove unsubstantiated claims about large numbers of illegal voters in the state.
  2. Republicans Ramp Up Investigation Into Democratic Plan to Pack Alaska’s Ballot

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 02:18:43 -0000

    The Justice Department issued subpoenas, a House oversight committee sought interviews and the state opened its own inquiry into a Democratic plan to recruit a spoiler into a Senate race.
  3. How Common Is Ballot Stacking? What to Know as Conflict Roils Alaska Senate Race.

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:39:54 -0000

    As a conflict over candidates roils the Alaskan Senate race, here’s a look back at the political practice over the years.
  4. Americans Keep Spending

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:10:42 -0000

    Also, Patrick Stewart dies at 86. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
  5. No Clear Winner in Israel Election, Final Results Show

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 23:07:49 -0000

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party and its allies won 53 seats in Parliament, falling short of the outright majority needed to form a government. The main opposition bloc, led by Gadi Eisenkot, won 48.
  6. What Israeli Election Results Reveal About the Electorate

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 23:45:50 -0000

    Some groups stood by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party, but support fell off among others. Turnout was also a striking factor in the election.
  7. Polymarket Is Investigating Suspicious Bets on Israeli Election

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 23:37:35 -0000

    The company said it was looking into hundreds of new accounts that had placed wagers in two markets related to the election on Tuesday.
  8. Trump Erupted After Learning of Alina Habba’s $50 Million Deal

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:54:37 -0000

    Angry about the scale of a contract signed by one of his former lawyers with the family of a wealthy pardon seeker, the president told allies he wanted some of the money to go to his future presidential library.
  9. Patrick Stewart, ‘Star Trek’ Captain and Professor X on ‘X-Men,’ Dies at 86

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:20:51 -0000

    The British actor was 86. He achieved pop-culture stardom as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard on “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”
  10. Patrick Stewart Brought Elegance To ‘Star Trek’ as Jean-Luc Picard

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:37:55 -0000

    Led by the Shakespearean veteran in his role as Jean-Luc Picard, “Star Trek: The Next Generation” gracefully went where the franchise had never gone before.
  11. Patrick Stewart’s Many Roles, From ‘Star Trek’ to ‘Avengers: Doomsday’

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:22:11 -0000

    The actor’s long and varied career included Shakespearean roles, “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” comedy and a stint in the Marvel Universe.
  12. Newly Freed American Describes His Years in Russian Prison

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 23:32:33 -0000

    Stephen James Hubbard, the retired teacher arrested soon after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, said he sometimes lost hope.
  13. A Sailor Jumped From the U.S.S. Lincoln. The Navy Punished Him.

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 02:01:52 -0000

    The case offers a rare look at the military’s handling of mental health issues during extended deployments.
  14. Hegseth Fires Top Army General He Accused of Leaking Information to Media

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:30:07 -0000

    Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia was fired as part of a broad and highly unusual campaign to find and punish senior military officers who speak to reporters.
  15. I Can Hear Everything

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 21:40:51 -0000

    The world can be tough to navigate with one working ear. Even now with two, I still face challenges.
  16. Big Tech’s Data Center Blitz Is Burning Through Cash and Scaring Wall St.

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 01:30:27 -0000

    Amazon on Thursday became the latest tech company to announce swelling investments in A.I. amid stumbling share prices.
  17. Intel’s Shares Plunge 20% as A.I. Hinders Some Parts of Its Business

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 21:17:40 -0000

    The chipmaker, whose largest investor is the U.S. government, reported that the A.I. boom’s domino effect had hurt sales to personal computer makers.
  18. How a Self-Described ‘Junkie’ Rode Synthetic Drugs to Oblivion — and Fame

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 11:53:48 -0000

    An Estonian addict could barely keep pace with the new drugs flooding the market. His terrifying accounts of the cruel toll they took on his body held his country in its grip.
  19. Cuba’s Foreign Minister: We’ll Outlast Trump

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:49:00 -0000

    The Trump administration is carrying out the most intense pressure campaign on Cuba in decades. The Cuban government says its plan is simply to endure.
  20. U.S. Expels Cuban Diplomat After Fiery Showdown at United Nations

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 21:35:55 -0000

    Tensions have risen between the United States and Cuba as the Trump administration tries to force the island’s Communist government to make drastic changes.
  21. Bodacious A.I. Bots Are Stealing Jokes From Young Female Comedians

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 11:15:18 -0000

    Swiping jokes word for word, these bodacious bots mainly lift from young female comedians. What’s so insidious is how they’re subtly changing us, the audience.
  22. China Is Not Happy About Fan-made A.I. Videos of Sun Wukong and Lin Daiyu

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:09:01 -0000

    Mash-up videos of beloved characters from Chinese classics — some made with A.I. — have caught the attention of the authorities.
  23. Bostonians Compete to Be Their Airport’s New Voice

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 01:22:43 -0000

    By Christmas, the winning voice will echo through Boston Logan International in recorded greetings and announcements that millions of travelers will hear.
  24. ‘We’ve Seen This Movie’: Four Writers on What’s Next for Israel

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 23:21:55 -0000

    A round table discussion decoding the election results.
  25. Why Are We Having Less Sex? Ask a Pornographer.

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:39:19 -0000

    Erika Lust wants to excite you.
  26. Three Stone Age Caves Reveal Continual Cannibalism

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:02:26 -0000

    A tour of the three caves in southern Spain suggests that people in the area cannibalized one another as funerary practice over many generations.
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. 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.
  30. 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.”
  31. 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.
  32. 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?
  33. 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.
  34. 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.
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. 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?
  38. 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.
  39. 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.
  40. 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.
  41. 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.
  42. 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.
  43. 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?
  44. 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.
  45. 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.
  46. 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.
  47. 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?
  48. 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.
  49. 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.
  50. 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.
  51. 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.