NY Times
How the Democrats Did It
Michelle Goldberg reported on the Democrats’ most exciting campaigns. Here’s what she saw....
Democrats, Newly Ascendant, Begin a Fight to Shape the Party’s Future
At a moment of opportunity for the party, its long-feuding factions are seizing on the midterm results to make their cas...
Southern Democrats Now Have a Chance to Lead. What Will They Do With It?
Sweeping midterm successes in Georgia and North Carolina have given the party an opportunity, and a test, to lay out a v...
U.S. Homeless Population Had Record Drop in 2025
The Department of Housing and Urban Development credited President Trump, while homeless advocacy groups said that so-ca...
Prosecutors Vow to Keep Pursuing Death Penalty in California
Unless the next governor, Xavier Becerra, keeps commuting sentences, California’s death row is likely to slowly repopula...
86 Deaths and Counting: N.Y.C. Fire Fatalities Have Nearly Doubled This Year
The Brooklyn blaze that killed six people this week renewed focus on the soaring death toll and raised questions about w...
China’s Top Spy Agency Recruited Woman Who Targeted Jensen Huang
U.S. intelligence concluded that Alice Huang, a Chinese business executive who developed a close relationship with Nvidi...
How Elon Musk Frittered Away Nearly $500 Million on the Midterm Elections
Behind the scenes, the world’s richest person spent a record amount over two years to bend the country’s politics to his...
Cornell Faculty Passes Vote of No Confidence in Administration
The vote is largely symbolic but serves as a sharp rebuke of campus leadership’s handling of a rape allegation that put ...
Strong Hiring Reinforces a Sturdy Job Market
Unemployment fell in October, extending years of stability for a U.S. work force threatened by inflation and artificial ...
The Stock Market Can Be Volatile. Here’s How to Stay Calm.
Feeling a bit wobbly? Here are four things to consider that might provide some peace of mind....
Hegseth Faces Impeachment Effort and Bipartisan Scrutiny After Midterm Elections
A looming impeachment push could put President Trump’s polarizing defense secretary in a standoff with Democrats and Rep...
Susie Wiles, Trump’s Chief of Staff, Accused of Blocking Health Policies to Attract Donations
In a no-holds-barred interview with Joe Rogan, Calley Means, a former top health adviser, accused Susie Wiles of repeate...
Houston Police to Stop Alerting ICE During Traffic Stops
Mayor John Whitmire has instructed Houston police to stop notifying immigration agents when they encounter someone witho...
Tesla Is Ending Production of Its Cybertruck and Refocusing on the Cybercab
Production of the electric trucks will stop in the middle of 2027 to make room for increased production of its autonomou...
U.S. Attorney Who Oversaw Centerpiece of Trump’s Revenge Campaign Resigns
Jason Reding Quiñones is the latest prosecutor to leave the Justice Department after being assigned a sprawling investig...
Wave of Hoax Bomb Threats to Flights in Europe Leaves Travelers Frustrated
Bomb threats have disrupted dozens of flights in Europe over the past week. At airports in Rome, Madrid and Warsaw, trav...
Bomb Threats in Europe Probably a Coordinated Campaign, Ireland Says
Multiple flights in Europe were disrupted and several newsrooms in Ireland were evacuated after bomb threats, the latest...
John D. Rockefeller IV, West Virginia Governor and Senator, Dies at 89
The rare Democrat in a fabled family of wealthy Republicans, he served 30 years as senator and helped bring health insur...
Day Drinking With the President
On a visit to Lyndon Johnson’s Texas ranch, a cub reporter learned why it pays to get out of Washington....
What Democrats Can Do Now to Lower Costs
Democrats have a chance to rewrite the rules of the economy. Here’s how....
Texas Led the Conservative Overhaul of Education. What Now?
In Texas, teaching on race and gender was restricted, Christianity was encouraged and private school vouchers expanded. ...
A Trump-Putin-Xi Summit? That Might Be Awkward for One of Them.
A summit could bolster Xi Jinping’s stature. But talks about Ukraine’s future and limits on nuclear weapons pose uncomfo...
Fed Up With Politics and Struggle, Young Voters Rose Up
Young people powered Democratic candidates, joining global demands for generational change from a cohort weary of older ...
The Changing Politics of Identity
This is one reason voters are swinging between parties....
A Data Center Backlash in the Midterms, and Melania Trump’s Surprising Diplomatic Role
Plus, the Friday news quiz....
After These Midterms, JD Vance Is in a Bind
He will need to sell voters on a tarnished Trump brand....
12 Planes in 12 Days: Pope Begins Major Latin America Tour, Weeks After Surgery
Pope Leo XIV’s tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru is his first major trip since an operation on his lung last month....
Pope Leo’s Trip to Latin America: What to Know
Less than a month after lung surgery, Pope Leo XIV is landing in Uruguay on Friday, the first stop of a 12-day voyage ac...
Trump’s Triumphal Arch Wins Commission Approval Despite Court Challenges
President Trump’s 250-foot arch project was approved on Thursday by a federal planning board led by his allies. Court ac...
Nithya Raman Wins Los Angeles Mayoral Race, Defeating Karen Bass
The 45-year-old City Council member defeated the incumbent mayor, Karen Bass, 73, a sweeping success for a new generatio...
The Many Meanings of James Talarico’s Winning Cowboy Boots
Obviously, the Texas election was about more than shoes. But the symbolism mattered....
Trump Moves to Make Oval Office a National Monument
The president’s announcement reinforced his post-midterm elections preoccupation on White House renovation projects....
In Alaska, Ranked-Choice Ballots Are Unlikely to Be Enough for Dan Sullivan
An analysis shows Mary Peltola is likely to keep her lead in the Senate race in part because of ballots she’d accumulate...
Watch Live: What the Midterm Elections Are Telling Us About 2028
Live from the Brooklyn Public Library, Jamelle Bouie, Michelle Cottle and David French discuss the midterm election resu...
How British Law Informed Russell Brand Trial Coverage
British criminal trials like Russell Brand’s have rules around what can be reported....
National Guard to Expand Patrols in Washington With Military Vehicles and Boats
The Pentagon said that the decision by Pete Hegseth to widen the patrols was made on Oct. 29, just before a landslide de...
U.S. Finds Subdued Foreign Meddling Operations in Midterm Elections
Russia was linked to influence campaigns targeting Democrats that gained little traction, but the Kremlin may be more fo...
Why a Merciless Supreme Court Rebuke on Election Eve Matters
The justices took just hours to reject Trump’s bid to meddle in the election....
How Colom Changed a Long Shot in Mississippi Into a Race Too Close to Call
Scott Colom, a Democrat, ran a viral ad and courted Republicans at a Trump rally before winning virtually the same numbe...
English (US) 