The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.Elon Musk has shown less public interest in elections in recent months, but he has patched up his relatio
It’s Oct. 12 — 22 days away from the midterms. Here’s the state of play.
Party leaders are working to connect Washington profiteering and the influence of billionaires and corporate America to affordability, in what they hope will be a potent closing message.“Corruption is why things don’t work for the American people.” Senator Jon Ossoff, a Democrat running for re-elect
The search takes place within the 60-day window of the midterm elections, when the Justice Department has historically avoided such investigative steps related to political candidates.Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, at the Capitol earlier this year.
The Saudi authorities said they were fending off drone and missile attacks after a weekend of confrontation with the Houthi militia in Yemen, whose patrons Iran offered to mediate.Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, in Tehran earlier this month.
A documentary claims that Ukraine, not Russia, attacked the drama theater in Mariupol, where hundreds of civilians died.The remains of the theater in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, in April 2022, in a photograph taken when the area was under pro-Russian control. The Russian airstrike on the building kil
For more than a year, The New York Times followed recipients of universal basic income programs, which Elon Musk and other tech leaders have promoted as a solution to A.I.-fueled job losses.
Our investigation into the farmed fish industry found human-rights violations and health concerns. Here’s what you can do.A fish farm in Norway in 2024.
Social Security funds are on track to run short by 2032, which would mean a reduction in benefits. Here’s how four hypothetical households rely on the program in retirement.
Rhenda Strub invited strangers to accompany her to Seattle Mariners games this season to help overcome the loneliness of grieving for her son’s death.Rhenda Strub at the final 2026 game of the Seattle Mariners’ season.
Four decades after his death, a revealing trove of the author’s possessions is up for auction.
The changes follow the retirement of an officer who was facing a disciplinary trial for the death of 19-year-old Win Rozario in 2024.“When the government uses force against a New Yorker, the standard for accountability must be at its highest,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said. “Every New Yorker deserves to
A discussion on the roots of the far-right’s success, its plans for power and what President Trump has to do with it all.
If my face and name were not my own, who was I?
We look at a few governors’ races worth watching.Campaign signs in Texas.
Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford were awarded the prize for insights that helped policymakers become “better equipped to deal with shocks in the economy,” the committee said.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2026 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences to Robert E. Hall and Mich
