At least $1 billion from anonymous donors is flowing into the midterm elections. Dark money is not new, but it now permeates nearly every major contest.Nonprofits or super PACs have aired dozens of ads this year in House and Senate races using dark money, which is political spending by groups that h
State officials say they worry about the Postal Service’s ability to deliver votes this fall. They are urging voters to mail their ballots early or use drop boxes so their votes count.Nearly twice as many mail ballots were rejected for arriving late in Michigan’s primaries this year when compared to
Plus, a groundbreaking new space telescope.American forces attacked two Iranian rocket launchers attempting to disperse sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, U.S. Central Command said.
The renewed attacks were the latest sign that the war that began six months ago appears far from over.The Strait of Hormuz, the waterway in the Persian Gulf that has been at the heart of the conflict between the United States and Iran, on Monday.
The meeting is expected to focus on the ongoing economic shock from the war in Iran, which has driven up oil prices globally.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh in Asheville, N.C., ahead of the summit. The International Monetary Fund has projected that global gr
The first attacks in a month jolted energy markets. The average U.S. gasoline price remained 37 percent higher since the war began.
The two-day summit of the 10-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Kyrgyzstan shows the limits of U.S. economic warfare.The aftermath of Russian strikes in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, in August. Many of the leaders in attendance at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit have helped Russia con
Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department’s civil rights unit, has extracted flashy agreements and personnel moves from big universities and sought to force states to turn over confidential voter data.
The administration has revoked funding for bike paths, and encouraged removing some. A cycling advocate said it is playing on the idea of “that dork on a bike.”
A growing number of former Israeli generals, intelligence officials and prime ministers are accusing settlers in the West Bank of committing ethnic cleansing with government support. “Once a society behaves this way,” one said, “that society is doomed.”Israeli flags lined the roadside next to Palest
Technologies like CRISPR are giving us new ways to create the dogs of our dreams — and a reason to reckon with our past mistakes.
The nearly constant air raids, a shift from years of largely overnight attacks, have left residents exhausted and on edge.
After a glacial flood last year, Chinese officials strengthened defenses at a border crossing with Nepal. But last week’s “cascade of hazards” overwhelmed them.Searching for missing people along a road leading toward Gyirong Port in China on Sunday. On Wednesday a tsunami-like wave of ice, boulders
The number of people missing after a deadly Himalayan landslide and glacial collapse rose by about 1,750 on Monday. Rescuers are searching for survivors along the Nepal-China border.Houses damaged and partially submerged in thick mud and debris from the flood, in Devighat, Nepal, on Friday.
Prime Minister Balendra Shah, 36, rose to power this year on the back of youth anger with graft and mismanagement. His fledgling government now faces a huge test.A swollen river in Devighat, Nepal, on Sunday after floods caused by a glacier breaking in the Himalayas.
Francis Fukuyama’s famous take on the post-Cold War world was widely misunderstood. In a new memoir, he tries to set the record straight.Francis Fukuyama sees the current plight of liberal democracy not as a rebuke to his earlier work but as a vindication.
Together AI, which serves open-source artificial intelligence models, announced a deal to use compute from Humain in Saudi Arabia, where it can bypass U.S. backlash over data centers.Many of Saudi Arabia’s new data centers are being built by Humain, which was started last year as part of the country
At least 62 people were evacuated on Saturday after flooding destroyed footbridges and damaged a campground and cabins near Bright Angel Creek in Arizona, the National Park Service said.The Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch areas of the Grand Canyon National Park were damaged in flash floodi
Phantom Ranch, the only lodge within the Grand Canyon, has drawn adventurers and dignitaries, including Theodore Roosevelt, for more than a century.The Colorado River winds through Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona, a day after heavy flooding struck the park.
Three fourths of Americans oppose data centers. Why?
The party that capitulated to Trump has the most to answer for
Rising sea temperatures mean reefs don’t have enough time to bounce back between intense heat waves, a new report warns.Bleaching corals at Looe Key Reef off Florida in 2023.
