Inside the Left’s Playbook for Winning Elections

Progressives are being outspent and are receiving little support from the Democratic Party. Their tactics show a different way to succeed.The campaign of Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist running for governor of Wisconsin, has recruited about 7,000 volunteers, knocked on hundreds of thousands o

K Kellen Browning, Tim Balk and Dan Simmons

How Cameras Can Track Every Car in the U.S., and Iran’s Catch-22

Plus, a drying river reveals Nazi-era vessels.Flock’s 120,000 cameras can be found alongside roads in every state but Alaska, allowing law enforcement officers to quickly see where a car might be, and where it has been.

T Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Jake Lucas, Ian Stewart and Fernando Alfonso III

Southern Iran Bears Brunt of U.S. Bombing

While fighting has abated in much of Iran, near-constant U.S. airstrikes in Qeshm island and other southern spots have upended lives and livelihoods.Tourists in 2023 in the Valley of Stars, a popular location for visitors on Qeshm island, off Iran’s southern coast.

F Farnaz Fassihi and Shirin Hakim

Iran Taps Longtime I.R.G.C. Commander Mohsen Rezaei to Top Security Post

The appointment of Mohsen Rezaei, a longtime military commander, to a top security post suggests that the country’s establishment is consolidating power.Mohsen Rezaei, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, attending a funeral ceremony for Mr. Khamenei’s father and predeces

Y Yeganeh Torbati

Private Equity Is Stuck With 33,575 Unsold Businesses

Even amid a booming deal-making environment, private equity firms are unable to exit a growing number of investments at values their investors require.Jim Zelter, president of the investment behemoth Apollo Global Management, which last week reported weak quarterly results in its private equity divi

M Maureen Farrell

Why Are So Many People Upset About Flock Cameras?

Flock Safety’s automated license plate-reading cameras, used by thousands of law enforcement agencies in the U.S., have drawn intense criticism from civil liberties groups.A Flock Security camera in Addison, Texas.

N Neil Vigdor

I, Spied

We’re looking at the little black cameras that are causing a national uproar.Flock’s 120,000 cameras can be found alongside roads in every state but Alaska, allowing law enforcement officers to quickly see where a car might be, and where it has been.

E Evan Gorelick