As Trump officials stump for Republican candidates facing difficult races, ethics experts say they are being lax about complying with the Hatch Act, a federal anti-corruption law.President Trump with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at a campaign rally in North Carolina this month.
The White House has been rocked by turnover and anxiety over the midterms. The president, who is tightening his inner circle, has lashed out at critics, held meandering rallies and feasted on a diet of news clips and “A.I. slop,” as one aide put it.President Trump after a campaign rally in Mississip
Operatives aligned with Mary Peltola, the Democratic nominee for Senate, spent months recruiting candidates to peel votes from Senator Dan Sullivan, the Republican.A sample ballot showing candidates for next week’s U.S. Senate race in Alaska lists two Dan Sullivans (highlight added here to both), al
Keisha Lance Bottoms, in her bid for Georgia governor, has faced pointed criticism of her leadership in Atlanta and disappointment in her decision to leave after one term.Keisha Lance Bottoms’s campaign has been a test for what happens when a leader attempts a comeback.
Also, Life magazine rises again. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.Mary Peltola in Anchorage this month.
Mr. Bolsonaro, who lost Sunday’s presidential election, fled Brazil for the United States via Argentina after the police canceled his passport in relation to an investigation.Flávio Bolsonaro arriving at Miami Opa-Locka Airport on Wednesday.
With street talk and tactics from the far-right’s playbook, André Janones used a WhatsApp channel to help organize millions of Brazilians online.The Brazilian congressman André Janones created a digital “army” by setting up WhatsApp groups and posting on Instagram, which helped mobilized the vote fo
The prominent law firm has been rocked by an exodus of high-profile lawyers, a failed succession plan and a scuttled deal to merge with a rival firm.Founded nearly a century ago, Weil Gotshal was once the marquee for bankruptcy advice but has more recently had difficulty competing with giant law fir
Long before its baroque décor and class identity became midterm talking points, this durable restaurant chain survived some withering critiques.The Cheesecake Factory has defined the term “upscale casual dining,” and closely read the psyche and the appetite of the American diner.
The accident, the second in less than a year on the same busy rail line, was one of the deadliest in the country’s history.Emergency services work at the scene of a crash between two trains in Urda, Spain, on Wednesday.
Votes are still being counted, but it appears that neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition nor the opposition alliance headed by Gadi Eisenkot will have a majority.Torn Likud party campaign ad featuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Trump in Jerus
The Arab parties have long been kept on the political sidelines. But stunning turnout by their supporters makes the Arab minority an Israeli political reality that cannot be ignored.Voting in the predominantly Arab town of Tayibe during the Israeli election on Tuesday.
Ms. Huerta, a champion for workers and Latinos, was lauded after revealing she had been sexually assaulted by Cesar Chavez. But some women said she rebuffed their own complaints about abuse within the movement.Dolores Huerta, seen in a 1988 rally, was remembered Wednesday in California as a transfor
She founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez. In early 2026, she told The Times that she had been raped by him decades earlier. She was 96.Ms. Huerta organizing marchers in Coachella, Calif., in 1969. Ms. Huerta was the vice president of the United Farm Workers for nearly four decades.
Veterans’ complaints about the rules of engagement have reached Pete Hegseth and a generation of new recruits.Andy Stumpf, a former member of U.S. Navy SEAL Team 6 and now host of the podcast “Cleared Hot,” in his Montana studio.
The news outlets argued in an updated lawsuit that they should be granted access to the White House reporting pools.Betsy Klein, a CNN reporter, in the White House in September.
In a unilateral declaration by the health secretary, several injections promoted by online influencers will become widely available. The F.D.A. had advised against the move.Peptides are short chains of amino acids that give the body basic instructions. While the F.D.A. has approved some peptide comp
The education secretary says her old furniture “cannot be configurationally or aesthetically integrated” into new office space.Education Secretary Linda McMahon in her old office in Washington last year.
A.I. has uncovered a horde of software flaws, which engineers are racing to fix before they can be exploited and abused by hackers.
A Florida sheriff’s office arrested a mother who had left her children home alone for days to go a work trip, reigniting the debate over when parents act irresponsibly.The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office released body-cam footage of officers escorting Irene Miller, in the tan suit, off a plane at Or
We can learn a lot from a long-dead labor leader about how to reckon with technology that threatens our jobs.
Reid Wiseman, now a retired emeritus astronaut, will become deputy director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA’s premier center for deep-space robotic missions.Reid Wiseman will become deputy director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.
