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Days ahead of the midterms, the investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar comes at an awkward time for Democrats. Because we don't yet know the legal case, we don't know whether it's nonsense. We do, however, know almost certainly that it's an act of pol…
If voters feel like they’ve been falling behind for a while, it’s probably because many of them have been.
Journalists for The Times are watching for election issues, problems at the polls and misinformation, reporting tips to one main place.
In an interview with two Times reporters, President Trump blamed the G.O.P.’s losses on the fact that he was not on the ballot and said he was willing to work with Democrats.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
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Susan Collins, the five-term incumbent, is leaning on her Appropriations Committee chairmanship to justify a sixth term. It may not save her.
Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms makes history as the first Black woman elected governor in America, flipping Georgia blue after over two decades.
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President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts.
After years of talk, Big Tech is finally facing consequences for visa abuse.
The picture is not pretty.
The Mellon Foundation is quietly bankrolling a political alliance to protect DEI efforts and fight conservative higher education reforms.
The administration is withholding communications sought by a Democratic lawmaker who is suing over the president’s management of the arts venue.
We treat every hour as preparation for some future payoff, but some of the best ways to spend a life accomplish nothing at all.
The Justice Department has issued more than 120 subpoenas and 20 target letters in its probe of Daniel J. Sullivan's Alaska Senate candidacy.
The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marria…
The political news you need to know, in 10 minutes or less. Hosted by David Chalian.
Immigration agents did not show up in large numbers at polling places. But Trump administration officials repeatedly warned on Election Day that noncitizen voters would face consequences.
It would be lightning striking a functioning Ford Pinto on a sunny day for the American voting public to learn anything.
As the Chinese Communist Party hurtles headlong into the AI dilemma, its successes and failures will leave behind some kind of rudimentary map for the rest of us.
Kelly R. Cram, a Kansas postal worker, was indicted for allegedly stealing 4,404 pieces of mail, including nearly 400 Republican political mailers.
A tank of gas for Drew Brazie's truck cost $35 more than it did toward the start of the year. Tariffs and rising prices kept scrambling the numbers for the construction projects he managed. A subcontractor said last week it would have to charge 23…
The Democrats flipped their first Senate seat of the night. Our national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher explains why this wasn’t a surprise, and why it’s one of at least four seats the party needs to win to secure a majority in the Senate.
Facing down the Election Night Doom.
Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who we are and what we believe? Harry Enten is on a mission to find out.
In one of the nation’s hottest congressional races, in Westchester County, N.Y., ballots are being collected in orange bags.
Byron Donalds makes history as the first Black Republican governor in the nation, defeating David Jolly in Florida's heated gubernatorial race.
Election Day saw ballot shortages in Kansas, Illinois and Maryland Tuesday, and one voter said the disruption feels like voter suppression.
It is not often that seven judges storm a country’s constitutional tribunal with a police escort.
In the first big surprise of election night, Senator Darline Graham, a Republican, lost her seat to a Democratic challenger in South Carolina. Our national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher explains how the senator’s missteps contributed to…
To toast a great victory or drown your sorrows, we devised a game for Americans of all political stripes.
In a new book about the Carolingian Empire, historian James T. Palmer argues that its founder was more than just a brutal warlord. He was also ‘a savant with a large library and a taste for the obscure.’
If the good news for Democrats is that they lead in almost all of the tossup Senate races, the good news for Republicans is that the margins are typically small, and if the GOP vote is underestimated by the pollsters, the way it has often (but not…
Since October 2023, four-fifths of the encyclopedia’s article on Zionism has been replaced, and the historians it cites—Benny Morris among them—are misrepresented.
Rebecca Bennett is projected to beat New Jersey's 7th Congressional District after defeating Tom Kean Jr., whose battle with depression kept him from Congress.
In the 2022 midterms, Democrats made global warming an issue. Things have changed.
Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff defeated Rep. Mike Collins in Georgia's 2026 midterms Senate race after clashes over immigration and Trump's tariffs.
Over the past decade, former mommy blogger Rowan (née Amanda) Jetté Knox has come out as bisexual, pansexual, polyam, a ‘giant lesbo,’ a ‘non-binary queer person,’ a polyamorous ‘trans guy,’ and, as of last month, ‘two-spirited’ (and Indigenous).
As US Special Envoy to Sudan, Tom Perriello was sent to help return the country to civilian rule. Sudanese democrats say his choices empowered the very networks that buried it.
Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas defeats John Sununu in New Hampshire's high-stakes Senate race, a critical hold as Democrats seek the Senate majority.
It’s not about American aid. It never was.
After an inconclusive election, Israel’s Arab parties hold the balance of power—but a renewed war with Iran may yet hand Netanyahu another chance.
How to watch tonight’s results, according to our reporters and editors.
The anonymous chronicler of the Islamic State’s occupation talks to Pamela Paresky about growing up under Saddam, the 1941 Farhud, and why he believes antisemitism unites every jihadist movement.
Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper defeated Michael Whatley in North Carolina's Senate race after top GOP-aligned groups pulled spending a month ago.
Two recent films offer very different portraits of Chris Hansen, the controversial journalist behind America's hit TV show ‘To Catch a Predator.’
Chris Pappas, Democrat of New Hampshire and a congressman, will move to the upper chamber at a time when L.G.B.T.Q. rights have faced pushback in some states.
Claire Valdez's DSA-backed win in NY-7 deepens a growing rift dividing New York Democrats, with Hakeem Jeffries and John Fetterman weighing in.
‘I don’t trust them when they say it is temporary.’
A Napa County judge banned Paul Pelosi from driving for six months and ordered probation after the 86-year-old struck a parked car and fled.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
Westchester County, N.Y., has got ballot-counting problems.
A federal judge’s ruling on the side of the small defense contractor was a rarity, as most company protests against government bidding decisions do not prevail.
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democr…
The outcome of the midterm elections is perhaps the single most important factor in determining how the final two years of Donald Trump's presidency will play out - and what impact it will have on people's lives in the United States and around the…
I've voted in every election since 1972. This year, for the first time, I have no idea whether my vote will be counted.
The son of Nicolas Sarkozy on the riots, the rise of Marine Le Pen, and why he thinks France may have to burn before it can rebuild.
After Tuesday's election, Abdul el Sayed will either be the next senator from Michigan or a new case study in partisan nonresponse bias.
Election results in states where voting ends early could indicate how each party will fare in House and Senate races elsewhere in the country.
Democrats expect big wins. But 2026 could still have surprises in store
If the administration had a more plausible theory of victory, those who argue for more airstrikes haven’t articulated it.
The former deputy mayor of Jerusalem on her family’s Sephardi history, 7 October, and why she wants Jewish students to study in Israel.
The first column I ever wrote about Donald Trump appeared in the Daily Beast, where I worked at the time, in the summer of 2015. As I recall, it was not long after Trump said of John McCain that he preferred heroes who weren't captured. I sized up…
Remember when you first met me? For those of you in the Palisades, that was likely many years ago, but the majority of folks met me when my first campaign ad dropped back in April.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
On a consequential midterm night, the president offered some harsh criticism of the cable news channel on his social media account.
Annie Andrews, a pediatrician and political outsider, pulled off a historic upset in South Carolina's Senate race despite Trump's rally for Darlene Graham.