Iowa, Usually Red, Is in Play This Midterm as Economic Woes Mount
The Trump administration’s policies could cost Republicans in a state that is being hit hard by expensive diesel prices and uncertainty over trade.
Why Many Voters Are Unhappy With the Economy
With the midterms approaching, the economy is a top concern for voters. Our chief economic correspondent, Ben Casselman, describes which aspects of the economy have voters so frustrated.
Chris Pappas Could Make History in New Hampshire’s Senate Race
Chris Pappas, the Democratic nominee, would make history if he won. On the campaign trail, he doesn’t dwell on it.Representative Chris Pappas addresses a primary night crowd in September. At his side is his husband, Vann Bentley.
How a Legal Backlash Against Big Tech Is Forcing Big Changes
A series of lawsuits has created a new de facto regulatory regime as courts order companies like Meta and Google to change their business practices — and pay up.Meta’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg. On Wednesday, a New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay a record $25 billion penalty for abusing cons
Mortgage Rates Remain Above 7%, Pushing Home Prices Lower in Some Areas
The 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage dropped slightly to 7.32 percent as prospective home buyers continue to struggle with affordability. But home prices are starting to drop in some areas.Sellers are reconsidering market conditions and repricing their homes, which can give buyers an opening.
Employers Shift Rising Health Care Costs Onto Millions of Workers
New surveys show that increases in premiums and deductibles are forcing people to forgo treatments or doctor’s visits while budgets are strained by higher food and gas prices.
Putin Nears a Prize: Restoring Ties With the U.S. While Giving Up Nothing
Russia has sought to separate the war in Ukraine from potential business deals and diplomacy with the United States. Its efforts now appear to be working.President Trump with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Anchorage, Alaska, last year.
PHP Security Flaw Sets Off Global Rush to Patch, Leaving Websites Offline
Governments and businesses around the world scrambled to prevent hackers from exploiting a vulnerability in PHP, a popular programming language.Prime Minister Rob Jetten of the Netherlands in Brussels last week. He said that his cabinet was closely monitoring the online vulnerability caused by a sec
What Is PHP? Why Are Government and Business Websites Going Offline?
A critical security flaw in the programming language underpinning much of the web has prompted a global rush to patch vulnerable systems.A programmer in Guernica, Spain, on Thursday, working on PHP code, software used throughout the internet.
A Young Family in Niagara, N.Y., and a Backyard Full of Radioactive Waste
A young family thought they had escaped the toxic legacy of Love Canal with a dream house near a creek in the suburbs. Then the men in the hazmat suits showed up.Bailee and her mother, Lexi Hawk, look at the yard where Bailee is no longer allowed to play.
Ebola Outbreak in Africa Reaches Widest Expansion Ever
Health officials are urgently seeking answers about the origins of a case newly identified in Nigeria, the first in that West African nation.Nizamiye Hospital in Abuja, Nigeria, where the country’s first Ebola patient was admitted this week. An African health official said that if authorities could
A.I. and Its Dangers Are Embedded In the Midterm Elections
The midterms are the first elections in which artificial intelligence is integrated into every major social media platform. Efforts to blunt its harms are uneven.One in five voters plans to use A.I. to look into a race on their ballot, according a survey released this month by the American Associati
Nicole Brown Simpson’s Sister: ‘We Deserve Answers’ on Accomplice Question
Tanya Brown said she believed someone helped O.J. Simpson get rid of the murder weapon. One of Mr. Simpson’s former lawyers called for a special prosecutor.O.J. Simpson addressing the court at his double murder trial in Los Angeles in 1995.
He Told Us About an O.J. Accomplice. Then He Said He’d Lied. What Next?
A source said his brother had been with O.J. Simpson the night of the murders in 1994. But when we refused to pay, he retracted his story.O.J. Simpson addressing the court in Los Angeles in September 1995.
Impeachment. It’s Not Just for Presidents.
Trump’s grotesque rerun of the Gilded Age demands a rebuke.
A Shifting Standard
We look at how Title IX keeps changing.At Cornell University this month.
Elizabeth Holmes Quote Drama
In today’s Backstory, the new Holmes film takes issue with our profile, Nikole Hannah-Jones unpacks her viral essay and a professor shares why he thinks we apply “conservative” and “liberal” labels inconsistently.
The Brief, Messy Political Career of Paolo Zampolli, a Trump Ally
He had an unlikely rise, from modeling agent to presidential special envoy. After his firing, he was unrepentant: “I need to make money.”Paolo Zampolli at his Milan apartment in 2024. President Trump fired him from his administration this month.