Did the Peltola Campaign Seal the Fate of Alaska’s Ranked Choice Vote?

Beyond hotly contested Senate and governor’s races, Alaskans will decide Tuesday whether to scrap the state’s unique ballot. The campaign of Mary Peltola may have bolstered critics of the system.The effort by Democrats to stack Alaska’s ballot and help Mary Peltola’s Senate bid could bolster a refer

A Anna Griffin

Inside the Times’s Decisions on the Alaska Senate Race Story

Our investigation found that Democratic operatives were behind a plan to bring a potential spoiler into the Senate race.Control of the U.S. Senate could hinge on the vote in Alaska, where the Democrat Mary Peltola is trying to unseat Senator Dan S. Sullivan, a Republican.

P Patrick Healy, Terence McGinley, Kellen Browning and Amy Gardner

Netanyahu’s Bid to Stay in Power Will Test His Political Savvy

After losing ground in Israel’s election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must draw on decades of political capital and reckon with old foes if he is to build a governing coalition.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel addressing supporters last week in Jerusalem after polls closed in a clos

I Isabel Kershner

Where Do Israel’s Arab Parties Stand?

Having won a record 19 seats in Israel’s Parliament, the two Arab-led parties say they want to work with opposition factions to take down the Netanyahu government.An electoral billboard for the Arab-led Joint List political alliance in Israel’s northern city of Nazareth in October.

A Adam Rasgon

India’s Congress Party Holds Mass Protest in New Delhi

Many more are still streaming into the city for what organizers hope will be one of the biggest demonstrations yet in a string of recent rallies.Demonstrators at a protest organized by the Indian National Congress Party in New Delhi on Sunday.

J Jeremy W. Peters and Hari Kumar

Putin Breaks Down His Isolation, With a Big Assist From Trump

Notching wins from Washington, the Russian leader is talking with foreign leaders and could return to diplomatic center stage with possible summit meetings.President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia during a Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow on Thursday.

P Paul Sonne