Republican Senate and House candidates are being out-raised by their Democratic rivals, but the party has received a huge boost from groups tied to Elon Musk and President Trump.President Trump’s super PAC and Elon Musk have both spent enormous amounts to support Republicans in the midterms.
The world’s richest person, who has become the biggest known midterm donor, gave $158 million to a group that quickly spent that much to help Mr. Paxton’s Senate bid in Texas.Elon Musk lives in Austin and has major business interests in Texas.
Ken Paxton celebrated New Year’s Eve in 2024 with two men wanted on federal charges, one of whom donated at least $190,000 to his campaigns. The extent of his ties to the men was unclear.
Republicans have used A.I.-generated content more often than Democrats, ranging from subtle enhancements to convincing deepfakes.
Plus, the Friday news quiz.
A teenager opened fire at the Silver Rail Elementary School, killing three children and one teacher. The shooter was killed by an armed bystander.A police officer outside the Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Ore., which was the scene of a school shooting on Thursday.
A long string of school shootings have stricken the nation over the last three decades.A police officer outside of Silver Rail Elementary school on Thursday.
A day in the Ukrainian capital, a new kind of battlefield far from the front, where daily life means assessing — and accepting — deadly risks.A destroyed garage on Oct. 7 after an attack on an industrial complex that killed two security guards in Kyiv.
The Ukrainian president’s defiant decision to continue attacking Russian refineries underscores President Trump’s inability to end a war he had promised to resolve.President Trump during a campaign stop in Alaska on Tuesday. He has not delivered on his promises to end the war in Ukraine, or to lower
In an interview with a right-wing influencer, the new White House press secretary also described the harried process that led to her hiring.Katie Zacharia, the White House press secretary, aboard Air Force One on Wednesday. “I woke up at 3 in the morning on Tuesday to prepare with what I had,” she s
The disgraced tech entrepreneur and the comic Nathan Fielder chat and joust in a dizzying movie about truth, reality and the contours of knowledge.
The comedian may be an unexpected choice for a documentary about the disgraced Theranos founder, but his TV shows suggest why he’s a good fit.
Mansour Abbas, a dentist-turned-lawmaker, helped oust Benjamin Netanyahu once before. Now, he and a Jewish ex-police commander have teamed up to try to do it again.Mansour Abbas, leader of Raam, in Nazareth, Israel, in September.
A poor sugarcane crop in India, the world’s second-largest producer, is hurting consumers and farmers — plus undermining the country’s energy security goals.A worker tending to a sugarcane crop in Maharashtra, India, in September.
In the contrarian logic of investing, rising interest rates have made bonds much more attractive, our columnist says.
The Federal Reserve chairman said technological change was complicating the outlook for central banks as policymakers grapple with persistent inflation risks.Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh speaking at an event during the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday.
The potential downgrade by MSCI, an influential index provider, adds to a deepening crisis of investor confidence in the economic policies of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto.An display at the Indonesia Stock Exchange in Jakarta on Friday.
Our reporters share a compendium of debuts, discoveries and (sometimes overdue) appearances in the paper.
Doctors worry that the effects of weight-loss drugs may be masking serious eating disorders.
This is more than just another persecution of one of the president’s political enemies.
With control of the Senate at stake, Mara Gay traveled to this Texas border region to hear from voters.
Thailand introduced subsidies and tax cuts to encourage electric vehicle adoption. Now it is trying to recalibrate, alarmed by the threat to its industrial landscape.
