The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.Elon Musk has shown less public interest in elections in recent months, but he has patched up his relatio
It’s Oct. 12 — 22 days away from the midterms. Here’s the state of play.
Party leaders are working to connect Washington profiteering and the influence of billionaires and corporate America to affordability, in what they hope will be a potent closing message.“Corruption is why things don’t work for the American people.” Senator Jon Ossoff, a Democrat running for re-elect
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“We are entering an age of prolonged insecurity,” one former U.S. energy official said of what have become chronic threats on the Middle East’s energy core.Ships anchored this month off the coast of Khasab, Oman, near the Strait of Hormuz.
Three deadly attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen on an airport in the Saudi capital underscored the asymmetrical nature of their conflict with the kingdom.Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in Paris in August. Houthi strikes on the Saudi capital, Riyadh, have cast a shadow on h
Many say a vote in two weeks may be the most consequential in Israel’s history.Ashdod, Israel, last week.
A roving crew of California firefighters is installing cameras in some of the highest, craggiest sites in the state — all to get an early warning of a potentially deadly blaze.
A documentary claims that Ukraine, not Russia, attacked the drama theater in Mariupol, where hundreds of civilians died.The remains of the theater in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, in April 2022, in a photograph taken when the area was under pro-Russian control. The Russian airstrike on the building kil
For more than a year, The New York Times followed recipients of universal basic income programs, which Elon Musk and other tech leaders have promoted as a solution to A.I.-fueled job losses.
Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford were awarded the prize for insights that helped policymakers become “better equipped to deal with shocks in the economy,” the committee said.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2026 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences to Robert E. Hall and Mich
Cephalopods are masters of camouflage. Scientists want to decipher how the process works in the brain.
In an interview, Dr. Peter Piot recalled when he first saw the spindly virus under a microscope and reflected on a five-decade career spent fighting two deadly pathogens.Dr. Peter Piot was the first scientist to identify the Ebola virus as a young researcher in Belgium in 1976.
The changes follow the retirement of an officer who was facing a disciplinary trial for the death of 19-year-old Win Rozario in 2024.“When the government uses force against a New Yorker, the standard for accountability must be at its highest,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said. “Every New Yorker deserves to
City Hall confirmed that the mayor would not join Monday’s procession up Fifth Avenue, but would host an Italian American heritage reception soon.City Hall says that Mayor Mamdani intends to host an Italian American heritage reception at Gracie Mansion in the coming weeks.
The YouTuber, comedian and actor’s trial began on Monday. He has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.Russell Brand arriving at court in London on Monday with his wife, Laura Brand.
A discussion on the roots of the far-right’s success, its plans for power and what President Trump has to do with it all.
If my face and name were not my own, who was I?
We look at a few governors’ races worth watching.Campaign signs in Texas.
Sword in hand, Nayib Bukele is revamping Latin America’s rich tradition of political exhumations. A new crypt projects his power across Central America.A Salvadoran honor guard inside the new mausoleum of Francisco Morazán in San Salvador, the capital.
