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
The search takes place within the 60-day window of the midterm elections, when the Justice Department has historically avoided such investigative steps related to political candidates.Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, at the Capitol earlier this year.
President Trump is moving to buy Russian diesel while also pressuring Ukraine to halt attacks on refineries, a lifeblood of Moscow’s war machine.Smoke rising from fires at an oil refinery after what the authorities said was a Ukrainian drone strike in Moscow last month.
With the Russians intensifying sabotage, arson and cyberattacks against European nations supporting Ukraine, NATO divulged a blueprint, in case of war, to deter the Kremlin.Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich of the U.S. Air Force, NATO’s top military commander, speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum on Monday
The Saudi authorities said they were fending off drone and missile attacks after a weekend of confrontation with the Houthi militia in Yemen, whose patrons Iran offered to mediate.Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, in Tehran earlier this month.
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.
Our investigation into the farmed fish industry found human-rights violations and health concerns. Here’s what you can do.A fish farm in Norway in 2024.
Social Security funds are on track to run short by 2032, which would mean a reduction in benefits. Here’s how four hypothetical households rely on the program in retirement.
Rhenda Strub invited strangers to accompany her to Seattle Mariners games this season to help overcome the loneliness of grieving for her son’s death.Rhenda Strub at the final 2026 game of the Seattle Mariners’ season.
Four decades after his death, a revealing trove of the author’s possessions is up for auction.
The new models, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, are meant to compete with cutting-edge A.I. models from rivals like Anthropic and OpenAI.Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, revamped his company’s A.I. division last year after setbacks in developing the technology.
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.
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.
