Election Officials Fear Trump Administration’s Interference in Midterms Voting

State and local plans for Election Day include how to react to potential ICE raids, misbehavior by federal election monitors and attempts to seize votes or machines.State and local election officials across the country have been redoubling training efforts to prepare for the potential for federal in

R Richard Fausset, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and David W. Chen

Michigan Senate Race Drives Anxiety Among Jewish and Muslim Voters

More than elsewhere in the country, U.S. policy toward Israel is at the forefront of the race between Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed.The Department of Justice’s Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism held an event at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, Mich., this month. Synagogues and mosques ali

J Jennifer Medina

Israel’s High-Stakes Election: What to Know

Israelis head to the polls on Tuesday for an election that will determine the country’s next prime minister. But it can take weeks, months or longer to form a new government.

E Ephrat Livni

Nithya Raman Is Not L.A.’s Mamdani. But She Might Become Mayor, Too.

Little known a year ago, Nithya Raman is a Democratic Socialist drawing comparisons to New York’s Zohran Mamdani. She has mounted a strong challenge to the incumbent, Karen Bass.The Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman at a campaign event in North Hollywood Park this month.

J Jill Cowan

The Fed Is Expected to Hold Rates Steady. Warsh Will Have to Explain Why.

Inflation is moving in the wrong direction and the labor market remains stable, a combination that bolsters the case for higher interest rates.Kevin M. Warsh, chairman of the Federal Reserve, said that the central bank had more work to do to tame inflation, but that there was no urgency to raise rat

C Colby Smith

The Surprise Tossups

We look at how gerrymandering shapes the midterm elections.Campaign signs outside an early voting site in North Carolina this week.

S Sam Sifton

China Steps In to Rescue Stocks, But the Market Continues to Fall

The Communist Party uses a “national team” of state-owned investment funds to stem the market rout. But this time, investors are not sure it will work.President Xi Jinping of China has convened senior leaders to set the government’s agenda, but the economy is likely to take a back seat to politics.

A Alexandra Stevenson and Murphy Zhao