For Stephen Miller, Election Defeat Is No Reason to Back Down on Immigration Crackdown
The president’s new chief of staff has already demonstrated his intention to forge ahead with an agenda that many voters rejected.
Trump Asks Dana White of U.F.C. to Be His Press Secretary
On social media, the president offered the now-vacant job of White House press secretary to Dana White, the organization’s C.E.O., and told him to bring along fighters as aides.President Trump and Dana White, the chief executive of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, during a U.F.C. event on the Sou
Trump’s D.C. Construction Blitz May Be About to Get Tougher
The president has bulldozed through obstacles as he has sought to remake the face of Washington. But newly empowered Democrats and angry judges are setting up a high-stakes showdown.
Chuck Schumer Is on Track to Become Senate Majority Leader After Election Blowout
The Democratic leader still faces skeptics in his ranks and hostility from some activists, but aides say he has enough commitments of support to be elected majority leader.Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, and his political team engaged in a $550 million push to put more Senate seats in p
Turning Point Bet on the Midterms and Lost. Some Republicans Are Furious.
Candidates backed by the right-wing activist group did not fare well, and the results set off recriminations from establishment Republicans.Erika Kirk, chief executive of Turning Point USA, during a Turning Point Action event in Phoenix in April.
After the Midterms, the Average Age in the Senate Falls to 63
Incoming senators are nearly 15 years younger than departing ones, on average. But the chamber’s overall age isn’t shifting much.
How Elon Musk Frittered Away Nearly $500 Million on the Midterm Elections
Behind the scenes, the world’s richest person spent a record amount over two years to bend the country’s politics to his will. He couldn’t.Elon Musk has become by far the Republican Party’s biggest megadonor, spending nearly $500 million during the 2025-26 midterm election cycle.
Eisenkot, Netanyahu Rival and Opposition Leader, Tapped to Try to Form Government
Gadi Eisenkot, a former military chief, hopes to succeed Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister by cobbling together a coalition after an inconclusive election.Gadi Eisenkot, shown in Tel Aviv last month, has the daunting task of forming an Israeli coalition from disparate parties.
Eisenkot Seeks to Oust Netanyahu as Prime Minister. Here’s How.
Gadi Eisenkot gets the chance to form a new government, replacing Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister. But the obstacles are formidable.Gadi Eisenkot, a former military chief and the leading opposition candidate, at a campaign event in September in Haifa, Israel.
How Cardiologists’ High Hopes for Two Drugs Were Dashed
By every measure, the drugs were no better than placebos, full data revealed on Saturday. Was it the fault of the design of the studies, or our very hypotheses about heart disease?
Illeana Douglas Looks Back on Hollywood’s Biggest ‘Cat Fight’
After publishing a book about the 1939 classic “The Women,” the actress and writer talks about her film career and her role in #MeToo.Douglas says she has learned to be “very strong and very direct.”
The Midterms Were Spectacular. Here’s What They Showed.
Five signals from the Democrats’ extraordinary string of victories.
What Michelle Goldberg Learned From the Most Exciting Democrats
Michelle Goldberg reported on the Democrats’ most exciting campaigns. Here’s what she saw.
More Than 50 Killed in Yemen in One of the Deadliest 24 Hours of the War
Strikes show the heavy toll since fighting between the Houthis and the Saudi-backed government reignited in August, with civilians paying a heavy price.A boy being treated after being injured in a strike near Sanaa, Yemen, on Saturday.