Xavier Becerra Advances in California Governor Race

Mr. Becerra was long dismissed in the contest until the abrupt departure of Eric Swalwell created a surprise path for an experienced Democrat.Xavier Becerra at a phone banking event in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday.

L Laurel Rosenhall

What to Know About California’s Top Election Races

Spencer Pratt, a Republican running for the role, showed early strength, but Nithya Raman, a progressive city councilwoman, made a substantial leap in Friday’s returns.Voters in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

J Jill Cowan and Livia Albeck-Ripka

Amid Mounting Democratic Concern, Platner Says His Past Is Being ‘Weaponized’

The presumptive Democratic Senate nominee in Maine said the state would have his back in the face of accusations he has denied.Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, held a campaign event on Friday at a theater in Bar Harbor, Maine, where he told attendees that his state would have

T Tim Balk and Katie Glueck

U.S. Job Market Pushes Past Shocks and Strains

Employers added 172,000 jobs in May, adding to a vigorous pace of hiring in recent months. But wage growth is not keeping up with higher prices and consumers remain pessimistic.

L Lydia DePillis

Trump Greets Farmers in Wisconsin, but Says He Could Be Home Watching TV

President Trump was in Wisconsin to reassure farmers who have been stung by his tariff policies and rising fuel prices from the war in Iran.President Trump traveled to western Wisconsin, which is home to large beef, dairy and crop farms, to shore up support for a Republican loyalist running for re-e

K Katie Rogers

Trump Administration Investigating Gender Treatments at Mount Sinai

A grand jury subpoenaed the health system for information about adolescent patients who had received gender-related care, Mount Sinai said on Friday.The hospital said it was committed “to safeguarding our patients’ privacy” and said it would only share “de-identified” information if it had to.

J Joseph Goldstein

First U.S. Screwworm Case Since 1960s Prompts Texas Emergency Response

The infections are the first detected in the United States since the 1960s. Officials are aggressively trying to prevent the parasite from spreading in the nation’s largest cattle-producing state.Officials are dispersing millions of sterile screwworm flies in the vicinity of where the infected calf

E Edgar Sandoval

SpaceX Has $30 Billion Deal to Provide Google With A.I. Computing Power

Elon Musk’s rocket company said Google would pay it $920 million a month, as it prepared for its initial public offering.SpaceX’s Starbase offices in Texas. The agreement with Google could help to establish SpaceX as an infrastructure provider for companies that are fiercely competing in the A.I. ra

K Kate Conger

What Are A.I. Agents Actually Doing?

A San Francisco start-up called Arena found that people are most likely to use A.I. agents on the job, particularly if they are in the tech industry.

C Cade Metz

Wary of U.S., Carney Bets on AI Strategy for Canada

The country on Thursday released a national artificial intelligence strategy that focuses on building its sovereign capability and protecting consumers.Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada during a demonstration at a Toronto hospital on Thursday. “Canadian A.I. adoption will be prudent, pragmatic an

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A Question Swirling Around Putin’s Big Conference: Could the War End?

At the St. Petersburg economic forum, business and political elites said Russia faced a choice of halting the conflict or sacrificing more. Vladimir Putin seemed to signal more war.President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia speaking at the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg on Friday.

I Ivan Nechepurenko

‘Out of Control’: When Troopers and Protesters Clash, Questions Follow

Gov. Mikie Sherrill had hoped that replacing federal agents outside the Delaney Hall detention center with the state police would bring peace. It didn’t work out that way.As night fell outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement

C Chelsia Rose Marcius and Mark Bonamo