Election officials say they worry the administration could use its own unsubstantiated claims to contest the vote in November.President Trump, who has continued to falsely claim that he won the 2020 election, has been relentless in his efforts to sow doubts about the integrity of American voting.
Democrats have campaigned on lowering living costs and holding the Trump administration accountable. This is a look at their to-do list if they win the majority.Should they win in November, top House Democrats are planning a shock-and-awe legislative sprint to demonstrate within hours of taking powe
This year’s olive harvest in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is the most violent in years, as settlers have attacked farmers and besieged homes, drawing condemnation from U.S. officials and others.Palestinians harvesting olives last week in Khirbet Abu Falah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Israel
The Israeli military said two soldiers and two attackers had been killed, and three soldiers wounded. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to launch a major offensive in the Israeli-occupied territory.Israeli soldiers standing next to one of the bodies of two armed Palestinian men after the excha
It’s not impossible to spot the characteristics of a brewing financial crisis. We can look to 2008 for clues.
Among the stakes in next month’s election is the long-running question of whether tax cuts can shape how people vote.Representative Mike Lawler campaigning this month in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Mr. Lawler, a Republican, has made the higher federal cap on the state and local tax deduction central to h
President Trump’s novel deal-making is on display in upstate New York, where the administration is funneling Japanese funds into a government-owned chip factory.A GlobalFoundries factory in Malta, N.Y.
Investors have grown increasingly concerned that the war in Iran could escalate again, putting energy supplies at greater risk.
Senators have warned the White House they will withhold confirmation votes until the administration ensures the restoration of communications capabilities used by Ukraine’s military.Representative Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican of Pennsylvania and a former F.B.I. agent who worked on Russian counterin
“Everything is fine” is a common refrain in a country used to adapting to a new normal.Smoke rising from a Ukrainian strike on an industrial zone in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sunday.
The first lady, who is positioning herself as an intermediary between two warring nations as her husband sides with Russia, said the agreement would allow residents to evacuate.“It was abundantly clear that without my intervention, the possibility to bring humanitarian aid into the city and to evacu
The first-generation Apple foldable may feel awkward, but it’s an intriguing step toward merging phones and tablets into one.
The charges intensified the administration’s efforts to go after the law enforcement and intelligence personnel who cast doubt on unsubstantiated claims that Joseph R. Biden Jr. engaged in corrupt dealings in Ukraine.The two officials served on the F.B.I.’s Foreign Influence Task Force, a group crea
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s vision for New York has been largely shaped by her upbringing in a failing western New York town and her family’s move up from a trailer park to affluence.Gov. Kathy Hochul has won over the real estate community in New York City, but her politics and worldview remain products of
Violet Clinton is doing award-winning entomological field research. Her dad still has to buy the beer for her moth bait.
President Trump says Venezuela is not ready for elections, and he focuses instead on its oil. But Secretary of State Marco Rubio is nudging talks between opposing politicians.Dinorah Figuera, left, Delcy Rodríguez and Jorge Rodríguez during a meeting at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas
The discovery may hint at the roots of human norms around fairness and friendship.Chimp friendships are largely initiated by grooming. They are “popping pimples; they’re looking at little scabs; they’re scratching things,” Dr. Lewis said, behaviors that release bonding hormones like oxytocin.
With four soldiers missing, Haiti’s new Gang Suppression Force, already off to a rocky start, is facing its first crisis.The view from the cockpit of a helicopter flown by members of the Salvadoran contingent of the Gang Suppression Force during an aerial patrol last month over Port-au-Prince, Haiti
The G.O.P. nominee in Ohio has given conservatives space to reckon with the ethical degradation of Trumpism.
Sarah Longwell has conducted hundreds of focus groups with Trump voters, and many of them are feeling betrayed.
New data have prompted questions about changes in teens’ sexual orientations. But researchers disagree on how much the numbers can really tell us.After peaking at 26 percent in 2021, the percentage of ninth-grade girls identifying as bisexual dropped in 2025 to 13 percent, according to recent federa
