U.S. politics, with source ratings
Do you remember that scene in Terminator 2 when the Connors are hiding in Mexico, and John Connor, after seeing two boys fighting, asks the Terminator, “We’re not gonna make it, are we? People, I mean.” That is how I felt reading the new book Generation Uncoupled by Daniel Cox, the director of the Survey […]
Notching wins from Washington, the Russian leader is talking with foreign leaders and could return to diplomatic center stage with possible summit meetings.
The electoral math could become difficult for Southern Democrats, especially if they lag on Tuesday: An influx of new residents means the party that controls Southern states is likely to gain political power after the next census.
Across the country, many voters have drawn a straight line between President Trump’s policies and inflation.
Battles over Israel, antisemitism and race have shaken Beverly Hills in recent years and divided the formerly Democratic enclave.
John E. Sununu, the Republican Senate candidate in New Hampshire, has the president’s endorsement but is keeping him at arm’s length.
A Times review of the president’s public speeches finds that he is more profane, more absolutist, longer-winded and less coherent than he was in 2016.
Young voters want affordability. Older ones want stability. That tension may be the biggest factor in the contest between Karen Bass, 73, the incumbent, and Nithya Raman, 45.
The New York congresswoman, once a bane of establishment Democrats, has tried to nudge her movement in a bigger-tent direction as she weighs her 2028 options.
Abelardo de la Espriella claims over 32,000 arrests in ten weeks as Colombia joins Trump's anti-cartel coalition, pivoting away from predecessor's policies.
Even though marketers have increasingly shifted their dollars to other media, local stations are reaping a bonanza during these midterm elections. Nowhere is this is more evident than in Texas.
Millions of Americans gained an hour of sleep this weekend when the time change commonly known as daylight saving ended for 2026, meaning clocks "fell back."
Richard Nelson thought he was done with the Apple family in 2020. Then Donald Trump returned to the White House.
Kalshi says nearly $1.3 billion has been traded on midterm elections markets, surpassing 2024 presidential election volume as bettors size up key races.
Andrew Miller says data center demand means electricians can earn six figures by age 22, with IBEW apprentices starting at $27 to $28 an hour.
Karmel Mall owner Basim Sabri gave a tour of the massive Somali mall in Minneapolis, raising questions about cultural assimilation in America.
Democrats are poised to combat President Donald Trump’s tariffs if they win congressional majorities in the midterm elections. While they are unlikely able to get Trump to sign bills undoing his own agenda, they could force Republicans to take difficult votes on the tariffs, from which they have been shielded thus far by GOP leadership. […]
Government unions already wield enormous power in blue states, where they help elect the Democrats who negotiate their contracts and approve their budgets. After Tuesday’s elections, they could wield even more. Ballot measures in Maryland, California, and Colorado would weaken elected officials’ control over union contracts, make a temporary tax permanent, and dismantle limits on […]
“When money is psychologically tainted, we often avoid it,” University of Michigan professor Scott Rick told Fortune.
