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The Rev. Adam Hamilton, a centrist Democrat, ousted Senator Roger Marshall, a Republican who was bogged down by President Trump’s unpopularity.
Missourians established a right to abortion two years ago, overturning a near-total ban. Republican lawmakers asked them to reverse course this year.
A hunter and former prosecutor, Mr. Sand avoided traditional Democratic labels and cast himself as dedicated to Iowans first.
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Ousted two years ago by a Republican challenger, Mr. Brown returns to Washington in the seat once held by Vice President JD Vance.
If Democrats want to take back the White House, they should follow the Ohio senator’s playbook of focusing on economic issues while sidestepping cultural ones.
The map, redrawn at President Trump’s behest, would have positioned Republicans to flip a Democratic-held congressional seat in the Kansas City area.
The New York Times spoke with voters in Michigan, Maine and Texas about why they voted the way they did.
Mail-in ballots are often slower to process in states with high volumes of them, and the count cannot begin until Election Day in some cases.
Jacob Allen Morley, who was serving a life sentence for murder, was captured on Tuesday in Missouri, according to the authorities. He escaped from a Tennessee prison on Oct. 26.
Missouri Republicans tried to end the congressional career of Emanuel Cleaver. Even with an old map back in place on Election Day, his political future remained unclear.
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Jacob Allen Morley, 28, was found hundreds of miles away, near Kansas City, Mo., after breaching a fence last week at a correctional facility where he was serving a life sentence.
A midterm campaign marked by high engagement showed no signs of slowing on Election Day, though it was unclear whether either party had an advantage.
Voters in the U.S. are deciding who will control Congress. The election is also seen as a referendum on Trump’s presidency.
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At least a dozen Ukrainian truck drivers were arrested this summer, according to a representative for Ukraine. Several remain in detention.
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The political winds are blowing in Democrats’ direction. The question is: How strong are they?
Electing Abdul El-Sayed would contribute to the normalization of the antisemitism that his candidacy has helped to produce.
Laura Belin is an openly liberal journalist in Iowa who has long been shut out by state Republican officials. Now she’s being bypassed by Democrats who favor friendly internet influencers.
Republicans see Michigan as a key Senate seat to flip. Our reporter Christine Zhang breaks down the race between Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers.
Needlework fans say the popularity of embroidery and needlepoint kits has been growing.
In purple states like Michigan, sharing political views — especially with reporters — has become a socially risky thing to do.
Douglas DePodesta says he was forced out of his job after U.S. Attorney Andrew S. Boutros’s prosecutions of protesters known as the Broadview Six fell apart.
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The president has repeatedly complimented Senator Jon Husted’s body. For better or worse, it has caught the attention of voters and raised Mr. Husted’s profile in a key midterm race.
Mr. Turkish, 39, is a longtime Democratic donor and disability rights lawyer. He endorsed Republican Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate on Wednesday.
In Ohio, Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, is running for Senate just two years after he lost re-election. Our national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher describes how Democrats hope that a favorable political environment can propel him to victory.
Democrats are up in Michigan, Texas, Kansas, Maine and Ohio, have an edge in Alaska and are effectively tied with Republicans in Iowa, new New York Times/Siena polls found.
Strong performances underscore how a favorable political environment may be lifting up Democrats, new New York Times/Siena polls found.
Ms. Stevens, who lost to Dr. Abdul El-Sayed in the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan, once fashioned herself as one of Mr. Rogers’s fiercest critics.
Roger Marshall, a Republican senator whose re-election bid has grown surprisingly competitive, wanted to push back against attacks. His team didn’t agree. He ignored the guidance.
Representative Stevens, who has been in a growing feud with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan, appeared together with the Republican nominee, Mike Rogers.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, two leading figures of the left, criticized Representative Haley Stevens for backing a Republican in Michigan.
Gary Tyler was convicted of murder in a trial that a court later deemed unfair. Now free after 41 years, he is a celebrated textile artist with a new solo show.
What if you could carry your own personal curator in your pocket? Museums are hoping A.I. can make this a reality.
Tensions have flared between Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan, and his former primary rival. “I don’t want any distractions,” Dr. El-Sayed said Saturday.
In a frank interview, she described her disappointment and also said she was considering converting to Judaism. Her fiancé had thoughts, too.
“We had a primary, right?” Dr. El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, told reporters. “I understand that some folks are upset about that. I get it. But I’m here trying to beat Mike Rogers.”
Voters see Dan Osborn, the independent seeking to unseat Senator Pete Ricketts, as more like a Democrat than an independent, a Times/Siena poll found.
The country’s biggest demographic group — women — is the main driver of voting and has grown ever more Democratic in this election cycle.
The police are searching for a person who shot 7 people, killing a 31-year-old pregnant mother of 4, on the night before Halloween. Families were in the store shopping for last-minute costumes.
Democratic sweep or not, politics are about to change.
Dan Osborn trails by six points, and voters don’t seem to buy that he’s truly independent from Democrats.
A $195 million expansion of the Rock Hall features a new entry plaza, an amphitheater and a 40-foot-tall wall of glass.
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Representative Haley Stevens traded sharply critical comments Friday, escalating intraparty tensions in Michigan’s pivotal Senate race.
The fate of Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the progressive candidate in the race, will serve as a litmus test for the left’s potency heading into the next presidential contest.
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A law enacted after a brazen scheme to rig onion prices in the 1950s puts the vegetable, as well as box office receipts, off-limits for prediction markets.
In the final days of the race, Josh Turek, the Democratic Senate nominee, appears to be in a dead heat against his Republican rival, Representative Ashley Hinson.
Pope Leo may be the first pope to vote in a national election, Vatican experts said.
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The back-and-forth over President Trump’s schedule comes as polls show Republicans are in danger of losing seats, including in areas he won handily in 2024.
A founding member of Martha and the Vandellas, she was the crystalline soprano on 1960s hits like “Nowhere to Run” and “Jimmy Mack.” She has died at 83.
High cancer rates have exposed a fault line in Iowa politics between public health and the interests of the powerful agriculture industry.
Young men swung to Donald Trump in 2024. Polling shows they are now moving away — but to what? Sabrina Tavernise, a reporter for The New York Times, went to Michigan to find out.
Pipo Nguyen-duy, 64, was the studio art chairman at the liberal arts college in Ohio and had been honored for his photography, including being named a Guggenheim fellow.
President Trump insulted Black and Jewish supporters of Michigan Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed during a rally in South Carolina on Thursday.
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In battleground Michigan, residents disagree on which candidate in a marquee House race has the better solution to a data center proposal.
Large batteries that store electricity have revolutionized power grids and car markets. Now some start-ups are betting that “heat batteries” could be just as transformative.
Representative Haley Stevens has been less than enthusiastic about Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, injecting late intraparty tensions into a race that could decide Senate control.
South Carolina seems like a serious race; Minnesota may not be; and Florida still appears out of reach for Democrats.
New polls in Florida, South Carolina and Minnesota illuminate the head winds that Republicans are facing.
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Thousands of runners will take part in the New York City Marathon on Sunday. Temperatures are expected to be unusually warm for November.
He and another content creator, Cam Higby, are accused of breaking the law when they posed as Islamic voters in August.
Investors in big cities are quietly consuming small businesses all over the country.
Why is President Trump campaigning in deep-red Kansas in the final stretch of the midterms? One reason is that voters here are angry that his promise to bring down the price of beef ended up costing Kansas cattle ranchers tens of thousands of dollars.
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 parents of the Minneapolis nurse who was fatally shot by federal agents in January said on Tuesday that the government had ignored and misled them.
Much of the online discourse about Senate races in Texas and Kansas is coming from accounts that appear to be automated, according to new research.
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Stumping for the Republican Senate nominee in Michigan, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely claimed that Arabs did not win global awards for science and “don’t produce literature.”
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In “American Socialist,” Shawn Gude tracks the rise and fall of the movement led by the left-wing presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs.
Across the United States, from Nevada to Missouri, museums and parks are displaying and honoring signs that “are like jewels on a necklace of the road.”
As the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan seeks to overcome intraparty tensions, his opponent in the primary, Haley Stevens, said a PAC’s ad was “fearmongering about Israel.”
Democrats are targeting G.O.P. strongholds that could set them up for new majorities. But if they don’t win those races now, it could be a long time before they have another chance.
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Millions of early votes tell us less than many would think, but there are key takeaways from results in Texas, Kansas, Georgia and North Carolina.
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It’s crunch time and still looking bullish for Democrats.
The president contended that Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim, would “invite hordes of jihadis to our shores” as he sought to bolster the G.O.P. candidate in a tight Senate race.
A video of Catholic leaders praying with the president was shared by the White House. One archbishop said it was done without permission.
Marci Webber was institutionalized after being convicted by reason of insanity for killing her 4-year-old daughter. For years she has said she is cured and should be freed.
The bank would offer low-interest loans to community projects in the East Bay region of Northern California.
Senator Roger Marshall was slow to recognize the steep challenge he faced in his solidly conservative state. Now he is confronting dissent among voters with deep economic worries.
In his campaign for governor, Zach Lahn has pitched himself as a self-made businessman. His backstory is more complicated.
The fallout from Vivek Ramaswamy’s brutal spot targeting his Democratic rival in the Ohio governor’s race showed that even in the Trump era, a political attack can be seen as going too far.
The company said that all Six Flags rides and attractions would undergo safety reviews, as the park operator faces lawsuits over safety concerns.
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Blake Miley yelled “fascist” as President Trump spoke at a midterm campaign rally. The violence that followed “was not right,” she said.
Conflict between Michigan’s Black and Arab communities could get in the way of Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s pitch in the critical Senate race.
Some Muslim voters who backed Mr. Trump in 2024 say they believe he pledged his support when it was politically convenient, only to alienate and scapegoat them once he won the election.
In the 1980s, video clubs in Ghana used hand-painted posters to draw African audiences to Hollywood movies. Now they’re attracting American film buffs.
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Trump’s latest attempt to denaturalize Representative Ilhan Omar is yet another signal of his abuse of power, argues the columnist Jamelle Bouie. In fact, the entire immoral act, according to Bouie, “encapsulates the president’s outright contempt, hostility to, arguably, opposition to the Constitution itself.”
Plus, a fight over free speech and election law.