Representative Thomas Massie, the Kentucky Republican, said he would use his waning time in office to prod his party to vote for “sanity” and break with President Trump.
The 20th-century ocean liner will become an artificial reef, ending efforts to save a ship that was fast, luxurious and (almost) indestructible. Watch the livestream.
A New York Times editor has had a lifelong connection to the S.S. United States, which is becoming an artificial reef off the Florida coast.
Military families are navigating feelings of grief, pride and anger, as well as seeking answers about the deaths of their loved ones.
An expanding legal fight over the proposed site of President Trump’s 250-foot triumphal arch looms over his visit to Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day.
The legal filing argues that the arch would cast a shadow on Kennedy family graves and disrupt the sightline from the eternal flame memorializing the former president.
President Trump is seeking damages from the British broadcaster over a documentary it conceded was misleadingly edited.
Investigators in South Carolina rescued the baby on Tuesday after he had been buried in the woods for 24 hours. His father was in police custody.
The tight race between Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith and her Democratic challenger, Scott Colom, has highlighted the difficulties that stringent elections laws present to voters.
Ms. Salazar, a Republican, had released an ad in which she said the White House had “gone too far” on immigration amid worries of Hispanic voter backlash within her party.
In Lewis County, N.Y., the highly contagious virus has swept through Amish homes. Public health experts fear there’s no end in sight.
When he stepped onto campus in 1965, he said, he was met with “curiosity and disbelief.”
The court said that the request was too broad and could reveal numerous unrelated confidential sources.
Thomas Markle Sr., who is facing charges of possession of child sexual abuse images, had his house arrest rescinded by a federal judge in Florida.
Many Republican and moderate voters who chose Democratic candidates did not do the same on transgender and other social issues.
A nursing professor in California is among thousands of immigrants excluded from a public detainee database under a new policy to expedite their deportation.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dismissed an impeachment effort led by Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky, a Republican lawmaker.
This week’s offerings are in Saugatuck, Mich., Hartford, Vt., and Greenville, S.C.
What happens now that Republicans can’t take the South for granted?
Over several years, a couple cobbled together buildings from various sites to create the riverside cottage of their dreams.
Representative Thomas Massie, a Republican of Kentucky, has forced a vote on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
A new examination of video footage shows that the officer who shot at a fleeing car in a Walmart parking lot, killing a boy, had previously ramped up encounters by punching, cursing and drawing his weapon.
In the past, Americans were infected with dengue after being bitten by mosquitoes while traveling. But now, most of the current transmission is from local mosquitoes.
State leaders and residents in Virginia have opposed NextEra’s acquisition of Dominion Energy, fearing that it will accelerate rate increases.
A Times analysis and review by experts found that the police officer who opened fire on a vehicle, killing 1-year-old Kohen Wiley in Senatobia, Miss., violated basic policing protocols and his department’s use-of-force policy.
The Democrat was leading the race for a district when officials realized there were missing votes from a single memory card. Now the Republican has the edge.
The echoes of history surround Scott Colom’s final push toward victory, but assembling the coalition that propelled him took hard work after many Democratic misses.
The governor-elect of Georgia is elated about her party’s victories in the South, but knows realignment is far from secure.
An injured five-month-old walrus was found huddled next to carcasses in remote Alaska after it became separated from its mother. Its rescue took days and lots of patience.
Andrew Young is a civil rights leader and a former mayor of Atlanta. On “The Interview,” Keisha Lance Bottoms discussed his reaction to her victory in the Georgia governor’s race.
Keisha Lance Bottoms is the first Black woman to be elected governor in the U.S. On “The Interview,” she talked about how much identity politics came into play for voters.
On “The Interview,” Keisha Lance Bottoms discussed how Democrats could make sure they kept winning over voters in Georgia and the South.
Some blamed President Trump for backing the novice candidate after the death of her brother, Lindsey Graham. Others accused Mr. Graham’s team of pushing her to run despite her lack of experience.
Allan Filgueiras said during a news conference that his daughter, Nathalia, 20, fought to the final seconds as a private jet carrying nine people crashed near Palm Beach, Fla.
In a Democratic landslide election, here are the ads that stood out. Some were effective, while others backfired.
Following an election-year rout for Republicans, Trump castigated lawmakers for not passing the Sunshine Protection Act. Some scientists have warned against the change.
Republicans in North Carolina saw their state as a firewall, gerrymandered to protect incumbents even if Democrats kept winning the governorship. This week, the wall shattered.
See the full list of the Democrats who defeated Republican incumbents and challengers for Congress and state offices previously held by Republicans.
Two years after two other pandas were returned to China, giant pandas were back on display in Atlanta.
Two giant pandas made their debut at an Atlanta zoo on Friday. The animals are part of an international effort to preserve giant pandas and symbolize diplomatic relations between the United States and China.
A looming impeachment push could put President Trump’s polarizing defense secretary in a standoff with Democrats and Republicans.
Sweeping midterm successes in Georgia and North Carolina have given the party an opportunity, and a test, to lay out a vision for governing in the South.
A Virginia judge, empowered by quirks in maritime law, has overseen the salvage of the remote shipwreck for decades. Now her rule is being challenged.
Anger over tariffs and higher costs because of the war in Iran led many Republican farmers and ranchers to vote blue — or stay home.
A phalanx of lawyers, observers and campaign officials are watching the counting of votes in the race for Senate, where a Democratic challenger has a slim lead.
The rare Democrat in a fabled family of wealthy Republicans, he served 30 years as senator and helped bring health insurance to millions of low-income children.
Decades after the computer industry moved on, federal officials plan to finally ground the once-vaunted tech relic at the nation’s air traffic control centers.
Thomas Markle Sr., Meghan’s estranged father, was arrested in Florida on Friday. He has denied the accusations against him.
A younger, more diverse electorate than is typical in midterm elections helped drive Democrats’ decisive victory, along with gains among swing voters and support from some Republican voters. Nate Cohn, The New York Times’s chief political analyst, explains.
Scott Colom, the Democratic nominee, has kept his edge over the Republican incumbent, Cindy Hyde-Smith, as more provisional and mail ballots were reported throughout the state.
Parts of the state recorded two feet of rain in a day. Will this El Niño winter deliver even more?
The manager, Danny Nozell, had accused the nephew, Bryan Seaver, of waging a campaign to extract money from Ms. Parton’s estate. The nephew denied the accusations.
Dozens of people were evacuated by boat on Thursday in Tennessee and Georgia after heavy rains led to severe flooding.
She became an early and leading activist for gay and lesbian rights in a time and place where that was extremely rare. She was 89.
More than 100 people were rescued by boat on both sides of the state line as the Toccoa River reached “catastrophic” flooding levels, officials said.
Democrats in the South used anger over redistricting, cuts to key federal programs and attacks on Black history to help galvanize a crucial bloc of voters to the polls.
Scott Colom, a Democrat, ran a viral ad and courted Republicans at a Trump rally before winning virtually the same number of votes as Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican.
The third most-populous state withstood a national Democratic surge on Tuesday, even as Republicans confronted deep losses in Texas and across the electoral map.
From Miami, Flávio Bolsonaro is making unfounded claims of a stolen election and plotting to sway his nation’s politics from afar, even though his party is not challenging the results.
Shannon Taylor’s defeat of Representative Rob Wittman adds to Democrats’ overwhelming gains across the country.
Representative John McGuire, a Republican, held off a challenge from former Representative Tom Perriello, a Democrat.
A student made plans to end her life after chatting with Google’s artificial intelligence, a new lawsuit claims, amid mounting concerns about online harms to children.
A new agreement in New York is only the latest that Catholic dioceses have reached since the early 2000s with people who say they were victims of clergy sexual abuse.
What an amazing election night.
Democrats are clinging to small leads in both states, and it may take quite a while until the winners are known.
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida criticized his fellow Republicans at a news conference on Wednesday after sweeping losses in the midterm elections.
The helicopter was filming boats in the water when it went down in Biscayne Bay near a state park roughly seven miles from Miami, the authorities said.
The race for U.S. Senate is close in Mississippi, which does not allow for vote recounts in statewide elections.
The Democratic candidate for Senate, Scott Colom, leads his opponent, Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, by a razor-thin margin as of Wednesday afternoon.
Democrats took five new seats for a total of 29, giving them a majority for the first time in years. The wins could expand state-level resistance to the Trump administration.
Aaron Spencer, who admitted to fatally shooting a man charged with sexually assaulting Mr. Spencer’s daughter, had won the Republican nomination.
What mattered most in these midterms?
Investors are already picking the winners and the losers after Democrats glided to a landslide victory in the midterm elections.
Democrats flipped several Senate seats, most of which had been held by Republicans since former President Obama was elected in 2008.
The mechanism that controls the vertical angle of the plane was found in three pieces, including one nearly four miles away. All nine people aboard were killed.
Up for grabs: A Mediterranean-inspired house in Minneapolis, a bungalow in Fort Worth and a Craftsman in Atlanta.
The Olivia Tremor Control’s final album was put together in the spirit of the analog-era music collective that the band came from.
The Democratic Party wrested control of Congress from Republicans in a wave of midterm victories as voters delivered a scathing rebuke to President Trump.
Voters from South Carolina to Ohio to Texas have elevated a new class of Democrats who could not be more different from one another.
In his victory speech, Senator Jon Ossoff, Democrat of Georgia, said he hoped his daughters would inherit a better future.
Every Senate win holds important lessons for Democrats.
Just months after his death, Mr. Grah Senate seat is gone and his Ukraine policy is diminished.
Former Representative Elaine Luria won back her seat in the state’s tidewater region from Representative Jen Kiggans, the Republican who beat her four years ago.
See results for ballot measures around the country related to voting rights, social policy, redistricting and more.
Representative Shomari Figures won even though a new Republican-drawn map changed his district, a move prompted by the Supreme Court decision weakening the Voting Rights Act.
Dr. Andrews, who won a major upset in a conservative state, is a pediatrician who distanced herself from her party.
Democrats have won key Senate races in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Our election data reporter Evan Reynolds explains how Democrats did well even in some historically Republican counties in these Southern states.
The outcome in the state’s red Sixth District was a sign of Democratic strength in an area that voted heavily for President Trump two years ago.
Dr. Annie Andrews defeated Darline Graham, who succeeded her brother after his death, to become South Carolina’s first Democratic senator of the 21st century.
Our election data reporter Christine Zhang explains how double-digit swings in several counties helped Dr. Annie Andrews, a Democrat, defeat Senator Darline Graham, a Republican, flipping South Carolina in the U.S. Senate race.
Fighting corruption, the theme in his race, could work for Democrats in 2028.
Ms. Dandiya, a former high school principal, is set to become Florida’s first South Asian member of Congress after winning a district Republicans had gerrymandered in their favor.
Ms. Moody, who had been appointed to the position to replace Marco Rubio, won a special election to finish his term, defeating a strong, grass-roots challenge from Angie Nixon, a state lawmaker.
The popular former governor defeated President Trump’s handpicked choice to replace the retiring Thom Tillis.
The Democrats flipped their first Senate seat of the night. Our national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher explains why this wasn’t a surprise, and why it’s one of at least four seats the party needs to win to secure a majority in the Senate.
In North Carolina, Roy Cooper affirmed the power of the right person waging the right campaign in the right place.
Ashley Moody, a Republican, defeated Angie Nixon, a Democrat, in the U.S. Senate race in Florida, but Ms. Nixon did well in some Hispanic-majority counties. Our election data reporter Evan Reynolds explains.
Mr. Ossoff, the Democratic incumbent, was an aggressive anti-Trump campaigner. He beat Representative Mike Collins, a Republican.
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.
Journalists for The Times are watching for election issues, problems at the polls and misinformation, reporting tips to one main place.
Josh McKoon, a Trump ally who helped advance Republican efforts to change election rules after a bitter 2020 count, said, “I think everybody’s going to respect the outcome.”
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.
Election results in states where voting ends early could indicate how each party will fare in House and Senate races elsewhere in the country.
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.