When the algorithms that drive social media move on, the children who were separated from their parents remain in detention facilities along the Rio Grande.
In the On Politics newsletter, a record midterms for women sets the stage for a record presidential campaign; plus, a barrier-breaking candidate in Texas and a new poll in California.
Mr. Cruz, the Texas Republican senator, will try to use the face-off to widen his lead in the polls, while Mr. O’Rourke, the Democratic congressman challenging him, is hoping to recapture momentum.
Does a much-covered Texas representative looking to unseat Ted Cruz stand a chance? And what if he — gulp — loses? Well, we’ve been here before.
As the Texas Senate race moves into the homestretch, Mr. Cruz, the Republican incumbent, and Mr. O’Rourke, the Democratic challenger, prepare for what could be their last debate on Tuesday night.
Heralded in film for its past, but underfunded and underappreciated, the agency continues to give us insight and breakthroughs.
At a tent camp for migrant teenagers in Tornillo, Tex., there is a militaristic feel.
In ruby red Texas, a Democrat hasn’t been elected to a statewide position since 1994. But ahead of this year’s midterms, a Senate race between an unflinching liberal and a religious conservative is unexpectedly close.
Led by Donald Judd’s children, Flavin and Rainer, it will eventually touch six of the 21 buildings the foundation owns in Texas and add programming space.
Mr. Cruz, the Texas Republican senator, held an eight-point lead in a new Times poll over Mr. O’Rourke, his Democratic challenger, in one of the most closely watched Senate races this year.
Party leaders are building a firewall around a few dozen purple districts, and cutting off lawmakers who appear unable to win.
In the Texas race, any small shift among evangelical voters could be a significant loss for Senator Ted Cruz — and a signal to Democrats.
Talking to Kirsten Gillibrand and Gretchen Whitmer about women in politics; the Senate race in Texas has an identity crisis; and watching a live poll.
Driven by a tale of racial injustice from his childhood, Mr. Baker dusted off an old case about a shooting spree in Texas. His findings reversed a ruling made nearly 70 years earlier.
Beto O’Rourke offers hope in dark times.
A New Jersey man contracted the infection after visiting a surf and water park in Texas. Experts say the amoeba is found in warm bodies of fresh water.
A New Jersey man contracted the infection after visiting a surf and water park in Texas. Experts say the amoeba is found in warm bodies of fresh water.
The transfer of hundreds of migrant children to a tent camp in Texas is the result of federal policies that have made it difficult to release them to families.
The administration created this crisis.
The federal government has been moving hundreds of children a week under cover of darkness to a tent city on the Mexican border in West Texas.
Mason Motz’s parents believed that his speech issues were caused by a brain aneurysm he had when he was 10 days old. It turned out he couldn’t move his tongue correctly.
Mason Motz, who suffered a brain aneurysm when he was a baby, was mostly nonverbal for years until his dentist noticed that Mason had an issue with his tongue and corrected it with a quick operation.
Mr. Wilson, accused of sexual assault against a minor and arrested in Taiwan on Friday, was replaced as Defense Distributed’s director by Paloma Heindorff.
“We believe survivors,” the activists chanted, as they surrounded Mr. Cruz and his wife, Heidi, at an upscale Italian restaurant in Washington.
Ms. Guyger fatally shot Mr. Jean, her neighbor, after entering his apartment. The killing gripped the city and led to protests against police brutality.