Likely voters favored Democratic candidates over Republicans by 11 percentage points in their congressional district, a New York Times/Siena poll found.
The map favors Republicans, but cracks in their base are leaving them vulnerable in defending House and Senate control.
The move buys good will with President Trump while costing the Russian leader, Vladimir V. Putin, little.
Julio Herrera Velutini, a prominent Venezuelan, was seeking clemency. He got it not long after his daughter gave Ms. Habba, a lawyer close to President Trump, an extraordinarily lucrative job.
The enormous spending by the term-limited president’s super PAC has no parallel in American history, and could offer struggling Republican candidates a lifeline.
Trump’s meddling would have dark consequences for our democracy and our prosperity.
President Trump has talked about replacing the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room with an indoor swimming pool.
Staying quiet is riskier than speaking up, Ukrainian officials say, as President Trump goes further than ever in prioritizing Russia’s interests.
As the midterms approach, our chief economics correspondent breaks down the data.
The president called for the return of Stephen James Hubbard, a Michigan teacher seized from his home in Ukraine months after Russia invaded that country.
Trump is preoccupied with summoning the image of a consolidated authoritarian state.
Ron Wyden, ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, is investigating the firms over their role in helping corporations dodge billions in taxes.
The country has never been more united.
Federal, state and city authorities conducted searches in New York City as the Trump administration investigates allegations at centers in states Democrats control.
The justice said during a discussion that recent Supreme Court decisions on voting rights, gerrymandering and campaign finance have deepened America’s divides.
MAGA Inc. is now flooding the social media platforms with targeted ads as it seeks to turn out Republicans amid the president’s historically low approval ratings.
The stakes in Ukraine are much larger than the fate of one nation.
Trump’s push for deals and Europe’s political fractures seem to be giving the Russian president the opening he’s been waiting for.
President Trump alluded to the antisemitic term “Shylock” at a rally in Kansas on Monday. The word is associated with a centuries-old antisemitic trope of a moneylender. Mr. Trump said “Shylock” at a rally last year and said that he didn’t know it was an antisemitic slur.
Senator Katie Britt of Alabama was the latest national Republican to visit Iowa to campaign for Representative Ashley Hinson. President Trump will follow on Thursday.
Mr. Trump appears to wish to be both president and first lady.
Once again, the president’s ability to wage a trade war without Congress will come before a court that has repeatedly ruled against him.
President Trump said that opponents of Senator Roger Marshall had unfairly cast him as “some kind of a Shylock-type guy.” Mr. Trump used the same slur last year at a rally in Iowa.
President Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, met with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine amid a deepening rift between Ukraine’s leader and Mr. Trump over the latter’s push for deals with Russia.
The president has forgotten the “forgotten men and women of this country.”
The secretary of state will meet with Asia’s richest men in Mumbai as Washington continues negotiations over a trade deal with India.
The midterm elections appear to be a factor for both sides in the war as President Trump weighs his next steps.
Under the Harvest Fuel Relief Program, the Agriculture Department will provide economic aid for farmers hurt by high diesel prices.
The series of recent steps by the president that seem to favor Vladimir Putin reflect his intensifying desire to normalize the relationship with Moscow even if it means further undercutting Ukraine.
The president’s swing is taking him to states including South Carolina and Kansas that were not seen as competitive just a few months ago.
Only a small fraction of recent G.O.P. broadcast and streaming ads mention the president, according to a Times analysis of ad data.
Chrystia Freeland, a former Canadian deputy prime minister, explains why her country chose to fight back against Trump.
Government attorneys sparred with Judge Ana C. Reyes over testimony by several government witnesses about the chain of decisions surrounding East Potomac Golf Links.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said he didn’t want to believe that Washington wanted an end to the war at Ukraine’s expense. “But that’s how it looks,” he added.
The fire, which did not seriously damage the network, came after similar incidents in Bulgaria and Poland involving the satellite internet provider, a key defense tool for Ukraine’s armed forces.
The effort comes as Republicans are struggling to win over female voters two weeks before the midterm elections.
President Trump said Benjamin Netanyahu was a “Great Warrior,” as he faces a tough re-election bid for prime minister. But the Trump brand is not what it once was in Israel, analysts say.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will not pay any financial penalties but agreed to abide by the Trump administration’s views on diversity and other matters.
Former Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia said he told Senator Susan Collins, who is locked in a tough re-election fight, “Whenever you run again, I’m going to come.”
The effort by the Trump administration comes as it wages a broader fight with California officials over voter rolls.
Ratings have surged since Mr. Stewart returned over two years ago to host the show on Monday nights.
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign in Michigan released a new ad highlighting his faith, which Republicans have used to attack him in a tight Senate race.
Why is a president who resigned being celebrated?
To boost Senator Jon Husted, who is in a tight race to keep his seat, some Republicans who were making a jobs pitch have pivoted to focus on socialism.
As Trump held rallies around the nation, his White House was consumed by dramas that reinforce how his presidency has become a drag on his party’s prospects in the midterms.
The president on Sunday justified his reversal of almost five years of sanctions against Russia as part of peace negotiations. He did not name any hostage.
The plan to begin work transforming the course in four weeks injected fresh urgency into a federal lawsuit opposing changes to East Potomac Golf Links.
The G.O.P. will not always be focused around the strong personality and charisma of Trump.
Moscow seems to be seizing an opening to plunge Ukrainian cities into cold and darkness to try to inflict immense human suffering.
Blocked from entering her country, Venezuela’s opposition leader spoke with The Times about her efforts to return and her relationship with the Trump administration.
The exiled ambassador didn’t defy the president. She mimicked him.
A reader wonders if he needs to rethink what he wears.
The Texas attorney general’s powers could come under scrutiny in a close Senate contest, though election experts say courts would likely constrain him.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine pressed Sunday for more information on possible restrictions to Starshield, a U.S.-provided satellite internet service used by the Ukrainian military.
Our White House correspondent Tyler Pager traveled with President Trump as he campaigned across the country ahead of the midterms. As the president touted his record, political drama mounted in Washington.
Temporary Protected Status for the two countries was set to expire on Monday. The Trump administration said an announcement would be made “at the appropriate time.”
The president praised the embattled prime minister for his endurance, saying any other candidate would be the “wrong Leader.”
Federal agents searched Ms. Omar’s Washington home last week and issued subpoenas to some family members in search of evidence of fraud in immigration paperwork.
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MAHA’s alliance with MAGA had energized voters to support President Trump’s 2024 campaign. Now, some aren’t so sure.
Inflation is high, consumer spending is strong and seemingly everything depends on what happens with artificial intelligence.
Farmers and ranchers have supported President Trump for a decade. But the war in Iran, tariffs and other administration policies have soured some on the G.O.P.
A freeze on visas made it all but impossible to immigrate from dozens of countries. Student and work visas also declined.
Food inflation, gas prices and cuts to federal benefits have created a “perfect storm” for food pantries, which have become vital parts of the family budget for millions of Americans.
Oscar Belgal arrived in the city from the Dominican Republic in 2022. Chaos appeared to follow, ending in a fateful encounter with immigration agents.
The Trump administration is ignoring the will of Congress and waiving new Russia sanctions amid fears that high energy prices will cost Republicans in next month’s elections.
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Congressional powers may be less than they appear to be, especially lately.
Senator Darline Graham, appointed to fill the Senate seat of her late brother, Lindsey, gently disagreed with the president’s decision to exempt Russia from the sanctions legislation.
As he stumps for midterm candidates, the president has been especially eager to talk about the physical appearance of some men.
With midterm elections approaching, organizers of the “No Kings” demonstrations, known for their anti-Trump sentiment, urged people to vote early.
The Trump administration is pitching the idea as part of a peace deal with Ukraine, but Europe is wary and critics say Russia would be strengthened.
With midterm elections approaching, organizers of the demonstrations known for their anti-Trump sentiment are urging people to vote early.
The White House inquiry is focused on diverging accounts from Richard Grenell and Alina Habba Mildon about a $17 million transfer from a government account in the African country to a Texas defense firm.
Student demonstrations over education converged with broader protests against rising living costs and a luxury development linked to Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law.
The president’s crazy actions have Democrats on the cusp of victory — and they’ll be coming for him.
Cabinet members are seldom major figures in campaigns, but the defense secretary’s forays into politics and his bravado in defense of an unpopular war have made him a target.
Voting rights advocates fear the Trump administration may use the federal government to cast doubt on the election, discourage participation or try to delegitimize results.
The sanctions were part of a measure that was named after Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who died in July.
Her abrupt departure came after she was shadowed by questions about how she had presented her legal career and handled her first press briefing.
Higher interest rates are inflating borrowing costs as the Trump administration spends on the Iran war and tariff refunds.
The annual decline was about $70 billion. Companies are writing off billions in A.I. investments, taking advantage of tax cuts that President Trump signed into law.
The longtime friends and creative partners on what U2 still means — and what would make them call it quits.
One campaign has created social media posts focusing on U.S. support for Israel to sow discord ahead of the midterm elections.
State and local officials said that they received thousands of names lacking key identifying information, and that many of the names were paired with addresses over which they had no jurisdiction.
Where the two presidents’ war of words will end is anybody’s guess. But if it continues, it could threaten the crucial operational help that Ukraine still gets from the United States.
A three-judge panel appeared unconvinced by claims that a federal law requiring the president to preserve and hand over his presidential papers was unconstitutional.
Escalating a standoff with Judge Ana C. Reyes, the Justice Department demanded that she recuse herself from a case in which she had ordered several Trump officials to testify.
The health secretary is quietly taking steps that public health experts fear will reduce immunization rates further.
A criminal investigation into the lawmaker’s immigration process advanced after federal investigators reviewed family text messages from a seized phone.
The new restrictions ban unauthorized drone flights within a nautical mile of the southern border, up to 400 feet in the air.
Plus, Katie Zacharia’s ouster, A.O.C. on the trail, and another tense debate in Maine.
The National Park Service is reviving a practice that was banned by the Biden administration and condemned by conservationists.
Katie Zacharia has been fired after five days as President Trump’s new press secretary, according to people familiar with the matter. Mr. Trump told reporters on Friday that he had encouraged her to “reconsider” the role.
Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, was asked on Friday if President Trump was using him as a scapegoat for various domestic and foreign issues Trump faces. He answered with a silent smile.
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Republican Senate and House candidates are being out-raised by their Democratic rivals, but the party has received a huge boost from groups tied to Elon Musk and President Trump.
One of the biggest surprises of 2024 was the swing of young voters, particularly men, away from Democrats to Donald Trump. Now they are swinging back.
The Fields Medalist Terence Tao is on the front lines of a debate about artificial intelligence and the future of his field.
The Ukrainian president’s defiant decision to continue attacking Russian refineries underscores President Trump’s inability to end a war he had promised to resolve.
The race’s fourth and final debate centered on whether Senator Susan Collins, the Republican incumbent, was as independent as she claimed to be from President Trump.
The lawsuit seeks to temporarily block the state from counting mail ballots of voters it claims are likely noncitizens, opening a new front in the administration’s legal fights with election officials.
President Trump’s latest push to end the war in Ukraine has raised questions about the future of U.S. support.
Investigations into noncitizen voting follow a pattern. Each inquiry ends with few, if any, prosecutions.
Republicans joined Democrats in calling on the Pentagon’s inspector general to look into whether the Trump administration was responsible for the interruption.
This is more than just another persecution of one of the president’s political enemies.
Two Trump allies — Alina Habba Mildon and Richard Grenell — are locked in a raging dispute that has its roots in the battle for a share of the spoils in Venezuela.
In an interview with a right-wing influencer, the new White House press secretary also described the harried process that led to her hiring.
With control of the Senate at stake, Mara Gay traveled to this Texas border region to hear from voters.
A retired general, a Catholic archbishop for the military and one of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s victims were among those who had spoken out.
The ruling was the latest defeat for the administration as it continues a mass deportation campaign.
The daughter of the president’s chief of staff joined an American businessman in Republika Srpska as he explored a gas pipeline. And six current and former campaign advisers recently traveled there for an election.
Iowa is seemingly at the center of the pushback against President Trump as the state grapples with the impact of both tariffs and higher fuel costs.
The United Nations is convening delegates from nearly 200 countries to try to make progress on pledges to protect plants, animals and ecosystems.
Can 1990s-style politics make a comeback?
President Trump has been promoting his efforts to reduce drug prices, but many Americans have not seen relief from rising costs for prescriptions and insurance premiums.
In our first edition of The Backstory, a new newsletter about Times journalism, we’re diving into coverage of a rape allegation and talking to a critic who says we’re not tough enough on Trump.
This quarter’s campaign finance report shows that the world’s richest man is the top political donor of this midterm election. Our reporter Theodore Schleifer explains how Elon Musk came back from a brief rift with President Trump and Republicans to become a central player in the party’s campaign to hold Congress.
Four years ago, Republicans stressed fears of rising crime to flip four House seats in New York. But in this year’s midterms, the issue seems less salient.
As ties with the Trump administration fray, María Corina Machado said her return to Venezuela would come “sooner than you would expect.”
Paolo Zampolli, a longtime Trump associate, gained attention earlier this year with a report that his ex-wife had been detained by ICE after his request.
The ruling denied a bid by Gemini Trust and the C.F.T.C. to nullify a settlement that required the company to pay $5 million for misleading federal regulators.
The Senate showdown in Texas shows why Donald Trump and the Republican Party are worried about the midterm elections.
President Trump canceled the planned livestream of the Fort Hood shooter’s execution. Mr. Trump said that only the victims’ immediate families will be able to watch the execution in person on Dec. 3.
The president’s arrangement to import Russian diesel fuel is one more example of how he has sold out American democracy.
The lawsuit also suggests that a motivating factor for the dismissals was the intense scrutiny of the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, after he went to the Olympics in Milan.
Many election officials fear that the Trump administration is laying the groundwork to challenge the midterm results in November if they do not favor Republicans. Our White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs describes what the administration is doing.
At a political rally in Arizona, President Trump said that government sources who leak military plans should be shot.
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, expressed frustration with President Trump for making deals with Russia as the country continued its campaign of striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure before winter.
President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed overt frustration with the United States in an interview with The Financial Times. He had paused the strikes to comply with a demand from the United States.
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Katie Zacharia told The New York Times that the confusion over her legal credentials was the result of one big misunderstanding.
In President Trump’s second term, those heading for the exits, voluntarily or involuntarily, are female officials.
Confusion about the U.S. stance has mounted in Kyiv amid restrictions on how the military version of Starlink is used.
The cost of living adjustment, or COLA, for next year will be the largest since 2023. Retirees will see the extra money in their benefit checks starting in January.
President Trump’s deal with Russia will probably not lower diesel prices that have soared because of his war with Iran and Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries.
There is a chance that Democratic optimism is over the rainbow.
The right wing is scrambling for wins in the elections as Democrats lead in the polls.
President Volodymyr Zelensky, who met with Britain’s prime minister, has said Ukraine received no warning of Russian attacks, but President Trump has said Washington is still “sharing intel.”
President Trump called Katie Zacharia, his new press secretary, an “attorney” on Tuesday, creating confusion about her credentials.
With the midterms nearing, some are venting frustration with the president while others are standing by him.
The Pentagon is expanding its fight against drug traffickers, even as the plans recall a long and bloody history of U.S. intervention in the region.
At a rally in Arizona, the president dramatically escalated his attacks on news gathering and those willing to speak to the press.
The newest inflation report gave Democrats a chance to tie pain at the pump to President Trump’s decisions.
The Trump era is ending. It’s time for Democrats to decide what happens next.
The Trump administration had filed an emergency application asking the justices to intervene in a long-running dispute over political ad rates.
After thousands of troops deployed by the president have patrolled Washington for more than a year, a three-judge panel interrogated whether the deployment could continue indefinitely.
Our national security and White House correspondent David E. Sanger breaks down why President Donald Trump struck a deal with President Vladimir V. Putin to import Russian diesel fuel in the coming months, despite having signed recent congressional legislation tightening energy sanctions on Russia.
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Inflation and economic frustrations have expanded the map of competitive midterm election districts deep into Republican territory.