Opinion | MAGA Is Nothing Without Trump
I spent the Labor Day weekend in Chicago, America’s greatest summer city. Sunday afternoon in particular was glorious. The temperatures were moderate, the skies were clear and the tourist sections…
3 Israelis Are Fatally Shot at West Bank-Jordan Border Crossing
A gunman killed three Israelis at a sensitive border crossing between Jordan and the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday, according to the Israeli military. The gunman arrived at the Israeli-controlled…
Struggling to Stem Extremism, Tajikistan Hunts Beards and Head Scarves
People in Tajikistan were expecting a government crackdown after Tajik men were arrested and charged with a terrorist attack on a Moscow concert hall in March. But it still seemed…
New Poll Suggests Harris’s Support Has Stalled After a Euphoric August
Is Kamala Harris’s surge beginning to ebb? That’s the question raised by this morning’s New York Times/Siena College poll, which finds Donald J. Trump narrowly ahead of her among likely…
Congress Returns for Another Big Spending Fight
Congress reconvenes on Monday after a lengthy summer break for what is shaping up as a pitched three-week battle over spending with significant consequences for both the November election and…
Trump and Harris Neck and Neck After Summer Upheaval, Times/Siena Poll Finds
Former President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris enter the homestretch of the campaign in a tight race, and with their only scheduled debate looming on Tuesday, Ms.…
The Prince We Never Knew
Dig, if you will, a small slice of Ezra Edelman’s nine-hour documentary about Prince — a cursed masterpiece that the public may never be allowed to see. It’s 1984, and…
They Slept on a Gym Floor Until They Won the Housing Lottery
They huddled in the cold on a graffiti-covered bench last November, the twin girls dozing in their parents’ laps while the older children buried their heads in their phones. Most…
In ‘Matlock,’ Kathy Bates Takes One Last Case
Kathy Bates was ready to quit. A movie shoot had soured (no, she won’t specify the movie) and she found herself alone, on her sofa in Los Angeles, sobbing. Bates,…
Fast-Spreading Wildfire in Southern California Forces Evacuations
An uncontrolled wildfire in Southern California grew explosively on Saturday, quadrupling in size to over 17,000 acres by Sunday morning and leading to mandatory evacuation orders for over 5,000 people.…