A new kind of Mideast peace process is underway, as a determined Trump administration and its allies in the Muslim world seek to broaden a tenuous cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.
President Trump is imploring lawmakers to redraw their congressional maps to stave off Democratic control of the House. But the debate over redistricting has revealed fissures within both parties.
Democrats have no federal contests that would allow them to check President Trump’s power, but governors’ races, mayoral contests and referendums will test momentum and divisions in both parties.
What began with Texas drawing what could be five new Republican districts in the House of Representatives at President Trump’s behest has spiraled into a nationwide redistricting race. Nick Corasaniti, a New York Times reporter covering national politics, gives an overview.
The justices face so-called legitimacy dilemma as they deal with a tricky legal dispute and a president who has made clear he would view defeat as a personal insult.
Experts say the case is a tossup that poses difficult considerations for the justices, made all the more tense by President Trump’s efforts to personalize the dispute.
Mr. Musk’s supporters say he may quit if shareholders don’t approve a trillion-dollar package. Some investors say it’s excessive and would give him too much sway.
Moon Duchin, who leads the University of Chicago’s Data and Democracy Lab, explores how math can help solve gerrymandering and improve electoral systems.
The British sculptor Antony Gormley and the Japanese architect Tadao Ando designed an installation evoking the ancient Roman dome. Building it was complicated.
New work requirements are expected to leave millions of poor Americans uninsured. For Equifax, which charges states steep prices for its trove of employment data, it is a business opportunity.
As a close race for governor between Mikie Sherrill and Jack Ciattarelli comes to a close, the two campaigns were reading the tea leaves and pulling out the stops.
Former President Barack Obama, speaking in support of Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic candidate for New Jersey governor, said her victory would set a “glorious example.”
The new light-rail train, linking Queens and Brooklyn, would signal a shift in the city’s center of gravity, toward one less tethered to the office towers of Midtown.
Venezuela’s president has built a system in which the only people who can truly tear down his dictatorship are the ones with the most to lose from its demise.
France’s trove of DNA profiles has helped solve high-profile crimes and was used to find some of the Louvre suspects, and it is growing. The police can also access other countries’ databases.
Members of a forensic team inspect a window at the site where burglars broke into the Louvre and made off with eight of France’s historic crown jewels last month.
She rose from a junior high school teacher to the state’s top official, and helped persuade Toyota to build its first American factory in Georgetown, Ky.
Gov. Martha Layne Collins of Kentucky in 1984 with Walter Mondale, the Democratic candidate for president. He was considering Ms. Collins for his running mate, but eventually selected Representative Geraldine Ferraro.
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