Democrats Lead Governor Races Deep in Republican Territory, Polls Show  —  Democratic advantages in the races for governor in Texas, Iowa, Ohio and Alaska reflect deep unhappiness with President Trump and the economy.  A Republican leads in Kansas.  —  One month until Election Day …

Kristi Noem's Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left  —  The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.

Trump's opponents are planning efforts to reverse his changes to presidency  —  As the midterms approach, Democrats are working to ensure his aggressive approach to executive power doesn't outlast him.  —  SummaryLoading...  Democratic House members are writing bills to rein in a president's emergency powers.

How Trump Moved Ethical Lines With His Ads, Businesses and Summits  —  The president's decision to hold an international summit at his own private golf club, an idea rejected in his first term, illustrates how much he has shattered norms.  —  When President Trump decided in his first term …

Trump names national intelligence director Jay Clayton to lead a new federal AI task force  —  President Donald Trump on Sunday tapped Jay Clayton, his director of national intelligence, to lead a new government task force on artificial intelligence.  —  Trump is calling it the …

U.S. Marine arrested in Japan, accused of killing Japanese woman in Okinawa  —  A U.S. Marine stationed in Japan's southern island of Okinawa was arrested following the death of a Japanese woman, local police said on Sunday.  Japan lodged a strong protest with the U.S. and demanded maximum cooperation with the investigation.

With threats to midterms, states say Trump administration isn't helping  —  U.S. spy agencies see Russia and others plotting to sow distrust and misinformation in the upcoming elections.  —  SummaryLoading...  U.S. intelligence agencies are monitoring schemes by Russia and other adversaries …

Brazil goes to polls in decisive election for future of Latin America  —  Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro face off in battle between leftwing incumbent and far-right son of jailed ex-president  —  Brazilians are going to the polls in the first round of a highly polarised …

Trump is putting a generation of young judges on the bench — for life  —  President Donald Trump has appointed far more federal judges who are under 40 than his predecessors — ensuring that his imprint on the judiciary will last for decades.  —  Over the course of his two terms to date …

Why You Must Care About the Ballroom  —  Trump is defying Congress and robbing the American people to build it.  —  WHEN YOU CONSIDER all the outrageous things President Donald Trump has done in his second term, you might be tempted to think his big ballroom project doesn't rate high …

New York has a socialist mayor.  Los Angeles may be next  —  LOS ANGELES — Voters could make history next month by giving the two largest U.S. cities something in common: South Asian immigrant democratic socialist mayors. … - New York, the nation's largest city, is already led by democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Alito on Trump's praise of him, criticism of fellow justices: ‘I put all of that out of my mind’  —  Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said in a rare televised interview Sunday on Fox News that he tries not to pay too much attention to President Trump's frequent praise of him …

Sen. John Kennedy says he's considering running for president  —  The Louisiana senator said that he has not made a decision yet and noted that right now, he is running for re-election. … Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said in an interview on NBC's “Meet the Press” that he is considering running for president in 2028.

Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon  —  I'm based in Hong Kong, where I have been closely tracking the new space race between the United States and China.  Last month, a series of documents caught my eye.  —  Selam Gebrekidan  —  The documents contained details …

A Reckoning in Springfield … He kept going over the details.  —  “I run this route every day, like clockwork,” the trucker was saying, heading west to where he had first seen the man on the side of the highway.  —  Now it was a Sunday morning, his day off, and Jack Buhring was driving …

RFK Jr.'s movement is in disarray  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again movement is turning on its leader.  —  Not RFK Jr.  —  Rather, Tony Lyons, the Kennedy friend and book publisher who is the president of a web of MAHA nonprofits and political groups.

Weekend Update #205: Russia's Strategy In Two Words: “War Crimes”  —  Operation Vivaldi, Even More Robots; The Trump-Putin Quid Pro Quo  —  Well, the Russians are struggling on land and at sea, and are having real difficulty protecting themselves from Ukrainian long-range attack.

With Costs High, Tax Cuts May Fall Flat for G.O.P. in Fight for Congress  —  Tipped workers in Arizona have benefited from the G.O.P.'s big tax cut.  But they face economic stress from other Republican policies.  —  Outside the clubhouse at a golf resort nestled into the mountains framing Oro Valley …

He Wanted to Modernize the Military.  Pete Hegseth Forced Him Out  —  Dan Driscoll speaks for the first time since resigning as Secretary of the Army amid the the Pentagon's purge of military leaders  —  I  —  T WAS JUST BEFORE 2 a.m. on Jan. 3, 2026.  —  Low-flying helicopters carrying …