- Bend, Ore., is known for its outdoor charm.
- Fri, 16 Oct 2026 01:45:59 +0000
The city in Central Oregon is home to Silver Rail Elementary School, where a shooting resulted in 5 dead.
- 5 Takeaways From the Senate Debate in Maine
- Fri, 16 Oct 2026 01:42:12 +0000
The race’s fourth and final debate centered around whether Senator Susan Collins, the Republican incumbent, was as independent as she claimed to be from President Trump.
- School Shooting in Oregon Adds Silver Rail Elementary to Grim List
- Fri, 16 Oct 2026 01:55:49 +0000
A long string of school shootings have stricken the nation over the last three decades.
- Trump Ally, Paolo Zampolli, Leaves State Department
- Fri, 16 Oct 2026 01:48:39 +0000
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.
- Woman’s Quiet Dog Walk Near Bend Elementary School Shattered by Gunfire
- Fri, 16 Oct 2026 01:43:55 +0000
“It’s just something that we live with here in America,” said Leah Schwartz, who heard the violence in Bend, Ore. “It’s exhausting.”
- Judge Refuses to Reverse Penalties Against Crypto Firm With Ties to Trump Family
- Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:35:02 +0000
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.
- A Bitter White House Feud, Even by Trump-Era Standards: Alina Mildon and Richard Grenell
- Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:52:57 +0000
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.
- Oregon’s Gun Laws Are Tight, by American Standards
- Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:18:34 +0000
In recent years, Oregon has passed restrictive measures popular among gun safety activists nationwide.
- Man Found in Barrel in Lake Mead in 2022 Is Identified by Las Vegas Police
- Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:11:49 +0000
The victim was shot once in the head in the early 1980s, the authorities said, and was identified after family members from Arkansas could provide a DNA match.
- Trump’s Deal With Russia Inflames Ukraine War He Vowed to End
- Fri, 16 Oct 2026 01:02:09 +0000
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.
- Clancy Trial’s Holdout Juror Says That the Defendant Was ‘Methodical’
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:16:31 +0000
In an interview with Fox News, his first, Michael P. Desronvil said that Lindsay Clancy had thought through the killing of her three children. That, he said, was a major reason he wanted to see her convicted.
- Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Charged With Fraud, Lawsuit Says
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:41:02 +0000
Ken Paxton celebrated New Year’s Eve in 2024 with two men wanted on federal charges, one of whom donated at least $190,000 to his campaigns. The extent of his ties to the men was unclear.
- Cornell’s Powerful Board Meets as It Fights to Protect Its Reputation
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:37:37 +0000
The president argued this week that replacing him would be a mistake.
- How U.S. Support to Ukraine Has Evolved Under Trump
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:37:04 +0000
President Trump’s latest push to end the war in Ukraine has raised questions about the future of U.S. support.
- Katie Zacharia Admits Failing Bar, but Defends Calling Herself a Lawyer
- Fri, 16 Oct 2026 02:17:05 +0000
In an interview with a right-wing influencer, the new White House press secretary also described the harried process that led to her hiring.
- Here’s what to know.
- Fri, 16 Oct 2026 01:48:18 +0000
The suspect in the shooting was killed at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Ore., according to the authorities, and the conditions of the injured were not immediately known.
- A Guide to State Legislature Elections and Where Partisan Control Is at Stake
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:06:15 +0000
A guide to the states where legislatures are up for grabs.
- Teen Arrested Over Plan to Attack Hindu Temple, Officials Say
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:04:56 +0000
The suspect in suburban Chicago was in the parking lot of the temple on Sunday and told a co-worker that his gun had jammed, the authorities said.
- Luna, a Dog Who Was Lost in Yellowstone for a Month, Is Found Safe
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:52:32 +0000
A 10-year-old Jack Russell Terrier/Chihuahua mix, Luna lost half her weight but was otherwise healthy after several weeks in Yellowstone National Park.
- ICE Agents Who Rammed a Worker in Houston Were Chasing a Dead Man, Family Says
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:21:55 +0000
ICE agents rammed a man during a pursuit in Houston, leaving him with a shattered leg. But a bulletin of the target shows a man who died in 2017, his daughter said.
- Senators Demand Investigation Into Ukraine Satellite Disruption
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:13:45 +0000
Republicans joined Democrats in calling on the Pentagon’s inspector general to look into whether the Trump administration was responsible for the interruption.
- More Trump Allies Aided Pro-Russian Balkan Government
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:53:09 +0000
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.
- Ms., Martians and Guacamole: Their First Time in The Times
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:50:16 +0000
Our reporters share a compendium of debuts, discoveries and (sometimes overdue) appearances in the paper.
- Many Figures Opposed Hegseth’s Plan to Livestream Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:36:03 +0000
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.
- Trump Administration Sues California Over Voter Rolls
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:05:29 +0000
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.
- How Trump Is Trying to Assert Control Over the Election
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:48:56 +0000
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.
- Fired FBI Agents Who Worked on Trump Investigation Sue Patel and Others
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:40:35 +0000
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.
- Trump’s Attacks on Voting Raise Fears He Will Try to Challenge Midterm Results
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:37:34 +0000
Election officials say they worry the administration could use its own unsubstantiated claims to contest the vote in November.
- ‘Suspicious Substances’ Sent to Senators and State Election Officials
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:03:12 +0000
Federal law enforcement officials said they were investigating a series of letters mailed to members of Congress and secretaries of state in recent days.
- Harvard Endowment Soars to $68 Billion Even as Federal Cuts Force Layoffs
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:40:27 +0000
The stock market has boosted Harvard’s wealth. But as federal funding slumps, the school is seeking corporate sponsors to underwrite research.
- An Angry Judge and a Maybe-Lawyer in the Briefing Room
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:24:59 +0000
A roundup of legal news from the past week.
- James Talarico Raises Quarterly Record of $64 Million in Texas Senate Race Against Ken Paxton
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:42:09 +0000
The amount is the most that a Senate candidate has ever raised during that period, his campaign said, eclipsing his opponent in Texas, Ken Paxton.
- Democratic Senators Move to Block U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:29:31 +0000
The move will force a vote on the agreement after the midterm elections, though it faces steep odds in the Republican-controlled Congress even amid bipartisan concern about the deal.
- Trump Cancels Planned Execution Livestream of Nidal Hasan, Fort Hood Shooter
- Fri, 16 Oct 2026 02:22:17 +0000
The president said only immediate families of the victims of the mass shooting in 2009 would witness the execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.
- Democrats Worry About Tight Midterm Races in Maine, Michigan and Minnesota
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:45:19 +0000
Despite hopes for a blue wave, Democratic candidates in Minnesota, Maine and Michigan are facing local political headwinds and have struggled to open up clear daylight in the polls.
- ‘The Call’ explains why cattle farmers feel disillusioned before the midterms.
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:17:47 +0000
- In Kansas, they know Adam Hamilton as a pastor first and a politician second.
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:48:31 +0000
- These Legislatures Could See Big Changes in November
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:07:09 +0000
Statehouses make health-care policy, guide education, and may redraw congressional districts ahead of 2028. With the stakes high, more than 6,100 legislators will be elected Nov. 3.
- Elon Musk and Other Donors Pile $94 Million Into House Republican Effort
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:52:05 +0000
The party’s top super PAC for House candidates said it had raised more this summer than ever before in a third quarter, but acknowledged the challenges Republicans are facing.
- As Early Midterm Voting Looms, a Glitch Delays 600,000 Texas Voter Registrations
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:05:35 +0000
Voting rights groups sued the Texas Department of Public Safety and the secretary of state over delayed voter registrations that overwhelmed local election workers.
- In Divided Portland, Ore., Anti-Police Posts Fuel a Fight Over the Future
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:03:29 +0000
When social media posts denouncing the police surfaced, they were supposed to harm a socialist’s re-election. But the democratic socialists of Portland, and other cities, are showing their strength.
- Why Are Migrant Children in Court Without a Lawyer?
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:40:14 +0000
Many unaccompanied minors are facing deportation hearings without a lawyer because of the Trump administration’s dispute with an organization that helps provide legal representation to thousands of migrant children. Our national reporter Jazmine Ulloa explains. Read more: https://nyti.ms/3TJaBEB
- As Texas Schools Add Police Officers to Campuses, Some Students Are Facing Serious Charges
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:46:09 +0000
More students ages 10 to 13 are ending up in the justice system after vaping, making threats and lashing out at school.
- 7 Years Old, No Lawyer: Migrant Children Face Deportation Hearings Alone
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:53:01 +0000
For years, the government has helped secure lawyers for minors who arrive at the southern border. But a contract dispute has forced many children to face immigration judges on their own.
- The Image of the Great Flood That Stuck With Me: Caskets Floating Away
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:02:21 +0000
Covering a flood powerful enough to disrupt the dead.
- A Megachurch Pastor is Running for Senate. Will Democrats Vote for Him?
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:48:53 +0000
As he seeks to unseat a Republican in Kansas, Adam Hamilton speaks of his work leading the state’s largest church — and making it appealing to nonreligious people.