Giant Pandas, Icons of China’s Soft Diplomacy, Arrive in Atlanta
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 16:46:17 +0000 A male named Ping Ping and a female named Fu Shuang landed on Sunday, days after China’s leader said he would dispatch “envoys of friendship” to the United States.: Saturday Night, No Mask Required, at the Last Ditch Lesbian Bar in Massachusetts
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 14:01:43 +0000 Last Ditch, a bar and art space, ended its Covid mask requirement as a way to attract more people. What it got instead was outsized attention.: ‘She’s One of Us’: Mary Peltola’s Bumpy Rise to Political Power
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:48:09 +0000 Ms. Peltola, the Democratic Senate candidate in Alaska, has complicated politics: She is pro-gun, pro-oil and pro-gas — but also pro-environment and especially pro-fish.: Trump’s War With Iran Drags Down Republicans in Midterm Elections
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:16:22 +0000 As their midterm picture darkens, and gas and diesel prices soar, some Republicans who backed the war for months are now changing their tune.: White House Claim of Finding $250 Billion in Fraud Uses Questionable Numbers
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:01:11 +0000 The ledger used by a task force created by President Trump is difficult to verify and includes cases that were identified and went to trial during the Biden administration.: Washington Taxed Its Millionaires. Now the Rich Want It Repealed.
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:47 +0000 Washington State voters will get a chance to accept or reject the 9.9 percent income tax on millionaires approved by the Legislature, which broke the state’s taboo against levying income taxes.: Fact-Checking Vance’s Anti-Fraud Task Force
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:45 +0000 Vice President JD Vance claimed that the White House anti-fraud task force found $250 billion of fraud. Our reporter Linda Qiu explains why that claim is exaggerated.: Trump Promotes Criticism of Republican Who Broke With Him on Immigration
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 03:12:09 +0000 The president amplified negative social media comments about Representative María Elvira Salazar of Florida, a move that drew a rebuke from at least one Republican.: 700-Pound Sea Lion Is Found to Have Been Shot at Least 12 Times
Sat, 26 Sep 2026 22:12:50 +0000 The California sea lion was found dead on a beach off the Duwamish River in West Seattle, Wash., this month. A motive for the shooting was unclear.: Trump Rejects Iran’s Cease-Fire Proposal to Reopen Strait of Hormuz
Sat, 26 Sep 2026 21:02:42 +0000 The president said the deal was not “acceptable” and demurred on whether he would restart military strikes after the midterm elections.: In Coastal Towns, the Nor’easter Upended Wedding Plans
Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:43:28 +0000 Across the northeast, couples were forced to postpone, relocate or cancel weddings they planned to hold outdoors this weekend.: Rahm Emanuel, Eyeing 2028, Makes His 2026 Play
Sat, 26 Sep 2026 19:18:39 +0000 The longtime Democratic insider has emerged as a behind-the-scenes force in his party’s push to win back Congress. After that, he’ll think about the next presidential race.: VoteVets Spends Millions to Elect Democrats, Shaping Midterms
Sat, 26 Sep 2026 13:22:43 +0000 The organization, founded in 2006 to back Democratic veterans opposing the Iraq war, is pouring huge sums into this year’s elections amid intense voter antipathy for another conflict in the Middle East.: A Shrinking Work Force Is Changing the C.D.C.
Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:01:53 +0000 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has lost close to 30 percent of its staff in the past year, with big turnover in top leadership and entire teams effectively shut down. Our health reporter Apoorva Mandavilli explains how these changes have affected the work of the department.: Bobby Pulido, a Texan Singer, Puts Republicans on Defense
Sat, 26 Sep 2026 12:56:56 +0000 Bobby Pulido, a Tejano musician running as a Democrat for the House, has left his Republican opponent struggling to match his star power in a district that President Trump won easily in 2024.: Trump Proposes $810 Million in Education and Health Cuts, Defying Congress
Sat, 26 Sep 2026 01:05:34 +0000 The attempted clawback represents the second time in as many years that the White House has sought to cancel funding approved by lawmakers.: 30 College Students Splattered With Condiments and Liquids in Hazing, Police Say
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 23:39:35 +0000 Two University of Wisconsin-Madison students face charges of suspicion of hazing in the episode, which happened on Wednesday in a sweltering basement, officials said.: Supreme Court Ruling Could Have Limited Impact on Voter Screening in Midterms
Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:42:24 +0000 Federal law requires a 90-day “quiet period” before elections, likely restricting the immediate scope of a decision that allows the use of a citizenship database to examine voter rolls.: A Fatal Stabbing Leaves a Quiet Neighborhood Even Quieter
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 14:03:40 +0000 A 46-year-old doctor was killed and his wife was critically wounded inside their Pittsburgh-area home. A man has been arrested and charged in connection with the attack.: Report Finds Security Failings at Event Where Charlie Kirk Was Killed
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 23:10:34 +0000 A review commissioned by Utah Valley University faults campus and Turning Point USA officials for poor planning of the event last year.