Corruption Trial Begins for Former Oakland Mayor and City Contractors
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:24:48 +0000 The bribery and fraud charges against Sheng Thao, her partner and an influential family offer a window into more widespread efforts to corrupt officials in the San Francisco Bay Area.: Multiple People Killed in Wisconsin Plane Crash
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:09:04 +0000 The aircraft crashed in the town of Dellona on Tuesday night, local authorities said.: A Trump Backlash Endangers Susan Collins in the Maine Senate Race
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:26:56 +0000 The race in Maine, which could decide Senate control, is testing whether there is still room for Ms. Collins’s brand of moderation during a sharply polarizing presidency.: Five Bodies Are Found Along Michigan Trail and the Police Hunt a Killer
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:01:52 +0000 Lansing’s police chief says the string of attacks along a greenway raises the possibility that a serial killer has been at work. A man is under arrest in one of the deaths.: Supreme Court Weighs Privacy Law From the Videotape Era of ‘Be Kind, Rewind’
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:01:31 +0000 The justices will consider how the Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 applies in the digital age of streaming videos, email newsletters and targeted advertisements.: Becerra Is a Quiet Trailblazer for Latinos in California
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:19 +0000 Xavier Becerra is a heavy favorite to become California’s first Latino governor in the modern era, though he does not talk much about the milestone.: Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Sanctions on 2 Groups Aiding the I.C.C.
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:03:25 +0000 The ruling prevents the administration from penalizing two rights groups for working to provide information for the International Criminal Court’s war crimes investigations.: 4 Takeaways From the Los Angeles Mayoral Debate
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 07:12:59 +0000 Mayor Karen Bass and her former ally, the City Council member Nithya Raman, attacked each other’s records on Tuesday night in the last televised debate before the election.: Trump Adds Another Giveaway to His Midterm Pitch: Pardons.
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 03:49:42 +0000 The president has stepped up his offers of financial rewards to voters with just weeks until the midterms. On Tuesday at a rally in Alaska, he announced pardons.: 7 Takeaways From the Second Georgia Senate Debate
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 03:58:16 +0000 Representative Mike Collins, who lags Senator Jon Ossoff in public polls, hit his opponent harder in a second and final debate on Tuesday.: 5 Takeaways From a Heated and Personal Maine Senate Debate
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 03:59:46 +0000 Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, and her Democratic challenger, Troy Jackson, disagreed over the war in Iran and President Trump in the third of four debates in a key race.: Senators Urge Trump to Reverse Diesel Deal With Putin
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:12:23 +0000 A bipartisan group of 12 senators called on the president to drop his decision to ease sanctions on Russia’s exports of diesel fuel, saying the deal would help Moscow continue the war in Ukraine.: How Elon Musk’s Money Is Shaping Republicans’ Midterms Strategy
Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:43:22 +0000 A quarter-billion dollars to help Republicans hold Congress.: Justice Dept. Issues Subpoenas in Ilhan Omar Investigation
Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:40:20 +0000 After years of investigation, the Justice Department appears to be intensifying a criminal inquiry into the immigration history of Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, and her family.: Katie Zacharia Makes Bumpy Debut as Trump’s New Press Secretary
Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:49:55 +0000 Ms. Zacharia spent eight minutes reading from a script, called on only three reporters and made an awkward slip-up.: UAW’s Shawn Fain Wins Second Term as President
Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:30:21 +0000 The United Auto Workers has grown under Mr. Fain, who has also drawn scrutiny from federal prosecutors.: Texas Prosecutors May Seek Charges Against ICE Agent Who Hit Fleeing Man
Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:00:52 +0000 The Harris County district attorney said investigators from his office did not believe that the crash that left Miguel Parra Hernandez injured over the weekend was accidental.: ‘Honey Please’: The Steep Rise and Sudden Fall of Kimberly Guilfoyle.
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 01:49:34 +0000 President Trump cut her loose after damaging news reports about her tenure as ambassador to Greece. Once a prominent Trump insider, she suggested she will now fight to defend her reputation.: Miami Tugboat Captain Gets 18 Months in Crash That Killed 3 Children
Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:55:51 +0000 Five girls and a camp counselor were thrown into the water off Miami Beach in July last year when a barge pushed by a tugboat struck their stalled sailboat.: F.B.I. Disrupts Pyongyang Revenue Stream: North Koreans in U.S. Tech Jobs
Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:04:22 +0000 F.B.I. investigators worked with the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike to dismantle so-called laptop farms that steal American identities to earn cash for Pyongyang.: Judge Prohibits Further Tree Cutting at East Potomac Golf Course for Two Weeks
Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:56:56 +0000 The ruling barred major modifications at the D.C. course while a federal judge seeks testimony from Interior Department officials about whether they ignored a court order.: Florida Executes First Prisoner Since Botched Injection in Tennessee
Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:47:00 +0000 The execution of James Robertson, who said he deliberately killed another inmate to get on death row, occurred without complications, state officials said.: You have politics questions. We answer them.
Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:33:32 +0000: They Pushed an Anti-Abortion Pill Law. Now, They’re Being Sued Under It.
Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:13:08 +0000 A Texas mother is suing the president of Students for Life of America and others in the group over an Instagram post that appeared to boast about ordering abortion pills in Houston.: Supreme Court Will Review Dispute Over Records From Elon Musk’s DOGE
Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:29:12 +0000 A nonprofit watchdog group sued the Department of Government Efficiency, asserting that it should be subject to federal Freedom of Information Act discovery requests.: Kimberly Guilfoyle Resigns as Ambassador to Greece
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 01:54:48 +0000 Ms. Guilfoyle was asked to quit by the White House after a string of damaging reports, including that she had asked a Republican donor to pay off a credit card.