In Israel’s Election, It’s Nationalism vs. Founding Ideals NYT - Top Stories By: Roger Cohen 27 October 2026 at 14:10 As Israel votes, ever more strident hard-right views compete with hopes for a diverse land. The outcome could shape the country’s identity for years. © Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York TimesA banner for the Likud party and its leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, with the slogan, “The Right or Palestine.” Other candidates in the elections are to the left of it.
Despicable Doesn’t Begin to Cover It NYT - Top Stories By: David French 25 October 2026 at 13:13 Trump’s culture of cruelty spreads. © Aleksey Kondratyev for The New York Times
I Have Never Seen the Online Right So Happy NYT - Top Stories By: Nathan Taylor Pemberton 20 October 2026 at 19:08 Online right-wingers are doxxing and smearing the accuser in the Cornell rape case, in tactics that reek of desperation. © Illustration by The New York Times