❌

Normal view

Fed Holds Rates Steady Despite Lack of Progress on Inflation

28 October 2026 at 21:27
Kevin M. Warsh, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, said an “information-rich” period before the central bank’s gathering in December will help officials determine next steps for policy.

© Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters

Kevin Warsh, the Fed chairman last week said that more had to be done to tame inflation.

What We Know About the Deadly Train Crash in Spain

28 October 2026 at 16:41
A train accident near Toledo, Spain, which killed at least 68 people, was one of the deadliest in the country’s history.

© Manu Fernandez/Associated Press

A train en route to Seville slammed into another that was parked on the tracks on Wednesday.

Inside Democrats’ Secret Effort to Stack Alaska’s Midterm Ballot With Another Dan Sullivan

28 October 2026 at 14:37
Operatives aligned with Mary Peltola, the Democratic nominee for Senate, spent months recruiting candidates to peel votes from Senator Dan Sullivan, the Republican.

© Haven Daley/Associated Press

A sample ballot showing candidates for next week’s U.S. Senate race in Alaska lists two Dan Sullivans (highlight added here to both), along with Mary Peltola, the Democrat, and a fourth candidate named Gerald Heikes.

One Race in Texas Has Become a Referendum on Bigotry in the G.O.P.

28 October 2026 at 09:04
Bo French said the presence of Indian American students at a football game was a “problem.” His campaign for Railroad Commission tests whether these biased views are now mainstream.

© Dominic Gwinn/ZUMA Press Wire, via rReuters

Bo French, a candidate for the Texas Railroad Commission, drew criticism for his social media posts.

For Israel’s Neighbors in Middle East, the Election Offers Little Hope of a Reset

28 October 2026 at 10:45
Few countries in the Middle East expect a turning point in relations with Israel. But the outcome of the vote has implications for the regional conflict with Iran.

© David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

Parts of Lebanon have been greatly damaged in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah since March, including the Dahiya neighborhood, a Hezbollah stronghold in the capital, Beirut.

Texas Senate Rivals Converge on Lubbock, With Trump in the Mix

It was a showdown of sorts in western Texas as James Talarico and Ken Paxton appeared at dueling rallies on either side of a prairie-dog-filled city park.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump with Ken Paxton during a campaign visit in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Tuesday.

Tennessee Race Is Rattled by a Republican’s Acknowledgment of a ‘Past Indiscretion’

28 October 2026 at 00:22
State Senator Brent Taylor, the Republican nominee for a U.S. House seat, responded to a Nashville outlet’s report that he had sent “an unsolicited nude picture.”

© George Walker IV/Associated Press

State Senator Brent Taylor, Republican of Memphis, is favored to flip Tennessee’s Ninth Congressional District.

Political Satire Is an American Tradition. Deceptive A.I. Ads Are Not.

27 October 2026 at 17:30
Despite how cringeworthy they are, political campaigns have spent $137 million on A.I.-generated ads for the midterms. And the lack of regulation on these ads is warping our sense of what’s real. The Opinion writer Rotimi Adeoye argues that while this kind of political satire falls under First Amendment protection, “you should be free to fake a politician, but you shouldn’t be free to hide the fact that you did.”

Susan Saint James, Emmy Winner Who Starred in ‘Kate & Allie,’ Dies at 80

27 October 2026 at 20:17
In a long career, she was best known for starring opposite Jane Curtin in “Kate & Allie,” a 1980s sitcom about two divorced women raising three children in New York City.

© Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

Susan Saint James in 2025. Kate McArdle, her character on “Kate & Allie,” was “a free spirit caught up in the radical movement” of the 1960s, a publicist said, while Allie (Jane Curtin) was a “traditionalist.”

The Christian Influencer at the Center of Ken Paxton’s New Life

27 October 2026 at 20:13
The Texas attorney general has been silent about his relationship with Tracy Duhon, a New Orleans woman who has built a personal brand around faith and redemption.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times; Frederick Breedon/Getty Images for Pure Flix

❌