With street talk and tactics from the far-right’s playbook, André Janones used a WhatsApp channel to help organize millions of Brazilians online.

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The news outlets argued in an updated lawsuit that they should be granted access to the White House reporting pools.

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President praises high turnout, says everything must be done to prevent a repeat vote, expects party leaders to show willingness to consider options

New polls in Florida, South Carolina and Minnesota illuminate the head winds that Republicans are facing.

Long before its baroque décor and class identity became midterm talking points, this durable restaurant chain survived some withering critiques.

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The education secretary says her old furniture “cannot be configurationally or aesthetically integrated” into new office space.

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Israel’s opposition parties appeared to have secured enough Knesset seats in Tuesday’s elections to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from power and end a four-year reign marked by genocidal war in Gaza and escalating terror and dispossession against Palestinians in the West Bank. But will they? With about 86% of ballots counted as of Wednesday […]

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Portugal’s minister for the environment and energy has announced support for the purchase of electric vehicles – specifically for low-income households – covering around 20,000 vehicles with subsidies of up

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Mr. Bolsonaro, who lost Sunday’s presidential election, fled Brazil for the United States via Argentina after the police canceled his passport in relation to an investigation.

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Votes are still being counted, and much is in flux. But as the stage was set for bitter talks over forming a government, nearly all sides could face disappointment.

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Portugal’s government announced that it has offered Spain support through organisations such as CP and Infraestruturas de Portugal, following the train crash in Toledo today that has claimed at least

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The $5,000 payment is conditional on Republicans retaining both chambers of Congress and has not been authorized

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.

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South Carolina seems like a serious race; Minnesota may not be; and Florida still appears out of reach for Democrats.

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Inspired in part by French demonstrations, protests in Italy by students in the north and truckers in the south could affect national elections next year.

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The central bank is widely expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday, just days before the midterm elections.

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Senator Darline Graham, the South Carolina Republican, is struggling to replicate her late brother’s success. Republicans lead in the Florida Senate race and Democrats are up in Minnesota.

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Members of the team behind the Times/Siena Poll on what the data show, how they’ve improved their methodology and what it means to be “right.”

Health officials will now allow some levels of a powerful substance to remain in products marketed as natural. The change could help a G.O.P. donor facing wrongful death lawsuits.

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Trump has no use for pretense and he’s not interested in playing along.

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