Four Scenarios for How the Midterms Could Go NYT > Top Stories By: Nate Cohn 29 October 2026 at 12:11 Expectations are cresting for Democrats, and some kind of wave seems likely, but so much will depend on a few close Senate races. Β© The New York Times
The Senate Race in Heavily Republican South Carolina is a Tossup, Poll Finds NYT > Top Stories By: Patricia Mazzei and Ruth Igielnik 28 October 2026 at 15:56 Senator Darline Graham, the South Carolina Republican, is struggling to replicate her late brotherβs success. Republicans lead in the Florida Senate race and Democrats are up in Minnesota. Β© Jillian Vordick/The New York Times
Israelβs Future NYT > Top Stories By: Sam Sifton 26 October 2026 at 13:51 We look at whatβs at stake in tomorrowβs elections. Β© Jack Guez/Agence France-Presse β Getty Images; Pool photo by Ronen ZvulunGadi Eisenkot and Benjamin Netanyahu.
I Went to India and Found It Has Lessons for Us All NYT > Top Stories By: Lydia Polgreen and Abhishek Khedekar 26 October 2026 at 08:00 Young people have revived the countryβs glorious tradition of nonviolent dissent. Β© Abhishek Khedekar for The New York Times
Introducing a New Way to Understand the Election: Times Voter Trends NYT > Top Stories By: Nate Cohn 25 October 2026 at 08:40 A timely demographic story weβve never been able to tell before. Β© The New York Times
What Hundreds of Focus Groups With Trump Voters Revealed NYT > Top Stories By: Ezra Klein Β· Annie Galvin and Jack McCordick 23 October 2026 at 22:19 Sarah Longwell has conducted hundreds of focus groups with Trump voters, and many of them are feeling betrayed. Β© The Ezra Klein Show