❌

Reading view

↗️

How Scuffles at Trump Rallies Echo His Past Events

✇NYT > Top Stories
By: David E. Sanger · Gilad Thaler · Nour Idriss · Nikolay Nikolov and Pierre Kattar
Examining President Trump’s praise of a rallygoer who punched a protester last week, David E. Sanger, a White House and national security correspondent for The New York Times, studied the atmosphere at Mr. Trump’s recent events. What he found was a faint echo of the moments that made Mr. Trump’s 2016 rallies so shocking.
  •  
  • ↗️
↗️

Trump Administration Unlawfully Fired Maurene Comey, Judge Rules

✇NYT > Top Stories
By: Santul Nerkar
Ms. Comey, the daughter of James Comey, the former director of the F.B.I., worked for the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan, handling the prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein and Sean Combs.

© Jefferson Siegel for The New York Times

Maurene Comey was an assistant U.S. attorney in Manhattan when the Trump administration fired her in July 2025.
  •  
  • ↗️
↗️

Democrats See a Rare but Fleeting Chance to Shake Up the Senate Map

✇NYT > Top Stories
By: Carl Hulse
Democrats are targeting G.O.P. strongholds that could set them up for new majorities. But if they don’t win those races now, it could be a long time before they have another chance.

© Clayton Steward for The New York Times

Protesters outside of an event for Senator Roger Marshall in Topeka, Kan. Soaring fuel costs and economic struggles have made some Republican senators like Mr. Marshall vulnerable on their home turf.
  •  
  • ↗️
↗️

Brazil’s Election Defies a Right-Wing Trend, and Trump’s Midterm Attacks Enter a New Phase

✇NYT > Top Stories
By: Tracy Mumford · Will Jarvis · Margaret Kadifa · Jake Lucas and Julian E. Barnes
Plus, can a three-hour documentary lead the box office?

© Brian Snyder/Reuters

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the Workers’ Party (PT) candidate for presidential re-election, speaks alongside his wife, Rosangela “Janja” da Silva, and Vice President Geraldo Alckmin after winning the presidential runoff election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Sunday.
  •  
  • ↗️
↗️

In Islamophobic Rant, Trump Seeks to Stir Republican Base in Michigan

✇NYT > Top Stories
By: David E. Sanger and Bayliss Wagner
The president contended that Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim, would “invite hordes of jihadis to our shores” as he sought to bolster the G.O.P. candidate in a tight Senate race.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

President Trump’s comments, coming in a key midterm battleground nine days before the elections, underscored the dark themes and personal vilification he and his allies have embraced as part of their closing pitch.
  •  
  • ↗️
↗️

Trump’s Election Attacks Enter New Pre-emptive Phase

✇NYT > Top Stories
By: Zolan Kanno-Youngs
A lawsuit by the Justice Department challenging a potential narrow loss by the GOP Senate incumbent in Alaska reflects a new tactic by the president to try to shape the election results.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

President Trump at a midterm election campaign rally in Guardian Centers in Perry, Ga., on Saturday.
  •  
  • ↗️
↗️

María Corina Machado on Venezuela’s Future and Her Relationship With the Trump Administration

✇NYT > Top Stories
By: Julie Turkewitz
Blocked from entering her country, Venezuela’s opposition leader spoke with The Times about her efforts to return and her relationship with the Trump administration.

© Nathalia Angarita for The New York Times

María Corina Machado in Panama on Wednesday.
  •  
  • ↗️
↗️

Latinos Are Now America’s Most Important Swing Voters

✇NYT > Top Stories
By: Jennifer Medina and Ruth Igielnik
Latinos helped fuel President Trump’s return to the White House. But Democrats have won back the trust of many Hispanic voters over the past two years.

© Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

President Trump made significant inroads with Latino voters in 2024. This year, they appear to be moving back toward Democrats.
  •  
  • ↗️
↗️

Could Lula Be on the Brink of Defeat in Brazil’s Election?

✇NYT > Top Stories
By: Ana Ionova
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a leftist, staged a remarkable comeback on Sunday, winning re-election and stopping a right-wing wave.

© Victor Moriyama for The New York Times

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during the launch of his re-election campaign in São Paulo in August.
  •  
  • ↗️
↗️

A New Level of Threat and Fear Risks Pushing the U.S. and Iran Back to Full War

✇NYT > Top Stories
By: David E. Sanger · Julian E. Barnes · Jonathan Swan · Maggie Haberman · Farnaz Fassihi and Eric Schmitt
With new intelligence and the possibility of all sides seeking pretexts for action, the war in Iran is entering a dangerous phase ahead of elections in the United States and Israel.

© Arash Khamooshi/Polaris for The New York Times

A senior official in Iran took to social media in recent days to say the country was preparing to take on its adversaries with surprise attacks.
  •  
  • ↗️
↗️

Ukraine’s Feeling of Moral Whiplash at the Hands of Trump

✇NYT > Top Stories
By: Marc Santora
The United States once declared that Ukraine’s fight was the front line in a global battle for freedom. Now the Trump administration is sending money to Moscow.

© David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

Cars burning in the parking lot after a Russian drone strike on Friday in Dnipro, Ukraine.
  •  
  • ↗️
↗️

Obama Issues Searing Attacks on Trump, Ramaswamy in Return to Campaign Trail

✇NYT > Top Stories
By: Tim Balk · Emily Davies · John Yoon and Richard Fausset
The 44th president sharply criticized Mr. Trump, who hit back later in the day. Mr. Obama also assailed Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee for governor of Ohio.

© Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

Former President Barack Obama sharply criticized President Trump on Saturday in Ohio.
  •  
  • ↗️
↗️

Alaska Election Gambit Shows Justice Dept. Has Bowed to Trump’s Demands

✇NYT > Top Stories
By: Glenn Thrush · Katie Rogers and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
With moves in Alaska and California, the department has stepped up interventions in the midterm elections as the president’s instrument of unmediated executive power.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump during a campaign rally in support of Senator Dan S. Sullivan in Wasilla, Alaska, this month. Mr. Trump urged the Justice Dept. to intervene in the Senate race.
  •  
  • ↗️
❌