Victor Marx, Colorado Governor Nominee With Sensational Past, Splinters the G.O.P.

Republicans in the state fear that the sensational biography of Victor Marx, their party’s candidate for governor, could drag down the rest of the ticket.

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Could Homeownership Reverse the Decline in Birthrates?

Researchers looked back at the baby-boom era and found that federal mortgage programs played a part in the country’s population upswing after World War II.

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A Transcript From The Times Interview with Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada

New York Times journalists pressed the Canadian prime minister about a range of topics in an hourlong interview last week. Here’s a transcript of their conversation.

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Saturday Night, No Mask Required, at the Last Ditch Lesbian Bar in Massachusetts

Last Ditch, a bar and art space, ended its Covid mask requirement as a way to attract more people. What it got instead was outsized attention.

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A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government

The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran.

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Giant Pandas, Icons of China’s Soft Diplomacy, Arrive in Atlanta

A male named Ping Ping and a female named Fu Shuang landed on Sunday, days after China’s leader said he would dispatch “envoys of friendship” to the United States.

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The U.N. Is Terrible. We Need the U.N.

Trump’s attack on global institutions leaves us helpless before a growing array of challenges.

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How El Niño Is Shaping Storms on Two Sides of the U.S.

Hurricanes near Hawaii. A nor’easter on the East Coast. The ocean phenomenon’s influence on storms around the country may just be getting started.

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What Happens if the A.I. Bubble Bursts

It’s as though 2008 never even happened.

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After Tough Primaries, Democrats in Key States Feel Unified, New Polls Find

A majority of Democrats in Maine and Michigan said the primary process strengthened their party heading into November.

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Brain Science Shows Why 18 Is Too Young for the Death Penalty

Our brains don’t finish developing until we’re well into our 20s. That matters when deciding who gets the death penalty.

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In a New Anthropic Lab, A.I. Turns to Biology

Scientists at the company announced their first finding: a group of enzymes whose function is unknown.

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Carney’s Big Challenge: Time

As he tries to break Canada’s dependence on the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney said he knows Canadians will feel pain from the trade war.

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Why Some Schools Are Hitting the Brakes on Electric Buses

The new models can prove expensive and unreliable and lack the range to fully replace older buses, stalling a transition from fossil fuels.

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Fox News Finds Itself at Odds With Trump on Press Ban

The home of Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham has joined rival networks in suspending its coverage of pooled presidential events.

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Trump Makes Republicans More Racist and Democrats Less So

The president is recasting the U.S. government as an instrument of prejudice.

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Trump Is Lashing Out at the Media to Distract From His Failures

The new ban continues Mr. Trump’s attempt to prevent the free flow of information in American society.

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Are A.I. Models Being Misled to Act Too Human?

A corporate spat between two tech giants last week was just the latest volley in a conflict over whether dangerous mistakes are being made in A.I. training.

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U.N. Seeks Relevance on A.I. as the U.S. and China Race Ahead

Artificial intelligence is a race solely between two rival powers with the rest of the world largely on the sidelines, foreign policy experts said.

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Abdul-El Sayed, a Democrat, Has an Unlikely Defender: Tucker Carlson

Mr. Carlson, the far-right podcaster, has promoted Dr. El-Sayed’s comments and sharply criticized his Republican rival in a key Senate race. Strategists are scratching their heads.

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Hundreds of Drones Target Moscow on Final Day of Russian Elections

Ukraine says it used a newly developed ballistic missile in the attacks, which also targeted other parts of Russia.

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Russia Barred Their Party, but These Antiwar Voices Are Still Standing

The liberal party Yabloko is fielding 98 candidates in this weekend’s elections, a small miracle for antiwar Russians who cannot openly express their views.

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American Yom Kippur: How Jews Across the U.S. Observe the Holiest Day of the Year

From 200-mile treks to synagogue to spiritual striving, readers share the rituals that define Judaism’s holiest day for them.

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Behold the Most Handsome Melons in Mexico

In the eastern city of Xalapa, what started as a joke among friends over two decades ago has become a vibrant annual tradition that highlights creativity and absurdity with melons.

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New Species of Cat Discovered for First Time in a Century

The species, called a tilcayo, is smaller than a house cat and lives in the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains in Bolivia.

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What Set Off the Rise in Interest Rates? Mainly, the Iran War.

The Federal Reserve is trying to catch up with the leap in bond rates as the Middle East conflict unnerves world markets.

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Fed Chairman Warsh Escapes Trump’s Ire Over Interest Rate Hike

The president blasted the rest of the Fed — and kept up his demand for a cut — but spared Fed Chairman Kevin M. Warsh from the criticism.

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Are Trump’s Official Papers His Personal Property?

The administration argues that presidential papers are like those of Supreme Court justices.

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Jon Kyl, Senator Known for His Skills Behind the Scenes, Dies at 84

The Arizona politician rose to the second-highest position in the Republican-held Senate caucus thanks to his policy smarts and deft political sensibilities.

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Watching Bigots Erupt

This is what I see when I look at the picture Bo French hates.

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Billions in Taxes Go Unpaid. Under Trump, the I.R.S. Won’t Say How Much.

The absence of the annual estimate on the tax gap could make it more difficult to assess whether more taxes are going unpaid since President Trump took office.

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News Helicopter Crash in Los Angeles Underscores the Risks of Aerial Reporting

Swarms of helicopters traverse the vast region to capture its mayhem. Then, one became the story. “It was the day we all dread,” one pilot said.

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The G.O.P. Has Gone Off the Deep End

The Republican fringe is becoming the Republican mainstream.

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Massive Black Holes May Have Started as Little Red Dots

A new simulation suggests little red dots, unusually compact objects seen in photos from space, might be one stage in the evolution of black holes.

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Trump’s Name Must Stay Off Kennedy Center, Judge Rules

A federal judge told center officials at a hearing that he would not approve a plan to inscribe President Trump’s name on the building.

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Mahmoud Khalil Says Columbia Failed to Protect Pro-Palestinian Students

In a federal lawsuit, Mr. Khalil and other former student activists say the university was deliberately indifferent to their harassment even before the 2023 Hamas attacks.

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‘I Have a Lot to Say’: Brain Implant Helps a Disabled Patient Speak

In the latest advance in brain-computer interfaces, a company said its wireless device enabled speech even when a patient just imagined saying words.

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Along Himalayan Floods’ Path, Wiped Out Towns and Mounting Grief

Survivors tell the stories of the people and places buried under the mud after a disaster in Nepal.

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India Wants to Buy Fewer Chinese Imports, but Keeps Needing More

Trade between India and China has nearly doubled in five years, leaving New Delhi with a widening deficit and a difficult choice over how to build its industrial future.

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Trump Demands Smithsonian Install ‘Colossus’ George Washington Statue

The president’s latest attack on the National Museum of American History reflects his longstanding desire for “patriotic” history.

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Ohio Republican in Key Senate Race Fires Campaign Aide, Citing Social Media Photo of Nazis

Senator Jon Husted dismissed his political director because of activity displaying a “complete lack” of judgment, according to a spokeswoman.

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Saudi Arabia’s Oil ‘Lifeline’ Was Attacked. Here’s What to Know.

A drone attack from Iraq forced Saudi Arabia to close its East-West pipeline, the kingdom said, threatening a key workaround to Iran’s Persian Gulf blockade.

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Court Strikes Down Trump Order to Keep an Aging Coal-Burning Plant Running

The aging Michigan power plant was set to retire. Then the Trump administration intervened in a way that overstepped its authority, a court ruled.

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Holdout Juror in Lindsay Clancy’s Mistrial Highlights a Divide in America

The nation’s reaction to the 11-1 deadlock that resulted in a mistrial for Lindsay Clancy was, like the jury itself, fiercely and unbridgeably divided.

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Are Our Expectations Too High for Democracy? Adam Przeworski Thinks So.

What is democracy, and is it in crisis?

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Boy, 15, Drifted for Days on an Overturned Boat Before Rescue

The teenager survived in the Bering Sea off Alaska without food or water before a fishing vessel pulled him to safety, the Coast Guard said.

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Ancient Tombs, Untouched by Looters, Are Found Under Peru’s Sands

One archaeologist called the tombs “the discovery of the decade” as the first burials from the Chimu kingdom to have escaped centuries of plunder.

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How Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Would Work

The plan, which two dozen states have challenged as unconstitutional, puts in place new requirements about who can receive mail ballots.

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Anthropic Researchers Raise Alarm Over A.I. Acceleration, Warning of Threat to Humanity

Their warnings echo concerns that other artificial intelligence experts have voiced in recent months, as calls increase for a slowdown in the pace of development.

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The Decade That Ruined Everything

We are suffering the consequences of the conservative revolution that began in the 1980s.

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Hurricane Lowell Brings Rain, Fierce Wind and Power Outages on Hawaii’s Kauai

The storm began to pull away from Hawaii early on Tuesday, but the threat of flash floods and landslides from lingering hurricane conditions remained.

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The Film Industry Is Worried About Survival. France Wants to Save the Day.

An A-list gathering in the French Riviera aimed to serve as a rallying cry for a sector threatened by YouTube, TikTok and artificial intelligence.

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In the Shadow of a Tragic Death, Jacob’s Pillow Looks to Move Forward

A year after a longtime staff member was killed at the celebrated dance center in Western Massachusetts, the recovery continues.

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For Trump’s Former Fixer, a Tortured Path From ‘Rat’ to Reconciliation

The president has made peace with Michael D. Cohen, his onetime lawyer who turned against him. But contrary to Mr. Trump’s claims, Mr. Cohen has not recanted the testimony that helped convict his former boss.

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Cargo Plane Crashes at Miami Airport, Striking Vehicles

Officials said there were “multiple patients” but their injuries were not immediately known. Flights were halted at Miami International Airport after the Boeing 767-300 cargo plane overran its landing.

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I Went to Princeton to Become a So-So Indian

I realized that in this country Indians were not supposed to be happy or to pursue happiness. We were supposed to suffer and to pursue suffering.

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A Sympathetic Plaintiff and Well-Crafted Defense Dominated Clancy Trial

The defense lawyer for Lindsay Clancy showed empathy for his client in showcasing her mental health problems. That may have made all the difference.

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Is There Alien Debris on the Moon? Some Scientists Plan to Find Out.

Researchers want to explore the idea that microscopic particles shed by alien civilizations have accumulated on the lunar surface, making it an archive of extraterrestrial technology.

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Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones

The proposed benefit, a top policy priority for Vice President JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents.

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Gloria Steinem Stayed Positive, Even as the Manosphere Took Hold

The feminist icon thought many women would carry on her legacy. But at an unsteady time for feminism, how will the movement carry on?

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What Happened When Gloria Steinem Was 22, Pregnant and Fleeing Her Old Life

Gloria Steinem got to be who she was because of a pre-Roe abortion.

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Travis Kelce’s New Ohio Home Has Neighbors Buzzing With Excitement About Taylor Swift

The wealthy enclave of Bratenahl, Ohio, has been aflutter after learning that Travis Kelce purchased a Lake Erie mansion.

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Bessent Blames Ukraine for High Energy Prices

After meeting with Russia’s finance minister, the Treasury secretary said Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil infrastructure were contributing to a global energy shock.

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Inside the Fight Against a Flesh-Eating Fly in Mexico

For the first time in a year, the U.S.-Mexico border partly reopened to cattle imports following a screwworm infestation across the region. The battle against the flesh-eating fly has only just begun deep in Mexico.

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How the Met’s Galliano Show Fell Apart

Anna Wintour put her full power and prestige behind a designer convicted of an antisemitic hate crime. Behind the scenes, influential New Yorkers revolted.

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What Is ‘Narrative Art?’ The Lucas Museum Finally Shows Us Its Vision.

After several delays, George Lucas’s legacy project is finally ready to open. There’s less “Star Wars” than you might expect.

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These Ukrainian Children Go to School Underground. They’re the Lucky Ones.

In a frontline city, parents don’t see schools built below ground as apocalyptic. Instead, they offer relief from worry about the threat of Russian strikes.

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Submit Your Questions to Office Hours

Have a burning question about the news? Or are you still confused after a lecture? We’ll try to help.

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Pennsylvania’s A.I. Gold Rush Meets Second Thoughts

Amid a backlash, Gov. Josh Shapiro is pumping the brakes on enormous data centers. But in a region scarred by the collapse of the steel industry, some welcome billions in construction.

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Lionel Messi’s Retirement From Soccer Sparks Heartbreak Across Argentina

Lionel Messi’s retirement from the national soccer team, though widely expected, sparked fears of a diminished squad, and heartbreak over the departure of a national icon.

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Death Toll Rises in Grand Canyon Flood as Search Efforts Continue

Officials announced a second death and said more than a dozen people remain unaccounted for following heavy rain.

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