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Alaska and Mississippi Senate Races: What We Know About Vote Counts and Result Timing

CAROLINE SOLER AND CHRISTINE ZHANG

Democrats are clinging to small leads in both states, and it may take quite a while until the winners are known.

Hispanic Voter Trends

CAROLINE SOLER, LAURA BULT, CHRISTINA SHAMAN, JUNE KIM AND STEPHANIE SWART

Our election data reporter Caroline Soler outlines how the Hispanic vote played out in three key states, according to Times Voter Trend estimates.

How the Audacious Trump Redistricting Push Backfired for Republicans in the Midterms

REID J. EPSTEIN

Republicans tried to redraw congressional maps to tilt more seats in their favor. Democrats captured many of the new districts instead.

Golden State Valkyries Reign Supreme in San Francisco, a City of Start-Ups

HEATHER KNIGHT AND LAUREN SEGAL

San Francisco hosted a victory parade on Wednesday for the new W.N.B.A. champions, a team that’s not even two years old but has made the Bay Area swoon.

Grocery store cyberattacks are ‘psychological warfare’ that could strike US, former FBI agent warns

Former FBI agent Nicole Parker warns that hackers turning up supermarket freezer temperatures in Europe could target U.S. critical infrastructure next.

Immigration Tactics Motivated Voters, Near and Far From Southern Border

JAZMINE ULLOA

Trump’s aggressive ICE raids brought border battles to city streets, sparking fierce backlash over overreach.

Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate Win Is Big to Muslim Americans, but Not Because of Faith

ELIZABETH DIAS

Abdul El-Sayed’s election to the Senate is significant not because he shares their religion, Muslim Americans said, but because he prioritizes issues that many voters care about.

New Jersey pre-K aide faces 61 charges, accused of filming himself sexually assaulting students at school

Shaun Stebbins, a former elementary school aide, faces dozens of charges after state prosecutors allege images and videos of students were found on his devices.

Inside Team Trump’s Historic Collapse in the 2026 Midterm Elections

SHANE GOLDMACHER, JONATHAN SWAN AND MAGGIE HABERMAN

How an unpopular president and an unpopular war provided an opening for Democrats to make sweeping gains in the midterms.

Texas Democrats Prepare to Relearn a Skill: How to Govern

LAUREN MCGAUGHY

Democrats will have a real chance to govern in Texas for the first time in about 25 years, and they’re facing pressure to deliver.

Nvidia and other Big Tech stocks lift Wall Street and make up for a drop by Apple

A rebound for several influential Big Tech stocks is helping to lift the U.S. market despite a fall for Apple and mixed trading elsewhere on Wall Street

Asian shares mostly advance following US midterms, though Kospi falls on selling of chipmakers

Asian shares are mostly higher after U.S. stocks rallied following the midterm election, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumping more than 3%

Helicopter Crash Off Miami Kills One Person and Injures Two

JOHNNY DIAZ

The helicopter was filming boats in the water when it went down in Biscayne Bay near a state park roughly seven miles from Miami, the authorities said.

Receding floodwaters leave a sea of mud and shattered homes in the US Southwest

Massive flooding in the southwestern U.S. has turned communities into lakes of mud, with residents starting cleanup efforts

Authorities are trying to piece together how an escaped Tennessee inmate evaded capture for 10 days

Authorities are still trying to piece together how a convicted murderer in Tennessee evaded capture for more than a week