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Inside Democrats’ Secret Effort to Stack Alaska’s Midterm Ballot With Another Dan Sullivan

KELLEN BROWNING

Operatives aligned with Mary Peltola, the Democratic nominee for Senate, spent months recruiting candidates to peel votes from Senator Dan Sullivan, the Republican.

Lawsuit seeks to block ICE from hiding locations of detainees with final removal orders

Legal groups have filed a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration's policy of hiding the locations of detainees with final deportation orders

Alvin K. Hellerstein, a federal judge who handled Trump, Maduro and 9/11 cases, dies at 92

Alvin K

Dolores Huerta, Who Founded United Farm Workers With Cesar Chavez, Dies

ROBERT D. MCFADDEN

She founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez. In early 2026, she told The Times that she had been raped by him decades earlier. She was 96.

Right-Wing Provocateur James O’Keefe Charged in Minnesota Voting Stunt

ERNESTO LONDOÑO AND KEN BENSINGER

He and another content creator, Cam Higby, are accused of breaking the law when they posed as Islamic voters in August.

How James Talarico’s Years Teaching Middle School Prepared Him for Politics

REID J. EPSTEIN AND J. DAVID GOODMAN

Former students and teachers at the San Antonio school where he spent two years with Teach for America recalled a conscientious educator, though there are questions about how big his classes were.

Justice Dept. Declines to Unseal Warrant for Search of Ilhan Omar’s Home

FRANCESCA REGALADO

More than a dozen news organizations have asked a federal judge to unseal documents related to a search warrant executed at Ms. Omar’s home this month.

Harvard’s Asian Student Enrollment Jumps as Black Enrollment Declines

MARK ARSENAULT AND STEPHANIE SAUL

Harvard’s Asian American student enrollment jumped to 43 percent and Black students enrollment dipped to 9 percent after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in 2023.

Texas Senate Rivals Converge on Lubbock, With Trump in the Mix

J. DAVID GOODMAN, LUCINDA HOLT AND SARAH SELF-WALBRICK

It was a showdown of sorts in West Texas as James Talarico and Ken Paxton appeared at dueling rallies on either side of a prairie-dog-filled city park.

Democrats Eyeing 2028 Presidential Campaigns Begin Courting Donors and Operatives

THEODORE SCHLEIFER

As soon as the midterms are over, presidential contenders are going to need to raise millions, quickly.

FBI reports 67% jump in violent crime arrests under Trump compared to Biden’s final months

Kash Patel says the FBI arrested over 47,000 violent criminals and gang members in 21 months, marking a 67% increase over the Biden era.

Judge orders 30-year prison sentence for key figure in Minnesota food fraud

A man who played a major role in defrauding a federal food program in Minnesota has been sentenced to 30 years in prison

Indiana governor is urged to let death sentence proceed against man who killed 2 kids in fire

The Indiana Parole Board is recommending that the death penalty remain in place for a man who killed two children in a house fire

Conservative activists O'Keefe, Higby charged with unlawful voting in Minnesota

Conservative activists James O'Keefe and Cam Higby have been charged with unlawful voting and identity theft in Minnesota after a prosecutor said they gave false names to poll workers during the state's primary election

King tides inundate streets and flood homes and businesses along both US coasts

King tides have inundated parts of both U.S. coasts