Supreme Court justices could keep the court’s internal working papers hidden for decades. Our investigative reporter Jodi Kantor explains why those records matter — and what sealing them away means for our understanding of key decisions by the nation’s highest court.

Dark money is flooding the 2026 midterm elections, allowing donors to spend heavily on ads without revealing their identities. Shane Goldmacher, a New York Times political correspondent, explains how donors are able to hide their involvement.

Our White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs explains how so-called third-country deportations are sending immigrants to countries across the globe.

Our energy reporter Rebecca F. Elliott explains how oil reserves helped prevent an oil shock caused by the war in Iran from getting even worse — and how low those reserves are now.

Cecilia Kang, who covers technology and regulatory policy for The New York Times, traveled to the “data center capital of the world” to see how the A.I. boom is affecting Loudoun County, Va.

President Trump appointed his former personal lawyer Will Scharf as White House counsel. Maggie Haberman, our White House correspondent, explains how Scharf might help the president avoid congressional oversight at a critical time.

Anna Griffin, our Pacific Northwest bureau chief, visits rural Alaska to look at the ways the Iran war worsened an energy crisis there.