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Can a Democrat Beat Darline Graham? 5 Takeaways From the South Carolina Senate Debate

Par : Emily Davies
Dr. Annie Andrews, the Democratic challenger, accused Senator Darline Graham of taking her cues from President Trump. Ms. Graham said Dr. Andrews wouldn’t say no to socialists.

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Hurricane Isaias’s Aftermath in Video and Pictures

Par : Maia Spoto and Nazaneen Ghaffar
It was the first Atlantic hurricane of the season, and the first to hit the mainland United States in two years.

© Zack Wittman for The New York Times

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In Maine Senate Race, Anxious Democrats Turn to Bernie Sanders for a Jolt

Par : Tim Balk
Three months after a jarring summer candidate switch, some Democrats in the state are worried about the enthusiasm for their nominee, Troy Jackson, who is in a close race.

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Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson campaigning with Senator Bernie Sanders in Lewiston, Maine, on Sunday.
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Saudi Arabia Has Few Options as Houthis Aim at Heart of Its Ambitions

Par : Vivian Nereim and Lisa Friedman
Three deadly attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen on an airport in the Saudi capital underscored the asymmetrical nature of their conflict with the kingdom.

© Pool photo by Julie Sebadelha

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in Paris in August. Houthi strikes on the Saudi capital, Riyadh, have cast a shadow on his efforts to transform the kingdom into a global hub for business and tourism.
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In Unlikely Turn, Law and Order Heats Up L.A. Mayor’s Race

Par : Shawn Hubler
Two Democratic candidates choose opposite tacks on public safety and policing, seeking to corral undecided voters.

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Mayor Karen Bass has been closely aligned with the city’s police force, whose union has delivered significant backing to her campaign.
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Republicans Held Onto the Great Plains for Years. Now They’re Nervous.

Par : Mitch Smith
Republicans have dominated the center of the country for a quarter-century. Now they face several tough races for Senate and governor.

© Nick Oxford for The New York Times

Close races have turned the region’s defining challenges, like soaring diesel costs and the struggling cattle industry, into top-tier national issues.
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In the Senate, Collins Often Defies Trump but Rarely Stops Him

Par : Michael Gold · Catie Edmondson and Andrea Fuller
A New York Times analysis of Senator Susan Collins’s voting record shows that she frequently breaks with Republicans but more seldom changes an outcome.

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Threats of Political Violence Have America’s Elected Officials Living in Fear

Par : Nick Corasaniti and Haiyun Jiang
A Times investigation has found that violent threats have become a new normal among public officials, reshaped private lives, cost millions in security and pushed people out of office.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

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Roger Marshall, a Kansas Senator Facing Re-Election, Settles a Bakery Bill 6 Years Later

Par : Tim Balk
Senator Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican in a difficult race, paid an old campaign debt for cookies, muffins and brownies after a baker’s story went viral online.

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Senator Roger Marshall, Republican of Kansas, at the U.S. Capitol last year.
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What to Know About Isaias, the First Atlantic Hurricane of the Season

Par : Maia Spoto
After making landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a Category 2 hurricane, Isaias weakened considerably and headed north. Now, parts of the Southeast are at risk of flash floods.

© Zack Wittman for The New York Times

Buildings damaged by Hurricane Isaias in Pensacola Beach, Fla., on Saturday.
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‘Not Pleasant’ but ‘Necessary’: Support at Trump Rally for Public Execution

Par : Shawn McCreesh
A sample of people at the president’s midterm stump speech in Tennessee defended the Pentagon’s announcement that it would livestream the execution of a mass shooter.

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President Trump delivers remarks at a campaign rally in Clarksville, Tenn., on Saturday.
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What to Know About Isaias, the First Atlantic Hurricane of the Season

Par : Maia Spoto
After making landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a Category 2 hurricane, Isaias weakened considerably and headed north. Now, parts of the Southeast are at risk of flash floods.

© Zack Wittman for The New York Times

Buildings damaged by Hurricane Isaias in Pensacola Beach, Fla., on Saturday.
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Pentagon Again Increases Number of U.S. Casualties in Iran War

Par : John Ismay
In an unannounced change, the Defense Department is now acknowledging troops who died or were wounded in support roles.

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U.S. officials at a dignified transfer for Army soldiers killed in action while deployed to Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan, in July. The Pentagon has raised the number of U.S. service members killed and wounded during operations related to the Iran war.
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Some Republicans Reject Trump’s Move to Import Diesel Fuel From Russia

Par : Tim Balk and Evan Gorelick
High diesel costs have posed a problem for Republicans in the midterms, but President Trump’s decision did not satisfy some candidates in key Senate races.

© Emily Elconin for The New York Times; Doug Mills The New York Times

Former Representative Mike Rogers of Michigan, left, and Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska took issue with President Trump’s announcement.
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4 Killed as a Weakened Isaias Pushes Through the Southeast

Par : David Ovalle
Hundreds of thousands of people lost power, but towns near the landfall site in Florida were relieved that the hurricane damage was not worse.

© Zack Wittman for The New York Times

Downed trees in Seacrest Beach, Fla., on Saturday. The eye of Hurricane Isaias made landfall about 30 miles away on Friday night.
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Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Airport Attacked Again, After Days of Houthi Strikes

Par : Vivian Nereim and Euan Ward
The strike on Saturday was the deadliest attack in a Gulf Arab country since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran began in February, and forced the airport to temporarily suspend operations.

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Economic Pain and an Unpopular Trump Put G.O.P. on its Heels With Three Weeks to Go

Par : Patricia Mazzei and Shane Goldmacher
Inflation has hurt Americans at many levels: Farmers, truckers, consumers. It has also expanded the electoral map into what was safely Republican country just a few months ago.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Fuel prices have soared throughout the country since President Trump started a war against Iran.
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Fact-Checking Senate Ads in Iowa, New Hampshire and North Carolina

Par : Linda Qiu
We assess three campaign ads in the battleground states that have focused on the cost of living.

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Could the Oregon Governor’s Race Be a Republican Hope?

Par : Anna Griffin and Betsy Hammond
Republicans are playing defense in some of the most conservative parts of the country, but an unpopular Democratic governor has them hopeful in a progressive West Coast state.

© Jordan Gale for The New York Times

State Senator Christine Drazan, left, is running against Gov. Tina Kotek, an incumbent Democrat, in a surprisingly tight governor’s race.
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Trump Casts Himself as Columbus’s Protector in Pitch to Italian Americans

Par : Jonathan Swan
President Trump sought to inject the Genoese explorer into the current political conversation.

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President Trump posing in front of a poster of a Christopher Columbus statue at the White House on Friday.
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James Talarico Returns to Senate Campaign Trail in Texas After 10-Day Absence

Par : Sasha von Oldershausen and J. David Goodman
Mr. Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, showed up at a music festival, saying he had been at home with “a nasty case of the flu.”

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James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas, had not appeared in public before Friday since Sept. 29.
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Kansas Senate Race Is a Surprising New Midterm Fight

Par : Jess Bidgood
Republicans are suddenly racing to defend a seat in Kansas, where Democrats are trying to win a Senate race for the first time in nearly a century.

© David Robert Elliott for The New York Times

Adam Hamilton, a Democrat and a megachurch pastor, is running for Senate in Kansas against Senator Roger Marshall, a Republican.
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Ocasio-Cortez to Campaign for El-Sayed on Bus Tour in Michigan

Par : Shane Goldmacher
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York endorsed Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, ahead of the primary. She also appeared with him at a fund-raiser in New York this week.

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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, left, and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Michigan, campaigned together in Detroit earlier this year.
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Top Democratic Group Pumps Millions Into Kansas Senate Race

Par : Bayliss Wagner
The $5 million investment from the main super PAC for Senate Democrats is a sign that party leaders see a path to winning in another red state as the political environment worsens for Republicans.
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Fiery Senate Debates in Maine, Michigan and Georgia: Five Takeaways

Par : Lisa Lerer · Reid J. Epstein and Patricia Mazzei
Candidates in three of the races that could determine control of the Senate engaged in bitter and personal attacks.

© Pool photo by Paul Sancya

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and former Representative Mike Rogers debated in Michigan on Thursday night.
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Why This Election Could Be More Complicated for Democrats Than Polls Suggest

Par : Reid J. Epstein
The last two midterms where Democrats surged against an unpopular Republican president were in 2006 and 2018. They had notably different outcomes.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump at a rally in Nebraska on Monday. The Republican Party is defending seats even in states that Mr. Trump won by double digits in 2024.
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Paxton Said in Deposition That Donor Gave Him Stocks to Please God

Par : Lauren McGaughy
The leaked deposition from a fraud inquiry in 2014 provides insight into the Senate candidate’s investments and his tactics for defending himself.

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Ken Paxton, candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks during the 2026 Republican Party of Texas State Convention in Houston.
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Fiery Senate Debates in Maine, Michigan and Georgia: Five Takeaways

Par : Lisa Lerer · Reid J. Epstein and Patricia Mazzei
Candidates in three of the races that could determine control of the Senate engaged in bitter and personal attacks.

© Pool photo by Paul Sancya

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and former Representative Mike Rogers debated in Michigan on Thursday night.
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5 Key Moments From Hostile Michigan Senate Debate Between El-Sayed and Rogers

Par : Bayliss Wagner and Kellen Browning
Slashing personal attacks dominated the first televised face-off between Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate, and former Representative Mike Rogers, his Republican rival.

© Pool photo by Paul Sancya

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Key Moments From the Georgia Senate Debate Beween Ossoff and Collins

Par : Emily Davies and Patricia Mazzei
Senator Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, called his Republican opponent, Representative Mike Collins, a bigot. Mr. Collins called the incumbent a radical “trust-fund kid.”
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Here are 5 things to know about Mike Rogers.

Par : John Yoon
The former congressman is vying to be the first Republican from Michigan to win a Senate seat in three decades.

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Mike Rogers, the Republican candidate for Senate in Michigan, at the second day of a Republican convention in Dallas last month.
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Spain’s Protesters See ‘Madness’ of Rising Rent and a ‘Martyr’ in Maricarmen

Par : Carlos Barragán
Thousands of protesters marched in Madrid on Thursday, a day after the death of María del Carmen Abascal, an 87-year-old whose eviction became a symbol of the country’s housing crisis.

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Protesters marched in memory of Maria del Carmen Abascal, who was widely known as Maricarmen, in Madrid on Thursday. Soaring rents have far outpaced wage growth in Spain, according to an analysis by the newspaper El País.
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Trump Says U.S. Will Not Strike Iran Again Before Midterms as Military Draws Up New Plans

Par : Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt
The U.S. military has drafted options for three days of strikes, but in recent months the president has repeatedly vetoed plans to restart the war.

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President Trump said on social media on Thursday that he would not attack Iran before the midterm elections, and that the United States and Iran were “having productive discussions.”
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How to Watch the Midterm Senate Race Debates in Georgia, Michigan and Maine

Par : John Yoon
Each debate will be held in a TV studio without a live audience.

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Voting in Ferndale, Mich., during the state’s primary election. The candidates for Senate in Michigan, Maine and Georgia will each face off Thursday in televised debates.
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Supreme Court, for Now, Sides With Trump Administration in TV Ad Fight

Par : Abbie VanSickle
The court paused a lower-court ruling while it considered the latest move in a monthslong fight over who is entitled to low rates for political ads.

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Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, in Washington last year.
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Nana Patekar, Indian Actor Who Embodied the Everyman, Dies at 75

Par : Lynsey Chutel and Pragati K.B.
He brought the intensity of the stage to the screen and was praised for his craft and philanthropy. He was also accused of sexual harassment.

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Nana Patekar in 2023. He was a theater actor who brought intensity and coarse baritone to the screen.
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In Maine Senate Race, Spiking Heating Oil Costs Put Susan Collins on Defensive

Par : Tim Balk
Half of homes in Maine rely on heating oil. Rising costs driven up by President Trump’s war with Iran have become central to the state’s Senate race.

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Residents entering the town hall of Windham, Maine, on Wednesday. Windham is the type of politically divided town that could be critical to determining the Senate race.
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U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Returns Home After Long and Grueling Deployment

Par : Jan Ransom and John Ismay
The aircraft carrier, whose crew endured food shortages, spent much of its nearly 11-month deployment in combat without a day off.

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Crew members looking out from aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln as it arrived Thursday in San Diego, Calif.
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How Trump Has Alienated Republican Voters Ahead of the Midterms

Par : Sabrina Tavernise and Jamie Kelter Davis
Signs are emerging that dispirited Republican voters may stay home in November, bringing a Democratic surge without many conversions.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

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5 Takeaways From the First Iowa Senate Debate

Par : Bayliss Wagner
In a top Senate battleground, Representative Ashley Hinson, the Republican nominee, sparred with Josh Turek, her Democratic rival, on policy issues ranging from Medicaid to term limits.

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Polls show Representative Ashley Hinson and Josh Turek, a state representative, in a tight Senate race in Iowa.
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Arizona Congressional Candidate Says She Was Raped While Fixing Sign

Par : Reis Thebault
Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a Democrat, said the attack in August occurred while she was repairing a damaged campaign sign.

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Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a Democratic candidate for Congress in Arizona, said on Wednesday that she was raped in August while repairing a damaged campaign sign.
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