What Is Happening With SNAP Benefits During the Shutdown?
President Trump said that he would heed court rulings ordering his administration to fund food stamps during the government shutdown, but there are complications.Read More
Air Pollution Could Be Contributing to Your Slower Marathon Time
Marathon runners consistently finished slower in cities with higher levels of dangerous particles in the air, researchers found.Read More
Fed Risks a Recession if It Doesn’t Cut Rates Rapidly, Stephen Miran Warns
Stephen I. Miran, the newest member of the central bank’s Board of Governors, thinks some of his colleagues are too worried about inflation.Read More
Far Right Targets Similarities Between Zohran Mamdani and Sadiq Khan
Zohran Mamdani, the leading contender in the Nov. 4 New York election, and Sadiq Khan, London’s mayor, are liberal and Muslim, but they’re navigating varied politics, communities and cities.Read More
New York, Long a City of Contradictions, Is Still Turning Up New Ones
New York City has often set the political, cultural and financial course of the country. Tuesday’s mayoral election — and a New Yorker watching from Washington — could scramble it all.Read More
Why Won’t Congress Use Its Power?
Five Republicans just voted with Democrats to block Trump’s tariffs. This proves Congress can act. So why isn’t it using that same power to address hunger, health care costs or undeclared wars? The New York Times Opinion editor, Kathleen Kingsbury, explains.Read More
What You Need to Know About New York City’s Ballot Measures
Six proposals will appear on the back of ballots at the polls in New York City on Election Day. Emma Fitzsimmons, The New York Times’s City Hall bureau chief, explains the affordable housing proposals.Read More
California Promised Insurance Relief, But Delivered Loopholes
New regulations were supposed to ensure that homeowners in fire zones would have coverage available. But companies can still avoid serving many high-risk areas, a Times investigation found.Read More
Trump’s Team Offers to Keep Some Ballroom Donors Incognito
Many corporate interests that have donated to the president’s pet project have business before his administration.Read More
Putin Brandishes Menacing Nuclear Weapons as Talks With U.S. Falter
Touting new weapons tests, Moscow signals to Washington that it must contend with the Kremlin’s power and negotiate.Read More