Key Moments From the Final New Jersey Governor’s Debate

Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican nominee, and Representative Mikie Sherrill, the Democrat, described starkly different visions for the state in their debate Wednesday.Read More
What Ignited California’s Most Destructive Fires

California wildfires have become particularly devastating in recent decades, but their origins vary.Read More
Stephen Miller Cited ‘Plenary Authority,’ Then Paused. Conspiracies Started Flying.

Online skeptics wondered if Mr. Miller had caught himself saying something he did not mean to. CNN says there was a technical glitch.Read More
Comey’s Two Legal Challenges to His Indictment, Explained

A lawyer for the former F.B.I. director said he would accuse the Justice Department of malicious and selective prosecution and contend that a U.S. attorney was illegally appointed.Read More
Texas’ Blue-State Deployments Shred Relations Between Governors

State leaders have prided themselves on finding bipartisan consensus, but President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops from Texas to Illinois has ripped the veneer off that image.Read More
Israel Intercepts Another Activist Flotilla Aiming to Break Gaza Blockade

It was the second attempt in as many weeks to breach the restrictions around the Gaza Strip. Neither has succeeded.Read More
Inside the Capitol, A Heated Spat Over the Shutdown and Epstein

A pair of Democratic senators confronted the Republican speaker of the House over his refusal to swear in a colleague during the shutdown.Read More
These Democrats Could Hold the Key to Ending the Shutdown

As the federal closure slides into a second week, Republicans are working to peel off five more Democratic senators to join them in voting to reopen the government.Read More
How Zohran Mamdani Came to Embrace the Palestinian Cause

As Mr. Mamdani seeks to reassure New York City he is open to compromise, his views on Israel and Palestinians have been the biggest exception.Read More
The Harvard ‘Die-in’ That Set Off a Debate Over Protest and Punishment

An Israeli American student said he was assaulted during a protest. Two years later, Republicans continue to raise the episode in their campaign to force schools to punish the student protesters.Read More