Trump Administration Pressures California With Expanded Voter Fraud Investigation

The department has issued grand jury subpoenas to local election officials as part of a widening effort to prove unsubstantiated claims about large numbers of illegal voters in the state.Voters casting their ballots in Los Angeles in June. At least two employees of Los Angeles County Registrar-Recor

D Devlin Barrett and Shawn Hubler

Republicans Ramp Up Investigation Into Democratic Plan to Pack Alaska’s Ballot

The Justice Department issued subpoenas, a House oversight committee sought interviews and the state opened its own inquiry into a Democratic plan to recruit a spoiler into a Senate race.Republican anger grew on Thursday over a Democratic effort to stack Alaska’s Senate ballot with candidates to sip

K Kellen Browning, Anna Griffin and Glenn Thrush

No Clear Winner in Israel Election, Final Results Show

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party and its allies won 53 seats in Parliament, falling short of the outright majority needed to form a government. The main opposition bloc, led by Gadi Eisenkot, won 48.

L Leo Sands, Johnatan Reiss and Ephrat Livni

What Israeli Election Results Reveal About the Electorate

Some groups stood by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party, but support fell off among others. Turnout was also a striking factor in the election.Election campaign posters for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party in Adora, an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, on Tuesday.

J Johnatan Reiss

Polymarket Is Investigating Suspicious Bets on Israeli Election

The company said it was looking into hundreds of new accounts that had placed wagers in two markets related to the election on Tuesday.Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking at a Likud event in Jerusalem on Wednesday.

L Lauren McCarthy and Stuart A. Thompson

Trump Erupted After Learning of Alina Habba’s $50 Million Deal

Angry about the scale of a contract signed by one of his former lawyers with the family of a wealthy pardon seeker, the president told allies he wanted some of the money to go to his future presidential library.Alina Habba Mildon, while working as an adviser at the Justice Department, had signed on

T Tyler Pager

Patrick Stewart Brought Elegance To ‘Star Trek’ as Jean-Luc Picard

Led by the Shakespearean veteran in his role as Jean-Luc Picard, “Star Trek: The Next Generation” gracefully went where the franchise had never gone before.Patrick Stewart was initially uncertain whether he should play Jean-Luc Picard in “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” but it became his signature

S Sopan Deb

Newly Freed American Describes His Years in Russian Prison

Stephen James Hubbard, the retired teacher arrested soon after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, said he sometimes lost hope.Stephen James Hubbard with relatives and U.S. officials aboard a flight to the United States after his release from Russian prison, in a photo released by the U

K Kim Barker

Intel’s Shares Plunge 20% as A.I. Hinders Some Parts of Its Business

The chipmaker, whose largest investor is the U.S. government, reported that the A.I. boom’s domino effect had hurt sales to personal computer makers.A silicon wafer at Intel’s campus in Ocotillo, Ariz. The company reported revenue of $16.5 billion in its third quarter.

D Don Clark

Cuba’s Foreign Minister: We’ll Outlast Trump

The Trump administration is carrying out the most intense pressure campaign on Cuba in decades. The Cuban government says its plan is simply to endure.Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla of Cuba during an interview with The New York Times this week.

J Jack Nicas

Bostonians Compete to Be Their Airport’s New Voice

By Christmas, the winning voice will echo through Boston Logan International in recorded greetings and announcements that millions of travelers will hear.The competition to be the voice of the Boston Logan International Airport drew more than 5,000 auditions from Massachusetts residents.

J Jenna Russell