Hong’s Defeat in Wisconsin Shows the Limits of the Progressive Movement

Francesca Hong’s defeat in the Democratic primary for governor defied expectations and may have shown the democratic socialist wave cannot reach beyond urban centers.David Crowley, the Milwaukee County executive, outside a polling station in Milwaukee on Tuesday.

K Kellen Browning and Julie Bosman

What Can a Poll Tell Us?

Everyone wants to know who will win an election, but polls do more than predicting outcomes. The polling reporter Ruth Igielnik shares how polls are also judged on their ability to reveal electorate dynamics.CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — MARCH 11, 2026: Ruth Igielnik, a New York Times reporter interviews An

R Ruth Igielnik, Jillian Eugenios, Seth Carlson, Santiago García Muñoz, Lauren Pruitt, Thomas Trudeau, Mike Abrams and Patrick Healy

With Trump Secretly Evacuated, Imperiled Air Force One Became a Flying Decoy

In response to a threat against the jet last month, the president was clandestinely removed in a catering container. But the plane was sent into the skies anyway with government employees and reporters onboard.Members of the news media and others boarding the plane that President Trump was secretly

P Peter Baker

See How Trump’s Secret Air Force One Swap Unfolded

The extraordinary subterfuge was aimed at protecting an American president who has been in Iran’s cross hairs for years.

E Eric Schmitt, Maggie Haberman, Aric Toler, Jamie Leventhal, Simon Ducroquet and Yuliya Parshina-Kottas

Gulf Oil Giants Are Spending Billions to Build Ways Around Strait of Hormuz

Even if a cease-fire materializes, Gulf exporters recognize that relying strictly on the Strait of Hormuz is a risk they can no longer take.Ships anchored in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday off the coast of Bandar Abbas in Iran. Shipping through the strait has been greatly curtailed because of the wa

L Lisa Friedman

Musical Manuscripts Are Intimate and Transporting. See Why.

Franz Welser-Möst, the Cleveland Orchestra’s music director, takes us on a tour through the handwritten score of Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony.Welser-Möst said that when Mahler writes “pianississimo” (styled as “ppp”) in the score, he is asking more for the idea of extreme quiet than demanding a

J Joshua Barone and Dustin Franz

Benign Inflation Data Offers Reprieve to Fed as It Weighs Rate Increase

The latest Consumer Price Index report helped to reinforce the patient approach adopted by many officials at the Federal Reserve about raising rates, but it has not resolved the debate altogether.Kevin M. Warsh, the Federal Reserve chairman. The Fed is under pressure to rein in inflation.

C Colby Smith

RFK Jr. Stirred Vaccine Fears in Pennsylvania Years Before Measles Outbreak

At a speech in Lancaster County, Robert F. Kennedy mocked the threat of measles. Now local officials are racing to contain one of the largest outbreaks in the country.Before becoming health secretary, Mr. Kennedy promoted vaccine skepticism as the leader of Children’s Health Defense.

T Teddy Rosenbluth

Effects of Record-Breaking El Niño Are Happening on 3 Continents

The recurring climate phenomenon is expected to peak later this year, but it is already causing dry spells and crop failures on three continents.Collecting water from a well in a drought-afflicted village in Gujarat, India, in May.

R Raymond Zhong and Chico Harlan

Europeans, Braced for 5th Heat Wave of 2026, Have Had Enough

With temperatures set to soar as high as 109 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius) this week, Europeans and tourists say that summer in Europe has lost its appeal.A woman cooling off at the Vatican on Wednesday.

E Elisabetta Povoledo, Giulia Imbert and Carlos Barragán

Heat Kills Hundreds of Workers Each Year. A Postal Carrier Was One.

About half a dozen states explicitly protect workers from excessive heat. And some others, like Texas, prevent local governments from passing their own laws.Scorching temperatures and high humidity blanketed much of the country this summer.

K Kurtis Lee and Shelby Tauber

Safety Subterfuge

We look at President Trump’s exit from Turkey after last month’s NATO summit.President Trump was apparently moved in this catering container as he left Turkey last month.

M Matthew Cullen

Zhu Rongji, Former Premier Who Pushed China to a Market Economy, Dies at 97

As a vice premier and then premier, he helped transform China into the world’s leading manufacturing power and led his country into the World Trade Organization.Zhu Rongji in 1998. His economic initiatives propelled rapid growth in China but also set the stage for trade wars with President Trump and

K Keith Bradsher