Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans

The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.Elon Musk has shown less public interest in elections in recent months, but he has patched up his relatio

T Theodore Schleifer

Democrats Tie Corruption to High Costs in Final Midterms Push

Party leaders are working to connect Washington profiteering and the influence of billionaires and corporate America to affordability, in what they hope will be a potent closing message.“Corruption is why things don’t work for the American people.” Senator Jon Ossoff, a Democrat running for re-elect

C Carl Hulse

Russian Film Aims to Rewrite History of Deadly Theater Bombing in Ukraine

A documentary claims that Ukraine, not Russia, attacked the drama theater in Mariupol, where hundreds of civilians died.The remains of the theater in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, in April 2022, in a photograph taken when the area was under pro-Russian control. The Russian airstrike on the building kil

A Alexander Nazaryan

Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford Awarded Nobel for Economics

Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford were awarded the prize for insights that helped policymakers become “better equipped to deal with shocks in the economy,” the committee said.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2026 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences to Robert E. Hall and Mich

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He Helped Discover Ebola 50 Years Ago. He’s Still Worried.

In an interview, Dr. Peter Piot recalled when he first saw the spindly virus under a microscope and reflected on a five-decade career spent fighting two deadly pathogens.Dr. Peter Piot was the first scientist to identify the Ebola virus as a young researcher in Belgium in 1976.

A Apoorva Mandavilli

Mamdani Rolls Out Police Reforms Related to Use of Force

The changes follow the retirement of an officer who was facing a disciplinary trial for the death of 19-year-old Win Rozario in 2024.“When the government uses force against a New Yorker, the standard for accountability must be at its highest,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said. “Every New Yorker deserves to

M Miles G. Cohen

Mamdani Will Skip Columbus Day Parade. Some Italian Americans Are Glad.

City Hall confirmed that the mayor would not join Monday’s procession up Fifth Avenue, but would host an Italian American heritage reception soon.Mayor Zohran Mamdani intends to host an Italian American heritage reception at Gracie Mansion in the coming weeks, City Hall said.

J Joseph Goldstein and Miles G. Cohen

Executive Action

We look at a few governors’ races worth watching.Campaign signs in Texas.

E Evan Gorelick

Trump Ally Takes Up a Latin American Tradition: Unburying a Hero

Sword in hand, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador is revamping a custom of political exhumations. A new crypt projects his power across Central America.A Salvadoran honor guard inside the new mausoleum of Francisco Morazán in San Salvador, the capital.

S Simon Romero and Fred Ramos