Republicans hold every statewide elected office and have drastically swung voter registration in the state. A newly gerrymandered congressional map has added four Republican-leaning seats.So few potentially competitive districts remain in Florida that a majority of the state’s 28 congressional races
Dan Sullivan, a retired schoolteacher from tiny Petersburg, Alaska, shares a name with the incumbent senator he hopes to defeat. Is he a spoiler trying to divide the Republican vote? We traveled to Alaska to find out.
Republicans previously sued Google claiming its spam filter was biased, but the case was dismissed. The company will now allow verified campaigns to more easily bypass the spam filter.Google has updated Gmail’s policy to allow political committees to more easily bypass its spam filter when sending e
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are seeking larger oil reserves in Japan and South Korea as regional conflict threatens supply routes.Storage tanks at an oil refinery, in Yokohama, Kanagawa, in Japan in April.
The yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond rose to its highest level in nearly 20 years.
At least 17 commercial sailors have been killed in and around Iranian and Omani waters since March. Six months into the conflict, the vital waterway remains exceptionally dangerous.Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Monday. Traffic through the strait has dwindled sinc
Canada is seeking a deal to dodge further economic pain at the hands of the Trump administration on midnight Tuesday. But at what cost?The Gordie Howe International Bridge, connecting Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, on the day after it opened last month. President Trump had threatened to block the br
The network asked a court to stop the agency from taking steps that could force ABC stations off the air and accused the F.C.C. of violating its First Amendment rights.An ABC News reporter prepares to broadcast from outside the New York Stock Exchange.
The power grid relies on thousands of aging, hand-built transformers. If enough fail, the blackout could last years.
Meena Geltink and Minal Tijssen were adopted from India by families in the Netherlands and grew up less than 100 miles apart.
California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey have taken the social media giant to trial in the first bellwether federal case over child harm.During the trial, to be held in the U.S. District Court of Oakland, Calif., four states are expected to argue that Meta violated federal child privacy and sta
At home, moderation and restraint are the rule for tech parents. Boredom is exalted. Maybe they’re onto something.
The artificial intelligence start-up announced a chatbot mode that will automatically limit some conversations to better protect young users.A workshop about artificial intelligence at Walla Walla High School in Washington in 2023. ChatGPT will turn on its teen mode if it detects signals that the us
The politician behind Texas’ conservative overhaul of higher education is now running a university system. Some say his effort to ferret out forbidden topics is a dystopian academic nightmare.The Texas Tech campus in Lubbock is in a right-leaning part of the state. Its leader is trying to clamp down
The consequences of A.I. for the budget will largely hinge on whether — and to what extent — the technology reshapes the labor market.
Joseph Pascaretta on a first date, investing in his future.
The attack follows a series of military interventions in Syria over the past two years, and spurred the latest American rebuke of Israeli actions in recent weeks.The defunct Abu al-Duhur air base in northwestern Syria on Tuesday. Control of the facility changed several times during the nearly 14-yea
Intensifying restrictions have hit every part of the territory’s dealings, spurring worries about whether the Palestinian Authority can remain solvent.Montaser Amro, left, and his brother inspecting a box of unpaid bills at his supermarket in Majd, West Bank. Mr. Amro said that his customers owed hi
Doctors were stumped by his memory loss and confusion, until he met the epilepsy specialists.After experiencing episodes of confusion and memory loss for several years, Jeff Will learned his symptoms were linked to silent epileptic seizures.
The “Heroes” and “Nashville” star, who died Sunday at 36, endured personal struggles that were compounded by her public profile.Hayden Panettiere with Jay Leno in 1996, when she was a 7-year-old actress.
Helen Toner, who served on OpenAI’s board, hopes the recent hack by that company’s models serves as a warning.
We look into the exploding business of buy-now-pay-later loans.
A reworking of the spacecraft’s power systems could extend the nearly 50-year-old Voyagers’ exploration of interstellar space into the early 2030s.
