Tech Stocks Tumble, but Broader Market Is Holding On
The S&P 500 is set for a small loss for the month, despite a deeper slide in some of the A.I. stocks that exert a heavy influence on the index.
Big Tech’s Data Center Blitz Is Burning Through Cash and Scaring Wall St.
Amazon became the latest tech company to announce swelling investments in A.I. amid stumbling share prices.Amazon is spending heavily on new data centers to operate with this one in Ashburn, Va.
Why the Markets Don’t Care About the Midterms
Factors like inflation, interest rates, A.I. and the war with Iran are far more important, our columnist says.
Trump Administration Steps Up Midterm Interventions, and Israeli Elections Have No Clear Winner
Plus, the Friday news quiz.
Binance Suspends Withdrawals After Crypto Hackers Steal $6.3 Billion
The crypto exchange said it was compromised in what could be the biggest crypto heist ever. One research lab attributed the theft to “North Korea’s elite hacking unit.”Changpeng Zhao, Binance’s founder, said the incident “does look like a hack.”
High Prices Haunt Trump and the GOP on Eve of the Midterms
A backlash over high prices helped Republicans capture a majority in 2024. Now, it may be the source of the party’s own undoing.President Trump at a campaign event on Tuesday in Lubbock, Texas, where he talked about the political forces that had propelled his return to office, including high prices.
U.S. Oil Industry Earned Over $130 Billion in Profit During Iran War
That was almost three times as much as what businesses producing and refining oil in the United States made in the same period in 2025.
How Michigan’s Midterm Senate Race Could Influence the 2028 Democratic Presidential Primary
The fate of Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the progressive candidate in the race, will serve as a litmus test for the left’s potency heading into the next presidential contest.The Democratic Party’s activist class believes a victory by Dr. Abdul El-Sayed next week would establish a proof point that left-wing p
Why Trump Is Losing Young Men
Young men swung to Donald Trump in 2024. Polling shows they are now moving away — but to what? Sabrina Tavernise, a reporter for The New York Times, went to Michigan to find out.
Darline Graham Is ‘a Little Nervous.’ Can She Keep South Carolina’s Senate Seat Red?
Polls show the sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham in a virtual tie with her Democratic opponent, Dr. Annie Andrews. An upset was unthinkable just a few months ago.Senator Darline Graham, is in a final, nail-biting week of campaigning against Dr. Annie Andrews, her Democratic opponent.
Here’s Where Rain Could Dampen Your Spirits This Halloween
Use our tool to see your trick-or-treat forecast.The weather will be “showery and gloomy” in much of the country on Halloween, one meteorologist said.
Christa Pike Describes Pain and Isolation After Botched Execution
Convicted of a 1995 murder, Ms. Pike released her first statement since the failed attempt to execute her last month.It took about 30 minutes to verify the authenticity of the call for an ambulance from the prison. Christa Pike was in a private Nashville hospital for more than a week.
Israel’s Election Is Unlikely to Change Its Policies and Global Isolation
The leading contenders, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot, aren’t substantially different in their approach to Israel’s security or in their opposition to a Palestinian state.Campaign posters for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud party, and Gadi Eisenkot, leader of th
An Arab Town in Israel Celebrates the Election but Wonders What Will Change
Gains for Arab-led parties have electrified Taibe, in central Israel, even as voters elsewhere in Israel say they have no place in any future government.Ahmad Tibi, a leader of the Joint List party, with supporters on Tuesday outside a polling station in Taibe, Israel, a predominantly Arab town. “We
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
A Sailor Jumped From the U.S.S. Lincoln. The Navy Punished Him.
The case offers a rare look at the military’s handling of mental health issues during extended deployments.
Ukrainians Are Fighting Russians Inside Underground Gas Pipes. I Went in One.
I experienced war’s subterranean future as drones dominate the skies. I didn’t like it.
Rare Evacuation Announced by Melania Trump Begins in Ukrainian City of Oleshky
Many of the people left in Oleshky, where bombardment is constant, have run out of food. A truce that began Tuesday is supposed to allow aid in and civilians out.Net-covered streets on Wednesday in Kherson, Ukraine, during a temporary cease-fire to allow for an upcoming evacuation of civilians from
In China, the War on Mosquitoes Has Entered the A.I. Era
Using sensors developed for self-driving cars, a Chinese start-up claims it can track and destroy tiny flying targets while avoiding people, pets and reflective surfaces.
How One Country Became the Unlikely Crossroads of the Global A.I. Boom
In Malaysia, U.S. and Chinese tech giants are pouring billions into vast data centers, straining local resources and testing the limits of Washington’s restrictions on advanced chips.
Is This the End for Trump’s Princelings? Or Just the Start?
American capitalism may never be the same again.
Tax the Rich? Easier Said Than Done.
Forget California’s billionaire wealth tax. The economist Natasha Sarin believes there are better ways to make billionaires pay up.
Mosquito Lasers
China has come up with an innovative way to kill the insects.In China.
Seth Meyers Cheers ‘Stand-Up Obama’ for Riling Republicans
“He’s working on material for his next special, ‘Hussein in the Membrane,’” Meyers said after the former president ruffled feathers with jokes about the Cheesecake Factory.