Voters fill out ballots on primary election day at the Butte Civic Center in Butte, Mt., on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. The Trump administration is investigating nonprofits that it says may be recruiting noncitizens for voter registration, documents show, even though noncitizen voting in the United States is rare. (Will Warasila/The New York Times) By MADELEINE NGO, RICHARD FAUSSET and ALEXANDRA BERZON As the Trump administration promotes doubts about the integrity of the voting s

Monaeka Flores, whose family has deep roots on Guam, at Tarague Beach, Sept. 28, 2026. The Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether the U.S. Air Force can keep destroying munitions on a beach in Guam, a practice it began in 1982. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times) By ABBIE VANSICKLE Tarague Beach is a tropical expanse of white sand on the island of Guam, where sea turtles lay their eggs, migratory seabirds forage and reef fish glide in the clear blue-green water. But t

Christa Pike attends a hearing via a video hookup at Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 11, 2026. (Jessica Tezak/The New York Times) By EMILY COCHRANE and BILLY WITZ One week after the Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survived two doses of a drug meant to kill her, a state judge said Wednesday that she would order officials to preserve evidence including syringes, drugs and IV lines related to the failed execution. The judge also emphasized that Pike’

A crew member works to load a buoy containing monitoring equipment onto the oceanographic research vessel Sally Ride in Yaquina Bay in Newport, Ore., on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. Under pressure from Congress, a network of ocean monitors that provides vital data to meteorologists, climate scientists, oceanographers, and the fishing industry is being restored. (Kristina Barker/The New York Times) By ERIC NIILER When the Trump administration started dismantling a $368 million ocean

By EMMA GOLDBERG The leaders of Cornell University, already embattled over the school’s handling of sexual assault allegations on campus, received another blow late Monday when the school’s faculty senate gave notice of plans to vote on a rare resolution of no confidence in the school’s administrators. Although largely symbolic, the measure and its apparent support among faculty members promised to increase pressure on the university’s president, Michael Kotlikoff, and other

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he departs the White House in Washington en route to Grand Island, Neb., to campaign ahead of the midterm elections, on Monday, Oct. 5, 2026. President Trump reversed course on Monday and announced that his super PAC would now pay for the television ads promoting him that have been airing nationwide at taxpayer expense. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By SHANE GOLDMACHER, THEODORE SCHLEIFER and MAGGIE HABERMAN President Donald

Protesters hold signs about a climate case against oil companies outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, on Monday, Oct. 5, 2026. The justices are considering whether states and localities can try to hold oil companies responsible for damages from climate change. If Boulder, Colo. wins, the companies could owe enormous sums. (Alex Kent/The New York Times) By ABBIE VANSICKLE Supreme Court justices wrestled earlier this week with the first case of their new term, a complex

An inebriated Cornell University student yells profanities at the Chi Phi frat house as he walks by with friends early in the morning in Ithaca, N.Y., on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. As the weekend arrived, much of the nightlife in the upstate New York college town was subdued. But there were still some students looking to cut loose. (Lauren Petracca/The New York Times). By MAIA COLEMAN Weekend descended, somewhat reluctantly, on Cornell University. As the evening sun set on Ithac

Senate candidate Jon Husted delivers remarks as President Donald Trump listens during a campaign rally at Butler High School in Vandalia, Ohio, on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. Trump offered his support for a bill that Husted has introduced to control energy costs, but he also said he supported data centers, a position that is at odds with the majority of Americans. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By KATIE ROGERS If President Donald Trump’s earlier political rallies felt like st

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Oct. 3, 2026. Trump defended the unpopular data centers that power the artificial intelligence industry as he campaigned in Ohio on Saturday with a vulnerable Republican senator who is trying to overcome voters’ concerns about the hulking complexes. (Anna Rose Layden/The New York Times) By TIM BALK and EVAN GORELICK President Donald Trump defend