FBI agents walk outside of the Fulton County elections office in Atlanta, Jan. 28, 2026. A federal judge in Atlanta cast serious doubts on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, on the Justice Department’s efforts to reinvestigate President Trump’s false claims that he was cheated out of victory in the 2020 election, saying that the five-year statute of limitations for any possible crimes arising from the race had “long expired.” (Nicole Craine/The New York Times) By ALAN FEUER A federal jud

Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for the Senate, campaigns in Sabattus, Maine, April 29, 2026. Platner, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine and a onetime star of the progressive movement, suspended his campaign on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, under intense pressure from all corners of his party after a woman accused him of rape. (Sophie Park/The New York Times) By TIM BALK Graham Platner’s announcement that he was suspending his Senate run in Maine has plunged Democr

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, then a Republican presidential candidate, speaks during a campaign stop in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Jan. 20, 2024. An appellate court has struck down parts of a Florida law that restrict the teaching of ideas related to race, sexism and unconscious bias in college classrooms. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times) By VIMAL PATEL An appellate court earlier this week struck down parts of a Florida law that restrict the teaching of ideas related to race, sexism

Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Conn., speaks with a group of anti gun violence activists and gun violence survivors in Washington, Feb. 12, 2025. As the administration works to expand gun rights, hospitals and community groups have lost funding, and reports on preventing firearm injuries have vanished from government websites. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times) By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG The Trump administration has gutted federal gun violence prevention efforts since returning to off

Nearly 10 months after the assassination of Kirk, prosecutors will begin laying out their case on Monday, July 6, in a hearing that will put Kirk’s parents and widow in the same courtroom as the man charged with murdering the conservative activist. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times) By JACK HEALY, NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS and ROBERT DRAPER Graphic videos, detailed police accounts and high-profile conservative figures defined the first day of a hearing to determine wheth

By DANI BUM A record-high number of Americans say they have tried a weight-loss drug, a new national poll from Gallup found. The survey showed that 15% of Americans reported using a weight-loss drug at any point, and that 11% of people said they were currently taking one. That’s up from 3% who said they were taking an obesity drug in 2024. “This validates what I think we’re all seeing in practice, that it’s really dramatically changing how care is happening,” said Dr. Scott H

Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for Senate, campaigns in Blue Hill, Maine, June 9, 2026. Platner said on July 6 that he was taking time to “reflect” on his political path forward after a report that a woman had accused him of sexual assault, which he denied. (Sophie Park/The New York Times) By LISA LERER and KATIE GLUEK A month after he captured the Democratic Senate nomination in Maine with a fiery populist message, Graham Platner was facing mounting pressure to lea

By JACK HEALY, NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS and ROBERT DRAPER Nearly 10 months after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, prosecutors will begin laying out their case Monday in a hearing that will put Kirk’s parents and widow in the same courtroom as the man charged with murdering the conservative activist. The goal of the weeklong preliminary hearing in Provo, Utah, is straightforward — to decide whether prosecutors have enough evidence to go to trial against Tyler J. Robinson, 23

“Please — take this weather seriously,” New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Sunday. (Graham Dickie/The New York Times) By ERIN McCANN and NAZANEEN GHAFFAR The punishing heat wave that made most of last week nearly unbearable across New York is finally over, but a new week is bringing a new weather danger: the potential for torrential rain and flash flooding. The National Weather Service warned that between late Sunday and early Tuesday, multiple rounds of thunderstorms co

Josh Turek, an Iowa state lawmaker, addresses supporters at his watch party during the Democratic Senate primary in Des Moines, June 2, 2026. With President Trump’s second term in full swing and the midterm election four months away, a new kind of Democratic candidate is ascendant: the outsider vowing to overhaul the system. (KC McGinnis/The New York Times) By TIM BALK With President Donald Trump’s second term in full swing and the midterm elections four months away, a new ki