Timothy Mellon in 1981 (Wikipedia.) By THEODORE SHLEIFER One of the Republican Party’s biggest donors has sharply reduced his giving ahead of the midterm elections, especially to Senate Republicans, a decision driven largely by the party’s failure to pass a far-reaching bill of voting restrictions. The donor, Timothy Mellon, a reclusive Wyoming billionaire who is a grandson of Gilded Age industrialist Andrew Mellon, gave nearly $200 million to support President Donald Trump a

Harvey Weinstein, the former Hollywood mogul, appears for a hearing in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, on Thursday, March 19, 2026. Weinstein, whose downfall fueled the #MeToo movement, was sentenced on Wednesday, Sept. 23, to 15 years in prison for a felony sex crime, bringing an end to his criminal case in New York. (Jefferson Siegel/The New York Times) By HURUBIE MEKO Harvey Weinstein, the former Hollywood mogul whose downfall fueled the #MeToo movement, was sentenced We

From left, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Eugene Peltola Jr., who died in a plane crash the following year, as he holds the Bible during the ceremonial swearing-in of his wife, Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 13, 2022. Democrats hope that Mary Peltola can flip a Republican Senate seat in Alaska. Former aides describe a campaign and congressional office marked by chaos. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times) By KELLEN BROWING Natio

Canvassers for community and civic rights organization Mi Familia en Acción talk with Santiago Barrios about his concerns on voting issues, in South Houston, Texas, June 5, 2026. President Donald Trump’s enormous gains among Hispanic voters in the last election propelled him to victory in the national popular vote and prompted talk of a political realignment. Two years later, that talk is over. (Meridith Kohut/The New York Times) By NATE COHN President Donald Trump’s enormous

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) speaks alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) at a news conference on a veterans benefits act outside the Capitol in Washington, March 13, 2025. Blumenthal said he would not support cutting any benefits from the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act. “The cost of caring for these veterans is part of the cost of war,” he said. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By OLIVIA DIAZ When House Republican leaders last week called off their final day of voting

By CHRISTINA MORALES, HAMED ALEAZIZ and BILLY WITZ The man shot by an immigration agent in Austin, Texas, over the weekend said Monday that he was bleeding and in pain and that a bullet remained lodged in his back. The man, Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, an immigrant from Venezuela, said that he only felt one gunshot enter his body when a federal immigration officer shot him Sunday afternoon. He added that the bullet, which was lodged near his spine, was not removed at the hospi

National Park Service employees remove pieces of peeling liner from the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington, July 20, 2026. President Donald Trump’s administration has thrown 433 sites managed by the National Park Service into turmoil, shifting funding and workers to pet projects in Washington, slashing staff across the country and scrubbing exhibits that it says “inappropriately disparage Americans.” (Andrew Leyden/The New York Times) By MAXINE JOSELOW Ever si

Texas state troopers at the scene where one person is believed to have been shot during a confrontation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. The shooting in the Texas capital is the latest by federal immigration agents as the Trump administration intensifies its deportation effort. (Lauren McGaughy/The New York Times) By CHRISTINA MORALES, LAUREN McGAUGHY and DEVON LUM An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot an

Russell Vought, center, the director of the Office of Management, speaks alongside Lee Zeldin, right, the EPA administrator, and President Donald Trump during an announcement on greenhouse gas regulation, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Feb. 12, 2026. The White House has begun drafting a new executive order that could further cement President Trump’s ability to control billions of dollars in scientific grants funded by the National Institutes of Health

Police operate a drone in New York, Oct. 31, 2024. The leaps being made in artificial intelligence and the plunging costs of drones pose dangers to cities across the United States, according to the Police Executive Research Forum. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times) By HURUBIE MEKO and MARIA CRAMER The confluence of rapidly advancing artificial intelligence technology and cheaper and deadlier drones pose an increasing threat to cities and towns across the United States, accor