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The Democratic Party Is Hemorrhaging Voters, and a New White-Only Community in Arkansas
Plus, censoring prestige TV.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesUnregulated Sexual Stimulants Flood West Africa
Unregulated sexual stimulants are flooding West Africa, posing major health risks that officials are scrambling to address.
New York Times Top StoriesTexas Republicans Ready to Pass New Redistricting Maps, Just as Trump Wanted
The effort is intended to help the G.O.P. win five more U.S. House seats in the midterm elections. Other states, red and blue, are likely to redraw their own maps.
New York Times Top StoriesInside Trump’s Effort on Russia and Ukraine
President Trump has repeatedly bent other leaders to his will, simply by refusing to budge. But there is one person who refuses to budge even more than President Trump, and that is Vladimir Putin of Russia. Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, takes us inside how Trump has been engaging with Russia and Ukraine.
New York Times Top StoriesZach Cherry on ‘Severance’ and His First Emmy Nomination
The actor’s improv background makes him more comfortable in comedy, but his performance in this twisty sci-fi mystery brought his first Emmy nomination.
New York Times Top StoriesZach Cherry on ‘Severance’ and His First Emmy Nomination
The actor’s improv background makes him more comfortable in comedy, but his performance in this twisty sci-fi mystery brought his first Emmy nomination.
New York Times Top StoriesAmy Klobuchar: I Knew A.I. Deepfakes Were a Problem. Then I Saw One of Myself.
Deepfakes are getting more realistic, and more difficult to stop. Congress needs to take steps now.
New York Times Top Stories5 Takeaways From the Times Analysis of Democratic Decline in Voter Registration
Thirty states, as well as Washington, D.C., allow voters to register with a political party. Here’s what the data shows.
New York Times Top StoriesCome One, Come All! Buy Your TV Subscriptions Here!
A battle is heating up in the streaming world as millions of Americans sign up for multiple services through a single provider instead of separate apps.
New York Times Top StoriesFacing Trump’s Threats, Mexico and Canada Draw Closer. Will It Last?
Mexico and Canada have long viewed each other with indifference or even distrust. They’re now talking about teaming up.
New York Times Top StoriesIreland’s Last Leprechaun Whisperer Pitches TV Show
Kevin Woods, who says he engages in weekly conversations with 18-inch-tall creatures, has built a tidy business with books, merchandise, guided tours and maybe soon, an animated series.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Tactics Mean Many International Students Won’t Make It to Campus
Students from some countries won’t make it to class this fall because of President Trump’s travel ban. Others can’t get visa appointments. Some are simply scared. Universities are panicking.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Georgia, Once on Democracy’s Vanguard, Is Drifting Toward Russia
Two decades after the Rose Revolution, the former Soviet satellite is turning away from the West and back toward Russia. What happened?
New York Times Top StoriesThe New American Inequality: The Cooled vs. the Cooked
Heat waves are increasingly dangerous for those without water, shade and air-conditioning.
New York Times Top StoriesWhere Democrats Lost on Voter Registration
If you want to understand the health of a political party, take a look at their voter registration numbers. And for the Democrats, it’s not looking good.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Democratic Party’s Voter Registration Crisis
The party is bleeding support beyond the ballot box, a new analysis shows.
New York Times Top StoriesTalking Past Each Other in Israel
We must find a way to speak in a common language again, a language that has a name for everything, even for a person holding a photograph of a dead child.
New York Times Top StoriesHong Kong Government Fixates on ‘Soft Resistance’
With pro-democracy movements long squashed, the government is targeting any hint of subtler expressions of discontent. Even establishment figures say it may be too much.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Does Xi Keep Purging Loyalists? Look to Stalin and Mao for the Answer.
China’s “bedside eavesdroppers,” the online posse parsing rumors for power shifts, have a lot to work with as Xi Jinping pushes aside his own political appointees.
New York Times Top StoriesDocuments Add Detail to Fox Hosts’ Desire to Help Trump
The documents were released as part of a defamation case against Fox Corporation filed by Smartmatic, an election technology company.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’
The remark, made as the president has ordered a wide-ranging review of museum exhibits, added to his pattern of minimizing Black history.
New York Times Top StoriesSusan Collins to Get Hollywood Treatment at Fund-Raiser Featuring Democrats
Democrats hoping to retake the Senate in the midterm elections next year are targeting the seat of Senator Collins, a Maine Republican who is seen as a moderate.
New York Times Top StoriesFor Trump, Flashy Summits Come First. Grunt Work Comes Next.
Diplomats scrambled to come up with detailed proposals for security guarantees and other sticking points following two high-level summits in Alaska and Washington.
New York Times Top StoriesNorth Carolina Beach Towns Brace for Dangerous Seas From Hurricane Erin
Most of the tourists have left Ocracoke Island, and the surfers are watching closely as deadly rip currents lurk below the waves.
New York Times Top StoriesStabbing at Arizona High School Leaves 1 Student Dead, Officials Say
A fight between two students at Maryvale High School in Phoenix on Tuesday left one fatally stabbed and the other with non-life-threatening injuries, the agency said.
New York Times Top StoriesAt Hamptons Fund-Raiser, Cuomo Predicts Help From Trump Is on the Way
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who trails in the polls for New York City mayor, is said to have told a crowd of wealthy donors that he believed President Trump would help line up support behind him.
New York Times Top StoriesAbrego Garcia’s Lawyers Accuse Trump Administration of Vindictive Prosecution
It was the second time that Mr. Abrego Garcia’s lawyers have sought to hold the Trump administration accountable over its handling of his expulsion to El Salvador and its aftermath.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael Says It Killed a Hamas Militant Involved in Yarden Bibas Kidnapping
Mr. Bibas, his wife and their two small children were abducted and taken to Gaza. Only he survived.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Said He Would Not Send Troops to Ukraine
Also, hundreds more troops are headed to Washington. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
New York Times Top StoriesWill Putin Meet With Zelensky to End the Ukraine War?
The Kremlin is keeping its options open, but analysts said the Russian leader would probably only meet with his Ukrainian counterpart to accept a capitulation.