No matter who wins in November, Donald Trump has redefined both parties’ agendas
The two superpowers are vying for influence. China will not necessarily win
The new president is much less likely than usual to see allies take charge on Capitol Hill
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are pouring more money, time and energy into Pennsylvania than anywhere else, waging an ad war as they crisscross the state.
The F.D.A. has authorized shipments from overseas plants to ease shortages of IV bags caused by Hurricane Helene as hospitals begin rationing fluids to protect the sickest patients.
A week into the ground war between Israel and Hezbollah, shelters in Lebanon are filling up beyond capacity, humanitarian officials warned.
The roots of Donald Trump’s animus toward Ukraine — an issue with profound consequences should he be elected again — can be found in a yearlong series of events spanning 2016 and 2017.
Republicans have spent tens of millions of dollars on the ads, part of an attempt to help them win over suburban female voters.
A national Times/Siena poll found Kamala Harris with a slim lead over Donald J. Trump. Voters were more likely to see her, not Mr. Trump, as a break from the status quo.
For 22 years, Israeli forces have planned for this moment. But it seems unlikely that they will strike Iran’s nuclear facilities in the next round of retaliation, or that they would be successful without American help.
The official secretly took $3 million in gifts from a businessman to whom he steered the organization’s funds, a court ruled. The U.N. got a song about the ocean.
Peace in the Middle East seems more elusive than ever, with Oct. 7 setting off a battle over not just land but the narrative itself.
Hundreds of thousands of civilians have been prevented from fleeing the narrow strip of land even as bombs have rained down, famine has loomed and disease has spread.
A new analysis finds that Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump’s plans would both add to the deficit, but Mr. Trump’s proposals could create a fiscal hole twice as big.
A year after the Oct. 7 attacks, Kamala Harris faces deepening Democratic fractures in a crucial state. Interviews suggest that her support from Muslim and Arab Americans is drying up.
The Wall Street Journal (October 3, 2024): Project 2025–a once obscure conservative policy book—has emerged as a defining element of the 2024 presidential race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
Chapters: 0:00 Project 2025 0:35 The campaign trail 5:10 Voters reactions
The former president has gone to great lengths to distance himself from the far-right policy playbook, while it has become a political lightning rod for the Democrats. WSJ takes an inside look at how the controversial agenda is transforming campaign strategies and voter decisions.
Kill or be killed is the region’s new logic. Deterrence and diplomacy would be better
Why property prices could keep rising for years
It will take more than a spectacular stockmarket rally to revive the economy
A story of modern migration has had extraordinary results
The first “connectome” of the brain of a complex adult animal has just been completed
Time for credible war aims—and NATO membership
Both must find a way to step back
Hizbullah seems to have miscalculated in its fight with Israel
The vice-presidential candidate is devising his own tactics for bending the truth
Why voters across the rich world are miserable
Legions of self-taught film-makers are coming for the television industry
A race is on to push artificial intelligence beyond today’s limits
Hitting back at the forces blasting Ukrainian cities is legal and proportionate
Domestic students have been paying less in real terms every year
Progress stalled around 2015. To restart it, liberalise
A flood of money, advertising and consultants have left the race for the state a virtual tie
Our statistical analysis finds that woke opinions and practices are on the decline
…the U.S. has been too slow in arming its ally, too restrictive in setting conditions on the use of weapons, and generally too fearful of Vladimir Putin’s threats. The result is that Ukraine, for all its unfathomable courage and boundless ingenuity, has been permitted to fight, but not win, the war. If this keeps up, Ukraine could actually lose.
When I step back a bit, I can see that Zuckerberg isn’t just haplessly begging our forgiveness. He’s trying to save his business. Meta Platforms, the company he controls, contains some of the world’s most widely used and profitable digital brands, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Meta appears to be thriving, with its stock price more than quadrupling since a rocky 2022. But Zuckerberg knows that his company’s brands are built on foundations of sand. Just as a sandbar will move with tides, the user base of any social platform can drift away in a surprisingly short time.
This is Harris’s challenge: She’s the incumbent vice president running for higher office in a change election. She’s an undefined candidate whose positions and job performance are vulnerable to attack. She wants to be seen as a disruptor while remaining loyal to President Biden. And she wants to move away from the far-left views she held as a senator while she continues to proclaim that her values have stayed the same.
Donald Trump’s conspiracy machine is already gearing up for election night
They agree on the labour market above all
A new stage in the conflict is beginning
Mario Draghi, the continent’s unofficial chief technocrat, has a plan
Some of its myriad components are being tested as treatments for cancer and other diseases
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