United States Politics and Government

Wisconsin Republicans Hit Their Vote Target, but Democrats Blew Past Theirs

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The liberal candidate in the state’s Supreme Court race benefited from outsize Democratic turnout as counties swung left across the state.

Lawyers for Maryland Man Erroneously Deported to El Salvador Assail Trump Administration

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The case has raised questions not only about how the man could have ended up on a plane to El Salvador, but also about why the administration has apparently not moved to correct its mistake.

C.D.C. Cuts Threaten to Set Back the Nation’s Health, Critics Say

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The reorganization that began on Tuesday will scale back an agency that has been a public health model around the world.

Johnson, Battling Proxy Voting for Parents, Exposes Weak Hold on House Republicans

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The Republican speaker, who has mostly wielded power by relying on the threat of retribution from President Trump, has chosen an institutional fight it’s not clear he can win.

Tuesday’s Election Results Are a Boost for Democrats

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Democrats achieved their biggest gains to date in the second Trump era, winning a fiercely contested State Supreme Court race in Wisconsin, while also landing relatively strong showings despite losing two Florida special elections. Shane Goldmacher, a national political correspondent for The New York Times, describes what the results mean for Democrats and for Elon Musk, who spent millions in Wisconsin to support the defeated conservative candidate.