President Trump’s fiery, invective-filled campaigning produced what may be the most polarized midterm contest in modern times. Times photographers are spread out across the country to document the final days of the campaign, from Florida to California, Arizona to Pennsylvania. Senator Bill Nelson seeks re-election as a moderate, while Andrew Gillum runs for governor as an unabashed progressive. Presidential hopefuls will take notice. Rain on Election Day can decrease turnout, which studies show tends to help Republicans. “I hope it rains hard tomorrow,” one Republican candidate for Senate said. Republican and Democratic volunteers are swarming across the state’s counties trying to lock in votes for Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams. NBC and Facebook also pulled the ad, which was intended to stir fear of migrants moving north through Mexico. CNN rejected it, calling the ad “racist.” Buckets of voters. Obscure swing counties. How John King, Steve Kornacki and Bill Hemmer bring the numbers to life with their magical “boards.” The surprise change would allow the company to tap into the talent pools of two different regions. The tech giant is said to have settled on Long Island City in Queens as one of two locations to house some 50,000 employees. The other is in Virginia. The move is considered a last resort for the U.S.O.C. and essentially allows for the national committee to take over operations of the sport’s governing body. James and Denise Closs, who had worked at the Jennie-O turkey plant for years, were found dead. Their daughter, Jayme, vanished. And a town is on edge. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. More than 100 years ago, black domestic workers in Georgia organized for better pay. Now they’re getting out the vote for Stacey Abrams. Can the Resistance save America on Tuesday? He said black people had three tools: their voice, their pen and their vote. Today all three are under threat. Taxes and health care aren’t the only things on the ballot. Do Democrats know what unites us? Machine learning algorithms don’t yet understand things the way humans do — with sometimes disastrous consequences. The president’s unrelenting focus on migrants may prove ineffective because voters have already sorted themselves out along partisan lines. Stop the bombing and start a large-scale relief effort. In Obama’s era, democracy done in good faith struggled. For his demagoguing opponents, that remains the whole point. The New York Times endorsements for the 2018 midterm elections. Ballet dancers of color have long painted, dyed or covered point shoes in makeup to match their skin. Could this small barrier to inclusion finally be disappearing? “Busy Tonight” and “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj” are two different takes on what the talk show can be in the age of Instagram and Netflix. One woman admires what’s on another woman’s feet, three generations enjoy a cool, crunchy snack and more reader tales from New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary. President Trump said on Monday that he would not meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia during a visit to Paris this weekend. Jury selection began on Monday in the federal drug trial of Joaquín Loera Guzmán, the feared former head of the Sinaloa Cartel. North Dakota’s soybean crops are flourishing. But China has stopped buying. The recording stars became the latest to ask the president not to use their hits at his rallies. Recent changes in music licensing could help. An Oscar push is planned for “Amazing Grace,” which captures a transcendent performance by the Queen of Soul at a Baptist church in Los Angeles in 1972. Germany is again divided between east and west. To understand why, it helps to look at eastern men, who lost their jobs, their country and their women. A recent visit to Nauru revealed the effects of Australia’s offshore detention policy and its impact on mental health. Corporations, lobbyists and interest groups are increasingly using public records laws as weapons in dealing with academic work they do not like. A group of Silicon Valley executives went to China and discovered a parallel tech universe that can be equally impressive, alienating and dystopian. Relax. It’s going to be O.K. Hugh Jackman plays Gary Hart in Jason Reitman’s real-life morality play. The opera, a meditation on the life of Gandhi, has gotten simultaneous productions at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Los Angeles Opera. A look at the system’s weaknesses, and possible ways to combat them. Instead of over-the-counter products, pediatricians recommend comfort measures like fluids and honey. More Recent Articles |
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