Five months ago, President Trump’s re-election campaign had a huge financial edge over Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s. The Times conducted an extensive review of how the Trump team spent lavishly to show how that advantage evaporated. The unofficial Labor Day kickoff to the fall campaign centered on Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, two pivotal states for both the president and Joseph R. Biden Jr. Local officials are slashing funding for everything from education and health care to orchestra subsidies. Eager to avoid public transit and Uber, and to save money, buyers are emptying dealerships. The El Dorado fire in California ignited as a family was using a “pyrotechnic device” to announce the gender of a new baby, the authorities said. Among German conspiracy theorists, ultranationalists and neo-Nazis, the American president is surfacing as a rallying cry, or even as a potential “liberator.” Even before he hit the errant ball that got him disqualified from the U.S. Open, Djokovic was creating frustration beyond the tennis court. Her win over Maria Sakkari was her 100th at Arthur Ashe Stadium, the most of any player. Three major crossings on the Thames are closed to cars — one of them considered too dangerous even to walk across. Even the landmark Tower Bridge was recently shut for two days. How is the pandemic reshaping education? Get the latest news. The recovery is bypassing those who need it most. Why are party leaders fighting to get rid of one surprisingly progressive element of the 2017 tax bill? The I.O.C. is on the wrong side of history, again. A huge flock of purple martins is using Nashville as a staging ground for the fall migration — and bringing music back to the city’s shuttered symphony center. There are ways for teachers to nurture curiosity — and they’re especially important in online classes. Before he borrows, Mayor de Blasio needs to make significant cuts to avoid greater pain later. Driven by an early fascination with the American West, a photographer set off to travel part of America’s most celebrated highway. Father Michel J. Mulloy was chosen by Pope Francis to lead the Diocese of Duluth, Minn., but then an allegation from the 1980s surfaced, church officials said. The potential move, which could come as soon as Tuesday, comes amid reports of the use of forced labor in Xinjiang, where China has carried out a crackdown against mostly Muslim minorities. The case against the WikiLeaks founder, who is accused of obtaining and publishing secret military and diplomatic documents, was delayed in February because of the coronavirus pandemic. The harvest of the much-extolled but long-lost Judean dates was something of a scientific miracle. The fruit sprouted from seeds 2,000 years old. The Chinese leader’s latest approach calls for a more robust domestic economy to insulate growth from tensions with the United States. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is threatening to cut off negotiations by Oct. 15 if there is no progress. The European Union says the British are not negotiating. Making plans is basically a thing of the past, but there are ways to deal. Mahomes and Lamar Jackson headline an exciting new era of the N.F.L., which is on track for an on-time return to the field, just as planned. In “Perilous Bounty,” Tom Philpott looks at the toll that industrial farming practices have taken on the health of the land. The problem occurs when drug-induced side effects are viewed as a new ailment and treated with yet another drug that can cause still other side effects. Parents who get shingles can experience debilitating symptoms and pass the chickenpox virus to their children. So why can’t they have the vaccine? More Recent Articles |
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