Pulling out of the race to succeed Liz Truss, the former prime minister eased a path for Rishi Sunak, his former chancellor of Britain’s treasury. Mr. Sunak’s warnings about inflation and his fiscal conservatism may have cost him the post in September. But now his accurate assessments are easing his path to Britain’s top job. The process, which does not include the general public, will be swift. As democracy frays around them, Republicans and Democrats see different culprits and different risks. To help campaigns target ads, voter-profiling firms score millions of Americans on issues like guns, vaccines and QAnon. Democratic Party leaders turned toward inflation and the economy after a summer focus on abortion. Representative Nancy Mace, a Republican, said the G.O.P. would seek spending cuts. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Representative Lee Zeldin will hold a single televised debate on Tuesday. Mr. Zeldin had long pushed for several debates. In vilifying tweets and speeches, G.O.P. lawmakers who contested the election have far outpaced other Republicans and Democrats in fueling polarization. Xi Jinping has created a new ruling elite packed with loyalist officials primed to elevate his agenda of bolstering national security and of turning China into a technological great power. China said its output was up 3.9 percent from July through September, better than in the spring but still far short of Beijing’s target for the year. With an intense, hastily assembled effort, the Ukrainian military is pioneering successful techniques in the difficult art of anti-drone warfare. The Trump Organization’s trial on tax fraud and other charges begins Monday in Manhattan, raising questions about the future of the former president’s family business. Flu cases are higher than usual for this time of year and are expected to soar in the coming weeks. A third virus, R.S.V., is straining pediatric hospitals in some states. Developing affordable housing projects shouldn’t make a miserable existence for those who’ve devoted their lives to it. Like Donald Trump, she is invoking the civil rights icon in self-serving ways. “Queer” has begun to overtake other labels of sexuality. But what does it mean? We pay a lot of attention to government failures. But if we want better outcomes, we must celebrate and learn from the wins, too. This year, for the first time, I found only a few of these wild mushrooms. The novelist Yiyun Li, known for her powerful distillations of personal grief, makes art from subverted expectations. A missed insurance notice opened a window onto the cost of litigating challenges to race-conscious admissions programs to be heard this month by the Supreme Court. More Recent Articles |
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