Top 10 Latest New York Times Articles
Section: U.S. News
House Democrats’ Primary Endorsements Divide the Party
By Annie Karni
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s intervention in contested primaries in critical House races has highlighted deep divides over the party’s tactics and its future.
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Read moreHow Did a State Auditor Become the ‘People’s Rockstar’?
By Jenna Russell
Massachusetts voters approved a ballot measure in 2024 authorizing Diana DiZoglio, the state auditor, to closely scrutinize the State Legislature. Lawmakers are resisting.
Sophie Park for The New York Times
Read moreA Look Inside the Case That Enshrined Political Power for Billionaires
By Danny Hakim
After Watergate, Congress tried to curtail the role of money in politics. But a pivotal Supreme Court case nipped it in the bud. Years later, new details are emerging on how wealthy Americans were conferred with a “right to spend” on elections.
Keystone Press Agency/ZUMA Press Wire, via Reuters
Read more5 Takeaways From the California Gubernatorial Debate
By Laurel Rosenhall and Jill Cowan
Seven candidates sparred in the first nationally televised debate in the 2026 California governor’s race. Many tried to launch attacks in a last-ditch effort to gain ground on their opponents.
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Read moreIllinois State Police to Investigate Fatal ICE Shooting
By Mitch Smith
Officials said they were examining the shooting of Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez last summer during a Chicago-area crackdown on illegal immigration.
Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Read moreDemocrats Keep Michigan Senate Majority With Special Election Win
By Mitch Smith and Sam Easter
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, allowed the swing district seat to sit vacant for more than a year as her party clung to a slim majority.
Committee to Elect Chedrick Greene
Read moreSuspect in Colorado Firebombing Attack Will Plead Guilty, Court Records Say
By Pooja Salhotra
Mohamed Sabry Soliman, who was charged in an attack that injured more than a dozen people and killed one, will be sentenced to life in prison, according to court documents.
Lisa Turnquist, via Associated Press
Read moreTrump Gets Payback on Indiana Republicans: 5 Takeaways
By Mitch Smith and Reid J. Epstein
The president helped unseat most of the state lawmakers he targeted after they rebuffed his call to draw new House maps to help Republicans.
Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times
Read moreU.S. Military Strikes Boat in Eastern Pacific, Killing 3
By Adam Sella
The attack was the second in two days, and the latest in an ongoing campaign against people the United States says are engaged in drug smuggling at sea.
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Read moreEx-ICE Deputy Falls Short in Republican House Primary in Ohio
By Reid J. Epstein
Madison Sheahan, whose candidacy promised to test how general-election voters viewed President Trump’s immigration agenda, lost to a rival who billed himself as a “MAGA Republican.”
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call, via Associated Press; Leah Millis/Reuters
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