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Fire Breaks Out at South Carolina Nuclear Site

The fire at the Savannah River National Laboratory prompted officials to limit air traffic in the area. One person was hospitalized with minor injuries, officials said.

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A nuclear reactor at the Savannah River Site, a federal complex in South Carolina, in November.
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Vance Proposes Restarting Peace Talks in Outreach to Iranian Official

In his letter, the vice president suggested an immediate resumption of comprehensive talks, including about Iran’s nuclear program.

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Vice President JD Vance is said to have made the outreach in a letter sent last week via Qatari meditators and delivered Sunday to an Iranian official, Gen. Mohsen Rezaei.
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Judge Rejects Trump Officials’ Bid to Set Aside California Ballots

The judge ruled that no immediate action was necessary, dealing another setback to the administration as it moves to target voting by noncitizens.

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Election workers process mail-in ballots in San Diego.
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Alaska Governor Orders Investigation Into Peltola Campaign Over Second Dan Sullivan Recruitment Claims

President Trump had lashed out at Mary Peltola after The New York Times reported that her campaign and national Democrats helped recruit spoiler candidates to the race. He offered no explanation of what crime may have been committed.

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President Trump campaigned this month for Senator Dan S. Sullivan of Alaska, a Republican running for re-election this year against Mary Peltola, a Democrat and former congresswoman.
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A Top Dartmouth Leader Steps Down Over Undisclosed A.I. Use in Writings

Santiago Schnell, who had been provost since last year, will leave after a review found that he had improperly used A.I. in published opinion articles.

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“I expect our senior leaders to hold themselves to the highest standards,” the Dartmouth College president, Sian Beilock, said in a statement.
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Trump Officials Discussing Sanctions Relief for Russian Fund, Russia Acknowledges

A Russian official said potential relief for a state investment fund was part of talks. Russia has sought to wring economic benefits from the negotiations on ending the war with Ukraine.

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Mr. Putin’s foreign policy adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said that “such a conversation” had been “going on for some time, though I do not know what the outcome will be.”
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She Was Arrested After Leaving Her Kids for Days. It Sparked a Debate.

A Florida sheriff’s office arrested a mother who had left her children home alone for days to go on a work trip, reigniting the debate over when parents act irresponsibly.

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The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office released body-cam footage of officers escorting Irene Miller, in the tan suit, off a plane at Orlando International Airport.
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Cabinet Officials on the Campaign Trail? Ethics Experts Say Some Are Breaking the Law.

As Trump officials stump for Republican candidates facing difficult races, ethics experts say they are being lax about complying with the Hatch Act, a federal anti-corruption law.

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President Trump with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at a campaign rally in North Carolina this month.
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As Trump Faces Down the Midterms, a Grim Mood Takes Over the White House

The White House has been rocked by turnover and anxiety over the midterms. The president, who is tightening his inner circle, has lashed out at critics, held meandering rallies and feasted on a diet of news clips and “A.I. slop,” as one aide put it.

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President Trump after a campaign rally in Mississippi on Monday.
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In Her Final Months, Dolores Huerta Was Lauded for Revealing a Deep Secret

Ms. Huerta, a champion for workers and Latinos, revealed this year that she had been sexually assaulted by Cesar Chavez. But some women said she rebuffed their own complaints about abuse within the movement.

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Dolores Huerta, seen in a 1988 rally, was remembered Wednesday in California as a transformative leader who won rights for Latinos, farm workers and women.
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Atlanta’s Mayor Walked Away After Covid Chaos. Will Voters Make Her Georgia’s Governor?

Keisha Lance Bottoms, in her bid for Georgia governor, has faced pointed criticism of her leadership in Atlanta and disappointment in her decision to leave after one term.

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Keisha Lance Bottoms’s campaign has been a test for what happens when a leader attempts a comeback.
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Officials Back Trump’s Claim That Triumphal Arch Is Needed for National Security

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Markwayne Mullin, the homeland security secretary, submitted sworn statements to a federal court regarding the construction project.

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President Trump’s triumphal arch is slated to receive final approval next week from the National Capital Planning Commission, which is led by his allies.
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Justice Dept. Turns Civil Rights Group’s Informant Against It

Lawyers for the Southern Poverty Law Center say that federal prosecutors capitalized on the informant’s money problems and exposure to indictment to persuade him to assist the government.

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The Southern Poverty Law Center’s lawyers said that this informant went far beyond serving as a normal government witness and came to resemble a member of the government’s investigative team.
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System to Report Campaign Donations Restored After a Hacking Attempt

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A “bad actor” tried to breach the system, according to a Federal Election Commission email, disrupting political finance disclosures for two days during the final week of campaigning.

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The Federal Election Commission outage limited reporting of campaign spending in the final week before the midterms.
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Linda McMahon Spends $43,000 on Furniture as She Looks to Close Education Department

The education secretary says her old furniture “cannot be configurationally or aesthetically integrated” into new office space.

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Education Secretary Linda McMahon in her old office in Washington last year.
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Harvard’s Asian Student Enrollment Jumps as Black Enrollment Declines

Harvard’s Asian American student enrollment jumped to 43 percent and Black students enrollment dipped to 9 percent after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in 2023.

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After colleges were banned from considering race in admissions, many of the most selective schools saw shifts in the racial demographics of their students.
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Right-Wing Provocateur James O’Keefe Charged in Minnesota Voting Stunt

He and another content creator, Cam Higby, are accused of breaking the law when they posed as Islamic voters in August.

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James O’Keefe at a hearing in July for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in Washington.
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Dolores Huerta, Who Founded United Farm Workers With Cesar Chavez, Dies

She founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez. In early 2026, she told The Times that she had been raped by him decades earlier. She was 96.

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Ms. Huerta organizing marchers in Coachella, Calif., in 1969. Ms. Huerta was the vice president of the United Farm Workers for nearly four decades.
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Democrats Eyeing 2028 Presidential Campaigns Begin Courting Donors and Operatives

As soon as the midterms are over, presidential contenders are going to need to raise millions, quickly.

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From left, Govs. Gavin Newsom of California, Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and Wes Moore of Maryland are all potential 2028 presidential candidates.
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Inside Democrats’ Secret Effort to Stack Alaska’s Midterm Ballot With Another Dan Sullivan

Operatives aligned with Mary Peltola, the Democratic nominee for Senate, spent months recruiting candidates to peel votes from Senator Dan Sullivan, the Republican.

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A sample ballot showing candidates for next week’s U.S. Senate race in Alaska lists two Dan Sullivans (highlight added here to both), along with Mary Peltola, the Democrat, and a fourth candidate named Gerald Heikes.
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Obama is set to visit Georgia ahead of the Senate and governor elections.

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The former president will rally in Atlanta for Senator Jon Ossoff, who is seeking re-election, and Keisha Lance Bottoms, a candidate for governor.

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Former President Barack Obama is returning to the campaign trail to shore up support for Democrats in Georgia.
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The Senate Race in Heavily Republican South Carolina Is a Tossup, Poll Finds

Senator Darline Graham, the South Carolina Republican, is struggling to replicate her late brother’s success. Republicans lead in the Florida Senate race and Democrats are up in Minnesota.

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One Race in Texas Has Become a Referendum on Bigotry in the G.O.P.

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Bo French said the presence of Indian American students at a football game was a “problem.” His campaign for Railroad Commission tests whether these biased views are now mainstream.

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Bo French, a candidate for the Texas Railroad Commission, drew criticism for his social media posts.
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Trump Administration Backs Down on an Opioid Ban After Kratom Industry Lobbying

Health officials will now allow some levels of a powerful substance to remain in products marketed as natural. The change could help a G.O.P. donor facing wrongful death lawsuits.

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Banners promoting the sale of kratom products outside a smoke shop in Tulsa, Okla., earlier this year.
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How James Talarico’s Years Teaching Middle School Prepared Him for Politics

Former students and teachers at the San Antonio school where he spent two years with Teach for America recalled a conscientious educator, though there are questions about how big his classes were.
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Justice Dept. Declines to Unseal Warrant for Search of Ilhan Omar’s Home

More than a dozen news organizations have asked a federal judge to unseal documents related to a search warrant executed at Ms. Omar’s home this month.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar at the Capitol in January.
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Texas Senate Rivals Converge on Lubbock, With Trump in the Mix

It was a showdown of sorts in West Texas as James Talarico and Ken Paxton appeared at dueling rallies on either side of a prairie-dog-filled city park.

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President Trump with Ken Paxton during a campaign visit in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Tuesday.
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