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Schumer Lifts His Senate Standing With an Election Blowout

The Democratic leader still faces skeptics in his ranks and hostility from some activists, but aides say he has enough commitments of support to be elected majority leader.

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Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, and his political team engaged in a $550 million push to put more Senate seats in play and increase their chances of regaining the majority.

This Israeli Vows to Oust Netanyahu. Here’s How.

Gadi Eisenkot is poised to get a chance to form a new government, replacing Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister. But the obstacles are formidable.

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Gadi Eisenkot, a former military chief and the leading opposition candidate, at a campaign event in September in Haifa, Israel.

Turning Point Bet on the Midterms and Lost. Some Republicans Are Furious.

Candidates backed by the right-wing activist group did not fare well, and the results set off recriminations from establishment Republicans.

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Erika Kirk, chief executive of Turning Point USA, during a Turning Point Action event in Phoenix in April.

Democrats, Newly Ascendant, Begin a Fight to Shape the Party’s Future

At a moment of opportunity for the party, its long-feuding factions are seizing on the midterm results to make their case for tacking to the center or to the left.

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U.S. Cleared Nvidia Chips to Chinese Firms With Empty Offices and Troubling Ties

The Commerce Department has approved dozens of Chinese companies to handle Nvidia’s H200 chips, some of which have ties to firms under sanctions over national security.

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An industrial park for high-tech companies in Beijing. The company New Matrix lists the building as its address, but a company directory does not include the firm.

U.S. Cleared Nvidia Chips to Chinese Firms With Empty Offices and Troubling Ties

The Commerce Department has approved dozens of Chinese companies to handle Nvidia’s H200 chips, some of which have ties to firms under sanctions over national security.

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An industrial park for high-tech companies in Beijing. The company New Matrix lists the building as its address, but a company directory does not include the firm.

This Israeli Vows to Oust Netanyahu. Here’s How.

Gadi Eisenkot is poised to get a chance to form a new government, replacing Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister. But the obstacles are formidable.

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Gadi Eisenkot, a former military chief and the leading opposition candidate, at a campaign event in September in Haifa, Israel.

Another Day of France’s Protests Unfurl During an Autumn of Discontent

Two days after a general strike and huge demonstrations, students and workers took to the streets again on Saturday.

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A protest scene in Paris on Saturday. In an early assessment, the authorities said there were fewer protesters than there had been on previous weekends.

U.S. Homeless Population Had Record Drop in 2025

The Department of Housing and Urban Development credited President Trump, while homeless advocacy groups said that so-called Housing First policies of his predecessors played a part.

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The drop of more than 6 percent was the second consecutive year that the figure had fallen.

In Elevating Stephen Miller, Trump Doubles Down on Hard-Line Agenda

The new White House chief of staff is responsible for some of the most provocative policies of President Trump’s second term, as well as an aggressive approach to executive power.

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As President Trump’s domestic policy adviser, Mr. Miller has been one of the most deeply ideological members of the White House, and known for flexing his power.

Susie Wiles Is the Latest Powerful Woman to Exit the Trump Administration

A wave of high-ranking women have left the Trump administration in the past year. Many were replaced by men.

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President Trump talking with Susie Wiles at the White House last year.

New Zealand’s Election ‘Too Close to Call’ as Voters Turn to Minor Parties

Preliminary results showed the right-wing bloc slightly ahead but no clear winner after an election that was dominated by economic concerns.

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A voting station in Auckland, New Zealand, on Saturday.

What to Know About Stephen Miller, Trump’s New Chief of Staff

The architect of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign, Mr. Miller has been the public face of many of Mr. Trump’s immigration policies.

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Stephen Miller in the White House with President Trump.

Southern Democrats Now Have a Chance to Lead. What Will They Do With It?

Sweeping midterm successes in Georgia and North Carolina have given the party an opportunity, and a test, to lay out a vision for governing in the South.

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Keisha Lance Bottoms, a former mayor of Atlanta, is the first Democrat to be elected governor of Georgia in decades.

Paraguay’s President Removed and Arrested Over Financial Crisis

Santiago Peña was impeached, removed from office and placed under house arrest after a bank with close ties to his administration went under.

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Police officers outside a Ueno bank building in downtown Asunción, Paraguay’s capital, on Friday.
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