The latest from crucial Senate, House, and gubernatorial races across the country, with real-time reporting and commentary.

A fter months of hard-fought campaigning, the midterm elections have finally arrived. Today, voters are heading to the polls ...

It starts with a bang—a fiery explosion, a cloud of smoke, a horrific bloodbath. The year is 1937, deep into the Spanish Civil War, and a group of villagers have gathered to cheer on the right-wing ...

In the midterms’ most competitive races, Democratic candidates are reviving an old party message: that the Republicans are ...

In recent decades, the second terms of American Presidents have not ended well. Ronald Reagan had the Iran-Contra affair; Bill Clinton, after attempting to cover up his affair with a former intern, ...

A.I. is solving problems that stumped the field of math for decades. Mathematicians look to Terence Tao for guidance on their ...

No one cares as much about presents as kids do. No pressure! Fortunately, choosing a gift for a child comes with fewer shades ...

In the internet age, national elections are increasingly international. What does Lula’s victory mean for the world?

In Jack Auen and Kevin Walker’s “Chronovisor,” nothing is scarier than a life of the mind. “It has the cadence of a burgeoning obsession,” Becca Rothfeld writes.

I’m not sure why, but more and more of late I’ve found myself drawn to characters who can’t stop making mistakes. It’s ...