Chatting with the author of “The Brightness” about the books that influenced him and the one he recommends reading next.

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

The performer in Bobby Pulido was on full display at his victory party tonight. Pulido, a Democrat who flipped a hotly contested congressional district in South Texas, arrived at the party with a band ...

The vote counts from key Senate, House, and gubernatorial elections around the country.

During a mystifying election week in Michigan, the congresswoman reflects on her endorsement switch, people thinking she’s in ...

Reflections on a midterm campaign in which our octogenarian President waged war—against algae in the Reflecting Pool.

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

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

In his new book, “Kolkhoz,” Emmanuel Carrère is haunted not only by the spectre of his mother, but by the question of whether ...

Martin McDonagh’s comic thriller “Wild Horse Nine,” set on the eve of the Pinochet dictatorship, diverts our tears toward the ...

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 ...

Emmanuel Macron challenges the welfare state, and Charles de Gaulle makes a surprise return. The fact is that, in difficult ...