Extreme Candidates and Positions Came Back to Bite in Midterms
The New York Times
In an election that came down to which party turned off voters the least, it was another bad national showing for the G.O.P.
As the conflict with Iran expands and intensifies, President Trump’s options — to fight on, or to move toward declaring victory and pulling back — both carry deeply problematic consequences.
Where Washington, Idaho and Oregon meet, elk are straying from public to private lands, causing conflict and concern. If the Trump administration opens national forests further, it could get worse.
Buffalo’s Arakan Rohingya community was rattled after a disabled man’s death. “Our worry comes from future incidents that may happen,” one resident said.
The old Portal Bridge disrupted rail commutes in New Jersey for decades, frequently getting stuck when it swung to let boat traffic pass. Now a new bridge is open to the public.
As the president’s immigration policies squeeze an already tight supply of farm labor, the Trump administration is making it cheaper to hire foreign farmworkers.
The crew members had been part of the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran, bringing the death toll of American service members in the conflict to at least 13.
Unleashing his inner hawk, Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans President Trump’s military interventions. So far, they favor regime compliance, not change.
Faycal Manz, a German tourist, claimed that a taco had given him diarrhea, a Walmart store had discriminated against him and that an interaction with the police had given him insomnia.
For more than a century, Jewish, Arab and Muslim people have lived in and around Detroit, coexisting mostly peacefully.
Two generations of one family have owned this restaurant in the Bronx, trying to change with the times while staying true to the borough.
Several incidents, including an attack on a synagogue in Michigan, a shooting in Virginia and a thwarted explosives attack in New York, may be linked to the fighting in the Middle East.
Love Locks left behind were one thing. But when actual garbage (like tampons and condoms) started appearing, a righteous quest to remove it was born.
President Trump is the first American leader to embrace fighting a full-fledged, joint war with Israel. Washington has tried to avoid that level of coordination in the past.