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Ukraine’s Vulnerability Grows as Starlink Is Restricted and Russia Escalates
A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.
By Constant Méheut
business
What Is Starshield, SpaceX’s Military-Grade Satellite Internet Service?
For years, Ukraine’s armed forces have relied on satellite communication services developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Recent restrictions have hampered its war effort.
By Ryan Mac
world
As Ukraine Raises Alarm Over U.S. Backing, Europeans Pledge Support
President Volodymyr Zelensky, who met with Britain’s prime minister, has said Ukraine received no warning of Russian attacks, but President Trump has said Washington is still “sharing intel.”
By Michael D. Shear and Lara Jakes
business
Higher Energy Prices Lift U.S. Inflation Ahead of Midterm Elections
September’s Consumer Price Index report will keep pressure on President Trump and the Federal Reserve to tame intensifying price pressures.
By Colby Smith
business
Social Security Says Retirees Will Get a 3.6% Raise for 2027
The cost of living adjustment, or COLA, for next year will be the largest since 2023. Retirees will see the extra money in their benefit checks starting in January.
By Mark Miller
business
Surging Inflation Complicates Trump’s Final Push to Sell Voters on Strong Economy
The final inflation report before the 2026 election — showing price increases and stagnant wages — spelled bad political news for the White House.
By Tony Romm
us
A Trump Backlash Endangers Susan Collins, the Only Blue-State G.O.P. Senator
The race in Maine, which could decide Senate control, is testing whether there is still room for Ms. Collins’s brand of moderation during a sharply polarizing presidency.
By Tim Balk
us
He’s Played It Safe. But He Could Make California History as Governor.
Xavier Becerra is a heavy favorite to become California’s first Latino governor in the modern era, though he does not talk much about the milestone.
By Laurel Rosenhall, Jennifer Medina and Orlando Mayorquín
science
A New World of Lung Cancer Therapy Awaits Pope Leo
Lung cancer is still a leading cause of cancer death, but that rate is half what it was in the 1990s, partly because newly developed treatments are working.
By Gina Kolata and Carolyn Y. Johnson
world
Pope Leo Is in ‘Good Mood’ After Cancer Surgery, Vatican Says: What to Know
Pope Leo XIV was diagnosed with a common form of lung cancer. The Vatican said that he was walking and receiving therapy after an operation to remove a cancerous nodule.
By Laura Chung
well
Coming Out at 50 Can Be Hard. Shelly Found a Coach.
She spent decades building an identity as a wife and mother. Could she disrupt “a perfectly good family dynamic” to live her own truth?
By Catherine Pearson
technology
What a Group of A.I. Agents Talked About as Their Humans Had a Dinner Party
As artificial intelligence bots spread, we are increasingly glimpsing how these digital entities interact and what they talk about with one another.
By Erin Griffith
technology
Chinese A.I. Agents Joined the Rogue A.I. Agent Party. I Chatted With Them.
Researchers discovered that the agents were trying to bypass security controls on websites and made contact with them. A Times reporter was invited to join the discussion.
By Dylan Freedman
magazine
How California’s Ultrarich Are Trying to Stop the World’s First Billionaire Tax
Billionaires feel like they “have become piñatas for politicians.” Instead of taking a hit, they’re swinging back.
By Michael Steinberger
magazine
Why Is It So Hard to Tax the Ultra-Rich?
See how America's billionaires can accumulate so much wealth without drawing a significant salary.
By Nicholas Konrad
business
Trump’s Latest Effort to Fire a Fed Official Underscores Political Motives
President Trump tapped his political appointees to determine whether he could oust Lisa Cook, a Fed governor he had already tried to oust.
By Tony Romm and Colby Smith
world
‘Why Did They Kill Him?’ Mourning Victims of Houthi Attack on a Saudi Airport
The strike was the Iran-backed militia’s most lethal against Saudi Arabia, by far, during their long conflict.
By Vivian Nereim
business
Attacks on Ships in Strait of Hormuz Escalate Sharply
In a volatile moment in the region, a significant increase in attacks on vessels passing through the vital waterway is raising alarm.
By Jenny Gross and Lisa Friedman
us
Five Who Lived Along Walking Trail Are Dead and the Police Hunt a Killer
Lansing’s police chief says the string of attacks along a greenway raises the possibility that a serial killer has been at work. A man is under arrest in one of the deaths.
By Bill Ruthhart and Ryan Patrick Hooper
science
How Top Trump Officials Stoked Fears of a Nuke That Could Fry the Power Grid
For more than a decade, conservative activists held that a single atomic bomb could, without killing Americans directly, lay waste to the country — a claim that built fervor for war with Iran.
By William J. Broad
opinion
If Democrats Win the Senate, They Cannot Mess Around
The party will need to make the most of whatever majority it has.
By Jamelle Bouie
opinion
America Is in Decline, and Trump Is Leading the Fall
The old world order is fraying. Who gets to shape the next one?
By Lydia Polgreen, Rahmane Idrissa, Kaiser Kuo and Derek Arthur
briefing
America First?
We look at the state of the U.S.-Ukraine relationship.
By Sam Sifton
us
Sexual Assault Report at Chicago Frat Upends Another Elite Campus
The University of Chicago said the suspect and victim were not students at the school. But the accusation drew scrutiny after revelations of a reported gang rape at Cornell University in New York.
By Madison Malone Kircher