THE WEEK

10/10/2025

New Jersey is a blue state, but Republicans may have a shot at winning the race for governor this year. GOP nominee Jack Ciattarelli is keeping the race close against opponent Mikie Sherrill, raising alarms among Democrats nationally.

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Democrat Mikie Sherrill stumbles against Republican Jack Ciattarelli

10/10/2025

A record-high 62% of Americans think the federal government has too much power, according to a Gallup survey. The poll of 1,000 adults found the results divided along partisan lines, with Democrats at 66% and Republicans at 58%.

10/10/2025

Is Porsche “still a luxury brand?" asks Chris Bryant. It is “now very much up for debate.”

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Opinion, comment and editorials of the day

10/10/2025

László Krasznahorkai, the author of acclaimed novels including “The Melancholy of Resistance” and “Satantango,” was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature Thursday.

László Krasznahorkai is the author of acclaimed novels like ‘The Melancholy of Resistance’ and ‘Satantango’

10/10/2025

When will the government shutdown be over? There appears to be no end in sight. But one specific group of federal employees may be able to steer Congress toward a resolution: air traffic controllers. Here's what you need to know.

The controllers were crucial in ending the last shutdown in 2019

10/10/2025

President Donald Trump’s acting U.S. attorney in Virginia Thursday secured a grand jury indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) on felony bank fraud and false statement charges.

New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted as Trump’s Justice Department pursues charges against his political opponents

10/10/2025

A federal judge in Chicago Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from federalizing the Illinois National Guard or deploying any Guard units in the state, saying there was growing evidence that the administration’s “perceptions of events are simply unreliable” and the addition of troops to anti-ICE protests would “only add fuel to the fire” that Trump officials “themselves have started.”

The president is temporarily blocked from federalizing the Illinois National Guard or deploying any Guard units in the state

10/10/2025

“Judge to Trump’s troops: Retreat,” the Chicago Sun-Times says on Friday’s front page.

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A roundup of the headlines from the US front pages

10/10/2025

The week’s best photos 📸

1. A shepherd leads his sheep through the streets of Lyon, France (Olivier Chassignole / Getty Images)

2. An image of Russian president Vladimir Putin is used as an archery target at the Old Fortress in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine (Yuriy Dyachyshyn / Getty Images)

3. Students clash with security forces during a protest for constitutional reform in Antananarivo, Madagascar (Luis Tato / Getty Images)

10/10/2025

In today's Morning Report: Chicago constraint, James indictment and a literary Nobel

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📸: Scott Olson / Getty Images

10/09/2025

The “plastics industry — i.e., the fossil fuel industry — has misled consumers, claiming that its products are recyclable,” says Holly Kaufman.

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Opinion, comment and editorials of the day

10/09/2025

Federal officials in Los Angeles Wednesday announced the arrest of a 29-year-old former Uber driver for allegedly sparking the Palisades Fire, which tore through the city’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood and parts of Malibu in January, destroying thousands of homes and killing 12 people.

29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht has been arrested in connection with the fire that killed 12 people