


Donald Trump’s potential SCOTUS picks
Meet the leading contenders to replace Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito
WHEN HE RAN for president in 2016, Donald Trump released two lists of potential justices to assure Republicans he would choose conservatives to fill Supreme Court vacancies. He issued a third list in 2017 and final roster in 2020—days before Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death allowed him to cement a 6-3 conservative majority on America’s highest court.

The data hinted at racism among white doctors. Then scholars looked again
Science that fits the zeitgeist sometimes does not fit the data

Susie Wiles, the unassuming operative powering Donald Trump’s campaign
A low-key manager, she could land a high-flying job

Checks and Balance: The 50-year plan
Also: How to read America’s early-voting numbers
Kamala Harris’s closing argument
Her vision of the future is also a nostalgic one. Do enough Americans still believe in it?
Gay voters are smitten with Kamala Harris
Republicans are uninterested in, or hostile to, a growing voter bloc
Will Hurricane Helene tip the vote in North Carolina?
Election officials in storm-ravaged counties must cope with damaged voting sites and Donald Trump’s calumnies