The New York Times

THE NEW YORK TIMES: A campaign marked by Donald Trump’s apocalyptic extremes has turned even darker in its final days.

The actor has been suffering from brand confusion since 1994. But his recent run of strange and sometimes creepy characters plays so well against type that you begin to suspect you were mistaken about him.

DAVID BROOKS: No matter who wins this election, it will be close, and this is still going to be an evenly and bitterly divided nation.

For almost two decades, one name above all others inspired fear among ordinary Afghans: Sirajuddin Haqqani. But since the Americans’ withdrawal in 2021, Haqqani has portrayed himself as something else.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The five men who are accused of conspiring in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks were captured two decades ago, but a trial is still unlikely to start before 2026. Here’s why.

The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwa is the latest manifestation of a century-old premise first floated by a Zionist leader a quarter-century before Israel was founded.

The director of Israel’s national forensic institute has described the findings from an autopsy after the leader of terrorist group Hamas was killed.

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN: We really need some creative, coercive U.S. diplomacy right now to finally put an end to both Israel’s and Iran’s colonial projects, which feed each other.

With three weeks left before Election Day, former President Donald Trump has a menacing political threat: that he would use the power of the presidency to crush those who disagree with him.

MICHELLE GOLDBERG: We still don’t know how Donald Trump’s reshuffling of our political coalitions is going to shake out. Right now, though, Kamala Harris sees an opportunity, and she’s trying to seize it.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Vice President Kamala Harris has issued a pointed challenge at former President Donald Trump in her latest comments. But what is the strategy behind this attack?

The United States is sending an advanced missile defence system to Israel, along with troops to operate it, the Pentagon has revealed.

At the heart of diplomatic efforts to halt Israel’s invasion of southern Lebanon is a decades-old UN resolution that was intended to demilitarise the area and protect Israel from cross-border attacks.

BRET STEPHENS: The world had better hope that Israel wins its wars against Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and their masters in Tehran.

If you’re starting to get sick, is it better to rest or push through an illness to get to the gym? And how sick is too sick to exercise?