The New York Times

THE NEW YORK TIMES: For weeks, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pushed Western leaders to support his so-called victory plan, which he claims will end the country’s war with Russia.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Iran, Russia and China are engaging in similar efforts to influence American politics, and all three are scattering their efforts across dozens of platforms.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government has gotten off to a turbulent start since his Labour Party won a landslide election victory. But the first Budget offers a chance for a reset.

Israel’s retaliatory attack on Iran marked the start of a new and more dangerous phase in the two countries’ yearslong conflict, but it appeared to have stopped short of prompting an all-out war, analysts said.

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?