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As vital as military spending is, that doesn’t justify waste or robbing from other important programs.

With the Republican majority in the Senate now reduced to a single seat, the party’s establishment is uneasy about what the populist wing could do in next year’s primary races.

In his new role as the baseball chief of the Marlins, Jeter has gutted the team, and only time will tell the wisdom of his early moves.

A new ferry route. Traffic restrictions on the Williamsburg Bridge. New bus lanes and wider sidewalks on 14th Street. These are just a few measures.

Exit polling shows 98 percent of female African-American voters supported Doug Jones in the Senate election in Alabama. We spoke to some of them to learn what was so important to them in this election.

Turned off by Roy S. Moore, Stephen K. Bannon and President Trump, African-Americans turned out at levels that ensured victory for the Democratic Senate candidate.

Black women were critical to Doug Jones’s Senate victory. Most white women supported his conservative opponent, Roy Moore, although the Republican had been banking on even more.

The factors that caused the Great Recession are at play again today.

The retailer is giving its 1.4 million workers early access to part of their paychecks. Some critics of the company say it points to a need to raise wages.

Cade Metz, a technology reporter for The Times, assesses the pitfalls of A.I. and the possibilities that Skynet will rule us.

“One of the things that gave Beau courage, my word, was John,” Mr. Biden told a tearful Ms. McCain. Her father, John McCain, has the same form of cancer that killed his son Beau.

We need investigations. But we already know the truth about what our president thinks about women.

The largest of the fires has damaged a portion of the harvest in the country’s most productive region for both crops.

Mr. Simmons, a powerful gatekeeper in the entertainment and media worlds, damaged careers and self-confidence with his pattern of sexual assault and harassment, the women say.

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

The Resistance has its own Southern Strategy.

If they want to win more elections, they need to integrate black voters into the heart and soul of the party.

Erasing the Obama-era internet rules on Thursday would help secure Mr. Pai’s reputation as one of the most efficient F.C.C. leaders in decades.

Republicans, including party mainstays, as well as the president’s lawyers are undermining the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, as his probe gathers speed.

Desperate for continuity, and for a smooth transition when Roger Goodell retires, the league’s owners shelled out a huge sum to retain their commissioner.