First Draft
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
President Obama is meeting with his new Ebola czar, while big-name Republicans are barnstorming battleground states. But many in Washington will be remembering a journalism legend.
First Draft
By MARJORIE CONNELLY
Races in Connecticut, Colorado, Florida and Kansas are neck and neck with less than two weeks to go before Election Day, according to new polls released Wednesday.
News Analysis
By PETER BAKER
With every passing week or month, it seems, some American government agency has had a misstep or scandal that has led to a deeply eroded public confidence.
By MATT APUZZO
The success of Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in reversing the Bush administration’s emphasis on trying terrorism suspects in secret prisons or at offshore military tribunals may be one of his most significant achievements.
First Draft
By FIRST DRAFT
Do you have a question about money and politics? Which candidate has raised the most money, or spent the most? Which “super PAC” had the most successful cycle?
By CORAL DAVENPORT and ASHLEY PARKER
From every angle, campaigns for Democratic and Republican candidates are targeting voters concerned about energy and climate change.
By ALAN BLINDER
A day after a grand jury disclosed that it had indicted Michael G. Hubbard on 23 felony ethics charges, Mr. Hubbard denounced the prosecution as being rooted in matters beyond the law.
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ
The debate between Gov. Rick Scott and former Gov. Charlie Crist illustrated just how diametrically opposed the two men are stylistically and on almost every issue.
By MATTHEW L. WALD
Allison M. Macfarlane, the panel’s first geologist, said she would become the director of the Center for International Science and Technology Policy at George Washington University.
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS
David Cohen, a Treasury under secretary, discusses the battle to choke off the flow of illicit revenue to the Islamic State.
New York Governor
By THOMAS KAPLAN
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has visited the city and other parts of Erie County dozens of times while in office, pledging support to revitalize Buffalo.
New York Congress
By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD
Representative Michael G. Grimm, a Staten Island Republican currently seeking re-election, faces federal fraud charges related to a Manhattan restaurant he ran.
About New York
By JIM DWYER
A report showed that misdemeanor arrests for marijuana possession were about as frequent as last year, and that many involved “openly displaying” minuscule amounts of pot.
New Jersey Congress
By KATE ZERNIKE
Roy Cho has portrayed Representative Scott Garrett, a sixth-term incumbent in a suburban district, as only a reluctant supporter of relief funds two years ago.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The state joined several other conservative states in allowing same-sex marriage after recent court rulings have struck down state bans as unconstitutional.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gov. Tom Corbett signed into law Tuesday a measure he said would curb the “obscene celebrity” cultivated by convicts at the expense of victims.
States in Play
By MICHAEL BARBARO
A way of life is eroding as small towns hemorrhage younger residents, a potent but unpredictable undercurrent in a closely fought Senate race.
First Draft
By JEREMY W. PETERS
Through a clever bit of photo manipulation, a new ad by the N.R.A. puts Iowa’s Democratic Senate nominee, Bruce Braley, next to the man many gun owners consider their nemesis: Michael R. Bloomberg.
First Draft
By AMY CHOZICK
Oscar de la Renta and Hillary Rodham Clinton became fast friends.
First Draft
By ALAN RAPPEPORT
A new study on politics and media – including social media – sheds some fresh light on how the political echo chamber is reverberating online.
First Draft
By NICK CORASANITI
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey reverted to his blunt style in a speech in Washington on Tuesday, offering a fiercer and more partisan perspective than he has on behalf of Republican candidates.
First Draft
By FIRST DRAFT
Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat of New Hampshire, argues for changing some of the Senate’s rules of procedure in the latest installment of our video series about fixing Washington.
The Upshot
By DEREK WILLIS
The tools to target the most valuable segments of the electorate are slowly being put to use.
The Upshot
By DEREK WILLIS
A study found that an increase in ads in state supreme court races meant a higher chance of rulings against criminal defendants.
By JEREMY W. PETERS
Republicans’ use of illegal immigration as an issue in several Senate campaigns is raising questions about what the party wants to be in the longer term.
By JONATHAN WEISMAN
Party leaders have conceded the futility of a flight ban from Ebola-afflicted West Africa, but are pressing to suspend visas and create “no boarding” lists.
By CHARLIE SAVAGE
Officials determined that it was no longer necessary to imprison Muhammed Murdi Issa al Zahrani at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where he has been held for more than 12 years.
By ADAM LIPTAK
A group of motel owners challenged a Los Angeles law that allows the police to inspect hotel and motel guest registries without permission from a judge.
The Upshot
By MARGOT SANGER-KATZ
Despite all the furor connected to last year’s rollout of the health insurance marketplace, few people are aware that a new deadline is on the way.
The Upshot
By JUSTIN WOLFERS
Many people still feel a lack of opportunity as wage growth remains stagnant.