Washington Has Been Carefully Planned for Two Centuries. Now Trump Has His Own Designs.

The city is unlike any in America for its accumulation of intricate details, a whole that is a work of civic art.

By Emily Badger and Larry Buchanan

How Slow Vote Counting Invites Suspicion, Even if It’s Not Sketchy

California’s crawling pace after election night can make normal statistical shifts seem like fraud.

By Emily Badger and Alicia Parlapiano

Working Parents Say They’re in a Losing Battle Over Their Time

Most like having a job but say it leaves them too few hours for their children and other pursuits, a Pew survey shows.

By Claire Cain Miller

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How We Brought an Art Gallery to Your Sunday Paper

A special section in this weekend’s newspaper invites readers to stare at a selection of works by Frida Kahlo, Hieronymus Bosch and others, uninterrupted.

By Andrew Sondern

President Trump’s Approval Rating: Latest Polls

Track the latest approval rating and polls on Americans’ approval of President Trump.

By Annie Daniel, Jon Huang, Ruth Igielnik, Jasmine C. Lee, Alex Lemonides, Jonah Smith, Caroline Soler, Albert Sun and Rumsey Taylor

See How New Republican Maps Split Up Black Voters in 3 Southern States

Here’s a look at how Louisiana, Alabama and Tennessee broke up majority-Black districts after the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act.

By Leanne Abraham, Emily Cochrane and Jeff Adelson

The Race for Congress: Latest 2026 Polls

Track the latest Congressional ballot surveys that ask who Americans plan to vote for in the 2026 midterm election.