Accurate, reliable results play a role in free and fair elections. So does explaining the data and helping people understand when and how it will be reported.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said some sectors were in a recession as he argued for more interest rate cuts.

New York will soon know who will lead the city for the next four years, but other questions remain.

President Trump has yet to make a decision, but his advisers are pressing a range of objectives — from attacking drug cartels to seizing oil fields — to try to justify ousting Nicolás Maduro.

Once pitched as dispassionate tools to answer your questions, A.I. chatbots are now programmed to reflect the biases of their creators.

The rise of artificial intelligence has produced serial writers to science and medical journals, most likely using chatbots to boost the number of citations they’ve published.

A draft Security Council resolution said that an international force would ensure that Gaza be demilitarized, though specifics were unclear.

China’s new national drive to embrace artificial intelligence is also giving the authorities new ways to monitor and control its citizens.

Companies that sell diamonds, plant sensors and wine all have one thing in common: They are weighing in against tariffs in a consequential case.

President Trump is showing mounting frustration at his inability to win confirmation of U.S. attorneys in blue states or break the filibuster's grip on the Senate. The G.O.P. has been uncharacteristically uncooperative.

Blast waves may be damaging shooters’ brains. The Times has a new investigation on how it happens.

Times photographers caught signal moments from the campaign trail as Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa battled for votes.