Republicans seek culprits for midterms debacle but fall short of blaming Trump
President blames Iran war for Republican defeat while boasting about progress on construction of White House ballroom
What now? Democrats and Republicans plot their next moves
Trump considers blocking rivals’ bills as the Democratic Party plans investigations into his administration
Gina Hinojosa’s Mexican roots: From the Huasteca to Texas politics
The Democratic Party’s governor-elect goes down in history as the first Hispanic woman to lead Texas
Talarico, Hinojosa and Pulido: The Democrats painting Texas purple
Nithya Raman defeats Karen Bass to become Los Angeles’ first Asian-American mayor
The India-born Democrat will lead the nation’s second-largest city after defeating the incumbent in a race shaped by housing, homelessness and the response to the 2025 wildfires
Data centers also lost at the ballot box in the US
Casavalle, the vulnerable neighborhood on the outskirts of Montevideo awaiting Pope Leo XIV
Karen Parentelli|Montevideo
Priest Pablo Coimbra is leading a housing project whose homes will be blessed by the pontiff in this settlement marked by poverty, drug trafficking and violence
Bombings, extraditions, and militarized cities mark De la Espriella’s first 90 days in charge of security
The Colombian government has regained the military initiative following several campaign promises to restore the state’s territorial control within three months
Woman accusing Gustavo Petro of trading contracts for sex posts intimate video of the two
The former president of Colombia does not deny knowing Deicy Jiménez, but he does assert that he has never engaged in an exchange
UK’s ‘tax haven empire’ costs the EU $9 billion a year
Three countries in the European Union also rank among the top 10 most harmful jurisdictions, according to a report by the Tax Justice Network
The US takes its anti-narcotics war onto Venezuelan soil
An airstrike on a guerrilla base in Apure state, which borders Colombia, has left at least 20 people dead, according to human rights organizations
Canadian astronaut leads a Madrid development project with 12,000 luxury homes: ‘It’s going to be extraordinary’
Jeremy Hansen, who flew on the Artemis 2 mission, explains to EL PAÍS why he is supporting a ‘smart city’ built around a giant replica of the Moon
Marcelo Lusardi, the blind skater taking social media by storm
He began losing his sight 10 years ago. It has not made him abandon the passion he felt for skateboarding. Today he shares it daily with 125,000 followers
Italian justice reopens case of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s murder, 51 years after his death
The Prosecutor’s Office will conduct an investigation following the emergence of a previously unknown witness
Nick Rhodes from Duran Duran: ‘I want to vomit when they ask about social‑media numbers’
The British band has outlived every prediction of its demise and continues to find new audiences
Ondrej Surý, the man who saved the internet: ‘You have to want to do something for others’
The Czech engineer rushed to distribute fixes after critical flaws were uncovered in PHP. As AI speeds up the hunt for security weaknesses, volunteers like him are increasingly stretched thin
Neurodivergent: the trendy label for brains that depart from the norm
The ‘Borges protein’ reveals how to alleviate age-related memory loss
The responsibility of democracies toward global health
Juan Gamboa
‘It’s the inflation, stupid’: US voters sour on the economy despite economic growth
The Trump administration’s chaotic tariff policy and the war with Iran have driven up prices and eroded families’ purchasing power, widening inequality
Small avocado growers’ strike cuts Mexican exports to the United States
How the US midterms could reshape the outlook for the dollar, bonds and Wall Street
Shipping companies make the most of rising freight rates, posting record profits
Pop culture up for auction: The boomingr business of selling celebrities’ personal belongings
Virtually anything can find a buyer if it once belonged to a major star. Bidding wars over items from their private lives reach staggering prices
Lucy Sparrow, the woman who sewed a supermarket: ‘I create parallel universes made of felt’
The artist has recreated an entire shopping center by hand in her vast new exhibition in the United States. It is not, she insists, a critique of consumerism
Trailblazing, sexualized, legendary: Lara Croft and ‘Tomb Raider’ celebrate 30 years of adventure
With two new video games on the way and a TV series in production, the archaeologist is marking three decades in which she has become a cultural phenomenon and forever changed the history of her field
Jon Savage, music critic: ‘Being a straight man seemed boring to me, hence my interest in punk’
In his latest book, ‘The Secret Public,’ the writer blends his vast musical knowledge with the LGBTQ+ reality, the fight for equal rights, as well as his own identity
Work & Lifestyle
Goodbye screens, hello rings: The new generation of inconspicuous devices
Álvaro Fernández-Espina
My testosterone levels are low… so what? Why the ‘softboy’ is suddenly being celebrated
Ugly, unloved and controversial: The real estate fiasco of Paris’s tallest skyscraper
Chinese women seek to break out of traditional roles
Celebrities, Movies & TV
Michael C. Hall: ‘Twenty years have passed for Dexter and for me, and with age come struggles, wisdom, battle scars...’
Susan Sarandon: ‘Sometimes people call me a communist. I think that’s just their way of saying someone is out of their mind’
Studio Ghibli’s obsession with food: Preparing and tasting every bite before drawing it
Christopher Lloyd, the legendary Doc from ‘Back to the Future’, opens up about his addictions in his memoir
Our selection
Brian May, Queen guitarist and astrophysicist: ‘To be a complete human being, you need art and science’
Ascension, the desert island that became a jungle
David Schulner, screenwriter: ‘One vote prevented Trump from destroying health care for the whole country’
Daron Acemoglu: ‘If Democrats think everything can go back to normal, it will be a dangerous victory’
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