How the Democrats won back the US-Mexico border
Democratic candidates carried all 10 House districts in the region near Mexico
Nightmare before Christmas in Hollywood
California’s entertainment industry is bracing for more layoffs
The sea’s grip on the global economy: The chokepoints that can bring world trade to its knees
Palmer Luckey and Ben Lamm, the billionaire geeks behind military superdogs
Warhound aims to combine genetic engineering and defense technology
Saul Newman: ‘If you’re Elon Musk and you’ve bought everything, the only thing left to sell is a way to escape death’
Juan F. Samaniego|Cambados (Pontevedra)
The Australian researcher questions the reliability of longevity data
An encrypted chat, a hard drive and dozens of arrests: How Mexico unraveled the CJNG network behind Carlos Manzo’s murder
Using previously unpublished information, EL PAÍS reconstructs the authorities’ investigation into the 2025 assassination of the mayor of Uruapan
Sovereign AI: Why European companies want to keep their data out of Big Tech’s hands
Firms such as Airbus, TotalEnergies and BMW are turning to private AI systems to keep sensitive information under their own control
The Dnipro, the impregnable river and military frontier between Ukrainian and Russian forces: ‘We’re in a war of drone pilots’
For four years now, neither army has been able to consolidate its positions on the great river that runs through Ukraine and played a key role in World War II
The women behind the Democratic wave transforming US politics
A record 155 women are set to serve in Congress, while one-third of the states will be led by women
‘I don’t know if I will still be alive tomorrow’: Dozens of Ethiopians ask the world for help from Saudi Arabia’s death row
EL PAÍS contacts two prison inmates in the Gulf country who fear they may be next in a series of executions that human rights organizations have denounced for serious judicial irregularities
The surreal journey of Salvador Dalí’s legs in a cardboard box: A window into the DNA of human creativity
Geneticist Antonio Alonso, who oversaw the paternity test carried out on the artist, proposes using biological samples taken from his tomb to search for clues to his personality
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
Mary Austin, Freddie Mercury’s former fiancée: ‘Our love was much more powerful than I ever realized’
The main heir to the rock icon’s estate recently published ‘A Life in Lyrics,’ a collection of handwritten lyrics and personal photographs by the Queen frontman
Paul Smith, still at the top of fashion at 80: ‘I dress very famous people, but I think of them as ordinary’
The dean of British fashion marks his 80th birthday and 56 years in the industry with the publication of his memoir. We spoke with him in London.
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’
EL PAÍS offers free Spanish lessons with Gymglish
Readers who sign up will receive a 15-day free trial of the online classes, which are adapted to a student’s specific needs
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