Want to get The Morning by email? Here’s the sign-up. Good morning. Spain orders a curfew. The Senate prepares to confirm Amy Coney Barrett. And we look at the good and bad of Trump’s economy. President Trump is not running a re-election campaign based mostly on policy. He has released no agenda for a second […]

Spain declares a state of emergency. By Natasha Frost Good morning. We’re covering a state of emergency in Spain, the push to reclaim short-term accommodation listings in Europe and the unexpected outcome of a local election in Russia. Spain declares a state of emergency Spain became the first Western European country to surpass one million […]

After a summer of protests over the killing of George Floyd broadened into a wider reckoning on racial injustice, corporate America and the political establishment unleashed a flurry of promises to combat systemic racism. Diversity initiatives have been launched; high-profile companies in several sectors have settled on the advancement of a few people of color […]

China tackles an outbreak in Kashgar. By Carole Landry Good morning. We’re covering a coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese city of Kashgar, the new asylum seekers from Hong Kong and President Trump’s push to energize his base in the final sprint of the campaign. China links a lone infection found by routine testing to an […]

Of all the things President Trump has destroyed, the Republican Party is among the most dismaying. “Destroyed” is perhaps too simplistic, though. It would be more precise to say that Mr. Trump accelerated his party’s demise, exposing the rot that has been eating at its core for decades and leaving it a hollowed-out shell devoid […]

Did Thursday’s debate — the final for this election — change anyone’s mind about who should lead the country? Opinion’s political writers have shared their thoughts and we’ve asked readers to do the same. On the whole, they found the evening’s proceedings far more palatable than the first matchup between President Trump and Joe Biden: […]

The term “gender gap” has a clinical sound to it, like it’s an intrinsic condition of our politics. But it did not always exist, and with each recent election cycle, it has become more extreme. If we look more closely at it, the gender gap probably deserves another name: It’s the white male gap. Or […]

LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. — For 20 years, off and on, I’ve lived in this small, blue-collar town about 30 minutes west of Cincinnati. My grandparents, immigrants from Germany, bought my old farmhouse, on 15 acres, during World War II. I’ve always felt that this town embodies much of what I love about the Midwest: friendliness, a […]

Trump and Biden square off in the final debate. By Natasha Frost Good morning. We’re covering the final U.S. presidential debate of 2020, the effects of Europe’s second coronavirus wave and the improbable rise of the #MeToo movement in Iran. The final U.S. presidential debate In their final debate before the U.S. election, President Trump […]

Goldman Sachs will pay billions in 1MDB scandal. By Melina Delkic Good morning. We’re covering new data about the second coronavirus wave in Europe, billions in fines paid by Goldman Sachs to settle the 1MDB scandal and tips for taking pet portraits. Europe’s hospitals are filling up Poland has turned its largest stadium into an […]