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More than two weeks after one of the most consequential elections in Israel’s history, there is still uncertainty about who will lead the country.The spotlight has fallen on the opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot, who is trying to make all kinds of deals to build a coalition that could run the government.David Halbfinger, The New York Times’s Jerusalem bureau chief, explains the compromises that Mr. Eisenkot will need to make, and what will happen if he can’t.Guest: David M. Halbfinger, the Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times.Background reading: Who is Gadi Eisenkot, the Israeli tasked with forming a government?Here’s how Mr. Eisenkot is seeking to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Photo: Amir Levy/Getty Images For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app her

Jensen Huang’s fate as the chief executive of Nvidia is on the line after The New York Times reported that he had an extramarital relationship with a woman who U.S. officials identified as a Chinese spy, as well as one with an executive at the company.Tripp Mickle, a tech reporter for The Times, shares details on how everything unraveled for Mr. Huang and what his potential exit means for his and Nvidia’s future.Guest: Tripp Mickle, a tech reporter for The New York Times.Background reading: Nvidia shares plummeted more than 8 percent in after-hours trading on Wednesday as the board considered Mr. Huang’s future.The company’s board of directors met to discuss his potential exit, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.Photo: Manuel Orbegozo for The New York TimesFor more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of

The number of students in America’s public schools is shrinking. In some cases, the declines have been so drastic that districts are facing empty classrooms, painful budget cuts and angry debates about whether to close schools.Sarah Mervosh, an education reporter at The New York Times, discusses what the enrollment crisis looks like, why it’s happening and how one school district hopes to fix it.Guest: Sarah Mervosh, an education reporter at The New York Times.Background reading: American schools are facing a crisis as the number of children drops.Why U.S. test scores are in a “generation-long decline.”Photo: Erin Schaff/The New York TimesFor more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Mu

Over the weekend, Jensen Huang, the chief executive and co-founder of Nvidia — which makes the chips that power artificial intelligence — admitted to having an affair with a woman who, according to U.S. officials, turned out to be a Chinese spy. That revelation came after The New York Times broke the story of how U.S. intelligence officers uncovered what they say was a plot by Mr. Huang’s lover to use their relationship to funnel information to Beijing.Tripp Mickle, a White House correspondent for The Times, explains how Beijing tried to compromise one of the tech executives closest to President Trump, and what the scandal could mean for a company with enormous influence over the future of A.I. — and the entire American economy.Guest: Tripp Mickle, a White House correspondent for The New York Times.Background reading: Jensen Huang’s tight grip on Nvidia presents a challenge for the company’s board, which is investigating his affair with a woman believed to be a Chinese spy.Mr. Huang acknowledged having h

After a stinging rebuke last week at the polls, President Trump announced that he would elevate Stephen Miller — a driving force behind some of the most polarizing policies of Mr. Trump’s second term — to chief of staff.Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, White House reporters for The New York Times, explain what Mr. Miller’s appointment reveals about the president’s priorities for his final two years in office.Guests: Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for The New York Times.Jonathan Swan, a White House reporter for The New York Times.Background reading: After midterm election losses, the Republican Party has entered its most uncertain moment in years.The new chief of staff is poised to push the limits of the president’s power.Photo: Haiyun Jiang/The New York TimesFor more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of eac

The governor-elect of Georgia is elated about her party’s wins in the South, but knows realignment is far from secure.Thoughts? Email us at theinterview@nytimes.comWatch our show on YouTube: youtube.com/@TheInterviewPodcastFor transcripts and more, visit: nytimes.com/theinterview For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today, we’re sharing an episode from a brand-new show called “METRO,” made by the Serial podcast team and the reporters here at The Times who cover New York City.Every other week, Sarah Koenig and her team will tell stories about the city and its most fascinating raw material: New Yorkers. They’ll bring you investigations, personal stories, essays and interviews that take the bigness of New York and make it human scale and relevant, no matter where you live.  You can find all episodes of Serial’s “METRO” wherever you get your podcasts and in The New York Times app.   For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at n

Warning: This episode contains strong language.Last spring, the political picture for Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, was downright bleak. President Trump was back in the White House. Schumer’s Democratic caucus was largely powerless to stop him. And restless Democratic activists were calling for Schumer to resign.Fast forward to this week. Democrats have roared back to power in both the Senate, where the party flipped seven Republican seats, and the House. And now Schumer, who personally recruited several of the winning candidates, is poised to become the next Senate majority leader with an unambiguous goal: reining in Trump.On Thursday afternoon, I visited Schumer’s office in the U.S. Capitol to talk about all of that during a 45-minute interview. In between profanity-laced descriptions of the president, Schumer laid out his plans for Senate Democrats over the next two years, including investigations into the Trump administration and legislation seeking to lower Americans’ cost of living.Guest:

The midterm elections were an electoral tsunami for Democrats: a complete collapse of the Republican coalition and a landslide victory.Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst for The New York Times, examines the results to figure out which voters showed up, which stayed home and how much billions in campaign spending mattered.Guest: Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst for The New York Times.Background ReadingThere’s no modern precedent for this Democratic tsunami.Trump is confronting an identity he would rather not: a lame duck.Photo: Nicole Craine for The New York TimesFor more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.   For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here http

On Tuesday night, the blue wave that polls predicted landed with extraordinary force across the United States as Democrats flipped control of both the House and the Senate.Nate Cohn, Lisa Lerer and Shane Goldmacher of The New York Times discuss an extraordinary shift in power and a new era of American politics.Guest: Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst for The New York Times.Lisa Lerer, a national political correspondent for The New York Times.Shane Goldmacher, a national political correspondent for The New York Times.Background reading: Democrats seized control of Congress as voters rebuked President Trump.A Democratic rout stunned Texas in a seismic shift that was once unthinkable.Photo: Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast a

After two years of campaigning, the 2026 midterm election is now in the hands of the American voters.As the ballot counting begins, Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst for The New York Times, offers a guide for how to understand the results.Guest: Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst for The New York Times.Background reading: Here are four scenarios for how the midterms could go.The final polls show a blue surge. Can we trust them?Here’s what to know about the fight for Congress.Photo: Erin Schaff/The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See

Warning: This episode contains strong language.In the midterm elections, one of the regions expected to swing away from President Trump and toward Democrats is the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, where life has been transformed by his administration’s crackdown on immigration.Lynsea Garrison, a producer for “The Daily,” has been reporting on that shift and on the unlikely group leading the charge.Guest: Lynsea Garrison, a senior producer on “The Daily.”Background reading: Hispanic voters on the Texas border have soured on Mr. Trump.Opinion video: How Texas border voters feel ahead of the midterms.Photo: Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and n

Ben Ratliff, a music critic and avid runner, always ran in silence. Then he discovered how music opened up to him — while running. It changed his entire approach to criticism and listening. He calls it “running the song.”Today, for the New York City Marathon, Ben talks with our host Rachel Abrams about how his listening sharpens when he runs to music.Then, he goes through highlights from his five-hour New York City Marathon playlist, which is designed to complement a run through the five boroughs, featuring various styles of music connected to the places on the route.On Today’s EpisodeBen Ratliff, a former New York Times music critic, a music professor and the author of “Run the Song: Writing About Running About Listening.”Background ListeningBen Ratliff’s New York City Marathon playlistPhoto: Karsten Moran for The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts

The writer-director, known for his dark and bleak work, believes in film’s power to change our lives.Thoughts? Email us at theinterview@nytimes.comWatch our show on YouTube: youtube.com/@TheInterviewPodcastFor transcripts and more, visit: nytimes.com/theinterview For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In the final stretch of the midterm election campaign, polls have found that voters are latching onto the perceived corruption of the Trump administration.Kenneth P. Vogel, a New York Times investigative journalist, explores one major story line feeding that perception: how those around the president have turned the pardon process into a business.Guest: Kenneth P. Vogel, an investigative journalist for The New York Times.Background reading: The pardon industry offers rich offenders a path to President Trump.A billionaire wanted a pardon from Mr. Trump. His family gave Alina Habba a $50 million deal.Photo: Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts

An investigation from The New York Times has uncovered how two candidates named Dan Sullivan ended up on the ballot for U.S. Senate in Alaska and the secret role that Democrats played in making it happen.Kellen Browning, a political reporter for The Times, takes us inside the political scheme and explains what it means for a race that could determine which party controls the Senate.Guest: Kellen Browning, a political reporter for The New York Times in San Francisco.Background reading: Inside Democrats’ secret effort to stack Alaska’s ballot.After The Times’s article, the governor of Alaska ordered an investigation into Mary Peltola’s Senate campaign over its role in recruiting spoiler candidates.Previously, the Justice Department asked a federal court to block Alaska’s results if the Republican incumbent narrowly lost.Photo: Haven Daley/Associated Press For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe t

A look at candidates from President Trump’s party who are running on a platform of criticizing him. In next week’s midterm elections, a specific kind of Republican candidate is appealing to disillusioned voters of both parties: moderates willing to criticize President Trump.Jess Bidgood explains how some Republicans are trying to bring back an older version of their party.Guest: Jess Bidgood, a political journalist for The New York TimesBackground reading: A Trump backlash endangers Susan Collins, the only blue-state Republican senator.From Opinion: John E. Sununu is running a model campaign. He might still lose.Photo: CJ Gunther/Getty Images; Sophie Park/Getty Images For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?sou

On July 4, 2025, a group of 10 antifa protesters was arrested, accused of what the federal government called a planned attack on the Prairieland detention facility in Texas. They were prosecuted as terrorists.Janet Reitman, who has been covering the story, discusses the legal case and the questions it raises about who now qualifies as a terrorist in America.Guest: Janet Reitman, who writes for The New York Times Magazine.Background reading: Inside the group of Texans accused of being antifa terrorists.Photo: Juan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News, via Getty Images For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hos

The midterms are shaping up to be the most expensive election cycle in history as campaigns pour huge sums into the ads voters see virtually everywhere.Today, Shane Goldmacher, a national political correspondent for The New York Times, breaks down how Democrats are tying Republicans to President Trump, inflation and corruption, while Republicans are trying to paint Democrats as too liberal. He also weighs in on what those competing messages reveal about each party’s hopes, vulnerabilities and strategy as Election Day nears.Guest: Shane Goldmacher, a national political correspondent for The New York Times.Background reading: Mr. Trump has wielded an unprecedented $277 million in the final stretch of the midterms.Both parties are spending enormous amounts of money to try to win whatever votes are left for the taking before Election Day.Mr. Trump’s super PAC is flooding Facebook and Instagram with targeted ads as it seeks to turn out Republicans amid the president’s historically low approval ratings.Photo:

Americans are expected to spend a record $13.5 billion on Halloween this year, according to the National Retail Federation. That includes costumes, decorations and lots of candy.In this episode of “The Sunday Daily,” our host Rachel Abrams talks about these three tent poles of the Halloween season with reporters from across the Times newsroom.Kim Severson, who covers food, tells us about the sour, peelable and texture-confused candy edging out longtime chocolate favorites. Louis Lucero II, an editor for style coverage, predicts the most popular costumes of the year. And Callie Holtermann, a reporter who covers style and pop culture, discusses the enduring joy of “Skelly,” the 12-foot-tall Home Depot skeleton with a cult following.On Today’s Episode:Kim Severson covers all aspects of food culture for The New York Times.Louis Lucero II, an editor for style coverage for The New York Times.Callie Holtermann, a reporter who writes about style, pop culture and Gen Z for The New York Times.Background Reading:Hallowe