From Alaska to Maine to the Carolinas, Democratic strategists working on Senate campaigns described a spontaneous outpouring of donations the likes of which they had never seen. A Republican surge is expected as well.Money poured in to Democrats’ Senate campaigns over the weekend as Americans mourned Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death.Credit...Anna Moneymaker for The New…

2020 Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris went on record last year saying she might support adding additional seats to the Supreme Court, in an effort to swing the ideological balance of the judicial branch back to the left.Beginning with Robert Bork's failed nomination by Ronald Reagan in the 1980s -- and continuing up until the most recent nomination…

The U.S. clash with Iran escalated anew Monday, with the Trump administration vowing to use America’s global economic reach to reimpose sweeping U.N. sanctions aimed at blocking Tehran’s nuclear programs, while Iran said an isolated and spurned Washington was taking “irresponsible” steps without any backing from the international community. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif wagged…

9.19pm EDT 21:19 New Zealand records zero new coronavirus cases A break from the US now, to a country whose response to the pandemic could not have been more different. By Charlotte Graham-McLay: New Zealand recorded no new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, as restrictions on much of the country were entirely removed, and measures…

The protests are moving into white residential neighborhoods, where activists demand that people choose a side.A march through a residential area in Portland, Ore., this month. Protesters have argued that not enough has changed quickly enough to prevent and punish police misconduct.Credit...Mason Trinca for The New York TimesSept. 21, 2020Updated 6:51 p.m. ETPORTLAND, Ore. —…