Supreme Court Decision on Late-Arriving Mail-In Ballots Grants Relief to 18 States

The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that state laws allowing ballots to arrive after Election Day are legal. The decision is the latest in a series of setbacks for President Trump’s efforts to regulate elections.The Supreme Court decision means that states do not have to scramble to change their syste

E Emily Davies and Nick Corasaniti

‘No One’s Coming to Save Us but Us’: Gen Z Runs for Office

Melat Kiros’s challenge Tuesday to Representative Diana DeGette, who was elected the year before Ms. Kiros was born, is the latest Gen Z test in a year defined by generational upheaval.Melat Kiros hopes to defeat Representative Diana DeGette, who was elected to her Denver-area seat a year before Ms.

E Emma Schartz and Pooja Salhotra

California Hopes to Speed Up Election Results With $40 Million Infusion

It took six days to determine the outcome of the primary for Los Angeles mayor, and seven for the governor’s race.California will spend $40 million to help counties accelerate their ballot counts in November. Some of the money will encourage voters to participate earlier if they plan to use mail bal

L Laurel Rosenhall

Judge Orders Trump to End Efforts to Kill Hudson Tunnel Funding

A federal judge says that the administration’s attempts to block money for the $16 billion rail project were “flagrantly” illegal.The Gateway tunnel project will add a rail tunnel under the Hudson River, supplementing 116-year-old single-track tunnels.

P Patrick McGeehan

What to Know About Wildfires in Colorado and Other Western States

Thousands of acres in Utah and other Western states have burned. Here is what to know about the firefighters who have died, the destruction so far and the spreading smoke.A helicopter dropped water on the Cottonwood Fire burning near Beaver, Utah, on Saturday.

M Maia Spoto

How the Wildfires in Colorado and Utah Were Poised to Spark

Since last week, meteorologists issued a series of increasingly dire warnings about extremely critical weather conditions.The Snyder fire burning near Thompson Springs, Utah, on Sunday. It was one of several blazes across the Southwest.

J Judson Jones

6 Are Killed During a Rare Mass Shooting in Germany

The authorities said a 45-year-old man opened fire at a youth facility after a quarrel about the custody of his baby daughter. The dead were all facility employees.The scene where five people were killed on Monday in a shooting in Stade, in northern Germany. A sixth victim died at a hospital.

J Jim Tankersley and Christopher F. Schuetze