The Chancellor’s speech, as it happened

Respondents presented with 2 choices of candidates with various traits. Results represent the estimated impact of each trait on likelihood of selection.

LOCAL INPUT: Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing fresh backlash over sidelining key stakeholders from talks about developing thousands of housing units on top of a Queens rail yard.

ALL EYES ON GRACIE: Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to sit down with President Donald Trump at Gracie Mansion this afternoon, their third in-person meeting in less than a year and the latest wrinkle in one of the strangest relationships in American politics.

Q THE LANDSLIDE: Quinnipiac University released a poll today that found Gov. Kathy Hochul leading Republican Bruce Blakeman 58-39 — putting her on track for the fourth-largest landslide by a New York gubernatorial candidate in the past 200 years.

The memo comes at a key time for Rep. Mike Collins.

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Annuity payout rates are closely tied to interest rates

Authorities arrested 14 people, including four whom they said were sneaking cash out of Attorney General Roger Mariaca’s home and into an ambulance.

The diverted funds include tens of millions of dollars Congress approved for countries impacted by the war in Ukraine.

Nature, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11083-5

Nature, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03055-6