The Latest Blows to Iran’s Leadership
An Iranian intelligence chief killed overnight on Monday was one of several Iranian officials who occupied their posts for only a few months.
Israel Steps Up Attacks on Lebanon, Killing Dozens
Sunday was a particularly deadly day, as Israel targeted areas around the country — including a Christian area long regarded as safe by residents.A neighborhood in Beirut on Monday, after an Israeli airstrike on Sunday.
Supreme Court Clears the Way for Dismissal of Steve Bannon’s Conviction
Stephen K. Bannon, a former close aide to President Trump, was convicted for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena related to the investigation into the Jan. 6 attack.Stephen K. Bannon was convicted by a jury in July 2022 and served four months for contempt of Congress.
Trump’s USAID Overhaul Sent Millions More Dollars to Big U.S.-Based Contractors
While organizations in the developing world were nearly shut out, the big aid agencies DOGE had called wasteful received huge infusions of cash, a new analysis found.Women in Borno, Nigeria, waiting with their children to receive nutrition treatment and therapeutic food at an outpatient therapeutic
BNY and Robinhood Will Help Run ‘Trump Accounts’ for Children
The new tax-sheltered savings and investment accounts will start accepting deposits this summer.President Trump created the accounts as part of his signature domestic spending bill passed last year.
Newly Obtained Video of Minneapolis Shooting Undermines ICE Account
Prosecutors did not watch video of the shooting until weeks after charging the wounded man, an official said.
Plunging International Student Enrollment Under Trump Squeezes Colleges
The Trump administration’s campaign to curtail international students is not just hitting the elite schools targeted by the government.Lewis University hired a number of professors, including Zheng Zhou, to teach a surge of international students. Now some of his colleagues have left as internationa
What Does an Ultra-Luxury First Class Ticket Get You? Flying in a Frictionless Bubble.
A writer reports from inside the premium bubble, where there’s no such thing as too much, petty annoyances are nonexistent and the real world never intrudes.
In Savannah Guthrie’s Return to ‘Today,’ a Rare TV Example of How to Live With Not Knowing
With her mother still missing, the “Today” host’s comeback was a rare TV example of learning to live with not knowing.Savannah Guthrie, right, with her “Today” colleague Jenna Bush Hager. Guthrie stepped outside the studio to greet well-wishers during her first episode back since the disappearance o
What We Know About the Kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, Savannah Guthrie’s Mother
Nancy Guthrie, 84, the “Today” show anchor’s mother, vanished from her Arizona home on Feb. 1. In the time since, very little new information has come to light.Law enforcement officers outside the home of Nancy Guthrie near Tucson, Ariz., on Feb. 2.
The California Lake Billed as the ‘Saudi Arabia of Lithium’
Residents of Imperial County, Calif., are in dire need of an economic boost. Experts say the answer lies beneath the Salton Sea, where a lithium trove sits.
Forget the A.I. Apocalypse. Memes Have Already Nuked Our Culture.
From our jokes and slang to the White House’s policy messaging, internet “brain rot” has escaped our phones to take over … well, everything.
Epstein in Paris: How a Sex Offender Hustled for Access to France’s Elite
Jeffrey Epstein spent his last days of freedom in Paris, meeting with influential figures. It was a playbook he used everywhere he lived to stamp a veneer of respectability on a life of sordid criminality.An apartment building at 22 Avenue Foch in Paris, where Mr. Epstein owned a sprawling 7,400-squ
Bard College Is Split Over Its President and His Epstein Ties
Leon Botstein saved Bard from near ruin. Now, as an outside firm conducts a review, the campus is home to arguments about his legacy and future.A group of students and alumni opposed to the continuation of Leon Botstein’s presidency have formed a group called Take Back Bard.
Ahead of 2026 Midterms, Republicans Unveil a $342 Million Battle Plan to Keep the Senate
The main super PAC for Senate Republicans is focusing on eight states, and plans to spend big money to defend G.O.P.-held seats in Alaska, Iowa and Ohio.Republicans are trying to keep Senator John Thune of South Dakota as the majority leader.
The Big Bang: A.I. Has Created a Code Overload
Companies are scrambling to deal with the glut.
A.I. Is on Its Way to Upending Cybersecurity
With new systems from companies like Anthropic and OpenAI, hackers can attack with greater speed. The defense is more A.I.As tech companies prepare to release new and more powerful A.I. systems in the coming weeks, cybersecurity experts have become increasingly vocal in their warnings that A.I. tech
San Francisco Sobers Up
San Francisco gets its act together.
These Wall Street Investors Are Starting to Panic
The cockroaches are starting to emerge.
A Hidden Russian Hand in Hungary’s Election? Actually, It’s Quite Open.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary speaking during a campaign tour last month.
Trump’s Board of Peace Gives Hamas Disarmament Deadline
The demand reflects both the U.S. administration’s eagerness to secure a lasting cease-fire in Gaza and its growing impatience with the Palestinian militant group.Armed members of Hamas in Khan Younis, Gaza, last year.
Shots Fired at Indianapolis Councilman’s Home, After Vote Backing Data Center
No one was injured, but the councilman, Ron Gibson, called it “deeply unsettling.”
Federal Agency Unveils Three Potential Osteoarthritis Treatments
With funding from ARPA-H, three teams of researchers have regrown bone and cartilage, even entire knees, in animal studies. Human trials are not far off.A colored X-ray of a 66-year-old patient with osteoarthritis.