Trump’s Justice Dept. Targets Smaller Fraud Cases

As the Trump administration drops charges against corporations and the wealthy, it is also taking aim at small-scale fraud cases, including against the operator of a weathered food truck in California.Justice Department officials have internally declared that each assistant U.S. attorney should have

D Devlin Barrett

U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Has Been Deployed for Months, Prompting Concerns

The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln has been deployed for nearly nine months. Members of Congress are worried about the crew’s well-being.The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in San Diego in 2021. The aircraft carrier, with a crew of about 5,000 sailors, has been at sea for more than eight and a half months.

J John Ismay, Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt

Russia Campaigned to Derail Moldova’s Pro-Western Government

In the tiny nation, Moscow paid Orthodox priests, conducted a vote-buying scheme and set up training camps on election interference — all in an effort to derail the Western-leaning government.Police officers in Chisinau, the Moldovan capital, watching protesters gather outside the electoral commissi

M Michael Schwirtz, Adam Goldman and Aaron Krolik

How Thrillers Hook You With Their First Sentence

Can our Book Review editor, Tina Jordan, guess thrillers from their first sentence? In this game we explore a few of the books from The New York Times’s “50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century” list; and learn a bit more about why opening sentences are so important to get people reading.

T Tina Jordan, Edward Vega, Karen Hanley and James Surdam

As Europe Gets Hotter, Its Transportation Systems Struggle to Cope

The continent’s railways and roads “were engineered for a climate that no longer exists,” one expert said.Commuters at a train station in Bordeaux, France, during a heat wave in July. Much of Europe’s infrastructure was not built to withstand scorching summer heat.

A Amelia Nierenberg

Mamdani’s ‘Bro’ Culture in City Hall: Sports, Memes, Nicknames for All

As much as Zohran Mamdani’s team runs on leftist idealism and social media hits, its style of governing also relies on humor, sports references and pop culture.Mayor Zohran Mamdani peppers his conversations with his aides with references to sports and pop culture, some seeping into his public statem

E Emma Goldberg

Farage Wins Special U.K. Election That He Initiated, as Expected

Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform U.K., won the Clacton by-election with 63 percent. Count Binface, a novelty candidate, came second with 27 percent, a personal best.Nigel Farage leaves a polling station after he voted in the Clacton by-election on Thursday.

M Michael D. Shear

Stolen Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse Works Are Recovered, Police Say

The Italian military police said that art collectively valued at more than $10 million had been found five months after being taken in a nighttime heist near Parma.Italian military police officers with works by Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

E Elisabetta Povoledo

Extreme Heat Is the New Normal

Firefighters in Phoenix race to save lives in a city that’s only getting hotter.

N Nita Blum-Reddick and Jonathan Pickett

Deaths of 3 ICE Detainees Prompt Questions About Medical Care

Immigrants at Delaney Hall in Newark have complained about health services. Federal officials defended the treatment provided there and elsewhere.The treatment of detainees at the Delaney Hall center in Newark has come under scrutiny.

L Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Ana Ley