Trust Trump? Iran’s Doubts Shadow Peace Talks.

Iranian leaders fear being burned again by President Trump, who tore up a nuclear agreement reached during the Obama administration after lengthy negotiations.Vice President JD Vance during peace talks with Iran in Islamabad earlier this month.

M Michael Crowley

U.S. Turns Up Pressure on Iraq to Distance Itself From Iran

Washington is demanding that the Baghdad government dismantle Iran-backed Iraqi militias that have been attacking Americans and U.S. sites there recently.Members of Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed Iraqi militia, during a mourning procession in Baghdad this month for one of their comrades who was ki

R Raja Abdulrahim, Falih Hassan, Edward Wong and Erika Solomon

Justice Dept. Charges Prominent Civil Rights Group With Financial Crimes

Republicans have accused the Southern Poverty Law Center, which is best known for investigating hate groups, of unfairly targeting conservative and Christian organizations.The Southern Poverty Law Center said that it was being investigated by the Justice Department over its past use of paid informan

D Devlin Barrett

U.S. Abruptly Rescinds Subpoenas in John Brennan Inquiry

The reversal came after the Justice Department replaced a career prosecutor with a loyalist to President Trump in the administration’s effort to charge the former C.I.A. chief with a crime.John O. Brennan testifying to Congress in 2017.

C Charlie Savage

Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo

A U.S. aid worker said that the Afghans, who were evacuated to Qatar, would face a choice between moving to the Democratic Republic of Congo and living under the Taliban.A photograph released by the U.S. Army showing Afghans being processed at Camp As Sayliyah, in Qatar, in August 2021.

M Megha Rajagopalan, Eileen Sullivan and Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Tucker Carlson Says He Is ‘Tormented’ by His Past Support for Trump

“I want to say I’m sorry for misleading people,” said the conservative commentator, who has broken sharply with the president over the war with Iran.Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News host, has feuded with President Trump and his allies for weeks over the war with Iran.

T Tim Balk

RFK Jr. Refused to Commit to Backing New CDC Director on Vaccines

In a tense congressional hearing, the health secretary also said he bore no responsibility for the measles outbreak in the United States.Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed back on Democrats’ assertions that he was responsible for the country’s worst measles outbreak in decades.

C Christina Jewett and Sheryl Gay Stolberg

D.H.S. Will Run Out of Money for Paychecks in May, Secretary Says

The issue threatens to renew chaos at airports as lawmakers remain divided over a deal to end the two-month shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.A Transportation Security Administration officer at Pittsburgh International Airport in March, when some U.S. travelers faced long security line

M Madeleine Ngo and Michael Gold

Teotihuacán Pyramids Shooting: Gunman Carried Notes on U.S. Mass Shootings

The man who killed one tourist at a Mexican pyramid and wounded several others had materials in his backpack tied to a 1999 U.S. attack, a possible reference to the Columbine High School massacre.Members of the Mexican National Guard at the perimeter of the Teotihuacán pyramids after the shooting.

E Emiliano Rodríguez Mega and David Shortell

Imprisoned for 30 Years, He Wooed Her With Love Poems

After a forced confession and a death sentence, a Kurdish poet spent 30 years in jail, where he discovered his voice. His literary champion, to everyone’s surprise, became his life partner.The poet Ilhan Sami Çomak, right, and his partner, Ipek Ozel, left, at home in Istanbul.

S Silvana Paternostro

Is a ‘Curse of the Mambino’ Plaguing the Mets? Mamdani, Say It Ain’t So.

On April 9, Zohran Mamdani posed for a picture with the New York Mets mascots. Since the joyous photo op, the Mets have not won a game.Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday dodged a good-natured question about whether his appearance with the New York Mets’ mascots was to blame for the team’s losing streak

E Emma Goldberg

SpaceX Strikes Deal With Cursor for $60 Billion

The potential acquisition comes as Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite maker, which has been emphasizing artificial intelligence, is preparing to go public.SpaceX said a deal with Cursor gave it the option to buy the artificial intelligence start-up, which makes code-writing software, for $60 billion l

E Erin Griffith, Mike Isaac and Ryan Mac

A.I. Is Eliminating Jobs on Wall Street

“A.I. gives us places to go we haven’t gone,” said one bank’s chief executive.Brian T. Moynihan, Bank of America’s chief executive, said “eliminating work and applying technology” helped the bank shed 1,000 jobs last quarter.

R Rob Copeland