U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says

Outdated targeting data may have resulted in a mistaken missile strike, according to the ongoing military investigation, which undercuts President Trump’s assertion that Iran could be to blame.

J Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt, Tyler Pager, Malachy Browne and Helene Cooper

How Trump and His Advisers Miscalculated Iran’s Response to War

In the lead-up to the U.S.-Israeli attack, President Trump downplayed the risks to the energy markets as a short-term concern that should not overshadow the mission to decapitate the Iranian regime.In response to Iranian threats, commercial shipping has come to a standstill in the Gulf, and oil pric

M Mark Mazzetti, Tyler Pager and Edward Wong

Republicans Concede They Need to Pivot on Immigration Before Midterms

In public comments and private meetings at a House G.O.P. retreat, top officials allowed that President Trump’s immigration crackdown had hurt the party and that they needed a course correction on the issue.Federal agents making an arrest in Minneapolis in January. Speaker Mike Johnson told Republic

M Michael Gold

U.S. Seeks Extradition of Maduro Ally Alex Saab From Venezuela

The indicted tycoon Alex Saab is being detained in Venezuela on a U.S. request. His case tests President Trump’s sway over the country’s new rulers.The businessman Alex Saab, center, in Caracas, Venezuela, in 2024.

A Anatoly Kurmanaev, Annie Correal and Mariana Martínez

17 Democratic States Sue Over Trump Demand Colleges Provide Race Data

The Trump administration wants colleges and universities to share information about the race and gender of applicants to make sure they’re not using racial preferences in admissions.Education Secretary Linda McMahon during a briefing at the White House last year.

V Vimal Patel and Stephanie Saul

Trump Documents Missing in Epstein Files Highlight DOJ’s Missteps

In late July, an F.B.I. agent asked colleagues to get started on a sensitive task relating to Jeffrey Epstein, listing the names of 14 prominent men, with President Trump at the top.A video showing Donald J. Trump with Jeffrey Epstein was displayed during Attorney General Pam Bondi’s testimony at a

S Steve Eder and Devlin Barrett

Trump Administration to Announce New Trade Investigations

The investigations into unfair trade practices will likely lead to tariffs on foreign countries, as the administration works to replace the import taxes struck down by the Supreme Court.The trade investigations would be carried out under a law that allows the United States to impose tariffs on forei

A Ana Swanson and Tyler Pager

At Least 2 Killed as Tornadoes Hit Illinois and Indiana

At least two people were killed and several were injured in the severe storm on Tuesday that heavily damaged areas of Illinois and Indiana.A destroyed home in Aroma Park, Ill., part of Kankakee County, on Wednesday.

R Robert Chiarito, Sonia A. Rao and Nazaneen Ghaffar

Raise Taxes on the Rich? These Rich New Yorkers Are All for It.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he wants to raise taxes on New Yorkers who earn more than $1 million per year. Some millionaires actually agree with him.Craig Kaplan, Marissa Hersh and Marc Baum of the New York chapter of Patriotic Millionaires. All of them support Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s tax plan.

E Emma G. Fitzsimmons

The Documentary Filmmaker Styling Her Peers for the Oscars

Rachel Beth Anderson knows firsthand that her fellow documentarians can rarely afford to dress for awards shows. So she started a concierge service designed to help them.Ms. Anderson and Ms. Blair fit Mr. Borenstein in a cream-colored Yves Saint Laurent suit, which he initially worried might be more

L Lux Alptraum and Gabby Jones

Trump Is the Anti-Trump

There is an alternate universe in which the president is the popular, successful figure of his imagination.

J Jamelle Bouie