New Deadline Looms for U.S. and Iran as Truce Wavers

Fractures were already emerging in the limited cease-fire. Vice President JD Vance will lead a U.S. delegation in talks this weekend.Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office with President Trump last month. Mr. Vance is to lead a U.S. delegation to Islamabad for a meeting on Saturday with Iranian

M Michael Crowley

Iran’s Battered Leaders Emerge From War Confident — and With New Cards

For Iran’s theocratic rulers, just surviving the U.S.-Israeli onslaught means victory. But the seeds of their next crisis may already be planted.A woman waving an Iranian flag in Tehran. Iran’s leadership is entering into renewed negotiations after the cease-fire with a new set of demands.

Y Yeganeh Torbati and Erika Solomon

European Leaders Demand That U.S. Cease-Fire With Iran Include Lebanon

Britain, France and the European Union condemned Israel’s strikes targeting Hezbollah in the country, saying these threatened the truce.Bodies in a hospital morgue after Israel launched a deadly wave of attacks in Lebanon that killed more than 200 people on Wednesday.

A Amelia Nierenberg

Trump Officials Push Allies to Pursue Antifa and Far Left as Terrorist Threats

The Trump administration aims to deploy counterterrorism tools against far-left groups, even as it has offered little evidence they present a dire threat.Left-wing protesters clashing with police in Milan in February. A State Department official said the episode showed why Western governments must c

J Jack Nicas, Alan Feuer, Matina Stevis-Gridneff, Edward Wong and Jim Tankersley

5 Takeaways From the U.S. Push Against the Far Left

The Trump administration has made countering antifa and other far-left groups a counterterrorism priority, despite increasing threats from the Middle East.Antifa protesters at a rally in Paris last month.

J Jack Nicas

Top C.D.C. Official Delays Report on Covid Shot’s Effectiveness

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya objected to the study’s methodology, saying it gave an inaccurate picture of the vaccine’s benefits.Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health, reviewed the report while he was also serving as the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control an

A Apoorva Mandavilli

How Trump Purged Immigration Judges to Speed Up Deportations

Judges are ordering an unprecedented number of people deported after coming under significant pressure from the administration to do so or risk losing their jobs.

N Nicholas Nehamas, Allison McCann, Steven Rich, Jazmine Ulloa and Hamed Aleaziz

These Homesteaders Prep for the End of the World at Oklahoma Expo

Homesteading, for all its bucolic imagery, taps into the desire to escape from the disquiet of modern America, where anything can happen.Kevin Pritchett, one of the founders of the Okie Homesteading Expo, at his homestead in Salina, Okla.

A Anemona Hartocollis and Nick Oxford

NASA Prepares for Artemis II Splashdown After Historic Moon Flyby

The mission is seen as a key step toward resuming crewed lunar landings. Artemis II’s four astronauts are scheduled to land in the waters off Southern California on Friday.The Artemis II crew, from left, Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen during a video conference on Wedne

Q Qasim Nauman

Fed’s Inflation Woes Preceded the War With Iran

An energy shock stemming from the fighting has added a layer of complexity to the Federal Reserve’s decision-making around interest rates.An oil facility in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, after an attack last month. Energy-related price increases are expected to worsen U.S. inflation.

C Colby Smith

Mamdani Asserts Control Over N.Y.P.D., Saying He Would Overrule Tisch

Although Mayor Zohran Mamdani often seems to defer to his police commissioner, Jessica Tisch, he insisted that he had the final say in policing matters.Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch appeared together last week to herald a drop in crime during his first three months in of

D Dana Rubinstein and Sally Goldenberg

Mamdani Acknowledges ‘Troubling’ Job Losses in 100 Days’ Interview

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is focused on economic justice. Some budget watchdogs and business leaders want him to concentrate on economic development.Mayor Zohran Mamdani acknowledged concern over a recent labor report showing the city lost 19,500 private-sector jobs last year.

S Sally Goldenberg and Dana Rubinstein

Getty Center in Los Angeles Is Closing for Year of Renovations

The art museum will close to the public in March 2027 to replace its aging tram system and modernize some galleries.The Getty Center, which opened on the Westside of Los Angeles in 1997, contains paintings by van Gogh, Rembrandt, Rubens, Monet and Degas.

M Matt Stevens