Trump’s Dreams for a Battleship Led to His Navy Secretary’s Ouster

The Navy secretary, John Phelan, was supposed to deliver the first of the president’s ships by 2028. The timeline was nearly impossible.John Phelan, the Navy secretary, in December. President Trump’s frustration over Mr. Phelan’s management of his prized battleship program grew over the past two wee

G Greg Jaffe and Helene Cooper

The ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Movement Is Cooling on Trump and Republicans

Vaccine skeptics, “organic moms” and anti-pesticide activists came together to elect President Trump. But some voters are disillusioned and might not turn out again.Tricia Busch, a former elementary schoolteacher and a MAHA voter, felt betrayed by President Trump’s recent executive order promoting g

S Sheryl Gay Stolberg

Trump Keeps Talking About Iran’s ‘Nuclear Dust.’ What Is It?

First of all, it isn’t dust. It’s Iran’s stockpile of near-bomb-grade uranium, which is stored in large canisters about the size of scuba tanks.A satellite image from February showing construction on buildings at the Isfahan nuclear site in Iran that were destroyed during U.S. airstrikes last June.

L Luke Broadwater and David E. Sanger

Soldier Used Classified Information to Bet on Maduro’s Ouster, U.S. Says

Federal prosecutors say that Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who was involved in planning to oust Nicolás Maduro from power in Venezuela, used the information to place bets on a prediction market.Nicolás Maduro, former President of Venezuela, being escorted off a helicopter to be taken to the federal cour

B Benjamin Weiser and Jonah E. Bromwich

Concern Grows Over Republican Congressman’s Mysterious Absence

A spokesman for Representative Thomas Kean Jr. said an unspecified “personal medical issue” has led the New Jersey Republican to miss House votes.Democrats in New Jersey were aggressively targeting Thomas Kean Jr.’s seat well before he began missing votes.

T Tracey Tully

House Republicans Ask ActBlue C.E.O., Regina Wallace-Jones, to Testify

Hours after Republican lawmakers asked the Democratic fund-raising group’s chief executive to testify, ActBlue sent a sharp letter dismissing the inquiry as a “partisan attack.”Regina Wallace-Jones, the ActBlue chief executive, at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

R Reid J. Epstein and Shane Goldmacher

Microsoft Targets About 7% of Its U.S. Workers With Buyout Offer

The tech giant is offering long-serving employees early retirements as it continues to invest aggressively in artificial intelligence.Microsoft and other big tech companies are on a spending spree to build the infrastructure for artificial intelligence.

K Karen Weise

Nike to Cut 1,400 Jobs as Part of Its Turnaround Plan

Most of the layoffs will affect tech workers as the athletic giant tries to reverse a yearslong sales slump. It’s the second round of cuts this year.Nike said on Thursday that layoffs would affect workers across North America, Europe and Asia.

K Kim Bhasin

Communication Failures Preceded Deadly Crash at LaGuardia, N.T.S.B. Says

The report focuses on the lack of transponders in the fire trucks, which investigators suggested could have allowed an automatic warning system to alert the controller of an imminent collision.An Air Canada Express jet and a fire truck collided on the runway at LaGuardia Airport last month.

K Karoun Demirjian and Patrick McGeehan

Two Litigation Partners Depart Paul Weiss

The Paul Weiss partners Kannon Shanmugam and Masha Hansford are departing to start a practice focusing on Supreme Court and other appellate litigation at the rival firm Davis Polk.

J Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Michael S. Schmidt

New Gene Therapy Enables Children With a Rare Form of Deafness to Hear

The treatment, the first of its kind, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. “Our baby was born deaf, and now he can hear,” said one parent.Miles was born with otoferlin deafness, a rare form of deafness caused by a mutation in a single gene. But with a new gene therapy, he ca

G Gina Kolata

China Publishes Maps Detailing Minerals on the Ocean Floor

The new deep-sea atlas underscores Beijing’s interest in ocean mining, its military ambitions and its claims to disputed waters.A Chinese submersible in the South China Sea in 2017 during exploration for seabed mineral resources.

S Sachi Kitajima Mulkey

A New Bureau Will Oversee Both Offshore Drilling and Seabed Mining

The new federal office will undo a change made after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. Critics say it could reduce environmental oversight.Drilling platforms off California in 2021. The Trump administration said the move would speed approvals of offshore energy and mining projects.

S Sachi Kitajima Mulkey

Anne Hathaway, Queen of Effort, Is Finally Ready to Vibe

Known best for tightly wound characters in generational hit films, the actress is a tortured pop star in “Mother Mary” and returns to playful form in “The Devil Wears Prada 2.”

J Joe Coscarelli, Jon Caramanica and Thea Traff