Indiana Lawmakers Reject Trump’s New Political Map

Republicans hold an overwhelming majority in the Indiana Senate, but more than a dozen of them defied the president’s wishes, voting against a map aimed at adding Republicans in Congress.Legislators at the Indiana Statehouse on Thursday as discussion over a proposed political map was underway.

M Mitch Smith

A Grand Jury Again Resists Trump’s Push to Reindict Letitia James

It was a striking rejection of the administration’s retribution campaign.Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, and President Trump have clashed for years, in part because of the civil suit she brought against him, his company and his family members.

D Devlin Barrett, Jonah E. Bromwich and Glenn Thrush

Kristi Noem Testifies Before House Panel Amid Immigration Crackdown

Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, has overseen President Trump’s immigration policy, including efforts to detain more immigrants and pause visa applications.Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, faced a panel of lawmakers at a time when the federal government is stepping up its i

M Madeleine Ngo

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Machado Says U.S. Helped Her Leave Venezuela

María Corina Machado reappeared on the global stage as the Trump administration ramped up its pressure campaign against President Nicolás Maduro.María Corina Machado at a news conference in Oslo, Norway, on Thursday after spending more than a year in hiding.

A Anatoly Kurmanaev and Henrik Pryser Libell

Bessent Accelerates Regulation Overhaul to Jumpstart Growth

The Treasury Secretary unveiled changes to the Financial Stability Oversight Council to ease “overregulation.”Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argued that financial stability was best achieved through faster economic growth, which he said was constrained by unnecessary regulations.

A Alan Rappeport and Colby Smith

This Isn’t the First Time the Fed Has Struggled for Independence

The Trump administration is threatening the Fed’s autonomy, which the central bank regained with the Treasury-Fed accord in 1951.In the decades before 1951, the Federal Reserve functioned, to a large extent, as an adjunct of the Treasury and the White House.

J Jeff Sommer

Can OpenAI Respond After Google Closes the A.I. Technology Gap?

A new technology release from OpenAI is supposed to top what Google recently produced. It also shows OpenAI is engaged in a new and more difficult competition.OpenAI’s newest technology comes after Google claimed it had topped its young competitor.

C Cade Metz and Mike Isaac

Disney Agrees to Bring Its Characters to OpenAI’s Sora Videos

The deal is a watershed for Hollywood, which has been trying to sort through the possible harms and upsides of generative artificial intelligence.Disney is the first major Hollywood company to license content to an A.I. platform.

B Brooks Barnes and Cade Metz

Why Oracle Is Worrying Investors About the A.I. Boom

Shares in the technology company are down as investors grow anxious that its bet on artificial intelligence, and OpenAI in particular, may not pay off.Investors are increasingly linking the futures of Oracle, led by Larry Ellison, center, and SoftBank, helmed by Masa Son, left, with OpenAI, Sam Altm

A Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Niko Gallogly, Brian O’Keefe and Ian Mount

The Hollywood Studio Tour Has Become a Lot of Nothing

It’s hard to make a movie studio tour exciting when movies aren’t made there anymore. “A vibe of tiredness, like the end of something,” one guest said.Paramount’s Bronson Gate. David Ellison, the studio’s new owner, has said he will reinvest in the lot and release up to 20 films annually.

B Brooks Barnes and Ricardo Nagaoka

100,000 in Washington State Ordered to Evacuate as Rivers Rise

Days of heavy rain pushed waterways to record flood levels in a mountainous region north of Seattle. “Do not wait,” local officials warned residents, urging them to seek higher ground.Katie Gomez watched water rush into her front yard near Lyman, Wash.

A Anna Griffin, Amy Graff and Drew Atkins

America Is Entering Its Third Civil War

Trump is not interested in refighting the Cold War. He is, in my view, interested in fighting the civilizational war over what is the American “home.”

T Thomas L. Friedman