Global Food Supply Faces a Dangerous Bottleneck as Iran War Persists

Fertilizer prices are climbing as a result of disruptions in the Middle East, putting global food supplies at risk.A farmer spread fertilizer on his mustard field this week in Pampore, India. Large parts of Asia, particularly India and Thailand, are most exposed to fertilizer supply shortages.

A Ana Swanson

The Iran War Has Diesel Prices Soaring, and Consumers Could Pay the Price

Diesel has climbed faster than gasoline this month, directly hitting businesses, from brewers to trucking companies. Those higher costs are likely to make their way into consumer prices.The rising price of diesel fuel is driving up costs for Maui Brewing, a brewery in Kihei, Hawaii, that imports raw

E Emmett Lindner

At CPAC, the ‘America First’ Crowd Ponders Giving War a Chance

The Conservative Political Action Conference has been an America First gathering for years, but with President Trump pursuing war in Iran, organizers have tried to make a shift, with mixed results.“A ground invasion of Iran will make our country poorer and less safe,” Matt Gaetz, the former Florida

R Richard Fausset

Hegseth Strikes Two Black and Two Female Officers From Promotion List

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s highly unusual decision to remove officers from a one-star promotion list has spurred allegations of racial and gender bias.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said repeatedly that he is determined to change a Pentagon culture corrupted by “foolish,” “reckless” and “w

G Greg Jaffe, Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper and Adam Entous

Hegseth Criticized for Removing Four Officers From Promotion List

Bitter rifts have opened over the defense secretary’s campaign to reverse policies that he says are prejudiced against white officers.Members of the military during a speech by President Trump at Quantico, Va., last year.

H Helene Cooper, Greg Jaffe and Eric Schmitt

Kash Patel’s Emails Circulate Online as Iran Takes Responsibility for Release

What appeared to be personal emails from before Mr. Patel’s time as director were posted on a website that identified itself as Iranian but seemed to be hosted in Russia.Hacked emails and photos stolen from an old email account of Kash Patel, the director of the F.B.I., surfaced on the internet on F

C Charlie Savage, Adam Goldman, Aric Toler and Glenn Thrush

New York City Ballet Pulls Out of Kennedy Center Performances

The decision by the company, one of the most prestigious in the country, is the latest in a wave of high-profile cancellations at the center.A scene from New York City Ballet’s “Solitude,” choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky, which was to be performed at the Kennedy Center.

A Adam Nagourney and Julia Jacobs

Man Tied to Pro-Israel Extremists Planned Attack on Palestinian Activist

A man linked to a pro-Israel terrorist group was charged with making Molotov cocktails for what officials said was a plot to assassinate the New York City-based activist Nerdeen Kiswani.A New Jersey man who the authorities said was targeting Nerdeen Kiswani was arrested and eight Molotov cocktails w

L Liam Stack, Tracey Tully and William K. Rashbaum

One Republican Farmer in Wisconsin Is Bitter Over Trump’s Deportations

For 20 years, Tim O’Harrow has asked lawmakers to acknowledge that America’s food supply depends on immigrants. Politics went in the other direction.Tim O’Harrow, 79, has tried to persuade politicians he has supported that they needed to fix the nation’s immigration system.

S Sabrina Tavernise and Jamie Kelter Davis

After Being Struck by Air Canada Plane, Last Firefighter Is Released From Hospital

Days after the disaster on a LaGuardia runway, two veterans of a specialized rescue unit have been released from the hospital.An Air Canada Express jet slammed into a Port Authority truck late Sunday at LaGuardia Airport. The two pilots were killed but the firefighters survived.

C Corey Kilgannon, Anusha Bayya and Patrick McGeehan

Idaho Criminalizes Transgender Use of Some Bathrooms in Private Businesses

The bill passed Friday by the Idaho legislature would make it a crime punishable by up to a year in prison to use a gender-designated bathroom that does not conform to a person’s sex at birth.Idaho extended regulations on how transgender people can use bathrooms in schools to virtually all public re

A Anna Griffin

Justice Dept. Scrutinizes Transgender Prisoner Housing in California and Maine

The investigations are the latest moves by the Trump administration to force prisons to house transgender women with male inmates.The federal government blocked some grant funding to Maine prisons last year, a move that Attorney General Pam Bondi has said was made in response to the state’s transgen

J Jenna Russell