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

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

On Social Media, Democratic Politicians Are Letting the F-Word Fly

In person, on social media and in campaign ads, Democratic politicians are swearing with glee. It is usually aimed at President Trump.“I’m a pretty nice guy, but I swear,” said Representative Robert Garcia, Democrat of California.

K Kellen Browning and Matt Zdun

Clean Energy Team Wins Salt River Project Election in Arizona

Proponents of renewable power will control the Phoenix area utility’s policymaking for the first time after they won an unusually contentious race that drew attention from national groups.The Salt River Project Agua Fria Generating Station in Glendale, Ariz., powers much of the Phoenix valley.

R Reis Thebault

Climate Change Denial Sees a Resurgence in Trump’s Washington

A conference near the White House drew dozens of people who reject the scientific consensus on climate change. The mood was triumphant.William Happer, a Princeton professor emeritus of physics who has argued that global warming is good for humanity, during a presentation at the Heartland Institute’s

M Maxine Joselow

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

Gilgo Beach Killer’s ‘Unusual’ Deal Could Help Solve Other Murders

Rex Heuermann agreed to talk to behavioral analysts at the F.B.I. when he pleaded guilty. The unit has interviewed Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy and Richard Speck.“They’re going to hopefully gain insight into the things that created him, that drove him, what causes this?” the Suffolk County district at

E Ed Shanahan

In 20 Minutes, Gilgo Beach Killer Admits to Murdering 8 Women

As he pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Rex Heuermann gave the same one-word answer each time he was asked how he killed one of his victims.Rex Heuermann, on left in dark suit and tie, confessed to eight murders at Suffolk County court on Wednesday.

C Claire Fahy

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

How War in the Middle East Paralyzed an Asian Food Giant

Vietnam, the world’s No. 2 rice exporter, cut production as power prices surged. Even with a temporary cease-fire in Iran, worries linger over the world’s food supply.A boat transporting newly harvested rice in My Thanh Ward, Dong Thap Province, Vietnam, in late March.

D Damien Cave and Linh Pham

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

No, Britain Is Not Having a Christian Revival

A study said church attendance had soared among British young people, a trend reversal that excited religious conservatives around the world. Turns out it wasn’t true.Churches like the St. Nicholas in Pluckley were once the beating heart of every British village, but have declined in number.

L Lauren Jackson