Mamdani-Backed Candidates Sweep in NYC Democratic Primaries

Mayor Zohran Mamdani shook the Democratic establishment by helping drive three progressive candidates to victory.Brad Lander, center right, was one of the three congressional candidates backed by Mayor Zohran Mandani who won their primaries on Tuesday.

N Nicholas Fandos

Insurgency Over Incumbency: 7 Takeaways From New York’s Primaries

All three congressional candidates who were backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani won in Tuesday’s primary, bolstering his political movement.Mayor Zohran Mamdani celebrated the victory of state Assemblywoman Claire Valdez, right, in a Democratic primary for a congressional seat.

M Maya King, Sally Goldenberg and Emma Goldberg

Iran’s Loyalists Promote a Wider Nationalism, Unveiled Women Included

Government supporters are showing off new ties with alleged former dissidents in a bid to show that they can withstand enemies at home as well as abroad.A pro-government demonstration in Tehran last month where some of the women were partially veiled and some dressed more conservatively.

E Erika Solomon and Sanam Mahoozi

Trump Is Making Big Claims About the Iran Talks. Iran Keeps Contradicting Him.

President Trump appears to be describing his preferences as fully negotiated deals, in hopes of locking the Iranians in. The question is whether a succession of such disputes will sink the whole venture.In the negotiation between the United States and Iran, leaks are replaced by official, if fragmen

D David E. Sanger and Yeganeh Torbati

Extreme Heat Across Europe Creates Divide Over Leaving Schools Open

Few schools in Britain or France have air-conditioning to keep children cool in soaring temperatures, leaving parents, teachers and officials divided about what to do.Students eating popsicles during class at the Harris Academy Primary Mayflower school in Grays, England, on Wednesday.

A Amelia Nierenberg and Ségolène Le Stradic

Trump to Meet With G.O.P. Senators Amid New Divisions

The president has been unhappy with pushback from Republican senators and a resistance to abandoning the filibuster to pass voting restrictions. His visit comes after the Senate rebuked him on Iran.President Trump has been in a simmering feud with Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota and t

C Carl Hulse and Michael Gold

Trump’s Pick for Top I.R.S. Lawyer Works at Firm That Represents Him

James R. Gadwood, the president’s nominee for chief counsel at the Internal Revenue Service, works at Miller & Chevalier, which has represented Mr. Trump in tax matters.The Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. James R. Gadwood is the second person President Trump has nominated to the age

A Andrew Duehren

Myanmar’s Civil War Has Become an Apocalypse

Overshadowed by conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza and Lebanon, the fighting in Myanmar’s isolated heartland has reached new depths.On a forgotten frontline, the rebels fight deep in the jungle.

H Hannah Beech and Daniel Berehulak

What to Know About Myanmar’s Chaotic War

The Southeast Asian nation recently experienced its highest monthly civilian death toll since the war began in 2021.A rebel soldier at a frontline position in the Anyar region of Myanmar.

H Hannah Beech

Your Home Could Help Solve AI’s Growing Power Demand

Tesla, Sunrun and Renew Home plan to tap solar panels, batteries, thermostats and other devices installed in millions of homes to meet the energy demands of artificial intelligence.Installation of a Sunrun solar panel on a roof in California. Sunrun is working with Tesla and Renew Home to use home e

I Ivan Penn

Welcome to the Luxury City Built by Taiwan’s A.I. Boom

Fortunes, luxury buildings and birthrates are rising in the city at the center of Taiwan’s chip supply chain.The shopping mall in Hsinchu, called Big City, ranks among Taiwan’s top retail centers.

A Amy Chang Chien and Meaghan Tobin

N.Y.P.D., F.B.I. Search Homes of Police Officials in Corruption Inquiry

The searches, by police internal affairs investigators and federal authorities, stemmed from earlier scrutiny of Jeffrey Maddrey, the former chief of department, according to people with knowledge of the matter.Federal agents and New York Police Department investigators have been scrutinizing police

W William K. Rashbaum, Maria Cramer, Chelsia Rose Marcius and Jonah E. Bromwich

Looking Back on the U.S.A.’s Many Founders, 250 Years In

In the past 50 years, the way we tell the story of the Revolution has become dramatically more complex. Can it still inspire us all?The five-man drafting committee presenting the Declaration of Independence to Congress, in an early 19th-century painting by John Trumbull.

J Jane Kamensky

The Ukraine War Amputees Embracing Wake Boarding and Jujitsu

As the number of amputees in Ukraine soars, many are bonding by learning new sports, challenging both their bodies and their ideas of what they can do.Ukrainian war veteran Volodymyr Kuzmenko tries wakeboarding for the first time in Kyiv, in May.

S Siobhán O’Grady, Liubov Sholudko, Yurii Shyvala and Oksana Parafeniuk

Scores of Fake Attack Calls Plague Zoos Across U.S.

About 40 zoos and aquariums across the United States have responded to bombing and shooting threats in recent months that turned out to be hoaxes.After the swatting episodes, Zoo Miami spent $1 million to update its security cameras and paid the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office for a security detail.

R Remy Tumin