The Case of the Disappearing, Reappearing White House Ballroom Stairs

Derided by architects as serving no purpose, a grand staircase was never approved by a planning commission but appears back in President Trump’s plans.In March on Air Force One, President Trump showed what he said were updated plans with the grand staircase removed.

E Emily Badger and Junho Lee

Canada-U.S. Tariff Talks Continue as Trump’s Midnight Deadline Looms

Canadian negotiators were in Washington to finalize a deal that would stave off new tariffs and improve the terms of existing ones, but Mark Carney faces a tough sell back home.The ArcelorMittal Dofasco steel plant in Hamilton, Ontario. President Trump hit the Canadian steel industry with tariffs of

M Matina Stevis-Gridneff

Meghan of Sussex Eyes Role in Netflix Show ‘The Gentlemen’

The duchess's representatives have had exploratory talks about her joining a third season of “The Gentlemen,” two people said. Netflix has not yet ordered a third season of the show.The discussions with Netflix represent a step toward an acting comeback for Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex.

B Brooks Barnes and Nicole Sperling

Desperation Mounts in Indiana After 10 Days Without Power

Floods from powerful thunderstorms devastated Gary, a city where a third of residents live below the poverty line. Full power restoration isn’t expected until next week.Dinky Austin called the utility company for updates while she cooled off with ice outside of her home in Gary this week.

J Julie Bosman and Robert Chiarito

Why China Thinks It Can Resist Trump’s Economic Threats on Iran

Beijing can squeeze U.S. critical mineral supplies and has enough oil to withstand the loss of Iranian crude, Chinese analysts say.Oil storage tanks and facilities in Shanghai in March. China has large stockpiles of oil that make it less vulnerable to energy supply disruptions.

D David Pierson and Berry Wang

How New York’s Second-Home Tax Turned Into a Headache for Mamdani

The bumpy rollout of the tax created an opportunity for Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s opponents to fight him in court and in the City Council.The second-home tax, which is expected to raise hundreds of millions of dollars annually for New York City, was seen as a way to help close a budget gap and deliver

M Mihir Zaveri, Sally Goldenberg, Benjamin Oreskes and Grace Ashford

Case Challenging Mamdani’s Rent Freeze Is Moved to Manhattan

The ruling is a win for Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who argued that the case be heard in Manhattan and not in Staten Island where the lawsuit challenging the decision had been filed.A judge in Staten Island has moved a case challenging Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s rent-freeze policy to a court in Manhattan.

M Mihir Zaveri and Hurubie Meko

N.Y. State Senator’s Former Aides Say She Double-Billed for Travel

For years, Jessica Ramos used campaign money to pay for hotels and Amtrak tickets while also receiving state payments for travel, records and interviews show.State Senator Jessica Ramos, a Queens Democrat, has served as chairwoman of the upper chamber’s Labor Committee since 2019.

J Jay Root and Bianca Pallaro

Rare South American Diseases Offer Clues on the Next Pandemic

Ebola virus, hantavirus and the pathogen that causes Covid-19 likely jumped from animals to humans. So do these viruses — and scientists say climate change is speeding their spread.Preparing a dose of the Candid #1 vaccine against Argentine hemorrhagic fever at Carrasco Hospital in Rosario, Argentin

Z Zane Irwin, Lucía Cholakian Herrera and Sebastián López Brach

Richard Gadd Had Never Heard of the Manosphere

The creator and star of “Half Man” didn’t have a particular agenda for this dark tale of male repression. But “people think that it’s a political piece of work,” he said.

L Leah Greenblatt and Lucia Bell-Epstein

A City Under Siege

We look at how dire the situation has become inside Kyiv.At a subway station in Kyiv, Ukraine, yesterday.

S Sam Sifton

Mark Zuckerberg Buys an Irish Castle

The prominent landowner has added a nearly 200-year-old estate to his holdings. Archival information says it can take “a brisk walk of 4½ minutes to reach the dining room from the kitchen.”Strancally Castle in Waterford, Ireland, was built around 1830 and renovated in the early 2000s. It now belongs

A Alan Yuhas