A Weakened Iran Hits Back by Strangling the Vital Strait of Hormuz

The threats to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz are complicating President Trump’s calculations about how and when to end the war.An oil tanker anchored in Muscat, Oman, on Thursday. Iran has throttled traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil was passing before

A Anton Troianovski, Peter Eavis, Julian E. Barnes and Greg Jaffe

Trump Removes Sanctions on Russia to Help Oil Flow Amid Iran Conflict

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it was “unfortunate” that the move could benefit Russia, but maintained that it was only for the short term.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday that Russia would not benefit significantly from the sanctions relief but acknowledged that it would see

A Alan Rappeport

With Disputed Legal Maneuver, Trump Tries to Set Policy Without Legislation

By suing Republican states and making sharp reversals in old cases, the Trump administration is using courts to fast-track major shifts in policy.In some cases, the legal maneuver has helped the Trump administration lock in changes at the federal level that could persist for years after President Tr

Z Zach Montague

Trump Targets Forced Labor in Global Tariff Scheme

The Trump administration began a trade investigation Thursday into whether dozens of countries have policies to combat forced labor.Trucks leaving the Port of Los Angeles last May. The latest trade investigation is part of an effort by the Trump administration to resurrect a global system of tariffs

A Ana Swanson

Judge Dismisses Bulk of Lawsuit Over Trump’s Funding Freeze for Tunnel

The case is mostly moot, a federal judge said, because the administration has resumed the flow of more than $200 million in funding that it had temporarily stopped.The Gateway project under the Hudson River would double passenger capacity in the tunnel, which sits in the busiest rail corridor in the

P Patrick McGeehan

Florida Republicans Pass Bill Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Vote

The proposed law, which would not take effect before this year’s midterm elections, was modeled in part on President Trump’s top legislative priority in Congress.The law’s passage would make Florida the most populous state in the country with proof-of-citizenship requirements for voters.

P Patricia Mazzei and Nick Corasaniti

Will Illinois’ Democratic Primary for Senate Divide Black Voters?

Two Black female candidates may split Democratic primary voters in Illinois, and anger is growing at well-funded efforts to widen the divide.Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, left, and Representative Robin Kelly are at the center of a fight for Black voters in the Democratic primary race for Senate in Illi

R Reid J. Epstein, Lisa Lerer and Shane Goldmacher

How Trump’s Election Lie Could Affect 2026 Midterms

The Trump administration is putting the weight of the federal government behind his false claims about the 2020 election in order to investigate key swing states ahead of the midterms. Nick Corasaniti, a New York Times reporter focusing on elections, homes in on the states that have become the prime

N Nick Corasaniti, Coleman Lowndes, James Surdam, Nikolay Nikolov and Rafaela Balster

Trump Endorses Jake Paul, Who Isn't Running for Office

The president called Mr. Paul, a boxer and provocative influencer, a “great guy” and predicted that he would run for an elected position.President Trump predicted that Jake Paul, who rose to prominence as a vlogger and provocateur, would run for office “in the not-too-distant future.”

T Tim Balk

Bloomberg to Back Protégé in Crowded N.Y.C. House Race With Super PAC

The billionaire is said to be willing to spend up to $5 million to help Assemblyman Micah Lasher in his bid to replace Representative Jerrold Nadler, bypassing a Kennedy scion, Jack Schlossberg.Michael Bloomberg is endorsing Assemblyman Micah Lasher, who worked for Mr. Bloomberg while he was mayor o

N Nicholas Fandos

How a Driver in a Fatal Hit and Run Walked Free

A New Jersey jury found Harris Jacobs guilty of leaving the scene of an accident after he struck a pedestrian with his S.U.V. But jurors would not have the final word.The scene of the crash where Orlando Fraga-Seruti was fatally struck.

T Tracey Tully and Jonah Markowitz

Noma Could Have Changed So Much More Than Food

The globally acclaimed restaurant had the power and influence to remake restaurant culture. Instead, it perpetuated the darkest parts of that world.Noma opened in 2003 in Copenhagen. Twenty years later, the restaurant announced that it would close to focus on other efforts, like the pop-up it starte

T Tejal Rao

When Weight-Loss Drugs Don’t Work

Drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound have been hailed as miracle treatments. But one in 10 people are what scientists call “non-responders.”

S Simar Bajaj and Dani Blum

Wild Weather Shift Jolts the Mid-Atlantic With Snow

Washington, D.C., was warm and sunny on Wednesday. By Thursday, snow was falling.Rain fell outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday. March is an especially unsettled time for weather across the United States.

A Amy Graff

Space Jam: NASA’s MADCAP Team Directs Traffic at the Moon

A “red alert” involving the private Blue Ghost mission in lunar orbit a year ago highlights a growing number of incidents above Earth’s neighbor.A view from the Blue Ghost lander as it orbited the moon at an altitude of about 62 miles on Feb. 24, 2025.

K Kenneth Chang

NASA Says Artemis II Moon Launch Is On Track for April 1

After postponing launch opportunities in February and March, the agency determined that four astronauts could proceed toward the first crewed lunar journey in more than 50 years.The Artemis II rocket returned from the launchpad to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center after the m

K Katrina Miller