What Is the Board of Peace? The Trump-Backed Group, Explained.

President Trump created the international organization, aimed at resolving the long-running war in Gaza and other conflicts.President Trump at a signing ceremony for the founding charter of the Board of Peace at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January.

C Chris Cameron

Trump Threatens to Withdraw Blanche as Attorney General, Dealing Blow to Nomination

President Trump’s threat followed a day of fruitless negotiations with two Republican holdouts, Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis.The two senators object to a deal negotiated by Todd Blanche and President Trump’s personal lawyers to resolve a lawsuit the president had filed against the I.R.S.

G Glenn Thrush, Michael Gold and Carl Hulse

Why Todd Blanche’s Attorney General Confirmation Is Stalled

The decision by the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, to grant President Trump protection from I.R.S. audits has become the central issue in his confirmation process.President Trump’s extraordinary protection from the I.R.S. is expected to be a central issue in the confirmation hearing on Wedne

A Andrew Duehren

What to Know About Ceuta

The peninsula on Morocco’s northern coast that Spain has governed for centuries has been a frequent site of mass migrant crossings and political tensions.People gathered on the Morocco-Spain border near Ceuta, a Spanish enclave, and the Moroccan town of Fnideq on Thursday.

P Pranav Baskar

Anthropic Says Its A.I. Systems Broke Into Computers at 3 Organizations

The disclosure followed OpenAI’s report last week that its own artificial intelligence had hacked into the network of an online library.A lectern bearing the logo of Anthropic, which did not disclose the identity of the organizations that its artificial intelligence systems had breached.

M Mike Isaac and Kate Conger

Big Tech’s A.I. Spending Keeps Rising. So Do the Jitters.

Amazon joined a procession of tech giants that ramped up their spending on artificial intelligence, as its capital expenditures soared 69 percent. Concerns over the industry’s spending are mounting.Meta’s Eagle Mountain Data Center in Utah. Meta, Amazon, Google and Microsoft are expected to spend $1

K Karen Weise

Political Turmoil Will Not Derail Killer Robot Program, Former Minister Says

The recently ousted Ukrainian defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, an advocate for drone and robot warfare, says Ukraine’s tech-heavy strategy will persist.Ukraine’s former defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, in central Kyiv, on Thursday. His firing set off street protests in the capital and other ci

A Andrew E. Kramer

Kennedy Center Halts Free Public Tours After Five Decades of Service

The decision to suspend tours indefinitely came after a volunteer tour guide was featured in a Times article detailing President Trump’s dramatic revamp of the Kennedy Center.The Kennedy Center in Washington in June. It has now ended free public tours of the facility.

E Elizabeth Williamson

Iran War Is Entangling a Growing List of Mideast Nations

As the U.S. and Iran exchange strikes, more countries are being touched — and some are joining in.A commercial vessel passes through a shipping lane off Yemen, in the Red Sea, this week.

V Vivian Nereim, Michael D. Shear and Thomas Fuller

Why Democrats Won’t Stop Forcing Votes On Trump’s Iran War Powers

Even after winning approval of a measure calling on President Trump to end the war, they continue to call votes to force Republicans to answer for it.Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, put forward this week the latest measure to rein in the president’s war powers.

R Robert Jimison

Mamdani Leaves Door Open to Paying Reparations to Black New Yorkers

The mayor said in recent interviews that it was important to acknowledge the city’s role in slavery but that he could not commit to payouts before his racial equity commission completes its report.Mayor Zohran Mamdani said this week that New York City’s effort to determine potential reparations was

J Jeffery C. Mays