These Republicans Have Called on Trump to Ban U.S. Diesel Exports

As record prices weigh on the G.O.P.’s midterm outlook, several Republicans have coalesced around an idea to block diesel from leaving the United States. Others are skeptical that doing so would lower costs.The average price of diesel has risen by nearly 75 percent since the war with Iran began at t

B Bayliss Wagner

How a Planned Steel Mill in Iowa Reveals Trump’s Midterm Strategy

As President Trump travels the country, he is expected to focus on his economic accomplishments at a time when Americans have expressed deep frustration with his policies.President Trump is expected to make several job-creation announcements as he traverses the country this week.

K Katie Rogers and Farah Stockman

The Russian Prison That Evan Gershkovich Carried Home

In an interview, Mr. Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who was imprisoned in Russia for 16 months, described his ordeal and the moment that nearly broke him.“The real things I have to deal with are psychological,” Evan Gershkovich said.

P Peter Baker

UK Villages Around RAF Fairford Are Abuzz Over Possible Terrorist Plot

The quiet rural area around R.A.F. Fairford, where U.S. bombers fly to Iran, was thrust into the spotlight after the authorities said they were investigating a possible terrorist plot targeting the base.Police officers outside the Fairford Youth Football Club near the R.A.F. Fairford base in England

M Megan Specia

OpenAI Says It Will Not Release Newest Astra A.I. Model Over Safety Concerns

The company’s researchers raised questions about the security of the model, known as GPT-6.1 Astra.An OpenAI booth at a technology conference in San Francisco this month. The company said its new GPT-6.1 Astra model exhibited high levels of deception and a willingness to go beyond the scope of its g

S Sheera Frenkel

Dartmouth Provost Is the Latest College Professor Examined for A.I. Use

Dartmouth said it would investigate its provost over A.I. accusations. Similar controversies on other campuses have prompted frustration among students.Dartmouth College’s president has encouraged A.I., but now the school is investigating how one of its professors used A.I.

M Mark Arsenault and Alan Blinder

As A.I. Panic Grows, Javier Milei Is Pitching Argentina As a Rules-Free Haven

Mr. Milei wants to go all in on artificial intelligence even as other leaders struggle to get a handle on a technology many fear poses existential threats.President Javier Milei at the United Nations last week where he asserted Argentina’s “commitment to not preemptively regulate A.I.”

E Emma Bubola and Daniel Politi

Bomb by Bomb, the Slow Death of My Hometown in Ukraine

It was possible, for a time, to think that Kramatorsk, where I was born and raised, would survive the war mostly unscathed. Not any more.Police medics responding to an early morning bombing of a residential area in Kramatorsk, Ukraine.

O Olha Konovalova

US Hits Canada With Ban on Some Dairy and Liquor Products

An outright ban on certain Canadian products took effect Tuesday, escalating a damaging trade fight between the two North American allies.Dairy products are a target of the import ban. Overall, experts said, the ban on Canadian products was a just small percentage of Canada’s exports.

A Ana Swanson

Couple Accused of Killing Their Son-in-Law in Bay Area Park

Jonathan McKinsey, an engineer who worked in the games department for The New York Times, was fatally shot Saturday in a San Francisco suburb. The police have accused his parents-in-law, both 76.Jonathan McKinsey, 40, was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds on Saturday in a parking lot at Dublin

S Soumya Karlamangla and Amy Qin

Bill Gates’s Blunt Warning on A.I.

As A.I. capabilities accelerate, the technologist is shocked by the “complete lack of engagement” with the question of how to manage its risks.

E Ezra Klein and Jack McCordick