How the $1.8 Billion Trump Fund May Violate Past Practice and Policy

The fund that could offer payouts to Trump allies who accuse the government of mistreatment is not only highly unusual but also appears to violate the administration’s own policies.On Pam Bondi’s first day as attorney general in February 2025, she signed a directive that appeared to prohibit the kin

D Devlin Barrett

Trump’s Government Moves to Spare an Unhappy Taxpayer Named Trump

No president has ever used the federal government to advance his own personal interests and those of his family and allies as expansively and openly as Mr. Trump has.President Trump seems even less inhibited by the rules, written or unwritten, that governed his predecessors.

P Peter Baker

Jan. 6 Police Officers Sue to Block Trump’s Payout Fund

The two officers accused the administration of creating a “slush fund” to reward rioters and groups that committed violence on behalf of President Trump.Officer Daniel Hodges of Washington’s Metropolitan Police, left, and Harry Dunn, then an officer with the U.S. Capitol Police, at a congressional h

L Luke Broadwater

Early War Goal Was to Install Hard-Line Former President as Iran’s Leader

An Israeli strike designed to free Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from house arrest in Tehran, U.S. officials said, was part of an effort to bring about regime change and put him in power.Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran registering as a candidate in the presidential election in Tehran in 2024.

M Mark Mazzetti, Julian E. Barnes, Farnaz Fassihi and Ronen Bergman

Iran Threatens to Strike Beyond the Middle East if the U.S. Resumes Attacks

The warning was issued as President Trump and Vice President JD Vance say progress is being made toward a deal, while keeping open the threat of renewed strikes.Members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stand near a drone display at a government-organized march in Tehran last month.

E Euan Ward and Jenny Gross

Musk’s SpaceX Reveals Its Finances for the First Time as It Readies for IPO

Mr. Musk’s rocket and satellite maker disclosed its financial performance as it prepares to go public in what is set to be one of the largest offerings to date.A successful SpaceX offering would bring riches to Wall Street, the company’s employees and, of course, Elon Musk, who is already the world’

R Ryan Mac and Lauren Hirsch

Senate G.O.P. Ready to Drop Ballroom Funds From ICE Bill

Several Republicans had balked at including the money in an immigration enforcement measure that the party plans to push through on a party-line vote.President Trump gave reporters a tour Tuesday of the White House ballroom construction project.

M Michael Gold

House Passes Housing Bill, Uniting on a Measure to Bring Down Costs

The legislation, which had been stalled amid Republican divisions, passed overwhelmingly, signaling an eagerness in both parties to address affordability in an election year.The first major housing legislation in 36 years passed in the House, 396 to 13, on Wednesday.

R Ronda Kaysen

Thomas Massie, a Trump Critic, Causes Latest Midterm Fight Over Israel

In primary races across the country, debates over Israel are taking center stage, dividing Democrats and Republicans alike.“I would have come out sooner, but I had to call my opponent and concede, and it took a while to find Ed Gallrein in Tel Aviv,” Representative Thomas Massie said in his concessi

L Lisa Lerer and Jennifer Medina

OpenAI Prepares to File for an I.P.O. in Coming Weeks

OpenAI would be one of the most highly anticipated potential initial public offerings, in what is set to be a major year of I.P.O.s for Silicon Valley.Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive. The company is facing challenges from the tech giant Google and an A.I. rival, Anthropic.

M Mike Isaac and Cade Metz

Meta Lays Off 8,000 Employees, as A.I. Casualties Mount

Employees have signed petitions against being tracked by A.I. and were trying to figure out who had been let go on Wednesday, as the Silicon Valley giant tries to transform into an A.I.-first company.Meta’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. The company, which renamed itself for the metaverse, is tr

E Eli Tan, Kalley Huang and Mike Isaac

Nvidia’s Profit Hits $58.3 Billion as A.I. Boom Gathers More Steam

The chip maker said its profit in its most recent quarter jumped 211 percent from a year earlier thanks to extreme demand from other big technology companies.Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, made a bet years ago on computer chips that would be useful for building artificial intelligence.

T Tripp Mickle

Ebola Crisis Sparks Debate Over Global Health Double Standards

To some Africans, the claim that the continent’s largest health agency had already bungled its response scratched a familiar wound.Red Cross workers carry the coffin of a person who died of Ebola at a health center in Rwampara, the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Wednesday.

M Matthew Mpoke Bigg

Return to the Land, a Whites-Only Community, Is Sued for Discrimination

Return to the Land, a 160-acre development requiring members be white and heterosexual, is breaking fair housing and civil rights laws, according to a lawsuit.The founders of Return to the Land, a whites-only community in Arkansas, say they aren’t breaking any laws. A new lawsuit will test that argu

D Debra Kamin

TSA Pushes to Expand Private Security at Airport Checkpoints

Driven in part by the chaos of the last shutdown, the government is expanding efforts to use private security staff instead of federal employees at more airports.After the last government shutdown caused long lines at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the Atlanta City Council moved t

C Christine Chung