After Supreme Court Decision, Louisiana Weighs Redrawing House Maps

The Louisiana secretary of state said the House primary election would be delayed after the court ruled the state’s congressional districts unconstitutional. The Senate primary will go forward on May 16.Gov. Jeff Landry of Louisiana, a Republican, outside the White House in 2025. Mr. Landry is weigh

E Emily Cochrane and Nick Corasaniti

How the Voting Rights Decision May Block the Rise of Young Black Leaders

Black Democrats in the South already face steep challenges when seeking political office. But the Supreme Court’s ruling could be felt for a generation.Evan Turnage, a former congressional aide, recently challenged the veteran Democratic lawmaker Bennie Thompson in a Mississippi district vulnerable

R Rick Rojas

Crop Undercount Raises Questions About Reliability of U.S.D.A. Data

Corn estimates were off by 4.5 million acres last year. A lack of survey responses, not job cuts, led to the miss, the Agriculture Department said.A cornfield in Earlham, Iowa, last fall. The Agriculture Department botched its estimate for the size of the 2025 corn crop.

K Kevin Draper

The Vaccine Skeptic in Trump’s New C.D.C. Leadership Team

Dr. Sara Brenner is a physician, an F.D.A. official and a “MAHA mom” who has said people should not reflexively believe in the benefits of vaccines.Dr. Sara Brenner fully embraced the Make America Healthy Again movement after being named the acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, s

A Apoorva Mandavilli

How Trump’s Iran Blockade Is Complicating a High-Stakes Trip to China

If President Trump flies to China as planned in May, the primary topic will clearly be the rippling economic effects of a war that Beijing has made clear it viewed as unnecessary.A mural in Tehran last week showing Iran controlling the Strait of Hormuz. China imports about a third of its oil and gas

D David E. Sanger and Tyler Pager

Hegseth Says Iran Cease-Fire Stops Clock for Congressional Approval

The defense secretary testified on the eve of the 60-day mark of the war, a major statutory deadline for the president to withdraw forces or seek approval from Congress to continue the fight.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testified for the second straight day on Capitol Hill on Thursday.

M Megan Mineiro

Iran’s Supreme Leader Signals Plan to Maintain Control Over Strait of Hormuz

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said in a statement that Iran would establish “new legal frameworks” for the Strait of Hormuz. He also said his country would retain its nuclear capabilities.Iranians held photos of the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, at a government-organized march i

L Leo Sands

Gov. Janet Mills Exits Maine Senate Race as an Insurgent Democrat Rises

Her withdrawal reflects the energy of the party’s left and voters’ unease with older candidates and paves the way for Graham Platner to challenge Senator Susan Collins in November.Gov. Janet Mills of Maine was not able to match the fund-raising of Graham Platner, a progressive political newcomer, or

L Lisa Lerer, Katie Glueck and Reid J. Epstein

Mills Exit Is a Blow to Schumer as Democrats Question His Strategy

Senator Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat and minority leader, considered the Maine governor his top recruit for winning the majority. Critics said her collapse showed he is out of touch with the party’s voters.Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, at the Capitol la

A Annie Karni

Epstein Victims’ Pursuit of Justice Finds a New Venue: Albany, N.Y.

Two victims of Jeffrey Epstein will testify at the State Capitol next week in support of a bill that would enable them to seek punitive damages from his estate.Senator Zellnor Myrie is pushing a bill to make it possible for victims of Jeffrey Epstein to seek punitive damages from Mr. Epstein’s estat

B Benjamin Oreskes

Behind Powell’s High-Stakes Decision to Stay at the Fed

Jerome H. Powell will remain a governor at the Federal Reserve after his term as chair ends, in a bid to guard against a further incursion by the Trump administration on the central bank’s independence.Jerome H. Powell on Wednesday during what is expected to be his final news conference as chair of

C Colby Smith

Sheinbaum’s Dilemma in Mexico: Defy the U.S. or Arrest an Ally

The Trump administration wants President Claudia Sheinbaum to arrest a Mexican governor. She is faced with few good options in response.President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico could arrest one of her party allies, the governor of Sinaloa state. and extradite him to the United States, or defy the U.S.

J Jack Nicas and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega

Is Yoko Ono Still Our Most Radical Artist?

In the 1960s, she invited an audience to cut off her clothes. As attacks on women’s rights escalate, “Cut Piece” and other decades-old works of feminist art feel more relevant than ever.

A Amanda Fortini

After Seven Years, First U.S. Direct Flight Lands in Caracas

President Trump banned commercial flights to Venezuela during his first term, but the flights are the latest step in re-establishing ties between the two countries.The first direct flight between the United States and Venezuela landed in Caracas on Thursday afternoon.

T Tyler Pager

Elon Musk’s A.I. Claims of Danger Face Limits in OpenAI Trial

One of Elon Musk’s abiding fears is that A.I. could one day threaten humans. But the jurors deciding his suit against OpenAI probably won’t hear about it.Elon Musk returned to the witness stand in federal court for a third day on Thursday in what is expected to be a monthlong trial.

C Cade Metz and Mike Isaac

Inside the Courtroom at the OpenAI Trial

A New York Times tech reporter shares a dispatch from the press gallery of the showdown between Elon Musk and Sam Altman.A line to enter the Ronald V. Dellums U.S. Courthouse in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday.

C Cade Metz