Lebanon’s Cease-Fire Buys Time, Not a Way Out

The country’s leaders secured a truce through risky talks with Israel, but the government now finds itself caught between competing pressures.A family returning to Dahiya, Lebanon, after the cease-fire on Friday.

E Euan Ward

Lebanon Cease-Fire Leaves Netanyahu in an Uncomfortable Spot

Most Israelis wanted the fight against Hezbollah to continue. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s critics say he is showing that he cannot, or will not, stand up to President Trump.Thousands of families made their way along the highway south of Beirut and Saida, Lebanon, on Friday after the ceas

D David M. Halbfinger

Israel-Lebanon Cease-Fire: What to Know

The pause in fighting would remove a major hindrance to the U.S.-Iran peace talks, if it holds.Families make their way home on Friday after the announcement of a cease-fire in Lebanon.

L Lynsey Chutel

House Votes to Extend Expiring FISA Surveillance Law for 10 Days

The Senate would need to also approve the stopgap measure that passed the House early Friday. Libertarian-leaning House Republicans had balked at a long-term extension.Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, the director of the National Security Agency, during his confirmation hearing in January.

C Charlie Savage

She Made Sure Her Baby Was Born an American. Then Federal Agents Separated Them.

Diana Acosta Verde, who came into the United States illegally when she was six months pregnant, had to leave her baby at a hospital while she returned to a detention center.Diana Acosta Verde and her baby, Gael, at a farm in Honduras owned by her partner’s family earlier this month.

C Caroline Kitchener, Charo Henríquez and Hamed Aleaziz

Acting ICE Director Says He Plans to Resign in May

Todd Lyons said he would leave to spend more time with his family. He has spoken about a surge in threats against ICE officers, saying that he knew the reality firsthand.The exit of Todd Lyons as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raises more questions about the direction of the

M Madeleine Ngo and Hamed Aleaziz

Lena Dunham Takes to Her Bed to Promote Her Memoir, “Famesick.”

Forget demure conversations in spindly chairs. To promote “Famesick,” a new memoir, she’s taken to her bed and invited friends to jump in. Onstage.Lena Dunham and Andrew Rannells during the “Famesick” book tour stop at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

E Elisabeth Egan

Analilia Mejia, a Progressive Democrat, Wins Mikie Sherrill’s House Seat

Ms. Mejia, who helped run Sen. Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign, beat her Republican opponent, Joe Hathaway, to win a seat Ms. Sherrill vacated after she was elected governor of New Jersey.Analilia Mejia, a progressive Democrat, will serve out the remaining eight months of Gov. Mikie Sherrill’

T Tracey Tully

In Texas Senate Race, Talarico Is Out-Raising His G.O.P. Opponents

James Talarico, the Democratic nominee, has been amassing campaign cash as Senator John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton still battle each other.Texas State Representative James Talarico at his victory party after winning the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in the Texas primary elect

L Lauren McGaughy

The Lurid D4vd Case and the Fervid Hunt for Details

A teenage girl went missing. The police found her remains in a musician’s car. Then the Los Angeles media machine got to work.A memorial for Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose remains were found in a car trunk in September.

M Matt Stevens

D4vd Arrested in Connection With Death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez

The singer was detained in connection with the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who died before her 15th birthday. D4vd’s lawyers said they would vigorously defend his innocence.The body of a teenage girl was found in a car belonging to the singer D4vd.

M Matt Stevens and Orlando Mayorquín

As Enrollment Dips, School Administrators Turn to TikTok to Advertise

Birthrates are down. Families are leaving New York City. So educators, especially at charter schools, are expanding their marketing efforts on social media and in subway stations.Ads in a subway station in Flushing, Queens, tout Zeta Charter Schools, which has campuses in Upper Manhattan and the Bro

T Troy Closson, Matthew Haag and Jeff Adelson

A Family Feud at an Oregon Winery Turns to Vinegar Over A.I. Slop

She wanted to pry her late mother’s vineyard from two of her brothers. Instead, her lawyers were fined nearly $110,000 for citing bogus case law generated by artificial intelligence.Michael and Mark Wisnovsky had to battle their sister and her fictitious artificial-intelligence output to keep contro

E Evan Gorelick and Anna Griffin