Trump Backs Off Plan for $1.8 Billion Fund That Drew Political Backlash

The fund has drawn backlash from critics who said it was a scheme to reward President Trump’s political allies with public benefits.Beyond the legal challenges, President Trump has also faced increasing pressure from both parties on Capitol Hill to torpedo the fund.

T Tyler Pager, Maggie Haberman, Alan Feuer, Devlin Barrett and Annie Karni

Losing Trust in Justice Dept., Judges Call Out Its Lawyers’ Behavior

The federal courts have long assumed that the government’s lawyers are trustworthy. Now judges across the country are criticizing their lack of candor.The notion that Justice Department lawyers can be taken at their word, a longtime assumption that allows federal courts to operate swiftly and smooth

M Mattathias Schwartz

Security Council Members Call for Israel to Withdraw From Southern Lebanon

The U.N. panel met after Israel had threatened to attack southern Beirut. President Trump said later that Israel and Hezbollah had agreed not to attack each other.Fleeing the southern suburbs of Beirut, a family sheltered on the roadside Monday amid growing traffic, after Israel warned the area woul

F Farnaz Fassihi

Russia Launches Deadly Strikes on Ukraine

Missiles and drones struck the cities of Kyiv and Dnipro and at least 10 people were killed, Ukrainian officials said.An explosion in Kyiv, Ukraine, during a Russian strike on Tuesday morning.

M Maria Varenikova

Anthropic Files to Go Public, Setting Stage for Huge I.P.O.

The artificial intelligence company, which is racing OpenAI to the stock market, has seen explosive growth over the last year thanks largely to technology that can automatically write computer code.Anthropic is one of the high-profile tech companies preparing to go public this year.

M Mike Isaac

Minnesota Republicans Hold Moment of Silence for Derek Chauvin

Delegates to the Minnesota Republican Party’s convention voted to hold a moment of silence for Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of murdering George Floyd.Delegates at the Minnesota Republican Party’s convention in Duluth, Minn., on Saturday.

M Mitch Smith and Julie Bosman

As Ebola Spreads, Scientists Race to Find Vaccines and Treatments

The Bundibugyo virus, a little known type, previously had caused just two small outbreaks. Now it’s at the center of a rapidly widening epidemic in Africa.Health workers disinfected a coffin containing the body of a man presumed have died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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What to Know About the Ebola Outbreak

Aid agencies are racing to help health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The virus is known to have killed at least 43, but the true toll may be far higher.Disinfecting a path last month outside a hospital in Mongbwalu, a mining town at the center of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic R

A Amelia Nierenberg, Ephrat Livni and Lynsey Chutel

Rick Adelman, Hall of Fame N.B.A. Coach, Dies at 79

His teams made the playoffs 16 times in 23 seasons, and he twice steered the Portland Trail Blazers to the league finals.Rick Adelman during the 1990 N.B.A. playoffs. His teams won at least 50 games 11 times.

H Harvey Araton