Drones over Europe raise concerns about Russian activities

A new study, backed up by analysts and political leaders, says frequent drone flights over NATO military assets mark a Russian campaign to probe defenses and gather information.A building that was struck by a Russian attack drone in Galati, eastern Romania, in May. Reconnaissance drone flights in We

N Nicholas Kulish and Lara Jakes

Republican Senate Candidates Start Their Own Super PACs to Gain Cash Advantage

Most of the party’s top candidates are starting their own super PACs instead of relying on a powerful group run by Washington leaders. The move allows them to seize control of their financial destinies.Representative Ashley Hinson of Iowa and Senator Jon Husted of Ohio are two of the Republican cand

T Theodore Schleifer

Mass Mournings,6 Days and 2 Countries: Iran Prepares to Bury Supreme Leader

Long-delayed funeral ceremonies for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed during U.S.-Israeli strikes at the war’s outset, are set to begin Friday. For the regime, it is a critical moment to demonstrate that it has endured.People crossing a street in Tehran, overlooked by a billboard showing the slain supr

Y Yeganeh Torbati

U.S. Says Iran May Swap Ideology For Investment. History Shows Otherwise

Senior U.S. officials have said Iran would be richly rewarded for changing its stance on the United States. Iran’s leaders have rejected such a bargain in the past.The Grand Bazaar in Iran’s capital, Tehran, in May. The U.S. has offered Iran sanctions relief if it agrees to limits on its nuclear pro

Y Yeganeh Torbati

U.S. Resumes Dollar Transfers to Iraq After Monthslong Suspension

The Trump administration had halted the shipments to Iraq as part of its efforts to pressure the Baghdad government to distance itself from Iran.Iraq’s prime minister, Ali al-Zaidi, has taken steps to try to rein in Iran-backed militias in his country.

R Raja Abdulrahim and Falih Hassan

The Not-So-Simple Logistics Behind Taylor Swift’s N.Y.C. Bash

The pop star is poised to host a wedding celebration at Madison Square Garden. The logistics in Midtown Manhattan over the July 4 weekend are complex.Forklifts unloaded large, plastic-wrapped cargo outside Madison Square Garden in Manhattan on Wednesday, a glimpse of the extensive logistics behind T

E Emma G. Fitzsimmons

Swifties Delight in Taylor’s Wedding Day

Fans see, in the pop star, reflections of their own lives: hope, heartbreak and now, finally, happiness.Fan reactions like this one in Buenos Aires were common throughout Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour.

M Malia Mendez

Plans for Unrealized ‘Trump Castle’ Surface 40 Years Later

The 800-foot-tall residential development was designed by the architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee, but scrapped before construction. An archivist saved the rough draft.And 40 years ago, a little discussed harbinger of that taste – “Trump Castle.”

R Robin Pogrebin

Immigrant Arrests Surge to 10,000 in 5 Days as ICE Clamps Down

The agency has doubled its daily arrest numbers without the fanfare of last year’s large urban operations, sowing fear in immigrant communities.Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents patrolling a federal court building in New York last month.

H Hamed Aleaziz

Crypto Brought Trump a Huge Windfall, Even as Many Investors Lost Big

President Trump and his family reaped vast financial rewards from a memecoin that generated losses for hundreds of thousands of investors.President Trump amassed enormous wealth during the first year of his second term, with $636 million of it coming from his cryptocurrency.

E Eric Lipton, Andrea Fuller and David Yaffe-Bellany

Trump Remakes Washington, D.C., Into a Maze of Fences and Guard Members

President Trump seems to have turned swaths of the city into either a construction zone or an armed camp as he seeks to prove that he alone can improve it.Federal officials have effectively closed off access to the Reflecting Pool ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary.

K Katie Rogers

Boston Is Drinking Like It’s 1776. The Founding Fathers Would Be Proud.

A summer of celebratory drinking is underway in the birthplace of the American Revolution. But however tipsy the tourists get, the founders probably had them beat.Hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected this summer in Boston, where the American Revolution began, to celebrate the nation’s 250t

J Jenna Russell

What America’s 250th Means to Mamdani

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has not actively pushed New York City’s role in the nation’s anniversary celebrations, in part because of the complexities he sees in the country’s past and present.Mayor Zohran Mamdani has often seemed most comfortable expressing a sort of New York City-focused patriotism, rath

E Emma Goldberg

Chanel Is Buying Charvet, the World’s Oldest Shirt Maker

The French luxury group is acquiring Charvet, a Parisian brand that dates to the 1830s, in a bid to add some men’s wear savoir-faire to its portfolio.Jacob Elordi wearing a Chanel x Charvet shirt for a January talk show appearance. According to Chanel’s president of fashion, Charvet’s brother-and-si

V Vanessa Friedman