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

Colorado Governor Fires Officials Who Opposed Freeing Tina Peters

Gov. Jared Polis commuted the sentence of Tina Peters, who tampered with voting machines in an attempt to show that the 2020 election had been rigged against President Trump.Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat under pressure from the president, asked the clemency board to reconsider the case.

J Jack Healy

Russia Strikes Ukraine as Explosions Rock Capital of Kyiv

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine had warned hours earlier that Russia was preparing another “massive strike” on Kyiv.People taking shelter inside a metro station during an overnight Russian missile and drone strike early on Thursday in Kyiv.

C Cassandra Vinograd

America, Onscreen

Ten writers on the films that get at the hopes, dreams, heartbreak and hilarity of the U.S.A. as it turns 250.

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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

Trump Administration Delivers Lucrative Win for Its Kratom Allies

In moving to ban a potent synthetic version of kratom, the president’s team paved the way for more sales for makers of rival botanic supplements, who had aggressively lobbied for the change.After President Trump’s victory, companies selling kratom supplements and their executives ramped up their spe

C Christina Jewett and Kenneth P. Vogel

How the Iran War Ignited a Clash Between Trump and the Saudi Crown Prince

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pressed President Trump earlier to cripple Iran. But as Iran asserted its power, the prince urged a cease-fire, and is now pursuing his security priorities.President Trump with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in Washington last year. The two countrie

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JD Vance Defends Iran War in Speech to Military Members

The vice president, a staunch critic of foreign wars, accused the president’s detractors of trying to prolong a conflict the administration was trying to end.Before becoming the vice president, JD Vance, a former Marine, was a fierce critic of the United States’ “forever wars.”

K Karoun Demirjian

N.Y.P.D. Memo Outlines Taylor Swift Wedding Events at the Garden

Law enforcement officials in the city are preparing to monitor the pop star’s two-day event at Madison Square Garden, and several streets in the area will be closed.Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s plans are expected to require hundreds of police officers.

M Maria Cramer, Chelsia Rose Marcius and Emma G. Fitzsimmons

The Divorce Crusader

Part activist, part influencer, Adina Sash will do anything to rescue Orthodox women she sees as trapped in their marriages.Under the handle Flatbush Girl, Adina Sash deploys an internet-savvy playbook to name and shame men who won’t grant their wives Jewish divorce.

J Joseph Bernstein

U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Killed People. That’s the Truth.

Musk insists that his demolition of humanitarian aid didn’t cost lives. So I propose he take a trip with me.Moriba Freeman’s pregnant daughter, Yamah Freeman, in yellow, bled to death en route to a hospital.

N Nicholas Kristof