What Now? Vance Leaves Iran Talks Without a Deal.

The lack of a breakthrough after 21 hours of negotiations leaves the Trump administration facing several unpalatable options.Vice President JD Vance leaving after negotiations with Iran in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Sunday.

T Tyler Pager and David E. Sanger

What We Know About the Eric Swalwell Sexual Misconduct Allegations

Accusations that Mr. Swalwell, a congressman running for governor in California, sexually assaulted a former staffer and behaved inappropriately with other women have upended the race.Representative Eric Swalwell, Democrat of California, faces calls to withdraw from the state’s governor’s race from

O Orlando Mayorquín and Chris Hippensteel

Judges Fired After Blocking Deportations of Pro-Palestinian Students

The immigration judges’ abrupt dismissals marked the latest efforts by the Trump administration to reshape the country’s immigration courts.The Justice Department has dismissed dozens of immigration judges and, according to those on the bench, has put judges under pressure to deny asylum claims and

H Hamed Aleaziz, Nicholas Nehamas and Steven Rich

Postal Service, Under Pressure, Now Faces Trump’s Mail Ballot Order

President Trump’s executive order, which has been challenged as unconstitutional, would limit the Postal Service to sending only the ballots of voters deemed eligible.President Trump’s executive order on mail ballots is one of many financial and logistical challenges facing the Postal Service.

A Adam Sella

What to Know as Hungary Votes in Elections Watched by the World

With Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a standard-bearer for global populism, in political peril, the vote on Sunday could have far-reaching implications.Viktor Orban, Hungary’s prime minister of 16 years, campaigning in Szekesfehervar, Hungary, on Friday.

A Andrew Higgins

The Escalating Global A.I. Arms Race

China, the U.S., Russia and others have ramped up their contest over artificial-intelligence-backed weapons and military systems. The buildup has been compared to the dawn of the nuclear weapons age.Anduril’s autonomous air vehicle, Fury, which recently began production at the company’s new factory

S Sheera Frenkel, Paul Mozur and Adam Satariano

Someone Has to Be Happy. Why Not Lauren Sánchez Bezos?

As half of an unfathomably powerful couple, Mrs. Sánchez Bezos seems to have influenced the uber-rich to stop apologizing, and start enjoying themselves.Lauren Sánchez Bezos treats the pursuit, and spreading, of joy as a kind of mandate.

A Amy Chozick

One Reporter’s Life-Altering Psychedelic Ibogaine Trip

Early studies show that the obscure drug ibogaine can help treat trauma. Could it help our correspondent?

N Natalie Kitroeff, Tina Antolini, Alex Barron, Robert Draper, Wendy Dorr, Rowan Niemisto, Daniel Powell, Marion Lozano and Diane Wong

Mass Stampede at Haitian Tourist Site Leaves Dozens Dead

The tragedy took place at the Citadelle Laferrière, a historic fortress in northern Haiti and one of the country’s defining symbols.The Citadelle Laferrière, a large 19th-century fortress in northern Haiti, in 2024.

A André Paultre and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega

What the ‘Real Housewives’ Think About Congress’s Reality TV Drama

A visit to the Capitol by stars of the “Real Housewives” offered a glimpse into how the nation’s elected representatives mimic the gossipy world of reality TV. Nobody appears to relish the similarities.Members of the “Real Housewives” casts posed with Tristan Schukraft, the chief executive of the te

M Michael Gold