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• Even Alex Murdaugh Didn’t Think His Convictions Would Be Overturned. His lawyers said he was stunned to learn that South Carolina’s top court had reversed the murder convictions. Prosecutors plan to retry the case, but a second trial could look very different.
• Nebraska Blocks Bar From Using ‘Barber Shop’ Name, Saying That’s Just for Haircuts. The Omaha establishment changed its name this week from the Barber Shop Blackstone to the Censored Shop Blackstone in protest while it is suing the state in federal court in a trademark fight.
• What to Know About DACA Recipients Amid Trump Deportation Push. The Trump administration has said the program no longer shields immigrants from deportation, and renewal delays are costing DACA recipients their jobs.
• Deported Despite DACA: Dreamers Face Uncertainty Under Trump. The administration has said DACA isn’t a right to stay in the United States “indefinitely.” One man with DACA was detained and deported to Mexico in a matter of days.
• 5 Key Moments During the California Governor Debate. Candidates have become increasingly combative as they enter the final stretch before the June 2 primary. Once again, Xavier Becerra, a Democratic front-runner, drew most of the attacks.
• Former Oklahoma Death Row Prisoner Freed Before Retrial in a 1997 Killing. A lawyer for Richard Glossip said the ruling provided a step forward in his client’s efforts to escape a “decades-long nightmare” in a case that has faced substantial criticism.
• Man Charged With Posting Bomb Instructions Used in New Orleans Attack. The man, a former Army engineer, was accused of posting videos showing how to make explosives. Authorities said those videos were used by the man who carried out a deadly attack in New Orleans last year.
• Dallas Asks Its Residents: What Should We Do With City Hall? Faced with a billion-dollar repair bill and a desire to find a new arena for the Mavericks, the city is considering options that include demolishing the building. Residents submitted their own ideas.
• South Carolina Governor Formally Calls for Redistricting Special Session. But he stopped short of ordering lawmakers to redo the map so that Republicans could sweep the state’s congressional delegation, which President Trump has pressured them to do.
• Why Trump’s Reflecting Pool Repairs Are in Trouble. Federal records show that the no-bid contract to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and paint it blue now costs $13.1 million. That’s about seven times the amount President Trump initially said it would cost.
• Two Killed After Small Plane Crashes Into House in Ohio. On Thursday, two people were killed after a small plane crashed into a house on a suburban street in Akron, Ohio, and caught fire.
• Plane Crashes Into House in Ohio, Killing 2. No one on the ground was hurt when a small plane crashed into a house on a residential street south of downtown Akron, the authorities said.
• Streamer Known for Racist Confrontations Is Charged With Attempted Murder. Dalton Eatherly, who goes by Chud the Builder, was arrested after an altercation that ended in gunfire outside a courthouse near Nashville.
• Talarico’s Taco Order Turns Into a Texas-Sized Debate. What started as a taco stop with former President Barack Obama quickly turned into a very Texas debate over the proper breakfast taco order.
• Justice Dept. Aims to Denaturalize Ex-Marine for Sex Crime. In recent decades, the federal authorities have generally revoked U.S. citizenship from people accused of wrongdoing on their citizenship applications. A new case focuses on a crime committed later.
• Medical Plane Crashes in New Mexico, Killing All 4 People Aboard. The plane was traveling from Roswell to Sierra Blanca Regional Airport, a trip of less than 30 minutes. Firefighters were working to contain a blaze associated with the crash, officials said.
• Strategist Tied to Becerra and Newsom Pleads Guilty in Corruption Case. Dana Williamson, a former political strategist for Xavier Becerra and a former aide to Gov. Gavin Newsom, appeared in federal court on Thursday.
• Body of Second U.S. Soldier Who Went Missing in Morocco Is Found. The body of Specialist Mariyah Symone Collington, 19, was retrieved from a coastal cave less than a week after the recovery of the body of First Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr.
• University of Chicago Waives Tuition for Families Making Under $250,000. It becomes one of just a couple of major universities offering free tuition to families at that income level.
• U.C.L.A. Considers New Tactics to Combat Antisemitism. The Trump administration has sued the university, saying it didn’t do enough to protect Jews on campus.
• Prospect of Murdaugh Retrial Puts Rural South Carolina Back in Spotlight. The State Supreme Court cited a local court clerk in reversing the result of one of the most-watched murder trials of the last decade. It has raised painful memories in the state’s Lowcountry region.
• Will Her Daughter Be Safe at Pali High? It’s a nightmare faced by families all around Los Angeles: After wildfire smoke blanketed homes, schools and offices with toxic chemicals, when is it OK to go back?
• G.O.P. Race for Texas Oil Regulator Tests the Strength of the Hard Right. Bo French, a hard-liner known for wild social media posts, is seeking a bigger megaphone. Big oil companies, and top officials like Greg Abbott, want to stop him.
• Backyard Battalions. Where do battle tanks and military trucks go when their service has ended? Enthusiasts and professionals put them to work for search and rescue, marketing and just having fun.
• Midsize Cities Held Steady as U.S. Population Growth Declined. New census estimates show that the nation’s largest cities saw the sharpest slowdowns in population growth over the past year amid declines in immigration and plunging birthrates.
• South Carolina Governor Plans Special Session to Redraw House Maps. Gov. Henry McMaster, a Republican, appears prepared to thrust the state into the nation’s redistricting wars.
• U.S. Cruise Passenger Moved Out of Isolation. The passenger, who had tested positive once in the Canary Islands, was being monitored in a special biocontainment facility in Omaha, until a new test came back negative.
• 11 Rescued From Raft After Plane Crash Off the Coast of Florida. Those on board, who were all Bahamian adults, spent about five hours stranded on a raft before rescuers hoisted them to safety. All were in stable condition, officials said.
• Justice Dept. Sues to Block Ethics Punishments of Administration Lawyers. The move escalates the administration’s feud with legal disciplinary bodies over the ethical conduct of government lawyers.
• Second Venezuelan Doctor Is Released From Immigration Custody. At least five foreign-born doctors have been detained, according to a medical organization, raising fears that underserved rural areas reliant on them could be further strained.
• Duffy’s ‘Great American Road Trip’ Prompts Ethical Concerns. A YouTube series starring Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and his family is part of the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations, but it doubled as a family excursion for them.
• How Jerome Powell Managed a Chaotic Era. Our reporter Colby Smith, who covers the Federal Reserve and the economy, looks back at Jerome Powell’s tenure as chair of the Fed.
• Read the document. A memorandum of agreement between the Transportation Department and Great American Road Trip Inc.
• Utah Children’s Book Author Who Poisoned Husband Will Spend Life in Prison. Kouri Richins, 36, who wrote a children’s book about grief after murdering Eric Richins, will serve without the option of parole.
• Georgia Governor Calls Special Session to Redistrict for 2028 Elections. Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, also asked lawmakers to delay changes to the state’s election system that could cause disarray in the midterms.
• Hantavirus Attacks Patients’ Bodies. This Doctor Tends to Their Minds. David Cates, a psychologist working with Americans exposed to the disease on the MV Hondius, said psychosocial supports are just as important as physical care.
• Former California Governor Candidate Arrested in Los Angeles County. Stephen Cloobeck, a wealthy developer who dropped out of the governor’s race in November, was arrested on suspicion of witness tampering in a felony case involving his fiancée, a former Penthouse model.
• ICE Detains Ex-Kansas Mayor Who Voted Illegally. Joe Ceballos said he did not know he was ineligible to vote and run for office as a green-card holder. The Trump administration has drawn attention to the case.
• A Billionaire’s Ad Barrage Has Upended the Georgia Governor’s Race. Rick Jackson was largely unknown to voters just a few months ago. Heading into Tuesday’s Republican primary, he’s keeping some of the state’s best-known politicians on their toes.
• Read the Decision. South Carolina’s top court overturned the murder convictions of Alex Murdaugh.
• With a Friend in Trump, the Tobacco Industry Secures a Lucrative Win. In a dispute over vapes, the president sided with tobacco companies that filled his groups’ coffers over his own F.D.A. commissioner, who resigned in protest.
• Murdaugh Murder Convictions Overturned by South Carolina’s Top Court. The decision, in which judges cited jury interference by a court clerk, upends one of America’s highest-profile homicide cases.
• Where Did All the AK-47s Go? A family of guns that was once ubiquitous in the U.S. firearms marketplace has started to vanish for a variety of reasons.
• A Texas City Bet Big on Industry. Now It’s Running Out of Water. Rising demand, municipal dysfunction and drought have pushed Corpus Christi to the edge of a water emergency, offering a cautionary tale for the rest of the country.
• As Becerra Rises in Polls, He Draws Fire for Trying to Direct Interview. “This is not a ‘gotcha’ piece, right?” the leading Democratic candidate for California governor asked a television reporter before an interview.
• Nebraska Democrats Nominate Ex-Legislator for Governor’s Race. Democrats face an uphill fight as they seek to unseat Gov. Jim Pillen, who is running for another term in the solidly Republican state.
• In San Francisco, the Tents of Homeless People Are Disappearing. Mayor Daniel Lurie and city leaders have enforced bans on camping and moved people off sidewalks to reduce visible homelessness. Critics say too many homeless people are housed in jail.
• Two Charged With Trafficking 260 Pounds of Meth to New Jersey. They face at least 10 years in prison, and the authorities accused one of the men of being associated with the Sinaloa Cartel.
• Waymo Is Fixing All of Its Self-Driving Taxis to Avoid Floods. The company will recall its software after one of its robotaxis entered a flooded road during a heavy downpour in San Antonio last month.
• The South Carolina Republican Who Defied Trump on Redistricting. Politicians are fighting viciously for power, said Shane Massey, leader of the State Senate. “To what end?” he asked, warning of eroding fundamental American values. “I’m voting no.”
• South Carolina Lawmakers Halt Redistricting Efforts. Some Republicans had worried that carving up the district held by Representative James E. Clyburn, the state’s only Democratic congressman, could backfire on them.
• Day 1 in Quarantine: Tested for Hantavirus, Treated to Starbucks. Jake Rosmarin, a travel influencer from Boston, is one of 15 passengers from the virus-stricken cruise ship being monitored at the National Quarantine Unit in Nebraska.
• Florida Plans to Close ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ Vendors Are Reportedly Told. The Department of Homeland Security has determined the state-run immigration detention facility is too expensive, and some private vendors have struggled to front costs.
• Obama Enters Texas Senate Fight With Support for Talarico. The former president, who has looked to elevate a new generation of Democrats, met with James Talarico and a candidate for governor, Gina Hinojosa, who are trying to flip Texas.
• A Dying Son, His Detained Parents and a Race to Reunite Before the End. From his hospital bed in Chicago, Kevin Gonzalez had a final wish to see his parents. But they were in immigration detention in Arizona after illegally crossing to see their son.
• How Trump Changed the Way He Talks About China. As President Trump travels to China to meet with President Xi Jinping, our reporter David Sanger looks at how Trump’s rhetoric about China has shifted from his first term.
• Man Who Stole Unreleased Beyoncé Music Is Sentenced to 5 Years. The theft occurred on July 8, 2025, when members of the singer’s team reported a vehicle break-in ahead of her “Cowboy Carter” tour dates in Atlanta.
• Authorities Identify Man Fatally Struck by Frontier Jet. Authorities ruled the death of a man struck and killed by a Frontier Airlines jet at Denver International Airport on Friday as a suicide.
• Alabama Governor Sets New Primary Elections for Four House Seats. Gov. Kay Ivey scheduled special House primaries for August after the Supreme Court cleared a path for Alabama to use a 2023 congressional map with one majority-Black district.
• He’s Accused of Murder in Texas. Now He’s Seeking Asylum in Italy. The case could test the limits of a decades-old extradition treaty, because Italy bars extradition in cases where a defendant could face the death penalty.
• Student Is Fatally Stabbed in University of Washington Housing Complex. Police officers responding to a call found the student dead in the laundry room of an off-campus residential building. Investigators are now searching for a suspect.
• Person Killed on Runway at Denver Airport Is Identified. The individual, a 41-year-old man, breached a fence at the airport on Friday minutes before being struck by a Frontier Airlines jet, officials said.
• Justice Department Charges Companies in Baltimore Bridge Collapse. The criminal charges are the latest legal fallout after the 2024 crash, which killed six men who were working on the Key Bridge.
• Can a ‘Street Taco’ Be Crunchy? A California Politician Is Finding Out. Steve Hilton, a Republican front-runner for governor, posted a video of his Del Taco order. Social media users accused him of misunderstanding the state’s Mexican food culture.
• Oregon Prepares for a Challenging Summer of Water Shortages and High Fire Risk. After a warm winter that brought more rain than snow, the state’s snowpack was the lowest it has ever been.
• Barney Frank, in Hospice, Has Advice for the Democrats. Mr. Frank speaks about the missteps of the Democratic Party and his hope for its future. “Frankly, if I weren’t dying, people wouldn’t be paying as much attention.”
• Texas Banned Rainbow Crosswalks. San Antonio Found a Workaround. After the state ordered the removal of rainbow crosswalks, San Antonio used colorful sidewalks to keep public pride symbols alive in the city.
• 20,000 Trucks a Day: Life Near a Booming Warehouse Hub. Every day, thousands of semi trucks roll in and out of the sprawling warehouse complexes outside Chicago, supporting the rise of next-day delivery. They pummel the roads, belch fumes and cause deadly crashes.
• Two Critically Injured After Gunman Fires ‘Erratically’ Into Traffic in Cambridge, Mass. As people fled their cars along the busy riverfront road, a state trooper and an armed civilian ran toward the gunman and exchanged fire with him.
• Maker of Canvas Learning Platform Strikes Deal for Hackers to Return Data. Instructure, which provides Canvas software to thousands of schools and universities around the world, did not say what it had given the hackers in exchange for the stolen data.
• California Mayor Will Plead Guilty to Working as Agent of China. Eileen Wang, who resigned Monday as the mayor of Arcadia, Calif., published propaganda on a purported news site under direction from Chinese officials, prosecutors said.
• Inside the Hantavirus Isolation Unit Where 15 Americans Wait. The National Quarantine Unit in Nebraska is now the temporary home for many of the Americans who had been passengers on the MV Hondius.
• Dua Lipa Sues Samsung Over Use of Her Image on TV Packaging. Dua Lipa sued Samsung for $15 million, accusing the South Korean electronics giant of using her image on TV packaging without her permission.
• Cost to Repair Reflecting Pool Increases to $13.1 Million. The cost to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is now over seven times more than what President Trump initially said, according to federal records.
• Read Virginia Officials’ Emergency Application to the Supreme Court. Democratic leaders in Virginia asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the state to use a congressional map drawn by Democrats and approved by voters that the state Supreme Court had struck down.
• Alabama Opens Its Own Investigation Into the Southern Poverty Law Center. The law center, based in Montgomery, has drawn the ire of conservatives in recent years. Last month, the Justice Department charged the group with financial crimes.
• Black People Won a Voice in This County. The Voting Case May Silence It. Black residents, who make up 25 percent of Fayette County, Tenn., won a new electoral map last year to change an all-white board of commissioners. They worry the Supreme Court’s ruling could threaten that.
• Officials Identify Mexican Woman Among 6 Found Dead in Laredo Train Car. Officials in Laredo, Texas, said at least one of the six people found inside the Union Pacific Railroad boxcar was from Mexico as investigators worked to identify the others.
• Body of U.S. Soldier Is Found Off the Coast of Morocco. First Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr., 27, of Richmond, Va., was said to be on a hike at a training range when he disappeared. A second service member is still missing.
• Americans Exposed to Hantavirus on Cruise Ship Arrive in United States. Seventeen Americans who were aboard the MV Hondius, a cruise ship with a deadly hantavirus outbreak, landed in Omaha on a U.S. government medical flight. The passengers will be monitored at the country’s only federally funded quarantine center.
• Kansas City, a Car Town, Spends Millions on World Cup Transit. Security and other expenses are piling up for host cities. In the smallest metro area staging games, the bill includes temporary bus systems in two states.
• They Were Promised New Septic Tanks. Trump Called It ‘Illegal DEI.’ The Justice Department ended a deal that had helped fund a solution to the sewage crisis in rural Alabama. “Almost like we are starting all over again,” one activist said.
• Cursive Club, Where Students Learn With a Flourish. Students are practicing cursive in clubs after school and in libraries after it was cut from the Common Core curriculum. Some states are reintroducing it into schools.
• American Passengers Exposed to Hantavirus Are Flying Back to the U.S. The passengers will be monitored in Omaha at the country’s only federally funded quarantine center.
• 6 Bodies Found in a Boxcar in Texas, Officials Say. The bodies were discovered in the city of Laredo. The circumstances of their deaths were not immediately known, the authorities said.
• Democratic Angst Could Lead California to Change Its Primary Rules. The prospect of Democrats getting shut out of the general election for governor has spurred an effort to eliminate the state’s “top-two” open primary approach.
• Trial in 2000 Bombing Case Is Delayed Weeks Before It Was Set to Finally Start. A Saudi prisoner is accused of orchestrating the bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 American sailors in 2000.
• Maps: Earthquakes Shake Southern California. View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
• With New Bishops, Pope Leo Starts to Put His Imprint on U.S. Church. His appointments have focused on pastoral care and reflect the changing composition of Catholic pews and priests.
• U.S. Marines Take a Crash Course in Drone Warfare. The New York Times visited the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit at Camp Lejeune as they underwent intensive training on first-person-view attack drones. These small, low-cost weapons systems have reshaped modern warfare in Ukraine and across the Middle East, and now the Pentagon is racing to catch up.
• Search for Kristin Smart’s Remains at a Home Ends Without a Recovery. A new lead brought investigators back to a property just south of San Luis Obispo, Calif., tied to the family of the man convicted of killing her 30 years ago.
• Hiker Killed by Bear in ‘Surprise Encounter’ at Glacier National Park, Officials Say. The man was found with injuries “consistent with those sustained by a bear encounter” three days after leaving for a hike, the National Park Service said.
• At Least 13 Injured in ‘Possible Boat Explosion’ in Florida, Officials Say. Those injured were taken to area hospitals, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said. Emergency crews responded Saturday near the Haulover Sandbar, north of Miami Beach.
• Frontier Jet Aborts Takeoff as Pilots Report Hitting Person on Denver Runway. The plane suffered an engine fire but was safely evacuated. Details were not available about the person the Frontier Airlines pilots said was hit.
• The New Harvard Trend? Getting Punched in the Face. Harvard’s boxing club is drawing new members. So are boxing clubs at other colleges, as students look for real-life connection.
• Jury Finds City of L.A. Not Liable in 2021 Police Shooting of Teen Girl. The death of Valentina Orellana-Peralta, a 14-year-old bystander, occurred at a store where the police were responding to reports of an assault.
• How Trump Is Prioritizing White People as Refugees. President Trump has upended the U.S. refugee program to prioritize mainly white Afrikaners. Our White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs reports he is now is now considering doubling the amount he allows into the country.
• Judge Rejects Defense Plea to Ban Cameras in Charlie Kirk Trial. The judge ruled on Friday that defense lawyers for Tyler Robinson had failed to prove that Utah law would support a blanket ban on news cameras.
• Proposed Rule by Postal Service Could Allow Handguns to Be Mailed. The proposal comes after the Justice Department said this year that a century-old law banning the practice was unconstitutional. Democratic leaders are calling it “unlawful.”
• Trump Plans to Fire F.D.A. Commissioner Marty Makary. Dr. Makary has been a supporter of the Make American Healthy Again Movement but made some enemies in the administration over vaping, the abortion pill and rejections of new drugs.
• In Kristin Smart Case, Soil Suggests Human Remains Once Present in Yard. A California sheriff said investigators were searching the backyard of a woman whose son was convicted of murdering Ms. Smart, who went missing in 1996.
• Democratic Candidates and Voters Challenge Tennessee’s New Map. A lawsuit, filed in federal court, argues that the new map is unconstitutional because it was approved too close to the August primaries.

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• G.O.P. Fatigue in Iowa Strains the Republican Primary for Governor. Five candidates are battling for the nomination in the June 2 primary. The winner will oppose Rob Sand, a Democrat, in the November election.

Politics

• A Republican’s Mysterious Absence Reflects Congress’s Silence on Health. Presidents are expected to tell the public basic health information, but members of the House and Senate often stay silent about medical conditions, even those that affect their ability to do their jobs.
• Bernie Sanders Backs Slate of Candidates in Bid to Cement Progressive Legacy. The five dozen endorsements mostly feature those seeking state or local office who have previously supported the Vermont senator.
• As Powell Steps Down, the Fed Confronts ‘Regime Change’ Jerome H. Powell is passing the chair’s baton to Kevin M. Warsh at the Federal Reserve, an institution that President Trump’s pick says needs an overhaul.
• Oysterman, Veteran, Prep-School Alum: A Senate Candidate’s Complex Class Story. Democrats are pinning their hopes of flipping the Senate on Graham Platner, who has made his working-class persona key to his campaign. His background defies easy categorization.
• Trump-Ordered Citizenship Lists for Voting Are Likely Unreliable, Justice Dept. Says. At a court hearing over a presidential order seeking to exert more control over elections, a government lawyer said no “responsible state” should rely on the lists to update their voter rolls.
• U.S. Border Patrol Chief Resigns in Latest Homeland Security Shake-Up. Michael Banks is the latest high-profile official to leave the Department of Homeland Security amid President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
• Top U.S. Commander Dismisses Reports of Civilian Deaths in Iran. Adm. Brad Cooper on Thursday dismissed reports of the U.S.’s role in civilian deaths in Iran. The commander said the U.S. military identified one potential incident involving a school, which Iranian officials said killed 175 people, most of them children. The New York Times has verified that 22 schools and 17 health care facilities were damaged in the war.
• Vance Blames Democrats as U.S. Halts Some Medicaid Payments, Claiming Fraud. Vice President JD Vance traveled to Maine for a speech, making a midterm election pitch that only Republicans could root out fraud in public benefits.
• Supreme Court Allows Abortion Pill Access by Mail to Continue. A federal appeals court ruling against the Food and Drug Administration would have restricted access by mail to mifepristone.
• Congress Has Rejected 10 Chances to Assert Its War Powers in Iran. The vote was the latest in a series of 10 similar measures across the House and Senate since the war began in late February, all of which aimed — and failed — to insist on a role for Congress in authorizing the conflict.
• House Again Blocks War Powers Vote to Halt Iran Conflict. But two vulnerable Republicans joined Democrats in the effort to force President Trump to win authorization from Congress, in the latest sign of G.O.P. jitters over the war.
• C.I.A. Director Travels to Cuba as U.S. Intensifies Pressure. John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, is the highest-ranking official in the Trump administration to visit the country.
• Justice Dept. Accuses Yale Medical School of Discriminating Against White and Asian Applicants. The finding was the second time in eight days that the Trump administration had targeted a major medical school over admissions policies.
• A Top U.S. Commander Dismisses Reports of Civilian Deaths in Iran. Adm. Brad Cooper’s testimony suggested that he believed that the U.S. military had been near perfect in avoiding civilian casualties.
• Should Every Party Be Allowed to Vote in a Primary? New research claims that bipartisan primaries have broad societal benefit, but opposition is growing, and Louisiana voters this weekend will participate in the state’s first closed primary since 1978.
• Green Card Holders Targeted for Deportation by New ‘Removal Apparatus’ The Department of Homeland Security recently formed a unit tasked with revetting thousands of immigrants with permanent residency.
• Appeals Court Appears Skeptical of Trump Orders Targeting Law Firms. A three-judge panel showed few signs of siding with the president on his efforts to compel law firms to work for the administration or face threats.
• Latino Groups Unite to Win Back Hispanic Voters for Democrats in Midterms. Four longtime Latino civil rights and political organizations are joining efforts to register voters and mobilize Hispanic Democrats in the wake of rising voting restrictions.
• Spies, Sanctions, Cyberattacks: China and the U.S. Clash Behind the Scenes. After months of avoiding confrontation, the Trump administration has taken recent steps to call out China on Iran, artificial intelligence and spying.
• A Republican U-Turn on Free Speech. The G.O.P. has long opposed government regulation of broadcasters. That has changed under Trump.
• White House Officials to Speak at Christian Prayer Festival. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are among the scheduled speakers at the event, part of festivities for the nation’s 250th birthday.
• U.S. Abruptly Cancels Deployment of 4,000 Troops to Poland. It was unclear why Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called off the deployment to Poland, which has close relations with the United States.
• Trump Cites Inaccurate Data to Downplay Economic Toll of Iran War. He has minimized soaring gas prices, rising inflation and the American economy’s need for the Strait of Hormuz.
• Why the Migrant Child Crisis Is Roiling the California Governor Race. The Times broke the story that has become a dominant line of attack against Xavier Becerra, the Democratic front-runner. Here are five things to know about it.
• Who Might Run for President in 2028? The (Very) Long List. The collection of names is admittedly speculative, and it’s likely to grow.
• Trump’s Entourage to China Has Numerous Industry Executives. President Trump brought more than a dozen executives of lead financial and tech companies on his trip to Beijing. Trump is expected to discuss the creation of a board of investment and a board of trade with China.
• Political Organizer Wins Democratic Primary in Key Nebraska House Race. Denise Powell prevailed in a close primary race for an Omaha-based seat, currently held by a retiring Republican, that could help determine control of the House.
• House Approves Year-Round Sale of Higher-Ethanol Gas. In a rare bipartisan vote, the House passed a bill allowing for the sale of an ethanol blend known as E15, over the objections of Republican hard-liners and some oil refiners.
• The China Gambit: From Nixon to Trump. President Trump’s visit to Beijing comes as relations with China have became more combative.
• New Mexico Diocese Tries to Block Government From Seizing Land for Border Wall. The diocese’s lawyers argued that the land, which is below a 29-foot-tall statue of Jesus Christ on a mountain peak, is a holy site protected under religious freedom.
• Trump Administration Will Withhold $1.3 Billion in Medicaid Payments to California. Vice President JD Vance said the state had not done enough to fight fraud in the public health insurance program.
• Miami Residents Sue Over Trump’s Plan to Make His Library a Hotel. The suit argues that the development on state-donated land would violate the Constitution’s domestic emoluments clause, which prohibits the president from accepting money or gifts from states.
• Homeland Security Dept. Escalates Its Dispute With Federal Judge. In a column, the top lawyer for D.H.S. claimed that the judge, Melissa DuBose, was engaging in an “intimidation campaign” by referring a government lawyer for a misconduct investigation.
• Is Trump Tuned Out to Americans’ Financial Worries? A Remark Suggests Yes. Asked if he was motivated by Americans’ financial woes to make a deal to end the war with Iran, he responded, “Not even a little bit.”
• Uyghurs Hope Trump Returns to First-Term Toughness at Summit. In 2021, the president declared China’s crackdown on Uyghurs a genocide. Now, it rarely surfaces.
• Gen. Caine’s Silence on Iran War Leaves Questions About Military Strategy. The president’s top military adviser is walking a tightrope as he leads the military through a divisive and unpopular war.
• Senate Confirms Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair. President Trump’s pick to replace Jerome H. Powell takes the helm at a highly uncertain moment for the economy and with heightened concern about the Federal Reserve’s ability to operate independently.
• Eric Trump, Who Runs the Family Business, Hops Along on the Plane to China. The president’s middle son is said to be joining his father in a “personal capacity” rather than to make business deals.
• Chinese Firms Plot Secret Arms Sales to Iran, U.S. Officials Say. The effort involves plans to send weapons through other countries in an effort to hide the origins of the shipments.
• Trump Says He Does Not Think About Economic Hardships Linked to Iran War. President Trump said on Tuesday that he did not think about the economic hardships Americans face from the war in Iran. Instead, he said that he was focused on preventing Iran from having a nuclear weapon.
• Trump Administration Pushes I.R.S. to Identify Undocumented Immigrants. The deliberations are a sign that the Trump administration may once again try to harness the power of the I.R.S. to advance its immigration agenda.
• For Trump, the Iran War Looms Over China Summit. The balance of power between the United States and China had shifted in Beijing’s favor even before the war in Iran began in February.
• Top Kennedy Spokesman Resigns in Protest of Move to Allow Flavored Vapes. In a letter to President Trump, the spokesman, Rich Danker, said allowing the sale of flavored e-cigarettes would enhance their appeal to children.
• Senate Again Rejects Bid to End Iran War, but G.O.P. Opposition Grows. Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska became the latest Republican to switch her vote to halt the conflict and require President Trump to win congressional approval to continue it.
• Trump and Xi: Beneath the Pomp and Niceties, a Geopolitical Rivalry. The relationship between the two leaders is marked just as much by mistrust and confrontation as it is by niceties.
• House Backers Reach Threshold to Force Vote on $1.3 Billion in Ukraine Aid. Representative Kevin Kiley, independent of California, became the 218th signature on a petition to force action on an aid bill to Ukraine. The vote could come as soon as the end of May.
• Musk, Rubio, Hegseth: Who is Traveling With Trump to China? President Trump arrived in Beijing, ahead of his meeting with President Xi Jinping of China. Among those accompanying Mr. Trump were top administration officials and business leaders.
• N.Y.U. Students Object to Speaker Who Calls Their Generation ‘Coddled’ Jonathan Haidt, a professor, says that colleges shield students from challenging ideas. But student leaders said he does not represent their values.
• Trump Arrives in Beijing to Begin High-Stakes Summit With Xi. President Trump was greeted by China’s vice president, Han Zheng, and other officials, as well as a military honor guard.
• Trump’s Shrinking Ambitions on China. The president came into office planning harsher trade moves on China than on the rest of the world. Here’s why he’s had to scale them back.
• Nvidia C.E.O. Hitches Ride With Trump to China After Last-Minute Invite. Jensen Huang boarded Air Force One in Alaska, joining a delegation of more than a dozen business leaders accompanying President Trump on his trip to Beijing.
• Democrat Wins Senate Primary in Nebraska, but Plans to Drop Out. Cindy Burbank has said she intends to exit the general-election race, clearing the field for Dan Osborn, an independent candidate, to face Senator Pete Ricketts, a Republican.
• Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ Missile Defense Plan Could Cost $1.2 Trillion. A report from the Congressional Budget Office said that space-based interceptors, which do not currently exist, would probably consume 60 percent of the total cost.
• In Heated Exchanges, Kash Patel Denies Lying and Excessive Drinking. The remarks, at a hearing ostensibly about the coming budget for law enforcement agencies, veered from sedate exchanges about operational matters to ugly personal confrontations.
• Heated Exchange Between F.B.I. Director and Senator During Hearing. Senator Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, questioned the director of the F.B.I., Kash Patel, about reports of excessive drinking and ordering polygraph tests for members of his team in a search for sources of leaks about him.
• Secret Service Makes Case for Security Funding Amid G.O.P. Unease on Ballroom. The presidential protection agency detailed how it would use a proposed $1 billion as Republicans asked for more detail and Democrats went on the attack.
• Pentagon Increases Iran War Cost Estimate to $29 billion. The Pentagon put the cost of the war in Iran at roughly $29 billion, during testimony by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at hearings on the Pentagon’s $1.5 trillion budget request. Mr. Hegseth repeatedly refused to tell lawmakers how much money he would request to fund the war.
• Trump Administration Expected to Tap Longtime ICE Official to Lead Agency. David Venturella’s expected appointment is in line with a push by Markwayne Mullin, the homeland security secretary, to keep his department under the radar and out of headlines.
• U.S. Intelligence Shows Iran Retains Substantial Missile Capabilities. Secret new assessments say Iran has operational access to 30 of its 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting that its military remains far stronger than President Trump has asserted.
• Trump Says Americans’ Economic Pain Is Not a Consideration for the Iran War. Asked whether Americans’ financial situation was motivating him to make a deal, President Trump said bluntly, “Not even a little bit.”
• See How Trump Is Renovating the Reflecting Pool. A rundown of the problems at the pool and what President Trump is trying to do to fix them.
• Distracted and Bogged Down, Trump and Xi Enter a Summit of Reduced Ambitions. The war in Iran has cast a shadow of uncertainty on both superpowers, dimming early hopes that they could begin to address the larger issues that have frayed their relationship.
• Reflecting Pool Repairs Appear Uneven and Behind Schedule, Officials Say. Work on the iconic National Mall basin appears behind schedule. President Trump initially said he had picked the contractor, then said he did not know it.
• F.D.A. Commissioner Marty Makary Resigns After Weeks of Pressure. The agency’s top food official will step in to the role after Dr. Makary privately said he opposed the administration decision to approve flavored vapes.
• Hegseth to Accompany Trump on Trip to China. Defense secretaries have previously traveled with presidents on overseas trips, to provide advice and represent the U.S. military.
• Mysterious Meddling in Democratic Primaries Has G.O.P. Fingerprints. A new super PAC with ties to Republicans is intervening in Democratic primaries, in one instance helping a sex therapist in Texas accused of antisemitism.
• Raffensperger Event Is Disrupted by ‘Active Threat,’ Bomb Squad on Site. The discovery of a suspicious object disrupted a campaign stop for Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state in Georgia, who is running for governor.
• Pentagon Puts War Cost at $29 Billion as Hegseth Deflects on Funding. The estimate from the Defense Department’s top budget official was $4 billion higher than two weeks ago. Secretary Pete Hegseth declined to say when the administration would request extra money for the Iran conflict.
• A Racist Remark About Jeffries Sets Off Democratic Anger in Virginia. Representative Jen Kiggans, a Republican in a tough re-election fight, faced criticism after she agreed with comments by a local radio host that included a racist line about Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic minority leader.
• China Sought Access to Anthropic’s Newest A.I. The Answer Was No. The latest artificial intelligence models from Anthropic and OpenAI are extending the United States’ lead over China and intensifying the rivalry between the countries.
• What to Watch in Tuesday’s Primaries in Nebraska and West Virginia. Democrats will choose a candidate in a House battleground in Nebraska, and an unusual Senate primary could decide the fate of Omaha’s “blue dot” vote.
• Judge Again Delays Guantánamo’s First Death-Penalty Terror Trial. The 2000 terrorism case has been going on for so long that the parents of fallen sailors and shipmates who survived the attack have died.
• Justice Dept. Subpoenas Wall Street Journal in Leak Investigation. Critics raised concerns over press freedom after The Journal disclosed receiving subpoenas related to an article on deliberations on the risks of military action in Iran.
• Supreme Court Clears Path for Alabama to Use New Voting Map. A majority of the justices sided with Alabama in a move that could speed up efforts to put in place a congressional district map that would eliminate a majority-Black district.
• Senate G.O.P. Stands by Security Money for Trump’s Ballroom. Democrats are trying to stoke public opposition to the project as they take aim at legislation to provide nearly $72 billion for the administration’s immigration crackdown.
• How Democratic Divisions Are Playing Out in New York. Establishment and left-wing leaders are clashing over House seats scattered across the city.
• Why Republicans Are Still Drawing House Maps, While Democrats Are Stuck. The G.O.P. has seized an edge on redistricting thanks to two court rulings, and it has more room to maneuver for extra seats before the midterms.
• Supreme Court Continues Access to Abortion Pill by Mail, for a Few Days. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. has paused until at least Thursday a federal appeals court ruling against the Food and Drug Administration that would restrict access by mail to mifepristone.
• Virginia Officials Ask Supreme Court to Restore Voting Map Drawn by Democrats. State officials asked the justices to overturn a Virginia Supreme Court decision that struck down a congressional map, a major defeat for Democrats.
• Trump Proposes Suspending Federal Gas Tax Until Prices Fall. Congress would have to agree to any suspension, and dropping federal taxes would not make up for the steep increase in prices since the war began.
• Chief Executives to Accompany Trump to China. The delegation includes business leaders across a wide range of industries, including Tim Cook of Apple and Elon Musk of Tesla.
• Man Charged With Assassination Attempt at Press Gala Pleads Not Guilty. Cole Tomas Allen faces four counts in what prosecutors say was a plot to kill President Trump and other top officials at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
• Reflecting Pool Repairs to Cost $13.1 Million. Trump Had Promised $1.8 Million. The Interior Department added $6.2 million to the no-bid contract for repairs to the Lincoln Memorial pool late last week.
• Google Says Criminal Hackers Used A.I. to Find a Major Software Flaw. The company said that it had identified, for the first time, hackers using artificial intelligence to discover an unknown bug. The attempted attack represents “a taste of what’s to come,” one expert said.
• Lawmakers Urge Trump to Move Ahead on Delayed Arms Sale to Taiwan. The Trump administration has held up the sale for months ahead of President Trump’s meeting this week with President Xi Jinping of China.
• Scientists Press Congress on Trump’s Dismissal of Funding Agency Board. The slowed pace of grants by the National Science Foundation, under attack from the White House, could put the United States at a disadvantage with China, the scientists warned.
• As Visa Policies Tighten, International Students Find Tougher Job Market. Students say they have been passed over for jobs and interviews because of visa restrictions. Some have a Plan B: leaving the United States.
• G.O.P. Plant? Democratic Ruse? Accusations Fly in Nebraska’s Senate Race. One Democrat is accused of being a Republican in disguise. Another plans to drop out to boost an independent. It’s primary eve in one of the country’s most unusual midterm contests.
• Trump and Netanyahu Say Iran War Is Not Over. The Trump administration said last week that the war had run its course, but the U.S. president and Israel’s prime minister in interviews on Sunday did not rule out renewed combat.
• Why Nebraska’s ‘Blue Dot’ Is Roiling a Democratic House Primary. A speck of blue on an otherwise red area in some presidential elections, the dot is now dividing candidates in a key midterm contest.
• Iran Responds to Latest U.S. Proposal to End War, but Offers Few Details. The two countries have been discussing a 30-day extension to the cease-fire and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
• Energy Secretary Floats Pause in Federal Gas Tax. The tax is a little over 18 cents a gallon for gasoline. With the average national price above $4.50, the measure will provide little relief.
• Energy secretary floats pause in federal gas tax.
• A Private Call Reveals Democrats’ Desperation Over Tossing of Map. A conversation involving House members from Virginia and the top House Democrat reflected the fury and desperation that has gripped the party after Friday’s ruling in the state.
• ‘No Seat for Me’: Virginia Democrats Are Forced to Play Musical Chairs. A court ruling that struck down an election map swiftly ended some Democratic House candidacies and pushed others into much tougher races.
• Vance or Rubio? Trump Muses on Successor as the ‘Kids’ Fill Bigger Roles. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are boosting their profiles, generating speculation about who’s lining up for the 2028 presidential nomination.
• What to Do About the White House Correspondents Dinner? A gunman’s attack at the April dinner has spurred more debate than usual about one of Washington’s most dissected rituals.
• One Big Headache for Politicians These Days: a Messy Digital Footprint. As a new generation of chronically online oversharers runs for office, many find themselves tripped up by past statements. Their response? Delete, distance, disavow.
• The G.O.P. Rush To Break Up Majority-Black Districts. Republican-controlled legislatures in the South are breaking up majority-Black congressional districts in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling. Our national politics reporter Nick Corasaniti describes what it means for the midterms.
• 10 Days That Shook the House Map and Democratic Confidence. Republicans are charging ahead in the nation’s redistricting race, and showing new bullishness after months of growing midterm fears.
• Redistricting Ruling Adds to Virginia Governor’s Headaches. Gov. Abigail Spanberger had initially been skeptical of the push for new maps, but as the state’s leading Democrat she had a political stake in its fate.
• How Minority Districts Fueled the G.O.P.’s Southern Ascendancy in Congress. The “majority-minority” House districts struck down by the Supreme Court last week sent a surge of Black and Hispanic lawmakers to Congress. They also opened opportunities for the G.O.P.
• Two Court Decisions Have Unleashed an Era of Perpetual Redistricting. Four states are considering drawing new maps in the coming weeks. Another dozen or more could join the fray next year.
• He Offered a Lawmaker’s Aide Quick Cash. Was He Spying for China? A staff member on the House China Committee was promised $10,000 for U.S. policy insights, on issues like Venezuela and rare-earth minerals.
• U.S. Conducts Third Boat Strike in 5 Days, Killing 2 and Leaving a Survivor. Of the 57 attacks in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific against boats accused of drug trafficking, there have rarely been survivors.
• Alabama Asks Supreme Court to Allow it to Use New Voting Map. State officials urged the justices to allow them to jettison Alabama’s congressional district map, citing the Supreme Court’s recent decision that dealt a blow to the Voting Rights Act.
• Lawmakers May Continue to Inspect ICE Detention Centers, Appeals Court Rules. A federal appeals court declined, for now, to halt an order requiring D.H.S. to permit unannounced visits to immigration detention centers by Democrats in Congress.
• Facing Pressure, Trump Officials Reject Claims They’re Softening on Immigration. Immigration hard-liners have grown frustrated with the level of deportations and the Department of Homeland Security’s attempts, under its new secretary, to stay under the radar.
• What Our Reporter Saw in Iowa During Vance’s Splashy, 2028-Coded Trip. The vice president dropped into the state to stump for a vulnerable House Republican and, maybe, lay a little groundwork for a potential presidential run.
• U.F.O. Files Released by U.S. Shed Light on What the Government Knows. The Pentagon on Friday released online what it called “new, never-before-seen” files, dating back decades, related to unidentified flying objects.
• The No-Bid Contract That Is Turning Washington’s Reflecting Pool Blue. President Trump handpicked a firm he said had worked on his swimming pool to repair the iconic site near the Lincoln Memorial.
• 4 Takeaways From the Virginia Supreme Court Gerrymandering Decision. The ruling was a major lift to the G.O.P. efforts to build a structural advantage through redistricting.
• Trump Administration Targets 12 Immigrants to Revoke Citizenship. The targeted Americans are accused of fraud or other misdeeds that can qualify them to lose citizenship, but denaturalization has rarely been invoked in the past.
• In Huge Blow to Democrats, Virginia Court Strikes Down House Map. The decision is a major victory for Republicans, wiping away a measure approved by voters to allow Democrats to gain as many as four House seats in the midterms.
• Pentagon Releases Files on U.F.O.s. The initial files are murky images that show what could be anything. The government said more would be released on a rolling basis.
• Gerrymandering Pits G.O.P. House Members Against Each Other in California. Forced to fight for political survival because of redistricting, Ken Calvert and Young Kim, both Republicans, are accusing each other of being insufficiently MAGA.

World

• Glitz and Boycotts at Eurovision. The song contest has camp, glitter and pyrotechnics. And, this year, protests over Israel’s participation.
• Trump in Beijing. The president will get the red carpet treatment, but the deep rift between the U.S. and China will be very hard to repair.
• Map: 4.3-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Iran. View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
• A Shift in Ukraine. The Russian military’s progress has slowed to a crawl and Vladimir Putin appears to be under increasing pressure.
• Shady Shipping. The murkiness in the Strait of Hormuz reveals a darker side of global shipping: Some vessels don’t want to be found.
• Where Are the Passengers of the MV Hondius Now? Nearly two dozen countries were moving to repatriate their citizens who were aboard the cruise ship where three passengers died in a hantavirus outbreak.
• A One-Party India. A recent victory in a key state has put Narendra Modi at the helm of a country in which opponents hold almost no power.
• Russian State TV Shows Smaller Military Parade Amid Fears of Ukrainian Strike. President Vladimir Putin of Russia marked Victory Day in a scaled-down military event in Red Square, in Moscow, on Saturday.
• Before Hantavirus Outbreak, This Cruise Attracted ‘a Different Type of Traveler’ Former passengers on the MV Hondius say that the ship was made for wildlife expeditions and that the crew took safety very seriously.

Africa

• U.S. Migrants Deported to Congo: ‘Where on Earth Is This Place?’ They were shackled and sent to Kinshasa by the Trump administration. Now they face a dangerous choice: Go back to Latin America or stay in Africa.
• Judge Orders U.S. to Return Colombian Woman Deported to Congo. The unusual ruling came after the judge found that the Trump administration had most likely violated the law by deporting the 55-year-old woman to the African country despite its refusal to take her.
• Drones Are Leading Cause of Civilian Deaths in Sudan War, U.N. Says. The U.N. documented 880 deaths from strikes carried out by Sudan’s military or its paramilitary enemy, the Rapid Support Forces, between January and April.
• Amnesty Accuses Nigerian Military of Bombing Another Market. The rights group said more than 100 people were killed in airstrikes on Sunday that appeared to be the latest in a series of similar attacks.
• Macron Makes a Bid for New Partners in Africa. The French president visited Kenya this week for a summit designed to build stronger ties with Anglophone African countries.
• U.S. Army Recovers Body of Soldier Who Went Missing During Military Exercises in Morocco. The remains of First Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr. were found in Morocco after he and another soldier went missing while on a hike at a training range. The search continued for the other missing service member.
• Passengers on Ship Struck by Hantavirus to Disembark on Sunday. The cruise ship will arrive on the island of Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands of Spain, officials said. All of the passengers will then be evacuated to their home countries.
• Training For a Marathon in Kenya. Our reporter John Eligon runs in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya to experience why it’s the mecca of distance running in the world.

Americas

• How a Drug Cartel Made a Mexican State Its Tool. Cartel insiders say that in exchange for bribes and political support they were allowed to operate in Sinaloa state with near total freedom.
• Cuba Says It Has Run Out of Oil. A long-running energy crisis in the island nation reached a breaking point this week, when government officials said they had run out of reserves.
• Argentina Races to Find Origin of Hantavirus Contagion. The scientific investigation into the origin of cruise infection has become entangled with international finger pointing.
• Her Two Sons Disappeared. Her Search Made Her the Voice of Mexican Mothers. One of the most prominent activists for Mexico’s disappeared recently found the remains of one missing son. Now she has turned her attention to finding the other.
• More U.S. Spy Planes and Drones Are Surveilling Cuba. As President Trump threatens to act against Cuba, experts are debating whether the flights, which the United States is not taking pains to hide, are just intimidation or foreshadow military force.
• U.S. and Mexican Officials Deny C.I.A. Had Lethal Role in Mexico Operation. The denials came after a CNN report claimed the C.I.A. had been involved in the assassination of a cartel member inside Mexico earlier this year.
• Dominican Republic Agrees to Take Third-Country Migrants Deported by U.S. The agreement, which reverses President Luis Abinader’s previous stance, is part of President Trump’s efforts to find governments willing to accept deportees.
• Colombians Are Fighting Over the Fate of Escobar’s Hippos. Colombia is facing pushback over its plan to cull wild hippos, which are descendants of the drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s personal pets. The hippos, which are native to Africa, have threatened local wildlife and human populations.
• The Fight to Euthanize Pablo Escobar’s Hippos in Colombia. Colombia is planning to cull a population of wild hippos, the offspring of the drug lord’s pets, dividing a town where hippos are the main draw.
• U.S.-China Rivalry Reaches South American Skies. The U.S. has pressed Argentina and Chile to review two Chinese telescope projects in the Andean deserts. Astronomers are worried about setbacks to research.
• Trump Celebrated Victory in Venezuela. Will That Bring Its People Back? Dire conditions in Venezuela prompted an exodus. In the wake of the attack that ousted its top leader, the question is whether things have changed enough to make a return appealing.
• Is This Telescope a Threat to U.S. Security? Our reporter Emma Bubola visits the foothills of the Argentine Andes to find out why a giant Chinese-sponsored telescope is sitting dismembered.
• Norovirus Outbreak Sickens 115 on Cruise Ship. More than 100 passengers and 13 crew members on the Caribbean Princess reported being ill, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• Four Men Found Guilty of Haiti President’s Assassination. President Jovenel Moïse, 53, was gunned down in his bedroom in July 2021. His killing unleashed a yearslong spiral of gang violence and mayhem in Haiti.

Asia Pacific

• What to Know About Day 2 of Trump and Xi’s Beijing Summit. President Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, emphasized stability but announced no major breakthroughs on points of contention like trade, Taiwan and the war in Iran.
• Sanctioned by China, Rubio Enjoys a Trip to Beijing. There has been rampant speculation online about whether the Chinese government changed the transliteration of Marco Rubio’s name to overlook sanctions. But that theory is wrong.
• Trump-Xi Summit Ends With No Major Breakthroughs. China’s leader, Xi Jinping, gave President Trump a tour of secretive Beijing compound toward the end of their two-day summit.
• Nvidia’s Future in China Remains Unclear After Trump-Xi Summit. The standoff comes as Chinese firms increasingly turn to domestic chipmakers like Huawei, in a drive to reduce China’s dependence on Western technologies.
• Trump Announces Boeing Jet Order From China. Beijing Stays Silent. The deal, if it materializes, would be a major win for Boeing, which has lost ground to Airbus in one of the world’s largest aviation markets.
• U.S. and China Will Start Discussing A.I. Safety, Bessent Says. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent did not say when these talks would happen. There are fears in the United States and China about the threats from A.I., but neither side is willing to slow down its development.
• The Secretive Center of Power Where Trump Met Xi. China’s leader, Xi Jinping, was meeting with President Trump on Friday at Zhongnanhai, a heavily guarded Beijing compound where top Chinese officials live and work.
• China Starting to Fulfill ‘Promises,’ U.S. Trade Representative Says. As President Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, meet, the United States said China has promised to expand its purchases of farm goods and airplanes.
• Here’s the latest.
• Trump’s and Xi’s Body Language at the Summit Mirrored Their Styles. Although at odds over issues like trade and Taiwan, the U.S. and Chinese leaders met in Beijing with a show of friendly gestures.
• Trump Was Flattering, Xi Was Resolute. The Difference Spoke Volumes. In contrast to his rhetoric about China at home, President Trump spoke in conciliatory terms with Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader.
• Deadly Storms Devastate Northern India. Officials said at least 111 people were killed and dozens more injured after severe storms hit the state of Uttar Pradesh.
• Xi Warned of the ‘Thucydides Trap.’ What Is It? China’s leader reached for Greek history to warn the United States of what can happen when a rising power meets an incumbent one.
• Who Attended the U.S.-China State Banquet in Beijing? Guests included top U.S. and Chinese officials and the chief executives of several major American companies.
• Over 100 People Killed in India as Storms Wreak Destruction. The deaths were scattered across a swath of India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, where many homes were destroyed.
• Where Are the Women at the Trump-Xi Summit? Nearly all the business leaders and officials accompanying President Trump in China are men. There are few women on the Chinese side, too.
• ‘Quite Brutal,’ ‘Not Friendly’: What People in China Say of Trump. Residents in four Chinese cities described a mixture of amusement and anger, blaming U.S. tensions for a slowing economy and rising fuel prices.
• Trump Invites Xi to White House During State Dinner in Beijing. President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China emphasized cooperation in their remarks after walking into the Great Hall of the People side by side.
• China’s State Dinner for Trump Includes Beef Ribs, Roast Duck and Tiramisu. A mixture of Chinese and international dishes were on the menu as Beijing’s chefs sought to appeal to President Trump’s tastes.
• What to Know About Day 1 of Trump and Xi’s Meeting. President Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, exchanged pleasantries and also tackled areas of contention like Taiwan and trade.
• Flags, Flattery and a Blunt Warning on Trump’s First Day in China. During the first round of two days of talks, Xi Jinping issued a stern warning about Taiwan while Trump touted all the top business leaders in his delegation.
• A Closer Look at Who’s in the U.S. Delegation to China. Some of Mr. Trump’s most influential cabinet members and the C.E.O.s of some of America’s biggest corporations accompanied him on his visit to Beijing.
• Chinese Media Cast Trump’s Visit as a Sign of Beijing’s Rising Stature. Chinese state media is depicting the summit as an opportunity for the United States to accept that the “right way” for the two powers to engage is as equals.
• Inside the Secret Mission to Fly Taiwan’s President to Africa. From satellite phone check-ins to a borrowed royal plane, new details show how Taiwan’s leader’s team outwitted China and pulled off an audacious journey to southern Africa.
• Trump and Xi Discuss the Need to Open the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Says. Earlier, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview that China should take a more active role in resolving a standoff over the strait.
• Duterte Ally Flees After Chaos at Philippine Senate. Senator Ronald dela Rosa, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague, had been holed up in the building when shots rang out.
• Elon Musk Returns to Trump’s Side in Beijing. Mr. Musk is part of a delegation of business leaders to China, where his interests include Tesla’s electric vehicle factory and solar panels.
• China Restores Beef Trade With U.S. as Goodwill Gesture for Trump Visit. Beijing approved export licenses for hundreds of American slaughterhouses to resume beef shipments, ending a 15-month ban.
• Trump and Xi Meet as Summit Begins. President Trump shook hands with President Xi Jinping of China at the start of a two-day summit in Beijing on Thursday. They are expected to discuss trade, Iran and Taiwan.
• Xi referenced ‘great changes unseen in a century.’ Here’s what that means.
• Xi Lays Out Blunt Warning For Trump Over Taiwan. China’s leader, Xi Jinping said relations between the two countries could enter an “extremely dangerous place” if Mr. Trump ignored China’s demands over Taiwan.
• The Ancient Beijing Temple at the Center of Trump’s Visit. The Temple of Heaven and Great Hall of the People embody distinct parts of China’s history, which Xi Jinping has sought to underscore while hosting state visits.
• Trump’s 2017 visit to Beijing offers clues for this year’s summit.
• President Trump Goes to China. His talks with Xi Jinping in Beijing could decide whether the United States and China maintain their uneasy truce on trade.
• A Watchful Beijing Tightens Security for Trump’s Visit. Historic sites and roads have been closed in the Chinese capital for President Trump’s state visit, resulting in severe traffic and disappointed tourists.
• Here’s Why Taiwan Is Watching What Trump Says in Beijing. There are few issues in diplomacy more complicated than the status of the self-governing island, which China claims as its own. It is almost certain to come up when President Trump meets China’s leader.
• Trump Says He Will Raise Jimmy Lai’s Case to Xi, as Lawmakers Press for His Release. Mr. Trump has shown less appetite for wading into human rights issues than past U.S. presidents at summits with Beijing, but said he would raise the case of the imprisoned pro-democracy media mogul.
• As Their Leaders Meet, American and Chinese People Are Drifting Apart. Past meetings between the presidents of the U.S. and China have involved friendly displays of cultural exchange. Those gestures have largely dried up.
• Why Xi Doesn’t Need a Deal With Trump. President Xi Jinping of China is buying time for Beijing and may see an opening with a U.S. president weakened by the war in Iran.
• Chaos Erupts Inside Philippine Senate After Apparent Gunshots. Chaos erupted inside the Philippine Senate building on Wednesday after the sound of gunshots were heard. The scene unfolded after Senator Ronald dela Rosa, a top ally of former president Rodrigo Duterte, said the police were coming to arrest him.
• What China’s Choice of Airport Greeter Says About Trump. Beijing welcomed President Trump with a high-ranking vice president, but the choice of a ceremonial leader suggests China is trading symbolism for substance.
• President Trump Arrives in China for Summit With Xi Jinping. President Trump landed in Beijing ahead of a high-stakes, two-day summit with China’s top leader, Xi Jinping. Trade and the war with Iran were expected to be high on the agenda when the two meet.
• Chaos in Philippines Senate as Duterte Ally Faces Arrest. The sound of gunshots, apparently from inside the chamber, was broadcast on live television as a senator in the Philippines, who was an ally of the former leader Rodrigo Duterte, faced arrest.
• A Tech Tycoon’s Prosecution Raises Fears of Authoritarian Overreach. Nadiem Makarim founded a popular app before joining Indonesia’s government. Now he could face 18 years in prison, targeted in what critics call a dubious anticorruption campaign.
• Mixed Feelings in Beijing Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit. People in Beijing shared their views on the relationship between the United States and China as the city prepared for President Trump’s state visit.
• Will Trump and Xi Try to Slow the A.I. Arms Race? The leaders of both countries are expected to discuss the risks from artificial intelligence, but neither country is willing to be the first to slow down.
• The Lecturer and Philosopher King: Xi Jinping Behind Closed Doors. Encounters with other world leaders reveal a side of China’s leader that the public rarely sees, and offer clues to how he will approach President Trump in Beijing.
• Government Agents Chase Philippine Senator in Parliament. CCTV footage captured federal agents chasing Sen. Ronald ‘Bato’ dela Rosa of the Philippines, who enforced a war on drugs that killed thousands, throughout the nation’s parliament on Monday. He is under the Senate’s protection while facing an I.C.C. arrest warrant.
• The Iran War Is Taking the Color Out of Japan’s Best-Known Snack Bags. The food giant Calbee said shortages of naphtha, a crude-oil derivative used in inks, were forcing it to switch to black-and-white packaging for its salty products.
• Trump Previews Issues He Plans to Raise With Xi. President Trump said he expected to speak to the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, about a range of issues at a summit in Beijing, from the war in Iran to Jimmy Lai, an imprisoned Hong Kong media mogul.
• Philippine Senator Outruns Government Agents in Dramatic Chase. Video shows Senator Ronald dela Rosa, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court over Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war, dashing into the Philippine Senate.
• Xi Poised to Press Trump on Arms Sales to Taiwan. Beijing has called Taiwan the “core of China’s core interests.” Xi Jinping is likely to focus on getting President Trump to slow approval of more weapons for the self-governing island.
• The Altar Boy Who Refused to Hush Up. Michal Gatchalian dared to speak out against sexual abuse by a priest in the devoutly Catholic Philippines. He’s now a lawyer helping other victims.
• Buy Less Gold and Skip Foreign Trips, Modi Urges Indians. Under pressure from the economic fallout of the war in Iran and politically emboldened, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asks Indians to sacrifice.
• Sara Duterte, Philippine Vice President, Is Impeached, Again. But the prosecution of Ms. Duterte, who has become the archrival to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., is likely to fail again in the Senate.
• Why Some in Taiwan Are Training for War. A group of civilians in Taiwan are stepping up defense training amid rising tensions with China. Beijing’s claim to the island is expected to be discussed by China’s leader, Xi Jinping, and President Trump this week.
• What Middle Powers Fear About the Trump-Xi Summit. Asian nations worry that the president might trade security commitments for better economic terms with China during his planned meeting with Xi Jinping this week.
• Thailand’s Thaksin Shinawatra Is Out of Prison. What Will He Do Now? Mr. Thaksin has long been a foil to Thailand’s conservative establishment. He still holds significant influence, with his political party a member of the governing coalition.
• Cheers and Tears at Thailand’s Military Draft Lottery. Every April, young men in Thailand draw a card from a jar that determines whether they will serve two years in the military or go home free. The nation’s top court will decide on Tuesday if the conscription lottery continues.
• Red Card or Black Card? The Conscription Lottery in Thailand. The draft, which is mandatory for men, is a deeply divisive issue in the country. But volunteer enlistments have soared amid a surge in nationalism and a sluggish economy.
• Why Antiwar Protesters are Rallying in Japan. Demonstrators are opposed to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s efforts to build up military power and move the country away from its pacifist identity.
• Punch, the Lonely Monkey, Is Growing Up. He’s Still a Star. The macaque, now 9 months old, has been attracting tens of thousands of visitors to a small Japanese zoo. He ignores the attention.
• The World’s 2 Most Powerful Men Are Set to Meet Again. Here’s What to Know. The war in Iran, trade, artificial intelligence and Taiwan are expected to be on the agenda. But expectations are modest.
• How China’s Leader Lost Faith in His Generals. Xi Jinping spent 13 years building a military to rival that of the United States. But the stronger the Chinese forces grew, the less he trusted the generals he had handpicked to run them.
• 3 Hikers Dead After Indonesian Volcano Eruption. Three hikers were killed after a volcano in Indonesia erupted, officials said. The authorities said hikers had been banned from climbing Mount Dukono since last month.

Australia

• Spat On, Egged, Threatened: Australian Jews Testify on Experiences of Antisemitism. As part of a public inquiry into the massacre at Bondi Beach, dozens have described being targeted for their Jewish identity in their daily lives.
• As Trump Tower Deal in Australia Falls Apart, a Blame Game Begins. The property developer says the war in Iran and Trump’s “unpopularity” contributed to the collapse of a plan for a 91-story building on the Gold Coast.
• Far-Right Populist Party in Australia Wins Race Seen as Key Test. One Nation, an anti-immigration party with Trumpian policies that has risen in popularity, won a seat in Parliament’s lower house for the first time.

Canada

• Canada and Alberta Agree to Raise Carbon Prices as Pipeline Tradeoff. But the agreement is the latest softening of carbon reduction measures introduced by Prime Minister Mark Carney since he took office last year.
• Black Bear Fatally Mauls Uranium Contractor in Northern Canada. The attack, at a remote uranium mining site in northern Saskatchewan, was only the fourth fatal black bear encounter in the province’s recorded history, officials said.
• Alberta Petition to Break Away From Canada Is Dealt a Court Blow. A judge sided with an Indigenous group that had asked for a petition by separatists to force a vote on the oil-rich province seceding from Canada to be thrown out.
• Quebec Novelist Shines a Harsh Spotlight on Migration, and on Trump’s America. Thélyson Orélien, a Haitian-born, previously unknown writer, submitted an unsolicited manuscript. Its rights were sold in 23 countries before publication.
• Canada and the European Union Are in Love. Where Can It Lead? A rapid trip with the prime minister to Armenia highlighted the new era of amity between Canada and the European Union. We examine what that can and can’t do for Canadians.
• There Are Ants in This Canadian Hospital. Again. A hospital in Manitoba had to postpone a “limited number of elective surgeries” after ants appeared there for the third time since 2024.

Europe

• Delivering Mail on Ukraine’s Front Line. Larysa Navrotska risks her life to deliver mail, retirement checks and medicine to remote Ukrainian communities under the constant threat of Russian drones from the nearby front line. Her service has become even more crucial than it was before the war.
• Enter the Killer Robots: The Ukrainian Forging the Future of Warfare. Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s 35-year-old defense minister, sees futuristic military technology as crucial to his country’s survival.
• Leader of Reform U.K. Says £5 Million Gift Was ‘Reward’ for Brexit. Nigel Farage, the leader of the populist right-wing party, had previously said the money was for personal security.
• What to Know About Wes Streeting, Who Has Resigned as British Health Secretary. Mr. Streeting, a confident communicator from the right of the Labour Party, comes from a working-class background and said he was influenced by his Tory grandfather.
• Former U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Cleared of Wrongdoing Over Tax Payment. Angela Rayner, who resigned last year after paying the wrong rate of tax on an apartment purchase, said an investigation found she had not done so deliberately.
• Wes Streeting Resigns and Calls for Leadership Contest to Replace Starmer. The British health secretary stepped down on Thursday and issued an excoriating statement on the government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
• Russia Launches Heavy Drone and Missile Attack on Ukraine’s Capital. A Russian attack on Kyiv killed several people and wounded dozens, the city’s mayor said. President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia recently said that he believed the war with Ukraine was “coming to a close.”
• Russia Pummels Kyiv After Putin Hints That War Could End Soon. At least four people were killed and dozens were wounded in a drone and missile strike, the latest in a series of attacks since a three-day truce expired on Monday.
• Police in France Warn Public to Stay Away From Drunk Deer. The police in rural France issued a warning to drivers to be on the lookout for deer “drunk” on fermented fruit, which can cause them to behave unpredictably.
• Nigel Farage, Leader of Reform U.K., Faces Investigation for £5 Million Gift. The Conservative Party referred the case against Mr. Farage, the leader of a right-wing populist party in Britain, to a parliamentary watchdog.
• Beware of Drunk Deer, French Police Say, Announcing Season of Inebriation. Some wild animals, eating fermented or rotten fruits, “may exhibit completely unpredictable behavior,” the police warned drivers in Saône-et-Loire, a rural region in central-eastern France.
• Princess Catherine Makes First Official International Trip Since Cancer Diagnosis. Catherine, Princess of Wales, traveled on Wednesday to Reggio Emilia, Italy, in her first official trip abroad since revealing her cancer diagnosis.
• Israel Qualifies for Eurovision Final Amid Protests. Israel qualified for the Eurovision final after receiving enough votes from national juries and the public at Tuesday’s semifinal. The country’s participation in the contest has been protested because of its military operation in Gaza.
• France Bars 1,700 Cruise Passengers From Leaving Ship After Dozens Get Sick. Around 50 people so far have symptoms “consistent with an acute gastrointestinal infection” on the Ambassador Cruise Line ship Ambition.
• French Hantavirus Patient Is Critically Ill as Outbreak Reaches 11 Cases. The woman, who was a passenger on the MV Hondius, was breathing with the help of an artificial lung, officials in Paris said.
• King’s Speech Comes at an Awkward Time for Starmer. King Charles III read out Keir Starmer’s legislative agenda in the traditional manner, even as the British prime minister’s leadership remained under pressure.
• The Uncomfortable Parallels Between Starmer and Biden. In Britain, some argue that Prime Minister Keir Starmer, by rejecting calls to step aside, risks repeating the mistakes of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
• Russia-Ukraine War Shows Cease-Fires Have Lost Meaning Under Trump. Temporary truces have become a tool of performative diplomacy, an end in themselves rather than a prelude to a lasting settlement, analysts say.
• Are These the Bones of the Fourth Musketeer? This Dutch Village Hopes So. Wolder, near the Belgian border, is waiting to see if the skeleton it dug up in a church is Count d’Artagnan, from Alexandre Dumas’s tale.
• Britain Has Had 5 Leaders in a Decade. Is It About to Get Another? The promise of Keir Starmer’s Labour Party in 2024 was renewed stability — but that now appears to be under threat.
• Princess of Wales to Make First Official Trip Abroad Since Cancer Diagnosis. Catherine will visit Reggio Emilia, an Italian city celebrated for its approach to early childhood education.
• Europe Tries a Trumpian Tactic With Trump: No Apologies. Stuck with the fallout from America’s war in Iran, European leaders have criticized the president publicly. When he’s been angered, they haven’t backed down.
• Why the British Prime Minister Remains in Deep Trouble. Prime Minister Keir Starmer seemed to have won a temporary reprieve on Tuesday after daring his rivals to challenge him, but the underlying problems with his leadership remain.
• Starmer has struggled with the economy, the Mandelson scandal and other issues.
• Keir Starmer, British Prime Minister, Refuses to Resign. The prime minister of Britain, Keir Starmer, vowed to continue governing at a high-stakes cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Calls have grown for for him to resign since heavy Labour Party losses in local elections last week.
• Labour’s deep losses in local elections reflect a shift in the public mood.
• Britain’s Starmer Faces Calls to Resign. What Options Does He Have? Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to continue in office on Tuesday morning. It’s one of several possible paths for the embattled leader after heavy losses in local elections.
• Who Might Challenge Starmer in a Leadership Contest? Health Secretary Wes Streeting, Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham and former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner are among possible contenders.
• The War in Iran Is Another Blow to Russia’s Credibility. Or Is It? Despite its long slog in Ukraine and the loss of former allies like Syria, Russia is benefiting from costly energy, a clever narrative and America’s own failure to achieve a quick victory.
• Russia Keeps Attacking U.S. Firms in Ukraine. The White House Is Silent. Facilities tied to Coca-Cola, Cargill, Mondelez and others appear to have been deliberately hit. The Trump administration’s muted response has raised concerns.
• Is France’s Centrist Leader Trying to Weatherproof It From the Far Right? President Emmanuel Macron has appointed a string of allies who will remain in critical state positions after next year’s presidential election, and who could thwart a far-right successor.
• Zelensky’s Former Top Aide Formally Accused in Corruption Investigation. Ukrainian news outlets named the suspect as Andriy Yermak, who resigned last year amid a sweeping scandal.
• Putin Said the War ‘Is Coming to a Close.’ but That’s Not All He Said. The Russian leader is walking a tightrope: acknowledging public discontent while offering no indication that he might give up on his demands.
• Cruise Ship Hit by Hantavirus Outbreak Sails for European Mainland. The last evacuees disembarked in the Canary Islands, and a smaller crew is now en route to Rotterdam, where the ship will be disinfected, officials said.
• European Union Hits Israeli Settlers With Sanctions. Israel criticized the European Union’s announcement that it will apply sanctions to Israeli settlers over violence against Palestinians.
• Starmer Promises Urgent Change as He Battles to Save Premiership. Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain used a speech to attempt to quell a mutiny in the Labour Party after last week’s dire election results.
• Fed Up, Zelensky Takes Gloves Off With the Trump Administration. With peace talks on ice and Ukraine now more self-reliant, President Volodymyr Zelensky seems to be stepping away from the United States.
• How to Win Eurovision With Just a Few Hundred Voters. Exclusive voting data shows that, despite Eurovision’s assurances, an Israeli campaign could easily have influenced last year’s contest.
• How Israel Turned Eurovision’s Stage Into a Soft Power Tool. Israel’s efforts to influence Eurovision’s vote were broader and started years earlier than previously known.
• Passengers and Crew Are Evacuated From Ship at Center of Hantavirus Outbreak. Passengers and crew from a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak were evacuated on Sunday after the vessel anchored off Spain’s Canary Islands.
• Starmer Greets Calls to Resign With a Simple Answer. No. But if his opponents mount a challenge, how would it unfold?
• British Paratroopers Deliver Aid to Remote Islands With Possible Hantavirus Case. The British military took critical medical supplies to Tristan da Cunha, a tiny British archipelago where authorities have identified a suspected hantavirus case.
• Putin’s Forces Are Barely Inching Along on the Battlefield. The Russian military has yet to solve a fundamental problem: how to make big advances in eastern Ukraine when drones are everywhere.
• Cruise Ship Linked to Hantavirus Outbreak Arrives in Canary Islands. The MV Hondius, the cruise ship that had carried passengers infected with hantavirus, anchored off the Spanish territory, where other passengers would soon disembark.
• The Man Who Cuts the Perfect Slice of Ham. Spaniards line up at weddings, tennis tournaments and galas to eat ham prepared by Ernesto Soriano, one of the world’s best slicers of jamón ibérico.
• Passengers on Hantavirus Cruise Ship to Disembark Sunday. The port of Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands is preparing for passengers to disembark from the cruise ship at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak Sunday morning, Spanish officials said.
• Britain’s Electorate Is ‘Splintering.’ Can Its System Stand the Strain? Insurgent parties like Reform U.K. surged at the polls this week. But the British electoral system wasn’t built for multiparty democracy.
• The Man Who Broke Labour’s Dominance in Wales. Rhun ap Iorwerth, a former journalist, led his party to the most seats in the Welsh Parliament, ousting the Labour Party, which had long held sway, and beating Reform U.K.
• Russia Has Lost More Than 350,000 Soldiers, New Estimate Finds. The number raises the prospect that about half a million soldiers in total have died on the Russian and Ukrainian sides.
• Peter Magyar Prepares to Take Over as Hungary’s Leader From Viktor Orban. The former opposition leader, who won a landslide election, now faces the formidable job of dismantling what his predecessor called an “illiberal democracy.”
• A Less Muscular Victory Day Parade Shows Putin’s Growing Vulnerability. The event, shrunken because of security fears, adds to a sense that Moscow and other cities can no longer be insulated from the war.
• As Hungary Gets a New Leader, the ‘Trauma’ Sinks In for Orban Loyalists. Peter Magyar, the incoming prime minister, has promised to push out “puppets of the old regime.” Many are jumping first.
• Mette Frederiksen Fails to Form Governing Coalition in Denmark. King Frederik X has appointed a right-leaning politician to try to form the next government.
• David Attenborough Celebrates His 100th Birthday. The filmmaker David Attenborough, who turned 100-years-old on Friday, has spent decades documenting and advocating for the natural world.
• Starmer Takes Responsibility for Big Losses in U.K. Election Results. Britain’s Labour Party had lost close to 1,100 municipal council seats across England by Friday evening, while the right-wing populist Reform U.K. had gained close to 1,200.
• Mysterious American Man Makes Mysterious Proposal in Greenland. The police in Greenland are investigating the case of a lone man from Las Vegas who goes by Cliff. Locals said he had offered money to Greenlanders to join the United States.
• Four Takeaways From the U.K. Elections. Results from municipal and regional elections signaled major gains for the right-wing populist Reform U.K. and steep losses for Labour.
• In one borough on London’s outer reaches, Conservatives stave off Reform U.K.
• Britain Has Entered a New Era of Multiparty Politics. It’s Messy. A voting system created when two parties dominated is being tested by the rise of newer competitors.
• Scotland’s Pro-Independence Party has Benefited From Labour’s Struggles. The unpopularity of Keir Starmer’s party since he became Britain’s prime minister has helped boost the Scottish National Party.
• If Starmer is badly weakened, who could challenge him for Britain’s top job?
• Even in Labour-Loyal Wales, Voters Are Looking to Other Parties. Opinion polls before the election suggested that the right-wing anti-immigration Reform U.K. party and the center-left Plaid Cymru would battle for the top spot in Wales.
• The Green Party gained ground in some of Labour’s London strongholds.
• Two Men Are Convicted of Spying for China in Britain. The men were arrested in 2024, accused of surveilling dissidents from Hong Kong in Britain. The case sent a chill through pro-democracy protesters who have fled the territory.
• Starmer Takes Responsibility for Big Losses in Early U.K. Election Results. Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain said he took responsibility for large Labour Party losses as local election results trickled in early Friday. The right-wing populist Reform U.K. party looked set for big gains.
• What’s at Stake in the U.K. Local Elections. The voting in England, Scotland and Wales is the biggest electoral test for Keir Starmer since he became prime minister in 2024.

Middle East

• How Iran’s Energy Exports Are Still Headed Toward China. The U.S. blockade has intercepted dozens of vessels since mid-April. But a small number of ships with Iranian cargo are still sailing.
• Aging Palestinian Leader Boosting His Son’s Political Rise, Officials Say. Mahmoud Abbas’s years in power have been dogged by accusations of corruption. Many Palestinians yearn for fresh leadership.
• As Trump Meets Xi, Iran Lets Chinese Ships Through Strait of Hormuz. Iranian news agencies said some Chinese ships were being allowed through the strait, following diplomatic outreach to Iran from Beijing.
• Saudi Arabia and U.A.E. Carried Out Secret Attacks in Iran, U.S. Officials Say. The Gulf Arab states have been grappling with how to deter Iran after the war made clear the limits of American security guarantees.
• Israel Says Netanyahu Made a Secret Trip to U.A.E., Which Says He Didn’t. The claim and the denial signaled both how close Israel and the United Arab Emirates have become, and how delicate that relationship remains.
• Top Gaza Negotiator Urges Hamas to Embrace Rebuilding Plan. Nickolay Mladenov, who is overseeing the U.S.-led truce in Gaza, has tried to convince the militant group to give up its arms, but it has so far refused amid Israeli cease-fire violations.
• With Trump in China, Mideast War Simmers Without End in Sight. Before leaving Washington on Tuesday, the president reiterated threats to decimate Iran if it doesn’t agree to a deal to resolve the conflict.
• Gulf Countries Arrest Shiite ‘Traitors’ Amid War With Iran. Dozens of Gulf citizens have been accused of belonging to Iran-linked terrorism cells as the war accelerates a shift toward deeper authoritarianism in the region.
• Battle Over the Strait of Hormuz Leaves Safe Passage a Gamble. Vessels are traveling without transmitting critical information meant to keep the waters safe, maritime intelligence experts say.
• Israeli Report Examines Sexual Violence During and After Hamas-Led Attack. A two-year investigation by a team of researchers in Israel concluded that sexual violence by Hamas and its allies was widespread during and after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack.
• Earthquake Shakes Tehran, a City With Already Frayed Nerves. Iranian media said a moderate quake had shaken the capital around midnight local time.
• U.S. Might Restart Striking Iran, Trump and Hegseth Warn. With talks at an impasse, both sides are holding to positions their opponents call unacceptable, while the economic pain caused by the Strait of Hormuz blockade continues to grow.
• Kuwait Accuses Iran of Trying to Infiltrate Its Territory. Kuwait’s interior ministry said a group of armed Iranians arrived at Bubiyan Island in the Persian Gulf on May 1 aboard a rented fishing boat and exchanged fire with Kuwaiti soldiers.
• Former Hostage Calls on All of Israel’s Government to Resign. Rom Braslavski, who said he had endured starvation, torture and sexual abuse during two-year captivity, demanded that members “take responsibility and get out of our lives.”
• Trump Calls Iran’s Counterproposal a ‘Piece of Garbage’ President Trump told reporters the Iran cease-fire was “on life support” on Monday after he rejected Iran’s counterproposal for a peace deal this weekend.
• Nations Brace for Long-Term Economic Woes as Trump Calls Iran Truce Plan ‘Garbage’ President Trump said the fragile cease-fire was on “life support,” and India’s leader urged residents to cut back on purchases and travel.
• Israel Prepares to Prosecute First Suspects in Oct. 7 Attack Led by Hamas. Parliament passed a new law that paves the way for military trials for hundreds of Palestinians suspected of taking part in the 2023 attack that ignited the two-year war in Gaza.
• Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner Is Transferred to Tehran Hospital. Narges Mohammadi, a prominent human rights activist who has spent much of her adult life in and out of prison, will undergo treatment in Tehran after collapsing earlier this month, a foundation run by her family said.
• Iran defends its demands after Trump’s rejection.
• Hundreds Mourn Eight Members of Lebanese Family Killed in Israeli Strike. At least eight members of a Lebanese family were killed by an Israeli strike on Saturday. The family was displaced and among those killed was a 6-month-old infant, relatives said.
• Lebanese Mourn Eight Members of One Family Killed in Israeli Strike. Israel has escalated attacks on Lebanon since Thursday, further unraveling a truce in its war with Hezbollah. Among those killed on Saturday was a 6-month-old infant, relatives said.
• Mass Layoffs in Iran as Businesses Buckle Under Wartime Pressures. Iran was already struggling economically before 2026 brought widespread instability. A government-imposed internet shutdown has crippled an entire sector.
• Strait of Hormuz Remains Effectively Blocked After Naval Skirmishes. The U.S. Navy’s blockade continued to intercept ships trying to leave or enter Iranian ports, while fear of Iranian attacks kept other ships from attempting passage through the narrows.
• Deadly Israeli Strikes Erode Cease-Fire in Lebanon. Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has shown little sign of abating, with Hezbollah also continuing to attack Israeli troops, and both sides accusing the other of violating a U.S.-brokered truce.
• Long Overlooked, Caspian Sea Provides Strategic Trade Route for Iran. The landlocked body of water has taken on new significance, with Russia shipping military and commercial goods to bolster Tehran’s ability to withstand the U.S. assault.
• Iranian Propaganda vs. U.S. Talking Points: How We Determined the Real Damage to U.S. Military Bases. Amid the barrage of messages and misinformation swirling online and on Capitol Hill, about what damage U.S. military sites incurred during the conflict with Iran, a Times analysis of satellite imagery shows 18 sites in seven countries were hit.

New York

• Questions Arise About Jack Schlossberg’s Readiness for Congress. Mr. Schlossberg, a Kennedy heir and a first-time candidate seeking to represent a Manhattan district, is running a chaotic campaign and churning through aides.
• A Top Connecticut Republican, Accused of Fraud, Ends Her Bid for Governor. Erin Stewart was facing intense scrutiny over her use of a city credit card when she was mayor of New Britain, Conn.
• N.Y.U. Class of 2026 Graduates After Studying Through Turbulent Years. The graduates from New York University witnessed protests and the Trump administration’s crackdown on higher education.
• Neo-Nazi Leader Who Plotted to Poison Children Is Sentenced to 15 Years. Michail Chkhikvishvili, 22, was the leader of Maniac Murder Cult, an extremist group that encouraged people to commit acts of hate and violence, prosecutors said.
• The Mystery of a Congressman’s Absence Deepens. Representative Thomas Kean Jr. last voted in Washington on March 5, citing a medical issue. An appearance planned for late May has been canceled.
• N.Y. Takes Two-Step Approach to Tax on Multimillion-Dollar Second Homes. The tax will initially apply to units with a “market value” of at least $1 million. That metric often underestimates a home’s actual worth.
• U.S. Set to Drop Charges Against Indian Billionaire Accused of Fraud. The decision came after a meeting in which a lawyer for the billionaire, Gautam Adani, made an unusual offer, according to people familiar with the matter.
• Flag With Swastikas and Star of David Flown at N.Y.U., Police Say. The flag appeared on a university building in the heart of Greenwich Village during a graduation week event, and resembled the purple N.Y.U. banners flying on campus.
• Brooklyn Prepares for an Uncomfortably Warm Half Marathon. With a forecast for near 80 degrees on race day, organizers of the Brooklyn Half urged runners to stay hydrated and to pace themselves.
• Inside Jack Schlossberg’s Chaotic Campaign to Revive Camelot. Erratic behavior and staff turnover have colored Mr. Schlossberg’s bid for a House seat in New York, raising questions about his readiness for office.
• What Could One Banana Cost? $10? Maybe for You, Some Fear. Grocery stores can use shoppers’ personal data to charge different customers different prices. Lawmakers in New York are considering a ban.
• In a City of Big Dreams, Many Young Adults See a Cloudy Future. A bleak job market. Rising rents. Huge debt. In New York and other cities, traditional milestones of adulthood feel further away for some 20- and 30-year-olds.
• It’s a Hard Time to be a Young Adult. We Want to Hear From You. I’m a Times reporter writing about young people in the New York City area. Whether you’re a young adult, or work with them, your insights can help.
• Man Pleads Guilty to Ramming Car Into Chabad Headquarters. The man, Dan Sohail, admitted on Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court to pounding his car repeatedly into the building at the Chabad-Lubavitch Orthodox complex.
• Giuliani Returns to Broadcasting After Illness: ‘I Feel 100 Percent’ Rudolph W. Giuliani, the 81-year-old former New York City mayor, was in critical condition with pneumonia in a Florida hospital earlier this month.
• Man Convicted of Running Illegal Police Station Tied to China’s Government. Prosecutors say that Lu Jianwang opened a hub in Manhattan’s Chinatown to monitor outspoken critics of the Chinese Communist Party.
• A Long Island Rail Road Strike May Be Near. Here’s What to Know. America’s busiest passenger rail service will shut down on Saturday if workers and transit officials cannot agree on a new contract.
• Former Brooklyn Judge Arrested in Real Estate Fraud Case. The former judge, Edward Harold King, and a Brooklyn real estate investor are accused of defrauding investors of millions of dollars in a deal in New Jersey.
• Will Airbnb Gain Ground in New York? The home-sharing company has largely been shut out in the city, but it is fighting back and trying to get Black homeowners on its side.
• Affordable N.Y.C. Homes Stay Empty for Months. That May Soon Change. With affordable housing in extremely high demand, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration is announcing plans to reduce red tape and get people into those apartments faster.
• A Bronx Neighborhood Loses Its ‘Monarch’ to Arson. The police charged a 45-year-old man with three counts of homicide and one count of arson in a bodega fire that spread upstairs and killed a beloved resident.
• Mamdani’s Opponents Raise More Than $1 Million to Fight His Agenda. The new group, which will be led by Jim Walden, a lawyer who ran for mayor last year, will run attack ads and be prepared to sue the Mamdani administration.
• Harvey Weinstein Faces Another Jury. The Manhattan jury is the third one to consider whether Mr. Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood producer, raped an aspiring actress more than a decade ago.
• Tossed Cigarette Sparked Deadly Manhattan Fire, Prosecutors Say. Victor Arias, 29, was charged with starting a blaze that killed three people after prosecutors said he tossed a cigarette into a pile of cardboard boxes in the lobby of his apartment building.
• How Mamdani and Hochul Are Solving New York City’s Budget Crisis. A generous influx of state resources from Gov. Kathy Hochul and a new tax on luxury second homes will help Mayor Zohran Mamdani balance a $125 billion budget.
• N.Y.C. Hospital Is Subpoenaed Over Trans Youth Health Care. The action, initiated by the U.S. attorney’s office in North Texas, could set up a showdown between NYU Langone and the Justice Department.
• Where Was Nurul Amin Shah Alam? A refugee with little sight and no English, he had been jailed for a year, intercepted by federal agents and delivered to a merciless Buffalo winter.
• Getting New York’s Piers Ready for the ‘Semiquin’ on July 4. The city expects 45 tall ships from 20 nations for the 250th anniversary celebration. Where will they dock?
• Deadly Gang Feud Left Bystander Paralyzed in Brooklyn. The police said 15 people were indicted after a series of shootings across Brooklyn that were linked to gang disputes. At least six people were injured and another was fatally shot.
• A Text System Sent Safety Alerts to Private Schools. Now, It’s Silent. New York City’s emergency management agency, which ran the alert network, said it needed to free up personnel to help translate messages for the World Cup.
• Bezos Family Gives $100 Million for Preschool Education in New York. Free child care is one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s top goals. Now the Bezos Foundation is giving Robin Hood, a favorite philanthropy of wealthy New Yorkers, big money for early childhood education.
• 1-Year-Old Boy Killed in Bronx Fire. Two other children, 6-year-old twins, were critically injured in the fire at an apartment building in the Fordham neighborhood, the police said.
• Already Facing a Challenge, a Republican Is Accused of Self-Dealing. Several entities tied to Representative Mike Lawler, New York’s most endangered House Republican, paid a political consulting firm he once owned, raising ethics concerns.
• He Created the Odeon. And Now He’s a Prizewinning Author. Keith McNally won the Gotham Book Prize for his memoir, “I Regret Almost Everything.” It tells the story of his life in New York.
• How a Writer and Literary Agent Lives on $48,000 in Riverdale. As an expert bargain hunter, Lori Perkins negotiates with landlords and gambles on cruises. She even has an offer for you.
• Need to Hire an Architect or Designer? Try Dumbo. A Brooklyn neighborhood with waterfront views and pricey apartments has become New York City’s latest design hub, with more than 160 architecture and design firms.
• Airbnb Turns to Black Leaders in Its Bid to Make a Comeback in New York. The multibillion-dollar corporation is partnering with influential Black pastors as it seeks to regain a foothold in the city’s short-term rental market.
• ‘She Studied Us for a Moment With Theatrical Longing’ Sharing a secret at a Williamsburg wine bar, a brilliant full moon and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
• Beware of Wolves, but Straw Houses Could Help With Climate Change. Near Hudson, N.Y., a Princeton University team erected a cottage made from the agricultural byproduct, which they said is more sustainable than bricks or concrete.
• Giuliani Once Helped a Predecessor Get Health Care. As the former mayor seeks help from the World Trade Center Health Program, an episode where he helped his predecessor John V. Lindsay carries resonance.
• Can the Country’s ‘Dirtiest Hotel’ Get a Clean Slate? For decades, the Hotel Carter in Times Square was the site of squalor and crime. Now rundown and empty, its future is tied up in litigation but some hope for a rebirth.
• Bartenders at a Cocktail Mecca Propose a New Concoction: a Micro-Union. The bartenders at Attaboy, a Lower East Side joint considered one of the best cocktail bars in the world, voted to form a union.
• How a Not-So-Nice Doctor on ‘The Pitt’ Taps Into Her Softer Side. Isa Briones, who plays Dr. Trinity Santos, is also starring in “Just in Time” on Broadway. She’s still getting used to all the love from her fans.
• Man Dies in Subway Attack; Mamdani Orders Inquiry Into Suspect’s Release From Bellevue. A 76-year-old man died after he was pushed down subway stairs, and the police arrested a suspect who had been discharged from the public hospital’s psychiatric unit hours earlier.
• For A Third Time, Elderly Man Is Convicted of a Grisly Murder. A Brooklyn jury found Harvey Marcelin guilty of the 2022 murder of a woman. He’d been convicted twice before for killing women, starting in the 1960s.
• Mahmoud Khalil Hurtles Toward Potential Deportation as U.S. Speeds Case. A key judicial decision in Mr. Khalil’s immigration case was expedited significantly and included the recusal of multiple judges.
• Teen Charged in Fatal Stabbing That Police Say Was Inspired by TikTok. The police said the teenager, Jayden Sanchez, was motivated by a social media trend to attack Leonides Baez, who had been sleeping on the street.
• Rail tickets to New Jersey World Cup matches will be $105, not $150. But fans traveling roundtrip between New York City and
• Compare the Purported Epstein Suicide Note to His Writings. The New York Times has not authenticated the note. But some of its phrases are similar or identical to ones Jeffrey Epstein used in emails and another handwritten letter.

Business

• Elon Musk’s Awkward Selfie Moment With a Chinese Billionaire in Beijing. A few seconds of selfie awkwardness between Elon Musk and Lei Jun, a prominent Chinese entrepreneur, has spread like wildfire on China’s social media.
• A Guide to Medicare’s New Coverage for Obesity Drugs. What you should know about the federal government’s pilot program offering GLP-1s solely for weight loss.
• It’s Not Just U.S. Stocks. A.I. and Oil Are Moving Global Markets, Too. Intel, along with Taiwan and South Korea, are the latest winners, our columnist says. True diversification is hard to find.
• Consumers Spent More in April Despite High Gas Prices. Retail sales rose 0.5 percent despite higher prices for gas, food and other goods. But there are signs consumers are under some strain.
• Trump Might Welcome Chinese Investment, but America Is Wary. A pledge for more Chinese investment could face backlash given longstanding national security concerns in the United States.
• In Qatar, Energy Sector Damage Is Severe, and the Way Back Will Be Long. Iranian strikes and a blockade have paralyzed Qatar’s gas engine, creating a technical bottleneck likely to stall exports for years.
• Oil Prices Rise as Trump Meets China’s Xi. The president is expected to urge the Chinese leader to help ease tensions in the Middle East by helping to persuade Iran to end the war.
• Honda Posts First Ever Annual Loss After Pullback From E.V.s. Honda posted its first loss since 1957 as it took a multibillion-dollar hit from scaling back its electric-vehicle plans.
• Mamdani Urges New York State to Block Western Union Deal. New York City’s mayor said the company’s proposed acquisition of Intermex could make it costlier for immigrants to send money abroad.
• An Uncertain World Awaits the Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Fatih Birol of the International Energy Agency, who orchestrated a multinational release of oil reserves, detailed the risks facing the economy now and beyond.
• Fuel Prices Drive Sales of E.V.s, Just Not in the U.S. Electric vehicle sales have soared in Europe and much of the rest of the world, but Americans are still hesitant.
• Wholesale Prices Jumped in April, in Latest Sign of War’s Economic Ripples. The Producer Price Index rose in April at its fastest pace in four years, government data showed, a day after consumer prices showed inflation was surging.
• How China Could Wield Its Control of Rare Earths Against Trump. A central question hanging over the summit this week is whether China will agree to extend a temporary postponement of even tougher rare-earth export controls.
• Trump’s Trade War With China: How We Got to a Stalemate In 3 Numbers. As President Trump prepares to meet with Xi Jinping, a trade war that once threatened to freeze commerce between the two countries has given way to an uneasy truce.
• Justice Dept. Officials Consider Settling Trump Suit Against I.R.S. One of the settlement terms under review is for the I.R.S. to drop any audits of the president, his family members and businesses.
• EBay, the Old-School E-Commerce Site, Finds Its Place in Modern Retail. The online marketplace has remade itself by focusing on collectibles and other high-end goods — and attracted an unwelcome takeover bid from GameStop.
• What the Bond Markets Are Saying About Britain’s Politics and Economy. The yields on British debt pushed higher as the country’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, confronted a rebellion from members of his party.
• Tomato Prices Soar as War, Tariffs and Weather Affect a Popular Crop. Tomato prices surged nearly 40 percent in April, the Consumer Price Index showed.
• EBay Rejects GameStop’s $55 Billion Takeover Bid. The online marketplace called the cash-and-stock proposal “neither credible nor attractive.”
• Oil Prices Rise on U.S.-Iran Standoff. President Trump has declared the American cease-fire with Iran is on “life support,” and investors are taking a cautious approach as the lack of progress in peace talks weighs on the markets.
• Steel Tariffs Are Harming Tin Can Makers and Lifting Food Prices. The cost to put food in cans remains high because manufacturers must still import steel from overseas. U.S. Steel plans to reopen a tin-plate factory.
• Streaming, Toilet Paper, Underwear: Subscription Fatigue Is Setting In. As companies look to build cash flow and loyalty, everything from heated car seats to earthworm deliveries can become a recurring charge on your credit card.
• China Seeks A.I. Independence, Weakening Trump’s Leverage. Before this week’s U.S.-Chinese summit, Beijing reached a milestone in its quest for technological self-sufficiency.
• China Increasingly Views Trump’s America as an Empire in Decline. For decades, many Chinese viewed the United States with a mix of admiration, envy and resentment. President Trump’s volatile second term shattered that image.
• Rising Housing Costs Keep First-Time Buyers on the Sidelines. The effects of the war in Iran have raised mortgage rates and lowered consumer confidence, making it even harder for house hunters.
• How the U.S. Is Trying to Ensure the Dollar’s Dominance During Economic Turmoil. As the government has been devising plans to keep the dollar dominant, China has been making its own moves to increase global influence of the renminbi.
• Britain Will Nationalize Its Last Major Steel Mill, Prime Minister Says. Keir Starmer, with thousands of jobs at stake, vowed to take full control of British Steel, a year after the government first intervened to keep its operations going.
• As Trump Heads to Beijing, China Is ‘Locked and Loaded’ for a Fight. Beijing is signaling that it is ready for a trade showdown, and it is building up a legal arsenal in preparation.
• Retailers Are Making Expensive Bets That Shoppers Still Want to Go to Stores. Walmart, Target and Dollar General are among those investing in remodeling thousands of existing stores, even as shoppers take their dollars online.
• Oil Prices Rise as Prospects for U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Fizzle. Oil prices rose and stock futures ticked down as investors reacted after the two sides failed to agree on a U.S.-Iran peace deal.
• Consumers Lean on a ‘Hamster Wheel’ of Credit to Manage Rising Costs. As prices increase for gas, groceries and other staples, more and more households are borrowing to get by.
• Why Some People Are Allergic to ‘Peanut Butter Raises’ The beloved spread has become a metaphor for things that are less than delicious.
• Sales Are Up. Celebrities Are In. Is Gap Officially Back? Richard Dickson has drawn inspiration from the clothing retailer’s early days as he tries to regain its cultural cachet.
• For Struggling JetBlue, Spirit’s Demise May Offer an Opportunity. JetBlue Airways is adding flights at Spirit Airlines’ former home airport as it tries to turn a profit again.
• Taiwan’s Plastic Habit Collides With Shortages Caused by a Faraway War. Taiwan, one of the world’s biggest plastic users, is facing supply disruptions caused by the war in Iran. The crunch is already trickling down into everyday life.
• Retirees Expect Their Home to Be a Financial Safety Net. They Shouldn’t. Older homeowners often don’t see the value of, or can’t afford to, maintain and renovate their homes of many years. And that can mean thousands lost when they sell.
• China’s Exports and Imports Set Records in April Amid High Energy Costs. The country’s exports surged and its trade surplus with the United States widened ahead of President Trump’s scheduled visit next week to Beijing.
• U.S. Targets Iran’s Missile and Drone Program With Sanctions. The new measures are focused on Chinese companies that supply Iran’s military with materials to make drones.
• Lawsuit Accuses Lucky Strike of Building a Bowling Monopoly. The suit, filed by bowlers from several states, accuses Lucky Strike Entertainment of driving up prices and diminishing customers’ experiences across the country.
• Justice Dept. Settles Case Against Provider of Meat Industry Data. Under the agreement, Agri Stats would pay a fine and broaden whom it sold its pricing data to. The department said the move would help reduce food costs.
• How Prepared Are We for A.I. Layoffs? Our chief economics correspondent, Ben Casselman, describes how A.I.-related layoffs are testing the resilience of the government’s safety net programs.
• Trump’s Latest Tariff Setback Looms Over China Talks. For the president, a major legal defeat could undercut his leverage as he prepares to head to Beijing next week for high-stakes trade negotiations.
• Iran Says It Seized Oil Tanker Listed by U.S. as Sanctions Violator. A maritime tracking company said the move was likely performative, given the Chinese-owned ship has an “established history within the Iranian trade ecosystem.”

DealBook

• The C.E.O.s for Spencer Pratt. The former reality-TV star has shaken up the Los Angeles mayoral race, gaining support from deep-pocketed donors like the financier Daniel S. Loeb.
• Why a Warsh-Led Fed May Keep Interest Rates Steady. Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s pick to run the Federal Reserve, would face a growing inflation challenge if he’s confirmed.
• How Much Power Did Microsoft Have Over OpenAI? The technology giant’s chief executive faced a grilling in court over whether it exerted too much control over what was meant to be an A.I. nonprofit.
• Private Equity’s New Tax Fight. Estimates by researchers at Yale found that closing the carried interest loophole could lead to billions more in tax revenues than previously estimated.
• All Those A.I. Note Takers? They’re Making Lawyers Very Nervous. A trendy productivity hack, A.I. note takers are capturing every joke and offhand comment in many meetings. They could also potentially waive attorney-client privilege.
• ‘Terminator’ Fears and Internal Dysfunction: Inside the OpenAI Trial. Elon Musk’s court battle against OpenAI has laid bare tensions between the start-up's leaders and raised questions about the billionaire’s motivations.

Economy

• Trump Touts ‘Fantastic Trade Deals’ With China, but Details Are Scarce. The president left Beijing following a summit with China, during which the two countries sought to stabilize their economic and political relations.
• What to Watch at the High-Stakes U.S.-China Summit. Here’s what to know about the biggest sources of tension in U.S.-China relations before the first summit in Beijing in nine years between the nations’ leaders.
• What the New Head of the Federal Reserve Will Inherit. The incoming chair of the Fed will need to navigate a delicate economic moment, a president who wants to lower rates and an increasingly divisive leadership committee.
• Why the Bombing of Iran Tied the U.S. More Closely to China. As the U.S. tries to rebuild its weapons stockpiles drained in the Iran war, it will need access to rare-earth minerals, an industry China dominates.
• Tariff Refunds Begin to Reach Businesses as Trump Lashes Out at Court. The government must return about $160 billion, plus interest, collected from duties deemed illegal and potentially more if it loses a related tariff case.
• What to know about the report.
• Inflation Accelerates After Weeks of War in Iran. The Consumer Price Index rose 3.8% in April from a year earlier as higher energy costs replaced tariffs as the driver of higher prices for Americans.
• For Trump, Court Loss Is Latest Twist in Ever-Shifting Tariffs. The president has reworked his tariffs repeatedly — sometimes because they have been declared illegal — with more updates still to come.
• What to know about the report.

Energy & Environment

• A Start-Up Aiming to Make Geothermal Energy Mainstream Goes Public. Fervo Energy, which uses drilling techniques from the oil and gas industry to produce power from the earth’s heat, raised $1.9 billion in an initial public offering.
• What You Need to Know About the Federal Gas Tax. President Trump said he would like to suspend the 18.4-cent-a-gallon tax, but it’s a move that may save drivers only a few dollars a month.

Media

• Conservative Influencers Tap a Nonprofit to Pay for Their Security. A charity is raising money to provide security, arguing that protecting some of right-wing media’s biggest stars is a public good.
• Can Microdramas Save Hollywood? Low-budget, vertical and short, microdramas have exploded into a billion-dollar U.S. market, and are becoming a lifeline for Hollywood’s creative force. We take a behind-the-scenes look on set and at the industry’s first red carpet award show.
• Conan O’Brien Will Return as Oscars Host. It will be the first time anyone has done the job for three straight years since Billy Crystal in the early 1990s.
• YouTube Plays Matchmaker for Sponsors and Stars. The company is trying to help streaming influencers, who are increasingly being wooed by competitors like Netflix and TikTok.
• Byron Allen Is Buying a Controlling Stake in BuzzFeed. Jonah Peretti, BuzzFeed’s co-founder 20 years ago, will step down as chief executive and serve as its president of A.I.
• Wordle to Become Prime-Time TV Show, With Savannah Guthrie as Host. The word puzzle published by The New York Times is the inspiration for a game show that will begin airing next year. Jimmy Fallon is a producer.
• How ‘The View’ Landed at the Center of a Free Speech Battle. The Trump administration’s focus on the show is testament to the enduring influence of an old-fashioned broadcast TV program started 29 years ago.
• ABC Accuses Government of Violating First Amendment. The network’s argument, made to the F.C.C., is the most aggressive posture taken yet by a television network toward the Trump administration.

Your Money

• With Just One Word, Brandeis Is Trying to Change College Shopping. A new tool on the university’s website tells you what the first year “will” cost if you get in.
• You May Be Owed a Tax Refund From the Covid Era. A court ruling found that the I.R.S. shouldn’t have charged penalties and interest during the pandemic. But the government may appeal the decision.

Technology

• OpenAI Considers Legal Action Against Apple in Strained Relationship. The A.I. company, which is in the middle of a court fight with Elon Musk, has been unhappy with how Apple has integrated ChatGPT into its devices.
• A Stolen Charity or Sour Grapes? Musk’s OpenAI Suit Is in Jury’s Hands. Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI made their closing arguments in the blockbuster federal trial on Thursday. Nine jurors are set to begin deliberations next week.
• What the jury must weigh to decide the case.
• Microsoft’s C.E.O. testified about the company’s OpenAI investments.
• Why A.I. Safety Controls Are Not Very Effective. Three years after the debut of ChatGPT, fooling A.I. systems into bad behavior is almost trivial.
• A.I. Chip Maker Soars 89% in Market Debut, as Tech I.P.O.s Ramp Up. Cerebras, a Silicon Valley maker of artificial intelligence chips, began trading on the stock market on Thursday, as SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic also take steps to go public.
• Elon Musk’s lawyer asked Sam Altman on the stand: Are you trustworthy?
• Elon Musk and Friends in the Den of Oakland’s Literary Lion. Ishmael Reed, provocateur and playwright, has a few words for the billionaires of Silicon Valley.
• Crypto Industry Is Pushing a Bill to Tilt Regulation in Its Favor. After a series of political victories under President Trump, firms are lobbying Congress for a sweeping framework they helped shape.
• Perfect Timing, Big Payouts: Insider Trading Red Flags Emerge on Polymarket. Dozens of long-shot bets on Polymarket, from the war with Iran to the cryptocurrency market, have defied the odds, according to a New York Times examination.
• Silicon Valley’s A.I. Lobbying Reaches a Fever Pitch. OpenAI and Anthropic are opening offices in Washington, hiring lobbyists and spending more than ever to win over federal lawmakers.
• Notable Researchers Join $4 Billion Effort to Build Self-Improving A.I. Recursive Superintelligence, founded by former Google, Meta and OpenAI researchers, is part of a growing effort to automate the creation of artificial intelligence.
• Andreessen Horowitz Is Spending on Politics Like No Other. “If you think there’s a lot of money in politics now,” Marc Andreessen said in 2000, “you haven’t seen anything yet.” His firm is now the biggest known spender on this campaign cycle.
• Anduril Raises $5 Billion, as Push to Modernize the Military Accelerates. The start-up, which makes A.I.-backed weapons, was valued at $61 billion in the financing round, double what it was a year ago.
• Anthropic in Talks to Raise Funding at a $950 Billion Valuation. The start-up, which recently released a powerful A.I. model called Mythos and is separately battling with the Pentagon, was previously valued at $380 billion.
• Musk Lawyer’s Question for Sam Altman on the Stand: Are You Trustworthy? Mr. Altman, the C.E.O. of OpenAI, said on Tuesday that he worried Elon Musk wanted control of the A.I. lab.
• Sam Altman has been targeted in a backlash against A.I.
• This is Sam Altman’s first time testifying in court. The chief executive
• Is Anthropic’s New A.I. Really That Scary? It Depends Whom You Ask. Anthropic said that Claude Mythos was too dangerous to release to the public. That claim has reopened an old debate over cybersecurity.
• A.I. and Humans Battle It Out in a Cybersecurity Showdown. Experts and college students used A.I. agents to try to break into and defend computer networks in a national competition. The agents did all right on their own, too.
• Start-Up Raises $1.3 Billion for an A.I. ‘Grid’ As tech giants dominate the hardware needed to build artificial intelligence, Amp hopes to create an alternative.
• After Deaths, Lawsuits Against A.I. Companies Test a New Strategy. The cases seek to use consumer product safety laws to rein in chatbot companies.
• Microsoft’s C.E.O. Intervened When OpenAI Fired Sam Altman, Musk’s Lawyer Claims. Elon Musk’s lawyer argued that Microsoft’s Satya Nadella played a role in getting Mr. Altman his job back at OpenAI when he was briefly fired in 2023.
• Inside the Courtroom Circus With Elon Musk and Sam Altman. The tech leaders, with combined net worths exceeding $670 billion, have brought props to court and traded icy stares as their legal dispute reaches a denouement.
• Meta’s Embrace of A.I. Is Making Its Employees Miserable. As it adapts to the artificial intelligence era, the company is pushing many of its 78,000 workers to use the technology, and preparing to lay some of them off.

Personal Tech

• Tired of Hacked Passwords? Help Is on the Way. Apps from Apple, Google and others can assist in making your online accounts more secure, even as new ways of logging in continue to take off.

Sports

Soccer

• The Action Before the Action at the World Cup. Before the FIFA World Cup kicks off on June 11, there’s plenty to look out for as the world’s biggest soccer stars descend on North America.

Obituaries

• G. Robert Blakey Dies at 90; Drafted the RICO Anti-Racketeering Statute. He was also the chief counsel to the House Select Committee on Assassinations in the late 1970s and spent years as a Notre Dame law professor.
• Frank Stack, Painter Who Secretly Drew ‘The Adventures of Jesus,’ Dies at 88. For 20 years, he hid his identity behind the nom de plume Foolbert Sturgeon as he chronicled Christ’s encounters with modern-day hypocrites in comic-book form.
• Judith Barnard, of Best-Selling ‘Judith Michael’ Fame, Dies at 94. At 50, on a lark, she published a romance novel with her husband, Michael Fain. Like their characters, they found their lives transformed by unexpected success.
• Koji Suzuki, Sometimes Called the Stephen King of Japan, Dies at 68. His “Ring” trilogy helped create a genre known as J-horror and spawned a multimedia franchise, including one of the highest-grossing horror films ever made.
• Overlooked No More: Jackie Pung, Pioneering Golfer Whose Setback Became Her Story. She was the first golfer from Hawaii to win a national championship. But she is best remembered for a mishap that cost her the biggest title of her career.
• Nancy Cox, Who Worked to Conquer the Wily Flu, Dies at 77. As the leader of the C.D.C.’s influenza division, she battled to keep up with an ever-changing viral opponent, building a global network of researchers and forecasters.
• Jason Collins, First Active N.B.A. Player to Come Out as Gay, Dies at 47. His achievements on the court were eclipsed by an essay he wrote in Sports Illustrated in 2013 in which he declared: “I’m a 34-year-old N.B.A. center. I’m Black and I’m gay.”
• Claire Maurier, the Narcissistic Mother in ‘400 Blows,’ Dies at 97. A landmark of New Wave cinema, “The 400 Blows” brought her enduring global attention. She later appeared in “La Cage Aux Folles” and “Amélie.”
• Betty Broderick, Whose Murder Trial Was Grist for TV Movies, Dies at 78. She killed her ex-husband and his new wife after what she described as years of psychological abuse. The crime inspired TV adaptations, a podcast and at least five books.
• Rex Reed, Film Critic Known for Acerbic Reviews, Dies at 87. He fawned over Old Hollywood stars and sparred with Frank Sinatra. Nora Ephron marveled at his ability to get his subjects to say the things they did.
• Dean Buntrock, Maestro of Waste Management, Dies at 94. Anticipating how the environmental movement would affect trash disposal in the United States, he built a 12-truck garbage company into a coast-to-coast behemoth.
• Abraham Foxman, Warrior Against Antisemitism, Dies at 86. For almost three decades, he led the Anti-Defamation League, winning access to presidents and prime ministers and meeting with Pope John Paul II.
• Bobby Cox, One of Baseball’s Top Managers, Dies at 84. He led the Atlanta Braves to victory in the 1990s and was later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame for his leadership.
• Edith Eva Eger, Psychologist Who Barely Survived Auschwitz, Dies at 98. Her time in concentration camps brought her an understanding of humanity that helped her treat her patients.
• Alex Zanardi, Racer Who Made Daring Comeback After Crash, Dies at 59. After losing both legs, the Italian champion persevered in auto racing. He also became a hand-cycling marathoner and Paralympian.
• J.H. Prynne, Erudite and Elusive British Poet, Dies at 89. Even admirers admitted his densely intellectual work could be “punishing.” Still, some considered him one of England’s most important poets.

Africa

• Cynthia Shange, Who Defied Apartheid at a Beauty Pageant, Dies at 76. She was the first Black South African to enter the Miss World contest, placing in the top five in 1972.
• Festus Mogae, Botswana President Who Tackled H.I.V., Dies at 86. He led the southern African nation for a decade and embraced a flagship American aid program credited with helping to eradicate the country’s AIDS epidemic.

Art & Design

• Leigh Magar, High-End Milliner Turned Indigo Artist, Dies at 57. She was known for bespoke hats that attracted a celebrity following. Then she left Charleston for an island off South Carolina, where she began cultivating indigo.

Asia Pacific

• Xia De-hong, 94, Dies; Persecuted in China, She Starred in Daughter’s Memoir. “Wild Swans,” a best-selling 1991 memoir, told the story of a stoic mother holding her family together amid torture and imprisonment under Mao’s regime.

Media

• Joe Sedelmaier Dies at 92; Ad Auteur Behind ‘Where’s the Beef?’ He directed nearly 1,000 comedic commercials, including a much-quoted spot for Wendy’s and one for FedEx featuring a manic speed talker.
• Joni Lamb, Whose Christian TV Station Went Global, Dies at 65. She and her husband, Marcus Lamb, founded Daystar Television Network, which reached more than 200 countries and made the couple into televangelism stars.

Music

• Clarence Carter, Singer of Lust-Filled Soul Hits, Dies at 90. In songs like “Slip Away” and “Back Door Santa,” he performed with the fervor of a backwoods preacher and the bawdy humor of a juke joint.

Briefing

• At the Summit. We wrap up President Trump’s visit to China.
• The New York Times News Quiz, May 15, 2026. Did you follow the news this week? Take our quiz to see how well you stack up with other Times readers.
• Justices Allow Abortion Pill Access by Mail to Continue. Also, this is a big week for the art market. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
• Today, In Short. Biblical eating. Commencement speeches. And a taxidermist.
• Who’s Running in 2028? We look at potential candidates for the nation’s top job.
• Two of the World’s Most Powerful Men Are About to Meet. Also, Kevin Warsh is confirmed as the next Fed chair. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
• The Good List: 6 Things to Add Joy to Your Day. Voice memos, snail mail and your own private screening room.
• Trump in China. We preview the Trump-Xi summit.
• Inflation Accelerates as Iran War Drives Up Energy Costs. Also, Russia keeps attacking U.S. companies in Ukraine. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
• Who Owns the Strait? We take a look at the laws governing waterways.
• Trump Proposes Suspending Federal Gas Tax. Also, Kennedy is pushing a vast inquiry into vaccines. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
• It’s All Connected. We look into the body’s circulatory systems.
• ‘Yesteryear' Asks if We Can Love a Broken World. Caro Claire Burke critiques America and asks who, and what, is redeemable?
• Words of Wisdom. Today, we’re sharing some favorite bits of advice from moms.
• Early Adopter. Why does it feel worse to be early than to rush and stress and arrive a little late?
• Virginia’s Top Court Delivers a Major Victory for Republicans. Also, what health experts want you to know about hantavirus. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

Podcasts

• A.I. Safety Is So Back + Mythos Mayhem with Nikesh Arora + Hot Mess Express. After several years of dismissing A.I. safety as doomer fear-mongering, parts of the Trump administration now seem ready to support regulation.
• The Sporting Class: Is the N.F.L. Killing the Golden Goose? Pablo on what the tech titans of Silicon Valley and the old heads of broadcast TV have in common.
• Matt Haig on ‘The Midnight Library,’ Mental Illness and Winnie-the-Pooh. The best-selling author joins the “Book Review” podcast to discuss his new novel, “The Midnight Train.”
• ‘Be Like Satoshi’: We Unmask Scottie Pippen’s A.I. Crypto Slop. Why is the Bulls legend hawking “the Mona Lisa of sports” as a talking Web3 meme coin NFT?
• The Devil Wears Prada, Workers Get Nada. The sequel delivers, but stories about the working class are going out of style.
• The Devil Wears Prada, Workers Get Nada. Wesley Morris on “The Devil Wears Prada 2” and the ongoing trend in which bosses, rather than workers, take over the screen.
• Love Lessons From Ramy Youssef’s Dog. What the comedian’s dog has taught him about unconditional love.
• Kids Review “American Girls” by Harry Styles. We weren’t sure what to make of Harry Styles’s “American Girls,” so we asked the next generation of music critics. The kids break it down with our critic Jon Caramanica on this special edition of the “Popcast” Song of the Week.
• Ramit Sethi on a ‘Classic’ Fight Over Money. Unexpected spending can be a source of conflict for couples. On “The Interview,” Ramit Sethi, the host of the show “I Will Teach You To Be Rich,” explains how people can move past friction over day-to-day spending.
• Parents Should Help Their Grown Children With Money, Ramit Sethi Says. It’s become harder for young adults to get ahead financially, even if they do everything right, Ramit Sethi, a personal finance expert, said on “The Interview.” He said parents should talk to their children about money issues and acknowledge the challenges.
• Why Did Ramit Sethi, the ‘Get Rich’ Guy, Speak Up About Trump? On “The Interview,” Ramit Sethi, a personal finance adviser, explains why he has been public about his revulsion for President Trump, and why he talks about the structural systems that add to many Americans’ financial problems.
• It’s the End of LIV Golf as We Knew It (and Trump Feels Fine). Journalist Alan Shipnuck explains what we really learned from Saudi Arabia’s multibillion-dollar golf experiment.
• Can the U.S. Rein in Prediction Markets? Full episode #193
• The Expansiveness of Our ‘Greatest Songwriters’ List. Wesley Morris is joined by the “Popcast” hosts Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli and the Times Magazine editor Sasha Weiss to reflect on the making of the “Greatest Songwriters” list.
• Why Wasn’t Beyoncé on Our ‘Greatest Songwriters’ List? Wesley Morris is joined by the “Popcast” hosts Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli and the Times Magazine editor Sasha Weiss to reflect on the making of the “Greatest Songwriters” list.
• Why Wasn’t Billy Joel on Our ‘Greatest Songwriters’ List? Wesley Morris is joined by the “Popcast” hosts Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli and the Times Magazine editor Sasha Weiss to reflect on the making of the “Greatest Songwriters” list.

The Daily

• Lessons From the Hantavirus Outbreak. Sixteen Americans are isolating at a special quarantine center in Omaha, including one person who tested “mildly” positive for the virus.
• A New Leader — and a New Showdown — at the Fed. Kevin Warsh was sworn in as the new chair of the Federal Reserve.
• Two Superpowers Across the Table. Here’s what to expect from the summit between President Trump and China’s top leader, Xi Jinping.
• Why More Americans Are Seeking Religion. The United States seems to be revisiting the role of faith. In essence, secularization is on pause.
• Is China Winning the A.I. Race? Chinese policymakers and the public have expressed optimism about the technology, even as many in the West worry about its effects.
• For Mother’s Day, Classic Mom-isms. The mantras, mottos and favorite sayings our mothers have repeated over the years.

The Headlines

• ‘The Headlines’ News Quiz: May 15, 2026. Following the news? Tracy Mumford has some questions for you.
• A Surge of U.S. Spy Planes Over Cuba, and Retailers’ $20 Billion Bet on Physical Stores. Plus, the Friday news quiz.
• China’s Growing Leverage Over the U.S., and How Oil Companies Hit the Jackpot. Plus, a surprise reversal in the Murdaugh murder case.
• U.S. Intelligence Undercuts Trump’s War Claims, and the Cost of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Plus, the controversy engulfing Eurovision.
• How Iran’s Internet Blackout Is Crippling Its Economy, and the Fight Over Fruit-Flavored Vapes. Plus, how everything became a subscription.
• Trump Rejects Iran’s Offer, and 17 Passengers Exposed to Hantavirus Return to U.S. Plus, how pharma swag became “one of the white whales of thrifting.”

Science

• Archaeologists Find Egyptian Mummy Buried With the ‘Iliad’ For the deceased of Roman-era Egypt, Greek literature may have offered a cheat code to a more comfortable afterlife.
• A Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry From the Cosmic Edge. In her second pop-science book, theoretical cosmologist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein returns to her celestial and cultural roots.
• Building Nests Is Hard. That’s Why Some Birds Steal. When researchers used GPS devices to monitor the nests of Hawaiian honeycreepers, they found dozens of cases of brazen avian burglary.
• At a Los Angeles Museum, Giving New Life to Dead Animals. The creation, care and keeping of creatures is a responsibility the last full-time museum taxidermist in the U.S. takes both seriously and joyfully.
• A Fish That Hitches Rides Where the Sun Doesn’t Shine. The remora often latches on to the exteriors of larger marine creatures. But sometimes it travels in a more intrusive spot: inside a manta ray’s backside.
• With Commissioner Under Pressure, F.D.A. Opens Door to Flavored Vapes. Though illicit e-cigarettes have flooded in from China, the new policy could allow major tobacco companies to sell from prime shelf space at thousands of stores.
• Hantavirus Vaccines and Treatments Are in the Pipeline. But it has been hard to attract interest in medical interventions for viruses that have not been considered a top public health priority, scientists say.
• She Tried to Help Schools Build Healthier Playgrounds. Kirsten Beyer was assessing the benefits of improving school playgrounds in Milwaukee. Then her E.P.A. grant was canceled.

Space & Cosmos

• Pentagon Releases U.F.O. Files. The Pentagon released “new, never-before-seen” U.F.O. files on Friday. The files include murky videos and still images that do not show anything definitive. The Defense Department said new materials would be released on a rolling basis.

Climate

• Is Musk Running an Illegal Power Plant? The D.O.J. Says It Might Weigh In. In a court filing, the administration signaled support for Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company in a lawsuit challenging xAI’s generators at a huge Mississippi data center.
• Here’s What It Costs to Keep a Coal Plant Open. A regulatory filing explains just how much it costs to keep an aging coal plant open under the Trump administration’s orders.
• Federal Chemical Safety Board Sends Warning on Trump Disaster Policy. The board said the administration is taking “a significant step backwards” on preventing chemical disasters.
• E.P.A. Moves to Weaken Water Pollution Rule for Coal Plants. The agency also said it would delay the implementation of an air pollution rule for cars and trucks by two years.
• Trump’s Push to Keep Coal Plants Open Is Costing Hundreds of Millions. Costs have been mounting in the year since the Trump administration began directing aging coal plants to say open.
• Can Some Very Tiny Particles Cool the Planet? One Tech Company Says Yes. Stardust Solutions says its tiny spheres can reflect the sun’s rays without harming people or the environment. Critics say private companies have no business altering Earth’s atmosphere.
• They’ve Got a Plan to Combat Global Warming (and Also Russian Tanks). Lithuanian officials hope restored peat bogs can reinforce the border in addition to locking away planet-warming carbon.
• Tom Steyer Thinks California Is Ready for a Different Climate Message. Rather than pleas to save the planet, the billionaire, a Democrat is pushing a message of affordability in his campaign to become California’s governor.
• Wildfires Strike Florida, Georgia and America’s ‘Wood Basket’ Large fires, fueled by a record breaking drought, have been destroying homes and timber plantations in Southeastern states.
• Trump Nominates Ousted FEMA Leader to Run the Agency Again. President Trump chose Cameron Hamilton to direct federal disaster response. As acting head of FEMA last year, he had opposed abolishing the agency and was ousted.
• Trump Administration to Scrap Rule That Elevated Land Conservation. The Biden-era measure was intended to protect millions of acres from industrial development and the effects of climate change.
• As Coal Rebounds, More Toxic Mercury Is in the Air. Coal-burning power plants released more mercury last year, according to an analysis by The Times. It reverses a downward trend of emissions of a metal that interferes with brain development.
• The Hole in the Ice at the End of the Earth. Ten people. Eight weeks. Three thousand feet to pierce a fast-melting Antarctic glacier.
• A Large Oil Slick Is Detected Off a Key Iranian Oil Depot. The slick, captured in satellite images near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, has raised concerns about the condition of Iran’s oil infrastructure.
• Greenpeace Suffers Another Blow in Court Fight With Pipeline Giant. In an unusual move, a North Dakota court said Greenpeace International shouldn’t be allowed to pursue a lawsuit in Europe, where it is based, against the company.

The Upshot

• Mail-Order Abortions Have Quickly Become Common. Pills shipped to states with bans are a reason abortion has increased since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
• Your School District Is Probably Scoring Worse Than 10 Years Ago. The drops in U.S. scores go beyond the pandemic and cut across income, geographic and racial divides, new data shows.
• Look Up Your School District’s Test Scores. See how your district’s scores have changed since 2015, and compare it with other districts in your area.
• Why Two Big Companies Just Cut Paid Family Leave. Deloitte and Zoom are among the employers reducing support for working parents, signaling a retreat from a “golden age of benefits.”
• Republicans Are Building an Advantage in Redistricting. How Much? Where things stands in the race for House control after recent court rulings.
• Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, May 9, 2026. Can you sort 8 historical events?
• Mapping the Knockout Stage: Where Will Your Team Play in the World Cup? What city is your team most likely to play in during the elimination phase?

Opinion

• Why China Fears the ‘A.I. Girlfriend’ China is worried A.I. companions could be a drag on productivity. On “Interesting Times,” Kyle Chan, a foreign policy fellow at the Brookings Institution, tells the Opinion columnist Ross Douthat that the government thinks youth “should be engineering the future and building out the start-ups and the future Chinese versions of SpaceX.”
• China Is Worried About A.I. Too. What if you weren’t worried about A.I. taking your job? That seems to be closer to the reality in China, where keeping pace with the new technology is a much bigger focus than economic disruption. On “Interesting Times,” Kyle Chan, a foreign policy fellow at the Brookings Institution, explains how the countries differ in their anxieties over artificial intelligence.
• Climate Change as a 2026 Campaign Issue. Readers largely disagree with a guest essay that argued that Democrats should not focus on it. Also: Violence against Latinos; school closings.
• Is America Still No. 1? The billionaire investor who predicted the 2008 financial crash is bearish on America’s future standing in the world. On “Interesting Times,” Ray Dalio tells the columnist Ross Douthat why.
• Trump’s China Policy Has Weakened America. In Beijing this week, Mr. Trump should not hand China more victories.
• The Autocracy Index: Trump’s Disregard for Congress Has Reached a New Level. Measuring America’s democratic erosion.
• The Race to Lower California’s Housing Costs. Democrats running for California governor join the Opinion columnist Ezra Klein to debate whether manufacturing technology or federal policy can solve the crisis of the state’s skyrocketing home construction costs.
• I Have Some Questions for the Democrats Who Want to Run California. How will the next governor make housing more affordable? The top five Democratic candidates in California discuss this issue at a forum moderated by Ezra Klein.
• San Jose’s Approach to Homelessness. San Jose’s mayor, Matt Mahan, tells the Opinion columnist Ezra Klein why California’s reliance on expensive, slow-moving affordable-housing projects has eroded public trust, and argues for a “radically pragmatic” shift toward interim housing and stricter encampment enforcement.
• Katie Porter on the California Forever Project. How would Katie Porter, a Democratic candidate for California governor, navigate the billionaire-backed California Forever project if elected? She discusses her approach with the Opinion columnist Ezra Klein during a live forum.
• Tom Steyer’s Plan to Fix Modular Housing. Why has modular housing failed to revolutionize the industry, despite decades of hype? Tom Steyer tells the Opinion columnist Ezra Klein why modular housing start-ups have failed and how California can use its scale to finally make home construction more affordable.
• The Iran War’s Alarming Ripple Effects. The downstream effects of the Iran war are only beginning. On “The Opinions,” David Wallace-Wells explains how disruptions tied to fertilizer, condoms and other global goods could contribute to famine, disease and rising costs worldwide.
• Facing the Reality of Cellphones in School. Readers discuss the effects of cellphone bans in school and screen time limits. Also: Close “Alligator Alcatraz”; President Trump’s vulgar language.
• The Horror of Sexual Assault in Israeli Prisons. Sexual violence by Israeli forces against Palestinians is widespread, according to new reports and harrowing first-hand accounts. The Opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof details a pattern of systemic abuse and “unrestrained power” within Israeli detention centers that challenges the moral silence of the international community.
• How Students Interact With A.I. Is What Matters. Readers discuss artificial intelligence and writing in the classroom. Also: President Trump’s latest assault on science; election workers.
• A 3-Year-Old Is Looking for Answers. “Why are some things special?” This Mother’s Day, we revisit a 3-year-old’s endless curiosity and a mother’s joy of seeing the world through her child’s eyes.
• GLP-1s and the ‘Wild West’ of Wellness. GLP-1s are already a blockbuster drug. But does their popularity stem from how they work, or the strange culture into which they’ve landed? On “The Ezra Klein Show,” Ezra Klein talks to the health journalist Julia Belluz about the strange science and cultural impact of these blockbuster drugs.
• How GLP-1s Suppress Our Hunger. (It’s Weird.). GLP-1s enable weight loss in a very weird way. On “The Ezra Klein Show,” Ezra Klein talks to the health journalist Julia Belluz about the strange science and cultural impact of these blockbuster drugs.
• Our Elections Are Broken. Black Americans in the South will likely lose most of their federal representation as a result of the Supreme Court’s recent erosion of the Voting Rights Act, the Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie argues. This is only one of the reasons the United States needs to transform the current Electoral College system.
• The Abortion Pill Case Is a Disaster for Republicans. Making abortion illegal doesn’t stop abortions; it just stops safe ones. As the Supreme Court weighs a huge restriction on the abortion drug mifepristone, Molly Jong-Fast explains the three options the Supreme Court might take.
• A Dairy Farm’s Last Days Expose a Broken System. Readers respond to Eli Saslow’s front-page report about the Watson family’s farm in Pennsylvania.
• What to Do for the Elderly? Stop Badgering Them! Readers respond to an essay about old people preparing (or not) for the end. Also: Antisemitism online; Trump the destroyer; two types of dreaming.

Letters

• The Controversy Over Graham Platner’s Tattoo and Posts. Readers say David French’s critique of the likely Democratic candidate for the Senate in Maine was too harsh.
• Why Many Americans Choose Not to Have Children. Readers offer their theories in response to a guest essay.

Op-Ed

• This Is Why I Find Pema Chödrön So Essential. The 89-year-old Buddhist nun teaches the power of agreeing with your anxiety, instead of trying to run from it.
• ​Want to Know What Is Going to Happen in the Midterms? So Does Amy Walter. ​. Two powerful forces in politics clash.
• The Revolt Against the Girl Bosses Has Finally Come. Some of this country’s most prominent girl bosses sound like they don’t even know how to read the room.
• Stop Looking for an ‘Offramp’ in Iran. There’s No Such Thing. And no, an exit strategy won’t help you, either.
• The World Is Feeling Its Way Toward Togetherness, One Weird and Wonderful Ritual at a Time. We crave connection. We’re inventing new ways to find it.
• The Damage of ‘Trump Math’ Is Adding Up. Authoritarians go after data. The president has already started.
• Keir Starmer and the End of the Old Certainties. The decade since Brexit has been one long, painful process of trying — and failing — to make sense of this new reality.
• Another Trump Appointee Learns It’s Easier to Be a Critic Than a Leader. We have no F.D.A. director, no permanent C.D.C. director and no surgeon general.
• Young Folks Help English Grow Up. The language is benefiting from a respect for diversity.
• Trump’s War Is Punishing the Poor, Starting at the Gas Pump. Higher fuel prices are a burden on low-income families.
• I Don’t Think You Can Even Call This Hypocrisy. The secrets of one of the architects of the religious right are being revealed. One of the secrets is that they weren’t really secrets.
• The Trump Dumpster Fire Is Lit. When MAHA turns into HAHA.
• Why China Isn’t Worried A.I. Will Replace Its Workers. The difference in perspectives between superpowers is shaping the race for A.I. dominance.
• Thomas Massie Is One of a Vanishing Breed: A Republican Who Will Stand Up to Trump. An individual with principles and quirks, and against being told what to do.
• He Was Good at Steering the Fed, but He Was a Genius at Ignoring Trump’s Threats. A model for all who follow.
• What Autocrats Have in Common With Abusers. M. Gessen and Rachel Louise Snyder on the parallels between authoritarianism and domestic violence.
• Overdose Deaths Are Dropping. Maybe Not for Long. The Trump administration is going after harm reduction.
• Hantavirus Isn’t Just a Threat. It’s a Test. What have we learned from Covid?
• My Son Never Turned 7. Because of Choices in Washington, Others Won’t Either. More children will die because the Trump administration is cutting pediatric cancer research.
• Unfortunately, We Have to Take Spencer Pratt Seriously as a Politician. Reality stars and influencers in government are here to stay.
• This Is Getting Dangerous. The ruling in Louisiana v. Callais might drive America’s politics to an even more precarious place of partisan tension and ideological Balkanization.
• Would You Trust Pete Hegseth With $1.5 Trillion of Your Money? “You name it, we’re investing in it” does not inspire confidence.
• Dismantling Purdue Pharma Won’t Fix America’s Opioid Problem. The Purdue Pharma case is closed, but the opioid problem remains.
• Xi Has Trump Right Where He Wants Him. While Trump chases quick wins and flashy optics, Xi plays a generational game for global dominance.
• The Crisis of the West Isn’t About Who Governs, but That No One Can. The crisis of the West isn’t about who governs, but that no one can.
• NATO, Please Help. Trump Has No Strategy for Iran. NATO should overcome its distaste for President Trump and sends its navies to help open up the Strait of Hormuz.
• China Is Much Weaker Than It Seems. That’s the Problem. History shows there is no more productive national asset than freedom.
• Trump Is Fighting the World’s Stupidest Culture War. “He sees fossil fuels as manly and renewables as woke.”
• We Should Take Hantavirus More Seriously. There are too many unknowns to be certain about much.
• Your Decision Making Is All Wrong. Why searching for the best is the wrong goal.
• Kevin Warsh Is Already Getting It Wrong. The Fed’s next leader needs a complete picture of what A.I. will do to the economy.
• The U.S. and China Are Hurtling Toward a Shared A.I. Future. There is a shared sense of precarity that lies beneath the envy and distrust.
• Spain’s Leader Is Showing How to Stand Up to Trump, and So Much More. Pedro Sánchez has established an alternative governing philosophy to Trumpism.
• Democrats Can’t Let This Antisemitic Sex Therapist Win Her Runoff. Maureen Galindo’s rise demonstrates how even justified rage and despair can curdle into hateful paranoia.
• A Water Doom Loop Is Coming. In 50 or so years, snow could virtually disappear from the Southwest, wiping out trees and making life there exceedingly difficult.
• This Is Why You’re Drowning in Busywork. The A.I. revolution involves a massive transfer of labor — not from worker to machine, but from worker to you.
• The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians. Male and female Palestinians describe brutal sexual abuse at the hands of Israel’s prison guards, soldiers, settlers and interrogators.
• We’re Thinking About Mental Health Diagnoses All Wrong. Neither genetics nor brain scans can distinguish a person with depression, A.D.H.D. or autism from one without.
• ‘Bill Cassidy Sold His Soul to the Devil, and He Didn’t Get Anything for It’ A doctor and senator who voted to confirm Robert Kennedy still was snubbed by Trump in the Republican primary in Louisiana.
• What We Saw in Cuba Shocked Us. If Americans knew what Cuba was enduring, they would demand an end to the U.S. blockade.
• The Platner Trap. The exact wrong answer to a Republican Party that’s flirting with fascism is a man who chose to put vile Nazi imagery on his own body.
• I’m a Democrat. My Party Has a Double Standard on Antisemitism. When we’re talking about which allies to support or which communities we defend, our principles shouldn’t shift.
• What Would a Feminist Justice System Look Like? Hawaii might have the answer.
• They Thought They Had Only Months to Live. Then Things Changed. For some patients, cancer is becoming like a chronic illness.
• How American Cool Dies. Vintage American clothing still commands high prices, but the physical manifestations of U.S. empire have decayed. No one knows what’s next.
• China Is Becoming Dangerously Overconfident. We are entering a more perilous era where China no longer sees U.S. strength as something to fear.
• I Tried to Become My Mother and Ended Up Becoming Myself. I’m realizing that a sort of gooey sitcom resolution is not in the cards for my mother and me.
• Democrats Who Are Soft on Republicans Have Got to Go. Virginians must fight back against its Supreme Court in the name of popular sovereignty.
• My Ted Talk. Captain Courageous cut a cool swath, in contrast to today’s creepy oligarchs.
• High Gas Prices Are Just the Beginning. How the economic shock waves of Trump’s Iran war will be felt globally.
• The Atheist and the Machine God. What are the implications of artificial intelligence for religion?
• The N.B.A. Lottery Is Broken. There’s a Simple Fix. How the N.B.A. can fix its tanking problem.
• What Happened When Trump Abandoned the World’s Poorest Children. Trump’s most lethal policy will almost surely be his 71 percent cut in humanitarian aid from 2024 to 2025.
• Forget Climate Change. Democrats Need to Talk About Other Issues. Climate change is mainly a priority for voters already firmly in Democrats’ camp.
• America’s A.I. Is Futuristic. China Is Just Making It Work. Different strokes for different folks.
• Live: Ezra Klein Moderates California Housing Forum With Candidates for Governor. The Opinion columnist Ezra Klein moderates a forum with five of the top candidates for governor of California.
• Hegseth Is Sending Us a Warning. The secretary of defense has argued that military retirees are subject to freedom of speech restrictions. Let that sink in.

Opinion | The World

• I Ran the N.S.A. This Is How to Defeat China’s Hacker Army. Beijing has hacked America, but we have all the tools we need to fight back.

Arts

• How to Watch the Eurovision Song Contest Final. The internationally popular event will be available to U.S. viewers, too, although not on domestic TV in some countries that are boycotting this year.
• Free Concerts, Festivals and Events in New York This Summer. In need of good times that don’t cost a dime? You’re in luck: As the weather heats up, the opportunities to have free fun are everywhere in the city. Here are some of our favorites.
• In Venice, the Passion of Life and the Ghost of Art. The 2026 edition of the world’s oldest art exhibition is a celebration of vitality — for better and indeed for worse.
• Cy Twombly, From Intimate Angles. In photos by his wife, whose negatives were discovered by his granddaughter, we see more personal sides to the 20th-century master.
• At Netflix Is a Joke, the Attention Economy Rules the Festival. Though stand-up by stars like John Mulaney and Dave Chappelle were on the program, roasts, podcasts and other shows that incorporated comedy were hot.
• Smokers Help Keep This Arts Hub Alive. A novel cigarette tax has generated $270 million for cultural organizations in the Cleveland area, which makes declining smoking rates “a double-edged sword.”
• 6 Must-See Venice Shows. Thought-provoking and senses-stirring works on war, art patronage, and the Black experience in America are just some of our critics’ picks.
• When Mark Consuelos Wants to Escape New York, He Goes Here. “The midcentury architecture is fascinating. It’s also a place where I’m outside almost every waking hour of the day.”

Art & Design

• Six Unforgettable Artists at the Biggest Independent Fair. A dependably stylish fair expands and reappears on the far side of Chinatown.
• At TEFAF New York, Lesser-Known Artists Delight. At the Park Avenue Armory, home to the art fair with the deepest roots in Europe, five names wooed our critic, cutting through the star system.
• The Met Will Expand by Merging With the Nearby Neue Galerie. Beginning in 2028, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will own the Neue’s Fifth Avenue home and the prestige collection of 20th-century Austrian and German art built by Ronald S. Lauder.
• Who Owns These Artworks? A Museum Hopes Visitors Can Help Find Out. A new room in the Musée d’Orsay’s permanent display includes 13 pieces that were recovered from Germany and Austria after World War II and whose provenance is unknown.
• Best Booths at Frieze, the Workhorse of Contemporary Art. Among the 65 galleries at the Shed are paintings, paintings, paintings, and a surprising trove of small sculptures.
• How an Image of Washington at Prayer Became a Touchstone for the Right. A scene inspired by the winter at Valley Forge has become more prominent in the Trump era, along with claims that the United States was founded as a Christian nation.
• Can Three Auction Houses Sell $2.6 Billion Worth of Art in One Week? Five luxury artworks hold the key to the spring season, one of the most anticipated sales in years. Major buyers are looking past female and younger artists and toward tradition.
• In Chicago, a Big Name Art Show Where the Drawings Dominate. In an exception to the usual paintings-heavy blockbuster exhibitions, the Art Institute of Chicago is presenting the masterful drawings of Willem de Kooning.
• A Photographer of Newark’s People Gets a Show Among the People. A number of works by Manuel Acevedo are being displayed throughout the city in outdoor spots highly visible to the residents who inspired them.
• Uli Sigg Wants to Help Chinese People ‘View Their Own Art.’ Simple, Right? Over three decades, Sigg, a Swiss businessman and former diplomat, amassed thousands of contemporary Chinese works. Ai Weiwei calls him “my maker.”
• Spotlighting the Woman Who Brought European Modernism to California. Although Galka Scheyer might an unfamiliar name, the artists she championed have become famous. A exhibition in Pasadena brings her to the foreground.
• At Frieze New York and Beyond, Indigenous Artists Are in the Spotlight. With works showing in New York, Venice and elsewhere, Sara Flores, Suzanne Kite and Seba Calfuqueo are exploding past notions of what, exactly, Indigenous art is.
• How Much Art Is Too Much? A Guide to the New York Fairs. Latin American galleries. World-class photography. Upcycled design. Art fairs will take over New York this week. Here are seven (of many) worth a visit.
• In This Nazi-Era Restitution Dispute, the Focus Turns to a Missing Cow. A family is vying for the return of a painting it thought was by Rubens. But an expert says it’s a copy because it does not include the artist’s depiction of a peeing cow.
• A Monument to Chocolate Is Wrapped in Layers of Mexican History. Combining a colonial house and a contemporary addition, the new Museum of Cacao & Chocolate sits on a grisly Aztec souvenir.
• Rocky Has Entered the Building. The statue has long drawn fans to the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, but now it’s inside, anchoring an exhibition that investigates race, activism and violence.
• These Artisans, Showing at TEFAF New York, Push the Limits of Materials. A couple grow their own furniture. Another artist polishes metal to a mirror sheen. A third collaborates with insects. Together, they are redefining craft.
• A Paul Klee Angel Finally Lands in New York. “Angelus Novus,” an artwork with a fascinating back story, including most recently a wartime delay, is a late addition to an already impressive Klee survey at the Jewish Museum.

Dance

• A Choreographer Who Is Breathing New Life Into Dance. Jada Manns is part of a generation of young dance artists who dig deep inside the body’s inner landscape. Nature leads the way.
• A Guide to the Dance Quotes and Callbacks on Broadway. Breaking down the choreographic allusions in “Schmigadoon” and “Cats: The Jellicle Ball,” two gotta-dance, Tony-nominated shows.
• Review: At City Ballet, Tiler Peck Shows Shimmering Restraint. The star ballerina is also an accomplished choreographer. Her sophomore work for City Ballet is bigger and better than her first.

Music

• Who Are the Favorites to Win Eurovision? Finland is the favorite for prediction markets and bookmakers, but singers from Australia, Denmark, Greece and Israel are coming for the title, too.
• Beyoncé and Taylor Swift Join National Recording Registry. The collection at the Library of Congress also added works by Weezer and Vince Gill, and a radio broadcast of a fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.
• Julieta Venegas, a Mexican Pop Hitmaker, Is Looking Homeward. On her new album, “Norteña,” the singer embraces regional traditions and unlocks her most personal songwriting yet.
• Shakira, Madonna and BTS Are First World Cup Final Halftime Show. The previous World Cup final drew more than 500 million live viewers. This year’s matchup is scheduled for July 19 at MetLife Stadium.
• Ye Must Pay Musicians for Using Sample Without Permission. A jury in Los Angeles found the rapper and three of his companies liable for more than $400,000 after he played an unauthorized music sample at an event in 2021.
• ‘They Shooting at Us’: Rihanna and ASAP Rocky Outlined Attack to Police. The singers discussed their stalkers and their experience inside a trailer struck by gunfire, according to a police report. A woman has been charged with attempted murder.
• The Rolling Stones, Very Early and Very Late. Listen to their 1963 debut through two tunes released just last week.
• For 10 Years, They’ve Been Building a Future for Female Composers. Missy Mazzoli and Ellen Reid didn’t have female mentors. They founded Luna Composition Lab so young composers would.
• ‘Uno, Dos, Uno!’: Under Dudamel, Classical Music Meets Salsa. Gustavo Dudamel brought the New York Philharmonic and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra together for the first time, at Lincoln Center and uptown.
• Lost Movie Music? On CD? La-La Land Is an Anomaly. (And a Success.). The California record label scours movie studio archives and composers’ personal collections to locate music from older films or TV recordings.
• London Rooftop Where Beatles Played Last Gig to Become Museum. The townhouse at 3 Savile Row, where the band also recorded “Let It Be,” will open to the public next year, the group’s record label said.
• Taj Mahal’s Music Takes It All In: ‘My Sweep Is Global’ Rooted in the blues and connected worldwide, the musician, 83, is still looking ahead.
• 8 Songs We’re Talking About This Week. Charli XCX rediscovers rock, while Beatles and Rolling Stones keep making it.

Television

• Late Night Pokes Fun at Trump in China. Jimmy Fallon joked that President Trump’s idea of a Temple of Heaven is very different from the one he toured in Beijing with China’s leader.
• The Villains Who Shaped ‘Survivor’ From Richard Hatch to Russell Hantz and beyond, the landmark reality show brought a new type of antagonist to TV screens.
• Stephen Colbert Slams ‘Trump’s Fabulous Billionaire Boys Trip’ Late night hosts responded to President Trump’s arrival in Beijing on Wednesday, accompanied by 17 chief executives including Tim Cook and Elon Musk.
• Middleman Who Helped Supply Ketamine to Matthew Perry Is Sentenced to 2 Years. Erik Fleming, a licensed drug addiction counselor, had admitted to selling 51 vials of ketamine to the actor, including the dose that killed him.
• Mel Brooks Donates His Archives to the National Comedy Center. The comedian is contributing some 20,000 documents and photos covering his career, including his time in the Army and the lyrics for “Springtime for Hitler.”
• Jordan Klepper Wants the President to Get More Sleep. “Well, well, well, looks like the Sleepy Joe-er has become the sleepy Joe-ee,” Klepper said after President Trump was seen with his eyes closed during an event in the Oval Office.
• True Crime Streaming: Informants Who Risk Almost Everything. In two new Netflix docuseries, women put their lives, safety and sanity on the line to help law enforcement bring down the bad guy.
• Stephen Colbert Hosts 4 of His ‘Best Television Friends’ Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, John Oliver and Seth Meyers, co-hosts of the Strike Force Five podcast along with Colbert, joined as guests on what is likely their last appearance together on the “Late Show.”
• The (Printable) Highlights from the Kevin Hart Roast. Tom Brady, the Rock, Chelsea Handler and even Hart’s longtime rival Katt Williams told jokes at Hart’s expense at a Netflix roast.
• ‘The Comeback’ Knows What Scares Hollywood. The HBO comedy, which wrapped up on Sunday, often seemed to be about whatever was keeping Lisa Kudrow and her collaborators up at night. But Valerie Cherish remained undaunted.
• ‘Off-Campus,’ and 8 Things to Watch on TV This Week. A TV adaptation of a new hockey romance series. And a comedy series starring two “One Tree Hill” alums finds a new home.
• ‘The Comeback’ Season 3 Finale Recap: All’s Well? Valerie makes the case that her tale is one of survival, not humiliation. “You’ve been telling the wrong story,” she tells Jane.
• On ‘S.N.L.’, Brett Kavanaugh, Kash Patel and Pete Hegseth Walk Into a Bar. Matt Damon and Aziz Ansari return to roles they have played on “Saturday Night Live” alongside Colin Jost, in an episode hosted by Damon.
• David Attenborough, a Voice of Nature, Turns 100. Pictures and striking scenes from the making of perhaps the world’s most celebrated naturalist.

Theater

• ‘New Born’ Review: Let Hugh Jackman Tell You a Story. The actor gives a remarkable performance in a program of monologues at the intimate Minetta Lane Theater. Sepideh Moafi and Marianna Gailus also star.
• Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara in ‘Fallen Angels,’ and More Theater to Stream. The actresses both scored Tony nominations for their hilarious turns in Noël Coward’s 1925 farce. Also catch Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler in “The Last Five Years.”
• How the Stars of 6 Tony-Nominated Shows Get Into Character. For Nathan Lane, Taraji P. Henson, Daniel Radcliffe and other actors, it can take wigs, group hugs or banishing ghosts to make the transformation.
• The Singer Bringing Broadway to Its Feet Every Night. Joshua Henry, a Tony nominee for his thrilling performance in “Ragtime,” credits the demanding role with helping him “feel like I have mastered the voice.”
• That Wig, Those Splits: Broadway Scene Stealers, Tonys Edition. Here are some of the brilliant moments our writers can’t shake from this year’s batch of Tony-nominated productions.
• ‘Paranormal Activity’ to Haunt Broadway This Summer. Inspired by the popular film series, the play has already run in Britain and in four U.S. cities. It arrives in New York in August after a Boston stop.
• Review: ‘The Receptionist’ Can’t Help You Today. A stale revival of Adam Bock’s cog-in-the-office-machine dark comedy lacks specificity and bite.

Books

• These Fantasy and Sci-Fi Novels Are Full of Real Horrors. The best-selling author Vaishnavi Patel recommends speculative fiction by N.K. Jemisin, Olivie Blake and more that speaks to our world today.
• Spice Is Nice, but I Want a Romance That’s Sweet. The best-selling author Lynn Painter recommends low-heat love stories that deliver on juicy tension, crackling banter and plenty of swoon.
• This Bookstore Gets Good Mileage. Rita Collins had a dream for her retirement: bringing books and people together all over the country. Behind the wheel of a van she’s making it happen.

Book Review

• Pawesome Animal Comics and Graphic Novels for Kids. The author of the InvestiGators series recommends books from his childhood as well as more recent faves.
• 5 New Books We Love This Week. Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
• Ellen Burstyn Has Been Memorizing Poetry Her Whole Life. “Of course, at 93 I am not as good at memorizing as I used to be,” the Oscar-winning actress and author says. “But it is good exercise.”
• The Author of ‘Divergent’ Returns With an Action-Packed Adventure. In Veronica Roth’s “Seek the Traitor’s Son,” a soldier in a pandemic-ravaged world is forced to become the hope of her people.
• Will A.I. Help Humanity? A Journalist Looks For Answers. In “AI for Good,” Josh Tyrangiel talks to the classrooms, hospitals and research labs where people are using artificial intelligence that might benefit society.
• One Way to Stop a Stalker? Stalk Him Back. “Nerve Damage,” by Annakeara Stinson, is a jittery psychological thriller about a woman whose creepy ex simply won’t leave her alone.
• Can You Match the Memorable Line to the Right Crime Novel? Test your reading recollection with this short quiz.
• The Women of New Jersey’s Little India Have a Story to Tell. “Men Like Ours,” a novel by Bindu Bansinath, follows an immigrant family through a community crisis.
• A Warning to Climate Scientists: Don’t Miss the Forest for the Trees. Suzanne Simard’s new book urges Western science to take a lesson from the more holistic Indigenous approach to forest preservation.
• Who’s Been Taking Notes at Our Bedroom Door? In John Lanchester’s “Look What You Made Me Do,” a widow is unnerved when a hit TV series airs details from her marriage a little too closely.
• The Water in These Poems May Be Poisoned, but Beauty Persists. The Canadian poet Karen Solie balances environmental concerns with hope and deadpan wit.
• The Woman Behind the Wheel of the Pink Cadillac. In “Selling Opportunity,” Mary Lisa Gavenas tells the not-always-rosy story of Mary Kay, the brand — and its founder.
• American Power and American Liberty Have A Long, Tortured Relationship. As these books show, the United States has long struggled to reconcile its imperial ambition with its founding ideals, prompting detractors at home and abroad.

Movies

• At Cannes, the Specter of Hollywood Always Looms Large (Even in Its Absence). The lack of big studio movies is apparent in the festival’s quiet start, though the filmmakers James Gray and Jane Schoenbrun have made an impression.
• Martin Short and the Secret to Finding Joy While Surviving Tragedy. The comedy star, who is the subject of a new documentary, has faced a series of unimaginable losses. Yet he says there are always laughs to remember.
• 6 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week. Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
• Five Free Movies to Stream Now. This month’s collection, including Richard Linklater’s “Before” trilogy, heralds the blooming of love, and all the turmoil that comes with it.
• How Meryl Streep Delivers Criticism in ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ The director David Frankel narrates a comedic scene featuring Streep and Anne Hathaway.
• 5 Children’s Movies to Stream Now. This month’s picks include an animated critter voiced by Michael B. Jordan and a nature documentary about the orangutans of Southeast Asia.
• On Tangier Island, Documenting Rising Seas and a Devout Community. “Been Here Stay Here” examines the complicated Chesapeake Bay dynamic when many residents don’t believe in man-made climate change.
• ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ | Anatomy of a Scene. The director David Frankel narrates a sequence from his film starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway.
• ‘Is God Is’ Review: The Fires This Time. Kara Young and Mallori Johnson play twins bent on revenge in the playwright Aleshea Harris’s powerhouse film debut.
• ‘Obsession’ Review: I Love You to Death. Passion becomes possession in Curry Barker’s supernatural, be-careful-what-you-wish-for horror movie.
• ‘Magic Hour’ Review: Grief Encounters. Katie Aselton’s melodrama follows a woman in the California desert who is reeling after a mysterious marriage conflict.
• ‘Life Hack’ Review: A Heist That Never Leaves the Screen. A group of teenagers seem to be targeting a cryptocurrency billionaire out of boredom, but they have a more sympathetic motive in this hacker film.
• ‘Decorado’ Review: Cute Mice Meet Cold Orwellian Despair. This surreal satire blends anthropomorphic charm with existential dread to critique capitalism, though its meta-commentary leaves some haunting questions frustratingly unanswered.
• ‘Agatha’s Almanac’ Review: Living Off the Land. Over six years, a filmmaker captured her aunt’s largely self-sufficient lifestyle and eccentricities on a 54-acre farm in Canada.
• ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’ Review: The New Rasputin. Paul Dano and Jude Law star in a movie about the rise of Vladimir Putin and a fictional version of his right-hand man.
• Cannes 2026: How Political Should a Film Festival Be? The event’s leaders immediately jumped into the debate over whether festival participants should speak out on issues like Israel and Gaza.
• ‘A New Leaf’: A Romantic Comedy, With Murder on the Mind. This 1971 movie, restored and revived for a week at the IFC Center, offers ample evidence of Elaine May’s screwball genius.
• ‘The A List’ Review: The Diaspora, Described. This documentary spotlights the individual histories and struggles of 15 figures from all walks of life, connected by their inclusion in the Asian and Pacific diasporas.
• Officers Sue Affleck and Damon’s Company Over ‘The Rip’ Portrayal. Two Miami law enforcement officials say the Netflix crime drama uses real-life details and portrays them in a negative light.
• Watching ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ as an Elegy for Magazines. The film may be about fashion, but for some editors and writers, it gets a lot right about the dire state of fashion journalism.
• Cannes Film Festival Preview: 4 Story Lines to Watch For. The lineup isn’t very starry, but changes in the Oscar rules could affect the Palme d’Or choice. That’s one development we’re tracking.
• ‘The Lost Boys’ Helped Define the ’80s in More Ways Than One. The film that’s been adapted into a new musical created a memorable aesthetic with its cast and outfits. Its ideas about the nuclear family also made it a movie for its time.
• Hugh Jackman in a Truly PG-Rated Murder Mystery. Our movie critic Alissa Wilkinson reviews “The Sheep Detectives” and asks: Why aren’t more movies like it?
• Blake Lively Settlement Had No Financial Payout, Filing Confirms. Justin Baldoni’s company did not agree to make a payout as part of the deal that ended Ms. Lively’s lawsuit, but she is able to seek compensation through a separate legal avenue.
• Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now. Among this month’s picks: a zombie road movie, an alien action movie and Gerard Butler in a postapocalyptic sequel.

Food

• A Fish, Yes, but Also a Forgotten American Hero. Once celebrated as a Revolutionary War savior, shad has become a rarity. That doesn’t stop its fans from seeking it out.
• Searching for an Actually Good Gluten-Free Pizza and More Readers Questions. Becky Hughes is back to answer readers’ hyperspecific restaurant questions.
• Freezable, Grillable, Party-Worthy. In my latest Recipe Matchmaker, I’ve got great vegetarian recipes for hyper-specific conditions.
• How Nice Is This Gnocchi? Hetty Lui McKinnon’s new gnocchi with peas and whipped feta looks (and tastes) restaurant-worthy, but is easy to assemble at home.
• Your Summer Cooking List: 24 Fresh Recipes to Seize the Season. These must-make recipes for the most relaxed time of year are sure to feel like a vacation.
• Shio Pan (Salt Bread). Japanese salt bread, also known as sogeum-ppang in Korean, are soft, buttery rolls like no other. Surrounding the light, fluffy interiors are a thin crackling crust on top and a crisp golden bottom.
• Chocolate Chip Cookies. This may become your new favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. Don’t skimp on good chocolate, and the sea salt is not optional — it’s the beacon at the top of this gorgeous treat.
• Red Lentil Soup. This is a lentil soup that defies expectations of what lentil soup can be. Based on a Turkish lentil soup, mercimek corbasi, the dish is light, spicy and bold, and takes less than an hour to make.
• Cream Cheese Ramen. There is such a thing as a noodle emergency — when hunger strikes at an inconvenient hour and the only remedy is a bowl of noodles. For this quick ramen, ditch the soup powder, keep the noodle brick and use cream cheese as the base of a luscious sauce that enrobes each strand.
• These Summery Chickpeas Are Coming for Your Potato Salad. Yotam Ottolenghi’s fresh recipe delivers everything you want from the classic side dish, plus bright lemon and crisp cucumbers.
• Creamy Cabbage Pastina. This creamy cabbage pastina is a take on the simple Italian dish made from tiny pasta stars, chicken broth, egg yolks and Parmesan. It’s fortifying, comforting and tastes like a hug.
• Unapologetic Foods Is Slinging Filipino Sandwiches at Sanwits. The East Village spot offers seven styles, a South American tavern in North Brooklyn and more restaurant news.
• 20-Minute Dinners for When You Are Dunzo. The dead-simple dinners — like halloumi tacos and creamy cabbage pastina — we turn to when Maycember ramps up.
• 12 Ways to Eat Through Our List of the Best Restaurants in New York City. Don’t have the time (or money) to try all 100? Here are a dozen bite-size bucket lists to inspire you.
• A Sheet-Pan Chicken for Peak Asparagus. Streamlined and springy, everything is roasted together until the chicken crisps and the stalks turn bright green and tender.
• Will a Ban on This Flour Change New York Bagels and Pizza? Bromated flour, which makes breads and crusts stretchy and springy (and cheap), is among the carcinogens forbidden in pending state legislation.
• The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City in 2026. The annual list is back. Our new chief critic ranks her favorite places to dine in all five boroughs.
• A List of 100 Best Restaurants? For These Marathon Eaters, It’s a Dare. As rankings proliferate, a cadre of completists have made it their mission to sample every single place on them.
• Trends at the Table: Field Notes From New York’s Best Restaurants. Hip crustaceans, dessert trends and the never-ending reservation battle were among the things our chief critic took note of.
• 5 Standout Neighborhoods for the Best Restaurants in New York City. Great meals can be found in virtually any corner of the five boroughs, but here are some areas that stood out to our critic.
• Here’s the Waffle Recipe You’re Looking for.
• ‘I’d Be Happy if Someone Made Me This’ I asked my colleague what she wants for her Mother’s Day dinner, and she responded immediately with this chile crisp and honey roasted salmon.
• Melissa Clark Goes Big on Shortbread. Our recipe maven takes the Bake Time Questionnaire.
• How a Popular Pop-Up Found a Place of Its Own. Follow the owners of Border Town as they transition from a roving breakfast taco stand to a brick-and-mortar shop.
• Red Lentil Soup, Forever and Always. Melissa Clark’s five-star classic, which has nearly 40,000 reviews, and more of our most popular recipes from the week.

Style

• They’ve Got Milk, in a Perfume Bottle. Glossier, Mugler and the Nue Co. are just a handful of brands selling milk-scented fragrances.
• Tenderly Tracking My Husband. As I watched my husband’s dot go to places he loved, I felt newly connected to him. But could I protect him?
• A Kiss and a Proposal — All on Their First Date. Dr. John Cook and Sylvia Auton had known each other socially for 15 years through her husband. After their spouses passed, poetry and an accidental FaceTime changed their trajectory.
• They Found Love On and Off the Tennis Court. Dr. Jeffrey Petigrow and Emma Famili met in 2022 at a clinic that helps children with autism build skills through tennis.
• How Two Bookworms Wrote Their Own Love Story. Stefanie Joseph and Christopher Richards, who met on a dating app three years ago, immediately bonded over their love of reading.
• After Dressing Celebrities, This Designer Now Wants to Dress You. Joe Ando-Hirsh made a name for himself with bespoke gowns. The ambition of his new brand is to dress the average woman.
• The Family Branding of Sean Duffy’s New Reality Show Is a Trip. A trailer heralds the latest spinoff from the Trump administration.
• Graduates Boo Commencement Speech About A.I. Humanities students made their displeasure known at the University of Central Florida.
• When Generations Collide Down the Aisle. Boomer and Gen X parents helping to pay for a wedding are sometimes finding themselves at odds with the couple over what qualifies as a must-have.
• Woman on the Verge of a Nervy Breakthrough. Niko Rubio, a bilingual songwriter from Southern California who has collaborated with Gwen Stefani, has found her voice.
• For Years, She Has Hosted a Legendary African Artists Salon. The writer Rashidah Ismaili honors a storied literary tradition by hosting Salon d’Afrique, a creative gathering for international Black luminaries, in her Harlem home.
• U.C.F. Students Boo Commencement Speaker for A.I. Comments. Students at the University of Central Florida booed a commencement speaker after she said that “artificial intelligence is the next industrial revolution.”
• Tiny Love Stories: ‘Life Suddenly Made Sense’ Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
• As a Sober Person, How Should I Serve Alcohol to Friends at Dinner Parties? A reader struggles with how to reconcile his newfound sobriety with his desire to be a gracious host when inviting friends into his home.
• Want to See the Epstein Files in Print? Here Are the 3,437 Volumes. Documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, taking up more than 3,400 volumes and weighing over eight tons, have been printed and bound for display in a TriBeCa gallery.
• Eating Healthy? No, They’re Eating Biblically. A diet inspired by the Bible has found new audiences online in the Make America Healthy Again era.
• Traditional Soaps May Be Waning, but Our Stories Are Sudsier Than Ever. Even though only four original soap operas remain on the air, our appetite for high drama has never been more insatiable.
• Did the Pope Really Wear Nikes? Eagle-eyed viewers spotted a swoosh in Vatican City.
• Scientology Churches Scramble to Keep TikTok Speedrunners Out. The police in Los Angeles, New York, Sydney and elsewhere are responding to incidents related to a TikTok trend involving running through Scientology buildings.
• A Statement Jacket, Courtesy of a ‘Fashion Icon’: Her Mother. A 20-something wearing her mother’s jacket for a Friday evening in Greenwich Village.
• Hacky Sack Mounts a Comeback With Gen Z. Teenagers are booting the game out of the 1990s. “It’s kind of bringing everybody together,” one said.
• A Nice Hang With a Low-Key Rock Star. Kurt Vile is finding inspiration in Philadelphia. “The older I get, the more I know every nook and cranny of the city,” he says.
• On ‘The Pitt,’ She Clocked Out on Time. In Real Life, It Started a Debate. When Joy Kwon, a third-year medical student on TV, set a boundary, she stirred a work-life balance debate among medical professionals and fans.
• What Can I Do About See-Through White Pants? A reader loves the style, but hates the consequences.
• A Panorama of Design. A look at news, products and events during the NYCxDesign Festival.
• Grab Some Seeds. Throw Them at the Soil. You’re a Gardener Now. Welcome to chaos gardening, a laid-back way to turn a patch of ground into a riot of color.
• Thanks to ‘Mormon Wives,’ Dirty Soda Is a National Obsession. The colorful drinks have become a hit across the country, inspiring new menu items at Dunkin’ and McDonald’s and a genre of TikTok recipes.
• A Ritalin Ruler and a Xanax Photo Frame? I’ll Take One of Each. The days of giving pharmaceutical-branded swag to health care professionals are largely over. Now those items are hot on the thrifting scene.
• Her Response to A.I.? Getting Naked Onstage. The writer Pamela Redmond talks about her new play, “Old Woman Naked,” why her kids won’t see it and whether she’d have done the show without GLP-1s.
• How ‘Mile End Kicks’ Nailed the Indie Sleaze Look. The film follows a music critic (played by Barbie Ferreira) who moves to Montreal in 2011. Clothes unearthed via Craigslist and vintage piles bring the era to life.
• Courtney Barnett’s Lost in the Basement. The Australian singer-songwriter transplanted herself across an ocean to shake things up, not to figure things out.
• Why Everyone Was So Mad About the Met Gala. Plus, a remembrance of Ted Turner and a tank top quandary.

Love

• The Unboxing Trend Bringing Mothers and Daughters Closer Together. Moving beyond the typical viral clothing hauls, brides-to-be are sharing sentimental videos of the moment they reveal (and sometimes try on) their mothers’ preserved wedding gowns.

Magazine

• Does a House Really Need Rugs? A ruling on a home-décor dispute.
• The Strange Alliance Trying to Remake American Psychiatry. The Department of Health and critical psychiatry activists are hoping to upend 40 years of medical orthodoxy.
• Why ‘Smart’ Products Have Started to Look Like the Dumb Choice. How Wi-Fi-connecting, app-based tech led to a backlash in the name of simplicity
• My Sister’s Alcoholism Is Putting Her Grandson at Risk. What Should I Do? He has discovered her unconscious on more than one occasion.
• What to Know About the New Obsession With Testosterone. From politics to influencers and beyond, the hormone is being used not just for medical reasons but in pursuit of a new masculine ideal.
• What to Expect When You’re Expecting to Expect. Influencers and health gurus are offering pregnancy solutions during “trimester zero,” when women are trying to conceive.
• Why So Many Men Are Obsessed With Testosterone. From the Trump administration to online influencers, the hormone is increasingly seen as the key to achieving a new male ideal.
• Gisèle Pelicot’s Memoir Said Something Taboo About Victimhood. We Didn’t Listen. A book by the world’s most famous survivor of sexual violence has been read as a manifesto or a cry of pain. What she wrote is far more complicated.
• The Astounding Discovery That Could Link Eastern and Western Medicine. The detection of another circulatory system in the human body could have enormous scientific implications.
• He Thinks Netflix Accused Him of Murder. The Courts Disagree. When the famed freediver Francisco Ferreras filed a libel suit over “No Limit,” his case looked strong. Proving it would require a more honest accounting of his life.
• Is It Wrong to Work for a Charity That’s Funded by a Questionable Source? It feels as if I would be helping to burnish the reputation of someone whose actions and public statements I deeply disapprove of.
• A Personal Finance Star on What Millennials Need From Their Boomer Parents. Ramit Sethi wants everyone to have a healthier relationship to money, and thinks he knows how to get us there.
• What if You Could Give Your Dog a Longer Life? The business of pet longevity is booming — driven, in part, by experimental treatments that might also have implications for us.

T Magazine

• How a Midcentury SoCal Gem Was Rescued. A Hollywood executive couple and an interior designer turned their attention to a 1960s house in the desert.
• The Top Banana Desserts. Plus: a pen that pays homage to Matisse, block colors on the runway and more from T’s cultural compendium.
• A Snakelike Necklace With Bejeweled Scales. Bulgari’s latest iteration of its Serpenti accessory took roughly 470 hours to create.
• Can a Windbreaker Be Fashionable? Whether it’s a little breezy or downright blustery outside, any of these jackets will serve you well this spring.
• Julio Torres’s Furniture Takes Inspiration From the JFK Customs Line. Plus: a renewed Paris nightclub, sunglasses from Debbie Harry and more recommendations from T Magazine.
• A Primer on Buddhist Monuments. Three architecturally significant stupas, or reliquary mounds, in Nepal, Thailand and Taiwan.
• D Is for Dharma: A Buddhism Glossary. Words and terms common in the Buddhist communities of Nepal, Thailand and Taiwan.
• How Buddhism Spread: A Map and Timeline. The many paths by which the religion flourished across Asia.
• Follow the Steps of the Buddha, Book by Book. A reporter’s essential reading list on Buddhism in Asia.
• What Happens When Buddhism Is Twinned With Political Power? In Thailand, where it’s the state-sanctioned religion, practices have proved to be surprisingly mutable.
• Life, Death and Rebirth in the Land of the Buddha. Starting at the birthplace of Buddhism, a writer traces how its teachings spread across Asia, transforming the continent forever.
• How Taiwan Became a Refuge for Buddhism. A Sinicized form of the religion has been preserved on the island, where daily life itself now sometimes seems like an exercise in Buddhist practice.
• The Long Journey to Enlightenment. Buddhism’s lessons on transience have had incredible staying power.
• Matt Dillon’s Lesser-Known Life as a Visual Artist. The actor’s large scale, Neo-Expressionist-inspired paintings are now on view in New York.
• How Naomi Ackie Learned to Act Without Fear. She’s had breakout moments before. But with “I Love Boosters,” she’s moving beyond hype.
• My Favorite Artwork | Matt Dillon. The actor and artist discusses Robert Rauschenberg’s “Erased de Kooning Drawing” (1953).
• Which Red Shoes Should You Wear This Spring? Ruby slippers — and heels and sneakers — are everywhere right now. Take T’s quiz to find out which style best suits you.
• On Broadway Stages, a New Kind of Fake News. A genre of plays has emerged in which the characters and events are real — even when the dialogue isn’t.
• Shell Accessories That Feel Like a Beach Day. Baubles from the sea both inspire and adorn summer bags, shoes and jewelry.
• He Had a Vision for His Novel’s Main Character. A Sketch Artist Brought Her to Life. With the help of a forensic artist, Amitav Ghosh puts a face to the name of Varsha Gupta, the central figure of his new novel, “Ghost Eye.”
• An Artist Who Sees the Beauty in Dust. Reggie Burrows Hodges discusses Malta, Caravaggio and a painting inspired by the winds of the Sahara.
• Wait, My Lamp Wasn’t Even Italian? On the hunt for a light that only looked like it came from the Memphis Group.

Travel

• 36 Hours on the Amalfi Coast, Italy. Be seduced by the land of sirens before the high-season crowds descend.
• A Paradise for Food Lovers in the Swedish Countryside. In Skane, a fertile agricultural area bordered on three sides by the Baltic Sea, visitors will find delightful meals, baked goods and sweets, all made with a certain ‘craft nerdiness.’
• Railway, Meet Milky Way: 5 Great Stargazing Trains. On nighttime excursions in dark-sky hot spots like Norway, New Zealand and Nevada, all you have to do is relax and look up. The stars will do the rest.
• Searching Paris for Ben Franklin, America’s ‘Least-Dead’ Founder. The aging statesman braved rough seas and arduous carriage rides to reach Paris, where he persuaded the French to back the American rebels. We followed in his footsteps.
• London Luxury Face Off: How Did Two Very Expensive Hotels Compare? Raffles at the OWO and the Chancery Rosewood recently opened in landmarks once teeming with generals, diplomats and spies. Both promise pampering and a dash of history. Do they deliver?
• Spirit Was the Only Airline in Town. Now What? Spirit’s presence was a point of pride in Latrobe, Pa., where the security lines were short and airport parking is free. Residents are mourning the loss.

Real Estate

• For Sale: Three Marrakesh Riads for Less Than $800,000. Riads, the traditional open-air Moroccan homes or palaces, predominate in the Medina, Marrakesh’s walled ‘old city.’
• Exploring the Co-ops of Riverdale With About $600,000. Determined to downsize, two longtime Manhattanites looked north to the Bronx for an apartment with two or three bedrooms, a balcony, and maybe even a pool.
• A Bedroom Where Leopard-Print Carpeting and Green Walls Do the Talking. The husband-and-wife duo behind Wretched Flowers keep their bedroom cozy with bespoke treasures.
• Weekend Getaways for Sale on the Jersey Shore, the East End and in the Hudson Valley. This week’s properties are in Manasquan, N.J., and Southold, Southhampton, Accord, and Woodstock, N.Y.
• That Hamptons House: Just How Far Out of Reach Is It? Long Island’s most exclusive area is now ‘a billionaire market with a luxury market attached to it,’ said one broker.
• Las Vegas Arts District: An Antidote to the Glitz. The walkable, creative enclave also has a rapidly growing residential footprint.
• Train-Hopping Along the Jersey Shore. For town-to-town travel, locals are leaving their cars at home in favor of NJ Transit.
• The Complicated Logistics of a Home Building Sprint. 2,500 volunteers descended on Atlanta last week to build 24 homes in five days.
• $1.8 Million Homes in Maine, California and Georgia. A cottage in Belfast, Maine, a midcentury modern home in Los Angeles and an Arts & Crafts house in Athens, Ga.
• The Sheer Joy of Cut Flowers. Sarah Raven, the celebrated British gardener, indulges her obsession with homegrown cutting gardens and shares tips on creating spectacular arrangements.
• A Private Club Plans a Grand Debut on the ‘People’s Beach’ The Rockaway Ocean Club will open in the historic Jacob Riis Park Bathhouse this summer.
• In Brooklyn, Finding a First Home Was Just the Beginning. A couple paid $2.5 million for a townhouse that needed a gut renovation. Eighteen months later, they were crazy about the result.
• Angelina Jolie Lists Her Los Angeles Estate for $29.85 Million. The 1916 Beaux-Arts mansion, once owned by Cecil B. DeMille, sits in the hilly neighborhood of Los Feliz. In North Carolina, the TV-famous home from “Dawson’s Creek” has sold.
• Before SoHo, This Building Was at the Heart of New York’s Arts District. A West Side co-op built for artists and later turned into offices is being reborn as a luxury condominium named Parc Beaufort.
• My Building Is Spending Money and Hiding the Receipts. Co-op shareholders have a right to some financial information — but not all of it.

Health

• 16 More People in the U.S. Are Being Monitored for Hantavirus, C.D.C. Says. They were passengers on a plane to Johannesburg with an infected Dutch woman who later died.
• Hantavirus Doesn’t Spread Easily, but Officials May Be Downplaying Risks. The virus is clearly far less contagious than the coronavirus, scientists agree, but they have found cases where it spread among people without direct contact.
• How Worried Should We Be About Hantavirus? Our global health reporter, Apoorva Mandavilli, explains that there is no indication the hantavirus outbreak could turn into a pandemic — but also that the public might not be getting all of the details.
• How an ‘Impossible’ Idea Led to a Pancreatic Cancer Breakthrough. The new strategy also holds promise for lung and colon tumors. Here’s how scientists discovered it.
• Kennedy Is Driving a Vast Inquiry Into Vaccines, Despite His New Silence on the Issue. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has toned down his public criticism of vaccines, under orders from the White House. But inside his department, a sprawling research effort is a top priority.
• Kennedy Is Driving a Vast Inquiry Into Vaccines, Despite His Public Silence. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has toned down his public criticism of vaccines, under orders from the White House. But inside his department, a sprawling research effort is a top priority.
• A Single Infusion Could Suppress H.I.V. for Years, Study Suggests. A study of a few patients, to be presented this week, showed promise for a type of therapy that has already cured some blood cancers.
• Hantavirus Is Nothing Like Coronavirus, but It’s Bringing Some ‘Covid P.T.S.D.’ Experts have been quick to reassure the public after the deaths aboard the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius, but images and turns of phrase have rekindled anxieties from Covid’s early days.

Well

• How to Have a Difficult Conversation. Tough chats are manageable if you have clear steps to take. Experts share tools that they have used in their own lives.
• Dating in a Swipeless World. Bumble is losing the feature that reshaped how we look for love. Daters may be ready for something more intentional.
• What Are Your Evening Rituals? We Want to Know. Do you meditate? Play Wordle? Wear soft pajamas and sip chamomile tea? We’d like to hear about the little routines that help you wind down.
• The Hantavirus Outbreak Is Resurrecting Covid-Era Misinformation Tactics. Experts say A.I. tools have made it even easier for influencers and others to spread false messages online.
• More Cancer Patients Are Taking Ivermectin. Mel Gibson and Joe Rogan Might Be Why. Prescriptions for antiparasitic drugs spiked after the actor claimed it cured his friends of cancer, a new study finds.
• Is It Safe to Wear Earbuds While Sleeping? Doctors explain how to protect your ears.
• This 4-Week Challenge Will Actually Help You Get Off Your Phone. You might even spend more time outside.
• Are You Frail? Nearly half of older adults are at risk.
• As Officials Track Cruise Passengers, Experts Stress Hantavirus Risk Remains Low. Health officials are closely monitoring those who were exposed for symptoms of the virus, which does not spread easily between humans.

Eat

• How Healthy Are Artichokes? Nutritionists say it’s worth putting in the work to enjoy the benefits of these spiky bulbs. (But it’s OK to cheat, too.)

Family

• The Wisdom of Our Mothers. Readers share thoughtful, practical and often funny advice from their moms.

Live

• P.C.O.S. Has a New Name. Doctors Hope It Will Improve Care for Millions. The condition has been renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or P.M.O.S., to better reflect its wide-ranging health effects.

Mind

• Thinking About Stopping an Antidepressant? Here’s What to Consider. The decision is individual, but experts have some general guidance.
• What Is Body Dysmorphic Disorder? It may look like vanity, but it’s a debilitating mental health condition.

Move

• This Mental Trick May Help You Get More Exercise. It’s not about discipline.
• 7 Moves to Prevent Shoulder Pain. These exercises can help you avoid discomfort by improving your strength and mobility.

Times Insider

• ‘Spot’ Illustrations Prove There Are Many Ways to Draw One Thing. An artist explains her approach to an atypical assignment in the newspaper.
• Did Epstein Actually Write That Suicide Note? Here’s How We Tried to Find Out. Three New York Times reporters discuss the steps they have taken to learn more about a note found in Jeffrey Epstein’s jail cell in the weeks before his death.
• A Reporter Shares His Secrets to Covering the Cannes Film Festival. Kyle Buchanan, who has attended the annual launchpad for Oscar contenders in France since 2013, subsists on Red Bull and around four hours of sleep.
• How The Times Covers Trump’s Social Media. Patrick Healy, an assistant managing editor, explains how The Times reports on social media posts by the president that can be erratic and even profane, but are often consequential.

Corrections

• Corrections: May 15, 2026. Corrections that appeared in print on Friday, May 15, 2026.
• Quote of the Day: With Open Primaries in Retreat, Proponents Argue They Improve Lives. Quotation of the Day for Friday, May 15, 2026.
• Corrections: May 14, 2026. Corrections that appeared in print on Thursday, May 14, 2026.
• Quote of the Day: Teenagers Get a Fresh Kick Out of Playing an Old Game. Quotation of the Day for Thursday, May 14, 2026.
• Corrections: May 13, 2026. Corrections that appeared in print on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
• Quote of the Day: ‘He Got Me Every Time’: Some Pitchers Haunt Batters. Quotation of the Day for Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
• Quote of the Day: What Asia Fears Most On Summit. Quotation of the Day for Wednesday, May 12, 2026.
• No Corrections: May 12, 2026. No corrections appeared in print on Tuesday, May 12, 2026.
• No Corrections: May 11, 2026. No corrections appeared in print on Monday, May 11, 2026.
• Quote of the Day: Red Card of Black Card? Facing Fate at Thailand’s Draft Lottery. Quotation of the day for Monday, May 11 2026.
• Quote of the Day: As Hungary Gets a New Leader, the Old Guard Is Stunned. Quotation of the Day for Sunday, May 10, 2026.
• Corrections: May 10, 2026. Corrections that appeared in print on Sunday, May 10, 2026.
• Quote of the Day: Adding Debt and Losing Sleep to See World Cup. Quotation of the Day for Saturday, May 9, 2026.
• Corrections: May 9, 2026. Corrections that appeared in print on Saturday, May 9, 2026.

The Learning Network

• What’s Your Perfect Saturday? Tell us in detail about what your ideal day would entail — what you’d do, whom you’d do it with, what you’d eat, how it would feel.
• Phones and Conversation. Tell us a story, real or made up, that is inspired by this image.
• Word of the Day: fallible. This word has appeared in 31 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• What Teenagers Are Saying About Writing By Hand in the Digital Age. Students react to a call for more handwritten letters and explore the cognitive and emotional differences between writing by hand and typing.
• What Do You Think About ‘Teen Takeovers’? Have you heard about or participated in these youth gatherings? Do you think they’re a problem?
• ‘Rots Your Brain’ What do you think this image is communicating?
• Word of the Day: epithet. This word has appeared in 35 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• What Memorable Animals Have You Seen in the Wild? A sea lion whose size has earned him the nickname Chonkers has become a sensation at a popular tourist spot in San Francisco. Are you bonkers for Chonkers?
• Best Cheap Food. What are your favorite local budget-friendly places to eat?
• Word of the Day: implicit. This word has appeared in 245 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• The Winners of Our Second Annual ‘My List’ Review Contest. Entertain and inform yourself with these teen-curated lists that suggest movies, music, books, restaurants and more.
• Gardening. Have you ever planted anything? If not, would you like to start?
• What Would You Be Willing to Wait in a Really Long Line For? The chance to buy something you really want? An opportunity to meet someone you admire? The experience of eating in a wildly popular restaurant?
• Word of the Day: remonstrate. This word has appeared in one article on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
• Student New Quiz: National Debt, Teen Takeovers, Sea Lion. Have you been paying attention to current events recently? See how well you can do on this week’s news quiz for students.
• Film Club: ‘How Ejae of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Overcame Rejection and Found Stardom’ What can we learn from her journey about the joys and challenges of becoming a K-pop idol?
• What Is Your Reaction to the Supreme Court’s Recent Voting Rights Ruling? Will a decision that further weakens the Voting Rights Act make our elections more equal, fair and just — or less so?
• Word of the Day: palpable. This word has appeared in 296 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

En español

• Palabra del día: ‘fallible’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en 31 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• Palabra del día: ‘epithet’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en 35 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• 7 movimientos para prevenir el dolor de hombro. Estos ejercicios pueden ayudarte a evitar molestias al mejorar tu fuerza y movilidad.
• ¿Es seguro usar auriculares al dormir? Hemos preguntado a los expertos si este hábito plantea algún riesgo significativo para la salud.
• Palabra del día: ‘implicit’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en 245 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• ¿Qué tan saludables son las alcachofas? Las alcachofas son una de las verduras más infravaloradas, y no tienes que dominar las técnicas de cocina para disfrutarlas.
• Palabra del día: ‘remonstrate’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en un artículo de NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• ¿Eres frágil? Te decimos cómo se diagnostica la fragilidad, en qué se diferencia del envejecimiento normal, qué te pone en riesgo de volverte frágil y qué hacer al respecto.
• Palabra del día: ‘palpable’ Esta palabra ha aparecido en 296 artículos en NYTimes.com en el último año. ¿Puedes usarla en una frase?
• ¿Qué es el trastorno dismórfico corporal? Este padecimiento mental hace que las personas pasen un tiempo excesivo preocupadas por su aspecto, pero va más allá de la vanidad.
• En Cartagena, un lugar para monjes, bailarines y cinéfilos ahora es un hotel. Construido a partir de edificios históricos como un monasterio y un club nocturno, el complejo ocupa más de 3,2 hectáreas urbanas en este destino turístico caribeño.
• La pareja de tu amiga es aburrida. Las citas dobles no tienen por qué serlo. Los expertos comparten ideas para elegir las actividades adecuadas y mantener la paz.
• Es una temporada difícil de garrapatas. Te decimos cómo protegerte. A medida que sube la temperatura global, las garrapatas se están expandiendo a nuevos lugares. Cada vez hay más de estos arácnidos, y pueden portar más enfermedades.
• La fragilidad de la memoria, o cuando el canario de mi padre voló. En las etapas finales de su demencia, un recuerdo perdido de la infancia regresó, perfectamente formado. ¿Qué pasaba en su cerebro?
• Cada vez más personas siguen consejos de salud de los influentes. Las redes sociales están plagadas de creadores de contenido de salud. El hecho de que muchos de ellos no tengan formación médica puede ser gran parte de su atractivo.
• ¿Qué es el hantavirus? Este virus, transmitido por roedores, está relacionado con un brote mortal en un crucero que navegaba por el océano Atlántico.
• Canvas cierra durante horas tras ciberataque. Un grupo de hackers se atribuyó la vulneración de datos que afectó a la plataforma de aprendizaje y puso en peligro los datos personales de millones de usuarios.
• EE. UU. revisará los consulados mexicanos tras reportes de la derecha. El Departamento de Estado declinó dar detalles sobre lo que implicaría esa revisión, pero dijo que podría conducir al cierre de algunos consulados.

América Latina

• Cómo un cártel del narcotráfico convirtió al estado de Sinaloa en su herramienta. Durante años, una arquitectura invisible de protección dentro de varios niveles del gobierno mexicano permitió que el Cártel de Sinaloa operara a plena vista.
• Un monumento al chocolate envuelto en capas de historia mexicana. Combinando una casa colonial y un añadido contemporáneo, el nuevo Museo del Cacao y el Chocolate se asienta sobre un espeluznante recuerdo azteca.
• Cuba afirma que se agotaron sus reservas de petróleo. El gobierno cubano lidia con una grave crisis energética debido al colapso de las infraestructuras y la disminución del suministro de Venezuela.
• Argentina está en una carrera por hallar el origen del brote de hantavirus. Las autoridades ya rastrean el itinerario de la pareja neerlandesa identificada como la fuente del brote de hantavirus en un crucero. La investigación se ha visto envuelta en acusaciones internacionales.
• Tras la desaparición de sus dos hijos, su búsqueda la convirtió en la voz de las madres mexicanas. Una de las activistas más destacadas en la lucha por los desaparecidos en México encontró recientemente los restos de uno de sus hijos desaparecidos. Ahora ha centrado sus esfuerzos en encontrar al otro.
• Más aviones espía y drones estadounidenses vigilan Cuba. Mientras el presidente Trump amenaza con actuar contra la isla, los expertos debaten si los vuelos que Estados Unidos no oculta son solo una intimidación o presagian la fuerza militar.
• República Dominicana acepta recibir a migrantes de terceros países deportados por EE. UU. La nación caribeña se une a otros países latinoamericanos, como El Salvador, Costa Rica y Panamá, que han alcanzado este tipo de acuerdos.
• México y EE. UU. rechazan que la CIA tuviera un papel letal en un operativo en México. Los desmentidos se produjeron después de un reportaje de CNN que afirmó que la CIA participó en el asesinato del integrante de un cártel a principios de año.
• En Colombia, los hipopótamos de Pablo Escobar dividen la opinión pública. El gobierno colombiano planea sacrificar una población de hipopótamos salvajes, descendientes de las mascotas del narcotraficante, y con ello ha dividido a un pueblo donde los hipopótamos son la principal atracción.
• Después de la captura de Maduro por EE. UU., ¿los migrantes de Venezuela regresarán a casa? Las terribles condiciones en Venezuela provocaron un éxodo. Tras el atentado que derrocó a su máximo dirigente, la cuestión es si las cosas han cambiado lo suficiente como para que el retorno resulte atractivo.
• La rivalidad entre EE. UU. y China llega a los cielos sudamericanos. EE. UU. ha presionado a Argentina y Chile para que revisen dos proyectos de telescopios chinos en los desiertos andinos. A los astrónomos les preocupa que esto suponga un revés para la investigación.
• ¿Puede la motosierra de Milei dar un nuevo impulso a la derecha global? Con su cruzada desreguladora, Javier Milei se convirtió en una figura estelar del universo MAGA. Pero en Argentina, su experimento de ajuste extremo enfrenta un momento decisivo.
• 4 hombres son declarados culpables del asesinato del presidente de Haití. Jovenel Moïse, de 53 años, fue asesinado a tiros en su dormitorio en julio de 2021. Su asesinato desencadenó una espiral de violencia de pandillas y caos en Haití.

Ciencia y Tecnología

• Una idea ‘imposible’ derivó en un gran avance contra el cáncer de páncreas. La nueva estrategia también es prometedora para los tumores de pulmón y colon. He aquí cómo los científicos la descubrieron.
• David Attenborough, la voz de la naturaleza, cumple 100 años. Imágenes y momentos importantes de la trayectoria del que quizá sea el naturalista más célebre del mundo.

Cultura

• El Mundial tendrá un espectáculo de medio tiempo por primera vez. La final anterior del Mundial atrajo a más de 500 millones de espectadores en directo. El partido de este año está programado para el 19 de julio en el estadio MetLife. Actuarán Shakira, BTS y Madonna.
• La azotea en la que los Beatles tocaron juntos por última vez será un museo. El inmueble del número 3 de la calle Savile Row, donde el cuarteto también grabó el álbum “Let It Be” se abrirá al público el año que viene.
• Una madre en duelo preserva el legado artístico de su hijo. El pintor Matthew Wong estaba en ascenso cuando murió a los 35 años. Su madre, Monita Wong, se está asegurando de que su obra pueda seguir viéndose.

Deportes

• La acción antes de la acción en el Mundial. Antes de que comience la Copa Mundial de la FIFA el 11 de junio, hay mucho que ver mientras las mayores estrellas del fútbol global llegan a Norteamérica.

Estados Unidos

• El director de la CIA viaja a Cuba mientras EE. UU. intensifica la presión a la isla. John Ratcliffe, director de la CIA, es el funcionario de más alto rango del gobierno de Trump que ha visitado el país.
• El silencio del principal asesor militar de Trump deja muchas preguntas. Como jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto, el general Dan Caine está obligado a mantenerse al margen de la refriega política provocada por la guerra en Irán. Pero trabaja para un presidente que le exige lealtad absoluta.
• ¿Los abogados del gobierno están por encima de los cuerpos disciplinarios de la profesión? Una demanda en EE. UU. lo analiza. El Departamento de Justicia de EE. UU. impulsa una propuesta para intentar paralizar o retrasar que los colegios de abogados sancionen la ética de los profesionales que trabajan para el gobierno de Trump.
• El auge y declive del AK-47. Una familia de armas que en su día fue omnipresente en el mercado estadounidense ha empezado a desaparecer por diversas razones.
• Dejar la casa atrás para vivir sobre ruedas. Con pocos motivos para quedarse atados a un hogar fijo, algunos padres con el nido vacío están optando por salir a la carretera.
• Trump dice que no le preocupa el impacto económico de la guerra en Irán para EE. UU. Cuando se le preguntó si la situación económica de los estadounidenses lo motivaba para llegar a un trato, el presidente Trump dijo sin rodeos: “Ni siquiera un poco”.
• Irán conserva importantes capacidades en materia de misiles, según inteligencia de EE. UU. Nuevas evaluaciones dicen que Irán conserva 30 de sus 33 sitios de misiles a lo largo del estrecho de Ormuz, lo que sugiere que su ejército aún es más fuerte de lo que ha dicho el presidente Trump.
• Un hijo moribundo, sus padres detenidos y la carrera para reunirse antes del final. Desde su cama de hospital en Chicago, el joven deseaba ver por última vez a sus padres. Pero tras cruzar ilegalmente desde México para visitarlo, fueron detenidos por inmigración en Arizona.
• Robert Kennedy Jr. continúa su cruzada para investigar las vacunas. Kennedy lidera una intensa campaña para que científicos, y los contratistas federales de datos, analicen su teoría de que las vacunas impulsan una epidemia de enfermedades crónicas.
• Trump rechaza la nueva propuesta de Irán y prolonga el limbo en Medio Oriente. Estados Unidos e Irán han estado discutiendo una prórroga de 30 días de su alto al fuego y una reapertura del estrecho de Ormuz.
• Lo que hay que saber sobre las orfinas, una nueva clase de opioides mortales. Estas drogas son 10 veces más peligrosas que el fentanilo. Están apareciendo en las drogas callejeras del Sur y del Medio Oeste, y lo más probable es que se extiendan a otras regiones.
• ¿Vance o Rubio? Trump sopesa quién será su sucesor. Las apariciones recientes del vicepresidente JD Vance y el secretario de Estado Marco Rubio han generado nuevas especulaciones sobre una contienda por la candidatura presidencial republicana.
• Trump adjudicó sin licitación las obras del estanque reflectante de Washington. El presidente de EE. UU. dijo que decidió pintar el icónico lugar cerca del monumento a Lincoln de azul, y dirigió un contrato del gobierno a alguien que dijo que había trabajado en sus albercas.
• El Pentágono publica archivos sobre ovnis. Los primeros archivos incluyen imágenes fijas borrosas que muestran lo que podría ser cualquier cosa. El gobierno estadounidense dijo que publicarán más de forma continua.

Estilos de Vida

• El síndrome de ovario poliquístico ahora será conocido como SOMP. La enfermedad ha sido rebautizada como síndrome ovárico metabólico poliendocrino para reflejar mejor sus amplios efectos sobre la salud.
• ¿Comer sano? No, ellos comen bíblicamente. Una dieta inspirada en las Escrituras ha encontrado nuevas audiencias en internet como sustento al movimiento de Hagamos a Estados Unidos saludable de nuevo.
• En ‘The Pitt’, salió a su hora. En la vida real, inició un debate. Cuando Joy Kwon, una estudiante de medicina en la serie, puso un límite al trabajo, desató una conversación sobre el equilibrio entre la vida laboral y personal.
• La tendencia de ‘unboxing’ que acerca a madres e hijas. Más allá de los típicos videos de compras de ropa, las futuras novias están compartiendo el momento en que revelan (y a veces se prueban) los vestidos de novia que sus madres han conservado.
• La chica de las gafas de sol tatuadas. Mi hija me dejó demasiado joven, así que encuentro formas de mantenerla conmigo.

Mundo

• Brillo y boicots en Eurovisión. El certamen tiene teatralidad, lentejuelas y pirotecnia. Y este año, también tiene protestas por la participación de Israel.
• La vida en el hotel congoleño donde permanecen 15 migrantes deportados por Trump. Fueron retenidos y enviados a Kinsasa por el gobierno de Trump. Ahora se enfrentan a una peligrosa elección: volver a Latinoamérica o quedarse en África.
• Así es como Israel convirtió Eurovisión en una herramienta de poder blando. Documentos y entrevistas revelan cómo el gobierno israelí utilizó el concurso musical más importante de Europa para fortalecer su imagen internacional.
• Las ambiciones de Trump chocan con el pragmatismo de Xi. A pesar de los problemas de China —deflación, despoblación, la burbuja inmobiliaria—, Xi dejó claro que había llegado el momento de que su país actuara como una superpotencia.
• Un juez ordena devolver a EE. UU. a una mujer colombiana deportada a Congo-Kinsasa. El juez consideró que era muy probable que el gobierno de Donald Trump hubiera infringido la ley al deportar a la mujer al país africano a pesar de que este se negaba a acogerla.
• ¿Qué cenaron Trump y Xi? Los chefs chinos trataron de apelar a las preferencias culinarias de Trump al tiempo que utilizaban ingredientes y técnicas de cocina tradicionales.
• Xi no deja dudas a Trump: Taiwán tiene alta prioridad. El líder chino, Xi Jinping, dijo que las relaciones entre ambos países podrían volverse una “situación extremadamente peligrosa” si Trump hace caso omiso de las exigencias chinas sobre Taiwán.
• Trump en China. El presidente será recibido con todos los honores, pero la profunda brecha que hay entre Estados Unidos y China será muy difícil de reparar.
• ¿D’Artagnan fue enterrado en los Países Bajos? El pueblo de Wolder exhumó un esqueleto que estaba debajo de una de sus iglesias. Espera ansioso los resultados de ADN para saber si los restos pertenecen al conde inmortalizado por Alejandro Dumas.
• Los países del Golfo detienen a ‘traidores’ chiíes en medio de la guerra con Irán. Decenas de ciudadanos del golfo Pérsico han sido acusados de pertenecer a células terroristas vinculadas a Irán mientras la guerra acelera un giro hacia un autoritarismo más profundo en la región.
• Irán, Taiwán y la tregua comercial: las cartas de Xi para negociar con Trump. China quiere que continúe la tregua comercial con EE. UU. Eso significa que Xi negociará con Trump para que no se impongan más aranceles, ni controles a las exportaciones, ni sanciones a sus empresas.
• Trump llegó a China. Así fue recibido en el aeropuerto. Pekín envió a un vicepresidente de alto rango para dar la bienvenida al presidente Trump. ¿Qué significa esto?
• El arte de cortar jamón ibérico. Los españoles hacen fila en bodas, torneos de tenis y galas para comer jamón servido por Ernesto Soriano, uno de los mejores cortadores de jamón ibérico del mundo.
• El conferenciante y rey filósofo: así es Xi Jinping a puerta cerrada. Los encuentros con otros líderes mundiales revelan una faceta del dirigente chino que el público rara vez ve, y ofrecen pistas sobre cómo abordará al presidente Trump en Pekín.
• Un cambio en Ucrania. El avance del ejército ruso se ha desacelerado hasta casi detenerse. Mientras tanto, Vladimir Putin parece estar sometido a una presión cada vez mayor.
• Un informe israelí examina la violencia sexual durante y tras el atentado de Hamás. La investigación describe casos en los que se abusaba de las víctimas delante de sus familiares, o en los que los autores difundían imágenes de una víctima en redes sociales.
• El Reino Unido ha tenido 5 líderes en 10 años. ¿Está a punto de tener otro? Los críticos del actual primer ministro, Keir Starmer piden su renuncia para que el Partido Laborista tenga una posibilidad en las elecciones generales antes de 2029.
• Europa prueba una nueva táctica para tratar a Trump: sin pedir disculpas. Los líderes europeos, atrapados en las secuelas de la guerra de Estados Unidos en Irán, han criticado al presidente públicamente. Cuando él se ha enfadado, ellos no han dado marcha atrás.
• La guerra en Irán quita el color a las bolsas de las botanas más conocidas de Japón. El gigante alimentario Calbee dijo que la escasez de nafta, un derivado del petróleo crudo utilizado en las tintas, lo estaba obligando a cambiar a envases en blanco y negro para sus productos salados.
• La Unión Europea acuerda sancionar a los colonos israelíes. La medida, aplicada a los colonos por la violencia contra los palestinos, podría ser el comienzo de una nueva era en la que Europa será más severa con Israel.
• El turbio mundo del transporte marítimo. La opacidad que rodea al estrecho de Ormuz revela un lado oscuro del transporte marítimo mundial: algunos buques no quieren ser localizados.
• Así es la lotería para el servicio militar obligatorio en Tailandia. Aunque el servicio militar, obligatorio para los hombres, es un tema que divide profundamente al país, los alistamientos voluntarios se han disparado en medio de un auge del nacionalismo y una economía en desaceleración.
• Volodímir Zelenski comienza a distanciarse del gobierno de Trump. Con las conversaciones de paz congeladas y Ucrania ahora más autosuficiente, el presidente Volodímir Zelenski parece alejarse de EE. UU.
• Putin dijo que la guerra ‘está llegando a su fin’, pero no cede en sus términos. El dirigente ruso camina por la cuerda floja: reconoce el descontento de la opinión pública, pero no ofrece indicios de que pueda renunciar a sus exigencias.
• ¿A qué países van los pasajeros del crucero afectado por el hantavirus? Casi dos decenas de países están repatriando a ciudadanos que iban a bordo del MV Hondius, donde murieron tres pasajeros en un brote de hantavirus.
• El crucero afectado por un brote de hantavirus zarpa hacia Europa continental. Los últimos evacuados desembarcaron en las islas Canarias, y una tripulación más reducida se dirige ahora a Rotterdam, donde se desinfectará el barco, dijeron las autoridades.
• Los pasajeros del crucero vinculado a un brote mortal de hantavirus han sido evacuados. Pasajeros y tripulantes abandonaron el barco tras fondear en Tenerife el domingo. Los pasajeros están siendo trasladados en avión a sus países de origen, dijeron las autoridades.
• La cumbre Trump-Xi despierta temores en las potencias medias. A las naciones asiáticas les preocupa que el presidente de EE. UU. pueda sacrificar compromisos de seguridad por mejores condiciones económicas con China.
• Por qué es importante la cumbre entre Trump y Xi, aunque parezca que no dará muchos frutos. Se espera que la guerra en Irán, el comercio, la inteligencia artificial y Taiwán estén en el orden del día. Pero las expectativas son moderadas.
• Punch, el mono solitario de Japón que conquistó internet, está creciendo. Desde que saltó a los titulares, el macaco, que ahora tiene 9 meses, se ha integrado poco a poco en su tropa y ha hecho amigos, tanto monos como humanos.
• En Rusia, el descontento se cierne sobre las festividades más grandes del año. Mientras el país se prepara para el Día de la Victoria, la economía se estanca, aumentan las restricciones de internet y el Kremlin teme ataques ucranianos.

Negocios

• China ve al EE. UU. de Trump como un imperio en decadencia. Durante décadas, Estados Unidos representó riqueza, sofisticación tecnológica y confianza institucional para muchos chinos. El volátil segundo mandato del presidente Trump hizo añicos esa imagen.

Opinión

• Trump no debe darle más victorias a China. La política de Trump hacia China ha debilitado a EE. UU., especialmente en su segundo mandato.
• Pedro Sánchez encabeza la oposición política a Donald Trump. Y está ganando. El líder de España ha establecido una filosofía de gobierno alternativa al trumpismo.
• Deberíamos tomarnos más en serio el hantavirus. No sabemos cuándo llegará una nueva pandemia, pero deberíamos ser capaces de estar más preparados.
• Lo que vimos en Cuba nos impresionó. Si los estadounidenses supieran lo que está sufriendo Cuba, exigirían el fin del bloqueo estadounidense.
• El Niño podría traer un adelanto de las temperaturas, y la vida, de 2035. El Niño que se está gestando este año podría hacer de 2027 el año más caluroso jamás registrado.
• Meta se muere. Ya era hora. Si se mira con atención, se pueden ver grietas en la armadura de la empresa de Mark Zuckerberg.
• Las personas con la que Trump no puede negociar. Hay gente que tiene creencias que no son negociables. Trump se siente desconcertado cuando se encuentra con posturas así de firmes.
• Mi padre solía escribirle al gobierno cubano. Ahora me toca a mí. Señor presidente, por favor, no tome esta carta como una defensa de la política de EE. UU. hacia Cuba, y mucho menos como un llamado a la intervención militar estadounidense.

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