Any deal with Iran would probably be a bad one. But sending ground troops to seize Iranian territory would be an even worse choice.
Three journalists on the potential repercussions of Operation Epic Fury.
When you’re a wannabe king they let you do it.
A costly war will make Iran’s enemies think twice before attacking again.
There’s been a vibe shift in Hollywood. Fun movies are back.
Readers respond to Thomas L. Friedman’s column about the community spirit helping Minnesotans in their opposition to ICE.
In Canada, mercurial weather in March and April is known as false spring, but Blue Jays’ opening day delivered spiritual spring on a winter cold night. We’ll take it.
Historically, quagmire abroad and high prices at home are the ingredients of a failed presidency.
As Trump officials demand changes, Castro family members are suddenly popping up across Cuba’s political scene. Some even ask: Could one be the “Cuban Delcy?”
The high rollers may still be crowding the tables, but high prices and pinched discretionary incomes are driving a sharp drop-off in visitors to Las Vegas as Nevada’s governor runs for re-election.
The Conservative Political Action Conference typically seeks to establish orthodoxy with its roster of speakers. This year, organizers created space for dissent, highlighting ongoing schisms in the MAGA movement.
These groups’ dream has long been to establish federal autonomy, akin to that of their fellow Kurds in Iraq. With Iran’s leaders battered and degraded, they hope their moment has come.
President Trump has vacillated between boasting about U.S. military superiority and deep frustration that his war of choice is not always having the desired effects.
Organizers want this to be largest protest yet. But is hitting a number enough to deliver an effective political movement?
Offshore wind is out. Geothermal power is in. And many climate technology start-ups are looking for ways to carry on without federal backing.
Una mezcla de emisarios —un amigo, un familiar, un funcionario de línea dura y uno conciliador— en la crisis de Irán refleja el enfoque improvisado del presidente Trump.
At a Saudi event, the president said Iran was “begging to make a deal,” seemingly unaware of reports that an Iranian strike on a Saudi base had injured American troops.
The combined missile and drone attack amounted to one of the most serious breaches of American air defenses in the course of the monthlong war with Iran.
Photos and video verified by The New York Times show mines dispensed by cluster bombs in a village a few miles from a missile site.
American officials sought to temper concerns of a possibly expanding military incursion after the Pentagon’s decision to deploy more troops to the Middle East.
After Israel said it would intensify attacks on Iran’s industrial infrastructure, major steel plants and other vital plants were struck.
Bitter rifts have opened over the defense secretary’s campaign to reverse policies that he says are prejudiced against white officers.
The number of Republicans departing the House this cycle is one of the highest since 1930.
The president announced new loan guarantees at a White House event that appeared intended to reassure a group that has found itself caught in the crosshairs of some of his major policies.
The president’s potential successors “are mortal men,” one attendee said.
Two ships turned back after being warned not to pass through the Strait of Hormuz on Friday. Iran said strikes in the country had hit a uranium processing plant and industrial sites.
The pair joined in a gathering of artists and others who denounced censorship and faulted President Trump’s growing influence over the nation’s cultural life.
Is this really what winning the war with Iran looks like? Mark Dubowitz, the chief executive of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, joins Ross Douthat on “Interesting Times” to make the case that Operation Epic Fury has degraded Iran’s military power enough to make victory achievable.
The Conservative Political Action Conference has been an America First gathering for years, but with President Trump pursuing war in Iran, organizers have tried to make a shift, with mixed results.
Officials in Tehran and Washington alike are trading taunts in English, often using American pop culture references.
The SAVE America Act, which the president wants to use to address issues like voting and transgender surgeries, allows him to try to shift the conversation from worries over inflation and war.
A jazz drummer who called off a performance in protest of the center’s being renamed for President Trump said the president’s allies had sued him as punishment.
Mr. Musk’s participation was notable because it is rare for a private citizen to be on a call between heads of state. It also suggests that Mr. Musk is back on better terms with the president.
Tehran has effectively closed off the critical waterway, turning back container ships on Friday, and Iranian lawmakers are considering whether to formalize charging fees to pass.
Reaction to President Trump’s signature on the dollar. Also: Innocent lives lost in Iran; Democrats’ brand; young job seekers; subway announcements; calling all teenagers.
Los legisladores han tenido dificultades para llegar a un acuerdo sobre la financiación del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional, del que depende la TSA. Sus agentes llevan semanas sin recibir compensación.
El gobierno de Trump está considerando designar como grupos terroristas a las dos mayores organizaciones de narcotraficantes de Brasil, tras la presión ejercida por los hijos del expresidente encarcelado Jair Bolsonaro.
As the U.S.-Israeli campaign enters a second month, analysts see a growing toll. One forecast predicts oil hitting $200 a barrel.
Plus, the Friday news quiz.
Hace una generación, la indiganción en el mundo por la invasión a Irak se mezclaba con el sentimiento anti-Estados Unidos. Ahora, algunos en Europa parecen dispuestos a distinguir entre Trump y el resto del país.
The right-wing thinker Christopher Caldwell believes the Iran war is the end of Trumpism. Is he right? What was Trumpism in the first place?
Never before has America arrived at the threshold of a quagmire so quickly.
A generation ago, foreign fury over the Iraq invasion often blurred into anti-Americanism. Now, some Europeans seem ready to distinguish between the president and the American people.
When the world map of literal power changes, the political hierarchy shifts, too
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s highly unusual decision to remove officers from a one-star promotion list has spurred allegations of racial and gender bias.
Is Muskism the new Fordism?
The Trump administration is weighing declaring Brazil’s two largest drug gangs terrorist groups, after lobbying by the sons of jailed former President Jair Bolsonaro.
Some conservative sheriffs have raised concerns about the aggressive enforcement tactics that Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, has embraced.
El presidente encarna el viejo sentimiento de una nación que cree que puede moldear al mundo a su semejanza.
President Trump’s signature will be added to U.S. paper currency later this year, the Treasury Department said on Thursday.
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York has demonstrated her ability to negotiate with the president and his team on thorny issues like immigration enforcement.
Jennifer Schuessler, a culture reporter who writes about intellectual life, is now covering President Trump’s attempts to amend the presentation of American history.
President Trump said on Truth Social that he would order pay for T.S.A. agents, who have worked for weeks without compensation, as a stalemate in Congress over funding has brought chaos to airports.
El presidente Trump amenazó por primera vez a Irán para que abriera el estrecho el sábado, y dijo que destruiría sus centrales eléctricas si no cumplía en 48 horas. Luego, emitió una prórroga hasta el viernes. Este es el segundo aplazamiento.
El presidente Donald Trump será el primer presidente en ejercicio cuya firma aparecerá en la moneda estadounidense.
I asked an Iran hawk what victory looks like now.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine skepticism is posing challenges for the Trump administration. Top health jobs are unfilled, and a court has blocked his vaccine schedule changes.
For a second time, President Trump extended the deadline for Iran to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
President Trump said he would sign an emergency order to pay Transportation Security Administration agents, with an intensifying crisis at airports ahead of a busy travel weekend.
Just after stocks ended another bruising day, the president took to social media to promote progress in talks with Iran.
Chad Bianco, the Riverside County sheriff and a Republican running for governor, is examining votes from 2025 after unsubstantiated claims of fraud.
The details of Mr. Trump’s order, which he announced on social media, were not immediately available. Lawmakers have struggled to break a logjam over funding the Department of Homeland Security.
President Trump is set to be the first sitting president to have his signature appear on the U.S. dollar.
Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is drafting a formal authorization for the use of military force in Iran, seeking to put some parameters around the operation as the Trump administration has boxed out Congress.
Iran has allowed a small number of vessels to pass, but that won’t alleviate pressure or risk for the shipping industry and energy markets any time soon.
The secretary of state said the United States and Iran were passing messages to each other as he headed to France for a diplomatic meeting of the Group of 7 nations.
La crisis en Medio Oriente obliga a los gobiernos regionales a buscar el delicado balance entre comprar combustible en dólares y trasladar lo menos posible el incremento de precios a la población.
A jumble of emissaries — a friend, a family member, a dove and a hawk — on the Iran crisis reflects President Trump’s improvisational approach.
The latest from a closely watched gathering of energy industry executives, a rare look at a whale birth and more news.
President Trump pivoted after escalating threats. Israel also announced it had killed an Iranian commander leading efforts to block the Strait of Hormuz to almost all shipping traffic.
President Trump waxed on about the virtues of the pen, calling it more economical and a better instrument than the fancier writing tools preferred by his predecessors.
Al menos 163 personas han muerto en la campaña del gobierno de Trump contra el presunto contrabando de drogas.
President Trump wants to restrict voting by mail, which he says amounts to “cheating.” But he defended his own use of the practice in a special election this week.
The government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban has pursued an intensifying campaign against critics in a tough race before April elections.
Readers respond to an Opinion guest essay by Phil Klay. Also: Educating undocumented students; energy realities; calling all teenagers.
President Trump is making new plans in one of the most significant renovations in the history of the White House.
His administration is stocked with people who have questioned the legitimacy of elections, including some who have claimed that the 2020 presidential race was stolen.
The president must confront a 1952 federal law, the possibility that millions will lose their citizenships, stateless foundlings and a fluid future.
Trump and other American presidents have criticized Canada for failing to meet the alliance’s military spending minimum of 2 percent of gross domestic product.
Los políticos europeos se arriesgan a enfadar a sus votantes si se unen a la guerra de EE. UU. Pero también si no toman medidas para terminar con el bloqueo de Irán y aliviar la crisis energética.
Steve Witkoff, a diplomatic envoy, used the Board of Peace to announce an agreement that could raze a Pakistan-owned Manhattan hotel. Now the country is involved in negotiating peace talks with Iran.
No estaba claro si el hecho de que los agentes ayudaran a revisar a los pasajeros mejoraría los tiempos de espera. Algunos viajeros expresaron su preocupación.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that President Trump “still chooses a strategy of putting more pressure on the Ukrainian side.”
At least 163 people have been killed in the Trump administration’s campaign against suspected drug smuggling.
El rápido deterioro de las condiciones en hospitales y clínicas de toda Cuba está causando muertes evitables, según médicos cubanos.
The just resentments of a shrinking middle class.
Are Democrats ugly? Asking for a friend.
Iran has blocked the Strait of Hormuz by raising risks for ship operators. In doing so, it has taken lessons from American financial policy.
The country’s faith in its ability to shape the world to its liking is a much older malady.
Cuban health care was once the pride of the island. Now the U.S. oil blockade is upending even basic medical care.
Federal judges are weighing strategies for how to respond to the high stakes, anonymous threats and politicized atmosphere of the Trump era.
As in other Hispanic areas of the country, voters shifted toward Republicans in 2024. But there are increasing signs that this was a blip more than a durable trend.
Hours before a call between President Trump and India’s prime minister, American officials urged India to focus on shared goals and ignore differences.
El ataque conjunto de Estados Unidos e Israel disparó los precios del petróleo y fracturó las relaciones dentro de la OTAN, lo que significó buenas noticias para Moscú.
European politicians risk angering their voters if they join America’s war. Yet they could also face domestic upheaval if they take no action to reopen shipping routes that Iran has blocked and ease an energy crisis.
Ahead of the midterms, President Trump told a Republican gathering that he wants to go after repeat offenders and “rogue judges that are criminals.”
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, said Democrats would pursue an agenda to reduce energy costs if they win back control of Congress.
From saber rattling over Greenland to war with Iran, the Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie argues, treating the world like a game of Risk has left America in its weakest position since World War II.
El presidente Trump tiene motivaciones políticas nacionales e internacionales para pregonar que está en negociaciones para poner fin a la guerra. Irán tiene razones similares para negar las conversaciones.
The agreement was an extraordinary example of how the Trump administration has offered legal relief to those aligned with the president.
The fighting continued while conditions for a possible cease-fire were debated.
Can any Republican disagree with Trump and get away with it? Thomas Massie’s primary race in Kentucky is a key test.
From India to Southeast Asia to South Korea, currencies are crumbling as governments race to secure fuel that is priced in American money.
The new enlistment requirements were made official years after the Army faced a recruiting crisis, and as the United States is engaged in a war with Iran.
The United Nations resolution was led by the president of Ghana. Israel and Argentina also voted against it.
A mother of three won a statehouse seat that includes Mar-a-Lago, while a union electrician leads in a State Senate race in conservative West Tampa.
The 2,000 paratroopers heading to the region may give President Trump more leverage in negotiations, but they also leave him with the option of doubling down on military force.
Pakistan’s army chief is using his close relationship with President Trump to try to foster talks between Iran and the United States.
Syed Asim Munir’s role demonstrates Islamabad’s acute exposure to regional instability and newly found geopolitical relevance.
Courts are weighing whether the administration can hold undocumented immigrants without bond, an issue that may be resolved by the Supreme Court.
Republicans are eying a last-ditch procedural maneuver to overcome united Democratic opposition, but the chances for success are slim.
La orden da al presidente Trump más opciones militares mientras considera la diplomacia con Irán. No está claro en qué área de Medio Oriente serán desplegados.
A day after Republicans offered to remove money for ICE enforcement from a Department of Homeland Security funding bill, Democrats insisted that the deal must include curbs on federal agents.
In Denmark’s election, it was local issues, not Greenland or foreign policy, that counted. That hurt the prime minister, Mette Frederiksen.
El plan de 15 puntos se entregó a través de Pakistán, cuyo jefe del ejército se ha convertido en el interlocutor clave entre Estados Unidos e Irán, según afirman las autoridades.
The president has domestic and international political motivations for touting negotiations to end the war. Iran has similar ones to deny discussions.
Matt Brittin, the former president of Google in Europe, will become the new director general. Among the items on his to-do list: handling a lawsuit from President Trump.
La victoria de Emily Gregory en Palm Beach llevó la oleada demócrata hasta la finca del presidente Trump. Por otro lado, un líder sindical lidera la carrera por un escaño en el Senado estatal que ha dejado vacante el vicegobernador de Florida.
Los barcos sin vínculos con Israel o EE. UU. podrán pasar, dijo el gobierno, pero no estaba claro si algún barco lo intentaría.
Readers discuss the effects of billionaires on U.S. society and politics. Also: Electric cars; President Trump’s personal ICE; an invitation to teenagers.
The Trump administration said the Middle East would “recede” in importance as the China challenge took priority. But the president started the Iran war.
The United States is discussing ways to end hostilities with Iran, even as President Trump continues to threaten attacks and as the Pentagon dispatches more troops.
Music fans, get ready for more Ticketmaster wars. Binyamin Appelbaum, a Times Opinion writer, explains the Trump administration’s role in the Live Nation-Ticketmaster antitrust settlement and argues that it is siding with corporate interests at the expense of the American concert-goer.
A gallon has climbed to nearly $6 in the state, about $2 above the national average.
A desire for change and a fractured political landscape left Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen ahead, but with a tough road to securing a new term.
Trump cannot see that his opposition is real. He cannot see that it can act of its own accord.
A long line of American politicians have seen bombs as a way of shortening Muslim women’s hemlines
Once the Epstein files transitioned from an abstract concept to a real-world event, it became more difficult for fringe conspiracy theorists to control the story.
In Cameroon, the Trump administration found a partner it could pressure into accepting covertly deported migrants.
Estados Unidos ya no es el líder del mundo libre.
In one swoop, it overturned the conditions for conciliation.
A Board of Peace member said the most dangerous weapons would be collected first. He linked compliance with disarmament to reconstruction beginning in the enclave.
The order gives President Trump more military options as he considers diplomacy with Iran. It is unclear where the soldiers will go in the Middle East.
Ships with no ties to Israel or the United States would be allowed to pass, the government said, but it was unclear if any vessels would try.
Emily Gregory’s victory in Palm Beach brought the Democratic surge to President Trump’s backyard, while a union leader leads in a race for a state senate seat vacated by Florida’s lieutenant governor.
The U.S. was said to have sent Iran a peace plan via Pakistan on a day that the Iranians fired a torrent of missiles across the region.
Senate Democrats failed for the third time to advance a resolution that would force the removal of troops from hostilities in Iran unless Congress approves offensive operations.
Mette Frederiksen’s party fell far short of a majority, but analysts say she is still in the best position to form a new government.
El acuerdo forma parte de los esfuerzos del presidente Trump por encontrar gobiernos dispuestos a aceptar a personas que fueron detenidas en Estados Unidos.
The bombing of the ship by Al Qaeda killed 17 U.S. sailors in 2000. President Trump has said Iran was “probably involved.”
The barrage continued as officials said the U.S. had sent Iran a 15-point plan to end the war. But Iranian officials have publicly denied that Washington and Tehran are talking directly.
Airport escorts and “red coat” assistance for lawmakers will be suspended, the airline said on Tuesday, citing the extended partial government shutdown.
How high do oil prices need to climb before the global economy breaks? On “The Ezra Klein Show,” Jason Bordoff, an energy policy expert, tells Ezra Klein why a prolonged energy shock could force a devastating choice between economic activity and basic survival for the world’s poorest nations.
Una investigación del Times plantea dudas sobre una operación que tanto Estados Unidos como Ecuador destacaron como parte de una nueva alianza militar contra los narcotraficantes.
How the fight in Iran compares to past conflicts.
How U.S. strategy encouraged mutually assured destruction.
Pakistan, which has cultivated ties with both Washington and Tehran, sees a diplomatic opening to intervene in the war in Iran, its neighbor.
The 15-point plan was delivered via Pakistan, whose army chief has emerged as the key interlocutor between the United States and Iran, officials say.
Nick Adams, known for his crass humor and internet trolling, was previously nominated to be the ambassador to Malaysia. But his nomination was pulled earlier this year.