Musk Team Seeks Access to I.R.S. System With Taxpayers’ Records

A White House spokesman said that the initiative called the Department of Government Efficiency needed to review data to fix waste within the agency.Read More
Starmer Offers to Send U.K. Troops to Ukraine as Part of Peace Deal

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said for the first time on Sunday that he was “ready and willing” to deploy troops to help guarantee Ukraine’s security.Read More
‘Here We Go Again’: Kentucky Residents Face More Destruction and Anxiety From Storms

The flood damage over the weekend was not as catastrophic as some previous climate disasters in the state. But the rains still brought widespread havoc, and painful reminders of trauma.Read More
Trump Fired, Then Unfired, National Nuclear Security Administration Employees. What Were Their Jobs?

The administration asked some of the agency’s workers, who were part of last week’s massive layoffs across the federal government, to come back.Read More
First Test of Trump’s Power to Fire Officials Reaches Supreme Court

The court’s conservative majority may be receptive to the argument that presidents have unlimited power to remove leaders of independent agencies.Read More
As Trump Targets Research, Scientists Share Grief and Resolve to Fight

At a conference in Boston, the nation’s scientists commiserated and strategized as funding cuts and federal layoffs throw their world into turmoil.Read More
Trump’s Ambition to Redraw the World Map Ignores Those Affected Most

President Trump’s approach to foreign policy deals is reviving a bygone imperial approach that may backfire, experts say.Read More
How to Watch the ‘S.N.L.’ 50th Anniversary Special

The venerable sketch show is throwing itself a big star-studded party on Sunday night. Here’s everything you need to know about it.Read More
Adams Forcefully Resists Calls to Resign: ‘I Am Going Nowhere’

Mayor Eric Adams spoke at two Black churches in Queens and pushed back at those who “are dancing on my grave.”Read More
In Moving to Stop Adams Case, Career Lawyer Sought to Stave Off Deeper Crisis

A high-stakes decision for public corruption prosecutors at the Justice Department revealed a generational difference.Read More