The 27-Year-Old Diplomat Waging Trump’s Cultural War With Europe
Five years out of college, Samuel Samson has driven the Trump administration’s push to upend America’s postwar relationship with Europe.Read More
Israel-Lebanon Cease-Fire: What to Know
The pause in fighting would remove a major hindrance to the U.S.-Iran peace talks, if it holds.Read More
Lebanon Cease-Fire Leaves Netanyahu in an Uncomfortable Spot
Most Israelis wanted the fight against Hezbollah to continue. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s critics say he is showing that he cannot, or will not, stand up to President Trump.Read More
Lebanon’s Cease-Fire Buys Time, Not a Way Out
The country’s leaders secured a truce through risky talks with Israel, but the government now finds itself caught between competing pressures.Read More
In ‘Famesick,’ Lena Dunham Diagnoses Celebrity, Illness and Herself
This unusually unfiltered memoir takes us to the hospital, to therapy and to the sometimes hostile set of “Girls.”Read More
Lena Dunham Takes to Her Bed to Promote Her Memoir, “Famesick.”
Forget demure conversations in spindly chairs. To promote “Famesick,” a new memoir, she’s taken to her bed and invited friends to jump in. Onstage.Read More
We Need Lena Dunham Now More Than Ever
The era of “Girls” is long gone. So why are we still so fascinated by its creator?Read More
Texas Restaurant Owners Call for Work Permits as Immigration Crackdown Strains Industry
Restaurant operators say labor shortages, rising costs and worker fear have prompted an unusual alliance of industry and political leaders in Texas to call for legal pathways to hire immigrants.Read More
She Made Sure Her Baby Was Born an American. Then Federal Agents Separated Them.
Diana Acosta Verde, who came into the United States illegally when she was six months pregnant, had to leave her baby at a hospital while she returned to a detention center.Read More
What to Know About the Israel-Lebanon Cease-Fire, and R.F.K. Jr.’s Shifting Tone on Vaccines
Plus, the Friday news quiz.Read More