Arab Mediators Believe Hamas Could Be Open to Partially Disarming

People familiar with the mediators’ thinking say the militant group could compromise on a long-held red line, as long as President Trump can guarantee that Israel would not resume fighting.Read More
Voters Favor Deporting Those in U.S. Illegally, Poll Finds, but Say Trump Has Gone Too Far

A Times/Siena survey shows that a majority of voters believe the Trump administration is deporting mostly the right people, even as a majority also say the process has been unfair.Read More
Supreme Court to Consider Illinois Mail-In Balloting Lawsuit

The case, one of several challenges to mail-in ballot rules lodged by allies of President Trump, involves an effort to exclude votes received after Election Day.Read More
How Much It Costs to Drive an E.V. and a Gas Car in Every State

Charging an electric car battery is usually cheaper than going to the gas pump. But it depends on where you live.Read More
Nobel Prizes 2025: What to Know

The awards are being announced this week.Read More
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to Scientists Who Created New Molecular ‘Rooms’

The prize was awarded on Wednesday to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks.”Read More
Meet ‘Porky,’ Lima’s Right-Wing Mayor Embracing Trump’s MAGA Movement

By embodying President Trump’s brash style, Rafael López Aliaga has become a leading candidate to be Peru’s next president.Read More
How the Right Uses Charlie Kirk’s Death to Further Their Policies

The mayor of Lima, Peru, held a Charlie Kirk memorial — filled with attendees bused in from poor neighborhoods — as he sought help from the Trump administration.Read More
Senate Confirms Neil Jacobs, ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist, to Lead NOAA

Neil Jacobs was found to have violated NOAA’s code of ethics after an investigation into an incident that centered on an altered hurricane forecast map in 2019.Read More
Trump’s H-1B Visa Fee Could Strain Universities and Schools

Higher education leaders and public-school superintendents say they depend on skilled foreign workers to fill critical roles.Read More