U.S. Government to Take Cut of Nvidia and AMD A.I. Chip Sales to China
In a highly unusual arrangement with President Trump, the companies are expected to kick 15 percent of what they make in China to the U.S. government.Read More
Senator Gallego Brings a Message of Hope for Democrats to Iowa
Senator Ruben Gallego of Arizona won his seat last year by outperforming national Democrats among Hispanic voters and men. He wants the party to listen to his message as it regroups.Read More
Trump Raids Help Stir a Political Reversal for Karen Bass
The mayor of Los Angeles has emerged as a leading voice of the city’s resistance to the Trump administration after facing criticism for her handling of the wildfires.Read More
In Election Cases, Supreme Court Keeps Removing Guardrails
The justices, having effectively blessed partisan gerrymandering, may be poised to eliminate the remaining pillar of the Voting Rights Act.Read More
Trump Attacked California’s Redistricting System. Republicans Want to Save It.
The independent body that redraws the state’s political maps isn’t perfect, many Republicans say. But they prefer that to the gerrymander that Gov. Gavin Newsom seeks to offset one proposed in Texas.Read More
Dmitri Kozak Was a Key Putin Aide. He Lost Power When He Balked at the Ukraine War.
Dmitri N. Kozak, who has said privately that the invasion was a mistake, has lost power to another senior Putin ally, Sergei V. Kiriyenko, who has embraced the military action.Read More
Takeaways From The Times’s Reporting on Putin’s Powerful Aide
Showing an uncanny ability to adapt to circumstances, Sergei V. Kiriyenko has turned himself into a key engineer of President Vladimir V. Putin’s autocratic machine.Read More
The Russian Technocrat Who Helps Enable Putin and Manage the Ukraine War
For three years, Sergei V. Kiriyenko has handled the political aspects of the war in Ukraine, rising among a cadre of skilled managers who oversee the sprawling Russian state.Read More
Far-Right Israeli Minister Calls for Quicker Military Moves in Gaza
Bezalel Smotrich, the hard-line finance minister, said that Israel needed to move more decisively and quickly to defeat Hamas.Read More
Zuckerberg’s Compound Had Something That Violated City Code: A Private School
The school, called BBS, enrolled 14 children in kindergarten through fourth grade and employed three full-time teachers and other staff members.Read More