Behind Closed Doors, Harvard Officials Debate a Risky Truce With Trump

The university is trying to avoid the appearance of appeasement, something other powerful institutions that made deals with President Trump found impossible.Read More
A Fragile Cease-Fire Between Iran and Israel, and Toxic Homes in L.A.

Plus, Florida’s new “Alligator Alcatraz” for migrants.Read More
How the United States Helped Create Iran’s Nuclear Program

A reactor in Tehran is a monument to the U.S. relationship with Iran when the country was led by a secular, pro-Western monarch.Read More
In a Big Place With Few People, a Minister Needs a Pilot’s License

The Salvation Army’s “Flying Padres” cross the Australian outback by air, dropping in on ranches and small communities — sometimes, just to lend an ear.Read More
Scenes From the Hottest Blocks in New York City

Whatever the temperature is in Central Park, it’s hotter alongside Newtown Creek, the toxic and industrial waterway separating Brooklyn from Queens.Read More
Trump’s Cease-Fire Announcement Catches His Own Top Officials by Surprise

Before asserting that Iran and Israel had agreed to a cease-fire, President Trump spoke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and Iranian officials, with Qatar helping to mediate.Read More
Judge Blocks Trump Proclamation Barring Harvard’s International Students

The same judge issued an order last week blocking a separate government effort to keep the school from enrolling students from abroad.Read More
Trump Administration to End Protections for 58 Million Acres of National Forests

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the Clinton-era rule barring road construction and logging was outdated and “absurd.”Read More
What We Learned About Trump’s Attack on Iran

Over the past week, President Trump claimed he would make a decision about Iran in “two weeks” and repeatedly pressed it to come to the negotiating table. But the swiftness of the attack on Saturday night suggests that plans were underway after Israel began its bombing campaign against Iran a little more than a week […]
Cuomo and Mamdani Push to Raise Turnout in ‘Jump Ball’ Mayor’s Race

A new poll shows the New York City mayor’s race tightening in its final days. Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani are scrambling for every last vote.Read More