Is Iran Winning?
The Iran expert Suzanne Maloney explains why Iran believes it has the upper hand.
After 11 Years in Court, Heir Reclaims a Modigliani Looted by the Nazis
A judge ruled against a holding company controlled by David Nahmad, the billionaire art dealer, which had bought the work at auction in 1996.
Ex-US Army Pilot Recalls Battle for Survival When Shot Down in Iraq
Ronald Young Jr. was in the Army when his Apache Longbow copter went down during the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Trump Seeks $152 Million to Begin to Turn Alcatraz Back Into a Prison
The plan faces significant local political opposition and the dilapidated state of the site poses considerable logistical challenges.
Six Senate Races to Watch as Democrats Grow Bullish Ahead of Midterm Elections
It’s still a tall task for the party to win back control. Here’s the latest.
NASA’s Artemis II Astronauts Took iPhones Into Space
The astronauts traveling in the Artemis II spacecraft were allowed to take smartphones with them. Sadly, they can’t connect to the internet.
What Trump Is Doing to the English Language
There is a morality to verbs, especially in political speech.
No One at Waffle House Remembers FEMA Official Who Says He Teleported In
Gregg Phillips, who is in charge of responding to fires and floods, says the hand of God suddenly and mysteriously moved him to a 24-hour breakfast spot in Rome, Ga.
Artemis II Pilot Test Drove the Orion Capsule on the Way to the Moon
Victor Glover, a former Navy test pilot, carefully maneuvered the Orion capsule in space around a discarded rocket stage. The demonstration is crucial for future moon landing missions.
Big Banks Seeking a Piece of SpaceX’s I.P.O. Must Subscribe to Elon Musk’s Grok
Mr. Musk is requiring Wall Street firms to purchase subscriptions to his A.I. chatbot if they want to advise on one of the largest initial public offerings in history.
Trump Requests $1.5 Trillion for Military Spending
The huge proposed increase would be partly offset by steep cuts to domestic programs, some of which the Trump administration describes as wasteful.
House Democrat Wages a Lonely Legal Fight Testing Congress’s Power
Representative LaMonica McIver is facing crushing legal fees and prison time as she seeks to get the Justice Department assault case against her dismissed, citing her legislative prerogatives.
Parents Who Borrowed for Children’s College Face Looming Deadline
New rules mean that parent PLUS loans have to be consolidated into a new loan by June 30 for parents to keep affordable payments. But the deadline is really earlier to allow time for processing.
Cosmopolitan Shanghai Is an Uneasy Fit in China’s Narrative of Western Sins
Shanghai’s many layers of architecture, culture and politics have made it a difficult fit for the Communist Party’s preferred narrative of Chinese victimhood and Western sins.
In Syria, Kidnappings of Women and Girls Fuel a Minority Group’s Fears
A Times investigation found that abductions of women and girls from Syria’s Alawite minority were more common, and more brutal, than the government has acknowledged.
Cuba Says It Is Pardoning More Than 2,000 Prisoners
The Cuban government said the releases were a humanitarian gesture during Holy Week. It was not clear if they were related to ongoing negotiations between Cuba and the United States.
Biruté Galdikas, Champion of Endangered Orangutans, Dies at 79
With Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, she was one of three prominent researchers of great apes who were sometimes called the “trimates.”
OpenAI Buys Streaming Show ‘TBPN,’ Aiming to Change Narrative on A.I.
OpenAI said the deal would help it “create a space for a real, constructive conversation about the changes A.I. creates.”
Pam Bondi Wanted a Graceful Exit. But Trump Wanted Her Gone.
Pam Bondi had a feeling her days as attorney general were numbered. But she didn’t expect President Trump to drop the curtain quite so soon.
The Awe of a Moon Launch in an Age of Trump, Turmoil and Tribal Divisions
The launch of Artemis II captured the tenor of the times in a country that can still do big things but seems forever mired in big problems.
