Trump and Zelensky Meet to Iron Out Peace Plan, but Deal Remains Elusive

The U.S. president said after a meeting at Mar-a-Lago that a deal was “maybe very close.” But a joint U.S.-Ukraine proposal appeared unfinished, as Russia rejected several ideas.President Trump hosted President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday. “In a few weeks, we’ll know one wa

A Aishvarya Kavi and Katie Rogers

The Status of the 20-Point Peace Plan for Ukraine

The blueprint covers a broad range of issues, including territory, security guarantees and postwar reconstruction. But Russia has indicated little willingness to end the war.Ukrainian soldiers firing toward Russian targets in the Donetsk region this spring.

C Constant Méheut

Suspect Confessed to Planting Pipe Bombs Near the Capitol Before Jan. 6

A Virginia man was charged with planting the bombs outside Democratic and Republican headquarters. Court documents show he believed that the 2020 election had been “tampered with.”Surveillance footage in January 2021 showed the man authorities identified as Brian Cole Jr. He told investigators he fe

A Alan Feuer

What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration

The Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the foreign-born population are being felt in hospitals and soccer leagues and on Main Streets across the country, with hints of what’s to come.The foreign-born population in the United States hit a new high in 2024. Immigration has changed places like Ma

L Lydia DePillis and Campbell Robertson

Brigitte Bardot, French Movie Icon Who Renounced Stardom, Dies at 91

“And God Created Woman” made her a world-famous sex symbol in the 1950s. She later gave up acting to devote her life to animal welfare.Brigitte Bardot in 1965, when she was at the height of her movie stardom. She was at the Plaza Hotel in New York promoting the western comedy “Viva Maria!” for which

A Anita Gates

China Will Hold Live-Fire Military Exercises Around Taiwan

The exercises end months of relative calm across the Taiwan Strait and come after the Trump administration announced arms sales to the island.A news report on China’s “Justice Mission 2025” military drills appears on a television at a noodle shop in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday.

C Chris Buckley and Amy Chang Chien

Can You Reboot a Lamp Like a Superhero Franchise?

Riding an endless wave of nostalgia, one company is exhuming the intellectual property of midcentury designers to create new audiences for forgotten work.Mark Masiello saw a business opportunity in licensing furniture designs. He’s holding a model of a chair by the Danish designer Steen Ostergaard.

D David McCabe

The Lure of a Rising Asian Metropolis? No Traffic.

Indonesia is building a new, green city in the jungle. Its future is far from certain, but new residents like living there.The wings statue at Kusuma Bangsa Park in Nusantara, with the presidential palace and government ministry buildings in the background, at Penajam North Paser Regency in East Kal

S Sui-Lee Wee and Ulet Ifansasti

Mexico Train Derailment Kills 13 People

The train was carrying around 250 passengers and crew members on a cross-country route linking the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico. Nearly 100 people were injured.Mexican emergency workers rescuing passengers from a train that derailed in the southern state of Oaxaca on Sunday.

A Annie Correal