Honor and Anguish: A Veterans Day When the Losses Are New

For these military families who lost a loved one in the war with Iran, emotions run from pride to grief to anger.Charles Simmons in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday. “Veterans Day is very different now,” said Mr. Simmons, the father of Master Sgt. Tyler Simmons, who died in a refueling plane crash in Iraq

C Christina Morales

Nvidia Scandal Puts Lori Huang, Jensen Huang’s Wife, In the Spotlight

Lori Huang, who has been married to the Nvidia chief executive for more than 40 years, stands out among tech titan spouses for how private she has been.Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, with his wife, Lori Huang, met as engineering students at Oregon State University.

E Erin Griffith and Don Clark

Behind the Trump-Xi Bonhomie, a Fierce Spy War Rages

That the United States suspected Nvidia’s leader was a Chinese spy target underscores the deep distrust between the two powers, even as their leaders try to stabilize ties.President Trump, left, and Jensen Huang, right, listening to the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, during a state dinner at the White

D David Pierson

The Moderates Who Chose Democrats. For Now.

Does Democratic success with the political middle signal a broad realignment in the country? Or is it a temporary turn away from an unpopular president?Kim Thomas, an electronics salesman in Winterset, Iowa, supported Donald Trump for president in 2024 but chose a Democrat in last week’s midterm ele

S Sabrina Tavernise and Ann Hinga Klein

Incoming House Intelligence Chairman Vows Oversight of CIA’s Use of Covert Action

Representative Jim Himes, who will run the powerful intelligence committee in the new Congress, said he also planned to scrutinize contractor donations to President Trump’s construction projects.Representative Jim Himes’s agenda underscores how Democrats hope to use their commanding majorities in th

D Dustin Volz and Julian E. Barnes

Trump Trots Out His Chaotic Greatest Hits to a Weary Public

As he braces for Democrats to assume legislative control in Washington, President Trump has sought to take back center stage with some discordant maneuvers.President Trump during an impromptu press briefing at the White House on Monday.

K Katie Rogers

Lots of Competition to Catholicism in Peru as Pope Returns for Visit

Pope Leo spent nearly two decades in Peru, rising to bishop and becoming a citizen. But many Peruvians have turned to evangelical churches, seeking a more expressive and direct connection to God.Members of Agua Viva, a Pentecostal megachurch in Lima, Peru, attending a prayer concert.

J Julie Turkewitz and Marco Garro

Republicans Turn Back Effort to Impeach Hegseth

The G.O.P. banded together to shelve impeachment articles against the defense secretary, sparing him from a damaging rebuke and potential ouster.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at a Pentagon news briefing on Tuesday.

R Robert Jimison

Melania Trump’s Initiative for Women Appears at Odds With D.E.I. Crackdown

Its name and mission also overlap with a company that left the United States after the administration sought to end corporate networking programs for women and people of color.Melania Trump, the first lady, at the New York Stock Exchange for the launch of Imperia, an initiative bringing together wom

C Coral Davenport and Rebecca Davis O’Brien

In Interview, Sonia Gandhi Recalls Love and Loss in India

In a memoir and interview, the Italian-born woman who married into the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty recalls political battles and the killings of family members.Sonia Gandhi standing in front of the desk of her late husband and the former prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, at their residence in New Delhi in Nove

E Elisabeth Bumiller

Red Flags

We look into the history of the ICE officer who fatally shot a Colombian migrant in Maine.

S Sam Sifton

Somali Bodyguard Was Indicted in a Bid to Incriminate Ilhan Omar

Prosecutors used statements made during a green card interview to pressure a former bodyguard to provide evidence against the Minnesota congresswoman, his lawyer said.Representative Ilhan Omar at the U.S. Capitol in Washington in December.

E Ernesto Londoño and Abdi Latif Dahir