When Voters Worry About ‘Affordability,’ Many Point to Health Care

Democrats have had limited political success running on the Affordable Care Act, even with its relative popularity. Now President Trump’s health care cuts may have given the issue new resonance.“Affordability can’t just be a buzzword,” said former Representative Tom Perriello, second from the right.

R Ruth Igielnik and Kate Zernike

In California, a Republican Sheriff Seizes Ballots, Prompting Concerns

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a candidate for governor, recently took possession of more than 650,000 ballots as part of a fraud probe. Election officials say his investigation is baseless.Riverside County sheriff Chad Bianco’s investigation involves ballots cast in the 2025 special election

N Nick Corasaniti

How Obama’s Strategist Discouraged Biden From Running in 2016

In a new set of oral histories, David Plouffe, President Barack Obama’s political adviser, described how he urged Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. not to challenge Hillary Clinton for the nomination.David Plouffe, President Barack Obama’s political strategist, in 2011. He publicly defended his adv

P Peter Baker

Air Traffic Audio Appears to Show Tower Was Dealing With Incident Before Crash

Several minutes after the collision, a controller told the pilot of a Frontier jet that “we were dealing with an emergency earlier,” according to audio reviewed by The New York Times.Investigators at the scene of a fatal plane crash involving an Air Canada flight and a fire truck on a runway at LaGu

K Karoun Demirjian

Trump Is Digging Up Washington. Can Lawsuits Stop the Bulldozers?

As the president develops plans to fundamentally alter the White House, the Kennedy Center and other sites, federal lawsuits are beginning to catch up.A coalition of eight prominent cultural and architectural preservation organizations filed a new lawsuit on Monday challenging President Trump’s emer

Z Zach Montague

A Professional’s Guide to Spring Cleaning Your Life

Tackle clutter, let go of sentimental objects and create a home that reflects who you are now.Professional organizer Christina Fallon likes to shake up her client’s homes “like a snow globe” in order to put them back together.

A Alix Strauss

Born Abroad and Fearful of ICE, Adoptees Try to Prove They Belong

Up to 200,000 people adopted as children from abroad are vulnerable to deportation by an administration searching for problems with their citizenship.Tiko’ Rujux-Xicay worries about increased immigration enforcement in the Twin Cities of Minnesota as residents report people being questioned and deta

E Elizabeth Williamson

Jewish and Muslim People Face a Wave of Hate. Can Schools Turn the Tide?

New York City is rolling out lessons on Jewish and Muslim American history. Too often, some leaders say, what students know comes from TikTok and social media.Afsa Irfan, a seventh grader, participated in a discussion about enslaved people during a class at the Urban Assembly School for Leadership a

T Troy Closson

Review: On ‘Arirang,’ BTS Is Too Big to Fail. But Not Too Big to Succeed.

The K-pop superstars’ new album, “Arirang,” comes with huge commercial expectations. The group made room for artistic experimentation, too.The seven members of BTS returned to the stage on Saturday in Seoul (though one skipped most of the choreography: An injured RM was mostly confined to a stool).

J Jon Caramanica

Why the BTS Comeback Concert Was a ‘Disaster’ for Some Businesses

The turnout for the K-pop titans’ show was much lower than projected by officials, hitting the bottom line of some restaurants. Shares in the group’s management company also fell.City officials were expecting more than a quarter of a million people at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on Saturday.

J Jin Yu Young and Yan Zhuang

Death by Paper

We examine a new innovation in drug smuggling.Searching for drug-soaked paper at the Cook County jail in Chicago.

S Sam Sifton

N.Y.U. Professors Go on Strike, Seeking Better Pay and Job Protections

About 950 full-time faculty members who are not on the tenure track walked out. The university told students that classes would continue.A New York University spokesman said that the university is offering pay increases that would lift N.Y.U.’s starting salaries for assistant professors above $90,00

P Patrick McGeehan

Diabetes, Overlooked and Unchecked, Poses New Risks in Africa

As deaths from diabetes start to rival those from infectious threats like malaria, a new form of the condition linked to malnutrition is surfacing in patients who can afford neither screening nor care.Habiba Sali, right, a nurse in the endocrinology department of the Maroua Regional Hospital in the

S Stephanie Nolen and Arlette Bashizi