U.S. Strikes Iran Again, as Trump Encounters a More Determined Adversary in Widened War

The United States is again exchanging strikes with Iran, just days after the president appeared to reject plans to escalate.President Trump in Oakland County Michigan on Monday. The war that President Trump has been trying to bring to a diplomatic conclusion since April is now threatening to grow bi

J Julian E. Barnes, Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt

Saudi Arabia’s Strikes in Iraq Mark Entry Into U.S.-Iran War.

The kingdom’s defense ministry said airstrikes in Iraq targeting Iran-backed militias were in retaliation for attacks on Saudi oil facilities this week.Security forces and emergency personnel work at the site of U.S.-Saudi strikes in Iraq’s Diyala province on Wednesday

V Vivian Nereim and Ismaeel Naar

Two Tankers Hit in Apparent Drone Strike in Egypt

An explosion at a port on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast set fire to two ships, including a U.S. gas storage tanker, according to maritime tracking firms.The Damietta Port in Egypt. Two vessels, including one owned by the United States, caught fire on Wednesday at the port, which is near the Suez Canal

Z Zane Irwin, Peter Eavis, Farnaz Fassihi and Pranav Baskar

With Blanche Nomination at Stake, Payouts to Trump Allies Continue

A seven-figure settlement was announced hours before senators skeptical about the so-called weaponization fund delayed a crucial vote on Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general.Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, has said the Justice Department dropped its plan for a $1.8 billion fun

D Devlin Barrett and Alan Feuer

Trump Unveils $22.5 Billion Redesign of Dulles Airport

The project would make the airport easier to navigate and include a new United lounge, officials said. It’s part of the president’s plans to remake the Washington area.The main AeroTrain station at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va., in 2025.

K Karoun Demirjian

Lawyer Who Represented Trump Is Appointed U.S. Attorney in Manhattan

Federal court judges appointed James M. McDonald, a former federal prosecutor, to the post. He represented President Trump in his appeal of his criminal conviction.James M. McDonald has been appointed to lead the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York.

B Benjamin Weiser and Jonah E. Bromwich

How Climate Change and Tariffs Help China Raise More Cattle

As increased rain makes grasslands and cornfields possible in areas that once were deserts, the world’s largest beef importer is becoming more self-reliant by expanding domestic herds.A herder taking her cows to graze in mountain pastures in northern China’s Hebei Province.

K Keith Bradsher

Why Republicans Aren’t Funding the Texas Senate Race Yet

The peculiar dynamic is playing out in Texas, where the fate of the Republican nominee, Ken Paxton, will help decide which party controls the U.S. Senate.Ken Paxton, attorney general of Texas, is the Republican nominee for Senate there but has struggled to raise money.

T Theodore Schleifer

Obama Endorses Josh Turek in Iowa Senate Race With Basketball Video

The former president is trying to help Josh Turek net a Senate seat in Iowa, which Democrats see as one of their best pickup opportunities of the midterms.Former President Barack Obama made one of his first endorsements of the midterm elections, backing Josh Turek, a centrist state lawmaker in Iowa

T Tim Balk

A.I. Data Centers in Space? A System to Cool Chips Could Help.

Researchers at Caltech and Sophia Space, a start-up, have developed a technology using solar power to prevent computer equipment from overheating in orbit.Small solar arrays, like those on the International Space Station, are already used in space, but A.I. data centers would require substantially m

I Ivan Penn

What Our Epstein Outrage Has Obscured

It’s easy to shake our fists at a monster. It would be more effective to actually help exploited girls.A woman showing the tattoo of one of her traffickers.

N Nicholas Kristof