Houthis Push to Expand Territory as Tensions With Saudi Arabia Rise

The Iranian-backed militia was engaged in fierce battles with Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen on Sunday, as it seeks to maintain momentum in the war.Smoke rising from the fuel storage depot at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday. The Houthis said they had l

V Vivian Nereim

How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center

Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.Debris from fallen ceiling plaster soiled the carpet in the Grand Foyer inside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for n

E Elizabeth Williamson and Julia Jacobs

White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants

Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, speaks during a White House event earlier this year.

C Carolyn Y. Johnson, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Tony Romm and Michael C. Bender

In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?

A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.Reflecting on her path through New York’s school system, Najya said, “I never really got the education I wanted.”

N Nikole Hannah-Jones

Reality Bites

We look at how one mother approached the decision of where her child should go to school.Najya Hannah-Jones

A Adam B. Kushner

The Day Before The Times Began

Most newspapers offered scandals and ads. With The New-York Daily Times, Henry Raymond saw room for something else.

G Gail Collins

Israeli Tourist Trap ‘Herod’s Pool’ Is Draining Palestinians’ Land Dry

Israeli lawmakers have promoted visits to an ancient reservoir in the West Bank that was refilled this summer with water diverted from Palestinian-owned farms.Saad Nemer, a Palestinian farmer, in a greenhouse on his farm near the West Bank village of Fasayil in August. His crops have withered this s

N Natan Odenheimer and Gabby Sobelman

Israeli Shot and Killed in West Bank by Palestinian, Officials Say

The Israeli officials said an arrest had been made. The attack was on the eve of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Violence in the territory has grown recently.An Israeli police officer and a soldier standing guard near the site of a shooting near the West Bank settlement of Neve T

A Aaron Boxerman

ICE Agent Shoots Man in Austin, Local Authorities Say

The shooting in the Texas capital is the latest by federal immigration agents as the Trump administration intensifies its deportation effort.Texas state troopers at the scene where one person is believed to have been shot during a confrontation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

C Christina Morales and Lauren McGaughy

Germany’s Merz Vows to Stay After Another State Election ‘Disaster’

Chancellor Friedrich Merz faced growing pressure on Sunday after his center-right party finished behind far-right and far-left parties in state elections in the east.“What needs to be done now requires backbone, steadfastness and patience,” Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany said Sunday.

J Jim Tankersley

Hundreds of Drones Target Moscow on Final Day of Russian Elections

Ukraine says it used a newly developed ballistic missile in the attacks, which also targeted other parts of Russia.Sweeping the courtyard of a residential building hit by what the authorities said was a Ukrainian drone strike in Kotelniki, in the Moscow region, on Sunday.

V Valerie Hopkins and Andrew E. Kramer

They Have Almost No Chance in Russia’s Elections. Why Are They Running?

The liberal party Yabloko is fielding 98 candidates in this weekend’s elections, a small miracle for antiwar Russians who cannot openly express their views.Grigory Grishin, a Yabloko candidate running for the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of Parliament, in Moscow.

V Valerie Hopkins and Paul Sonne