How Kharg Island May Change the Trajectory of the Iran War

Kharg Island exports 90 percent of Iran’s crude oil. It has also become a potential U.S. target. Peter Eavis, our Business reporter, examines how the small island in the Persian Gulf has become a strategic target with significant risks.

P Peter Eavis, Gilad Thaler, Edward Vega, Lauren Pruitt and Joey Sendaydiego

Juries Take the Lead in the Push for Child Online Safety

A pair of verdicts held social media companies accountable for harming young users, highlighting a growing backlash as Congress struggles to pass legislation.Mark Lanier, a lawyer for a plaintiff who was awarded $6 million in damages against Meta and YouTube, speaking outside Superior Court of Los A

C Cecilia Kang

Snapchat Investigated in Europe Over Child Safety Policies

Regulators in Brussels accused the social media platform of maintaining a weak age-verification system, and steering younger users toward inappropriate experiences.Henna Virkkunen, the European commissioner overseeing digital policy, said that the European Union’s Digital Services Act “demands high

A Adam Satariano

Is Big Tech Facing a Big Tobacco Moment?

Back-to-back courtroom losses have put technology giants, including Meta and Google, in uncertain territory as they face lawsuits and bans on teen users.The legal heat is growing on social media giants like Meta, and its C.E.O., Mark Zuckerberg.

A Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Niko Gallogly, Brian O’Keefe and Ian Mount

The Social Media Addiction Trials: What to Know

Landmark trials are testing a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products.The lawsuits are for the first time putting social media companies on the spot for creating harmful products, exposing them to new kinds of liability.

C Cecilia Kang

Trump Calls for Law Cracking Down on Crime and ‘Rogue Judges’

Ahead of the midterms, President Trump told a Republican gathering that he wants to go after repeat offenders and “rogue judges that are criminals.”President Trump and top aides have been railing against judges who have ruled against him, including justices on the Supreme Court.

C Chris Cameron

U.S. Military Kills 4 People in Boat Strike in Caribbean

At least 163 people have been killed in the Trump administration’s campaign against suspected drug smuggling.The Pentagon said it blew up a boat in the Caribbean on Wednesday, the 47th such attack since the campaign started in early September.

E Eric Schmitt

After ‘Sausage Making,’ European Lawmakers Approve U.S. Trade Deal

The agreement that President Trump struck with the European Union has cleared a major hurdle that delayed it for months.President Trump and Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Scotland, where a U.S.-E.U. trade deal was signed last Jul

J Jeanna Smialek

Olympic Committee Bars Transgender Athletes From Women’s Events

Kirsty Coventry, the first woman to lead the International Olympic Committee, has frequently spoken about what she says is the need to protect women’s competitions at the Olympic Games.Kirsty Coventry, president of the International Olympic Committee and a former Olympic swimmer from Zimbabwe.

T Tariq Panja

ICE Agents at Some Airports Begin Checking IDs in Security Lines

It was unclear whether having agents helping with screening passengers would improve wait times. Some travelers expressed worries.Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Wednesday.

C Christina Morales, Christine Chung, Hamed Aleaziz, Sean Keenan and Rowan Moore Gerety

Damaged Runway at LaGuardia Reopens After Plane Wreckage Is Removed

Officials expect the airport in New York to be fully operational later on Thursday. One of its two runways had been closed since Sunday, when a jet hit a truck, killing two pilots.An airport maintenance crew at LaGuardia Airport removed the wreckage of a fire truck and an Air Canada jet on Wednesday

P Patrick McGeehan

Wealthy Investors Target Foes of Clean Energy, Seeking Revenge

Renewable energy leaders said their industry got “rolled” in President Trump’s tax bill. Now they’re fighting back, starting in Texas.The Roseland solar and storage facility in Riesel, Texas. The state ranks first in wind and second in solar capacity in the country, generating nearly $300 million in

L Lisa Friedman and Brad Plumer

Savannah Guthrie Says 2 Ransom Notes About Her Mother Were Likely Genuine

Her interview on the “Today” show came more than 50 days after her mother, Nancy Guthrie, was taken from her home near Tucson, Ariz.Savannah Guthrie on the set of the “Today” show this month. On Thursday, she gave her first interview since her mother, Nancy, was abducted.

N Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

Binance Under Fire After Reports That $1.7 Billion in Crypto Flowed to Iran

The world’s largest crypto exchange is under fire after investigators found accounts moving $1.7 billion to Iranian entities. Clues about those accounts were in plain sight for over a year.A villa in Singapore whose address was shared by the chief executive of Blessed Trust, which was a vendor to Bi

D David Yaffe-Bellany and Michael Forsythe

Colleges Pressed to Remove Names of Epstein’s Friends From Buildings

Students and others are asking universities, including Harvard and Ohio State, to take down the names of high-profile donors with connections to Jeffrey Epstein. They have not done so yet.The main building of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government bears the name of Leslie Wexner, a major

V Vimal Patel