G.O.P. Fatigue in Iowa Strains the Republican Primary for Governor

Five candidates are battling for the nomination in the June 2 primary. The winner will oppose Rob Sand, a Democrat, in the November election.Campaign signs for various Republican candidates for office line a road at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Spring Kickoff in Clive, Iowa last week.

P Pooja Salhotra

Mass Layoffs in Iran as Businesses Buckle Under Wartime Pressures

Iran was already struggling economically before 2026 brought widespread instability. A government-imposed internet shutdown has crippled an entire sector.Crowds inside the sprawling Grand Bazaar in Tehran on Saturday. Imports of goods have been affected by the war.

L Leily Nikounazar and Arash Khamooshi

How Pope Leo Is Shaping the U.S. Church

His appointments of bishops have focused on pastoral care and reflect the changing composition of Catholic pews and priests.Pope Leo XIV has an opportunity to make personnel changes at the highest levels of the Roman Catholic Church.

E Elizabeth Dias

The Platner Trap

The exact wrong answer to a Republican Party that’s flirting with fascism is a man who chose to put vile Nazi imagery on his own body.

D David French

Beware of Wolves, but Straw Houses Could Help With Climate Change

Near Hudson, N.Y., a Princeton University team erected a cottage made from the agricultural byproduct, which they said is more sustainable than bricks or concrete.A straw house built as an experiment stands 28 feet tall and has a sleeping loft, a daybed, five windows and a kitchen.

H Hilary Howard

Putin’s Forces Are Barely Inching Along on the Battlefield

The Russian military has yet to solve a fundamental problem: how to make big advances in eastern Ukraine when drones are everywhere.An Ukrainian soldier in the besieged eastern city of Kostiantynivka early this year.

P Paul Sonne, Cassandra Vinograd and Milana Mazaeva

Rudy Giuliani Once Helped a Fellow Mayor Get Health Care

As the former mayor seeks help from the World Trade Center Health Program, an episode where he helped his predecessor John V. Lindsay carries resonance.Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and his predecessor John V. Lindsay in New York City in November 1993.

A Alexander Nazaryan

Hiker Killed by Bear at Glacier National Park, Officials Say

The victim was a seasoned outdoorsman who “had no problem being alone in the woods,” his father said. He was found with injuries “consistent with those sustained by a bear encounter,” the National Park Service said.Anthony Pollio was last heard from on May 3 while hiking in Glacier National Park. He

J Johnny Diaz and Rylee Kirk