How Trump Decided to Go to War With Iran
President Trump’s embrace of military action in Iran was spurred by an Israeli leader determined to end diplomatic negotiations. Few of the president’s advisers voiced opposition.
As Maduro and Khamenei Learned, It’s Harder Than Ever for Leaders to Hide
A surge in sensors and cameras, combined with artificial intelligence, has transformed U.S. intelligence’s ability to locate foreign heads of state. Add to that an American president willing to capture or kill them.Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces in January after American intelligence was
U.S. Military Death Toll in Iran War Rises to 6
The number of U.S. service members killed in the first three days of the war grew as officials said the remains of two more troops had been recovered.Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a Medal of Honor ceremony at the White House on Monday. The general said he expected
In Republican Win, Supreme Court Retains G.O.P. District in New York
A Republican congresswoman had asked the justices to preserve her New York City district, despite a lower-court ruling that it illegally diluted the power of minority voters.A voter at a polling center on Staten Island in October.
Supreme Court Sides With Religious Parents, Blocking California’s Trans Student Policy
Christian teachers and parents challenged the state’s policies, which they say require schools to hide students’ transgender status from their parents.A protester holding a transgender flag outside the Supreme Court last month.
N.Y. Attorney General Orders Hospital to Resume Youth Transgender Care
NYU Langone Health had stopped providing puberty-blocking medication and hormone treatments after the federal government threatened to pull its funding.Demonstrators rallied at NYU Langone Health in February 2025 demanding that the hospital commit to providing services to transgender adolescents.
They’re Hiring at U.S.A.I.D. Just Not Anyone Who Worked There.
The Trump administration said in a memo it wanted to “avoid the risk of impaired objectivity” by hiring former staff members to wind down operations at the U.S. Agency for International Development.Former staff members and supporters of the U.S. Agency for International Development held a rally last
What Is Trump’s Neck Rash? His Doctor Declines to Explain.
President Trump at the White House on Monday.
Scientists Decry ‘Political Attack’ on the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence
More than two dozen contributors to the manual criticized the deletion of a chapter on climate science by the Federal Judicial Center.The Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building where the Federal Judicial Center is located.
What the Pentagon’s Attack Videos Reveal About the Boat Strikes at Sea
The military has released more than 40 video clips of U.S. attacks on vessels it says are trafficking drugs. But they tell only part of the story.
As Kennedy Turns From Vaccines, MAHA Allies See a ‘Betrayal’
As the midterm elections approach, the health secretary is focusing on “real food.” Anger is rising among some of his supporters.Derrick Wynne was discharged from the Army for refusing a Covid shot. “He was using our movement to gain a huge amount of traction,” he said of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Meeting on U.S. Measles Status Is Delayed Until November
The decision to revoke the country’s elimination status would now likely come after the U.S. midterm elections, experts noted.
States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment
Citing rising costs and shortfalls in federal support, about 20 states are toughening eligibility requirements for patients in drug assistance programs.This week, thousands of Floridians were cut off from benefits that make H.I.V. medications more affordable. The medication Biktarvy was also dropped
America’s Billionaires Continue to Flock to Wyoming
Jackson, Wyo., has long been a refuge for the rich. But the last five years saw a boom in wealth of a kind never before seen. Across the country, the 2017 tax cuts minted hundreds of new billionaires.Jackson, Wyo. Teton County is both the richest county in America and a place that in some areas is s
The Pentagon’s Favorite Tech Guy Is This Hawaiian Shirt-Wearing Founder
Palmer Luckey, who founded the defense tech start-up Anduril, has become the It Guy as President Trump aims to modernize the U.S. military with autonomous weapons.
Investigators Examine Iran War as Possible Motive in Austin Shooting
The shooting happened about 26 hours after the United States and Israel attacked Iran. Officials identified the two who died in the shooting and said a third victim would be taken off life support.Law enforcement officers near the scene of the shooting on Sunday in Austin.
Texas Tech Student Identified as One of the Victims in Austin Shooting
Ryder Harrington, 19, and Savitha Shan, 21, were confirmed dead by officials on Monday. The shooting is being investigated as a possible act of terrorism.A shooting occurred at Buford’s, a popular bar near the University of Texas at Austin campus, early on Sunday.
The Night, and the Gun, That Changed Two Lives
An encounter between a troubled man and a crime-fearing man left one of them dead.Cody Gonzalez, 32, was shot and killed during a walk across Queens in the early hours of May 31, 2023.
Macron Expands French Nuclear Arsenal and Vows Protection for Neighbors
The announcement was a significant step in forging a European deterrent as Russia grows more aggressive and the U.S. steps back.President Emmanuel Macron of France speaking before a nuclear-powered submarine at a navy base in Crozon, France, on Monday.
Prosecutor Says Father ‘Could Have Prevented’ Georgia School Shooting
Before closing arguments in the trial, the father, Colin Gray, testified that he never considered his son capable of the attack that killed four people in 2024.Colin Gray, the father of the suspect in the Apalachee High School shooting, listens during his trial in Winder, Ga.
When ‘Anora’ Becomes ‘Anorak’: The Art of Wrong Movie Titles
Staffers at Film at Lincoln Center keep a list of the incorrect movie titles they’ve heard from patrons. That list is very, very long.
Trump Was Never Antiwar
Trump’s foreign policy has often been less a repudiation of neoconservatism than a mutation of it.
Americans Need to Know More About The Iran Attacks
The American public has received too little information to effectively judge the goals and objectives of the largest U.S. military operation in the Middle East in a generation.
Trump Foresees an Extended War
Also, how the U.S. decided to strike Iran. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.The Gandhi Hospital in Tehran today.