Ukraine, U.S. Will Meet About Trump’s Peace Plan to End War With Russia

President Trump lashed out at Ukraine even as the talks on his peace proposal were still taking place, accusing the country’s leadership of being ungrateful for American support.Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, during talks in Geneva on Sunday with Ukrainian officials on a plan to end the war

C Cassandra Vinograd and Nick Cumming-Bruce

Zelensky Is Under Pressure from Trump and Domestically

Over nearly four years of wartime leadership, analysts say the Ukrainian leader has repeatedly played weak hands wisely. A U.S. peace plan may be his biggest test.President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at a French air base this month. He is seeking support from his European partners as he negotiate

C Cassandra Vinograd and Andrew E. Kramer

Patel Under Scrutiny for Use of SWAT Teams to Protect His Girlfriend

The F.B.I. director’s travel on government jets has contributed to growing questions inside the administration about whether he is using taxpayer-funded resources inappropriately.Alexis Wilkins at the swearing in ceremony for F.B.I. director Kash Patel, whom she has been in a relationship with for a

A Alan Feuer, Adam Goldman and Glenn Thrush

Mamdani’s Meeting With Trump Scrambled the MAGA-Sphere

Prominent conservative influencers had different interpretations as they processed the meeting on podcasts and in social media posts.The meeting between Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, and President Trump was not as explosive as some expected. Online, MAGA influencers and others on

N Nathan Taylor Pemberton

Why Republicans Are Fighting About the Nazis

Tensions over right-wing antisemitism have burst to the forefront of Republican politics, and show signs of becoming a fierce point of contention in the midterms and beyond.Trump-branded yarmulkes on display at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual leadership gathering last year in Las Vegas.

K Katie Glueck and Jennifer Medina

How One German Toymaker Made Money Despite U.S. Tariffs

A combination of strategic planning, good timing and a long-awaited product helped the maker of electronic story boxes weather the onset of tariffs.A popular audio player, Toniebox. Toy sales in the United States are up, despite new tariffs, which contributed to, on average, a 4 percent increase in

M Melissa Eddy

Trade Chaos Causes Businesses to Rethink Their Relationship With the U.S.

From Sweden to Brazil, six small companies talk about how they are communicating with their U.S. customers amid uncertainty over Trump’s changing tariffs.Víctor Feliu at his chocolate company in Mexico. The changing rules for sending goods to the United States have forced him to pause his U.S. shipm

N Nadav Gavrielov

Denmark Offers Lessons as Europe Toughens Up on Immigration

Like other European leaders, British Labour politicians are borrowing from Denmark’s restrictive asylum policy. One of its architects cautions that “balance” is necessary.Voting this past week in Tingbjerg, Denmark. The governing party, which has championed a stricter stance on asylum, performed bad

J Jeanna Smialek, Amelia Nierenberg and Charlotte de la Fuente

How Parents Talk to Kids About Money, Privilege and Inequality

Some parents turn to books or family movie nights to facilitate discussions. But they admit they don’t have all the answers.“Adults know about social, economic, cultural issues, but kids don’t understand all that yet,” said Catherine Collins, with her twins, Edison and Aria, in Clarendon Hills, Ill.

K Kristin Wong

Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82

A charismatic orator in the 1960s, he called for armed resistance to white oppression. As a Muslim cleric, he was convicted of murder in 2000 and died in detention.Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, then known as H. Rap Brown, in 1967. At the time, he was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committ

P Paul Vitello

Why That Whitney Houston Drum Beat Is So Addictive, Yet Hard to Match

People online have been trying to nail the drumbeat before the final chorus of “I Will Always Love You.” It’s harder than it looks.“I think it’s fun,” he said of the interest in the song’s drumbeat. “It sort of made me rethink how long the pause is.”

N Neil Vigdor

How a Sabotaged Ankle Monitor Ended Bolsonaro’s House Arrest

Shortly before he was expected to start serving a 27-year sentence, Brazil’s former president took a soldering iron to his tracking device.The damaged ankle monitor of former President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, in a still image taken from a video released by the Federal District’s Secretariat for Pe

A Ana Ionova

Donald Glover Says He Had a Stroke That Prompted Him to Cancel His Tour in 2024

The rapper and actor, who performed in Los Angeles on Saturday, said doctors had also discovered a hole in his heart, prompting him to cancel his world tour.Donald Glover performing as Childish Gambino during Tyler, The Creator’s “Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival” at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday

D Derrick Bryson Taylor