Private-Credit Wobbles Could Prove Perilous for Trump

The Trump administration is poised to broaden access to risky investments that are showing signs of strain.President Trump’s executive order last year called for the inclusion of “alternative assets” in 401(k) plans, including private credit investments.

A Alan Rappeport and Colby Smith

New Political Group to Push Trump’s A.I. Agenda in Midterms

The group, Innovation Council Action, says it plans to spend at least $100 million. It will be led by a former administration official.Taylor Budowich, a longtime political adviser to President Trump, in the Oval Office last year. He will be leading the new Innovation Council.

T Theodore Schleifer

A New Boss Takes Over Homeland Security With Less Flash but Same Mission

Markwayne Mullin, the incoming D.H.S. secretary, faces a difficult balance: a public reset of the agency while delivering on President Trump’s deportation agenda.Markwauyne Mullin being sworn in as homeland security secretary by Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday in the Oval Office. He has taken

H Hamed Aleaziz

What We Know About the T.S.A. and ICE Presence at Airports

Transportation Security Agency officers have called out of work or quit after weeks of not getting paid during a partial government shutdown. ICE agents have begun to fill their roles.An ICE agent assisted passengers as they went through security at LaGuardia Airport in New York on Friday.

C Christina Morales

How Russia Weaponized the Cold Ukrainian Winter

Inside one Kyiv neighborhood as it braved the harshest conditions since World War II.Svitlana, a 66-year-old resident of one of Kyiv’s Soviet-designed apartment blocks, at the entrance to her building in early February.

C C.J. Chivers

With Mario and Minecraft, Hollywood Courts Gamers

Super Mario Bros. and Minecraft became movie blockbusters, and Call of Duty and Legend of Zelda adaptations are on the way. Fans of the video games are watching closely.“A Minecraft Movie,” which is based on the best-selling video game of all time, made nearly $1 billion at the box office last year.

E Emmanuel Morgan

How to View the Artemis II Moon Launch

The first crewed mission around the moon in more than 50 years is coming up. Here’s how to see it at sites in and around the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.NASA is preparing to send four astronauts on its lunar Artemis II mission. Above, the scene on Jan. 17 during the rollout at the Kennedy Space

C Ceylan Yeğinsu

For NASA’s Artemis II Crew, Journey to the Moon ‘Starting to Feel Real’

The four astronauts — three Americans and one Canadian — spoke from a prelaunch quarantine ahead of their scheduled Wednesday mission.From left, Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover, members of the Artemis II crew, after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral

K Kenneth Chang

He Led Congo for 18 Years. Now, Joseph Kabila Is a Hunted Man.

Joseph Kabila, the former president, faces the death penalty after the government convicted him of treason last year. He says the charges are bogus.Joseph Kabila returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo last year, to territory controlled by rebels.

R Ruth Maclean

The Dogma of Meat

From Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s food pyramid to online influencers, beef has become more than just a source of protein.

L Lisa Miller

How a Civics School With a Conservative Bent Divided Its Supporters

A University of North Carolina program was intended to promote civil discourse and ideological diversity. Some of its early conservative supporters say it is doing the opposite.The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill opened a new school focused on civics two years ago. It has drawn controver

S Stephanie Saul and Cornell Watson

The Founder of an ‘Orgasmic Meditation’ Group Is in Jail. And at Dinner?

Nicole Daedone, the former leader of OneTaste, is set to be sentenced after being convicted of forced labor conspiracy last year. But she is still finding ways to spread her message from behind bars.Nicole Daedone, who founded the wellness company OneTaste, is potentially facing decades in prison, b

S Santul Nerkar