Jeanna Smialek, Koba Ryckewaert and Ilvy Njiokiktjien
Two years after a shock win for the far-right Geert Wilders, the Netherlands is returning to the polls. His hometown shows the pain points of the country’s volatile politics.
In 2024, a jury found that Donald J. Trump approved a scheme to falsify business records to conceal a hush-money payment to a porn star. He became the first felon president.
Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan confirmed that Sudan’s military had retreated from El Fasher, a decisive shift in control of the country’s sprawling Darfur region.
The lab where Oppenheimer developed the atomic bomb is the linchpin in the United States’ effort to modernize its nuclear weapons. Yet the site has contended with contamination incidents, work disruptions and old infrastructure.
Aid to the devastated territory has increased since the cease-fire took effect and prices have fallen. But many trucks going into Gaza are bringing food and commercial goods to sell that most people cannot afford.
By nationalizing a local election, Turning Point Action is trying to show it can carry on without its founder and recall a local Republican who endorsed Kamala Harris.
The Trump administration is considering tighter safety rules on the weak radiations of cellphones even as it pursues looser regulations on the deadly emanations of the nuclear industry.
Zohran Mamdani and the teachers’ union have called for changes in mayoral control. Andrew M. Cuomo and some education leaders say that would be a grave mistake.
Within days, tens of millions of low-income Americans may lose assistance for food, child care and utilities if the federal government remains shut down.
Gov. Kathy Hochul received a tepid response from a stadium filled with Zohran Mamdani supporters, whose chants of “Tax the rich” interrupted her speech.
