We look at Trump’s agenda in Congress.

The Trump administration’s hostile approach to South Africa was shaped by a convergence of factors.

Plus, the campy singing contest the whole world watches.

It pays to be spectacular, inspiring and just weird enough. But, please: no key changes.

French courts may finally be taking years of complaints about sexual violence seriously, advocates and experts say.

Losing your job may be the best-case scenario.

While it is far too early to say how he will use his platform to address such issues, his focus shows he is a church leader who grasps the gravity of this modern concern.

For more than a century, there was broad consensus that the 14th Amendment established birthright citizenship for children born in the United States. But President Trump has challenged that precedent. Abbie VanSickle, a reporter covering the Supreme Court for The New York Times, explains.

As retailers slow down orders for foreign goods because of tariffs, companies that recirculate overstocked or returned items may help fill the gap.

EarlyBirds, a roving dance party that ends as most nightclubs are opening, caters to women who have things to do in the morning — and need dancing more than ever.

There is a degree of political agreement over so-called debanking, but no easy answers to the hot topic in Washington.

“We are, as of this taping, still a democracy with a rule of law,” Meyers said. “The president shouldn’t have a flying gold-plated party palace.”

In Saudi Arabia, the president denounced Western intervention and nation-building, garnering both praise and eye rolls.

An F.B.I. investigation homed in on two powerful men in suburban New York. Behind it were allegations by a woman who said her brother had abused and controlled her for 45 years.

Two British academics discovered that a “copy” of the medieval text, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is one of seven originals dating from 1300.

Three countries on President Trump’s Middle East tour this week are also the sites of recent investments in Trump businesses that benefit the president. Eric Lipton, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, describes those investments, and what those countries — Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates — are, at the same time, seeking from Mr. Trump and the United States.

Three committees advanced legislation that would combine into the “big beautiful bill” to enact President Trump’s agenda. But the package faces a rocky path.

The union that represents the engineers who drive New Jersey Transit’s commuter trains has threatened a walkout as soon as Friday if a contract deal is not reached.

Such a demanding job can be good for the brain and body. But Pope Leo XIV may also have to contend with challenges that are common in old age.