How to Protect Yourself From Wildfire Smoke

Monitor air quality, prepare to stay inside and pay close attention to people with chronic conditions.Firefighters conducting a back burn for the Line fire in California. Air quality is poor near several fires in the region.

D Dani Blum

Ukraine’s Ousted Defense Minister Attacks the Military’s Old Guard

Mykhailo Fedorov defended his efforts to modernize the Ukrainian armed forces as thousands of people protested his dismissal.Protesting the dismissal of Ukraine’s defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, in Kharkiv on Thursday. Some of the slogans translate to “Bring back Fedorov” and “Fedorov’s dismissa

C Cassandra Vinograd, Andrew E. Kramer and Oleksandr Chubko

The Essentials About Mykhailo Fedorov, the Ousted Ukrainian Minister

Mr. Fedorov became the youthful face of Ukraine’s successful drone warfare program. The move to replace him has prompted street protests.Mykhailo Fedorov in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, on Thursday. His appointment was seen as an indication that President Volodymyr Zelensky saw drones as the best bet fo

C Cassandra Vinograd and Andrew E. Kramer

In Iran war, Trump Risks Another American ‘Forever War’

President Trump, who promised to “end wars,” not start them, may have fallen into a familiar presidential trap.A judiciary building damaged in the war as seen from the Golestan palace, in central Tehran, Iran, this month.

S Steven Erlanger

How the NYT Reported on Khamenei’s Funeral in Iran

Our correspondent talked about the challenges of covering major news while under surveillance and filing his work without reliable internet access.Mourners gathered at the Grand Mosalla in Tehran to pay respects to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during his funeral.

M Mike Abrams

The F.D.A. Approves a New Pill to Slash Cholesterol Levels

The new pills can lower cholesterol levels far below what can be achieved with statins, clinical trials have shown.Merck’s cholesterol drug enlicitide will be available as a daily pill prescribed by a primary care physician.

G Gina Kolata

How Nike’s Diversity Efforts Made It a Trump Target

A civil-rights investigation, which grew out of a 26-page memo by a political appointee, provides a road map for the White House’s assault on D.E.I.A Nike Well Collective store in Glendale, Calif. Few major companies had more openly embraced a commitment to diversity than Nike, not only in its adver

R Rebecca Davis O’Brien and Kim Bhasin

Republican Candidates Are Hurting for Cash, but Help May Be on the Way

Super PACs and billionaires seem to be on the side of the G.O.P., new filings show.Supporters of Ken Paxton last month at the 2026 Republican Party of Texas convention in Houston. Mr. Paxton, the party’s nominee for Senate, has been drastically out-raised by his Democratic rival, James Talarico.

T Theodore Schleifer

The Army Veteran Killed Outside His ‘Trump House’

Kerry Sheron could often be found waving and nodding to those who passed his home, which stood out in Escondido, Calif.A photograph of Kerry Sheron and his wife, Maria Garcia, hanging on the fence outside their home.

C Corina Knoll

The Odyssey, by Donald Trump

The president lacks not only a coherent strategic concept but an elementary understanding of what strategy is.

F Frank Bruni and Bret Stephens

Teddy’s Place

A visit to the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library.The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library.

S Sam Sifton

Americans Are Spending, and Not Just on Necessities

Lower gas prices have been a relief for households struggling with higher living costs. But now they are creeping higher again.An airplane at LaGuardia Airport. Spending on discretionary items like restaurant meals and travel has risen faster for lower-income households than for higher earners in re

T Talmon Joseph Smith and Ben Casselman