‘Shoot to Kill’: Accounts of Brutal Crackdown Emerge From Iran

The Iranian authorities have imposed an information blackout as they try to quell protests, but eyewitness testimony and videos conveying the deadly toll have made their way out.An image taken from social media and verified by The New York Times shows people looking for relatives as bodies piled up

E Erika Solomon, Farnaz Fassihi, Sanam Mahoozi and Sanjana Varghese

Son of Deposed Shah of Iran Seeks Center Stage Amid Protests

Reza Pahlavi, living in exile in the United States, has long marketed himself as a future leader of Iran. His father’s repressive legacy casts a long shadow.A demonstration in London on Sunday called on the British prime minister to support the Iranian people. Some Iranian protesters have rallied ar

A Aaron Boxerman

Trump Explores Diplomacy With Iran While Weighing Strikes, Officials Say

The Pentagon is presenting a wider range of strike options to the president than previously reported. Targets could include Iran’s nuclear program and ballistic missile sites.An image taken from a social media post released on Friday showing demonstrators gathered in Tehran. President Trump has said

E Edward Wong, Tyler Pager and Eric Schmitt

A Crisis in Iran

We take a look at the protests that have engulfed the streets of Iran.In Tehran last week.

S Sam Sifton and Evan Gorelick

The Quest to ‘Make America Fertile Again’ Stalls Under Trump

Administration officials have been urging Americans to get married and procreate, but some conservatives are frustrated by a lack of action.Some Republican lawmakers and conservative policy groups have pushed unsuccessfully to significantly expand tax credits for families.

C Caroline Kitchener

Facing Political Pressure, Trump Seeks Answer to Rising Housing Costs

White House officials have explored a vast array of ideas as the president looks to unfurl a housing affordability plan at an economic conference this month.Home prices have soared in recent years, climbing nearly 55 percent from the first quarter of 2020 to the third quarter of 2025.

T Tony Romm

U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane

Even accepting the Trump administration’s claim that there is an armed conflict with suspected drug runners, the laws of war bar “perfidy.”Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the Capitol last week.

C Charlie Savage, Eric Schmitt, John Ismay, Julian E. Barnes, Riley Mellen and Christiaan Triebert

Trump’s Plans for Venezuelan Oil Run Headlong Into Reality

President Trump’s fixation on Venezuela’s oil raises the question of how much “energy dominance” is really worth nowadays.President Trump’s attack on Venezuela has emerged as a unique opportunity to put into action what he has long called for: taking another country’s oil.

A Anton Troianovski

Venezuela’s Oil Riches Are Years Off, but Winners and Losers Will Emerge

Companies that already have operations in the country stand to benefit, but those that have profited from a standoff between Caracas and Washington could lose out.An oil refinery in Venezuela in 2020. Despite its massive oil reserves, Venezuela produces about 1 percent of the world’s oil.

S Stanley Reed

‘We Need to Be the News’: Inside Bari Weiss’s Bumpy Revamp at CBS

Her reimagining of “CBS Evening News” is under heavy scrutiny, and even became a punchline on her own network on Sunday at the Golden Globes.The Manhattan studios of CBS, where Bari Weiss has been making changes at “CBS Evening News” since becoming editor in chief in October.

M Michael M. Grynbaum and Benjamin Mullin

U.S. Emissions Jumped in 2025 as Coal Power Rebounded

The increase in planet-warming emissions came after two years of decline as demand for electricity has been surging.A coal-fired power plant near Emmett, Kan. Demand for power has started surging in recent years amid a boom in data centers, an upswing of domestic manufacturing and the spread of elec

B Brad Plumer

What High School Seniors Wrote in Their College Admissions Essays

Some students are still mentioning their race or immigrant status as the Trump administration cracks down on diversity efforts. But many are avoiding sensitive aspects of their identity.Zhi McMillan, a senior from Virginia, highlighted in his essay an experience at a historical burial ground for Afr

B Bernard Mokam

At This Office Park, Scamming the World Was the Business

Times journalists got a rare look inside one of the compounds where the online fraud industry makes its billions. Inspirational slogans (“Keep going”) were just the start.The Shunda Park scam complex in Karen State, Myanmar, in December.

H Hannah Beech and Jes Aznar

Inside a Scam Complex’s Detailed Playbook

The scammers at a vast office park in Myanmar wielded deepfake technology, doctored videos and pinpoint conversational ploys that differed by the ages and nationalities of their victims.

H Hannah Beech

Gavin Newsom Vows to Stop Proposed Billionaire Tax in California

Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was working behind the scenes to block a proposed tax on billionaires’ wealth and was committed to defeating the measure if it reached the ballot.“This will be defeated — there’s no question in my mind,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said of the proposal.

L Laurel Rosenhall

Richard Marx Is No Softy

The singer and songwriter who struck it big in the MTV era has a new take on the Great American Songbook — and a lot of wickedly funny revelations about his life.

R Rob Tannenbaum and Jamie Lee Taete