In Israel, Broad Discontent Over the Emerging U.S. Deal With Iran

Israelis across the political spectrum say the deal appears to leave fundamental security threats posed by Iran unaddressed.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in March. At the start of the recent war, he had said that its objective was “to remove the existential threats” to Israel.

I Isabel Kershner

Deadlocked Wars: How Major Powers Misread the Regions They Attacked

Russia and the United States projected their own centralized views onto Ukraine and Iran, analysts said. As a result, the smaller countries trapped larger ones in a costly confrontation.Early this year on the outskirts of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, which has been bombed consistently.

N Neil MacFarquhar

UK Forces Seize Russian Shadow Fleet Oil Tanker

Britain’s Defense Ministry said it was the first time that British forces had acted alone to stop a ship in the fleet, a collection of vessels that Russia uses to move fuel and evade sanctions.

S Stephen Castle

What to Know About the Ticker-Tape Parade for the Knicks

A parade up Broadway to City Hall on Thursday will celebrate the team’s N.B.A. championship win, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani will present players with keys to the city.Jalen Brunson, chosen as most valuable player in the N.B.A. finals, and his teammates are expected to attend the ticker-tape parade.

C Chelsia Rose Marcius

Kash Patel Keeps Suing the Press

The F.B.I. director, following a strategy from President Trump, has filed six defamation lawsuits against news media companies and commentators in nearly seven years.Kash Patel, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has yet to reach a settlement or a favorable jury verdict from the cases.

E Erik Wemple

At the Kennedy Center, a Name Change Shrouded in Uncertainty

President Trump’s name was removed from the arts institution’s facade overnight on Saturday. Many questions remain, including whether or not it stays off.The Kennedy Center certified on Saturday that President Trump’s name had been removed from the building, but did not give a clear answer on when t

E Elizabeth Williamson and Julia Jacobs

The Secrets of a Soccer-Turf Master

John Sorochan, a turf scientist at the University of Tennessee, has led the yearslong, multimillion-dollar effort to develop perfect playing fields for the 2026 World Cup.

A Alan Burdick

Team Curaçao Arrives at the World Cup With Much of the Island in Tow.

Qualifying for the world’s biggest sporting event meant everything for residents of the Caribbean island country.Curaçao qualified for the World Cup for the first time in its history. The country’s fans, decked out in blue, came to watch their team take on Germany.

M Mitch Smith

How Utahns Took on Mr. Wonderful and a Data Center on the Great Salt Lake

Kevin O’Leary of “Shark Tank” fame hopes to build a sprawling data center on the parched shores of the Great Salt Lake. It has become a burning issue in Utah’s looming primaries.Bar H Ranch in the Hansel Valley sold its land and water rights to the developers of the proposed Stratos data center in B

J Jack Healy

Tweet, Delete, Repeat: Social Media Posts Overshadow N.Y. House Race

Darializa Avila Chevalier won the backing of Mayor Zohran Mamdani in her bid to unseat Representative Adriano Espaillat. Then her social media history took center stage.Darializa Avila Chevalier is running in the Democratic primary in New York’s 13th Congressional District in Upper Manhattan and par

S Sally Goldenberg and Maya King

How Redistricting Pit Wasserman Schultz Against Black Democrats in Florida

Four candidates running in a historically Black district risk dividing the Black vote and losing to Ms. Wasserman Schultz, who is white.After Republicans redrew her district to favor their party, Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz decided to run in a nearby historically Black district, pitting

P Patricia Mazzei

Mitch McConnell Is Hospitalized, His Spokesman Says

No details were given about the 84-year-old former majority leader’s condition, but he has had a string of health issues in recent years.Senator Mitch McConnell on Capitol Hill last month. He was also hospitalized in February after experiencing flulike symptoms.

C Catie Edmondson

12 Killed in Skydiving Plane Crash in Butler, Missouri

Eleven passengers and a pilot were killed shortly after takeoff near the Butler Memorial Airport in Missouri.Twelve people were killed shortly after takeoff when the skydiving plane carrying them crashed into the ground.

C Christina Morales

How to Run a News Company in the Age of Polarization and A.I. Slop

Cesar Conde of NBCUniversal News thinks that the “pendulum will eventually swing back” to mainstream media brands.Cesar Conde has been the chairman NBC’s news unit since 2020, and was previously credited with turning around the fortunes of Telemundo.

J Jordyn Holman

Can’t Afford Summer Camp? These Playground Workers Can Help.

City parks officials will put about 70 seasonal playground associates in New York City parks this summer to run free games and activities for any young person who shows up.Playground associates work with thousands of children at New York City parks over the course of the summer.

W Winnie Hu