Drones over Europe raise concerns about Russian activities

A new study, backed up by analysts and political leaders, says frequent drone flights over NATO military assets mark a Russian campaign to probe defenses and gather information.A building that was struck by a Russian attack drone in Galati, eastern Romania, in May. Reconnaissance drone flights in We

N Nicholas Kulish and Lara Jakes

Crypto Brought Trump a Huge Windfall, Even as Many Investors Lost Big

President Trump and his family reaped vast financial rewards from a memecoin that generated losses for hundreds of thousands of investors.President Trump amassed enormous wealth during the first year of his second term, with $636 million of it coming from his cryptocurrency.

E Eric Lipton, Andrea Fuller and David Yaffe-Bellany

Colorado Governor Fires Officials Who Opposed Freeing Tina Peters

Gov. Jared Polis commuted the sentence of Tina Peters, who tampered with voting machines in an attempt to show that the 2020 election had been rigged against President Trump.Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat under pressure from the president, asked the clemency board to reconsider the case.

J Jack Healy

Trump Remakes Washington, D.C., Into a Maze of Fences and Guard Members

President Trump seems to have turned swaths of the city into either a construction zone or an armed camp as he seeks to prove that he alone can improve it.Federal officials have effectively closed off access to the Reflecting Pool ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary.

K Katie Rogers

America, Onscreen

Ten writers on the films that get at the hopes, dreams, heartbreak and hilarity of the U.S.A. as it turns 250.

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What America’s 250th Means to Mamdani

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has not actively pushed New York City’s role in the nation’s anniversary celebrations, in part because of the complexities he sees in the country’s past and present.Mayor Zohran Mamdani has often seemed most comfortable expressing a sort of New York City-focused patriotism, rath

E Emma Goldberg

Immigrant Arrests Surge to 10,000 in 5 Days as ICE Clamps Down

The agency has doubled its daily arrest numbers without the fanfare of last year’s large urban operations, sowing fear in immigrant communities.Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents patrolling a federal court building in New York last month.

H Hamed Aleaziz

Trump Administration Delivers Lucrative Win for Its Kratom Allies

In moving to ban a potent synthetic version of kratom, the president’s team paved the way for more sales for makers of rival botanic supplements, who had aggressively lobbied for the change.After President Trump’s victory, companies selling kratom supplements and their executives ramped up their spe

C Christina Jewett and Kenneth P. Vogel

N.Y.P.D. Memo Outlines Taylor Swift Wedding Events at the Garden

Law enforcement officials in the city are preparing to monitor the pop star’s two-day event at Madison Square Garden, and several streets in the area will be closed.Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s plans are expected to require hundreds of police officers.

M Maria Cramer, Chelsia Rose Marcius and Emma G. Fitzsimmons

U.S. Resumes Dollar Transfers to Iraq After Monthslong Suspension

The Trump administration had halted the shipments to Iraq as part of its efforts to pressure the Baghdad government to distance itself from Iran.Iraq’s prime minister, Ali al-Zaidi, has taken steps to try to rein in Iran-backed militias in his country.

R Raja Abdulrahim and Falih Hassan

JD Vance Defends Iran War in Speech to Military Members

The vice president, a staunch critic of foreign wars, accused the president’s detractors of trying to prolong a conflict the administration was trying to end.Before becoming the vice president, JD Vance, a former Marine, was a fierce critic of the United States’ “forever wars.”

K Karoun Demirjian

Victor Willis, Lead Singer of the Village People, Dies at 74

Often performing dressed as a helmeted police officer, he also co-wrote the group’s biggest hits, including “Y.M.C.A.” and “Macho Man.”Victor Willis performing with the Village People in Chicago in 1979. More recently, he became a polarizing figure because of his (and the group’s music’s) associatio

A Alex Marshall and Isabella Kwai