A Stunning Win for the Left in Florida: 6 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Primaries

State Representative Angie Nixon, a progressive firebrand, defeated a moderate who dramatically out-raised her with grass-roots enthusiasm. Can it carry her to victory in November?State Representative Angie Nixon spent just $60,000 on television advertising, compared to opponent Alex Vindman’s $2.2

P Patricia Mazzei

The Left Notches Another Win With This Secret Weapon: Old-Fashioned Organizing

State Representative Angie Nixon scored a stunning upset on Tuesday in Florida’s Democratic Senate primary. Now comes the hard part: running as a progressive firebrand in a red state.State Representative Angie Nixon of Florida easily defeated her more moderate opponent in the Democratic primary for

P Patricia Mazzei

Mary Peltola and Dan Sullivan Advance in Key Alaska Senate Contest

The Democratic former congresswoman and the incumbent Republican senator will face off in November. Whether a potential spoiler candidate with the same name as the senator qualifies alongside them has not been determined.Former Representative Mary Peltola, a Democrat, and Senator Dan Sullivan, a Rep

K Kellen Browning

Iran war: Trump tries economic pressure — again

Iran has survived decades of sanctions. Faced with more, it is likely to escalate rather than surrender, analysts said.People walking on a sidewalk near the Tajrish Bazaar in Tehran last month.

S Steven Erlanger

Threatening Friends and Courting Enemies in Trump’s ‘Upside-Down World’

The president’s hostility to allies like Oman, Canada and South Korea, and his affection for adversaries like North Korea, may still shock some. But it comes as little surprise after a decade of upheaval.President Trump’s attack-thy-friends, revere-thy-enemies approach has become the norm in U.S. fo

P Peter Baker

How the Iran War Made Africa’s Richest Man Even Richer

Africans have turned to one of their own for fuel as the world’s supplies run low. But they are not the only ones with the continent’s richest man on speed dial.Aliko Dangote at his refinery office in Lagos, Nigeria, in January.

S Saikou Jammeh

Trump’s Ballroom Is Rising at Breakneck Speed: 20 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week

Although the fate of the ballroom is tied up in court, the Trump administration argues that the project is too far along to be stopped now.Joshua Fisher, the director of White House management and administration, estimated that the construction of the White House ballroom was 65 percent complete.

L Luke Broadwater and Ann E. Marimow

Boyfriend Who Abused Hayden Panettiere Had Returned to Her Life

Despite the actress’s efforts to move on from a turbulent relationship with Brian Hickerson, they were together when she went into cardiac arrest and died.Brian Hickerson has not been accused of being involved in Hayden Panettiere’s death.

M Matt Stevens, Derrick Bryson Taylor and Julia Jacobs

California Passes New Rule Regulating Replacement Car Tires

The rule to require efficient replacement tires was praised by environmentalists. But manufacturers warned that the change would hurt American companies and increase tire prices.California’s efficiency standards for replacement vehicle tires will take full effect in 2033.

S Soumya Karlamangla

Kyiv’s Dormition Cathedral is Revived after Russian Drone Strike

Volunteers and priests rallied to clean up Kyiv’s Dormition Cathedral, still smelling of smoke from a massive blaze, for an anniversary celebration.Nadiia Fesenko mopped the floor of the Dormition Cathedral, one of the main cathedrals of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra preserve, after it was struck by a Rus

C Carlotta Gall, Stanislav Kozliuk and Brendan Hoffman

The New Physics of Power

It doesn’t take much for small powers to gain a big advantage over the powerful.

T Thomas L. Friedman

After the Storm

We look at the aftermath of Hurricane Lala.In Naalehu, Hawaii.

S Sam Sifton