In Washington, Netanyahu Faces a Delicate Balancing Act

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is set to meet President Trump on Tuesday, with one eye on Iran and another on the coming elections back home.President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel are both facing electoral challenges in the months ahead.

I Isabel Kershner

U.S. Pauses Iran Strikes Amid Growing Risks, and Measles Cases Hit a New Record

Plus, the soaring costs of President Trump’s new Air Force One.President Trump has set aside, for now, plans to sharply escalate the U.S. military assault against Iran partly because of concerns of dwindling stockpiles of interceptor missiles, American officials said.

T Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Jake Lucas and Ian Stewart

Flames Advance on Bordeaux, Where Evacuees Balance Dread and Hope

With surrounding towns in southwestern France evacuated and fire still spreading rapidly, several thousand are sheltering in the city, unsure what will become of their homes.An exhibition center in Bordeaux, southwestern France, where people sheltered after being displaced by the wildfires on Sunday

M Mark Landler and Giulia Imbert

The Fed’s New Chairman Faces His Biggest Test Yet

Kevin M. Warsh, who has said the Federal Reserve has “no tolerance” for elevated inflation, must decide whether he wants to push for an interest-rate increase at this week’s policy meeting.Kevin M. Warsh, the Federal Reserve chairman, will have to decide whether to push for a rate increase at the ce

C Colby Smith

Can a Progressive Win in a Purple State? Abdul El-Sayed Wants to Find Out.

Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary is a critical front in the fight between Democrats’ progressive and moderate flanks and a preview of the 2028 presidential primary.Abdul El-Sayed, the Michigan Democratic Senate candidate, outside the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ann Arbor last month.

M Michael Kruse

Merz Criticizes Terrorism Laws After Deadly Berlin Pride Attack

Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany called for tighter monitoring after the authorities said the suspect in the assault had tried to join ISIS and was released from detention in May.A makeshift memorial in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Sunday, after a fatal attack near a gay Pride cele

A Amelia Nierenberg and Tatiana Firsova

Berlin Pride Attack: What We Know About the Suspected Act of Terrorism

A suspect was killed in a police shootout. He had tried to join ISIS and was sentenced to prison but released from detention in May with a suspended sentence.Law enforcement officers near a vehicle that crashed into a crowd in Berlin late Saturday.

A Ali Watkins and Amelia Nierenberg

Ukrainian Attacks in Crimea Deprive Towns of Power and Water

Ukraine’s campaign to bring the war home to ordinary Russians is meant to pressure the Kremlin to negotiate. Moscow has acted as if there were no crisis.A pedestrian using a flashlight during a temporary power outage in Yevpatoriya, Crimea, this month.

N Nataliya Vasilyeva

Iran War Forces Energy Buyers to ‘Unshackle’ From Global Markets

Developing Asian nations, scarred by Middle East supply shocks, are working to scale back their reliance on imported fuels, including liquefied natural gas.An offshore terminal was built in Batangas in 2023 to import L.N.G., but the country is now looking to source more gas domestically.

R River Akira Davis and Jes Aznar

Book Review: ‘Cool Machine,’ by Colson Whitehead

The final installment of his Harlem crime trilogy is full of heists, cultural shifts and nostalgia for 1980s New York.Colson Whitehead details urban realities both grimy and plush in his acclaimed trilogy of crime novels.

D Dwight Garner

Protected No More

We look at the end of Temporary Protected Status.Outside the Supreme Court last month.

S Sam Sifton