Supreme Court Allows Trump to Block Asylum Seekers at Border

A policy of turning back asylum seekers at the border was rescinded in 2021, but the Trump administration wants the flexibility to reinstate it as a tool for border control.Migrants approaching the U.S.-Mexico border in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, last year. The case before the Supreme Court revolved aro

A Ann E. Marimow

Photos: Earthquakes Strike Venezuela

Two powerful quakes shook the South American country, causing death and destruction.Rescue efforts at a residential building that collapsed in Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday.

T The New York Times

U.S. Inflation Problems Are Far From Over

The Federal Reserve’s new chairman has vowed to deliver price stability, but officials are at odds over whether that will require higher borrowing costs.Kevin M. Warsh, the new chairman of the Federal Reserve, has expressed interest in examining how it measures and models price pressures.

C Colby Smith and Ben Casselman

Iraq’s New Leader Faces Resistance Trying to Bring Militias Under State Control

The Trump administration has demanded that Iraqi leaders distance themselves from Iran and rein in Iran-linked militias that are outside of government control.Members of the Peace Brigades militia during a ceremony in the city of Samarra, Iraq, in June, marking their separation from the Sadrist move

R Raja Abdulrahim and Falih Hassan

Christopher Nolan on the Anxiety of Filming ‘The Odyssey’ in IMAX

Filming entirely in IMAX meant new engineering and actor ingenuity. It was only halfway through the six-country shoot that he felt he could pull it off.After reading “more translations than I care to remember,” Christopher Nolan realized “The Odyssey” was his ur-text: “It’s in everything I’ve done b

M Melena Ryzik

Visitors Look at the Reflecting Pool and Disagree on What They See

People have long gathered in solidarity by the Reflecting Pool, but amid the turmoil of President Trump’s attempted repairs there is little unity to be found.The changing color of the water has been the subject of curiosity and controversy over the last two weeks.

C Campbell Robertson

Representative Tom Kean, Missing for Months, Is Back Home in New Jersey

The congressman, who has been absent from Washington since March, answered the door of his home on Wednesday evening. He was wearing a suit and tie.Representative Thomas Kean Jr., absent from Congress for nearly four months, was back at his New Jersey home on Wednesday evening.

T Tracey Tully

Mamdani’s Big Wins May Be a Headache for the Governor Who Has Backed Him

Gov. Kathy Hochul has worked with Mayor Zohran Mamdani on child care and second-home taxes. But the triumphs of democratic socialists on Primary Day could complicate her vision.Gov. Kathy Hochul celebrated the victory of Micah Lasher, an establishment candidate in the Democratic primary for the 12th

G Grace Ashford

Here’s What It Means to Be a Democratic Socialist

Universal health care, taxing the wealthy and opposition to military aid to Israel are among the movement’s key tenets.The Democratic Socialists of America helped organize a “Tax the Rich” rally in February in Albany, N.Y.

E Emily Davies

After Banner Night, D.S.A. Sharpens Its Policy and Political Ambitions

After democratic socialists captured two House primaries and several state legislative contests in New York, the group’s leaders mulled how to use their expanding influence.A rally to push the Tax the Rich movement was held in Albany earlier this year, but Mayor Zohran Mamdani did not attend.

B Benjamin Oreskes and Jeffery C. Mays

New Clues Point to Taylor Swift Wedding Event at M.S.G.

The New York Times has confirmed that Taylor Swift has rented the sports arena for the July 4 weekend, suggesting plans for a days-long celebration.There has been intense speculation about the details of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding ever since they announced their engagement in August 202

K Katherine Rosman, Maria Cramer, Jonah E. Bromwich, Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Dana Rubinstein

How Honda’s Pledge to Go All-Electric Unraveled

A derailed gamble led Honda to its first-ever annual loss and has intensified scrutiny over the future of its chief executive.Honda was developing several next-generation electric vehicles that were ultimately scrapped because of declining global E.V. demand.

R River Akira Davis

Triumph of the Tasteless

This is an era of illusion, and Musk and Trump are the self-adoring, self-promoting emblems and emperors of it.

F Frank Bruni and Bret Stephens

Don the Builder

We look at Trump’s construction projects in Washington, D.C.President Trump during a tour of the White House ballroom construction project in May.

S Sam Sifton