White House Directed Patel to Oversee Investigation Involving Times Reporting

The F.B.I. director spent about eight hours at the White House Friday focused on the effort, which led to the subpoenaing of several Times reporters who wrote about the security of Air Force One.Kash Patel’s role in the leak investigation reflects a further dismantling of the wall that had separated

D Devlin Barrett, Glenn Thrush and Maggie Haberman

How Marco Rubio Is Running Venezuela From Afar

The secretary of state effectively controls Venezuela’s finances, the distribution of its natural resources and its government. His grip on the country is a vivid manifestation of American power in the Trump era.

T Tyler Pager and Anatoly Kurmanaev

Trump’s Posts on Singing Somali Schoolchildren Stir Anger in Minnesota

The state’s large Muslim and Somali communities expressed indignation after the president reposted a video of a kindergarten promotion ceremony, including comments noting the girls were in hijabs.President Trump at the White House on Monday, the day he posted about the children in Minnesota.

E Erica L. Green and Dylan Freedman

How Putin Turned Japan Into a Den of Spies

Operating out of a Tokyo high-rise, a military intelligence unit finds the high-tech equipment that Russia needs to wage war.The Aeroflot office in Toranomon Kotohira Tower in Tokyo. Japan’s weak espionage laws and flourishing high-tech industry have made it a crucial base for the Russian war effort

J Jane Bradley, Michael Schwirtz and Adam Goldman

Inside the Secret Factory That Supplies Ukraine’s War Drones

With its mass-produced and inexpensive A.I. powered war machines, the German start-up Helsing SE illustrates a profound shift in military spending.Helsing SE, which makes autonomous jets and drones, is the most valuable A.I. defense start-up in Europe.

V Vivienne Walt