Pentagon Officials Weigh Deployment of Airborne Troops for Iran War

The combat forces would come from a brigade of about 3,000 soldiers capable of deploying anywhere in the world within 18 hours.Troops from the 82nd Airborne Division deploying from Fort Bragg, N.C., to Eastern Europe in response to the war in Ukraine in 2022.

G Greg Jaffe and Eric Schmitt

In California, a Republican Sheriff Seizes Ballots, Prompting Concerns

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a candidate for governor, recently took possession of more than 650,000 ballots as part of a fraud probe. Election officials say his investigation is baseless.Riverside County sheriff Chad Bianco’s investigation involves ballots cast in the 2025 special election

N Nick Corasaniti

Trump Is Digging Up Washington. Can Lawsuits Stop the Bulldozers?

As the president develops plans to fundamentally alter the White House, the Kennedy Center and other sites, federal lawsuits are beginning to catch up.A coalition of eight prominent cultural and architectural preservation organizations filed a new lawsuit on Monday challenging President Trump’s emer

Z Zach Montague

New Top Prosecutor Named in Embattled U.S. Attorney’s Office

Federal judges appointed Robert Frazer to run New Jersey’s U.S. attorney’s office, which has been in disarray over the past year because of uncertainty about who was in charge.Robert Frazer’s appointment as interim U.S. attorney in New Jersey marks the fourth rapid change in leadership at the office

T Tracey Tully and Jonah E. Bromwich

Bill Cosby Loses Sex Assault Lawsuit and Faces a $19 Million Judgment

A California jury found that Mr. Cosby had abused Donna Motsinger in 1972 after inviting her to attend one of his comedy shows.Bill Cosby was accused in the civil suit of sexually assaulting Donna Motsinger in 1972 when he was a celebrated entertainer and she was a waitress in a restaurant he visite

G Graham Bowley and Rachel Parsons

Hundreds of N.Y.U. Professors Begin Strike Over Pay and Job Protections

About 950 full-time faculty members who are not on the tenure track walked out. The university told students that classes would continue.A New York University spokesman said that the university had offered pay increases that would lift starting salaries for assistant professors above $90,000 a year,

P Patrick McGeehan, Kaja Andric and Troy Closson

Lilias Folan, Who Brought Yoga to Middle America, Dies at 90

With her bright leotards and soothing, welcoming tone, she helped to demystify a discipline that many Americans in the 1970s viewed as a counterculture practice.Ms. Folan in 1976. “I’ve always known I was put on this planet to do this sharing and this journey,” she said.

J Jeré Longman