Trump Defends Deal to End the War With Iran as Details Emerge

President Trump lashed out at critics who say the agreement achieves less than the one President Barack Obama signed in 2015, and he threatened to bomb Iran again if it violated the deal.President Trump and other U.S. officials at a news conference amid the Group of 7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, Fran

E Erica L. Green, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Farnaz Fassihi and Michael Levenson

Trump Feuds With Thune and G.O.P., Stoking Election-Year Rift

The president upended the majority leader’s plans by yanking his intelligence nominee from a confirmation hearing and insisting on an end to the filibuster.Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota and the majority leader, has shown more willingness in recent days to push back against President

C Carl Hulse

Bill Pulte, a Bulldog for Trump, Prepares to Take Reins at Spy Agency

Democrats and some Republicans excoriated President Trump’s pick for a top national security job. The president pushed ahead anyway.Bill Pulte has used his current post as a top federal housing official to help with President Trump’s campaign of retribution against his perceived enemies.

J Julian E. Barnes and Dustin Volz

Trump Administration to Pay $765 Million to Cancel 4 More Wind Projects

It’s the third such deal the Interior Department has struck to pay firms to abandon plans for offshore turbines, spending roughly $2.5 billion to get companies to abandon their wind projects.The Trump administration has now struck deals energy developers totaling more than $2.5 billion to cancel off

B Brad Plumer

France Assembled an African Dream Team. Senegal Could Not Stop Them.

Many see the rivalry between France and Senegal as a result of colonial heritage. But at the same time, European teams are more African than ever.Eight out of the 11 France players, in blue, who started the match against Senegal on Tuesday, were first- or second-generation immigrants, including Mich

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Warsh Makes His Case With Jargon, and a Penchant for Detail

The Federal Reserve’s new chairman held a press conference where he bantered with reporters and laid out a vision for change at the central bank.Kevin M. Warsh, the Federal Reserve chairman, after the central bank’s meeting in Washington on Wednesday.

S Sydney Ember

Georgia Republicans Shelve Redistricting Amid Mounting Protests

The leaders of the Georgia legislature pulled the plug on gerrymandering away U.S. House seats held by Black Democrats just hours before a special session was to begin.Protesters gathered at the Georgia state capitol in Atlanta Wednesday, determined to stop the legislature from redistricting the sta

R Rick Rojas, Sean Keenan and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon

Trump Rescinds Endorsement of Right-Wing Pastor After Texting Scandal

The pastor, Jackson Lahmeyer, dropped out of the race for a House seat in Oklahoma as President Trump backed Mr. Lahmeyer’s Republican rival in a runoff election.Jackson Lahmeyer, left, and Mark Tedford had advanced to a Republican primary runoff election on Tuesday, but Mr. Lahmeyer ended his bid o

B Bayliss Wagner

New Plan Scales Back C.D.C.’s Work on Diseases Abroad

The State Department is taking over much of the control of global health initiatives, for which critics say the department does not have the expertise.Demonstrators in Washington in 2025 protest the withholding of funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, PEPFAR.

A Apoorva Mandavilli

A New Era of Super-Hybrids to Ease Range Anxiety

Extended-range electric vehicles promise to reduce costs and appeal to America’s appetite for adventure. And they’re coming to showrooms soon.The technology that powers extended-range electric vehicles, like the 2026 Jeep Grand Wagoneer, solves the towing issues common among regular electric vehicle

T Tom Voelk

A Tournament on Native Land Makes Millions. A Tribe Wants a Bigger Cut.

The Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on Long Island earns millions when it hosts the U.S. Open. But the nearby Indian tribe has for years only received a fraction of that.Lisa Goree, the chairwoman of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, why says the golf course hosting the U.S. Open this week on Long Island was

C Corey Kilgannon

How Ecuador’s Andes Created a Language of Its Own

In Ecuador’s highlands, a seamless mix of Kichwa and Spanish creates a language that bends grammar, adds melody and goes unnoticed by many who speak it every day.San Roque market in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, is one of the main meeting points between Kichwa and Spanish. These languages have long

J José María León Cabrera and Johanna Alarcón

N.Y.P.D. Will Assign Largest Number of Officers Ever to Knicks Parade

The department announced that it would deploy more than 10,000 of its ranks and put stringent security measures in place for the celebration of the Knicks’ N.B.A. championship on Thursday.The Police Department said it would deploy more officers for the parade route honoring the Knicks than it had fo

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What to Know if You’re Going to the Knicks Parade

New Yorkers will descend on Lower Manhattan on Thursday morning to celebrate the Knicks. Here’s what you should know if you are one of them.The parade starts at 10 a.m., but you’ll want to get there at least two hours earlier.

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