What Our Reporter Saw During the D.C. Shooting

Our reporter was with President Trump at the White House correspondents’ dinner when a gunman breached security. He describes the frantic scenes that unfolded.

S Shawn McCreesh and Nikolay Nikolov

After Correspondents Dinner Shooting, Rumors and Conspiracy Theories Swirl Online

Influencers jumped to fill the information void with conspiracy theories about the attack at the White House Correspondents’ dinner on Saturday.Security outside the Washington Hilton after gun shots were fired during the 2026 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner Saturday night.

S Stuart A. Thompson, Tiffany Hsu and Steven Lee Myers

Family Detained for Months at Texas ICE Facility Released

Two days after their release, the mother and her five children were again detained during an ICE check-in. A judge halted their removal and returned the family home.Hayam El Gamal and her five children spent nearly a year in an immigration detention facility in Dilley, Texas.

P Pooja Salhotra

What to Know About U.S.-Iran Peace Talks

An Iranian negotiator returned to Pakistan on Sunday, despite the United States abruptly calling off a trip there by its two top negotiators.Posters highlighting talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Saturday.

T The New York Times

Former Israeli Premiers Join in Bid to Oust Netanyahu in Elections

Naftali Bennett, a right-wing politician, and Yair Lapid, a centrist, will merge parties for a vote later this year.Naftali Bennett, left, and Yair Lapid on Sunday in Herzliya, Israel, where they said they would unite in a party to be called Yachad, Hebrew for “together.”

I Isabel Kershner

The Mother Who Will Not Speak

When Jacqueline Pritchett’s 11-year-old son, Jacob, vanished last year, she refused to acknowledge that he existed. Her life is as mysterious as his disappearance.The disappearance of 11-year-old Jacob Pritchett has baffled police officers who are frustrated that his mother, Jacqueline Pritchett, re

M Maria Cramer

Dwarkesh Patel’s Podcast Lets You Eavesdrop on the A.I. Elite

Dwarkesh Patel was a bored college sophomore looking for intellectual stimulation. Now he commands interviews with Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg and holds his own with deeply nerdy A.I. researchers.Dwarkesh Patel in his office and studio in San Francisco. “He’s very much in the community, in the

B Benjamin Wallace

The Apocalypse Goes Mainstream

About 40 percent of American adults believe that we are living in the “end times,” according to a 2022 poll. Where did that idea come from?The Ruby Ridge standoff in Idaho, in August 1992.

L Lauren Jackson