Housing Official Who Attacked Democrats Invokes a Disputed Family Legacy

The Trump nominee Bill Pulte has called out a Fed governor and New York’s attorney general for issues with their mortgage documents. Some leaders of the family’s home-building business bristle at how he has enhanced his reputation.A mobile home park in Lake Worth, Fla., owned by Bill Pulte, the dire

M Matthew Goldstein, Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Kailyn Rhone

Trump Signs Executive Order Seeking Oversight of A.I. Models

The order, which signaled a shift from the hands-off approach the White House had previously taken toward A.I., followed debates over how to gain control of A.I. models without disrupting innovation.President Trump at the White House last week.

S Sheera Frenkel and Tripp Mickle

A Congressman Was Suddenly Absent. So We Looked. And Looked.

Will the mystery of Tom Kean Jr., a New Jersey representative, finally be solved on Tuesday? The reporters covering the story will have questions.Representative Tom Kean has not been seen for nearly three months but is on the ballot in Tuesday’s New Jersey primary.

C Christopher Maag

How Three Chess Friends Battled Demons and Saved Two Lives

A homeless chess hustler, a scholar and an aging recluse found hope in a trashed apartment by Central Park.Chess was what drew the friends together — the same rules and chances for everyone who played.

J John Leland and Juan Arredondo

Only the Right Tests Can Stop This Ebola Outbreak. Congo Has Hardly Any.

A chronic lack of investment in development of better tests has left clinicians blind and allows deadly viruses to spread unchecked.Health workers suiting up in Mongbwalu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Without sufficient testing, people with symptoms that could be Ebola are often isolated tog

S Stephanie Nolen

What Ireland and Germany Can Teach Us About Birthright Citizenship

President Trump has argued that the United States is “stupid” for granting citizenship at birth. Most countries don’t do so, but that can create problems.Mariam Sobayo was born in Dublin in February 2005, a few weeks after the country halted its longstanding practice of granting citizenship to all c

L Lydia DePillis, Megan Specia and Tatiana Firsova