3 Americans Killed in ISIS Attack in Syria, Trump Says, Vowing to Retaliate

Two soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed while supporting counterterror operations, the Pentagon said. They are the first U.S. casualties in Syria since the fall of the dictator Bashar al-Assad.American Bradley fighting vehicles during a joint exercise in 2021 with Syrian Democratic Force

A Abdi Latif Dahir, Christina Goldbaum, John Ismay and Eric Schmitt

Can Trump’s Grand Plans for Gaza Get Off the Drawing Board?

The next steps for the president’s 20-point Gaza peace plan have been mired in uncertainty and a lack of detail, but that may be set to change. Here’s what to know.Displaced Palestinians sheltering last month in tents surrounded by destroyed buildings near Gaza City.

A Adam Rasgon, Natan Odenheimer and Aaron Boxerman

MAHA Moms Are Angry at the E.P.A. Lee Zeldin Is Trying to Win Them Back.

A split is emerging within Trump’s base as health activists accuse Mr. Zeldin of leading the agency to prioritize chemical industry interests over public health.Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, appeared with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Salt Lake City earlier this year. Recently, M

H Hiroko Tabuchi

Trump’s ‘Pardon’ of Tina Peters Rejected by Colorado Officials

The president’s stated intention to pardon Tina Peters, jailed for tampering with election machines in 2020, has set off a legal fight over the extent of Mr. Trump’s pardon powers.Former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters, middle, during her sentencing for her election interference case at t

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The Young Conservatives Fixated on H-1B Visas

For some Gen Z conservatives, H-1B visas are a hot new topic.Young conservatives in the America First wing have fixated on the visa program as they grow disillusioned with the president’s promises on immigration and frustrated with the job market.

N Nathan Taylor Pemberton

U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal Hits Stumbling Block

The U.S. government has paused a tech-focused trade pledge with Britain over broader disagreements about Britain’s digital regulations and food safety rules.President Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain in September, after signing an agreement that pledged to extend research collaborati

E Eshe Nelson and Ana Swanson

Biden Has Raised Little of What He Needs to Build a Presidential Library

His library foundation has told the I.R.S. that by the end of 2027 it expects to bring in just $11.3 million — not nearly enough for a traditional presidential library.Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has only just begun to raise money for a presidential library, starting with an event for poten

D David A. Fahrenthold, Shane Goldmacher, Tyler Pager and Theodore Schleifer

Russia Bombs Ukraine Port of Odesa Amid Peace Talks

Much of Ukraine’s largest Black Sea port was without power, heat and water on Saturday after strikes from Russia, which has shown little appetite for a deal to end the war.Firefighters on Saturday at the site of a Russian strike in Odesa, Ukraine.

K Kim Barker

Belarus Frees Prominent Political Prisoners as U.S. Lifts Some Trade Sanctions

The release of the prisoners, including a Nobel laureate and two opposition leaders, was part of a monthslong rapprochement between Washington and Minsk.Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, a Belarusian opposition leader, welcoming Ales Bialiatski, a political activist released by Belarus, as he arrived Saturd

V Valerie Hopkins and Tomas Dapkus

Trump’s Nvidia Deal Undermines National Security

This week, Donald Trump announced that he would allow Nvidia to sell its powerful H200 chips to China. The Times Opinion editor, Kathleen Kingsbury, argues that the move undermines national security.

K Kathleen Kingsbury, Lauren Dominguez Chan and James Robinson

Active Shooter Alert Issued at Brown University in Rhode Island

The university warned students to hide in an alert late Saturday afternoon. A suspect was not in custody, university officials said, correcting an earlier posting.Emergency responders on the scene of a reported shooting on the campus of Brown University in Providence, R.I. on Saturday.

H Hannah Ziegler and Rylee Kirk

DoorDash Deliverer Faces Tampering Charges Tied to Food Order

The authorities said the woman, who was making a delivery for DoorDash, was captured on a doorbell camera spraying an unknown aerosol.A woman who was making a DoorDash delivery was charged with battery and consumer product tampering after she was seen in doorbell footage aiming a spray from a can in

A Aimee Ortiz

Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; Braved Mobs in Integrating a School

She was one of the Clinton 12, Black students who broke a race barrier by entering a Tennessee high school in 1956 in the face of harassment by white segregationists.Jo Ann Allen, left, and Minnie Ann Dickey at Clinton High School in Tennessee in September 1956, two years after the U.S. Supreme Cour

A Adam Nossiter