Trump’s Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality

President Trump has engaged in a spree of self-aggrandizement unlike any of his predecessors, fostering a mythologized superhuman persona and making himself the inescapable force at home and around the world.“Don Colossus” — a 15-foot bronze statue of President Trump — at the sculptor’s studio in Za

P Peter Baker

More Than Ever, Videos Expose the Truth. And Cloud It, Too.

In Minneapolis, videos of the Alex Pretti killing undermined the federal government’s account. But an A.I. video of Brad Pitt shows the dangers ahead.A screen grab from a video showing how federal agents wrestled Alex Pretti to the ground before fatally shooting him.

C Charles Homans

Texas Students Protest ICE Despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s Threats

In dozens of states, students have staged walkouts over immigration enforcement. In Texas, they’re doing so despite threats from Gov. Greg Abbott.High school students in Hutto, Texas, walking out of class to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

J J. David Goodman, Mary Beth Gahan and Callie Holtermann

Europe Today Looks Different From the One Trump’s Team Describes

Secretary of State Marco Rubio appealed to European leaders in Munich by stressing Christian and cultural bonds that are no longer universal.Speaking over the weekend at the Munich Security Conference, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, “We are part of one civilization: Western civilization.”

J Jim Tankersley

Trump’s Stinging Attack on Israel’s President Touches a Nerve

President Trump called President Isaac Herzog of Israel “disgraceful” because he has not yet pardoned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his corruption trial.President Trump with Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion Airport in October.

I Isabel Kershner

Shivering Americans Snap Up Firewood as Winter Grinds On

Weeks of freezing temperatures and winter storms across parts of the United States have increased the demand for firewood and manufactured fire logs.Jason Loflin prepares firewood in Thomasville, N.C., on Friday. Bitter cold weather and a series of winter storms have intensified demand for logs for

N Neil Vigdor

Everybody’s Mom

We explore why we care so much about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.News media and law enforcement personnel outside Nancy Guthrie’s home.

J Jesse McKinley

Republican State Legislators Rush to Limit Their Own Regulators

South Carolina’s state legislature is one of 17, mainly in heavily Republican states, that is moving to handcuff state agencies at a moment of tectonic changes in energy, technology and finance.Some business owners like Gail Nicholls, owner of Red Bug Barn, a pet supply store in Richburg, S.C., supp

D David W. Chen and Tierney L. Cross

Islamist Party’s Rise Overshadows Student Revolution in Bangladesh

The party is dedicated to running the country under Islamic law, but ran on a more moderate platform. It gained far more seats in last week’s election than it ever had before.A poster of Shafiqur Rahman, the leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, on Thursday outside a polling station in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

A Anupreeta Das and Saif Hasnat