The C.I.A. Helped Pinpoint a Gathering of Iranian Leaders. Then Israel Struck.

The killing of Iran’s supreme leader and other top Iranian officials came after close intelligence sharing between the United States and Israel, according to people familiar with the operation.A satellite image shows black smoke rising and heavy damage at Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamene

J Julian E. Barnes, Ronen Bergman, Eric Schmitt and Tyler Pager

Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’

A small stable of doctors gave V.I.P. medical services to the sex offender and the women around him. Some doctors bent or broke the ethical rules of their profession.An exam room at Priority Private Care on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in 2018.

D David A. Fahrenthold, Azeen Ghorayshi and Maggie Astor

QAnon Faithful See Validation in the Epstein Files

The nearly decade-old conspiracy theory does not align neatly with the facts emerging from the documents. That does not seem to matter.QAnon followers see validation of their theories in some elements of the Epstein files. But other parts of their canon, including the existence of a deep-state pedop

T Tiffany Hsu and Stuart A. Thompson

Epstein Effort to Finance a Dick Cavett Film Undone by Background Check

Jeffrey Epstein joined Mr. Cavett’s wife in an effort to create a PBS documentary on the talk-show legend. But then the producers did a background check on the financier.Dick Cavett had an illustrious career as a talk-show host known for his probing interviews. When a documentary about him was in th

M Michaela Towfighi and Julia Jacobs

A Tale of Two Seasons at Columbia, and Two Responses to Student Arrests

When Mahmoud Khalil was detained by immigration agents last year, the university’s response was restrained. It was different with Elmina Aghayeva this week.The message at Columbia University was clear this week after federal immigration agents again detained a student.

T Troy Closson, Sharon Otterman and Luis Ferré-Sadurní

How Wesley Hunt of Texas Is Working in Plain Sight With Outside Groups

Exchanges between two X accounts appear to offer a vivid example of how campaigns may sidestep campaign-finance law to share strategic information.Representative Wesley Hunt, center, at a watch party for the State of the Union address Tuesday night in Georgetown, Texas.

S Shane Goldmacher

Trump Decision to Strike Iran Opens Fissures in Midterms

Republicans largely supported the decision, while Democrats mostly opposed it — but divisions appeared in both parties.President Trump on Friday. Across the country Saturday, midterm candidates released a flurry of videos, social media posts and statements responding to news of the strikes.

T Tim Balk

Iran Got Trump All Wrong

We should not squander this moment, when Iran is uniquely weak and vulnerable and we hold all of the advantages — literally.

K Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr.

How the BAFTAs Bungled Its Response to a Racial Slur

The awards show didn’t mention racist slurs when it told the audience that a man with Tourette’s might make “involuntarily noises.”The executive producer of the BAFTAs ceremony said that one racist slur was edited from the BBC’s broadcast but that another was missed.

A Alex Marshall